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hers of the other House, who were opposed to the measure,
who had thought fit to absent themselves—(Hear)—were
entirely absent from the division, and in consequence
allowed the measure to be carried.—(Hear, hear.)
The greater number of the present Cabinet being Members
of the House of Lords, were those who absented themselves.—
I do hope, therefore, that if the Right Hon. Gentleman has
any further censures to pass on those who may be absent on a
particular division, he may have some mercy on those very
considerate persons who are now his collesgues.—( Cheers. )
Sir R. PEEL said the Noble Lord was good enough
to lay down some propositions very difficult to understand. He
told us, first, that it was of more importance what the Legis-
lature should determine, than what the Minister should
desire.—( Hear, hear.) He was also good enough to state
that no measure can become the law of the land till it be
enacted by Parliament.--( Hear, hear, and laughter.) Ex-
cellent information ! But it is information which those
who have sat in Parliament for some time do not require.
—(Cheers.) In the attack the Noble Lord made on me fir
expressing a hope that the House would proceed to consider
the question, he conveniently omitted the parenthesis which I
used, to the effect that it should be considered with all the de-
liberation which is due to the question. I was speaking, after
seven nights' debate, and when the consideration of the
resolution had not been entered on, and I expressed a wish,
which I believe to be in conformity with the public wish-
-( Hear, hear)—that the House should, as far as is consistent
with the deliberation due to the question. approach to the set-
tlement of the question.—( Hear.) I am sorry that I
should have excited the Noble Lord's indignation.—
I was not aware that the Noble Lord would think it
convenient to vindicate his friend, by the example of the
House of Lords.—( Hear, hear.) I laid down no general
principle, that an Honourable Member was bound to vote on
every question, but when a Member comes forward, and ex-
presses his opinion on the question, and says—•' the Corn-
laws ought now to be repealed," I thought he ought to have
given his vote in conformity with the principles which he
expressed.—( Hear, hear. )

Sir C. NAPIER was not sure whether he rightly under-
stood the Right Hon. Baronet or not, when he said that a
merchant in Liverpool wrote a letter to America for a cargo o
corn, and that it arrived in six weeks ; and was he correct ?
Sir R. PEEL—It was a cargo of flour.—( Hear.)
Sir C. NAPIER would admit that if a merchant in Liver-
pool wrote by steam, to America, for a cargo of corn or
flour, it might arrive within six weeks if the ship had a fair
wind; but he would ask the Right Hon. Baronet, supposing
the ship had a fair wind how long would it take her to reach
Liverpool?—( Roars of laughter for some minutes.) He (Sir
Charles Napier) had crossed the Atlantic Ocean many times,
and he never remembered that a fast-sailing ship had ever
performed the voyage in less than a month. He did not mean
to say that ships had not done it in less time P • and if the
Right Hon. Baronet meant that the cargo came by steam, he
( Sir Charles Napier) would at once agree with him. But if
the voyage were to be made by a sailing ship, nine
times out of ten she would be much longer. The
Right Honourable Baronet talked about corn com-
ing from America, now if an order were sent to Alex-
andria to bring a cargo of corn to England, how long
would it take to come ? Not less than two months. From
Odessa it would take three months ; nor could a cargo come
from any port in the Mediterranean in a deep laden merchant
ship in less than two months.—(Cries of " Withdraw, ques-
tion, divide, and adjourn.")
Sir R. PEEL seeing that other gentlemen wished yet to
speak on the question, had no desire to ask for a division that
night. He was perfectly ready to accede to the pleasure of the
House, either to go on with the debate, or to adjourn it.—
( Cries of " Adjourn," and " Go on.")
Mr. JOHNSTONE, on behalf of himself and other Mem-
bers, anxious to speak on this most important question, would
move that the debate be adjourned.—(Cheers, and "Goon.")
The gallery, alter some confusion, was cleared for a division
on the question of adjournment ; but the motion of the Hon.
Member was agreed to without a division, and the debate was
accordingly adjourned to this evening.
EXCHEQUER BILL FRAUD.

In answer to a questiol from Mr. iIiAWES7
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that
though he could not bring forward to-morrow his motion re-
latine to the Exchequer Bill Fraud, he was deeply sensible of
the importance of the subject, and he should take
the earliest opportunity of submitting to the House.
his motion with regard to it. He had postponed that motion
hitherto merely from a conviction that the question of the
Coin-laws should take precedence of al! other business.
IMPORTATION OF AMERICAN CORN INTO
CANADA.
Mr. LABOUCHERE wished to call the attention of
the Government to a subject connected with their proposed
policy with respect to articles of foreign produce.
He thought it was very desirable that the House shou'd
know what were the intentions of the Government with respect
to the duty to be imposed upon American corn imported into
Canada; and when they were made acquainted with the inten-
tions of Ministers on the subject of the importation of cora
into this country from the Colonies, he hoped the Govern-
ment would inform the House as to their intentions upon the
subject of the duty to be imposed upon corn imported into Ca-
nada from the United States, in the first instance.
Sir It PEEL thought the request of the Right Hon. Gen-
tleman perfectly reasonable, and he should certainly accede to it.
The House then adjourned at a Quarter past One o'Clock.

METROPOLITAN YOUNG MEN'S
ANTI-MONOPOLY ASSOCIATION.
The public dinner of this Association was held yesterday
evening at six o'Clock, at the Crown and Anchorn Tavern,
Strand. Upwards of 200 persons sat down. Mr. P. A.
Taylor, jun., in the Chair. On the removal of the cloth,
• The CHAIRMAN rose and proposed the health of " Her Ma-
jesty the Queen," which was drank with three times three, and
I secondly, " Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Royal
Family at present in England." He dwelt with particular em-
phasis on the Duke of Sussex, in whom honesty held predomi-
nance over political views.
After a short speech from Dr. Bowring, who had only a few
minutes to spare on account of his Parliamentary duties,
The CitAin.mAx rose and proposed the next toast, which, he
observed, was the most essential toast of the evening, inasmuch
as it embodied the very principle of their Association, viz.,
“ Free Trade, and a Total and Immediate Repeal of the Pro-
vision-laws." It had been urged as unbecoming that young
men should be initiated, as it was the effect of their Association
to do, into the intricacies and agitation of politics, but the
plain question was not alone of such an import—it was that
alone of plain justice. Surely, when on all occasions France
and Germany sent forth their students as patriots to the battle
when necessity required, England should not be backward in
prompting her young men towards a career full as praiseworthy.
The next toast was—" Colonel Thompson."
Colonel Tiloafrsoti, on rising said, that it was true he was
the first who had struck the pick-axe into the mound and dam
which kept us from the enjoyment of Heaven's bounties. it
was fifteen years since he began, and from that time to the pre-
sent he had not ceased. He was glad to see a Young Men's
Anti-Monopoly Association, which assured them of the certainty
of their leaving a legacy of resistance to the wrongous laws in
existence. As young men he saw in them those who were to
build up families, who were to be the leading men of the king-
dom, and one day to hold in their hands the strings of public
opinion. He exhorted them to persevere, and slacken not in
energy. They were properly men who ought to rise to the top of
society by virtue of their simple industry and powers, but oppres-
sive laws kept them down, and restrained their efforts. He
would give tbem what he called his private opinion : he would
adjure them not to enter into family bonds, to ally themselves
to no women who would not submit to the extirpation of the
Corn-laws, for in doing otherwise they were but multiplying
slaves.—(Cheers.) When deep feelings, such as these, entered
into men's natures, they were sure to work effect. It was tho-
roughly amusing to observe the trivial shifts by which the se-
rious and grave attentions of the people were sought
to be diverted at the present day.—(Cheers. ) First
Prince Albert is supposed vastly to relieve trade by
altering the cut of his pantaloons to a certain length and
fashion. The next move will be to shorten his pantaloons iii
order that the maker may be benefited, or probably he will
finally reject them, altogether, and, getting rid of his small
clothes, appear in a kilt.—( Laughter.).
Mr. COATES, and several members of the Association, then
addressed the assembly in able and excellent speeches, after
which the party separated at an advanced hour.