The Sun. — London, England, 1840-03-28 00:00:00

EVEN EN G- EDITION week for returns regarding the sale of Crown Lands in the Colonies. On the motion of Sir J. GR A H AM, leave of absence for a fortnight was given to Lord Stanley, owing to dan gerous illness in his family. • BRITISH TRADE IN INDIA. Mr. COL QUHOUN wished to know from the Noble Lord the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, what was the state of things in regard to the British trade with Java and Sumatra (as we understood). Lord PALMERSTON said there had been negocia tious with the Dutch Government as to the duties to be levied, and as to whether they were to calculated in respect I to the flag under which they came into port, or the na tionality of the commodities themselves. At last a new tariff had been published, settling the duties quite satis factorily, and with the exact relation between British and Dutch goods which the treaty sanctioned. But a diffe rence yet remained, as to whether the duties were to be calculated in regard to the flag or the nationality of the commodities. Tney had, however, bean met by a difficulty in their construction of the treaty, because they found that in the Indian islands they had put precisely the same con struction upon the tariff as the Dutch Government had done. 'Under these circumstances, they felt that they could not in justice press their construction of the tariff. With regard to the other point, her Majesty's Government was itformed some time ago that the Dutch Government of Java had been endeavouring to make a new settlement on the island of Sumatra, and% question arose whether such a proceeding was in conformity with the stipulations of the treaty existing between the two countries—the sti pulation being that no new settlement should be made in the Indian Islands without the authority of the respective Governments at home. They accordingly applied to the Governn'tent et the Hague to know whether the proceed ing of the Governor of Java was sanctioned by the Dutch Government, and they were informed that it was, and there was therefore no ground for any farther interference. They had no reason to suppose that that proceeding of of the Dutch Government, would be in any way injurious to British commerce, because whatever new settlements they established in the Indian Islands, would be sure to trade with this country. _ Mr. MILNE S begged to ask the . Noble Lord, the Secretary for Foreign Affairs , a question with regard to the detention of Colonel Stothard, who had been sent on a mis3ion to the Persian Court, and on his route through Bukhara, he bad been detained, and his life had been only sparedien condition of his becoming a sort of slave the Khan. Lord P A I,ME RSTON said it was true that Colonel Stothard had been detained by the Khan of Bukhara. He believed that negotiations were going on on that subject, but no office al accounts had been received from that country. He understood that Colonel Stothard had born r leased cn condition of his entering into the service of the ikaan. STADE DUTIES. Sir WAT...TER JAMES wished to ask the Noble Lord if he would ohj,:ct to lay before the House, an account of the duty levied on British ships at Stade, and also a copy of the treaty of 1692. Lord PSLMERSTON—Yes. Sir WALTER JAMES gave notice that he should move for them on Monday. MEXICO. Lord SANDON wished to know whether the Noble Lord could give any answer to the question which Ire had asked relative to the obstructions to BriLish commerce cffgrcd by the Mexicin Government. Lord PALMERSTON said that measures adopted by Mexico had been protested against on two grounds—first, on account of their injustice ; and next on the ground of their suddenness. On the latter point redress had been obtained. Negotiations were now pending with the Mexi can Government, which he understood from the British flesjdent in that country there was every hope of bringing to a sa:sfactory termination. pOIITUGUE SE COMMISSION. Lord SANDON hoped that the Noble Lord would ex2iise him if he made his weekly inquiry relative to the appointment of the Commission for the settlement of the claims on the Portuguese Government. Lord PALMERSTON was happy to say that not only had the Portuguese Government consented to the appoint ment of a Commission, but that they had actually nomi nated a Commission which was expected shortly to an- ire is thisacountr Y SANDWICH ISLANDS. Lord INGESTRIE wished to ask the Noble Lo:d whether be had received any communication relative to Iwhat had occurred in the Sandwich Islands in the month of July last. It was stated that on the 9th of July last, the IFrench frigate Artemise, commanded by Captain Laplace, had gone, ,by orders of the French Go } vernment, to the Sandwich Islands, and demanded j from the Government of the Sandwich Islands a site for the erection of a Catholic Church. The cap tain of the frigate stated that war would be the alternative if the demands were not acceded to—(A laugh )—and the j ii;tag of the Sandwich Islands was only allowed twelve hours to come to a determination—( A laugh)—and the port, cliiring that time, was blockaded. He cvished to ask the Noble , Lord if he had received any information to that effect. 2nd if he had entered into any correspondence with the French Government on the subject? and thirdly, he wished to ask if the Sandwich Islands, which bad been put under the protection of the British Government in 1794, and again in 1,424, were still to be considered as under the protection of aer Majesty. Mr. O'CONNELL would submit, as a point of order, that this subject was one of :tonsiderable importance, and i might lead to a lengthened u4iscussion--(Lottd cries of " Order, order")—he had risen to order. A question ) had been asked which might lead to a debate of consider ! 2,Ve importance. A state of facts had :, , eon pre-supposed to which it would be necessary to give a co ,7 , tradiction, and with the inaccuracy of which he was well acqu.'‘lnted , ' The SPEAKER said that the Hon. Gentle'ula had spoken in order. Now in asking a question nu 1.1 " Member ought to go more into a subject than was nec.sg i nary to elucidate the qaestion Lc was about to ask, and he did not think the Noble Lord had said anything more thin was necessary to elucidate the questions he had asked. Lord PALMERSTON had received no official report of the transaction to which the Noble Lord alluded, although he had had an account of a transaction of a some what similar nature which had taken place some time pre viously. As to the question whether the Sandwich Liands were under the protection of thin country, he had always considered them as a friendly and independent State. Mr. O'CONNELL wished to ask the Noble Lord if he had heard any report of an Irish Catholic clergyman, to gether with , several Catholic famiiies, some of whom had been subjected to torture through the instrumentality of the Wesleyan Missionaries, having been expelled those Islands. Lord PALMERSTON had heard no account of the transdcticn alluded to. The only accoulit he had beard being of the expulsion of some French 3lissicnarics some years since. _ _ _ Mr. O'CONNELL said the person he alluded to Nat an Irish CKtliolic priest, and a British subject. Lord INGESTRIE understood the Islands to be placed under British protection by the King of the Sandwich Islands, during his visit to this country. SILK DUTIES. Sir FREDERICK TRENCH wished to ask the Pre sident of the Board of Trade whether it was his intent;on to make any alteration in the mode of levying the silk duties, as a deputation which had waited on the Right Hon. Gentleman on the subject, had gone away with the impressicn that it was his intention to alter the mode cf levying those duties from weight to value. Mr. LA BO UCHERE said it was impossible for him to answer that question. As to what were the impressions of the dbputotions which had waited on him, negotiations had been going on for a commercial treaty with the French Government, and it was natural to be supposed that the Silk Duties would be discussed. He had re quested information from persons connected with the trade on that subject, and sheuld be at all times most happy to receive such information, but he could not be answerable for what impression might be made on any de putation. _ _ COUNTY COURTS BILL. Lord INGE sTRIE wished to ask if it were the inten tion of any Member of her Majesty's Government to bring forward the County Courts Bill. Lord J. RUSSELL said it would be necnsary to wait until the Rcport of the Select Committee on the ido jett had been received. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Lord J. RUSSELL said on Monday he should move a day after Custer for going on with tho Colonial Passen gers' Bill ; and, in answer to a question, he said the busi rieEs for Monday would be the Queen's Message in regard to Lord Seaton. PRIVILEGES OF FREEIIEN. Mr. H. lIINDE rose to move for a Committee to in vestig,te how far the rights and property of freemen had been affected by the Corporation Bill, and whether a re medy could not be appiied without interfering with the general efficiency of the Bill. His object was to remedy some of the great gr i evances under the Municipal Bill, \especially those by which the privileges awl private pro perty of f reemen of cities and boroughs was interfered with. In var ious C orporations, freemen holding small properties were Inju re d b y the provisions of tits Bill, in asmuch ps it enabled the Corporations to oppress them. He was most anxious to make his motion in the most con ciliatory way, and, in his opinion, the Corporations them selves would he tho great bonefiters by that inquiry, a s it would greatly prevent litigation and expense, and in the Committee, if it were granted him, he would be enabled to prove all the statements he had made. He was most anxious to state the names, and trusted that he would be met on the opposite side in the sam e s pi r i t. He would alter the terms of his motion In any manner that w as ing to them. Mr. HO WA RD seconded the motion. Lord JOHN RUSSELL did not intend to offer any opposition to the inquiry sought for by the Hon. Gentle man opposite. It would pledge the House to no opinion that the inquiry would be beneficial. He. would suggest to the Hon. Member the omislion of the word " inju rioas," and also the whole of the latter part cf the motion, and so leave it general. Mr. H. HINDI had net the slightest he3itatiDn in ac ceding t' the motion as altered by the Noble 1,, , rd. Mr. HUME wished to know how far tin inquiry was to go ? he had heard of • were they to ' ' • no complaints upon this subject. No l , n n T.l ,. i , r ,) e into their pr.litical privli•ges .? .(Cries ot" "Then the words pecuniary privi leges should be inserted, or it would be found that the in quiry would bo a very Sir C. GREY wid"nu. the Committee would have whether it was be wished distinctly to understand whet her power to inquire into the ope ration,new Corporations upon trust property ; or otherwise, ,of the w for instance. the Corporation of the town of ' N and in the .castle were Conservators capacity of the River Tyne, I rt . h i voesr,;du es. large revenue, under the name that important unsideration, bothct to the inhabitants along that riv o c they received a It was an ee to know voliethcr the Conservators and new Council, in their operations o , bad acted beneficially or otherwise. r that trust property Mr. INGHAM said th a t t h e matters al l uded rov to by th e p Hon., Baronet were not at all withi n t h e . the Committee to be appointed. He was yery anxiousince of f" Committee of Inquiry, bec,inse na:zny of the Lets stated' a y he Hon. Mover were not founded ou truth. He sincerely believed that the new Corporations had acted not only fairly, hot most beneficially for the interests of their con stitivncy. After a few words from Mr. H. HINDE, the motion as amended by Lord J. Russell was agreed to. ANNUITY TO THE KING OF HANOVER. Mr. HLTME had expected, after the motion he had sub mitted to the House ha May, 1838, that he would not again have had to trouble the House with the question. He did not know why this country should continue to pay the King of Hanover an annuity of 21.000/. When he for merly brought forward his motion, he thought that suffi cient time had been given for the consideration of the sub ject. He fully expected that the Government would have been prepared with a measure suspending the payment of that money. That motion was rejected by a majority of 35, which was not a very large one. considering the sub ject. Since then his Majesty of Hanover had had plenty of time to consider and reflect : he could not be ignorant that this country was placed in great financial difficulties, and he had hoped that the bright example of the King of Belgium would have been followed by the King of Hano ver. The King of Belgium, ever since the day he as cended that throne, bad not received one single shilling of the money of this country.—(Chee! s.) Upon that occa sion trustees were appointed for the purpose of paying some annuities to the servants of the late Princess Charlotte, and for doing some repairs at Claremont, and after those trusts had been performed, the residue of the money was repaid into the Exchequer of this country._( Cheers.) The sums so paid last year amounted to 36,000/. ; now he hoped that the King of Hanover would follow so liberal an ex ample.—( Cheers.) He thought that the Government were paying this money very improperly, and that they ought to have introduced the subject themselves, because in a late debate allusions had been made to an opinion given by the Hon and Learned Member for Ri pon, whom he regretted not now see:ng in his place, who had, he understood, given it as his opinion that an Act of Parliament, granting an annuity to any individual might be repealed. if the object for which such annuity had been granted had ceased to exist. Now, the Act of Parliament under which the first portion of the annuityhad been granted —he meant the 18th of Geo. 111. —stated that the money was granted to.the King, for the purpose of making a pro vision for the six younger Princes, of whom Ernest was one, they having no other income. He would ask if it could have been foreseen at that time that the Duke of Cumber land would eventually succeed to the kingdom of Hanover and derive an income of perhaps two or terse hundred thou sand a year from that source, would they have voted this an nuity for life ? He therefore called upon the Government to suspend this Act. He thought it possible that the King of Hanover might be obliged to return to this country, and cease to derive any benefit from Hanover, and in that event he would not wish to deprive him of his income; but he contended that his succession to the kingdom of Hano ver did away with the Act of 18 George 111., and that it ought to be repealed and the public be permitted to derive the benefit of this money. He called for the repeal upon the interpretation which had been given to similar Acts by the Honourable Member for Ripon, and there fore he called upon the House to support his motion. On a former occasion the Hon. Member for Cambridge had stated that his Royal Highness was as much entitled to this annuity as the creditor of the State was to his dividen* This he (Mr. Hume) would deny— the one was a voluntary gift and the other was the result of a bargain, for which the person receiving the dividend had paid money, and, therefore, there was no analogy be tween the two cases. He had on all occasions advocated the necessity of preserving the public faith, and it was on this ground that he wished, in an economical point of view, to carry this motion. 20,000/. a-year would pay the ex penses of the loan to which, perhaps, the Chance'lor of the Exchequer might be obliged to have recourse. The country now paid 720,000/. a-year for the support of the Royal Family, and he thought that this 20,000/. a-year to the King of Hanover was not necessary for the public service. —( Cheers.) Ho saw from returns he held in his hand that there were certain apartments, a house, and grounds, held by the King of Hanover in this country, and he thought that when the mother of the Queen was obliged to reside in a private building, because there was no accom modation for her in any of the Palaces, the Government ought to interfere—when they found the square of St. Jsmes's Palace locked up, and the key kept by the King of Hanover or his agents: for it was not possible those apartments could be of any use to the King of Hanover. He also found that he had 100 acres in the old Park at Kew, and 100 acres in the meadows at Kew—but notice had been given by the Commissioners of the Land Reve nue of their intention to resume possession of those lands at Lady-day. Now, if they had a right to resume possession of those lands, ought they not also to resume the pension ? He wished to argue this question, on the principle of the proper administration of the public funds. He stated this because, as he differed from the King of Hanover on political grounds, it might be supposed he was actuated by political motives, which was not at all the case, as he wished to exclude polities from the consideration of this question.—(Cheers.) Suppose Hanover should declare war against England, would the Noble Lord sanction the payment of 21,000/. a year to carry on a war against this country ? In that case the payment would cease. Sup pose he should succeed to the throne of England, would they not take ea ay the annuity in that case, because he would have other means of support ? thesefore he thought that, according to the honest interpretation of the Act, the annuity ought to cease, and he trusted the House would support his Bill.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Member then moved for leave to bring in a Bill to suspend the pay ment et 21,0001. per annum to the Duke of Cumberland, now on K t i h n e g question e i, o n n being over put, Lord J. RUSSELL said it was proposed to take away an annuity which had been granted to the Duke of Cum berland for life. The annuity having been granted to him for life, he imagined that it thereby became the property of the Dulie of Cumberland, and might be charged with debts, or disposed of in any other manner, as annuities for I life frequently were. With regard to the ()the- question, chether the King of Hanover ought to surrender this an nuit; or not, of course that was a question on which every one *n,p: to form their own opinions; but that was not og the question before the House, and therefore he was not called upon to express any opinion on it. He should not go f urt h er on t hi s eue=tion, and would only allude to what had been stated reepectin,g the Royal apartments at St. James's Palace. Tee Hon Gentleman thought those apartments were not properly occupied or taken care of. No doubt they were properly taken care of, because the Officer of Works took care that none of the Royal Palaces were left in a state of neglect. With regard to the .4ther question, whether her Majesty ought to resume the occupa tion of those apartments. he considered that was a question entirely for her Majesty's consideration, and if her Majesty chose to provide a private house for the Duchess of Kent, 1 the expense of it must br paid out of her privy purse. I With regard to the disposal of her Majesty's privy purse, ! no person, he believed, would be disposed to find fault with i it, or to examine lir° the expenditure, as beside ; various 1 payments, such as subscriptions to charities and other ex- 1 pcnses, her Majesty had from that source paid many debts I contracted by his late Royal Highness tire Duke of Kent, and other expenses for which she was nct legally liable_ 1 —and besides that, her Mejssty had paid for a home for i her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. He considered j it would he hard ,and ungeneroas to take those apartments i which hod formerly been freely granted to the Duke of ! Cumberland. He would make no observation respecting the conduct of other parties. ... ......_ _ . Colonel PERCIVAL fully agreed in an the eulogiums that had been passed en the exemplary conduct of her Majesty, but would take that opportunity of giving an ex ; planation of a statement which had appeared in the Pa r pers, supposed to be under the influence of Hon. Gentlemen opposite.—( Hear, hear.) Those Papers l ' had stated that an application had been made by the autho. • rity of her Majesty for the apartments in St. James's Palace, which had been refused. He was authorised to state that this was not true in any particular; on the con trary, her Royal Highness the Duchesa of Kent had ob jected to the apartments as inconvenient for her Royal Highness to occupy, and he thought that what he stated he stated was not unknown to her Majesty's Goverment. The King of Hanover did net derive any profit from the lands at Kew, as all the profits were to his knowledge pail to the office of Woods and Forests, and such was the case, even at the time his Royal Highness was in this ccuntry. With regard to the 21,0001. a-year, he could say that not one farthing of it went out of this country, but was appropriated to the payment of just debts, both principal and interest, and to the support of his old servants, whom he had not dismissed on his succeeding to the throne of Hanover. There was part of the conduct of his Rot al Highness on which he was not prepared to offer satisfactory explanation ; but he thought he had already said sufficient to induce the House to negative the motion of the Hon. Member for Kilkenny. Lord J. RUSSELL said that the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman's statement with regard to what was supposed to have been said by the Duchess of Kent. as to the apartments in St. James's Palace was, he would not say incorrect, but it was perfectly new to him.—( Cheers, and laughter.) Colonel PERCIVAL would read a letter, which stated that the Duchess of Kent was of opinion that the apartments were inconvenient, and was by no means pleased with the use which had been made of her name on that occasion.—(Cries of " Name, name.") The letter was from Sir FrAerick Watson, who managed the affairs of the Duke of Cumberland in this country. Mr: WARBURTON said, that so long as the Acts were in force giving the Duke of Cumberland the annuity, his Royal Highness had a just right to it. But his Hon. Friend went the right way to work, and proposed to re peal those Acts.—( Hear, hear.) The pension was not given to a forei n h Petentate, but to a Prince of the Blood Royal. — and duty (Hear g _ ear.) A sense of propriety . would in duce the Kin ' Marquis of gat Hanover to give up the annuity, as the Camden had been led by a high sense of pro prietywhich a portion o igied Ex chequer. He y nc t i o , give up his income as Teller of the Ex- Leopold was appropriated in g thattehd.,t.o the on payment the s a me of principleobligations the 50,000/. a-year granted to Prince a deduction might i s country on the faith which he contraete from the 21,0001. granted e to made, grant, of the upon similar grounds, he Duke of Cumberland. He was sure that no one would Noy" more ready than his and ,' from Mr. Ilume.) Hon. Friend to admit that.—('.l His opinion was, that the annuity I held under ihe Crown of this countty,th:hhoouullebscarn,dsila%n,dd4 I by the King a ( Hanover. the aa Mr. i'i GLIONBY said that it w h that it was not annuity asclear, from preamble of the Act of George the Fourth, not the intention of the Legislature that t should be continued after the circumstances of the Duke underwent so great an alteration. He felt 1 in equity and reason to suppo rt t he motion.—(Hear.) Lord WORSLEI was sure that there was a very general wish throughout this country that the King of Hanover should relinquish the annuity. But he did not think that the preamble referred to by his Hon. Friend (Mr. Aglionby) bore out his construction. He himself i had always opposed the revision of the Pension List, an d ' on the same principle he was bound in honesty to oppose this motion. At the same time he must say he very much wished that the King of Hanover would see the pro 'lpriety o f re li nqu ishing the annuity. — ( C heers. ) Mr. HANDLEY would vote for the 13111, because he I thought that the altered state of things since the annuity was granted, did not warrant its continuance. Hon. G ents.oppo site laugned when it was siuggested that Hanover might be at wit with this country, but was it not the filet, that he was at war, or was going to war, with the commerce of this country, under circumstances more galling than could be supposed. With respect to the lands at Kew she fact was, that the Royal Duke did not spontaneously g ve up the profits, but on the contrary, although he was allowed to occupy the land without any view to his pecuniary profit, he let the meadows to the dairymen, and put the money in bis pockot_ wail the Commissioners of Woods and Fo rests required the system to be altered.—(Laughter.) Colonel SIBTHORP was in favour of economy on every principle of justice, sound sense, and reason. He thought the King of Hanover had a perfect right to keep the money, and he would do the same thing himself if he was in the same situation.—( Great laughter.) Sir R. PRICE wondered how the King of Hanover could keep the money; but although he thought it discre ditable to him to do so, yet he would net compromise the honour of the country by taking back by force what had been freely given. After a few words from Mr. GO ULBURN, The House divided, when the numbers were.— For the motion 63 Against it Ma rarity TURKEY AND EGYPT. Mr. HUME then rose to move an Address to her Ma jesty, that she will be graciously pleased to lay before this i House such parts of the Correspondence between Lord Ponsonby, the British Minister at Constantinople, and Lord Viscount Palmerston, her Majesty's Sec. etary for Foreign Affairs, as relate to the negociations in the years 1839 and 1840, between the Sultan of the Sublime Porte and Mehemet Ali for the hereditary possession of Egypt and other prcvinces claimed by Mehemet Ali, and for the settlement of peace between him and the Sultan ;'and for the delivery by Mehemet Ali of the Turkish fleet to the Sultan. The Hon. Member said he thought there was some expla nation required of the transactions which had occurred be tween Egypt and Turkey, and he bad called before for pa pers on the subject, and the Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs had produced some papers, but there were still many deficiencies, which he (Mr. Hume) desired to see supplied. He thought that the Noble Lord's policy had interfered between the Sultan and Mehemet Ali in a man ner neither useful to the parties nor creditable to this coun try. The Noble Lott' had indeed taken credit to himself for having, by his policy, promoted the independence of the Ottoman empire. But on the contrary, he (Mr. Hume) thought the result of that policy had been rather to pro mote discord and contest. At all events, he was entitled to ask from the Government an explanation of the causes by which they justified an expendieire of half a million annu. ally additional for an arinnment in the East, with the pro fs ssed object of preserving peace. He believed the N,,ble Lord was ignorant of these affairs. When he ( Mr. Hume) was in the East, he could not go to visit the Pyramids without a military escort. The Noble Lord's interference, with the view, as he thought, of preserving peace, had in his (Mr. Hume's) opinion, served the ends of Russia snore than could even a Russian Minister, had he been in the English Cabinet, for it had tended to weaken the Ottoman empire. The British Ambassador at Constan tinople had taken a part in the matter, of which be ( Mr. Hume) hoped that the Noble Lord would be able to give a good explanation. The Ambassador had male himself a party to arrangements, by which Egypt, Syria, Aleppo, Damascus, Jerusalem, and other places, woul- be ceded to Mehemet Ali. (The Hon. Member went at some length into details on this subject, quoting extracts from the cor respondence before'the House.) He would ask any Hon. Gentleman what kind of a protection Russia would give to Turkey? It was stated that the Noble Lord, and he trusted that he would give him an explanation upon this point, had agreed that Russia should land thirty or forty thousand men in Asia Minor, in order to meet Ibrahim Pacba and destroy his force. if such were the case, lie thought that the Noble Lord was highly to blame, and indeed he considered that her Ma jesty's Government were most culpable in keeping up the present state of things. The truth was, that Russia ;vas now only waiting to seize the remaining part of Turkey, and the course which the British Government was adopt ing, aided and abetted her in doing so. He thought it would be prudent on the part of this country, to conciliate Mehemet Ali. The acquisitions that Russia had made by her rapacity on her neighbours, exceeded any part of the world, with the exception, perhaps, of the East India Company ; and this ought to teach the Noble Lord and every other man in the country, that they were only wait ing to add to their possessions. In her Majesty's speech at the commencement of the Session, it was stated that the greatestconcotd existed between this country and Russia. Now he (Mr Hume) wished to know where that concord was. He believed that the safety of the Turkish fleet in the recent engagements that had taken place was to be at tributed to ,he policy of France in opposition to that of the Noble Lord. His principal complaint against the policy of the Noble Lord was this—that after the Divan area the Sultan had almost come to terms with Mehemet Ali, the Five Powers called u. on them not to make peace, and from that time to the present nothing had been dose, and both parties were kept in a state of uncertainty up to the present moment. It appeared to him to be a question of great importance to consider whether the policy now car ried on by the British Government was the correct one, or whether it should not be put an end to For his own part, he considered that the Government was acting most injudiciously in attempting to force Mehe met Ali. He might be told that there was no dependence to be placed on Mehemet Ali. . 11, thought the contrary was the fact. and of this he was certain, that he had shown every disposition to cultivate British alli ance. AU that Mehemet All wanted was that repose which would be beneficial to this country, to England, and to himself. Was not, he would ask, the course that was now adopted calculated to drive Egypt into the arms of France? We might be told that Mehemet Ali had acted a treacherous part in keeping the Turkish fleet. Now his (Mr. Hume's) belief was, that M.Aerttet Ali knew no more about that than any Hon. Member in that H ouse, for what was the fact? The fl-et lay in the s(a . of Mar mora when the Sultan's death took place, the officers on board the vessels declared that they could not go bdck to C nstantinople, as they ware afraid of treachery there. The officers of the fleet held a council, and they came to the determination that the only way to save the fleet for the future protection of Turkey would be to take it to Mehe met Ali, whom they looked upon as the only person to assist the Sultan. Mehemet Ali had offered to give up the fleet, and to attend himself and do homage to the Sul tan, provided the Government would allow peace to take place, guaranteed by the Powers of Britain and France. He had now adverted to all the topics to which, he be lieved, it was necessary to allude. His object was to have the documents he had moved for before the House, in order to show whether the statements he had made were correct or not. IL seemed to him thht it would be absurd, after the spoliation of Turkey by Russia, to which he had alluded, to say that she was the protector of Tu key. In conclusion, he felt bound to deprecate the pu.icy of the Noble Lord, feeling convinced that the best interests of the country would be consulted by upholding peace between the Sultan and Mehemet Ali, and thereby securing to this country that which was so esseivial to her conimer , .e. and overland communication to India. The Hon. Member concluded by moving for the production of the documents of which he had given notice. Lord PALMERSTON said that he should obst rve, in 1 the first place, that he was persuaded his Han. Friend the Member for Kilkenny could not suppose it would be possible tor him to agree to the production of the pipe's in question. If there was one point more settled than any other in that House, it was that papers should not be produced whilst negotiations were pending to which they referred. For that reason, he presumed, that it would not be expected that he should follow his Hen. Friend in the long discussion into which he had entered w•th regard to the Eastern question. He had no doubt but his Hon. Friend honestly and sincerely entertained the opinions he had ex pressed, and he felt assured that his Hon. Fr i end felt con vinced that those opinions pointed out the safest policy which could be pursued by this country. He would be the last man t,, deny that tact, but he was persuaded that his Hon. Friend was entirely mistaken in his views, that he had been misled by the information .he had received, and that in many respects his notions on the subject were erroneous ; and he was convinced that if his Hon. Friend could see the question its all its bearings, he would not have expressed the opinions they had just heard —( Hear, hear.) With regard to the paragraph in the Queen's Speech he could only say that he still adhered to the opinions which it had expressed. That paragraph merely stated that concord existed between the Five Powers with regard to the ques tion of the East, and that it was the hope of her Majesty's Governm..nt that that conc ,ra would soon bring the question to a satisfactory issue. These were his views of the ques tion even now. It had been said that the British Government and Lord Ponsonhy had stimulated the Suit ut to renew hostilities against Mehemet Ali. He should say, , however, that in his opinion the PacLa., and not the Sultan, was the o elision of the renewal of hostilities, inasmuch as it was he who wished to throw off the allegiance which he owed the other„and it was he who first commenced the in- vasion of Syria. The battle of Nezib had been fought beyond the limits of that province, and the General of the Sultan had shown merely a wish to act upon the defensive. His Right Hon. Friend had said that he (Lord Palmer ston) was unconsciously the instrument of Russia on that question, and that he was :n effect labouring to destroy the Turkish empire, while his Hon. Friend was himself the real supporter of the interests of Turkey. Now he (Lord Palmerston) was bound to say in justice and in candour that it teas impossible for any Covet tutwot. to have acted with more honour and good faith in any matter than Russia had shown in these eegoehations, which were eoing on on the Eastern question.—(liear. ) He was bound to say that, and he said it with a tell knowledge o f t h e mos. Judging of the intentions of ftussiz,..,lie was speaking of the present time—from her conduct, it was not fair to impute to her any i4kefttiOns inimical to the in terests of the Turkish empire. but if Russia were really desirous of destroying the integrity of Lida:. empire, hi s Hon. Friend would, in his (Lord Palmerston's) ()pin* th p e ro re s : be the readiest tool she cottlri have found for the purpose ; b ecause his policy would lead t the immediate dismem. fTeeutrkoefyg, u a s r s id ia. wou H ld is n l c i c o e n esa . F ri r i l y en l A ay w;:,. ll7 a course of policy which would tes,,l. , the object he had in view The the anion between this country and Ike the Lord Lieute nant Leland could not certai,ly be to no , c r n e ci v i e n r ' :e o t untry and of Scottind in Irelandmiiinktianign oaf that : i l ia co , ebt.oelracte,tw o ir‘ f :;; t of oth countries, fi t rf e istiaiyeeLl;;l: that would be . the a b d es d t i ti m o e n a ; ti s nor f coul d advin c a i n n y o cisely similar, on , th e subject of With „ Tut key and Mehemet Ali,,—! Hear, hear, hear.) that in And yet his Hon. Friend was recomtmheenddirisigpizitee:brseemp;: re(sard to tho situation of Egypt. ,t,, former times the Hon. Member might have beep exposed diced hm no doubt to perils in travelling in that country. It was perictsi - li true, however, that in Egypt and Syria at present, and indeed ienn ly changedev g e r r e y at partoftl . Turkish empire , ma tters had since ' la th ose countr i es without beingby onexpobem4 fig ht t 4 ht l J; ow ::,, slightest dang es , . At the same tim e he did not consider that owsi improvemeet is; the internal condition of those countri es could in any wayr travel ~ e deeisla :he question as to whether it was the interest of this country '(...) sts...l,:etair. the integrity of the Turkish empire. His Hon. Friend Lai 404 that THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1840. he believed there were many papers in the hands of Go vernment which would show that they were unduly it fluenced by Russia. Now he (Lord Palmerston) should only say that he did net know to what papers his Hon. Friend had alluded, and he believed that others might be unduly influenced as well as the Government. Hou. Members might, like them, have their peculiar prejudices and predilections. With regard to the surrender of the Turkish fleet, his Hon. Friend had stated that all the officers of that fleet had concurred in going over to Mehemet Ali. But be ( Lord Palmerston) believed, on the contrary, that none of those officers knew of the inteleion of the Admirel in going to Alexandria, and that when he arrived there in sight of the Egyptian fleet, so little did the captains of the ships know the purpose for which they wete brought there, that many of them cleared their decks for action, thinking they were going to meet the enemy. He had that from a person who had been an eye witness of the scene, and in whose accuracy he placed the most entire dependence. That statement was so different from that of his Hon. Friend, that he thought he would now doubt the accuracy of his information. It had also been stated that Colonel Hodges, the representative of Great Bri air in Syria, had been denied access to the Pacha. That state ment, however, was unfounded, as Colonel Hodges, on the contrary, stood on the same footing with the Pacha as for mer Consuls. Nothing could be so inconvenient for a per son holding his high and responsible office, as to be called on in this incidental way to discuss matters of the highest importance, and which were the subjects of negotia tions, not merely on the part of this country, but of the other great Powers of Europe. He would not, therefore, enter into these matters, and he would not give the expla nation which his Hon. Friend would seem to have ex pected on the views and policy of this country ; and he would only say, that they had adhered to the opinions stated in her Majesty's speech—viz., that it was for the interest of this country to maintain the independence of the Turk ish empire, an opinion in which his Hon. Friend concurred with him, though he was determined to act in a very diffo rent manner. He would leave that opinion to the judg ment of the House, without entering into any details as to their negotiations, in which England, Russia, France, Turkey, and Egypt were engaged, as he trusted the House would believe that he was only doing his duty in avoiding the inconvenient discussion of m a tt ers , which were still under the consideration and the responsible care of her Majesty's Government. Whenever these matters were brought to a close, let that close come when it might, he would be prepared to defend the course which the Government were pursuing, and he would then state the grounds of that course, confidently expecting that they would be satisfactory to the House and the country. Mr. FE CTOR was not at all satisfied with the explana tions given by the Noble Lord. The policy of the Noble Lord appeared to him to be based on the most fallacious grounds. He thought that the power of Mehemet Ali should be strengthened in Egjpt, and he believed that the Pacha had already introduced the most beneficial improve ments into that country. Life and property were secure there at present, fur the first time within the memory of the oldest inhabitant. It had been said, however, that Mehemet Ali had been guilty of cruelty and exactions, but he (Mr. Fector) believed that the system he was pur. suing had been forced on him. While he was liable to the attack of Turkey, and while he was compelled to maintain an army of 100,000 men, he would find himself necessitated to have recourse to violence for the support of his Government. He would not, however, go over the details of the question which had been already so ably discussed by the Hon. Member for Kilkenny, but he should still say that the interests of justice, of humanity, and of education, and, at the same time, of the political relations of this country, and the promotion of its com merce, required that they should support that ruler who WAS destined, he believed, to be the founder of a new dynasty. Lord C. HAMILTON could not conceive how it was that when two parties had ,fallen out and were about to settle their quarrel, they should be prevented from doing so by the intervention of the Five Powers; nor could he think that upon such an important subject, the House of Commons ought to be left in the dark. The Noble Lord was the inure b3und to state something to the House, to give them some information, because he said that upon many subjects the Hon. Member for Kilkenny, had been misinformed. He had lately been in the East, and he could only say that he had heard many of the subjects alluded to by the Hon. Member treated much in the same way. Tho Noble Lord had in a very general way said, that our Ambassador at Constantinople eid not en courage the war upon Mehemet Ali He wished to hear the Noble Lord distinctly and clearly make such a statement, for it was believed that he very strongly encouraged the war, and at no place was it so much be lieved as in Constantinople. Again, the Noble Lord said Mehemet Ali was the aggressor upon the occasion ; had he intended to be so, it was very strange that he should have been at such a distance from his al my at so critical a moment. But the fact, he was assured, was otherwise-- that the Pacha's army were menaced by a superior force— that they retired, and it was not till the Sultan's army was in possession of fourteen towns, that they acted as aggres sors. Upon that point, also, it was most important that the House should have information. Then, again, the Noble Lord said the cause of the war was the declaration of independence on the part of the Pacha. There again he (Lord C. H.) was at issue with the Noble Lord. The Pacha had complained of being obliged to keep up a large army, and live in a constant state of preparation for war, and said if that state of things were not put an end to, then he would declare his independence in order that he might be at liberty to form alliances. The Noble Lord also complimented Russia upon her conduct in tee business. No doubt, so long as Russia found the Noble Lord doing the very work she wanted done, she woull look on well pleased.—( Hear, boar.) No doubt she was contented with the part taken by the Noble Lord in humiliating that power, which must stand between her and that she much covets.—( Cheers.) Sir R. PEEL said it was the general understanding in the House, that if a Secretary of State stated upon re sponsibility that great public inconvenience would arise to the public service by the production of certain papers that they should not be pressed for, but that rule must be taken with a limitation, or the House would be shut out from all information whatever, and so be debarred from discussing any question, even of vital im portance. The Noble Lord had made her Majesty say in the speech from the Throne that the agreement among the Five Powers had prevented a renett al of hostilities; but, at least, he ought to go further, and tell them whether there had been as yet any approximation towards a settle ment of the affins of the Levant. It was a very generally received impression on the public mind that the Noble Lord had made certain propositions which had been ac ceded to by Austria and Russia, but were rejected by France. If this were the fee', then probably the Noble Lord would be unable to give the House any further in formation next year. It was further said that the proposi tion of the Noble Lcrd was to put the Pacha in the same situation as the Lord Lieuten ,nt of Ireland,--( A leugh ) Nuw, was there any analogy in the eases of the two ? The Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland was not yet hereditary.— ( Lsughtei.) Since the Union there had beets no less than 14 or 15 Lords Lieutenant —was that keeping up and maintaining the integrity of the Ottoman empire I and was it a wonder that such a proposition should meet with the opposition of France ? ( Hear, hear, hear.) The four great points connected with the foreign policy upon which they h-d no information, were the Levant, the state of our connections with Persia, the relation in which we stood with America on the North Eastern Boundary—that was most important--Ithough negotiations were stil! going on, they had a little information doled out to them every time a ship arrived bringing American newspapers. The fourth point related to China. Now if the rule of the Noble Lord had been departed from in 1837 and le3B, he had a very strong impression that had the House been atvare of the position in which our mer chants stood at that time, they would have been able to give some advice to the Crown which would have altered our posi tion now.—(Cheers.) Suppose the Hon. Member fur Kil kenny were to alter his moten, and ask only for extracts, would the Noble Lord upon his responsibility say that there was no part of the correspondence that could be produced without pre judice to the public interests? If the Noble Lord made that statement, he would be very unwilling to compel their production under such circumstances. He hoped the Noble Lord would say whether there was any gradual approach to a settlement of the affairs of the Levant. Lord PALMERSTON said, speaking in his offcial capacity he must say that no essential papers, none that could be of any use, could be produced without great prejudice to the public service. No doubt he could give extracts of any despatch, but they would not be of the snghtest importance. W ith re spect to the approximation to a settlement he could give no in formation on the subject without goin g into these very p o int s , which he objected to having opened He would go so far as to say that so far as negotiation had gone it had been satisfactory, in general sati.factory.--( Laughter. ) Mr. C. BULLER—The doctrine laid down by the Noble Lord was that while he was engaged in doing anything the House of Commons were not to know what he was doing.—( A laugh, and a Tory Member said, " Or nothing.") He was more disposed to complain of the Noble Lord doing too much than too little. With respect to the question rf the Eastern Boundary, see at what extraordinary odds we had to contend. The Ame ricans had their General Senate. they had their Senate of the State of Maine, all reporting upon the question; there they had a public, partially informed, it might be said, but excited by that partial information; while on the other hand, the people in this country had no information except the driblets from the despatches every time that we bad an arrival of American new-papers. Again, while we had tourteen ship s of war in the Mediterranean, and while they were told that any day they might hear of them attacking Alexandria or the fle e t o f M e h emet Ali—that we were to take the side of one party whil e F ra nce would be on the other—surely, under all these c i rcums t a nces, the House ought to know something o f w hy it all was. While they were liable to be involved in a war, he thought it was a modest en oug h reques t i n the Third E s tat e o f the realm, to ask for i n f ormat i on. H e would supp or t th e mo tion of the Hon. M em b er, i f he presse d it t o a di v i s i on . Lord J. RUS S ELL sa id, a s th e ques ti on h a d been argued so gener a ll y , h e f e lt bound to say a few words before the do bate wa s c l ose d . H e agree d w i t h th e Ri g ht Hon. Baronet , ttial: tips general rule of the House, with respect to calling for papers wu, that it was never pressed when a Sec retar y of Stat e , i n his plat)°, said they could not be pro duced without public inconvenience or danger.—( Hear, hear. ) If they were to lay it down as a principle that negotiations were not tO ii:t carried on between Government and Government, or Sovereign and 4overeign, but between pop ular assemblies, he was convin ce d nothing would be more c alculated than such a principle to involve the peace of the world. It was the duty of ' they yh hadre .Secretary of State to ask the House to place that limit on their li.'r4rui for papers relating to public affairs which gas ne- the House had much iCisou to Pm ces‘ary for their taeatrable trausaction ; but he did not think plain of his Noble Friend them.two pr three pars on for declining to produce papers which he could produce consist -14.4 with his public duty. Had the House had no documents , this subject? They had had a great many; but at a time when ga n 't4 o d ti' oc P uTe i s Q jitit N in 9r i t h h e 4 1; M sr ica' or China ? Had ;.iii Noble Friend said there was no inconvenience in producing were states( to be tho with respect in Russia. 41 pr,e time Ihere was a strong feelingex isting respectin g -C -I ;i• g spose he instanced this by stating what had occurred I bring matters to an issue, the encroacTimentsof Rtissia in the East, and the Government received information which induced thern to think they 0:4 4 . -- d not forbear taking some steps with regard to what manner in which it was thought nest by his Noble Friend to proSgOilr'S of Russian agents. The was by stating fully and fairly to the • Russian G overnment t h e i n f o rmation he had received, and L.iarti A 4 btrn , for a ca ndid and honourable explanation of their conduct.' Tideth aL eq,..t,2l;nd If lirOdeded velure Lis ansavcr 40 c.c.;7tsined a ereat deal of complaint of the cond uc t of. Etui explanation h a d b een rece i ve d, would live produced'a grill deal of public indignation at the conduct of Ru s sia, and there = sia; a fore his Noble Friend did not then produce it ; but when the 1 paperi were all completed—when he could give tilt' whole narrative of the transaction upon the one side, and a fair ex planation on the part of Russia, and a complete disavowal of the acts of those who had been Russian agents, then there was no objection to the production of the document. He would give another instance to which his Hon. Friend had alluded, and on which he had made some complaint, but which was a striking illustration of the propriety of this rule; it was with respect to the North Eastern boundary of America. Papers were produced some time ago before the Senate of Ame rica, which led to a great deal of discussion in the enate, and of angry declamation against England. When the accounts reached this country there was no demand for Papers and no discussion in the House of Commons on the subject, and he had been told, when this information arrived in America, it greatly relieved the minds of those who feared the amicable intercourse of the two countries would have been interrupted. Now, having stated the general rule, and illustrations of it, he must say the' e was now no objection to produce those documents that had been pro duced before the Senate of the United States ; but it would be found necessary to add some documents to them, in explanation of some circumstances that were alluded to, in these American papers; for instance, he would mention a transaction which was of no great consequence, but which was given in the American papers. Mr. Fox had complained on the part of Great Britain of some transactions that had taken place on the Eastern boundary in the State of Maine; and in the answer it was said they were astonished these complaints were made, because an attack had been made on a block-house in which were assembled citizens of the United States, and that an officer of Militia had taken part in that attack. --(Hear, hear.) Now the fact was that a mob of people went to attack the Block-house without any specific design, and an officer of Militia went with them. The Governor, Sir John Harvey, disapproved highly of his conduct, but the officer having expressed his regret for having done anything contrary to orders, the Governor wrote a despatch, in which he stated he thought it would be a sufficient punish ment to strongly reprimand him. His (Lord John Russell's) answer was, he thought that would not bo suf ficient, but would operate as an encouragement to future acts of insubordination, and therefore the dis missal of the officer ought to take place, and he conveyed the Queen's commands to that purpose. Now this attack would have appeared as if encouraged by the Govern ment, unless with these papers were produced explanatory documents. Ho would state again, what he had stated on a former evening, that there were two separate questions—the one the general question with regard to the boundary proposed to be made last year, and the immediate effect of that agree ment, and the manner in which the people of the United States received that proposition.—( Hear, hear, hear.) He did not think, on the whole, either on the general question or the Parliamentary question respecting certain transactions tint had taken place, the union and peace which prevailed between the two countries, was likely to be inter rupted. On the contrary both Governments were too much impressed with the advantages of peace between these two great and enlightened countries, and be felt convinced that any discussion on the subject would end in an amicable manner. He did not think, after what had been said by his Noble Friend, and what had taken place in the course of the debate, he need not enter into the discussion of the question of the East, but in all negotiations on this subject the first general principle was the preservation of the integrity of the Turkish ems Aire, and the declaration made by the Five Powers in the course of the summer. If the House agreed that the integrity of the Turkish empire ought not to be provided for, and that the Five Powers were wrong, then perhaps they would be right in in. terfering, stating that such was its opinion : but he believed the general opinion was the other way ; if not, it would be but fair to the other Powers to state so openly. The King of the French had declared, in words stronger than any other, his wish to preserve the integrity of the Turkish empire. Were they to abandon the Sultan, it was plain it would be at once saying to Russia, we do nut mean to abide by our policy, and snaking it necessary for her, in compliance with our intention and policy, to be the sole protectrix of the Sultan, and thus make Turkey to depend solely on such protection as Russia might give her. Speaking as to the general views and policy of all the Five Powers, of course it would depend on their opinion upon certain j oints, but for his part he hoped and believed it would terminate in giving greater security to the Turkish empire. Mr. GALLY KNIGHT said that the explanations which his had heard were of a form consolatory to bun. He appre hended that as ths Noble Lord opposite (Lord Palmerston) had been outwitted by Russia on a former occasion, he would floss be outwitted by France. He cons lered that the restoration of th e Turkish fleet ought to be a sine qua non in any negotiation with the Paella.—( Hear.) He anxiously desired to have more information upon the subject, although, perhaps, it would not be right to insist upon it after the solemn assurance of the Noble Lord that the production of it would be detrimental to the public service.--( Hear. ) Mr. HUME, in reply, read several extracts from corre spondence between the representatives of England, the Five Powers, and Mehemet Ali; but the noise in the House pre vented us from collecting the particulars with any degree of accuracy. The ground of his complaint was, that this coun try was obliged to keep up a fleet for the purpose of preserving a peace which would be firmly established only for the inter ference of the Five Powers, who laid down no principle for that interference. Information on this subject was in the pos , session of every body. It was published in the Augsburg Gazette, and yet this House was not to be permitted to have any information on the subject. He wanted to know what was the policy of the Noble Lord ; he believed he had no policy.— ( Cheers from the Opposition.) He wished the Five Powers would withhold their interference, and withdrew their notes, and the question would be immediately settled by the parties concerned. He would withdraw his motion for the present ; but he should bring it forward again that day month, and then he would take the sense of the House upon it, as the country ought not to be left in darkness as to our policy in this ques tion —(Cheers. ) The ;notion was then withdrawn. OPIUM TRADE IN CHINA. Lord SANDON, in withdrawing his motion relative to the Opium Trade with China, wished to be distinctly understood as not having in the slightest degree charged his opinion on the subject. He intended to bring forward the question again on an early day, after Easter, and he thought the best plan the Government could adopt would be to co-operate with the Chi nese Government in their endeavours to extinguish this trade. GLASGOW UNIVERSITY. Mr. WALLACE rose for the purpo,e of mevin ,, an address for a return, in columns, of the names of the Professors in the University of Glasgow whose duties are at present performed by assistants or substitutes, with the names of those ; stating the ' Professorship, and duration of the incumbency of each such Professor; also the length of time during which the duties of his office, in whole or in part, respectively, have been dis charged by an assistant or substitute, with the cause which ren dered it necessary to have recourse to such services, and the authority under which any Professor was empowered to delegate his duties. He should not make any observations in intro ducing his motion, as he did not understand whether it was to be opposed. He saw the Lord Rector of the University in his place, and should reserve what he had to say for his reply to any observations that that Right lion. Gentleman might think fit to make. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said he really wished some Mem ber of the Government would either express assent to or dis sent from this motion. He did feel himself called upon to ex press a decided opinion on that subject, but he was not aware what right the House had to make the inquiry, inasmuch as the University was not at all connected with the State, and derived no support from it, but as resistance to the return might lead to the idea that there was something to conceal, he would not oppose the motion, but would state that it would be generally found that those Professors who performed the duty by deputy, were generally Re&s Professors who were advanced in age, andthe reason why they performed the office by deputy instead of resigning was, that although the Crown aft • pointed them to the office, it had not thought fit to provide any retiring allowance for the Professors who through age were in capacitated from perfor , ning th•-• duties of their office. The motion was then agreed to. NON-PRODUCTION OF PAPERS. Lord ELIOT had, on the 14th February, moved for the pro duction of papers respecting the subject of emigration to South Australia. The information he required might have been com pressed in very small compass, and as after a lapse of six weeks they had not been produced, he thought he could not be accused of precipitation in moving That the South Australian Pepers (ordered 14th Feb. 1 be laid before the House forthwith." Mr. VEkNON SMITH said that the delay had been oc casioned by the changes made by the removal of the business of the South Australian Commission to the Land Boa; (I. He had written to the Board on the subject, and they had stated that no unnecessary delay should take place in the pr , iduction of the papers. The Board was suffering considerable incon venience from the necessity they were under of transacting one portion of their business in Scotland-yard and the other portion in the Adelphi. The returns should be produced as speedily as they could be made out. Mr. ''HUTT'said ihe Noble Lord could not be aware of the extent of the papers called for. After a slight conNeisation, in which Mr. GOULBURN complained generally of the delay that took 'lace in the pro duction of papers, of whic i return; had been ordered, The motion was agreed to. OYSTERS IN SCOTLAND. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL mo;edio: leave to bring in a Bill, th • object of which was to assimilate the law of Scotland regarding opters, to that f England, which made stealing from prp,ate oyster beds felony, and attempting to steal, a misdein-aliour. Mr. HUME hoped the Hon. and Learned Gentleman would deal out equal justice, and take the Irish oysters under his protection. Sir &. CLERK wished to know whether the Act to which the Learned Gentleman referred applied to oyster beds in the open sea, because, if it did, it appeared to him that it inflicted a penalty upon persons for taking animals in a wild state. The Attorney-Genera' said the Act to which he referred applied to Ireland as well as to England, an t, therefore, justice had been done to the Irish . natives.—(Lau_hter.) The law applied to certain oyster beds. and all that he intended was to adopt the same prim ivies to S,cflancl. Sir R. PEEL thought if there were any other species of fish, such as lobsters for instance, they ought to be included in the present Bill.—( Laughter.) The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that the provisions of the Bill applied to them.—( Laughter. ) Captain PECLIELL said that lobsters were not protected in England, and he did not see why they Mould in Scotland. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. ADMIRALTY COURT. Mr. MORE O'FERRALL obtained leave to bring in a Bid to improve the practice and extend the jurisdiction of the High Court of Admiralty. The Right lion. Gentleman stated that the provisions of the Bill were exactly the same as that introduced last year, only now the Bill was divided into two parts. 1 Leave was given to bring in the Bill. The House then went into Committee for the purpose of adoring resolutions on which to found a Bill to make provision for the Judge Register and Marshal of the High Court of Ad miralty of England. On the question that 4,030/. should he granted for the pur pose of paying the salary of the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty. Mr. BERRIES said that it was not usual to go into Com mittee on a subject of this kind without notice. Mr. HUME also thought the eourie that had been adopted irregular. It was his intention to move that 3,000/. should be substituted instead of 4,000/. as the salary of the Judge, and he should therefore now move that the Chairman leave the Chair, which h vine been dune, and the House having resumed, Mr. M. O'FERRALL gave notice that, on Monday next, he khould move that the House go into Committee upon the subject. Mr. HUME also gave notice that, on the resolution that 4,0001. should be granted fo- defraying the salary of the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, he should move that 3,000/. be substituted.--( Hear.) TEAMES EMBANKMENT. Sir M. WOOD moved that it be referred to a Sdeet Com. mittee tq cousider the petition of the Corporation of London, relative to the embankment of the river Thames; and to re pt their opinion thereupon to the House, together with the best means of carrying the same into effect. Mr. WARBURTON thought a motion of this kind should be prefaced IA some explanation, so as they might be able to form an opinion whether this plan was practicable or not. He was informed it was contemplated to embank the Thames from Vauxhall to London -bridge, wh eh was so important an tlnclvT, taking that the House should imp tome OifoTTMiotl respect- I itig it: ' EVENING _EDITION._ gates should be a change in the Corn-laws or their total and nimediate repeal. The meeting was almost unanimous in favour of the last course. It was agreed, however, that no de cision should be come to on the subject till after Mr. Villiers & motion for inquiry should have come on. After appointing two o'clock, the usual hour, for assembling to-morrow, (this day,) the meeting separated. SECOND EDITION• THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES•) BIIITISD FUNDS •.: an h Nock . -: "Zi t : u a Bonds St3ek ''''''''''''''''''''''''' ... 3 per Yea Red .3 3 per Cent Cmis• 90% Ditto Old Annuitie5............ -- S!::, per Cent, Red New ;3., per Cent OS% Ex. Bills, 1,0001 2d. ....... Is l'' \ew 5 per Cent i Ditto 500 i 16 pin LLLtig itisnintp, to expire Ditto Small l5 1.01 Jan. ;Sii Oct. 1853 11..iiia Stock I'LLr Opx. ............ ~_ .tan isiiii ~_ fOItEIG 'N FUN DS - .. . —.— Austrian, .::tt'er eeni - ---- Portuguese ":one.s,sper cent. --' 3ti.gian, .5 per cent — D i tt o , N ew Ditt o ................ 3 4 lit aziciart thin•i•• — Prussian, 5 per cent............. -.- Buenos Ayres, ti per cent — !Russian Booth, 5 per cent.... .."' Chilian, ti ter cent Ce!nintnan, ti cr cent — ' Spanish, S per , e n : ............... 21 .,/ , Ditto, 1524 Danish, 3 per cent rench, 5 per cent..........- - .. _ of. ....c re Goi, Winds, 15 . .?3, :')per ct. Exchange .....e. Mexican, 5 per cent French, 3 per cent .....r. Ditto,li isor cvnt., 15 . 2.5 ..... .... 2844 !,Duteit, ► per cent. ........ .... ---f' l ,L 4 Peruvian, Iti:„.i per cent..." !Ditto, 5 per cent ..... 10 '.. SHARES Grand Junction Railway Gasp:At Junction Railway i aoidon and Brighton Railway London anti Btrininghain Railway 15404 North Midland Railway Di ttft tiew Shares South Eastern and Dover l% Mr. Bingham, the Barrister, is appointed a Polic e Magistrate. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS (FROM TIIE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.) (From the Globe.) The absence of . fifty-td , ree Liberal Members, without pairs, from their Parliamentary d ut i es on Th u rsday Th u rsda evening, will account at once f or L or d S tan ley's Iris Registration Bill being read a second time. The jority for the second reading was sixteen. The Tory Journals arc, of course, chuckling over what they ar e pleased to regard —or rather, to please their party, the y are compelled to pr oc l a i m — a temporary triuhlPn' Their exultings are, properly, so many upbraiding. of the Liberals for their supiness. It would see ° , that the absent Liberals are satisfied with the' r victory over the Tories at th e commenceme nt o'r the Session, and have retired from the field to repose is their laurels, while the enemy is still in sight, watching for a convenient opportunity to recover from the effec ts of their repulse, and to regain any ground they ha ve lost. Thu Tories are proverbial for their vigilsne e • Their outposts are well planted, an d t h e i r sen tinels sel dom sleep. Hence they are always ready for an assault/ especially when their innate hatred of Ireland can be dit' played with a prospect of even temporary gra tificatir The absence of English memb ers f rom t h e i r pos t s on I,l ° occasion we allude to is deserving of rebuke ; 30 114 terms will express censure sufficiently poignae, to cons e Y, to the absent Irish Membe r s th e sew ent e rtained 01 their breach of duty an d o f f a ith t oward the i r consti tuents? The absence of fi ve I r i s h county Mem b e rs' we must name them--Mr. Villi ers Stewart, Majedr M‘Namara, Mr. Luke Whi te , Si r W . Brabazon, °- Colonel Fitzgibbon—while it w ill not b e receive d as 81.11 excuse for the absence of E ng li s h Lib erals, may well v° pleaded as a palliation. (From the Standard.) It is quite impossible to infer anything from the gh a t debate upon Mr. Hume's second motion. As we ha t % intimated, the f arce was got up expres-V to exclude t.'" light. Sir R. Peel, however, use', the opp rs ton's O n ; ortu nity t ° make a pleasant exposure o v . Lord Palme sense about the L o rd lieutenancy- of Egypt. vi t nonsense, indeed, characteristic and instructive• shows that the range of vision in the Whig Ministers really does not extend beyond the little official syste m in which they move. Lord Palmerston can ireag in s nothing of a v assa l G overnor of a great country, b ut that he must be a L or d Lieutenant, with a Lord Morp et " , and a Mr. Drummond— a Mr. O'Connell to direct hem' and a corps of b ee f- eaters to guard his person to Ch u rc h. if he is lik e L or d Eb r i ngton—or to othcr places , if P is like Lord Ebrington's predecessor. (From the Courier.) We are n o t now t o di scuss t h e part i cular provl--- .ion s of Lord Stanley's Bill ; but suppose that, like alm °6 „, all other measures f or e ff ect i ng i mportant and elts;"t sive improv emen t s i n a corrupt system, some may hno il e i r perhaps k , e pe r f ec tly a d apte d to procure the object,t," authors desire. Th e C omm i ttee o f t h e H ouse tvi"' t - he doubt, make such a lt era ti ons as may b e requ i s it e for attainment of thi s en d, b ut t h at they wilt venturetpo reject the Bill, a ft er t h e exposure I n the d e b ates of . grossness of the cor r upti on w hi c h perva d es the vr l3° system of Irish registration, is utterly incredible. Lord MELBOURNE—Bu t no repeal of the Corn-laws could ee-ii.._ _ prevent. that. You m u st ex p ec t t h at t h e G overnments o f fo rount reign countries will prote c t th e i r own peop l e . The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, C ount Mr. M. PHILLIPS—If we were i n constant connection with D'Oreay, and Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, occupied one o f the those countries, our relations with them would be very diffe- proscenium boxes at Covent-garden Theatre on TuesdaY 1.0 rent from what they are now. witness Mr. Kent])le's performance of Don Felix. Mr. SM lTH —F ore i gn countr i es d o not at present grow corn Lord and Lady S ou th ampton h ave taken t h e tent we may be obli ge d t o ca ll on t h em. enough for our co nsum pti on , as t h ey do not know to what ex- Earl of Aboyn e ' s mans i on , i n G i eat Stanhope-street, for the Lord Mee t rou lt oe—Th ere wou l d st i ll be a difference in our season, and are exp ec t e d in town the week aft er nex t , f r om corn trade with th e m, accor di ng to the different harvests. Whittlebury Abb ey , N ort h ampton. The price of corn would still fluctuate, as Providence is not NEW TAXES.—What is the cause of the fall' re.eular in its gifts. It gives three or four years of good, or as ing off in the revenue ? Clearly the poverty of the people' many years of bad harvests. There are the seven lean kin c which dimini s h es consumpt i on. Why are the people In P„ and the seven fat ki ne . verty ? Because money is scarce, commerce crippled, ae,", Mr. SMITH—If the market were m ore extens i ve there would bread dear. Wh y i s money scarce? Because the Cornal" Whi be less fluctuation. have sent all the money out of the country to buy corn. Lord MELBOURNE—D on 't you argue that foreign farmers is commerce crippled?" Because the C orn -l aws forbid. the could not compete with our own, in consequence of the charges people to exchange their labour for food. Why is bread de sr a of freight and other expenses, even though the trade were Because the Corn-laws prevent our going to the best age open ? cheapest markets to buy wheat. Ihe Corn-laws,,then, a re n t : t e Mr. AIKIN—We argue that opening the ports would not so cause of the falling off in the revenue, and if we'intist hsee, eycee, tend to lessen the price here as to equalise the prices in every taxes, we shall be indebted for them to the Corn-laws. ,i'__ sei , other country. mark how cruelly these laws oppress all the industrious Va' the Lord MELBOURNE—I think it would be better for you to and the farmers as much as the rest. They first deprive god keep the law as it is e under it you can provision your ships at labourer of food, destroy half the profits of the tradesman , 4 , a cheaper rate, though I know that as patriots you would not ruin the farmer; and when they have produced this al care about that. buolcat and the people are so mu c h th e worse a bl e to b ear the . se A Mr. Seneir—lt, is not a question of price, b u t our rea l o bj ect they impose addition a l t axes. Th ey knock us down a w ei l y stunning blow on one ear, an d t ry to set us upright bi;:ie a' etbte is that the m ar k e t s s h ou ld b e t h rown open, an d t h at we should stand on the same f o otin g as th e p eop l e o f ot h er countr i es. another stunning blow on th e other. Somerset County Lord MELBOURNE CO P —But you will never get into th e mar k ets B IRTHDAY C F P RINCE GEORGE OF ~.0, of the Continent, wh e th er y ou re p ea l t h e C orn -l aws or not. BRlDGE.—Thursdae was the birthday of his R o yaeliign: se , Governments there would n ever re l a x th e pro hibi tory enact- Prince George of Cambridge, when his Royal Ilighness, ment.s in your favour. I greatly respect the t a l en t s an d activity tamed his majority, h aving b een b orn on the 26th of Afaeee _ j of Dr. Bowring, b u t you m ay d e p en d on it h e i s m i sta k en i n 1819. During the forenoon most of the Nobility and Fof ai .r„ . , : asserting that the markets of the Contine n t wou ld ever b e Ambassadors left their cards at Cambridge House, PicesoL"uee, throws% open to you. Suppose you were to repeal the and in the course of the afternoon her Majesty, Prince A 1, 7 1,, Corn-laws to-morrow ' and say, .‘ We have re p ea l e d our and the other members of the Royal Family, paid congra's„e Corn-laws, and we hope that you will act w ith equa l tory v i s i ts to his Royal Highness and Lis illustrious parents an, liberality w ith us,"—they would say, " Yeu did so on ac- family. In Kew, to the inhabitants of which from their er e ; count of the pressure in your own country. and for your own sional residence amongst them the Duke and Duchess of the convenience, and you cannot expect that we would y i e ld any bridge and their illustrious family are much endeared, thing in return." You might, after a repeal of th e C orn- day was devoted to rejoicings and festivities. On W laws, smuggle articles into the countries of the Conti nent ; the day a large place is the centre of the eastern Part °f t ee 01 Governments there would never concede any thing. At least. Green was enclosed for the purpose of roasting ari d the that is my opinion, and there is no person atta c h e d to those whole, for distribution to the poor of the parish, and 0 , Governments who would not say, we will always look to the in- enclosure was decorated with laurel and other evergreetio terests of our own country. The general opinions of the world surmounted by the Royal standard of England, while a g t hip are against free trade ; there is n o d ou bt o f th a t, an d i t i s parti- were displayed union jacks and the flags of all nations. SI; o p cularly so on the Continent, the enclosure two rows of enormous ranges were Plec,l is A DELEGATE suggested th a t R uss i a , a t a ll events, would either side of a trench dug in the earth, and at nine o'clo ck s open a new trade with us if th e C orn -l aws were repealed. the evening, on a platform raised for th e p ur p ose , was I" ..-as Lord NIELBOUILNE would not give an opinion upon that, splendid ox, weighing between 80 and 90 stone w hich i ce ., but as to Prussia, they would never get into it legally. kept roasting during the night by means of a windlass. ; 11 Mr. Serer's— How was corn to be prevented from being terday morning was ushered in by the discharge of a s e on exported from those countries ? park of artillery and the hoisting of a splendid union "a c jeno . Lord MELBOURNE—Wh a t I mean is, that you wiil get no the tower of the parish church. About twelve o'clock s ee ri s . relaxation of the protection they afford their manufactures, tation from the inhabitants, consisting of the officiating iiii"" • deo ' and you will not be allowed to introduce your own. ter, the Rev.. Philip Lewis; Mr. Scud, the churebv"_,' ol d Mr. SMlTH—Russia, accordin g to Dr. Bowring, has gone so Lieutenant-Colonel Girardot, and the Revs. J. H. Wa rd as far as to say, that if we yielded they would yield also; and he H. White, proceeded in a carriage to Cambridge Houses p ica Oa thought that might be a proper subject for negotiation. cadilly, for the purpose of presenting to his Royal Highness' Lord MELBOURNE—If you repeal the Corn-laws at once the auspicious occasion, an address. there will be nothing to negociate on--you will give np all, and o a' DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT SEL F .DEST..- ..A , you will have nothing to get in return. That is not the way TION. WINDSOR, THURSDAY, MARCH 26. An extra chj 4 hee l ' to proceed. nary excitement was created at the Foot Barracks. .n S „ a te A DELEGATE— To what extent can we calculate on your street, in this town, lase evening, in consequence of a Pr es Lordship's assistance 1 in the Ilit battalion of the ° Rifle Brig .de, named J hjei , Lord MELBOURNE—The representatives of a constitutional Only, having attempted self-destruction, by shooting ,in Government are under great difficulties in answering such a self with a rifle. It appears that about seven o'cloc: a le question ; fer if we offered any terms they would be liable to the evening he went to the canteen where he had Ora a nd be opposed by Parliament. with his comrades. Shortly before eight o'clock, he left, his Mr. SMITH—Is the opinion your Lordship has given with retired to his room alone, where !ea took off the whole e L ee d regard to the impossibility of introducing our manufactures clothes, with the exception of Le trowsers. He then 1 7 t l, into the Continent that of the Government or your Lordship his rifle, tied his boot-lace to the seigger, and fastened one ~..d , alone ? Lord MELEOURNE—I only speak my own opinion. by means of a noose, to his right foot, and laying d0w . t1L . ,1 12 7 e . placed the muzzle of the gun to nis heart, and fired. 10 7,the A DELEGATE—Has your Lordship any official information quence, however, of the awkward position in which he 'tal% on the subject? I think the matter very important, as the ex- muzzle was moved lower down, and the ball entered seine I :: his pression of such an opinion, on the part of your Lordship, may below the region of the heart, passing completely throug" e is betw e be taken up elsewhere. body, lacerating his:kidneys , andcoming out at his back . 1 tee Lord MELBOURNE—I hive received no official information his shoulders. Upon hearing the report, two of the .o Pr d l e s e e , in the same regiment were ate-e-ted to the spot, a' h i, so - on the subject. There is no question but it would be the in terest of other nations to take our manufactures, but nations entered just in time to prevent 1,1 tentting an end to ferinEs %iff' a razor, which it appearedle had secrete e bade e tl i te do not always see their own interest. [This was a point to d ti ne-- which his Lordship often adverted, and it was manifestly the el -, 1 • P ow of is bed for that purpose, should his first attemF feen ) w fa e il r e e d iike U ei n i d se er d h is i e s o b ve e r d e one on which he laid the greatest stress.] The Mayor of CARLISLE entered next into a long explas (in which ninew h ihcahl ball h e e ar b t a r ball was aft T e h rw e ards e f i et e poor_t the nation of the distresses prevailing among the working classes, was nearly suffocated with internal hemorrhage, but ur'eame especially in the manufacturing districts. two medical officers of the regimeet (whe were almost ~l ro ugh Mr. BAINES, jun., pointed nut the great dangers to which diately upon the spot) being called in, the or i fi ce life t hus fires Le us ti .e commerce of the country was now exposed, and the exert- diately the ball had passed out was opened, and s he 00 fires sustained of late by our wholesale manufacturers. far saved; although it is not considered possible that boo t Lord MELBOURNE—But you still have a large foreign trade long survive. He warned those of the privates who wer e lider with the Continent. Mr. BAINES—Yes. , him against the commission of a similar act to th v ii. b a d Lord MELB: , UKNE—That is decidedly against you ; for which lie was then suffering the most acute terture.e rj e ott those people will say they are still able to compete with us, been in the regiment about . eight years, and is about se ofyi h ssi s and we cannot afford to reduce our present tariff. six years of age. Upon being questioned as to the he Mr. lianees—They are everywhere driving us out of our tired of the army, and wanted to leave the regale . n rashly committing such an act, he gave as a that r easonn etit er. sir 11 in c'S former markets. bjected to extra —1 , . Lord MELBOURNE—you do not think that is in consequence fof his military dettee• A pears that he has letely been su sequence of neglecting some por ion of the Corn-laws. Those countries are now getting on—:that Y E has always been the case with nations. THE GREATEST MOSQUITO STORY in ,.. the After some further conversations which were offered on eoints of interest, the Delegates were about to retire, after having correspondent of the Cincinnati Sun writes apologised for detaining his Lordship so long, when being in the woods, was exceedingly annoyed b mosquitoes at Michigan, that a man living Y b-k ett e e Lord MELBOURNE said—l am verglad t and to.,k shelter under an inverted pot s- ___ e se cue, oee, y to have seen ou. It is impossible not to be struck with the res hi'and ' pecta i ity in- His first emotions of joy for happy deliverance a" f o und. mosquitoes having forts telligence of such a meeting as this, and with the facts that Jaye asylum were hardly over, when the h the kettle s e eon been mentioned detailing the flietresses of the counfri. v ise y him, began to drive their probesces throug nd he clinch e " he t s ' of own opinion on the present subject has been already declared, eately he had a hammer in his pock. t, .a lust such a " s e and lam sorry I cannot announce any change in it, but you may down as fast as they come throu, until atthat ro domicile, the? he assured that I will give all the attention in m -i to the y low them was fastened upon the our man's and flew away with it, leaving him shelterless. neee"Gnirc-hee- -er e adz/051,1f ire; PRAYER'''. information and suggestions you have offered. of Mr. WALKER said that when he should announce this opi- DAY OF HUMILIATION AND Cominisionon niers in Wolverhampton, a new system of agitation would be Yesterday being the day recommended by the 0 ,, Lem ili a tt commenced there. It had been lately said at a meeting in that the General Assembly to be set apar town that the inhabitants did not care for Whig, o r Tories, and and pi aver, on account of the present po . sition their only object should be a repeal of th e evils o f which they there was service in the City churches in the lied now complained. He believed th a t a new sys t em o f agitation : evening.—Scottish Standard . of Wednesday.. e the b would now commence through the iron districts.—(Several , The fail of the cliffs, and opheaving o f nth, a di. l ' voices—. And through the manufacturing districts, too.") I } {the sea, now reaches from Whitlands Bay to Axm0... 0 ,- o f Pa: A DELEGATE_—I hope your Lordship is not opposed to a . tance of many miles. This extraordinary phenolle.e" vr hi c h , 5 Regis, _ t his change of any kind in the present laws ? . : ture forms the leading attraction at Lyme. parts to se' t , Lord MELBOURNE-4 am not pledged to oppose any change. . crow d e d daily with visiters who flock from alt pa_ a.4 ciao e There are, however, enemy considerations connected with the wonderful . ffee' °roue of eature's uonvulsion -. —ie i tee tioll ' bV 8 subject which I cannot explain here. The Bligliton Coal Duties were let . I Brown's Hotel. the delegates then retired, and returned to . _ . for the on Aionday for the ensuing sear to Messrs. and.L . eeiy .. t as a dayolthueu Mr, &nem again took the chair. the De- • 5 320/. These duties were let last year for 5,2a01 • ee......0000ea 5e A discussion thee arose as to whether the object of , , afternoon andsCho Sir MATTHEW WOOD said, in 13dS a Committee was appointed to improve the river, and they reported that about 22,000/. a-year profit would accrue from the proposed embankment, and the consequent improvement of the property. Engineers were appointed to survey the river, and they reported that it could be carried into effect without any charge to the public ; but persons having property on the river would be called on to contribute to.the expense. or it would be defrayed out of the general fund. His Hon. Friend, who had property on the river, was groundlessly apprehensive respecting it, and hence he grumbled; but though his Hon. Friend always was a grumbler, he should have no objection to place him on the Committee. The House itself had lately been one of the greatest nuisances on the river.—( Laughter. ) He only wanted a Committee to inquire into these circum stances. SLANEY thought that walks should be made on the banks of the river for the recreation and exercise of the poorer classes, and that it NV tsS essential for the public health : the Committee should attend to the drains and sewerage below London. Air. FLUME said he should oppose the plan, which he was satisfied would be prejudicial to the navigation of ti.e river. Sir R. H. INGLIS wanted to know from what funds the money wa, to come in the fir,t. instance. Was it to be raised from the Consolidated Fund—from a tax upon coals—or what other source? Sir M. WOOD, in answer to the Hon. Member for Kil kenny, said the present embankments were a nuisance. but that was only because they were not carries! all along; and Mr. Telford reported that, so far from interfering with the naviga tion of the river, it would greatly improve it. Sir ROBERT PEEL said as the Hon. Alderman only asked for inquiry, he could see no good argument against granting the Committee. N.. public money was wanted, and the only two parties much interested, the Crown and the Cori_oration of London, had agreed to the inquiry ; it ought to be granted. Mr. WARBURTON thought if no piny interested were to be on the Committee, the Hon. Alderman ought not to be ; fur although he had no direct interest in the matter, he had a large interest as a Member of the Corporation. The motion was then agreed to. On the motion of Col. T. WOOD, a copy of the circular let ter issued by the Poor-law Commissioners, relative to the rating of the inhabitants of parishes in resped of stock-in-trade, was ordered to be laid on the table. The Consolidated Fund Bin was read a third time and passed. Col. SIBTHORP wished to have a plain answer to a plain question. When would he have the return of the Commissions appointed since 1838 ? If the Treasury would not grant it, he felt so much interest in it, that he would pay for it out of his own pocket. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would make inquiry, and inform the Gallant Gentleman on Monday. Colonel SIBTHORP—For God's sake do, for I am tired of waiting.--( Laughter. ) Mr. AGLIONBY presented a petition from two electors of the borough of Ludlow, complaining of the tribunal before which the petition was to be tried. The otheq. Orders of the Day were disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter past Twelve o'Clock. CORN-LAW DELEGATES. The Delegates assembled yesterday at the usual hour, and with a very full attendance. They were occupied for a consi derable time in preparing the list of these who were to wait on Lord Melbourne. While thus engaged, Mr. O'CortNELL entered the room, and was received with loud cheers. The Learned Gentleman said he had been re quested to act for the citizens of Dublin in this matter, but he could not be a delegate, as the law in Ireland prevented such delegations.—(Laughter.) So he would be a kind of Irish no-delegate—(Laughter) --yet willing to do the duty of a de legate.—( Cheers and laughter.) He could state that the whole of Ireland was fast rousing to a sense of the great im portance of the Anti-Corn-law cause ; and he trusted that the cause would find more hearty support than it had hitherto received from Ireland's representatives.—( Cheers. ) Mr. J. ELLISON presented himself as Delegate from the Poor-law Guardians of Dewsbury, who, he said, had agreed by unanimous vtAe t o a petition against the Corn-law, and a peti tion containing this remarkable statement, that such was the pressure of the Corn-laws on the relief of the poor—( Hear, hear)—that sinless the Corn-laws were repealed, they would repeal the Poor-law.—(Hear.) Arrangements were then made in connection with the Depu tation which was to wait on Lord Melbourne. It was re solved that all the delegates present should proceed together, while the interview with his Lordship was to be conducted by the Chairman, Messrs. B. Smith, Cobden, Aikin, Sturge, Johnston, Walker, Baines, jun., and the Mayor of Carlisle. Mr. ELLISON, of Dewsbury, was afterwards added to the number. It was agreed that the delegates should again meet at the Hotel after the interview. The Deputation having been received by Lord Melbourne, Messrs. Cobden and &urge entered into various details, to show the injurious effects of the Corn-laws, their tendency to diminish the trade and resources of the country, and to bring ruin on the labouring portion of our population. Lord AIELBOUKNE then asked what was the object of the Delegates—was it a totel repeal or an alteration only of the present syritem ? Several DhLEGATES answered that our object is •a total repeal. Lord MELBounNE-13ut you know that is impossible; you may be assured of thAt. Mr. SMITH—Our object is a total repeal—it will be for your Lordship to decide what course you may think fit to pursue on the subject. Lord'AlELnouaNE—l am against a total repeal—l do not think that would ever do. Mr. SMITH—Are we then to understand that the stumbling block in your Lordship's way is 1 he total repeal ? Lord MELBOURNE—Not entirely ; but I am altogether op posed to that, as it would create great disturbances in the sate of the country, and would violently change our present condition. Mr. MARK Puntips proceeded to show that the present laws were injurious even to foreign countries, while they bet tered our trade with them.