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%co 11d readily adopt the eauses proposed by the Member opposite
for that purpose.

Mr. LEADER thought this a bad way of attacking an Act
of Parliament, and thought the Bill was a dangerous one,
:-Itioough he approved of the amended clauses, which, however,
ought to be printed before the House was called on to decide on
tlhem. If they must have the Bill, he hoped they would have the
now clauses with it. The Bill, in fact, repealed one of the moat
important provisions of the Municipal Reform Act. •

Ur. HODGES HINDE hoped the Bill would be permitted to be
attranced one stage, after it had been so often delayed.
Mr. J. JERVIS thought the Bill ought to be recommitted.

After a short conversation, the Bill, as amended; went through
Comm tee, and the House then resumed.
The Report on the Customs Duties (West India and North Ame-
rican Colonies) Bill was brought up, and the Report was agreed to.
The second reading of the Turnpike. Roads Bill was postponed
till Thursday, after a short discussion.
The other Orders of the Day, were then disposed of, and the
House adjourned at One o'Clocl.

THE WEATHER.—Noon, APRIL 19.
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Thermometer... 46 'l.ilig'hes- 47.1 Lowest
I.4ixornoter 30.25.—Wind N.E.—Freezing Point =2 I)rg.
MOH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TINS DAY.
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Mr. Hume has been returned for the Montrose dis-
trict of Burghs, as we anticipated, without opposition.
A Morning Contemporary, in commenting on. the
Alterations proposed by Lord Campbe'l in th, manage-
ment of appeal matters,, calls attention . to the delay
which-sometimes arises in the final disposing of cases
that are referred to the twelve Judges for their opinion
un a point of law. That of Lady Hewley, which is in-
stanced as an .example, went to their Lordships in 1839,
on a query respecting the admissibility of extrinsic evi-
dence in the construction of a written instillment; but the
query is still unanswered. If much less time- than three
years be not sufficient for the consideration of a point of
law, there must surely be some sort of difficulty which
should at once be remedied by Act of Parliament, . for,
the due administration of justice concerns the nation at
large, and every. man is interested in the removal ofini-
pediments that can keep back the decision of any. case
for three
,years, after the argument has been finally heard
by the House of Lords. It would be well' to have a re-
turn moved for in Parliament, of all cases referred to the
Judges by the HonSe of Lords, during the last fire years,
showing thl date of reference, and when the case was re-
turned.- This might lead to a correction of the evil, by
tho adoption of some
.suitable remedY.

Sir Bonerer Fs L'S modified Starvation Bill was read
-x ,seeond time in the House of Lords last night. The
. see Xmii reeding was moved by the Earl of RIPON, who,
. qr. FREOERICK ROBINSON, upwards of a quarter of a
teet.‘tary ago prepared, and carried the original Sterva-
ticn :Bill through the House of Commons. Never was a
St er ration Bill supported by so inconclusive a speech.
• TIL3 Noble Lord supported the Bill because corn was cI.)
he I Lad no where cheaper than in England. He instanced
the Baltic and Southern provinces of Russia, Bavaria,
Me eklenburgh, Naples, and the United Slates, to prove
the t periodical famines visited these countries, thatbread
era s sometimes dearer in them than in England, and that
roe :War supplies of grain were not to be expected from
th .!.m. Now, if these statements are worth anything
Lb ey go to prove that the landlords would suffer
tic ;thing by consenting to the total abolition of the Corn-
la If grain cannot be had from foreign countries,
w hat can be more absurd than legislation for the pur-
se ese of ee-cludine• it ? But the Noble Lord knew very
W 'ell that they were fallacious-that with a free trade,
n.. even a low fixed duty on corn for the purposes of re-
. 1. tune, England could be abundantly supplied with corn
f Seer the. Baltic provinces of Russia, and the fertile
y. lairs of Hungary. With a sliding scale, however low,
t Jere never can be more than a chance market for grain
England, and no Russian, Austrian, or Bavarian
censer can be expected to grow corn on the chance
L tersely of finding a market for it. " One of the great
✓ eke of commercial legislation," observes a writer
i! 1 an article on Sir ROBERT PEEL'S budget in the
n umber of the Edinburgh Review published yes-
t ;rday, " indeed of all legislation whatsoever, is
tc i diminish the empire of chance, to enaule men to
sekon on the result of their actions, or at least not to
e tsturb the elements of the calculation. The duties
v. ilich conform best to this rule are the ordinary ad vu-
-1 rem duties. The producer, the importer, and the ware-.
h ouser, who deal in articles subject to such a duty, may
e elculate oa It steadiness of profit even greater than can
(ways be expected under a perfect system of trade ;
S. .nee what he gains or loses by a rise or fall in price, is
i 1 some measure balanced by an increase or diminution I.
f duty. A fixed duty, though it contains no such prin-
c
ipie of compensation, hae the great advantage of stabi-.
-1 Ly. One portion of the cost of production, often a very MO NE and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
i nportant one, is unalterable. One of these duties,-
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
nad valorem or a fixed rate, is adopted, with Prices in the English market are firm, and purchases to
• tie exception, in our whole fiscal code ; the fixed some extent have been made fur investment. Consuls are 91i
91% for Money, and 911 for the Account • Three per Cents
r ate being generally applied to raw produce, the ad vet- Reduced, 90* 90g ; New Three and a Half per Centv., 100. t went rate to manufactured articles. The solitar
the
y ex- 1001 ; Bank Stock, 165 166 ; India Stock, 243 2431 ;
the
c eption-the single commodity as to which the law Bonds, 18 20; and Exchequer Bills, e 9 41 premium.
ies izte2,hteap:;oaannddl-sait-loraultf material
per c change
in It'horLigvnal-nSee.curihe ti
trives to aggravate the hazards of commerce-the single
t cminodity on -which it imposes a duty not ad valorem 521 52 ti; the Five per Cents., 100 i 1604 ; Cents,
out contra valorern-the single commodity as to which, 1041; Danish, 601 811 ; Brazilian is marked 67 68, and
when the price falls, the law doubles the importer's loss I%'-lexi
Deferred ex ail the Coupons; Spanish 241 ; Passive
ley a proportionate addition to the. duty, and when it 5, and
Some little businiethas been done in Shares ; Bristol and
eiees, doubles his gain by a proportionate diminution of Exeter 44 45; Eastern Counties 10 ; Edinburgh and Glas-
thity-the single commodity to which this monstrous le- gow, 51 52; Birmingham, Thirds, 60; South Western, 61 ;
rit;ltttion iS applied is the food of the bulk of' the inhabitants VI :see
A Alley
Counties,e 791
y Peruvian° ;South h Easternquoted
i 9 andoo. Ilveenr BAO4 .re
25
r.•,0 Great Britain ! It is the commodity of which the 27 ; Colombian, 27* 271 ; Portuguese Five per Ceesntsy;, 357%
gislating classes are the principal producers, aed the 38 ; the Three per Cents., 22% ; Spanish Actives, Five per
Cents. Bonds, 241 24%; the Aew Three per Cent. Stock
labouring classes tile principal consumers. It is the
crtetdreoaurteonfneifthretiCoupoinvs from the Bionds, 25* 251.
y
commodit from which the incomes of the former are.
Th
gn arr al , neither s there any feature in
derived, and on which those of the latter are spent.- business to notice.
After this who can wonder at Chartism ?" PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
Two amendments were moved upon the motion for
Bristol ailitdAtxLewteArYs. Paid. Per Share.
, 70 ..... 41
second reading of the Bill. The first by Earl t Eastern Counties -
treernoez, for throwing out the Bill, was rejected by a I awe Debentures ...... -81. 6s. Bd. 111. 1 Is. Bd.
dlaurgh and Glasgow 5O Si
niejority of' 102, only 17 votes being given for it.
and Birmingham 90
The seconl amendment was proposed by Lord Londonin
Ditto Thirds -
BROUGHAM, and Went to the cutting up of the whole i Ditto New ...... .............. ... 2 -
root of the iniquity. Lord BROUGUAZI simply moved London and South Western 3l 6l to -
• " that all grain should be admitted free of duty." This, Midland Counties lOO - to -
notwithstanding Lord RIPON'S speech showin that Northern and Eastern• -
, g North Midland lOO - •
there was no corn to be had for importation, was lost by Ditto Third., 211. 13s. 4d. 221 lO3. 10d.
e majority of • 109, only five votes being given for it. I South Eastern and Dover SO
OF I, BIL
'list'
- 16.
Lords did not believe the Earl of RIPON, and Lard 3 perPRICES Cent. ConsolsSH STOCKS
90 (BankDU StockLlN, AP •
... -
L'AROUGHAM proved that they ought not to do so. He Threeand Half Stock 9Bl Grand Canal 5t0ck.......;,
instanced the price of corn in the island of Jersey,l attttoo ......
9-9 gttoDebs. 6 per cent... 81
'where the trade in grain is free, and in Eng- 3A- per Cent. Debs.
land, where it is virtually prohibited, showing LIVERPOOL Comer MARKET, Amu. 18, was very firm,
that on an average of the last thirteen years
gold, of
altelamtinorniniannrwiceerse. Fullyns e
euLiTi.btse s weree
corn was seven shillings a quarter cheas
per in Jersey than comprised 1,000 Surat., 3d. to 40. , Pernams, 7d. ; 200 a
in England. Taking the averages of the years from Alaranham, 54d. to 6d; 160 Bahia, 61d. to 7d. ; 150 Egyp-
-1829 to 1841, both included, corn was 58s. 9d. a quarter tian, 7d. to Bd.; and 5,340 American, 4*d. to
in England, and 51s. sd. in Jersey. But the price of
tioLn:vwEeßr re Or
TIO eSr nfeawa E
th,anAidarb.uxseinre,ssA:lansieLd
heavily. tt•aanssac-
' ,
E tern
grain in ..T,!rsey is not to be teaken as a criterion of what Counties, Debentures, 11/. 6s. Bd. • ' New, 5* ; Edinburgh and .
'
!the price would be in England were the corn-trade Glasgow, 50 ; Grand Junction, Old Quarters, 474; Great
free. No corn-growing country would think of produc- Western, Fifths, 104 ; Liverpool anr; Manchester, 187 ; Lon-
don and Birmingham, 178; Manchester, Bolton, and Bury,
ing an extra bushel for the Jersey market. Not so 59,e' • Paris and Rouen, 161.
could corn be freely imported into England. This is • deweiseerea STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL IL-Our market
continues very good for Railway Stock. Our transactions are-
one of those important points which the majority of
e:pealters and writers upon the Corn-lawe overlook, and al:dnilm!in,thndanaGlainoaliv,tesrOs*;l6EastAeirann2eustnetriesa,n9ds;BiLronielen
ng-
so go on, groping in the dark, while they fancy they are ham, 281 ; Ala.nchester and Leeds, 821; Ditto, Quarters,m
dealing only with established facts. He is neither a Brighton Loan Notes, 81; Lancaster and Preston Three..
great stateman nor a sound politician, who cannot take quarter Shares, 1 7k; Alliance Bank, 25.
equal note of prospective as of retrospective facts. He
is not a statesman who, like the witch of Endor, in
blindly and ignorantly evoking the spirit of SAMUEL,
bnowe not, and is not prepared practically to deal with,
and perceive the operation of the class of facts which
must be produced by the adoption of any line of policy.
To a wise man, the future reveals a guidance as unerring
n; the past. This seems forgotten by many of the ablest
pponents of our starvation code.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(r HIS DAY.)
Lotiomr, APRIL 19. —Wind this day at noon E.
DEAL, Amur. 18.—Wind E.N.E., moderate. Arrd. Bland,
westward, in tow of a steamer ; a bark also in tow, supposed the
Dauntless, Shepherd. Arrd. from the River and sld.,
Arachne, Sydney; Cygnet, Port Philip; Louisa, China;
Morning Star, Ceylon ; Orator, Madras; Isabella, Demerara ;
and several others.
WIVENHOE, Aran, 18.—The Helena, from Christiana to
St. Valery, has been assisted in hero after being on the Burney
Sand.
FALMOUTH, Arra'. 17.—Wind, E. to N. E., fresh breezes.
Sid. Medina, steamer, West Indies.
HULL, Aram 17 and 18.—Wind, N.E.—Sld. Sovereign,
Savannah ; Josephine, Richebucto.
LIVE aroot, APRIL 18.—Wind varied and light.—Arrd.
Delaware, Patten, Ni'w Orleans; Priscilla, Taylor, Aricati,
sld. Ist rch. Sld. Chieftain and Jessie, New York.
OFF CAPE CLEAR.—New York, Nevil, Mobile; Rover,
Laguyra ; Aurora, Jamaica.
CORK, APRIL 16.—Arrived, Lotus, Stale, Sierra Leone,
sailed, 13th February, in company with the Sylvia and British
Tar. Sailed, John Frances, Quebec. The Cuba, from Ha-
vanna to this port, bore up yesterday for Crookhaven.
SCARBOROUGH, APRIL 18.—A large long-boat, marked
"Nancy, of Non castle, John Hutchinson,' was passed; on the
14th inst., 70 miles W. by S. of Flamborough Head. The
ship Nancy, of Newcastle, foundered on the '26th ult., 100
miles from Tynemouth.

The Bill to regulate the exercise of Church patronage
in Scotland, introduced by the Member for Argyllshire,
consists of three clauses, and is extremely simple. The
first clause enacts, that in case the majority of commu-
nicants do not approve of the presentee, and the Presby.;
tcry find that the opposition does not arise from factiens.
(,e malicious motives, the presentee shall be rejected.
The second regulates the mode of ascertaining the opi-
nion of the communicants, and the nature of the ob-
jections ; and 'the third confers on the Crown the
right to present (subject to the same restrictions),
should the patron fail to issue a presentation which
prove effectual to fill the vacancy. According
to this Bill ; therefore, the 'Church may interfere with
the choice of the, people, and set it at defiance if they
•meet. " Factions motives" and " conscientious re-
g,. rd to the religions interests of the congregation,"
aro terms capable of great extension as well as contrac-
t ion,, and would be construed in any way the majority in
the Church Court should find expedient. Here, then, a
veto may be put on the choice of the people, as well as
(„, that of the patron, a vast power would be conferred
on the Presbytery, and endless appeals may be made by
both parties, from its decision to the superior Church
judicatories. One half of the congregation may be
arrayed against the other ; violent contentions prevail
a:nong neighbours, and even members of the same
f,,adly, and parishes continue vacant for years. These
ars not imaginary. objections, as any person at all
acquainted with the present state of the Church Can
tesiii-ly. Bat the great, the glaring, and insuperable
fikjeetion to the. Bill arises from the circumstance that it
ontains no clause for ascertaining the qualification cf
t :use entitled to vote. They are merely denominated
male parishioner, being of the age, of twc my-one years
co nelete, and LI full colunnaion with the Church."
II mre is another enormous stretch of power vested in
tia Church, for not one parishioner will be admitted as a
communicant who does not coalman in every respect to
the law laid down by the
.minister of the parish, and
th,e consequence will be, that the list of voters will be
extended or shortened, as suits his whim or caprice.
Tie Bill, therefore, should' have defined the qualifica-
tion in such is way as to pravent one individual
:cont tyrannising over another, and enacted that every
man, and woman, too, of twenty-one years of age, untainted
y crime, and believers in the truths of. Chriqianity,
stantld be entitled to vote. But the Non-Intrusiunists
would reject such a clause with disdain. This Bill,
however, cannot pass, and it is therefore needleSsA6 dis-
cuss its merits or demerits. Tile unseemly warfare muit
continue, .'ll the disturbers of the Church return to a
:ease reason, or -follow the advice of Sir GEORGE
61:;CLAIR ----"renounco the terailOyatlitit-F, and ex-
e e-ate them
bilitiFs, annexed to the possession 'of them." In de-
:A-tabula the conduct of these men, and the injury

NEW Music HALL.--We confidently anticipate
that a grand and suitable building for musical performances
will soon be erected in the metropolis. Independent of Exeter
Hall being confined so only one 'description of music, it is not
well adapted for great musical entertainments, and is besides
so often engsged for mouths in advance, that it is of little use
to the public in general. These circumstances have induced
a number ot persons to form a company for erecting an ele-
gant building in a central situation, which shall consist
of a room capable of accommodating four thousand persons,
with an orchestra for a thousand performers, a number
of small concert rooms, and a public library for the most ap-
proved musical compositions. A company of this kind pro-
perly conducted would confer a public benefit, and in a short
time repay the expenditure with ample interest. Mr. Hanson,
leas formed a similar plan on a still larger scale, bat as three
musical bails would probably be too many for the metropolis at
present, we trust an understanding wiil be come to between
the parties, in order to carry into eGet, in the most satisfactory
manner, the object which both have in view.
AVALssING MATett.--Mr. Moller, who has for some
time past been engaged, for a considerable sum, to walk 60
miles for six successive days, commenced his undertaking yes-
terday morning, starting from Lord's, the Salmon and Ball
Tavern, Bethusl-green, to Mr. Grover's. the Rose and •Crown
Tavern, Bromley, a reeasuied distance of five miles, when the
pedestrian completed his first day's :ask in the most masterly
style, and was greetedon h s return to the &Anon and Ball by
a host of friends, when he declared that he felt capable of per-
forming ten miles more without feeling the least fst;gue.
A little useful penny hand-hook, called " The Na-
tional Gallery; its Pictures and their Painters," has been
published by Talboys and Co., Old Bailey. It gives the titles
of all the pictures in the National Gallery, with the names of
the painters, and the dates of their birth and death. Of these
thirty-five are Italians, two Spanish, seventeen Flemish and
Dutch, five French, and sixteen English. Nearly all the great
Italian masters were bons towards the close of the sixteenth
century, and no painter of any note appeared in England till the
time ot. Hogarth, who was Corn in 1698.
At the Spring Meeting of the Synod of Aberdeen,
held on Tuesday last, a dire battle took place between the Non.
Intruiionists and their opponents,which lasted till seven o'clock
next roorninz. The Non-Intrusionists were defeated in every
division. The scene altogether was boisterous in the extreme,
and for a Cherish Court most digraceful. The disturbance was
caused entirely by the into who ca. !themselves the " salt of the
earth," and for whose interests the Member for Argyllshire has
lust introduced a Bill into Parliament.
win, con-
demned for coining, and who, after 37 rearW hard labour at the
hulks, had last year been pardoned by the King, has again been
arrested for a similar offence,

they have done to the Kirk, we cannot do better than
quote the words of Sir GEORGE, who has used every ex-
ertion in vain to reconcile differences. From an inte-
resting pamphlet, published by RIDGWAY, on the sub-
ject, we quote the following graphic description :
I haVe now done fur ever with the sub-
ject. I have exhausted every appeal whiCh friendship,
and sympathy could address to their hearts.. I have re-
iterated every argument which prudence or, justice
could urge upon their understandings.- . I may perhaps
be accounted their enemy because I tell them the truth ;
but I have thought it my paramount, though painful
duty, on some pointsto withstand them to the face, be-
cause they were to.be blamed
.; . and I tell both parties
plainly, though respectfully, that, by a protracted dis-
play of the fiercest ecclesiastical gladiatorship, and
by the almost daily exhibition of mutual estrangement,
jealousy, and exasperation, they have hardened thousands
in their continued' aversion' to the Gtspel, and kindled
a flame in the country which exposes the Church to
odium, and the State to jeopardy. The one party says,
if you concede any thing, you give too Much; whilst the
other as loudly proclaims, that unless you r'oncede every
thing, you give too little. May the great Head of the
Church raise up some other labourer, who may commence
his etforts with equal earnestness, and close them with
complete success."

The Paris Journals of Sunday, with Madrid Papers
of the 10th, and Lisbon of the 11th instant, Were re-:
mired this morning. The only news they contain of
any importance will be fount in our Foreign Summary.