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London, England, 1826-03-01 00:00:00

ARMY cos rRAcTs.

Commissariat Department, Treasur)
Chambers, F,bruory 20,
is hereby given to all Persons de-
.k. 4
sirroi Of contracting to supply the foliating Articles
.tor the 11sc of the Army, viz.:—

BREAD-=l•u his Majesty's Land Forces in Cantonments,
'Quarters, and Barracks, in the under•mcntiunad Countits
.and Islands:— •

Bedford, Berk% (including the Town of tinngerford), Ber.
Bnehs, Cambridge (including the Town of Newm,tr-
';ket), Chester, Cornwall (includingticilly), Cumberland, Der-
by, Devon, Dorset, Durham (inchnling Holy Island), Essex
'(exclusive of Tillvory Fort), Gloster (including. the City of
Bristol), ITereford, Hertford, Hunts. Isle of Man,
.".Isle of Wight, Kent (including Tilbury Fort, in the Cr unty
^of Essex); Lancaster, Leicester, Lincoln, Nliddlesex, Mon-
mouth, Norfolk, Northampton, Northumberland; Notting-
ham, Oxford, It ntland, Salop, Romerset, StalTurd, Suffolk,
,Surrey, Sussex, Warwick, Westurnrland,Wilts, Worcester,
York, North and Snuth Wales, in the several Counties in
North Britain, and in the Islands of Alderney, Guernsey,
and Jersey.

As alqo Bread to tlir Household Troops in London iind its

• OATS, to his Nlniesty's Cavalry and Artillery Horses.
C+►ntot►inents nod Qn:►riers, in the under-n►eutioned Cou

Lie, t
Bedford, Berwick, Bucks, Cambridge, Chester, Cumher-
land, Drirham, Gloucester, Hereford, Herl ford,
Hnnts, Leicester, Lincoln, Monmouth, Oxford, lint hind,
Salop, Stafford, Westmorland, Wilts, Worcester, ."sorth and
South Willett.
FORAGE; viz.—OATS, HAY, and STRAW—To his Ma.
jest)'s Cavalry and Artillery Horses in Barracks, and Outs,
in Cantonments and Quarters, in the under-mentioned
Counties in South Britain
Bolsi, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Essex, Hants (including
t2ie talc ..f Wight), Kent, Lancaster, Middlesex, Norfolk,
\orthamptott, Northumbet land, Nottingham, Somerset, Su f-
Sittrey, Sussex, Warwick, York, and in the several
Counties in North Britain,
•
That the I.9eliveries are to commence on and for the 'nob
4,r of April next ; that Prop.isals in writing, sealed up and
rtorked. " Tviiiter fur Army Supplies," will he received at
this Otlice on or before Wednesday, 0.6 99th day of Nlarch
next ; .htst ore will he received after Twelve obdoch on
that day.

' oroala most be made separately for each County, and
Lshand, except for the Couuliea comprising North and South
Wales, all of which must be included in one Tender; like-
Wise the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Alderney.; as
also the several Counties in North Britain ; and each Pro-
posal must have the Letter which is annexed to the Ten-
der Properly filled up, by Two Persona of known Property,
titvging to hecome bound wifh the Patty tendering, in the
riotonot hinted in the printed PArtiuulats, for the due per-
form:ince of the Contract; and no Proposal will be noticed
kfniess_ made on a printed Tender, and the Prices expresied
ill words at length; and should it so happen that during the
e.ootinnance of the Contract no Troops should be supplied
by virtue of the saute, the amount of the Stamps on the Con-
tract and paid in the 6rst instance by the Contractor,
shall be refunded to him.

Particulars of the ContiActs arty be lied upon application
at this Office hetween the hours of Ten and Four, and of the
ilarpiek•Masters in the islititils of Guernsey, tlersey, and
Man ; unit as several Alterations have been made in the
Printed Patient:ire, which Alterations ore printed in Italie,
it is requested that Persons maiiing Tenders will cari'milli at-
tend to the same, and that Persons tendering for the supply
of Oats, will notice the alteration in the weight.
14.5. Samples of the J3read and Meal way be seen at this
ottive between the hours of Twelve Cod Two.

NIONEY ON MORTGAGE OF ANNUITY.
VIVE THOUSAND POUNDS and Up-
i4-1- words. or any Part (in Sums not less than XIOn). will
4e advanced on Ida-Interests Iron) Marriage Seri lements,
11n,t,.inoney in the Funds, Wills, Jointures, and Real
•L'states nisi> .:on Freehold, Copyhold, and Leasehold Pro.
'Perlies, on fair, Jost, and liberal terms.
Apply pursonally, or try Lettur (post paid), to Mr. Lloyd,
Attorney Law, Nu. 4, Adant.street, Adelphi.

CIATITARD and DOBSON, htshintin He and
ILA • Militar TAILORS, &c., No. 481, STRAND. (six
41)or$ from St. Martin's-lane), beg leave most respectfully to
ilifokin the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public in general, that
4they have opened the above Premises as a General Clothing
stablishment.

(_. & 1). beg to assure those Gentlemen who may be pleased
to favour them with their commands, that every Article will be
An' the very best Alitterials and Workmanship, and cut in the
tuo,:t F,,,,liionable style, at full twenty per cent. under the usual
vaarges„
Tie, feliowing is a brief sketch of Prices for ready Money,
the wil,e Terms upon which G..& D. can transact Business:—
X . di.
Sllperfire Unat in colours . . 3io
0 3 10. i: a. t 0
I)itto 11111,1:s and Blues - - - 35 0 316 0
Extra, Savanly wool ditto • . 3150 4 4 0
uliertinc frock Cimts, faced with silk • 318 0 410 0
Vsasintere or cloth Trowecrs,most fashion.
4ble colosrs - . - • 1 B'o 114 0
Mack or Blue &mon y, ditto - - 112 0 118 0
Alined Cassimere Ilrecches, made in a
i very superior style 110 0 116 0
''''nellet or Valcntia Waistcoats - 01400 16 0
Mack and Buil' Cussimere, or white
llarcfilla . 015 0 013 (1
.
41 Suit of Livery complete . . 414 6
Cloaks of over y description, Driving and Groat Coats, &e.
leept ready made for the convenience of Gentlemen travelling,
at Charges equally reasonable. Ladies' Habits and Pelisses
Hair. tr f:legaritlY truided. •

I exhort, I intreat the remaining Freeholders of the County
to secure me, by their unanimous Suffrages, from the disho-
nour of being made a victim to broken promises and misplaced
confidence.
I await your assistance, and look forward to victory.
I have the honour to remain, Gentlemen,
Your obliged and faithful servant,
HENRY THOMAS LIDDELL.
Committee-room, Alnwick, Feb. 23, 1026.

TO THE FREEHOLDERS OF THE COUNTY OF
NORTHUMBERLAND.
GENTLEMIN,
INCE my last Address to you, I have met
kJ my Constituents upon the Hustings at Alnwick. I
have asked them if any man had an accusation to bring agairet
use, or a question relating to my conduct, to which he wished
for an answer. Their silence entitles me to say, that the expla-
nation contained in my Address of the 13th inst. has been con.
sidered satisfactory, and that their confidence iu me remains
unshaken.
The events of last Tuesday were most interesting—not in lay.
big before you the preterisiims of' two rival Tories, nor in the
hackneyed panegyrics that were put forth on Church and Con.
stitution—but in announcing to you the resolute determination
of a Noble Lord to give the Freeholders an opportunity of as.
serting their independence. This conduct on his part leaves me
no alternative. I cannot allow a day to elapse, before I request
you to think seriously of the situation in which you will be
placed, to weigh well the merits of the. respective Candidates
who will present themselves before you, and to take timely
measures for securing the return of those.whom you wish to
honour with your approbation. 1 hope that I shall not be ac-
culled of arrogance, if I point out to you the necessity, when
different. claims are laid to your support, of selecting one whose
principles are in strict accordance with your own, and for
whose success you .should mainly exert yourselves. I am aware
that this is canvassing for plumpers, and that freeholders are
apt to be offended at such seeming presumption ; but recollett,
Gentlemen, that I have only said, decide according to your
cOnscience, and tiQ what you think right with spirit and die.
cretion.
It cannot then be urged against me, that I am holding lan-
guage invidious to the other Candidates; for 1 have confined
myself' to the expression of a hope that you will select; as your
Representatives, men whose principles you approve—to the
assertion, that the independent declaration of a Noble Lord
compels me to take immediate steps for my own return—and to
an opinion, that under existing circumstances it is necessary
for the support of your political principles, that you should
rally round the Candidate whose political creed is most closely
allied to your own.
I might here take my leave of you, and content myself
with assuring you, that I shall take the earliest opportunity
Vrieturning to pay my respects in person to yott, and re.
spectfully intreating you not to allow the Canvass of others,
whose tune is not neeeasarily otherwise employed, to take you
by surprise, I shall, however, rather apologise ‘to you for
noticing the remarks of an anonymous writer, who stylee
himselt Valdes:, but whose malice has been seldom equalled.
It was my intention to consider this scribbler as unworthy of
notice, but he hat given me an opportunity of tearing oti the
veil, and exhibiting to yost the way in which private malice has
been for some at work against me, and I shall avail myself of it. Gentlemen, be not deceived; it is not your good that
Vindex desires ; he aims solely at my destruction. The pub.
lic avenger has no occasion to hide himself' from the public eye.
The secresy of which he would conceal himself the activity
with which his calumnies were pushed into circulation, and
the rancor with which f'acts are distorted, falsehoods invented,
and the most unjust suspicions are cast upon me, denote the
private slanderer; but the laws of self-defence require that we
should destroy the cowardly assassin who would stab us in the
dark, no less titan the enemy, whose duty calls him against us
into the field.
Is it true, that Vindex heti so soon forgotten the events of
the Easter of 1824 ? If he has, I refer him to the County Papers
of that period, as the only answer which I shall give to his first
Question.
.31y answer to his second question is contained in tny last
Address; and as my Constituents are satisfied with it, it is a
matter of intliffer,s4ce to ine,what may be the opinion of Vindex
on the subject. 1 shall not weary you by animadverting upon
his concluding paragraphs, further than to say, that I am not
unwilling to contrast my conduct at the Assizes in 1824, with
that of any other person present; and that I am greatly mis-
taken, if on that occasion, my enemies did not play a losing
game. In a postcript, which no doubt his public ditty has
compelled him to acid, he has the candour to assert, that my
present principles must be inconsistent with my political creed,
when member of a Pitt Club, without the candour of a further
explanation ; but it will require more than Vintlex's integrity
to convince you, that a man who deserts a party in power, for
principle, is a man on whom no dependence can be placed. In
conclusion, I defy any man to select from any of my Addresses,
One sentence that can he fairly construed into a wish to purchase
the votes of the County, or it desire to intimidate them. I have
now done with him, and having, as I trust, sufficiently expoied
the meanness, the malice, and the falsehood of this attack
upon me, I will assure you that in future I shall not condescend
to reply to any man who dare not sign his name to what he has
written.

Before I conclude, I. must express my regret that many of
my well-wishers have been dissatisfied with my opinions on
the Catholic Question. It is scarcely possible to tell you how
much I feel at this, for I had felt proud to belong to a county,
which I thought, exceeded all others in Christian tolerance....
The conduct ofa neighbouring county, as it relates to this sub.
ject, I cannot but consider extremely disgraceful to it . and I
had flattered myself that the Freeholders of Northumberland
were persuaded that it Is no less cruel than unwise to punish
men for opinions which they conscientiously entertain, and
that they were too firmly convinced of the truth of their own
creed, to dread innovation from a religion so abundant in
errors as that of the Roman Catholics. This I
shall leave is, however, not
il
the proper time for discussing these topics; an
you for the present, with a hope, that if we agree on the main
points, we shall not be separated by differing in matters of less
unportance ; and that, by seizing a wrong time for the dis-
cussion of differences, we shall not give the victory to our
enemies.

.1 have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your obedient and obliged Servant,
THOMAS WENTWORTH BEAUMONT.
Newcastle, Feb. 23, 1326.

WAR-OFFICE STEAM-PACKETS.--BRISTOL AND
DUBLIN DIRECT.
rirql E Nobility, Gentry, and Public, are re.
spectfully informed, that THE PALMERSTON,
JOHN HYDE, Commander, Sails for DUBLIN direct every
I'
WEDNESDA , and leaves DUBLIN for BRISTOL every
SATURDAY.

BRISTOL AND CORK.
The GEORGE THE FOURTH, JOHN BROWNE,
Commander, Sails for CORK every SATURDAY direct, and
leaves CORK, for BRISTOL every TUESDA Y.
Births secured, and Cards, giving the Days and Hours of
Sailing for the Season, may be obtained on apPlication to
Bishop and Cooper, AVltito Hart, and Win. Bore, IVhite Lion,
Bath ; William Neylor, Plough Hotel, Cheltenham ; J. R.
Williams and Co., No. 11, Clement's-lane, Lombard-street, or
Win. Robinson, New Wilke Horse Cellar, Piccadilly, London:
Carriages and Horses careltilly Shipped.
ROBART SMART, Agent.
War-Office Packet-Office, 1, lima Quay.

. ,----7-7----,
ESTABLISHED- UPWARDS. OF SEVEN YEARS.
LONDON REPOSITORY for the CAIPINET-M A KERS'
SOCIETY, for every Description of C,,ABIN'ETFUItNI-
- and UPHOLSTMIV (1,340.1 in the first style of
elernte from a ClV.tage to a Palac,,. '-
FBA 11 HER BED and MArl'llDiS !ANT.7I.,'ACTORY,
No. 71, CORNER of LEADENtIALII-STIIEEN,
THOpposite 'litigate Pump.
E socIETy (4' .CA 1111.`1 FrAtAKEIOi
respectfully inform the Public that they still continue
the above Establisinnent for the be!, •,7t. of- industrious and in-
genious Mechanics who have large , '..liiic. by.oll'ering those
manufactured articles in the Cabin.: 1,, • .. , f!e hest workman-
ship, and cheaper than any hour L . , ~1-, in 1, Indon, there be•
in no other profit required.ou 11,. ,;. --oLls Ma the warehouse
and other expencee t being sulllei..,, ,I . ~..Itislieti With having
constant employment tbr tnenp.i.-.4,.. ~:.: . ;„soli, x.
The Committee of this )..;stablisL ~ . ~-orn their sincere
thanks to the Nobility and. Public in • . , :•,. L. tor.the most #;-e-
-nevus and liberal patronage bestow ~•., q, 1,. n Satiety, during
I the last year, anti hope still to liter* try l!, flhlet.intleavours,
their future flivours On their seyentiiikann! Meeting, which
took place on Friday, the ht day
.14,likiejtrly, the,Ptn;tuhtet'
'have the pleftsure to-announce to the' ftibliCil*afgr..oetlnct
ing for sick, printing, and other ineidental expences, the divi.
dend for each member amounted to 2f. /0.5., which was paid to
each on the above day. Forty new members were received
into the Society last year, and the Uonunigeo-stilL hope through
thepublic favour, that they will be enabled to •increase the
number this year.
The Society and their families beg leave to return their sin-
cere thanks to those Ladies and Gentlemen who have hitherto
honoured them with their orders and recommendation, andshall
always reel happy in their endeavours to give future satisfitction ;
at the same time solicit a continuance of their benevolence.
The following Articles are inserted as a Specimen of the very
Low Prices, all Warranted of good NVorkmanship and Dry
Wood.--Ready Money only
Full-size mahogany 4-post lath bottom Bedstead £4 4 0
Full-sized Tent Bedstead - - - - 16 , o
Ditto with Furniture - . - - 313 ii
Bordered straw Mattress to fit - - 11• ti
Ditto doe-hair Mattress to tit - - - 11 u
Feather Bed free from dust or smell -.-- 310 0
Three ft. 6 in. feather Bed ditto - - 212 0
Four ft. a in. bordered horse-hair tick Mattress 210 • 0
Four ft. 6 in, ditto of the best elastic horse-hair in tick. 33 0
-Four ft. 6 in. flock Bed and Bolster - • . 1..10 0
Six japanned Chairs, in oil, of any colour or description 1 7 u
Best japanned ditto Dressing-table with drawer 016 0
Ditto ditto Wash-hand-stand ditto - . - 018 0 '
Common japanned tVash-hand-stand . - 0 8 0
Common ditto• Dressing-table - - . - U H u
3 ft. Chest of mahogany Drawers, solid Drawers 210 o
3 ft. 6 in. ditto - • - - 412. it
Mahogany 2-step Bed-step Night Convenience - 16 0
Ditto 3 ditto Night Convenience _ .•1 14 .-0
Ditto Bidett-amt Pan . - - - 16 0
Bed-room Easy' Chair • - . 3 0,0
Bed-room Sofa Bedstead with 3 Matmsses to tit, with Top 38 ti
Ditto - . • 44 0
Handsome Mahogany Wardrobe - - 13 13 0
Ditto . . . - ' .1515 0
French Bedstead in Oil of the best description 3 3 0
Bamboo Tent Bedstead - - r 112 0
Do. in Oil,French Top, with RodsforFnrniture to draw 2 10 0
Bamboo French Entitle Top Bedstead anti Drapery,
Furniture, Fringe, tkc. - • 11 10 0
5 ft. mahogany 4-post Bedstead and Furniture, with • 1
French Draperies lined all thrOugh, silk Fringe 14 11 0
5 ft. ditto with Cornice - • . 16 16 0
5 ft. in. ditto • '. . . - lB 18 0
5 ft. 6 in. ditto with Burnished Gold Cornices; eta
gant Draperies
Mahogany Dressing Table
Ditto

22 0 0
1 4 •o
I 1U
2 2

Servants' Drawers - - -
Eight mahogany Chairs, li and 2 Elbows, covernl in
Horse-hair and brass nails -
-
Mahogany Pembroke 'fable , .. 2.. 0 0
Ditto I)ining 'rabic - .
„,,, 36 1150 on
3jahokany Sofa or Couch, covz.roci in IteriN-liiiir to
Match Chairs • ~ . . •GlO o
Ditto - - 7 10 0
Ditto . - - - . 0 10 0

Ditto - - .. , - 910 0
Ditto - - . 0, :.. - ' 10 10 o
Cellaret Sideboard - - , - 615 n
Ditto •• • - 7 7 0
Handsome Pedestal Sideboard with carved Back 10 10 9
Ditto - - - - 12 12 a
Ditto - - . 15 10 o
Ditto - - - 18 10 • 0
DittO . - _ • IVIO 0
• Set of 4 ft. Mahogany Dining Tables, 11 ft. 6 in. long to 10 0
-
Ditto - . 17 0 n
.
4 ft. 6 in. ditto • . . • 4 . 17 10 0
4 ft. 6 in. ditto - . lt 10 o
Small Dining Table on Patent Principle . 810 0
Ditto . . . 910 o
Ditto - . . 10 10 0
Mal lit 16 Pillor and Claw Table . 3 0
15 0
Ditto - - - 4.1 0
Mahogany Tray.stand
Butlers"fray - . 012 0
Patent Sandwich Tray, Bras Lock . 18 0
Mahogany Music Chair, inlaid with Brass . 20 0
Music Stool covered in Morocco - 16 0
-
Music or Chair . . 011 0
2
8 Mahogany Chairs, 6 and elbows, covered in
Horse-hair - -
8 Trafalgar Chairs, Loose Seats, Brass Moulded
it do. Best Spanish Wood - -
Set of Mahogany Card and Sofa Tables, branded in
drove-wood - -

7- 0
10 10
12 12 0

Set ditto inn Pillar and Claws
Ditto .

8 15 o
14 10 o
15 16 0
17 14
20 10 8

- - - Ditto, the Best that can be made .
- -
Elegant Dining-room Window Curtains, cornished,
lined and fringed - .
.. Ditto ditto -
. - -
Ditto, the Best that can be made, go t l I Cornish, silk
fringe, &c. - - _ . •
Drawing-room Couch - - . -
Ditto , . . . -
Ditto, (the Hest that can be made) . -
Drawing-mom Trafalgar Chairs, each -
Ditto inlaid with Brass, do. - -
Ditto, ditto, do. -
Best Horse-hair Cushion - - • .
Common ditto - . - - -
Reaalndltossoteat,voott Drawing-room Tallies: in two Card
-
Ditto ditto- - - -
Ditto, French polished, Carved Lion' Claw .
Elegant Drawn' ~ ' Curtains ...itch
h-rotan • I
T 1:,....

0 6
7 7

10 10 o
A 5 (►
6 10 (
7 7 0
t 11 0
1 2 o
1 5 o
1/ 5 6
U 4 6

19 0 0
21 10 0
VA/ A 0
ti I; o
7 7 0
--0 8 0
.osewonti Tea-Caddies, of all kinds of Fancy, from 10,. to 21.1. i.
nitation Rosewood Canterbury - •- 1 12 ti
labogany ditto - ~ ,1 12 0
Chimney Glass - V. Ins, 7L 73., and 10 10 o
Joil:taotred Rosewood Cheffidoorrer, Silk k:ront .
:21
ilott ttil
Ditto, do. - - 7 15_ o
Ditto,
Ltuly's Work Table, Mahogany - - 116 0
Ditto, with Silk lag and Fringed, 3/.',15., 41. 45., and 6 6. 0
Pair of Pole Fire St:ll,ms inlaid with Brass - 33 0
Pair of Screen nibles - . . 210 0
Foot. Stool of any description - - 07 0
Japan Book Shelves - - - 07 0
Roaewood do. - - - 0W 0
Mahogany do. - . - ,- 10 u
Rosewood 1,00 Twe, 84 18s., 91. Ws., 101. 10s., & 12 12 0
All Feather Beds warra.nted inc from,cluss-or smell, or the
Money returned. . w TB URN Elal i, Agent.
Country Dealers supplied... Moods Packed fit for all parts at
Great Britain anti to the Ettstand West Wks. Capboins fitted
Out, and Merchants supplied .with Cahinct floods for Nvporta-
tion. Apartments Furnished :eta i'ow hours notice, and !limns
in two or four days.
(0. MI Goods for the Country must be paid tbr on Dolivery
at the Wharf.
All kinds of Drawing and Dining Room Curtains and Pcd
Furnitures of every description illatie.up and Ite-eleoittl for
Town and Country,. by sending your own Cotton.

..,
Lord St4AWERY.
KENTON presented a petition from Sudbury, pray-
' ing for the abolition of SlaVery.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented similar petitions
from New Shoreham and Ila Won.
'rite Archbishop of YORK presented a petition front Hud-
dersfield, praying tine the abolition. of Slay..ry.
LW -DUDLEY and WAND presented a simiLir "retitle!)
front Wolverhampton. His Lordship oi;se:ved.that he did not
wish to cuter upon any discussion of so ernharsauing ang deli-
cate a question, but would L'AVC the subject for their Lordships'
future consideration. . . .
BANKING SYSTEM IN SCOTLAND.
The Marquis of II UNTLEI' presented* petition.from the
county of Aberdeen, praying their Lordships not to inurferv.
with the present system of Banking .in scotland. II is Lord.
ship presented a similar petitifin front the Advocate;.ne EtinT:'
burgh ; and another from the Borough of Inverness to the _same
pAteg47.„.,„. • _
_,-L.,,,..* The Etta of SHAFTESB UR Y presented a similar petition
front Glasgow.
Lord lIIELVILLE presented a • petition from the Bankers,
Merchants, and Traders of the City of. Edinburgh against the
Small Notes fill. His Lordship also imakatttll a similar pe-
tition from the Society of Tailors of the City of Edinburgh.
The. Earl of LAUDERDALE;, pesented a similat petition
Prom the Borough of PaiSlev.
• - • FORMS OP TIll• HOUSE.
The Earl of LA UDE it DA LE complained of the manner, in
which Bills were pissed throng!t their several stages. ;Shiny
Noble Lords were prevented from attendance from want of
proper notice, and Bills bad passed without the knowledge of
Noble Lords, who would. have been present . had they known
such Bills were before the House lie would therefore. on A
future day, move that eContmittee.be appointed to remedy the
inconvenience.

The following Bills were read a third tine:—The Transfer
of Aids Bill, the West India Clergy Hill, and the 10
rachequer Bills bill. _

CORN LAWS.
The Marquis of CAMDEN presented A petition from certain
landowners and others in Hythe, Kent, praying that there
might be no alteration made in the Cairn Laws.
Lord KING had a petition to present against the 't job of
jobs." It was frt»n the City or' Rochester. The inhabitants
of a Kentish town Were mita rall y.anxious to have bread as cheap
as their neighbours on %the opposite shore. It was said that a
repeal of the Corn liftws would reduce the price of Corn ; but
he could not coincide in any ,such opinion. Ile wished to hear
of this subject being brought before Parliament, and to sae the
hideous deformity of the whole st stem exposed. The Corn
Laws were grinding the community for the benefit of a few.
The Earl of DARNLEY would put it to the good nature of
the Niible Lord a hether the constant agitutien of this delicate
subject would tend to tiny useful purpose. It wits too important
to be made a stthject of jesting, and lie hoped the Noble Lord
would adopt a different course in flume. After the wise reso-
Intion of his alaJesty's Alinieters to abstain from any discussion j!
of the Corn Laws for' the present, it watt to be expected that no '
useless agitation of the subject )vo Id take place.
.1-4 however,
)
hits Noble Friend did not wish to In • the matter rest, It was in
his power to move their Lordships o take the subject into their
consideration, and that would be a more desirable course than a •
perpetual recurrence to the same topic. He would again, in the
u
spirit of good feeling, put it to his Noble Friend whether, in the
present state of the country, when a greet portion of the commu.
nity could not purchase bread, it was prudent to tell the people
that the landlords wished to starve them ? When the subject
cattle . before the House their Lordships would protect , the poor
as well as •-the rich,. The remarks, which were so frequently
made in that House were spread rapidly through the country by I
-means of the public press, which wes read with avidity by those
who unfortunately had nothing to do but to read. • As the time
Wits-not very distant when the whole system of the Corn Laws
should be before their Lordships, he entreated his Noble Friend
to abstain fro) making any further remarks on the subject
"until that praitul.
.:" . Lord KING was disposed to follow the advice of so skilful
'ati advocate as the Noble I in any tam in which they en-
- tertained similar opinions; but unfortunately. they had dif-
ferent eouriee to pursue ; That which wits recommended to him
WAR the very e011,13C which he alight not to. pursue. It Was Ms
(Lord Kings) wish to abolish the Corn Laws, and it was
,the"
wish of others to continue them It wits the policy ailiese
who chi:night with hint to take every opportunity of exhibiting the system ; but it wasaliepoliey of those who thought other,
wise to fight OW4 discussion, He saw no chance of any al-
teration in the. Corn .liaws. A Noble Eurl had upon a former
occasion accused hint of making little haranguts ; but after
their Lordships had been jilted twice, how could they expect a
discussion unless :Ministers were driven into, it by perpetually
alluding to the subject ?
The Etta of LAUDERDALE had a very different Idea of
debatingr, firmn hie Noble Friend, and he begged to remind the
Noble Lord of the impoliey of adopting his own opinions.
when the Noble Lord was in the habit of attacking
the bench of Bishops, he thought it was debating the
u„tholie ,Qaestiee ;--when he wes attacking; the Noble
Lord on. the Woolsack, lie Also theught .it Wan de.
bating; birt he (the Earl of Lauderdule) thought very diKr.
ently. The same course which his Noble Friend had thought
proper to adopt upon those occasions was again to be tried upon
the Corn Laws, but it must recoil upon himself. At a period
of great distress, when -the country was sufrering in its cireula.
'on,. who was it that Made his tenants pay in gold P And he
tali.tituhti,d
ittil,ssotrtltti(l)tnisiNlioub.leyfirliettiNtdotbolereic,ouirlteletwiovii:6) wdi(t)s
wtletellattoulrtoe!
collect those things benne he cast imputations upon others.
-The Duke of ATHOL said that It had given way to the
Noble Earl who spoke last, because helotikt not expect to de.
liver Ma sentiments with so Much force as their Lordships had
just witnessed. Among the petitions which had been presented
against the Corn Laws, was one from Perth, upon which occa-
sion the Noble Lord had taken an opportunity of attacking
landlords. -Those petitioners ought to recollect that on it fur tiler
occasion, when they Were in distress, the landlords maintained
fifteen hundred of them, far which they at the time returned a
grate'ul letter of thanks, but now the cry was that the land-
lords wished to starve the people:
Lord ICING said he would always state the trtith,.whether
agreeable or not. . Ile had no doubt of the charity of the Noble
Ihtke, and that it was exercised upon the occasion alluded to ;•
but he feered very Much that the Noble Duke Ivo* soon have
a similar -opportunity or exercising his benevolence, With re._
sheet to the charge of insisting upon gold in futyment of his
rent, he begged the Noble Earl (Lauderdale) to look to his
left and he would there see the person who at the period 814
hided to had declared that gold and paper were of the Name
value„ and his insisting upon gold was onty for the purpose of
potting the soundness of that declaration to the tests The
.Notile Earl load it little oaerrharged his statement in ellugion
to the little harangues which were made upon the Corn i.aws;
but he (Lord King) would persevere in deeiguating them the
„jai) ofjehs."
'law 1; al of I, I 31E flt ICK recoluended the -Noble Lord to
avoid the too ft-vet-tent we of the same worth, "job ofjohii.''
Like the parrot ih:it had but one phrase, .ho would beconte dim-
14ord KIN“ s:,iti he lied two petitions to present against
trtcri,T.'4d dregl)ur itti,it'ilt ithtiieniNtle"a6f. lie'sTtio(nja'kerete' ni.iikn't'i:easts'eliOnfi?llling
the " .1011 ,of jobs---(a laugh ).--ofte win Irmo lit chin, and
titiatewos.ther was from Islinnton, praying for it repetd of the Corn