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that Noble Lord. He came forward as an arbitrator
between the community and those who wished to maintain the
Corn-laws, and he understood that he still wished to be the arbi.
trator, and to settle the claims of the contending parties. But
before another year he might find himself completely mistaken.
There would be the same unreasonableness in those
who maintained the law, and he would perhaps see
more clearly the justice of the claim of the people to a total repeal.
(Cries of " Divide.") The foundation of his motion was neither
unreasonable nor violent ; and he might justify it by the course
of proceeding in other measures. The skims of vested in.
terests might just as well be started MR other occasions.
They had been so, and had been disregarded, The just principle
on all occasions was to balance the good and the evil, and on which
ever side the good preponderated, to select that. When the trade
was set free between Ireland and this country, the same arguments
were used for the interests of those who had vested capital in the old
system; but the measure was passed because it was for the good
of the country. Another measure was the restoration of the cur-
rency, by the Right Hon. Baronet opposite, and the placing it or: the
proper basis. If ever there was a measure which required more care
and more time to be allowed, it was the Bank Restriction Act. It
was certainly only passed for a year, and was always re.enacted, but
it had been re-enacted so often that no one expected it would ever
be repealed. He had no doubt some mischief was done, yet even
the purists in politics, the strict political economists, one and all,
agreed that a more justifiable measure was never passed than the
Bill of 1819.
Sir R. PEEL intimated that it was not a sudden measure.

Mr. VILLIERS said whether the measure was sudden or not,
it was certain that people were not prepared for it when it did
pass ; yet it was never said that it could not be enacted, because
under the old system debtors and creditors had relative interests
which could not be disturbed. The Reform Bill might
have been resisted on the same grounds ; under the old system
of representation, certain boroughs became a species of property,
yet they never considered those who had vested their money in pro-
perty of that kind. What regard was paid to vested interests when
the Pc or-law was passed ?.The only argument was that the old sys-
tem did more harm than good, and some reform ought to take place.
The discussion upon that law did not last three months ; and yet
he would venture to say that it made a much greater 'change
in the circumstances of the poor than a change in the Corn.law
could make in the circumstances of the rich. The Poor.law case
was a case of vested interest, and he appealed to it now in de-
fence of the motion he had submitted to the House which he
had been told was a violation of vested interests. He was only
sorry for having brought forward the motion upon one ground,
namely, that he was afraid from all he had seen and heard, that
there would be a very large majority against him
on a division.—(Hear, hear.) It could not be doubted that all
parties interested in manufactures—all parties in commerce—all the
working classes, and the great mass of the community, were de.
sirous that the Corn-laws should be repealed.—(Hear, hear, and cries
of" No.'') He was sure that this was the reflection which they wOnld
force upon every one, that that which all the great and prominent
interests of the country wished, had been refused by the House of
Commons. He had only to submit his motion, with this obser►ation
with respect to Ls purpose. He had heard several interpretations
put u,,on it, and he wished to give his own. The Right Hon. Ba-
ronet seemed to fix upon him a disposition to attach great import.
ance to an instantaneous repeal. But, as he had said before, all
he proposed was, that there should be a declaration of the House
to the effect that the time was come when the duty upon corn
should cease. He had not, however, the least objection to take
into consideration the particular claims of the landed interest; and
the declaration to which he was anxious they should come was,
that they wished for a total repeal of the Corn-laws.—(Hear, hear.)
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided,
when there appeared—

For the Amendment
Against it
Majority against the Amendment 303
The CHAIRMAN then reported progress, and obtained leave to
sit again.
The House then adjourned at Two o'Clock.

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making a most important law—a law which • con-
cerns the people's food—we never beheld. The poor
young man who originated it was only to be pitied for
the errors of a hot and perhaps well-meaning tempera-
ment ; but the old and sage counsellors who found relief
in his abuse, from the piercing observations,of Mr. COB-
DEN, primed to us, by their acquiescence in Mr. FERRAND'S
remarks, that they were willing to tolerate any
impropriety which could for the momez-t hide
them from themselves, supposing, probably, there-
by, that they should be equally hid .s from the public.
But Mr. COBDEN'S remarks will be read as they
were heard, and we can with all sincerity assert, though
the impression which he made on thelandlords was pro-
bably immediately effaced by the misplaced buffoonery
on such a subject which followed it, it will not speedily
be effaced from the public mind.

The public will probably conclude that the confusion
created was the proper element for perpetrating a great
wrong. It will serve for an excuse. Mr. ViLLIERS
very appropriately, therefore. placed the division on
Mr. FERRAND'i speech, and as appropriately and
justly asserted, from the support, it had received, that
the majority of those who opposed his motion shared
the sentiments so unfavourable to our mercantile cha_
ratter which Mr. FERRAND had pronounced. More than
a majority of the whole House have now declared for
the maintenance of the law which deprives the labouring
classes of abundance of food, on no better ground appa-
rently than that the manufacturers treat them ill, and
that the landowners are in debt. For their sins, the
Legislature inflicts the punishment of starvation on the
labouring classes, who thus, like slaves of the older
times, are immolated for the vices of their masters.

The Shareholders of the Edinburgh and Glasgow
Railway have acquitted themselves like men. Some
months ago the Directors resolved that it was expe-
dient to run Sunday trains, morning and evening, but
referred their final decision to a meeting of the Share-
holders, which was appointed to be held on Tuesday,
the 22d instant. In the meantime the Scribes and Phari-
sees were not idle, and the mode in which they attempted
to defeat the rational, and in fact the necessary, course
proposed, was in keeping with the character which the
race acquired at the very commencement of Chris-
tianity. Deceit, falsehood, persecution, and long
prayers, were the weapons they employed to carry their
selfish purposes into effect. Scarcely one petition was
presented which did not abound in forgeries. Many of
these petitions were all written in the same hand. Ser-
vants, children, nay paupers, were practised upon. Even
the Commissioners of the General Assembly winked
at this wholesale system of forgery, and appointed
one of their number, the Reverend DANIEL DICKSON,
a Doctor of Divinity, to appear as their representative,
and enforce the earnest cry and prayer of the people of
Scotland. "We have lifted up," said he, "our hearts
in prayer privately, and called upon our congregations
to join us in supplications publicly, that GOD would put
it into the hearts of our countrymen to abstain from
what would bring the judgments of GOD upon
our beloved country." What right has this
worm of the earth to divine the will
of the ALMIGHTY, and declare that our merci-
ful CREATOR will bring judgments on any
people for performing works of necessity and mercy ?
Does he wish to see his horrible predictions verified ?
Would it be a consolation to him to learn, as he mounted
the pulpit in the West Church next Sunday, that the
train had run off the line, and that twenty human beings
had fallen victims ? We cannot think so ill of
a Minister of Peace ; but what then does he
mean by the judgments of GoD ? And even if
such an awful calamity were to occur, what would it
prove ? Were those on whom the Tower of Siloam fell
sinners above all others ? He knows the answer.
Sir -ANDREW AGNEW was present on the occasion,
but he said nothing about judgments, or the command
to keep the Sabbath holy. No. He threatened the share-
holders with an action for controverting the ancient
statutes of the realm by running trains on Sunday !
Did the ancient Scottish legislators then possess
the second sight, and make laws against a
mode of travelling which has been discovered only
within a few years ? But it is in vain to reason with
such knaves and madmen. The only way to deal with
them is by deeds; and this the Shareholders, to their
great honour, have done with good effect, for they have
rejected the prayer of these fictitious petitions by the
enormous majority of 571 votes and 4,113 shares.

The Duke of RUCKINGUA3I and the Members of the
Agricultural Association, of which he is Patron, or
more properly, Dictator, are determined to keep up the
farce, and denounce the small measure of Sir ROBERT
PEEL as one ruinous to their interests. A numerous
meeting of the Aylesbury Association was held on Wed-
nesday, at which the DUKE presided, with closed doors,
even the reporters of papers favourable to their
interests being shamefully excluded. The talkers, how-
ever, it was ascertained, made a terrible noise, inveigh-
ing, in strong terms, against the new scale and the new
Premier, and when the DUKE spoke he was, of course,
cheered to the top of their voices. After mature deli-
beration, they at last came to the following resolutions—

" Resolved,—l. That it is the opinion of this meeting, that the
sliding scale respecting the duty on corn should be adhered to.
" 2. That it is the opinion of this meeting that the farmer
should be protected to the amount of 60s. per quarter, whilst the
proposed scale of S.r It. Peel's Government extends that protection
to only 565. per quarter.
" 3. That the thanks of this Association be given to the Duke of
Buekingham and Chandos for the manly, firm, and consistent course
he has taken in the defence of the agricultural interest, and that
this resolution be entered on the minutes."

All this looks very hostile, and a Tory paper, to keep
up the joke, makes a serious matter of this secession, and
counsels the Corn-law Duke and his followers to keep
the peace towards Sir ROBERT PEEL a::d all his Cabinet.
After the secret meeting there was a public dinner at
the inn, where the talk was renewed, and to such an
extent was this snook rebellion carried, that the Buck-
INGHAM nominees lint the borough of Aylesbury were se-
verely blamed by his Grace for voting with Sir R. PEEL,
as if they were not well aware that in him they live,
move, and have their being, as representatives of that
place. The Bill, of course, will pass through the Com-
mons, and when it reaches the Lords the same game
will be played; strong speeches against the measure will
be made by BUCKINGHAM, and possibly also by Rim-
MOND, about the ruin of agriculture, and the
great boon given to a discontented, ungrateful,
and troublesome manufacturing population. When
the scene closes they will secretly rejoice that they
have made such a good bargain, knowing well that
the new sliding scale will protect them as much as ever.
The people, however, are not to be deluded by such bare-
faced mockery, and will continue the agitation till a tho-
rough reform is effected, and a measure of relief granted
which shall give them the substance, and, not like this
hollow scheme, the mere shadow.

With reference to the question put by Mr. O'CoN-
NELL, in the House of Commons, on Wednesday night
to the Noble Secretary for the Colonies respecting a mas-
sacre of the coloured population of Jamaica, we
have seen extracts from a letter addressed to Mr.
JOSE.PII STURGE by a resident in that island,
detailing all the particulars of this very horrible
affair. Thu account is too long for insertion
in our columns, but • in substance it is to the
following effect :—For upwards of 150 years it
had been customary in the Island of Jamaica to permit
the black population to celebrate the festival of Christ-
mas with a degree of license as unbounded as that which
prevailed in Pagan Rome during the Saturnalia. They
were in the habit of traversing the streets with musical
instruments, dancing, singing, and disguising them-
selves in ridiculous costumes. This license the
Mayor of Kingston determined to put a stop to,
with a view to annoy the blacks for having so strenu-
ously struggled for emancipation, and afterwards proving
themselves so worthy of that boon. He accordingly
directed the police to disperse the musical proces-
sions, seize their drums and other instruments ; and if
they met with resistance to seize and imprison the ring-
leaders. These orders were carried into effect with
all the brutality of which a licensed police force arc
capable. They beat and insulted the unresisting people,
broke their drums, and compelled them at last to have
recourse to missiles in their own defence. The Mayor had
everything in readiness for such a state of things ; he
read the Riot Act in a corner, where not a dozen per-
sons could hear him, and instantly the word was given to
fire upon the defenceless crowd ! Four persons were
killed at the first discharge, of whom two were
respectable young men who were mere. specta-
tors, and two young women, one of them far
advanced in a state of pregnancy. Ten or twelve were
wounded, some of whom died within a few days. Fright-
ful atrocities followed, which the writer states he wanted
time to recount, and for which he declares it would be
absurd to look for justice, except at the hands of the
British Legislature.

From Madrid the papers received direct are of the
15th inst. They state that the Regent had received des-
patches from the revolutionary Government of Portugal,
declaring that the QUEEN entertained the greatest friend-
ship for his Highness, and that no measure would be
sanctioned by the Cabinet opposed to the established
Government of Spain.

On the Madrid Bourse the Five per Cents. were at 29
for cash.

The right of search question is the only political topic
of any interest in the French papers. The Opposition
Journals are not content Niith the conduct of the Govern-
ment, in declining for the present the ratification of the

• Treaty of the Five Powers. They now demand a decla-
ration from the Government, that the Treaty will not be
ratified at any future period by France, and that the
country will get rid of the Slavery-suppression engage-
ments of 1831 and 1833. They contend that to ratify
the Treaty would provoke a war with the United
States, in which the navy of the only Power,
capable of enabling France to beat England,
would be destroyed. Every consideration of justice
and humanity gives way before considerations sug-
gested by anticipations of a war with England.
Were we as vain as we are a great people, the conduct
of France would supply ample food for the gratification
of our vanity. We can propose no great object to our-
selves for the amelioration of the miseries of the human
race, in which we desire the co-operation of our neigh-
bours, without awakening their fears and exciting their
jealousy. If our missionaries seek to diffuse a know-
ledge of the Gospel among the heathen, a cry is raised
that we are seeking to extend our Colonies. No allow-
ance can be made for religious enthusiasm—none for an
apostolic sincerity of purpose, however. mistaken, on
the part of British propagators of the Gospel. It
is known to all Europe that the Anti-Slavery Society
in England was long oppposed by the Govern-
ment and the Legislature ; that it was after long
sti uggles, and overwhelming force of public opinion,
that the Government was driven to discountenance
slavery, yet now the French Press will have it that the
right of search is only sought for the dishonest purpose
of extending the maritime greatness of England. France
refuses to ratify the Treaty of the Five Powers, solely
because her people are jealous of the superiority of our
navy. It is to no purpose that our Government offers
that the number of cruizers, exercising the rights given
by this Treaty, should be equal on the part of France
and England. They will listen to nothing but the sug-
gestions of their unworthy fears and groundless appre-
hensions.

The Ministerial Journals are endeavouring to discre-
dit the reports of a Christino rising being contemplated
in Spain. There is not, however, the shadow of a doubt
of the fact. Still there is a possibility that it will not
take place, owing to the strong opinions upon the atro-
city of such a proceeding expressed in the English
house of Commons.

We have received the following letter from St. Denis, Isle of
Bourbon :—" We have taken possession of the island of Nos-Be,
which will eventually become a good military post, but it is a most
unhealthy one. Out of a detachment of fifty infantry we lost thirty-
four in two months, and eleven artillerymen have died out of thir-
teen. This island is not so large as Bourbon; it contains 18,000
inhabitants, who are half savage, it is true, but who were perfectly
willing to submit to the dominion of France. Ido not know
whether we shall be able to retain it; but, at any rate, as we have
established a garrison there, we shall at least adopt the sanitary
precautions prescribed by prudence."— Temps,

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