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conduct on the score of consistency, he referred with admi-
rable effect as well as presence of mind to his former
protests upon the Lords' Journals, and especially his
protest of May last. His Lordship then continued,
in a strain which electrified the House, while it
directed every eye to the Ministerial benches :
My Lords—l indignantly and peremptorily deny that
the motive or principle of my conduct is changed. But
I know that the conduct:of others has compelled me to op-
pose them, in order that I may not change my prin-
ciples. Do the Ministers desire to know what will restore
me to their support, and make me once more fight
zealously in their ranks, as I fought with them against
the majority of your Lordships ? I will tell them
at .once. Let them retract their declaration against
Reform, delivered the first night of this Session, and
their second declaration—by which (to use the Noble
Viscount's phrase) they exacerbated the first ; or
let them, without any retractation, only bring for-
ward liberal and Constitutional measures, and they
. will have no more zealous supporter than myself?'
- A declaration so explicit on the part of Lord BROUGHAM ‘viii
. set the country right on the ground of his Lordship's opposition.
. As we wish well to Ministers, we consider it our duty to tell

them that they have lost the services of many friends, as well
as those of the Noble and Learned Baron, by pursuing
the retrograde policy which his Lordship thus deprecates
and denounces. This course may do for a time, but in the
end they will have cause bitterly to repent that they
ever adopted it. They are, in fact, ruining themselves, and
unless they stop in their mad career, they will end in bring•
ing in the Tories. They must stand or fall with the
Liberals—from the moment they desert the Reformers,
they are extinct as a Government and a party.

A short, but not unimportant, conversation took place
in the House of Commons last night, on the Order of the
Day for the second reading of the Church Pluralities Bill
being moved by Lord JOHN RUSSELL. The object of this
measure is to enforce the residence of Incumbents on
their Benefices, if not in all cases, at least to a greater extent
than is thecustom at present. So far the measure must have
tile concurrence not merely of the real well-wishers to the
Established Church, but of all who wish to see the stain
which a legalized system of jobbing in religion throws
upon the country, wiped away from a Christian land.
We hope in time we shall see this happy con-
summation. This, however, is not the point to which
we would at present most particularly direct the
attention of the public. In the reply of Lord JOHN
RUSSELL to Sir ROBERT INGLIS, who astounded the
House by asserting that the Church was reforming herself,
in the matter of residence, " exclusively by her own
energies," the Noble Lord admitted that there was at
present a small increase of resident clergy, but stated that
there was still ample room for ifflprovement in this
respect, towards which the erection of glebe-
houses would greatly contribute, throwing in, by
way of parenthesis, a notification that Government
meant to ask for a grant of 120,000/. or 130,000/. to he
applied to the purpose of religinus instruction in places
where the means for that end are deficient ! Dissenters of
England, now look to yourselves ! We lately called
upon you to come forward and make common cause
with your Scottish brethren when their religious pri-
vileges were in danger. You burg back, and now your
own are attacked ! What can have possessed the Govern-
ment to adopt such an insane course, it is not easy to di-
sine. It is scarcely possible to believe, that after bringing
a Bill:to relieve the Dissenters from a compulsory con-

tlibution to the Established Church, which they ac-
knowledged to be a great grievance, they can now propose
to take the money out of their pockets, for the sup-
port of that Church, through the assistance of the
Tories in the Houses of Parliament. We say we never
can believe this. There must either be some mistake is
the report of the Noble Lord's words, or he must have
expressed himself obscurely. We shall, therefore, sup-
vess our feelings until the matter is cleared up.

COMMON PLEAS-(THIS DAY

COLNAGIII V. BLACK.

It will he seen that Government have promptly acceded
to our call for an enquiry into the scandalous abuses and
oppressive monopoly of the Coal Trade, by Mr. LABOU-
CEIERE giving notice of a motion last night for a Committee
to he appointed on Monday, to take into consideration the
Act 1 and 2 William IV. cap. 76, which regulates the
Coal Trade in the Port of London. It will be proved on
enquiry, that the objects of this Act have been defeated by
the monopolists of the North, and the factors and buyers
of London, from the neglect of the Lord Mayor and
Aldermen ; and that the public, especially the poor,
are imposed upon nearly as much now as they even
were before the advance, being nearly ten shillings
per ton on the average since 1833. It will be proved
that there is, in addition to the grievous monopoly, en-
hancing the price of this necessary article to all, some spe-
cial clauses for adding to the general burden upon the shoul-
ders least able to bear it. This was pointed out at the
time of the passing of the Act ; but the idea of extending
any particular protection for the poor, was treated with
the most ineffable contempt. " Oh, they can go and see
their coals weighed themselves," was the answer returned
to a remonstrance in their behalf. Mr. FRANKLAND
LEWIS will perhaps remember this, though possibly he may
not remember the reasons; that were adduced to show that the
poor had so little to do—so little necessity to toil all the day
long for their daily bread—so much more spare time than
the upper classes, who can demand protection against being
cheated—these things may not be recollected, but they
ought now to be proved by those who may be disposed to
vindicate the present law. We hail this appointment of a
Committee as a good omen of the intentions of Govern-
ment in this matter, and we call upon the public to pour
-in petitions for the removal of the control of the Coal
Trade from the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London, to
hands more active and less likely to abuse or neglect their
important trust.

Yesterday we warned the friends of Reform that the
Tories intended to give battle to the Government upon
their Bill for repealing the rate-paying clauses, and we also
expressed our opinion that they would endeavour to seize
the sop thrown out to them for abolishing the fees paid
on the admission of their degraded tools, the freemen.
This morning we observe the following practical com-
mentary upon our views in the Printed Notices for Mon-
day of the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Com-
mons :—" Mr. HlNDE—Before going into Committee on
the Parliamentary Electors' and Freemen's Bill, to move
that the Bill be divided into two Bills."

The Paris Journals of Thursday have been received,
but our extracts from them must stand over till Monday,
owing to a press of more important news.
ItENCH FUNDS—PARIS, FEB. 1.
five por Cents., l€Bf. 95c. 90e. 95c.
Inre, per Cents., 71f. 650. 700. Mc.
Bank Actions, 2,$ 01.
acute de Naples, Inif. 60e.
Romans Five per Cents., 101%1A %.
Spanish Actives, 1114%.
Spanish Passives, 4%.
Belgian Loan, 101%.
lielgian Bank, 1,510 f. 1,500 f. 1,f05f.
Dutch Two and a halfper Cents.,
Playtian Lean, 3851.
NYC:HANGS ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 25f. 45e. ; money, 25'. 45e.
ea mouths, parer, 25f. 3114 c.; rnen‘y,"2:)t. 30r.
LAST PRICES.
Five per Cants. 10',,f. Sac.
Three per Cents., 791. 750.
Bank Actions, 2,620 f.
Romans' 101%.
Belgian Loan, 105%.
Belgian Bank, 1,503 f.
Haytlan Loan, 1851.
Spanish Actives, IN.
Spanish Passives, 4%,

This was an action of ejectment, brought by Mr. Colnaghi, late of
of Cockspur-street, against his former partner, to obtain possession of the
premises in Cockspur-street ; the affairs of the late partnership being
under consideration of the Court of Chancery.
The case of the plaintiff was proceeding, when our Reporter left, and
is likely to employ the Court to a late hour.