The Sun.
London, England, 1837-06-03 00:00:00

BRIGHTON RAILWAY.

Capt. PECHELL wished to know from the Right Hon.
he President of the Board of Trade whether he would give

an assurance on the part of the Government that no delay
would be suffered to take place of the engineer that was to
be appointed by the Government, in consequence of the un-
toward event of the other night, in making his report.

Mr. P. THOMPSON said that no delay would take
place.

Captain PECHELL wished to know whether the ex-
pence of the appointment would be thrown upon the party
or the Government?

Mr. P. THOMPSON could not give an answer to
that question, as it did not come within his department.
Captain BOLDERO hoped the Right Hon. Gentle-
man would appoint four engineers, as there were lour com-
peting lines.—( Hear, hear, and a laugh.)

STATE OF THE COUNTRY.
• Sir G. SINCL AIR could not help expressing his sur-
prise that no day had as yet been,fixed for the discussion of
the Budget. Ile regretted this certainly, in the first place,
because every man at this moment was extremely de-
sirous of ascertaining, and very justly so, what were
the prospects of the country, and what was the finan-
cial statement of the Ministry for the current year ; and
secondly, because a discussion on that subject, would afford
those Members who were connected with the manufactur-

ing and commercial interests of the country an opportunity of
submitting to the House their opinion on the distress that
was at present prevailing in the manufacturing districts,
and of pointing out the extent to which that distress had
gone, and the remedies it might be necessary to have re-
course to. From all he could learn from communications
with those districts, he thought there never was a period in
the history of this country when embarrassment, discontent,
and a dread of the consequences, more universally prevailed
among all classes.--(Hear, hear, from the Opposition.) He
was convinced it would be necessary for the Legislature to
interfere. They heard every day of great failures taking
place, and houses of the greatest respectability being
compelled to stop payment. There were many merchants
possessed of large assortments of goods on hand, who
were quite unable to dispose of them, in order to meet
demands made upon their houses every day ; and he
would ask, whether it was consistent with justice to
those individuals that these subjects should never be spoken
of in that House ; but that dissatisfaction should be allowed
to prevail, that the most serious calamities should be al-

lowed to exist, and that operatives should be left in a state bor-
dering on starvation.—(Cries of " Question.") He was
going to ask a question, but no sooner had he taken
the liberty of stating to the House the distress that existed
among the poor, than he was interrupted by Honorable
Gentlemen opposite.—(Cheers from the Opposition.) He
maintained there never was a period in which the country
was more dissatisfied with the conduct of that House, and
he, for his own part, was convinced, unless vigorous mea-
sures were adopted by the Government and Parliament, it
was impossible to foresee to what an extent those
evils might go.--(Hear, hear, hear.) He had no hesita-
tion in stating his conviction that before many months
were over, if they continued in a • state of lethargy, a na-
tional bankruptcy would take place,—( Loud cries of " Oh,
oh!) They must have recourse to issuing one-pound notes,
or making silver a legal tender to the amount of twenty
pounds or thirty pounds, or some other measures for meet-
ing those evils, otherwise the whole country would be
overwhelmed. Under those circumstances he called on his

Majesty's Ministers to fix some early day when the Budget
might be brought forward, in qrder that those subjects
might be fully and fairly discussed,
_ _ _ _ _

Lord J. RUSSELL said the motion he had intended
to have proposed to the House was not one of a wig ex-
traordinary nature, namely, that the House at its rising do
adjourn till Monday next ; but the Honourable Gentle-
man opposite had got up and stated that he thought the
Chancellor of the Exchequer ought before this to
have fixed an early day for the discussion of the
Budget. He was prepared to contend, whenever that
question was brought forward, that his Right Hon.
Friend had exercised a sound discretion on that subject.—
( Hear, hear.) I shall (continued the Noble Lord) contend,
farther, that if any Hon. Member, having motives less
pure and patriotic than the Hon. Gentleman opposite, had
wished to excite alarm in the country--(Cheers)--and had
wished to increase the present embarrassments, by throw-
ing out hints of future misfortunes and discontents, that
he would he prepared to take the same course which
the Hon. Gentleman, with perfectly innocent motives, has
now adopted.—(Great cheering, and laughter.) My opi-
nion certainly is, that those questions to which the Hon.
Gentleman has alluded are question; of very great im-
portanee ; at the same time li do not think that the em-
barrassments now prevailing are to be compared to those
which existed in the year 1826,—( Loud cries of g, Hear,
hear:') However, lam .unwilling, to enter into that ques-
question at all on the present occasion ; but what I do pro-
test against is,_ Bon. Gentlemen coming down npou an oc-
casion of this nature, when a disena4o.a cannot be expected
to throw out eipectaUolll4Ati hints that the country is going
to suffer a YeTy awo..t calamity, to sow distrust and dissatii.
ftetian by means of throwing out those hints. Antl to take
the chance that something may Rl* tittich will DMmote
views,tlrat I will not t,:lampte..l.e by hinta,,___(el,„;s.)
Mr. ?IC,I-IAItIiS would take leave to corroborate the
statements of his Hon. Friend, that the public was
anxiously looking to that Den inquiry into the state
of the country. Night after night, and day after day, they had
g9.11e 011 chscltssin4 luostions of no moment to the country.