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Pri
Irate ir'nn killed in action, 21st Dec., 1845.
Privpate James Laiirie, killed in actio.n, 21st Dec., 1845.
prip.e John Ma.nsbridge, killed in action, 21st Dec. 1845.
P4t John Nixon, killed iion,ec. .
nvar
-we John Williamson, killedact in action, , 221st Dee. 1845 1845.
are Cagbv, killed in action, 21st Dec., 1845.
Privet Thom is Harvev killed in action. 21st Dec., 1845.
prlrate Thomas' in action, 21st Dec., 1845.
'ate David Rae, killed in aclion, 21st Dec., 1845.
Pri.v.ate flo.in Robinson, killed in action, 21st Dec. 1845.
private
Thomas Skinner, killed in action, 21st Dec.
._1845.
Pri.tate Patrick Madine. killed in action, 21st Dec. 1845.
I'tivate Thomas Bates, killed in action, 21st Dec. 1845.
Pri,atejatees Rathbon' e. killed in action, 21st Dec. 1845.
Private Tate Hhenry Cooper, killed in action, 21st Dec. 1845.
rivomas Wilson, killed in action, 21st Dec. 1845.
private Niehelas Hill, killed in action. 21st Dec- • 1845.
Private T arias Morton, killed in action, 21st Dec., 1845.
private John Cox, killet: in action, ::Ist Dec., 1845.
PlaJ°llll To,-.le killed in action, 21st Dec., 1845.
,te James Woo'dward, killed in action, 21st Dec., 1845.
1,,;„41e Joseph Yates killed in action, 21st Dec., 1845.
Private Thomas Rolfe' killed in action, 21st Dec., 1845
Private Janies Dougla's, in act ion, 21st Dec.. 1845.
%orate iienry Foote died of wounds, 2gth D 1845.
Burden, died'at Moodke?, 20th Dee. 1845.
/40 Commission by the Queen.
Ca,,t 'tnOritlisliire Regiment of Milltia—J. M. Carter, Esq.,
J4,41ry141 It Royal Regiment, to be Adjutant from the 19th
,1-16,-Januatly, 26, 1846.
Th„ DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.
"41as botharns, victualler, Nottingham.
1f~,„ BANKRUPTS.
4t c''''
a ae Blackman, farmer, B n iddend, Kent, to surrerder
111.7 a 11 at twelve. and April 28, at eleven, at the Court
Atrtett.lr,9ptcy. Whiteinore, official assignee, Basingliall-
Gq,', I terry and Hawkes, Three Crown. court.
gLangibrd, grocer, Southampton, March 27, and
tZri,r at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher,
a'signee ; Fitc'h, New Bridge- street, B!ackfriars.
tai`terielt DaV, money-scrivener, Hemel Hempsted, March
ttq4e'lve,l,ve, and April 30, at one, at the Court of Bank-
y''ter r -,.,e,11, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings;
15Q-dford-row • Smith and Grover, Hemel Hempstecl.
NI-u,a,ff Streeter, 'draper, Hioh-street, Camden-town,
artof at half. past one, and April 30, at two, at the
Feet; ',-Liankruptcy. Johns:in, official assignee, Basinghall-
and Langford, Friday-street, Cheapside,
`'Ptil-ras Cooper, umbrella inamilkturer, New Bond-street,
r)ft at one, and Anril 28, at half past two, at the Court
l'itruptev. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, I
(11)P,1.Y3 Pullen, Ba.singliall-street.
Poile, merchant, Rye, Su sex, March 27, at one,
a4(18 Pril 28, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Ed-
otrth:otEeial assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Lovells,
tiVeluare, Gray's Inn ; Bueler, Eye, Sussex.
St„ila,,rn Edward Burman, hatter, High-street, White- 26, at twelve, and April 27, at the Court of
Alf.raPele3-- Turquand, official assignee; Ambrose, Chan-
ts
Goodridge, baker, Exeter, April I, at eleven, and
.„'t.r.m4o, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzei,
b5ll a,,`s ' ignee Exeter ; Fox, Finsbury-circus, Loudon;
tXeter
~ttr.,,4h Austen, draper, Devonport, March 27 and April 21,
tgti eh, at the' Exeter District Court. Ilernaman, official
`tt,,l)-,a' Exeter; Soles and Turner, Aldermanbury, London ;
l'ho'r,'evonport.
-."43 Dunlop B commission merchant, Liverpool,
ranch Brown,
4111. 4' and April 24, at eleven, at the Liverpool District
I,l:Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Vincent and
41Ple, London; Jones, Liverpool.
1:11„4.,8 Robinson, grocer. Swansea, Glamorganshire,
„`',,. at twelve, and April 23, at eleven, at the Bristol
Court. A.craman, official assignee, Bristol; Leman,
eo
r Henry Darden, manufacturing chymist, St_a_ne-
°lletersiiire March 30, at one, and Hof 4, at twelN „
e Brit • -
l District Court. Acraman„ cial assignee,
Brislov, Pancras-lane, London; Paris, Stroud.
jOtil 1,4,41 Habgood, merchant, Manchester, March 30 and
Nr-' at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
official assignee, Manchester ; Williamson and Hill
111.'building s Gray's Inn, London; Myers and Birk-
,
'44hchester.
140,11 Roberts, farmer, Plasyn Derwen, Denbighshire,
Ciikrt 31 and May 1, at twelve, at the Liverpool District
lorgan, official assignee, Liverpool. Williamson
4411„. sray's Inn, London; Jones, Bryn kly fr 3 Mold,
,rh,'Rhshire
'6,414 Sleddon, cotton spinner, Liverpool, March 27_ and
?.4've,,l at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Caze-
Ae 47,,0ial assignee,' Liverpool ; Gregory and Co., Bedford-
"ti°n • Rogerson and Ratcliffe, Liverpool.
achy 4/41 Littler draper, Liverpool, Mareh 27 and April 24,
ti!lgtie,,4, at the Liverpoil District Court. Cazenove, official
•L'tya:',, Liverpool ; Reed and Langford, Friday-street, ,
; Dodge, Liverpool.
r et
es vibe, innkeeper, Liverpool, April 3 and 24, at i
Nr J the Liverpool Distict Court. ird, official assignee, l
41'tt-Ppoolt Westmacott andr Co., Gray'sß Inn, London; TYrer,

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
LIOUSE OF LORDS, March 17.

that on this question he should offer a few observations. That
t:is negotiation would be conducted :with all the prudence w
naturally required in a matter of this importance he believed, but
he could not emiceal from himself that, although in the event of a

The Earl of SIiAFTESBURY (in the absence of the Lord
Chancellor), took his seat on the Woolsack shortly after Five
o'clock.

war, thi, honour of the country would remain untarnished, yetthat
it would be one of the most frightful calamities that could be-
fal them if two countries, in that high state of civilisation that
distinguished England and America, were to be involved is
war ; and he could not avoid expressing his opinion that it
would be nothing short of madness if they were thus to in-
volve themselves fur what was, comparatively speaking, but a
very trifling matter. He trusted that whatever might be the
f!eling induced by such a question in countries popularly go-
verned as these were, the good sense of both countries would
prevent sack a calamity. He considered that the question was
one of two countries having undefined rights, and the difficulty
was how those claims could be settled in a fair and honourable
manner. That was what Europe and the world had a right t•
expect from two nations holding such prominent situations as
this country and the United States. He considered that the
question could not be left in safer hands than the Noble Lord
the Secretary for Foreign Affairs. From his (Lord Ash-
burton's) experience of the people of the United States, he was
led to believe that they might easily be prevailed upon to come
to a fair and honourable adjustment of the question at issue.
The motion was then agreed to.
RAILWAYS.

THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.

Lord BRA JUG HAM, seeing the Noble Marquis, the Chair-
man of the Committee appointed to inquire into the progress
of the New Palace of Westminster, in his place, would wish
to ask him if he could holdout any hope of their Lordships soon
being allowed to • eke possession of it? Although a member of the
Committee himself, he had not been able to give his attendance
upon it in consequence of his duties in that House ; and, there-
fore, it was that feeling the inconvenience of the present House,
he was anxious to know if there would be a chance of their soon
occupying the other. They heard that the new Leuses were
fitting up in the inside, and that some progress was being made
on the outside also. He did not know that anything had been done
since A.1.,y. He hoped that the convenience of the inside would
be tantamout to the beauty of the outside : certainly, if it were
not more convenient than it was beautiful, he could not antici-
pate much satisfaction for their Lordships.
'1 he Marquis of CLANRICARDE said that the evidence
of yesterday appeared to him to make it necessary that the Come
mite should make some report, and the Noble Lords who
were associated with him had unanimously come to the same
conclusion. He was bound to say, in justification of the architect,
that though little or no progress had been made in the building
that delay could only be attributed to the difficulties thrown
in his way by the scientific person who was appointed with
himself to supereiteud the arrangements. He did not think it
advisable to go into the matter then, but he should take the
earliest opportunity of communicating with the Committee of
the other Home on the same subject, with the view of pre-
venting further delay in the progress of the Houses.
The Earl of BESBOROUGH thought that all the blame
of the delay should not be thrown upon Dr. Reid. Many diffi-
culties had been thrown in his way also.—(Laughter.) He
did not consider the arrangement that had been made, namely,
to associate Dr. Reid and Mr. Barry together, a good one,
and some measure, he thought, ought to be adopted to remedy
the evils arising from it.
Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from the Worshipful
Company of Fishmongers against a railway, the name of
which we were not able to catch.
Lord BROUGHAM said that as one of that honourable
body, being himself a member of the Fishmongers' Company,
he entirely differed from the opinions of his lion. brethren.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY—Then I suppose your name
was not attached to the petition.
OREGON TERRITORY QUESTION.
The Earl of CLARENDON, in pursuance of the motion
of which he had given nofice, begged to move for the produc-
tion of such correspondence as might hare taken place between
the Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs and the Minis •
ter for Washington as his Noble Friend might net think incon-
sistent with his public duty to lay upon their Lordships' table.
He trustee that it would he unnecessary for him to assure their
Lordships that it was the furthest from his intention to wish to
embarrass the Government or to press for any premature dis-
closures of any information which might prove injurious to the
country. When they considered the magnitude of the interests
involved in the solution, whether by peace or by war,
of the quest ion now at issue between this country
and the United States, and the deep anxiety with which in-
telligence was looked for, and the influence which it exercised
upon the commercial and financial affairs of this country, he
thought that the people should not be altogether dependent
upon American newspapers for such information ; with
reference to the actual state of affairs, and the
transactions of the Government for many weeks, and almost
without interruption, the question has been debated in Con-
gress, while, although Parliament has been sitting now for
nearly two months, no allusion had been made to it,
except by two Noble Lords in that House, one
of whom he regretted to say was not present.
He thought such had been well intended ; anti, moreover,
thought that it exhibited a prudent determination on the part
of both Houses of Parliament to leave the Government un-
fettered in its action, by not interfering in matter, for which
Parliament could not be responsible.—(Hear.) He thought
the course pursued had been well understood and appreciated,
though abroad, without doors, it was liable to misconstruction,
arid had been so misconstrued ; and therefore it should be their
duty to guard against the notion that so indifferent were they
that they would submit to peace and concession, though on
dishonourable terms.—( Hear, hear.) If they bore in mind
that the language of the American Government was pacific,
and that the information which reached them was of the same
character; yet they would not be doing their duty if they did
not instantly proceed to the consideration of the question. Ile
therefore thought the time was corns when his Noble Friend
might, without indiscretion, lay on the table of that House the
correspondence that had taken place, or else give such informa-
tion as would lead to the quieting of the public mind. They
had learned from the newspapers that all negotiation had ceased
some time since. Now he believed that the British interests
could not be confided to a Ministry more competent than the
present, nor would he doubt their reasons for instructing Mr.
Pakenharn to renew the negotiations; but he should say he
could not agree in the policy of such. They had proved, that
however confident they were in their claims, yet so little de-
sirous were they of obstinately adhering to such that they were
anxious of submitting their case to a disinterested tribunal and to
abide the result.—(Hear.) They did so because the people o
England would not consent to a war until they were satisfied
that such was inevitable.—( Hear, hear.) The people
of England would not endure the disastrous conse-
quences of a contest so unnatural and unnecessary
until they are convinced that their exists a determination to
injure and insult us on the part of the United States. —( Hear,
hear. ) Then, indeed, her Majesty's Government might se-
curely reckon on the cordial support of al persons and classes.
—( Hear, hear.) But that there should be such a de-
termination appeared to him to be little less than a
moral impossibility. For in the annals of history
there could not be found a record of any two nations, bound
together by the strictest ties of mutual interest, being so fool-
ishly wicked and wanton as to plunge themselves in war, owing
to the peremptory refusal of the one to accept of any terms or
any arbitration for the fee simple possession of an unoccupied
territory, the advantages to be derived from which could
not compensate for the loss occasioned by one single month,
True it was they had been rudely assailed, but the disposition
which did exist to insult was mainly owing to the system of
electioneering which prevailed in the United States, for which
some allowance, he considered, ought to be made. But
that that Owes faithfully represented the opitrions of the en-
lightened majority, he could by no means allow, especially
in a country where statesmen were to be found as en-
lmentened as any in the world—( Hear)—and where morality
and religion exercised their influence over the minds of the
community, and moreover at a time when they are about to
reap the roost beneficial effects from the adoption of one of the
most enlightened systems of commercial policy ever proposed
by a Legislature. The Noble Lord concluded by moving fur
he production of the correspondence.
Lord ABERDEEN, who spoke in a very low tone of voice,
said, I consider the motion just made by the Noble Lard rather
unusual, in consequence of the peculiar position in which this
country is placed in reference to the subject of the
correspondence, and felt certain that his sense of
public duty, his intimate knowledge of the course to be
pursued in public negotiations, would have prevented
him from adding anything to the embarrassments with which
this question is already invested. And I should also say that
his own feeling should have prevented him from making it the
subject of any remark. I think, however, the desire expressed
by the Noble Lord is one perfectly natural and per-
fectly reasonable. I think when we receive in-
telligence of interest and importance connected with
this question from the other side of the Atlantis,
it is perfectly natural that your Lordships and the people of
this country should desire authentic information on the sub-
ject, accompanied by such remarks as her Majesty's Govern-
ment might think proper and advisable. I have, therefore,
no valid reason to object to the production of this correspon-
dence, especially as the subject was pretty well known to your
Lordships. 1 must however suppress a large portion which
has taken place between her Majesty's Government and the
Ministers of 'Washington, as I consider, in the first place, that
it is quite unusual in a negotiation of such magnitude to pro-
duce an account to Parliament on the particular position in
which we stand with reference to it. It is quite true that the
Government of the United States have acted differently, but
their position is very different from ours. The Legislature
called upon the President to take a fixed course upon this ques-
tion, and he was therefore under the necessity of complying
with this demand. But on this point I cannot express any
opinion. Indeed, I may say that at the present moment the
expression of any opinion would be anything but advantageous
to the settlement of the dispute. Another reason is that tho
production of those papers would materialey add to the diffi-
culties of terminating the dispute. .I must also, in fairness,
admit that the aspect of the negotiation, 83 it would appear
from the papers which had been produced by the Government
of the Unites States, might have a very different effect upon
the result of the negotiation than individuals in this country
would anticipate. Under these circumstances, I will submit it
to the House whether it will be advisable to lay these commu-
nications before the House. Certainly the Government have
no desire to keep these papers back on their own 'account. I
am the snore desirous to refrain from placing 'Meese papers be-
fore the House, because I believe, and I th'.nk every unpreju-
diced person would conceive, that when Wee protest to which I
allude has been laid b-fore the American Government, that
'toubt that this matter will
There will be no reasonable cause to
quite sure that
be brought to an amicable conclw_mm. I am
that is the unfeigned desire of Ode Governments of both coun-
tries, and I hope that the Isis Ale Lord will not think me dis-
courteous if I continue to eweline to produce the papers ethic's
aspect of affairs. No onemore than
be desires in the present
himself, I feel assured., would regret any impediment
throwe in the WV:,
9. Ido not hesitate to ooh may
of an adjudication w' h
ic may prevent
hostile movernen'
bebleienvige
greatest calamity that can befal a nation, and
war to be the
the eetellevencement of it, withoue sufficignt grounds, the
eree'sese crime a nation mare commit. In the obviation of
Ue h a calamity I am anxious to be the instrument, and if in
,ne fulfilment of my duty, I feel it necessary tocall upon the
House for its confidence, I am justified by the conviction that
the House will believe that I should accede to no settlement of
this dispute which is not cc nsistent with national honour. In
at large, I would assure
calling for that confidence-
and for the support of the country
that the dispute will the House that my firm impression is,
just awn
rate, and lee settled by a fair, conciliatory, mode-
like tb es must be
0.
eneement. The conduct of a great nation
'inn, conciliatory, and just, without any sacri-
or the real interests of the country.—(Hear,
five. erf)honouirs
possible that all these efforts may prove unavail-
he Ar. It '
.ug, and in that case I shall endeavour to secure the counte-
Ot FINE ARTS.
P c't 'EN
N4io floe DESIGNS, in outline, illustrative 0..; narme and support of not only your Lordships, but the appro-
e4ofi of Wyoming," made expressly for the Art_ bation of every State, in Eirope, and throughout the civilised
world, The Noble Lord (Lord Ctarendon) must not exect
bkt ,e l' hdon by G.E.Hirks• • engraved ly Collard
~,t.,ii, , ve,, , • ;• f . ', ,
litilit4,e4r, uc. Stocks, and 11. atlns.
w as most graciously pleased to
nee to go further at. present, and I will conclude by repeating
it.U3l ravings which are of folio size, and ae
pthe thr•ene—that no effort should be
11,i1,11 a handsome portfolio are presented h•r- '
c esaay'phiznititchaellyteweheaht
fhroe,rmMajesty
\Neil" tej London to the ,u,b,;cribers for e' national honour to bring this
14441 'ition t b 1 -1. ' . " j the spared, consistent with the
1:10 year question to an early and peac sable termination.—( Hear.)
i;ti, 1;1 to ~emo t e usua me engr.avin-b
4 he wished to refer to a letter
steekes of outline
_ The sae ar: excee:lir
,g,y`
beautiful
f 1
whLicohrdheßlß,aod UreGeeHiv
his Friend, Mr. Everett, who had
Nit:ed CI. drawing and. engr......nn! IJ
I and be it recently so admirably fu ',filled his duties as Minister for the
1,13 4tl -,'L in the peoductson 4Y e,
United States in this country. } It was in reference to this
i 1)t; 4etiss • .of these outline's the AedMfrr",m'
er el q, . 15 put to the s, statement that he he
,d purchased a globe on which a line was
~i"e.,:s, atiru;,. earl be intr _verest possible tea t. In
drawn favourable ',o the United States of America and adverse
e, el.t in lie ,
•.- `diced to hide had „draw" to the claims of ',his That •
country. globe it seemed had been
0 , tied no tr.],
__ , .
yei Is 4sti Proper!). . -we •., art in outline—all must appealed to ie, America as a proof coming from this country
t,
,is ' eels Pr°Pertioned, Jr; these out] fines, in favour of the United States' claims. 'He begged leave to
*4,tis ti.,a,.‘,01..... aceordic;:: to the strict rules ,s •-• art, state that 'ibis was no wonder, seeing that the globe referred
ilel ' The, ;I: Poetiee".l, imaginative, eus hued to had been altered by the tradesman who made it, after the
wittAivtitieator;:c are worthy of the -poem. order was given as a compliment te,
_his customers.—( Hear,
hear, and a laugh.) But he (Lord Brougham) was bound re,
.c ' 'lit Y contine —''---"--1"- Trutt 1-. art no hand in the matter, or rive
say .6.e Mr. Es
~ i. ..
P .cy to
,t, th jrwlitioiteh his tit at Badminton, in ver. y indif- .
the l'eewsous fraud, watch had Ireri practised ; nee bad Mr,
esisslis, f1,,.:1‘)/1 as ' L.°l.°.Sll;l, IS not considered to be . in such a
rit4 n 'tens 46"'" si w's i - - i i n with the globe maker—the
.eist4z, isseoese ere -
_,::. i s_ce,s nee. VI e regret to say that Ev.rwett any comm utheat.o , .
e ci, lei,. I: re- 0 jni,.. a..N othablc,. it lai extre, y .nizl doubtful caroler had been given by another party. This wee
01,'i,lf, e,. - . e;st L!."ines3.
' an explanation which he (Lord velrougham) etnlsidered
~rhtt,t,,, G
~..:, on is confined to his dam!: er by a right to tale the present opportunity of making.
~, I,.?t"ti Irvin Minister And, continued the Noble Lord, I egree evith the Noble Lords
‘.4,itripltie recall,
at
Nils g, the at the s 1 Ji snieh on this important subject. I join my hearty wishes with
0.191 request, and trill be suece, d sd by
, theirs, and express my confident hope that all these negotia-
(it'es,tte:.l nd
1.4,, `,4 Ot, 8
,CountesB of Harris) twho - -
o:l'k,:vetk%urd,,,Y last for Elvarstongl ‘'4,t,'1,41N0.......... tr,lcntertained a• ' '*'e P t,; lions, painful and tedious thengis they now are, will lead to a
on-, were ir happy and lasting peace ; and I rest
party at thnner oil &Ind,' -
Al,e4,itzia _rU. Monday mot-nitres th© is •'
‘j•
cost
oned tees the Noble Lord also my full confidence in
opposite, and in her Majesty's Government,
that should, unhappily for us and for America, and oohs it
`Ned biter.
i ,
~,;',,% a,thion__
~_
pi
if _ , a.iant son r humanity at large, their wise and, I hope, just expectations
Nt. ~.1.44:_,0v ~..7 I- I. an, ii,l, Aras baptised a's et
\,
k frustrated, thatall
•:ii+ bls'iseret `still square. wi,. . A select
r
ieike„llf"oitifrel Cluuirc4lititjn. she sl'en'en were Visses'te't; I:1 ' 'a
be imputed, and that that blame does not rest with us •
~e,k,
kr..4eiltookr the ierine; ,a.,r2r!, I,,zzetly
rkel.exandrina Tr '''• -saoZ , "reeeer, that although the calamity of war will possibly'
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..1. k .rob- " I . 'I ' No°, ked on by all the subjects of the Crown with the utmost
• W itiLtebreakte-`ent• ' ,„, 4, is eili be looked upon by on one with apprehension or

Lord MONTEAG LE preserved a petition from the pro-
jectors of the frith Great Western and Midland Great Western
,ices, complaining of breach of agreement.
Ord,red to lie on the table.

Lord FORESTER wished to call the attention of the House
to the incredible short time in which a first class cf war ship
had been rigged and got ready for sea. It was scarcely to be con-
ceived that a ship with nothing but her lower mast and bow-, prit
could be rigged, and large blocks thrown over her mast-head,
in the space of two days and a half, and brought from Ports-
mouth, to anchor at Spithead on the third day. He called
the attention of the Ilouse to these circumstances, in order
to show that their skill had not been undervalued by the
public ; and if there was any chance of diminishing the chances
of war, it would be by showing to the nations what British
seamen were capable of performing.
Lord CLANRICARDE objected to the loss of public
money such experiments would occasion.
Lord ELLENBOROUGLI said that the stores were always
in readiness in the arsenal, and consequently it was no increase
of expense.
• Lord FORESTER said that his only object in mentioning
this subject was to call the attention of their Lordships to
what he considered a most extraordinary feat on the part of
the captain, officers, and seamen of the Rodney and Bellerophon.
The subject then dropped.
Their Lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 17.
The SpitAritx took the Chair at Four o'clock.
NEW MEMBER.

Mr. JAMES KELLY took the oaths and his seat for the city of
Limerick, in the room of Sir David Roche, who has accepted
the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.
SECOND READINGS.

The following Bilis were read a second time, and ordered to
be committed, viz, :
Manchester and Hyde Railway.

Direct Birmingham and Leicester Railway.
Runcorn and Preston Brook Railway.
Nlanchester and Poole Railway (Luggershall, Salisbury, and
Poole).
Governesses Benevolent Institution.

Sittingbourne Improvement.
hitehaven and Furness Junction Railway (Whitehaven and
Kirksanton Deviation).
Argyll Canal.
North Union Railway (Horwich Branch).
Sheffield New Streets.

Etowmarket Navigation.
Lowestoft and 13eceles Railway and Drainage.

Grand Union Railways.
Portsmouth Harbour Pier.
Norfolk Estuary.

Andover Canal:

Taff Vale Railway.
GLASGOW WATER-WORKS BILL.

Mr. LOCKHART complained of the non-attendance of the
Members appointed to the Setect Committee on this riill. He
thought that it was very unfair that the promoters of the Bill
should be saddled with the expenses which these delays occa•
sioned, and moved that the Committee on the Glasgow Water..
works Bill be again revived, and have leave to sit on Thursday,
at twelve o'clock. _

Mr. FOX MAULE thought there was something that re-
quired correcting in the mode in which the Select Committees
were conducted. These delays, whether created by the ab-
sence of the appointed Members, or by the absence of the
parties connected with the Bill, entailed considerable expense
on the promoters, ar d were highly objectionable.
Mr. ESTCOURT was very glad that the subject had been
brought before the Rouse, as it would lead to the more re-
gular attendance of the Members appointed to the Select
Committees. It seems it was stated to the promoters, that if
they fixed the time for the meeting of the Committee for Mon•
day, it was quite impossible for them to attend, as they would
not have an opportunity of being made aware of the circum-
stance.

~1".4,„ DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
A. Ilodick, and C. Morton, bankers, Welling-
15t,liovsev'enth div. of 2d. in the pound, April 1, and
;ng Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand,
. 3•
•X• end
k? ,(ht, °,l, sen., and W. Lendon, jun., curriers, Exeter—
^e43,, v Bs. 9d. in the pound, March 20, and ay follow-
the office of Mr. flernarnan, Exeter.
kunler, cabinet-maker, Cambridge—aof ls. 9d.
o„na, any Friday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sam-
11444tr,t..13a;inghalrstreet.
1 Of 10,,euinson, leather seller, Jewry-street, Aldgate—a
/ft, s'• In the pound, any Friday, at the office of Mr.
Litti:irav brok-court, Basin gha 11-st reet.
ej
ood,o hosier, New Bond-street—a div. of 4s. in
any 'Friday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sam-
ty.urt, Basin *hall-street
tiver • •
, victualler, Slawston, Leicestershire—first div.
Atiett(Vll,,the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr.
kNtr-, utrminghani.
Viaq sPrivener, Newport, Shropshire—final div. of
1 of 15,2,1_,9f a penny in the pound, any Thursday, at the
.04d Littleston, Birmingham.
(:14 the Lamb, engineers, Kidderminster—final div. of
iS tit e Yound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Bittle-
,. I,llingli am.
qk,4l,olracklick, tanner, Bristol—third div. of Is. id. in
`l, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Acraman,
t' k•
VVitiing, druggist, Bath—first cliv. of sd. in the pound,
() , esday, at the office of Mr. Aeraman. Bristol.
h,,eitleston, hide merchant, Liverpool—a div. ls. 9d.
I),k7.ltud, any Monday, at the office of Mr. Turner,

Mr. BOUVERIE considered that those Members should
be reported to the House who did not attend to the Com-
mittees appointed them.
Lord G. SOMERSET considered the promoters to blame,
as they had been informed of the impossibility of the members
of the Committee attending on Monday, but notwithstanding
this notice they had appointed the Committee for that day.
Mr. 13ARNARD thought that the Committee of Selection
ought to appoint a larger number of Members for each Com-
mittee, and that a cntain penalty should be imposed on such of
them as neglected to attend.
Mr. AGLIONBY did not quite understand the Hon. Mem-
ber for Greenwich. The Committee of Selection had exe-
cuted their duties exactly as they had been authorised and
directed to do by the House. They first ascertained
what Members were most likely to attend the Com-
mittees, if appointed to serve on them. Letters
were invariably sent, at an early period of the session,
to the Members of the House to inquire whether they would
sit as members of Committees, and also inquiring on what days
it would be most convenient for them to sit. In every instance
he believed that the Committee of Selection consulted the con-
venience of Members as much as they possibly could. The
Hon. Member fur Greenwich had also suggested that a much
greater number of the selected Members should be appointed
to sit. But that would only increase the inconvenience;
they had even a great difficulty in finding a sufficient
number as it was. They had no means of compelling their
attendance, and the consequence was that towards the end of
the session they would scarcely muster a quorum, If the
House thought that the present system should be remedied
they ought to take the subject into their own hands. Ile
hoped that what bad been said would have the effect of calling the
attention of those Members who had been appointed to serve
on Committees, but did not at present perform their duties in a
satisfactory manner. He hoped that they would do as muck
as they could to prevent the unnecessary delay and expense to
which the public were put in consequence of their non-attendance.
(Hear, hear.) The members of the Committee of Selection
did all in their power to promote the business that came before
the different Committees. The Hon. Member for Green-
wich had said that the promoters of the different railway Bills
in many instances expended 2,0001. or 3,0001. in giving
attendance at the Committee, but the Committee
of Selection were not responsible for that.—(Hear.)
After a few words from Dr. BOWRING, who suggested
that Members should be reported to the House when they
neglected to attend Committees upon which they were ap-
pointed,

DIVIDENDS.
'IP' Slut In the Countr
; ti,on y.
rocer, Bristol, April 9, at eleven, at the Bris-
ke $n ton g
t, stit Court—W. Arrowstnith earthenware manufac-
' bistZe,t,
~Staffordshire, April 7, 'at twelve, at the Liver-
\l, 1, k.)ourt—R. Guy Taylor and E. Guy, hosiers,
t:llqi April 9, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court
Klelw,ilson, lime-burner, Eccb-ston Lancashire, April 9,
' 5t the Liverpool District- Court—J.' Law and E.
114ttyleit(), tton spinners, Ramsden-wood, Lancashire, April
.•,"Ne're,,at the Manchester District Court—J. Law, cot •
kitkl4trieh, liatrisden-wood, Lancashire, April 8, at one, at
Veri.,ester District Court—E. Hudson, cotton spinner,
,tZbi,.°(,(l, Lancashire, April 8, at one, at the Man-
`ii ~ A",":i,et Court—S. and J. Knight, merchants, Man-
k'i kr,,ivr,ii,, 8, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court
Pik , a. 4. W. Panton, iron manufacturers, Sunderland,
hli..‘ eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District
'fit I, At A. Brooks, quarryman, Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
Vfii-4. twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District
Ott, ,Arnistrong, shipwright, Newcastle- upon-Tyne,
'll,l,,even, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court.
ikli tteATEs to be granted, unless cause be shown to
nh,,44,8 contrary, on the day herein mentioned.
I,kri,mai,, 'Wine merchant, Aldborough, Suffolk, April 7
I, s • on •
016 iii4k , innkeeper, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, April 7—R.
, 114, CePt-,, Ragland, Monmouthshire, April 7—C
"4?),•?..eathl'n.drapt-,, Whitcharch, Shropshire, April B—G.
itit?..liire:ll, powet-loorn cloth manufacturer, Over Darwen,
;"hii;',A,-,.lPril 9—l:. J. Kenworthy, calico printer, Man-
'sr,‘,.,f' B—II. Roo, drysalte,r, Blackburn, Lancashire,
k:.-llt • ne-d anE. Herdnian, jun., millers, Congle-
i 811 i re, 'man
Ltk,.t, A April. 7—J. -1. Pim, stationer, Great Trinity-
oiliripril i-1-1. Woodgate, butcher, Great Canford,
Ntl, , April 7-4. Hamsher, hosier, Vine-place, Taber-
,ttit''a Hoxton, April 7.
i 11. ti PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
o, ,Wilson, ,L Bray, and J. Fenton, engineers,
Ntjtprkshire (so far as regards E. B. Wilson)—
lit l'ori_it4h, J. Clarkson, and J. Blenkiron, grocers,
hNti-,ikliire (so far as regards J. R. M`Collah)—W.
V J ‘;', Adsetts, C. Benson, J. Banks, J. Benson, T.
ti`'N i'di '
1/4,14. , 10._ri,.. olson, T.,lawley, T. Gillott, J. 'Purnell, type
.0.11.,„4,4 Fhester—G. Webb, T. Sharp, and T. Baker,
‘7ll,,r4")Prietors, Fulham—T. Pilling and H. B. Peacock,
t4.t1141 SD'rs, Burnley, Lancashire—G. and F. Denny,
I t, jtltic'atliwold, Stiffolk—lt. B. Lucas, R. Bright, R.
rfirki 'ir and T. Legge, linendrapers, Liverpool—W.
t4O and Angrave, drapers, Spalding, Lincolnshire—W.
tl, till . Stanford, grocers, Brighton—C. and J.
Ah, ~esc factors, Bristol—G. Best and J. Adams,
Vint,,,P,.",,epers, Barcombe, Sussex—J. and J. C. Ord,
),.!,trftsrs, Blackman -street, Stones-end, Southwark—
) ‘41,,,'4 and It Thwaite, tailors, Blackburn, Lancashire
't r' an t L. R. N \,,.444,( L. Hattersley, builders, Lockwood, York-
‘c,' )/ ~.„.1'• J. Warrick, in porters of drugs, G',,rlic•hill
:\z''.4,-,* ,` , .0o (I and J. Smith,;P 'shipping agents St.. B. ' '
1. f.% iin'ilurch-stree—ll. Jarvis and W. H. D..av:nheatmse7
:44.kt4t.'rtigliam—T. Topham and C. Sm, lace
,V, L:s, Nottingliain—J. Southall and C. Dowding
;Vr!,, Nninster—J. Stead, J. Brook, and W. Pickles,'
i..,', 114j1radford, Yorkshire—J. M. Gilbertson and R.
\.S;;,te
(I'l,.drapers, HertiOrd—C. Platt and W. Gourlav,
,„`.4N,,t,,dlers, Liverpool—J. W. Monnerv, H. Brookman,
Ittkj.larTl IL Cowie, printers' brokers, -131ackfriars-road
1, '(h.(r, J. Smith, J. Carter, and J. Watson, brewers,
,cl tar ~i regards J. Watson).
4\tbri, `.;COTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
k,,,k0111, skinner, Kilmarnock. March 24 and April 22,
if:it:lC.: Llack Bull Hotel, Kilmarnock.
altiiNll,llo_[el, farmer, Broomelten, Lmarkshire, March 20
I 10 4/14 ~,t twelve, at the office of Mr. Young, Glasgow.
litt t,.:'''hn Reid, tea, Greenock, March 20 aud
) ^O, at the Wh Hart Inn, Greenock,
IL,
v),
5c—..........-

The motion was agreed tm.
SUNDERLAND GAS BILL.

On the motion of Mr. BRIGHT, Lord Harry Vane and
Mr. Charls Howard were added to the Committee on the
Sunderland Gas Bill.

An flost. MsiaiaEa presented a petition in favour cf the
South-Eastern Railway Bill.
A petition was also presented in favour of the North Stafford-
shire Potteries line of Railway Bill.
Sir JOHN YARDE BULLER postponed the following
motion—That the Ashburton, Newton, and South Devon
Railway Bill, being an unopposed Bill in Group No. 2, be re-
ferred to the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means,
and the Members appointed to take charge of the Bill.
DIRECT BIRMINGHAM AND .LEICESTER
RAILWAY.
This Bill was read a first time.
THE MILITIA.
Dr. BO WRING presented a petion which was signed by
250 respectable individuals (the prayer of which was supperted
by 20 other petitions which he held in his hands) praying
the House not to take any steps for the embodiment of thebrui-
litia. The same Hon. Member also presented a petition, the
prayer of which was to the effect that the House provide
that, in all international treaties, there should be a
clause by which the nations concerned shall agree to submit
all questions of public controversy to friendly arbitration, in-
stead of appealing to arms.
Mr. LABOUCIIERE presented a petition from the Wa-
terman's Steam-packet Company of London, complaining of the
vexatious opposition which they had to undergo at the.
hands of the Corporation of London, and that as the Perim,
ment was the only court of law to which they could appeal for
redress, they prayed the House to revive the Corn-
mime which was appointed by the House a few years
ago to inquire into the legitimate rights possessed by the Cor-
poration of London over the navigation of the rive!. Thames,
so that their rights might be put forth in a mere distinct and
tangible shape.

ART-UNIONS.
Mr. WYSE said, on a future day, he should ask leave of the
House to bring in a Bill to sanction and promote Art-Unions.
PRESERVATION OF LIFE AM) PROPERTY (IRE-

LAND) BILL.
Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice, that when this Bill was next
under the attention of the House, he should move, as an
amendment, " that: while the House deplores the outrages
which have been committed in Ireland, and is anxious to sup-
press them, that it is of opinion that these outrages will be
aggravated by this Bill, as it is the duty of Parliament to adopt
measures to suppress crimes instead of investigating persons to
commit them, and further that it will aggravate the national
discontent."—(Hear, hear.)
DUTY ON GLASS.
Loid DUNCAN postponed his motion respecting the glass
duties until the 211 of March.

ane
Spencer." be
.Instnn Gt• t.c Alar-
• •.444.1_ _ -:tre liurfitpb.gud. avert
vs. .Part.r QY ,bOLIt tNI,VIitY =tern' I
Lord A..
alarm.

' STIBURTON said it might probably be expected

, •

PIIE SITN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARC El 18, 141

THE TARIFF.
Upon the order of the day that the House should go into
Committee on the Tariff Customs Bill being read,
Mr. S. O'BRIEN sei.l he wished to say a few words to the
House upon the question. it was in the recollection of the
House, that on the 27th January the Right lion. Baronet at
the head of her Majesty's Government informed the House
that certain changes were about to take place, and that
those changes were to be accompanied by other measures
of great advantage to the country. lie did not take
this question as one of free trade or of protection.
Raw much longer did he mean to keep them in suspense before
he Lid before the House those measures which he had stated
were not to follow, but to accompany these great commercial
changes—and how long he had learnt to attach
to the meaning of the word accompany the
notion of certain measures passing their second reading,
and the principle of which being thereby affirmed, before
other measures in cennexion with them, were even laid upon
the table of the House? With reference to the Drainage
Bill the Right Honourable Baronet stated that his
measure of three years was connected with the de-
tails of those measures; whether or no the three years
might have reference to that measure—whether or no the sum-
specified might have reference to that measure—he (Mr. S.
O'Brien) could not pronounce, and he complained that he was
wholly unable to pronounce upon it.—( Hear, hear.)
Had the Right Honourable Gentleman any notion
of the willingness or unwillingness of the agriculturists to ac-
cept that measure Had he any notion of the number of
acres that were drainable? Had he any notion of the
annual expense of draining those acres—( Hear, hear)
—or did he mean, as he (Mr. O'Brien) suspected,
he did that it should be all hap-hazard together. They knew
nothing ahout it. 'With reference to Ireland the Right Hon.
Baronet stated, that it was his intention to take the police
force entirely out of the hands of the magistrates, and place it
in the hands of the executive. This was because Ireland
was deeply affected by the Right Hon. Baronet's mea-
sures. But the Right Hon. Baronet had never given the
magistrates of Ireland an opportunity of considering whether
the proposal would be acceptable or not to them. The great
question of the centralization of the police force was connected
with the centralization of schoslmasters and the auditors of
peblie accounts, It was not his (\lr. O'Brien's) fault that those
measures were brought forward as isolated measures. The
Right Hon. Gentleman had presented them all to the house
as parts of one great scheme, and he (Mr. O'Brien) insisted
upon it, not as a question of party, or of politics, but as a
matter of straight-forward business, that they should have a
right to consider them altogether, fie was sorry not to see
the Right Hon. Gentleman in his place, and he should have
postponed his remarks in consequence, but that he believed
that the more legitimate time for them was on the order of
the day. But whether the Right Hon. Gentleman was in his
place or not, he thought Hon. Gentlemen, boih on the other
side of the Home, and on the Ministerial side, had a right to
complain of the course the Right Hon. Gentleman had adopted.
But while they were charged with delay ing the progress of
these measures they had a perfect right to complain that the
Right lion. Baronet had committed a double error in reference 1

to abolish this very large amount of revenue, which was larger
than any other sum of du'y mentioned in the schedule. One
of the objects of the proposed tariff was said to be to increase
the consumption of this article, and not to diminish it. He
could not believe that any of her Majesty's Government, or
of that House would wish to see the consumption of spirits in-
creased in this country. If it were desirable, it would not be
expedient to bring such articles as brandy and other spirits
more within the reach of the people than they were at present:
It could not be done because the price would be still high, for
when the proposed duty was put on there would still remain a
duty of 300 per cent. Cognac brandy was the only description
of French brandy that was brought into this country for con-
sumption, and could only be obtained from a few who
were engaged in the Cognac trade. He would ask what good
had resulted from the equalisation of the duties on French and
Portuguese wines. No accession of commerce had taken place,
neither had the customs revenue been increased. He wished always
to have a surplus revenue of income over the expenditure, for
it was the vt safest, and, in the end, the most economical
for the country. In conclusion, he would a.: k whether the in-
terests of the people would not be better consulted by a par-
tial repeal of the excise duty cn soap, than by allowing the
enormous sum which was paid on French brandy to be com-
pletely lost. He should move that the words " spirits and
strong waters" he struck out.
Mr. EWART maintained that the commerce with France
would be increased rather than diminished by the proposed re-
duction of the duty on brandy. It was a well known fact that
the French trade had increased since the equalisation of the
duty on wine, and it was only an act of justice that the duty
was reduced to the same amount as that paid on Portuguese
wines. Ile was not inclined to favour France more than Por-
tugal, but wished that British commerce should meet with every
encouragement. Ile trusted that this was the beginning of a
further reduction of the duty on French articles, and ha felt
satisfied it would be met with reciprocity on the part of France.
The Marquis of GRANBY said that it was of very great
importance to the welfare of the lower classes that the duty on
foreign spirits should not be diminished. He had found that
crime and disease had increased in proportion to the supply
and consumption of strong liquors. He had a paper in his
hand showing the great increase of crime, but he would not
trouble the House with reading it further than to state that
the document showed that in Scotland sever.-eigths of the
crimes that were there committed originated entirely from
the abuse of spirits. If that statement was true, and he had
no reason to doubt its veracity, lie really was at a loss to know
what argument could avail in support of the proposed reduction
of the duty on foreign spirits. The Noble Lord then quoted
some extracts from Mr. M'Culloch's work to show the inex.
pediency of reducing the duty on foreign spirits. Now he did
hope that they would not pass the reduction of duty. For
himself he opposed it, because he believed that the question of
protection in this instance must take higher ground, and the
case he argued as one involving not only protection to British
industry, but of protection to the well-being and happiness of
the British nation. He did hope that Gentlemen opposite
would throw off the chains by which they had bound them-
selves to her Majesty's Government; and he did still more
hope on this occasion that humanity and reason would triumph
over a most pernicious and unnatural coalition.
Mr. CARD WELL observed he would be quite willing to
meet the Honourable Gentleman on the question of revenue,
and he was happy to agree with the statement, that in the
arithmetic of the revenue department, two and two would by no
means make four, for they could never double the produce in
the Exchequer by doubling the duty ; however, it by no means
followed that if they diminished the duty they would diminish
the produce to the Exchequer. They had plenty of historical
proof of the truth of the latter assertion, and, as he would not
weary the House by entering into a lengthened detailed state-
ment of them, he would only refer them to the report of the
Commiesion,appointed to examine into the excise duties.
After a few words from Mr. KNIGHT,
The House divided, when there appeared
For retaining the item 64
For the amendment
Majority —29
The several items from brandy down to clover were then
agreed to.
On the latter article being proposed,
Mr. ALLIX asked the Right Hon. Baronet not to take the
duty of 10s. off clover. He instanced a case where the con-
tinuance of the protection would be of great use to the la-
bourers, and proceeded to ask if it was wished to drive away
all the gentry of the country from their paternal mansions ?
He would not divide the House upon it, as the Right Hon.
Gentleman appeared to be all powerful, but in justice to his
own feelings, he thought it necessary to protest against the
reduction.

to -the conduct of these measures. He (the -Right Hun.
Baronet) had attempted to expedite the progress of these
measures through the House by joining them with the cry of
famine in Ireland.—(Protectionist cheers.) He made them
have a reference to temporary pressure. And he had also com-
mitted the other error in practically dissevering them from
those measures which, by his own confession, would have a
tendency to alleviate and diminish the difficulties to which he
was about to expose the agricultural interest.--( Hear, hear. )
Ho (Mr. O'Brien) did not put the question on the ground of
old party, his connexion, nor political friendships—which
alas ! were now no more—but he would persist in putting the
question, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, or some other
Member of the Government then present would no doubt be
able to answer it. He would ask in what manner the Govern-
ment proposed to conduct the public business during the
present session ? He wished to know whether they intended
to bring forward their new measures relating to the improve-
ment of the land before Easter, £0 that the agriculturists
might have an opportunity of expressing their final opinions
upon those measures which would expose them to the threatened
competition. He might repeat that he was sorry to see that
the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of her Majesty's Govern-
ment was not in his place—( Hear, hear)—but of course any
Member of the Government would be able to answer the
question which he had put, and if they did not choose to
answer him the injury would not fall upon the shoulders of the
protectionist party, but upon themselves in the opinion of every
wise and intelligent man.—( Hear, hear. )
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that in
the first place he must beg to apologise to the House for the ab-
sence of his Right Hon. Friend the First Lord of the Treasury.
He could assure the House, he believed, from the constancy of
his attendance—(Loud and repeated chearing)—and his Hon.
Friend, he believed, would be inclined to give him credit for
his attendance, nothing but public duty could prevent him from
being then in his place.—( Hear, hear.) He (the Chancellor
of the Exchequer) certainly wished that his Hon. Friend had,
during the interval of seven weeks, which he stated had
elapsed in the progress of this measure, availed himself of the
observations wnich he had just made, when his Hon. Friend
was present, and when he could have gone into detail as to
the mode in which the public business was brought forward.
In bringing forward the measures which were now before the
House, his Right Hon. Friend had entered into considerable
detail with respect to those measures ; and if he (the Chan-
cellor of the Eichequer) remembered right, in the course of
the discussion which had taken place, great anxiety had been
expressed on the part of Hon. Members to have a knowledge of
the detail cf the Bills which had been proposed for the settle-
ment of the question. The object of the Bill referred to by
the Hon. Members had been fully laid before the House ; and
he believed that a copy of it was in the hands of every Mem-
ber of the House. With respect to the drainage of land
and the improvement of highways, very great pro-
gress had been made in the drafts of those Bills.
Then the Government would be in a better position, by the
next Committee of Supply, to state what sum of money would
be required for the maintenance of prisoners, and for the pay-
ment of officers connected with the poor-law, because some
time would be required to obtain the necessary information.
The estimates for miscellaneous services would be laid on the
table of the House with as little delay as possible, but any gen-
tleman acquainted with the subject could make an accurate
calculation of the sum which would be required. The Go-
vernment would have been happy, had public business per-
mitted, to have laid all these Bills simultaneously on the table
of the House. He had sufficient experience of public business
to know that this was quite impracticable. He might have
been able to answer the questions respecting the proposed mea-
sures with regard to highways and drainage, if the Hon.
Gentleman had given notice of his intention to put it. At all
events he collie' assure him and the House that the Government
had no desire to withold any information which might be re-
quired, and which they were in a position to give. He regretted,
however, that the questions had been addressed to him, because
he was not connected with some of those departments to which
the questions had reference.—( Hear. )
GILBERT UNIONS.— FARNHAM UNION.
Capt. PECHELL wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet, the
Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he was
aware that a petition had been presented from the authorities
of the Farnham Union, which was a single parish under the
Gilbert Act, complaining that the Poor-law Commissioners had
issued notices that it was their intention to annex that parish
with others under the Poor-law Act. He stated that this order
was no doubt founded on the report of Assistant-Poor-law
Commissioner Pigott with respect to this parish, which was
laid on the table of the (louse a few days ago, and which they
were prepared to show was erroneous. He therefore wishes to
know whether the Right Hon. Baronet would institute an in-
quiry into the matter, and would stay any further proceedings
until such investigation was made.
Sir J. GRAHAM said he had reason to know such an order
had been issued by the Poor-law Commissioners, and he be-
lieved their decision was sustained by the facts of the case.
He had no rower to suspend the order, but he would call the
attention of the Poor-law Commissioners to it, when the subject
then dropped.
PROTECTION TO LIFE (IRELAND) BILL.
Mr. SHAW wished to know when Government proposed
to fix the first reading of this Bill? They evinced great
anxiety to remove protection on native industry, but they did
not appear at all ready in their desire to afford protection to
life and property in Ireland.
Sir JAMES GRAHAM said he intended to fix the first
reading of the Bill for the first order day after the second
reading of the Corn Bill.
THE TARIFF.
The [loess: then proceeded with the tariff.

Sir R. PEEL gave the Hon. Gentleman credit for sin-
cerity in holding the opinions which he did, bat he thought
he carried his attachment to protection on clover a little too
far, when he stated that the reduction of it would drive the
gentry of the country from their paternal mansions.---(Great
laughter.) That, he thought, was carrying protection a little
too far.—(Continued laughter.) So far, however, from this
reduction being injurious to farmers, he considered that this
duty of 73,0001. was one of the burdens on agriculture. No-
thing would be more beneficial to farmers than increasing
their facilities for procuring clover-seed, and no duty that
could be remitted would be so bcueficial to the 501. tenants.
This was one of the clearest cases where the interests of agri-
culture would be benefited.

Mr. ALLIX explained. He assured the Right Hon. Baronet
he did not say that the reduction of the duty on clover, but
the measures of her Majesty's Government would drive away
the gentry from their paternal mansions.
The resolution was then agreed to.
The next item proposed was the reduction in oxen, cows,
sheep, &c.
Mr. W. MILES said that since 1842, when the alteration
took place, the importation into this country of bullocks, cows,
sheep, &c., had greatly increased. If this importation went on
in the same ratio, there would be no chance for the English
grazier in competition with the foreigner. The duty at pre-
sent on oxen was 1/., on cows 155., on calves 10s., on sheep
35., on lambs 25., on pigs 55., &c., and notwithstanding these
duties the importation of foreign cattle was yearly increasing.
On an animal weighing only six cwt. the English grazier
suffered a loss of 3/. I2s. 6d., as the foreign grazier could im-
port it into this country, after paying all duties and charges,
for that amount less. He would just take a comparative
glance at the number of cattle imported into England for the
last three years. On the sth Jan., 1844, the number of oxen,
cows, sheep, &c., amounted altogether to 2,099 animals. On
the sth Jun., 1845, the number was 7,764, and at the same
period of 1846 the number was 34,426, which showed a most
extraordinary increase. From this statement, therefore, the
progress o: the increase from 1842 had been gradually getting
greater. He would move the emission of the following
articles, namely, oxen, cows, calves, beef fresh, and beef
salted, and not hams.
Colonel SIBTHORP felt the measures proposed by her
Majesty's Ministers to be of so unsound and unstatesmanlike a
character that he hoped their time was limited to no very dis-
tant period. He (Colonel Sibthorp) had a letter from his
constituents, expressing regret that he did not accept the
Chiltern Hundreds.—(Laughter.) They were sorry he had
not dune so, because they would have shown the Right Hon.
Baronet, that notwithstanding he would have sent down a
nominee of his own, he (Colonel Sibthorp) would have been
returned without one farthing expense.
Mr. P. HOWARD thought the best course for the Govern-
ment to pursue in regard of cattle would be to have a registra-
tion of cattle imported. Last year there had been imported
15,000 oxen and cows, and by putting on a duty of Is. upon
that amount it would produce 1,0001. By having such a sys-
tem of registration, it would be the means of ascertaining the
precise number of the importation of cattle.
Sir ROBERT PEEL had listened to the Hon. Member
with that attention which his station demanded. He had also
listened to the Hon. Member for Somersetshire. The Hon.
Member for Carlisle said there had been 15,000 oxen and cows
imported in the last year, but that did not prove that the price
of meat had fallen. The contrary was the fact. It was proved
on a former evening that the contract for meat in 1843 was
11. 18s. 4d., but in 1844 and 1845 it had more than doubled, and
that did not show anything like the injury to the value of the arti-
cle that Hon. Members anticipated. There was Ireland, where
the soil was more fertile than in this country, and where the
wages of the labourer were much lower. The wages of the
agricultural labourer in that country were no more, on average,
than 10d. a day ; there was no land-tax, and no property-tax
there; and if the people of this country could compete against
Ireland, which exported so much—a country with so many
advantages, where wages were so low—what need was
there to fear a competition with other countries? What oc-
casion was there to fear a competition with Holland, where
wages were lower, but where the soil was not so good as in our
own country? It would be no consolation to tell them that
they were being ruined by Ireland, and that, therefore, they
should also allow themselves to be ruined by other countries ;
but there was no such prospect, and the fact of Irelaisd not re-
ducing the price of meat in this market fully answerer every
argument raised against this article of the tariff. The prise of
meat had considerably advanced. Was not every butcher rab:-
ing the price of meat ?—was it not undeniable that the rise of
price was occasioned by the rate of consumption? By admit-
ting this importation, they would at least put down the extra-
vagant price demanded for this article of consumption. It had
been said that there was a decrease of sheep in Smithfield mar-
ket during the last year, and was lie doing wrong in giving
them a supply from abroad? It had been com-
plained of also, that there was a scarcity of the
article upon which cattle was fed in this country, and
he thought he was doing something to meet that want,
in allowing the importation of barley at the proposed re-
duced rate, which would allow them the means of feeding their
cattle, and so be better able to compete with the foreign
markets. Considering, then, the repeated deficiency in the
markets, to which he had alluded, he did think that the admis-
sion of cattle and sheep to this country from foreign countries,
duty free, would confer a great benefit upon the agriculturists
of this country, and therefore he should adhere to this proposi-
tion, for lie felt assured that by it he had not sacrificed the in-
terests of others.
Mr, FINCH had heard a great deal said upon this subject,
but he wen.:(l lust say in respect to the auguments adduced
in reference to higil rerices, that the effect of the high duty being
taken off the foreign siie'en and cattle, would only be to put
money in the pocket of the fore, 72 importer,
would and
be therefore
ed lth se
sct s
reduction of the revenue in thatres
sub-
one, because the English public would rea.'.iv derive no
-son assigned
stantial benefit from it.—( Hear.) Anothei ree.. ' free of
for the importation of foreign cattle so extensively, anu .
duty, was that they Were of a description so inferior that te_
English cattle dealer had nothing to fear from them.—( Hear,
hear.) But then other Hon. Members had argued that
the breeders of fore;gn cattle had been so successful, that in a
few years they would be able to compete with the first breeders
of cattle in the world. Now, he begged to tem;nd the House
that the English breeder of cattle had suffered nsuch by. the
destructive effects of the murrain in the cattle in his neigh-
bourhood. Well, then, he would like to ask if the effect of
this should be to raise prices, would the Right Hon. Baronet
be ready to put the duty on again, in the event of the prices
becoming low again ?—( Hear, hear.) It was quite true, that
the Irish beasts could not competewith the English beasts in the
same way that the foreign beasts slid; but it was equally true,
that the foreign beasts would now be enabled by this Bill to
enter into successful competition with the cattle of this coun-
try, to the prejudice of the English agriculturists. If, there-
fore, those reductions were to take place, what may they not
anticipate in the shape of reductions of the same sort to the
prejudice of the English farmer ? If foreign cattle were thus
to be introduced into the English market the English dealer
would be mine. There was at this'rooment an actual tax of
31. 10s. upon every head of English cattle brought into the
English market, as had been proved by evidence taken before
the House of Lords. The Hight Hon. Gentleman, the
Chancellor of the Fxchenuer, laughed, but that. only showed
that he knew nothiug whatever of the agricultural condition of
the eountry.—(Hear, hear.) But he begged to remind the
Right liori. Gentleman that when he took into account the
slifference between the actual price of barley and the tax upon '
malt, it would appear qt:jteptain that what he had stated was
the fact.
The CHANCELLOR of the EX. CHEknowlQU edgeEß said
upo, line did
neural this
not pretend to possess much
1.; d the Hon. Member that last
subject,
.but be
.tyesaernaiall3atflorwas fatting
broughtbeged in
no
theirnbarytetinlwe''.hnich to enable the farmers to
Upon that arose a dispute as
to whether malt or raw barley would be most benefieissl for that
purpose. The result was, that an agreement was entered into
for trying the experiment with those two articles, and it was
found that the cows fed upon raw barley
P gave m
bearorei milk tha
is
n
'those fed upon malt.--( Hear, hear.) apers ng out th
statement would be laid upon the table of the House, and he
trusted they would satisfy the Hon. Member.
Sir JOHN T 1 RItELL said be had heard a good deal upon
the subject of malt and barley as food for cattle, but
Majesty should
i at) to Pii the Right Lion. Daroket at tho headot her I

On the question of silk-gut being proposed,
Mr. CAYLEY objected to the duty being reduced cn that
article, and said it was erroneous to snppose that the working
classes were in favour of the Government measure, for meet-
ings of silk weavers had been held in Middleton, Manchester,
Leeds, Ormskirk, and other places, at which resolutions were
passed in opposition to the Government measure. The Go.
vernment might do what they liked with the farmer and the
landed proprietor, but he trusted they would not sacrifice the
poor and impoverished weaver.—( Hear, hear.
Dr. 130WHING wished to acid a few words to what had
fallen from the Hon. Member who had just sat down. The
silk labourers of Lyons had addressed a very rettlarkeble dom.-
meat to the Chamber of Commerce, in which they stated
that they were poor and were considered to be ignorant, but
neither their I:etiKly nor their ignorance had prevented them
from ascertaining that restrictions on commerce were injurious
to the interests of the people, and that they were deeply in-
terested in the ektension of Markets for their indi.tstry, The
silk labourers in France represented the same opinions as the
inhabitants of the cotton districts in England; and they con-
sidered, that so for hem t.'rotection being a blessing, it was a
bane to industry. He (Dr. Bowring) knew not why the silk
manufacturers sliould be, worse treated than persoes engaged in
other branches of manufacture.--(Hear, hear.) 'The subject
of the debate was silk, and now the matters under considera-
tion were fishing implements; but he found that Hon, Gen-
tlemen were in the habit of making speeches in the course of
the discussion which had reference to matters which were al-
ready disposed of, and be thought that such a waste of time
might well be saved to the Hoek,.
Mr. P. BORTEIWICK thought that the speech of the
Hon. Member for Yorkshire had been mainly valuable from
the illustration it had derived from the speech of the Hon.
Member for Bolton (Dr. Bowring), a speech which he did not
hesitate to say was alike creditable to himself, the country, and
the House.—(Cbeers.) But in that speech it was openly
asserted the weavers of Lyons and tlniethpoeefotphlee ofs Francoilk
ta ge
,enhe:
rally were entirely in favour of free tride,Haounsdestsaakye
aonfywthhiinchg
he wits anxious to disabuse the House.,ropTeher
cloluorns.eMteom,bilesreufosrs
osLaniisdtki:eiwas rd
su
passed,
asatisdiso,endd,
aoatnnadlol
to n
v,,r.
at
hlsi
cant
ogstui deteshteoi
of,
the silk trade on the question of the silk gut. The Hon.
Member had said that the silk trade was most important to
France ; but was not the trade of the colonies of England of
the greatest importance to this country ? But let not this state
of confusion of everything, and a settlement of nothing, be
made a merit of.—(Hear, hear.) The effect of this change
would not do any good in proportion to the evil that would
follow it. He had to apologise for having so long trespassed on
the attention of the House.
Mr. MUNTZ said he would vote for this measure because
he would vote for the repeal of all duties; but he would just
say a word about sine, as it had been alluded to by his Hon.
Friend near him, and he hoped he would allow him to pia that
question upon its proper footing. Ile (Mr. Muntz) had often
come here to learn what he ought to have known before. And
with regard to the zinc trade, he certainly thought he knew a
gonoeodindaena abo
ut
workedie A n
it t
Tioileettiiym4, that trade
purpose
eaos
the f confined Consuming
miutgo
ny
andat the result was tkat he
Eittt
manufactured himself into the G a;ette.—(Laughter.) There
.ftnntber person
in this
p..--
country, t
country, and that rrAg when the Rine nines in Silesia, in
Poland heti su.pended working; but it the Hon, Member
:a:coca:van:inn: npeevrciordmawcheea:
col nloW 'give .1.4471. M 4"..:;; at that price he szietsld
contract with him fur 1,000 ton;. 'I htre era:; one other point
which he wished to mention. The whole tradO carried on in
brass had been entirely destroyed by the bringing in of foreign
zinc, which, from its cheapness, suspended the original manu-
factures of brass. He was as anxious as any man for the repeal
of the corn-laws, as well as the repeal of another laws.—(Loud
laughter.) lie meant to say the repeal of all other duties,
but he would wish them to be fairly adjusted while they were
suffered to exist.—Agreed to.
On the proposed duty of 15s. on spirits and strong waters
being read from the chair,
lAir. THOMPSON objected, and said that by reducing the
duty on Cognac brandy to 15s , which was nearly one-third,
the revenue of the customs would suffer a deficiency of 400,0001
Vismally. He did not knout OA what groauds it was proposed

Government whether he did not consider himself answerable
in a great measure for the falling off in the supply of cattle that
Lad Cuske place by reason o. the introduction into this country
of tee ti'S','Zase of cattle ?.—( Laughter.) Hon. Gentlemen might
laueli, but he begged to tell them that the introduction of
foreign castle into this country with diseased lungs and other
diseased organs caused the spread of that disease amongst the
cattle in England, and was a great means cf preventing
graeiet e from breeding cattle.
Air. VILLIERS said that the Hon. Member who had just
sat dow n had dwelt at great length, and with great eloquence,
upon the subject of diseased cattle; but he had forgotten to •
t the 11,11 S 3 that there was a time when he made a speech in
which he said that the farmers of this country had nothing to
frar f.um American competition, because, in fact, the cattle
that came from that country wete in such a condition that
you could clearly read the newspapers through them—
(Laughter)—and
as to the American pork, that lost more than
half its value on the passage. He (Mr. 'Villiers) had heard a
I great deal said about the importance of those imports to the
dealers in them, but not one word had been uttered in reference
to the poor people for whose benefit their prices had been re-
dueed.—(Hear, hear.) There could be no doubt that this
measure would pass, and lion. A:embers opposite had no doubt
of it—(Cheers and laughter)—but he would ask them were
they aware of this fact, that there were very many of the
labouring classes in this country who for forty years had not
tasted meat?—( Hear, hear. )
Sir JOHN TROLLOPE begged to offer a few observa-
tions to the House. The Right Honourable Baronet at the
head of her Alajestyle Government had loudly cheered the
remark of an Hon. Gentleman, with reference to the disease
in the breed of cattle. Now he recollected when that Right
Hon. Gentleman introduced the income-tax he told the coun-
try they should save it out of their style of living. He hoped
the Right Hon. Gentleman had suffered his part of that.—( A
augh. ) The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer
had adverted to experiments, but he should say that they were
prevented by the excise from carrying out these experiments.
alarm
ai
srl he permitted
withep
importedoe rdrn,
respect
faet
rtst
oept:elheett
aotbor samesota
ahy
de,
i,dihavingctoshtoerof the
et
dht
ieoadndi
osooof,ur
cans
eaeotthet
laxoedi
eapNnxidgiweinhecireefa,tioethud ammttti,ieg,f,
r
themselves, bat on the representation of their constituents.—
( Hear, hear.) They had been treated to a corn-law lecture
by the Hon. Member for Wolverhampton, though he (the
Hon. Member) could not see what that subject had to do with
that under discussion. The Gentlemen on his side of the
question were in favour of every description of encouragement,
cultivating the land extensively and feeding cattle, because they
were aware that from those sources sprung cheap food for the
public.—, Hear, hear.) And it was only by the perpetual in-
terference of the Government in the matter that such bene-
ficial effects were checked, as the Right Hon. Baronet, the First
Lord of the Treasury, would, ere many years, discover to be
the face.—( Hear, hear.)
Mr. P. BORTHWICK said that, in 1942, the Right Hon.
Baronet at the head of the Government, in introducing his
tariff, told them, in reply to an observation made by an [lon.
Member, to the effect that Spain, owing to the richness of its
soil, would import cattle, that he (Sir R. Peel) felt assured
a single hoof would never cross the Bay of Biscay. though the
result was that, in that very year, several head of cattle were
imported from Spain. They had heard it stated by the Hon.
Member for Wolverhampton, that, owing to the depression in
agriculture, the wages of the agricultural labourers were low ;
yet they were going to improve the condition of the agricultu-
rists by a further permission of articles of foreign growth free
of duty. It was impossible, in his opinion, to fix the gentlemen
of the Anti-Corn-law League to any certain principle.—
They had, to be sure, succeeded in converting two cabinets by
means the most extraordinary that ever the country witnessed.
They proclaimed in the face of the country that their determi-
nation was to benefit all classes ; but how did they set about
doing that ? Why, by depressing that class en which the pros-
perity of the rest of the country depended.—( Hear, and a laugh.)
lie wished to ask the gentlemen what reason they had given
in defence of the proposition which they maintained ? But
he would not pursue the argument, as he merely rose to ask
the Hon. Member for Wolverhampton how it was that hie ar-
gument so completely . contradicted itself? (Laughter.)
K ...sing the distinguished ability of which the Hon. Member
IN as possessed, he (Mr. Borthwick) could not believe the Hon.
Gentleman was serious when he rose to proclaim his opinion
that the same measures could, at the sane time, and under
tie same circumstances, raise the prices of corn and beef, and
ea() it, press them.—( Hear, and laughter.)
.after a few words from Mr. VILLIERS, which were in-
audible in the gallery, owing to the cries for a division,
Sir J. WALSH expressed his regret that Hon. Gentlemen
at the opposite side should have attributed motives of a selfish
nature to Gentlemen who happened to be at his side of the
question, though they had ever contended that they repre-
ed the great national interest of the country, with which
all other interests were interwoven, and still believed that they
were contending for the benefit of all classes, as well as Hon.
Gentlemen opposite.—(Hear, hear.) It was true that in the
present moment the price of cattle was higher than it had been
for many years; but if the Right Hon. Baronet at the head
of the Government had been called upon six or eight
months since to introduce his measure, he would
have spoken very differently.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.")
He should express his regret that that Right Hon, Gentleman
should have thought fit to disturb the arrangements entered into
by him in 1932, and which occasioned the evil effects which the
trade at that moment were only relieving themselves from.
The case of Ireland had been mentioned. Now he saw no
parity whatever in the case of Ireland as compared with foreign
countries, as Ireland was an integral portion of the empire.—
( Hear, hear.) The great article of produce in the south of
Ireland was cattle, and if the value of these was depressed great
evils would ensue, and the state of the country be made much
worse than it was at present. The measures of the Govern-
ment, instead of improving the condition of Ireland, would only
aggravate its miseries,and place the population in a much worse
position than they were even now. On these grounds he must
oppose the present alteration.
Mr. ELLIOT YORKE only rose to protest against
Honourable Gentlemen on the Opposition benches
using such language as they did in reference to the
great interest which he, and those on that side of the House,
represented. He felt it his bounden duty to oppose the pre-
sent motion, as well as all others that went to reduce the
amount of protection to agriculture. The prognostications of
the Right Hon. Baronet on this subject had not been made
out, and therefore the change was not justifiable nor expedient.
Mr. KNIGH TLEY said the cause of the present dearness of
cattle was the unhealthiness of last summer, which destroyed a
great quantity of stock. If the present alteration was carried,
the effect would be, that the home market would be swamped
by cattle from Russia and the north o f Europe. Great facili-
ties would be offered to sending cattle to this country, from
the railroads that were being constructed in those countries.
Mr. CUMMING BRUCE was against the alteration. He
had received a letter from an extensive grazier, who stated
that the home market would be filled with lean cattle if this
alteration was made ; and especially that the Highland cattle
rearers would be ruined by the importation of foreign stock.
By referring to the importations that had already taken place,
they had evidence how the market would be affected. In 1844
the number of cattle imported was 1,521 ; in 1845 it was
4,9°0; while during the last year it was 16,870. He most
cordially supported the amendment.
Lord G. BENTINCK rose amidst loud cries of "Divide,
divide." He said, he supported the Right Hon. Baronet when
he altered the duty on cattle, at the time it was a prohibitive
duty • but he could not agree to the present alteration. He
could look upon ten per cent. as a prohibitive duty, and to
that ho was disposed to adhere. In answer to the Hon. Mem-
ber for Wolverhampton, who had complained that the people of
this country did not get a supply of meat, he would inform the
House that the population of this country eat more meat than
the people of any other country in Europe. The average con-
sumption of the people of this country was per annum 92 lbs.
each person; while no other country in Europe consumed
more on an average than 50 lbs. As he had
resisted the other portions of the tariff, that
did ac ay with protection to agriculture, so must he oppose the
present, and vote with his Hon. Friend below him, who had
made the motion. If they were defeated in that House, lie
hat lvtter hopes of the House of Lords, and should Hon.
Members be sent back to their constituents, judging from the
recent elections that had taken place, he had no doubt his
party who stood up on behalf of native industry, would come
b ick strengthened, and with such power as to put a stop to
the ruinous policy that was now prevailing with the Govern-
ment.—( Cheers.)
The House then divided, when there appeared :
For the amendment
Agaiast it
Majority
several items in the tariff having been agreed to without
oppu-i sun,
On the proposition that the duty on foreign hides should be
Ins ered,
Mr. LAW SON said that he should have to offer onse
an
two ohssevatiotts on this subject. He intended
it.oo Ttreer,. The
am, ndrnent, that the word "hides"
"'that in no part of the country were
hides,
the bywochbkeeintal
working classes,
ou l,r
hilted beenouhi
state,ai at,erondt introduction
:who ni
perfectt hnt o f obreaeniegefirn safety,
titan before the duty had been altered,
shoes to be had etc
hthaed reduction
Gofendtuletymoenn
with advantages. The
tre nLa dtoed no
leastl
foreign
igtehoeLr
beofiroddreets
hbtoeagt
ebame
eboe extent
afto
with whom he (Mr. Lawson) acted, with their new-born zeal
for the working classes. He could inform the Noble Lord that
their zeal was not new-born, and, as regarded himself, he
could only say that in the proposed alterations of 1832, lie had
moved that native manufactures, where protected already
against foreign competition, should return that protection. In
the
word very same spot he now proposed the amendment that
word " hides" be left out of the present tariff.
they well knew that one fact was bett7trbthan
Sir JOHN TYRRELL rose to second the a
a eiracumstance which
argu-
ments, he should trouble the House with theonudsamnednt.As
a clergyman, one of his
ihsasteed andten
hadeons.bt
ieteone
octosm.m communicated craet
related that Piharntsaelffarmer in the neighbourhood,'
ten more.
d alterations that he
hoaftdtihsernseissminegn and their
further proposed a man of undoubted capitals was sohaadlaramlreedadybydtihsme
What made thin s oa
rndtehr ewas, pointt
of his workmen,
ancestors had been in the employment of this farmer and his
predecessors for at least 100 years. He should like to know
caseand thewa
from Gentlemen opposite, or perhaps some Member of
the Government would answer the question, how these men
were to be " absorbed," for that he believed was the word with
them, now that they had lost their former work? He (Sir
'hn Tyrrell) shrewdly suspected that tl e workhouse, in that
• "ilar cases, could best toll the tale. These persons he
el were in the habit of attending the meetings of
'-w League, and subscribing, to their dogmas.
oromisecl " cheap loaf" bad blinded their

and sin.
was inform,.
the Atti-Corn-i...
He suspected that the
`n consequence of
understandings. the men had been dismissed
,rali ed.
Sir G. CLERK presumed s- of the uncertainty which
from their employment in coneequen, the protectionists,
at present prevailed—(Great cheering trs-
and
which was of considerable duraticoon;i,io;.i.
0t,,,,e sentence )
which it was impossible to hear the
tr d • 11 •t-
-fh 1 on. Alember for KnaresboroZth
(Renewed
w acts,
etehrei
nugn.c)er trn t?),
had complained that the tariff of 1842 had been productive of
no advantages to those
Did the Hon. 111emher mean to say that the introduction of
the material which those persons used in their trade' in large
quantities and at a cheaper rate, was not a benefit to 02ern ?
The return of the quantity of hides imported would demon-
strate this fact. in the first year after the alteration, they
had imported above 500,000 cwt., in the second year 600,t,:.1°
cwts., and in the last year 700,000 cwts.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House
divided. when there appeared—
For the original motion
Against it
Majority for Ministers
On our return to the gallery, we found that the article of
linen had been proposed.
Mr. LAWSON raid that as the linen trade was very exten-
sive in the borough which he had the honour to represent, he
should think it unbecoming in him if he were to remain silent
while he heard the dearest interest of his constituency interfered
with. The growth of home flax had enabled the manufac-
turers in this country to compete with the foreigner. He
had no doubt that they would be enabled to do so
after the abolition of the duty, but they could
only do so at the expense of their work people. During the last
autiren he had been waited upon by a body of workmen, who
stated to him that their masters, who were linen manufacturers,
had promised them an increase in their wages of ten per cent.
This prtstniSe, however, had never been kept, and therefore the
woilonrn had turned out. Their masters had informed them
that they were unable to pay the workmen the required ad-
vance, to consequence of the badness of trade. These workmen
appticd to him (Alr. Lalveou) to give theca a Itlbicriptioa