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London, England, 1839-02-16 00:00:00

1 IVER. PA UL TON will DELIVER his
/-1_ SECOND LECTURE on the CORN-LAWS at
the CROWN and ANCHOR, STRAND, THIS EVEN-
ING, SATURDAY, Feb. 16th.
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This day is published, price 2s.
THREE LETTERS to the MARQUIS
-I- of CHANDOS on the EFFFCTS of the CORN

1 LAWS,

By R. TORRENS, Esq. F.R.S.
CONTENTS.
Letter I. On the manner in which the Corn Laws lower
the real Wages of the Working Classes.
Letter 11. On the manner in which the Corn Laws lower
the rate of Profit in Agriculture and in Trade.
Letter 111. On the manner in which the Corn Laws keep
down the Value of Land, and reduce the Rental of the
Country.

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1839.

EVENING EDITION.

In our City. article of this day will be found some
;illy interesting news from Mexico, to which we

iuvite attention.

I Lord BROUGHAM presented to the Lords last nizbt
a corresponding petition to that which Mr. LEADER
I presented last night from two Advocates of Montreal,
I an a petition against the Corn-laws. Lord GODERICH
ip,sented a petition against the Sale of Beer Act.
Lord COLCHESTER, having worked himself up to the
1 fighting pitch, gave notice that he would bring the
Istate of the Navy under the consideration of the House
on Thurseay next.
Canada and the dispatches of the several Governors
I caused some conversation. The Duke of WELLING..
1 TON moved for copies of the dispatehes of Sir F. HEAD
and Sir 3. CoLsosliE„but added the word " extracts" on
Viscount MELBOURNE suggesting that all these dispatches
could not be produced. Much regret was expressed
i thit the production of Sir F. HEAD'S dispatches was
necessary to his vindication. Some further allu-
s:ons were made to the publication of the Earl

of DURHAM'S Report, which seems a very sore sub-
ject with the _ Peers of both parties. Lord

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DURHAM defended himself from the imputations
of sundry Tory Lords, and Lord MELBOURNE dis-
t:lxtly. said that it was owing to the Noble Earl having
given the copies of the Report to his friends that it got
before the public. We apprehend that both parties are
too late with this Canada question. Lord DURHAM'S
Report will prevent any other legislation for Canada
but the most liberal, and the people are more likely to
legislate for themselves than to take the law from Tory
Lords.
In the Commons, a considerable number of petitions
were presented in favour of the Corn-laws, and a still
greater number against them ; and the latter had much
the greater number of signatures. Some petitions also
were presented in favour of Church Extension
in Scotland, the people being divkded in favour
of cheap bread and plenty of churches. Mr.
HARVEY'S case was called on out of its turn, and
Mr. WYNN moved that a new Writ be issued for
Southwark in the room of Mr. HARVEY, who, Mr.
WYNN contended, had vacated his seat, agreeably to
to the Act of Anne, by accepting an office under the
Crown. From the operation of this Act the offices of
Secretary to the Treasury and Admiralty, and of all the
under Secretaries of State were exempt, because at the
time of passing the Act they were not held directly
under the Crown, but from the Lord High Treasurer,
Lord High Admiral, and the Chief Secretaries of State.
Mr. HARVEY defended his having held his seat very
ingeniously, by contending principally that the appoint-
ment was with the Secretary of State, and not with the
Crown. The Hon. Member quoted a variety of simi-
lar offices to the one be held, which had recently been
created, and the holders of which had expressly been
disqualified from sitting in Parliament, which he con-
tended would have been the case with his own office
had it been intended to disqualify. After concluding
his speech Mr. HARVEY left the House. The AT-
TORNEY-GENERAL followed, and expressed a doubt
whether Air. HARVEY was entitled to sit or not. His
office was not held directly and immediately from the
Crown, and whether Mr. HARVEY could sit or not he
roguarded as an undecided point. He moved, there-
fore, for a Select Committee to inquire into the ap-
pointment. The motion was supported by Sir R. PEEL,
acceded to by Mr. WYNN, and the Committee was
ordered to be appointed, but the Members were not
nominated at the moment.

The Registration of Electors Bill was 'read a second
time.

Mr. HAwEs moved the second reading of his general
1),111 rm. substituting affirmations fur oaths in cases where
persons had conscientious scruples. Mr. GOULBURN
declared that in a fuller House, and when the Bill
in Committee he would give it his most determined
opposition. Mr. LAW also oLieeted to it ; Mr. PEN ME
and Mr. GIBSON supported it. The Bill was read a
second time. The Tories, by their opposition to it, imply
thlt they will compel people to violate their consciences,
or they will refuse to receive their evidence and deny
them justice. Worthy men these Tories !
A Bill to amend the Poor-law for Ireland was read
a second time.

The LORD Anvoc ItTE moved that the House should
g' into a Committee, of the whole House on the Scottish
Judges' Salaries. Mr. GILLON moved to put off the
C°olnaittoe f:Jr six months, on the ground that the
increase,, of salary was neither called for nor justified.
Ar.
',. /.stimE seconded Mr. GILLON'S amendment.
We. 7o with Mr. GILLON and Mr. HU3IE, and con-
ceive that while the expenditure is 1,428,0001. above
the income, and while many of the industrious people—
those who created the whole revenue—arc in a state
of destitution, it is wrong, it is criminal, to swell the
dignity and pomp of the Scottish Judges, by giving
them additional money. Reduction, not increase of ex-
pense, should be the order of the day, and the Legis-
lature should be as scrupulous in voting away the
money of the people as in taking away their li-
berty or their lives. Mr. GILLON'S amendment
Was lost by 56 to 27, and the House went
into Committee, in which resolutions were agreed
to for allowing the Judges to retire, after fifteen
Yelrs' service, on their full salary, and for equalizing
l'4l augmenting their salaries. After all, law—we will
not say justice—is a dear commodity.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S motion, for leave to
hang in a Bill to carry into effect the Fourth
, Report of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, occa-
sinned one of those debates which usually occur
1" the Church is before the House, and which
1,7.° all other details are deficient in sense and temper.
the Tiers are always on such occasions reproached by
mischief party with meaning prodigious
we wish they had the courage. When
public men are ashamed Of their hypocrisy,and publicly
say
what they privately express,
a,Yreatreform indeed
will be made in the Church: The want of moral
courage, or rather of individuality of thought, is as