The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-22 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 22, 1842.

was responsible for the advice whith they gave to the
Crown with respect to this ekercise of prerogative, as
Well a.S every other ; and he did not apprehend that
tbeir responsibility would be increased by any such ad-
dress as that which the Hon. Gentleman proposed. But
he deprecated the motion, not only upon constitutional
grounds, but because he believed that the carrying of the
motion would have a tendency to increase the distress
which it was intended to mitigate. It would
produce the greatest uncertainty in commerce if it
should be imagined that Parliament was to be assembled
th October or November for the purpose of repealing the
Corn-laws.—(Hear, hear.) It would afford a fresh im-
pediment to that relief which they anticipated from the
free admission of foreign corn. He wislied that Hon.
Gentlemen would reconcile it with their sense Of duty to
abstain from bringing forward motions which, in his
opinion, had a tendency. to derange commercial dealings
and increase commercial embarrassments.—(Hear, hear.)
On all these points, he must offer his decided opposition
to the motion of the Hon. Gentleman.

Lord PALMERSTON said the arguments on
the • motion had been almost entirely on that
side of the House, but he found no fault with Hon. Gen-
tlemen opposite for the silence they had preserved.
There was an old saying and a very good one, " When
you have nothing to say, say nothing ;" and as those
Hon. Gentlemen had no arguments wherewith to meet
the convincing arguments on that side of the House,
they had shown a sound discretion in preserving an
almost unbroken silence.—(Laughter.) There had,
however, been one exception, namely, the Hon. Member
for Shrewsbury, the greater part of whose speech turned
upon foreign affairs, and not upon the distress of
the country. That Hon. Gentleman had one fixed idea
—whatever had happened that he conceived to be inju-
rious to the country, he attributed it to the diplomacy of
the late Government, which he called an anti-commercial
diplomacy. What he meant by the term " anti-commer-
cial diplomacy" he (Lord Palmerston) confessed himself
unable to understand. He was somewhat relieved from
the pain which the Hon. Gentleman's censure would
otherwise have given him, by finding that the same con-
demnation which he extended to him, applied back-
ward, with one exception, to all his predecessors
in office since the year 1815. The Honourable
Member complained generally of the settlement which
had taken place at that period as disadvantageous
in point of tariffs to England. The Hon. Gentleman, in
referring to the administration of Mr. Canning, had
spoken of Mr. Canning's boast, that, he had called into
existence a new world. Now, lie conceived that Mr.
Canning referred to a political measure, and not to a
commercial one.—(Hear, hear.) lie asserted that there
never was an Administration which devoted more time,
and with greater success, to the management of foreign
affairs than did the Administration of the years from
1831 to I§4l. The Hon. Gentleman judged of his
measures by the numberof treaties whfch he had effected.
Did the Hon. Member know that out of 32 treaties
which existed, in all,. of one kind or another,
seventeen existed previous to 1831 ; and fifteen
were negotiated by tJ!e late Government ?—(Hear.)
With regard to the treaty with France, the Hon. 'Mem-
ber had been misinformed. An official communication
from the French Government was made to him (Lord
Palmerston), to the effect that the French Government,
being well aware of the superior ingenuity and activity
of the British, were determined to prevent, as far as in
their power, any treaties between Great Britain and
other nations. When this was ex2lained, the Don.
Member might, perhaps, understand some of the diffi-
culties which stood in the way of a treaty with France.
The lion. Member stated that they ought to have formed
a treaty with the South of Germany. A treaty with
the South of Germany ! Why, they might -as well
think of forming a commercial treaty between this coun-
try and the moon.—(Laughter.) The Hon. Gentleman
stated that they had been stationary in their commercial
policy during the last ten years. They had, ho•xever,
done something—small, he would admit, but still it was
something. Had they not proposed a reduction
of the duty upon foreign thither ? But what
was the . result of that proposition ? If the re-
duction which the Government of which he
had been a Member had propoeee, in respect to the
timber duties, had been adopted, a great improvement
in that branch of our trade would have been felt before
this.—(Hear.) That reduction, however, was not allowed
to take place. There was nothing inconsistent in the
Members of the late Government assisting in carrying
the tariff of the present Government. They took
it as an instalment.—(Hear, and a laugh.) They
took it as a concession—though a poor concession—
to their own principles. But he did not believe that any
improvement in the tariff would be of avail for relieving
the distress of the country at present. The relief which
the tariff would give could not be felt for months to
come, whilst the pressure of distress was perediptory and
immediate.—(Hear.) It had been said that the alteration
in the Post-office duties was one of the causes of
the deficiency of the revenue. He distinctly denied
that it was. When the Government was compelled to
make that concession, there were grounds of hope that
Parliament would consent to other measures, which
would have relieved the trade and commerce of the
country, and amply compensated for the loss in that
department. If the measures proposed last year
by the late Government had been agreed to
by the House, they should have little or nothing
to discuss respecting the present distress or its causes.—
(Hear, hear.) He would, on this occasion, waive all
questions of form, and, for the purpose of giving some
hope to the country, some confidence in the sympathy of
Parliament, hc. would support the motion of his Hon.
Friend, the Member for Finsbury. The Right Hon.
Baronet opposite (Sir R. Peel) had said that the Govern-
ment did not require the sanction of Parliament for the
opening of the ports, in the event of a famine occurring.
The Queen's Council would open the ports on their own
responsibility. But the famine was now.— (Cheers from
both sides.) The Noble Lord concluded amidst loud and
reiterated cheering.
Mr. HUME said it was quite impossible that the de-
bate could be brought -to a satisfactory conclusion at this
sitting, and he should, therefore, move that the debate be
adjourned.
Sir R. PEEL truste•l that the House would conclude
the debate to-night. The efikt of postponing it till to-
morrow would be to throw off the supplies to next week.
Mr. M. GIBSON said that it might be thought he was
taking an extraordinary view of this question, when he
said- that, although the House was tired of it, the
public out. of doors did not t ink it bad been
discussed enough.—(Loud cheers and laughter.)
Ile should feel it his duty to raise the question of dis-
tress in going into Committee of Supply, if they came to
a decision that night, a hich he thought they ought not
to do, as there were many arguments of the Right Hon.
Baronet which gentlemen on that (the Opposition) side
of the House were ready to meet. He should certainly

support the motion of adjournment.
Sir JOHN GUEST made some observations which
were quite inaudible in the gallery, owing to the noise
which prevailed in the House.
Mr. COBDEN felt that an tinthie opinion prevailed
in the House, on the stibjeut of distress. He had a duty
to perform, in bringing the distress of the country be-
fore the House. `flee,' Might haVe it as an amendment
on going into sifpply, br as a separate, motion ; and if
his Hon, friend the Member for Manchester did notmove
the amendment, he (Mr. Cobden) certainly should. He
would do it.—(Cheers,) He would not do it from fac-
tion.—(Loud cries of " Oh, oh.") Why, to what
faction did he belong P Wee it to the Whigs?—he repu-
diated them, Was it to the Tories?—he repudiated
them, Then, to what faction did he belong? Ile had no
desire to go to the Continent or to the r. oors, he would
sit there till November, if it was necessary. lie had a
duty to perform to the Country, He warned them, that
they might not itieet again as they did now. He should
support the itdjotirnment of the House.
Ate. MIME rose amidst loud cries of " Spoke." He
understood that the opinion on both sides of the Helm
was, that the division ought not to take place that night;
but as some of his Hon, Friends intended to bring the
subject forward on going into supply, he would withdraw
his 'notion for the adjournment.
Mt, L'ITANSFIELD hoped the Government would
turn their attention to the distress of the country. If
something were not done he could not dare to think what
the consequence might be.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE replied. He believed that the
majority of the House did not know the extent to
which the distress prevailed. He belived that, contrary
to what.was expected by the Right Hon. Baronet, the
distress had reached its greatest height. He thought
the motion had not been well treated by the two Right•
Eight Hon. Baronets, the Cabinet Ministers. The Right
Hon. Baronet, the Member for Tamworth, said this was
an interference with the prerogative of the Crown.
Why, had they not the power to interfere with that pre-
rogative ? The other Right lion. Baronet went furtLer,
and said that it was an absurd motion. T, he motion
was, that if the distress of the people should con-
tinue, Parliament should assemble earlier, in order
to relieve it ; and that was called an absurd 'no-
tion. He did not think the people of England would
think so. lie would warn the Government to take pre-
caution in time, for he believed the people would bear
their sufferings and distress no longer.
The House then divided, when there appeared—
For the motion 9l
Against it
Majority against the motion --56
The motion was consequently lost.
On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX-
CHEQUER, the following Select Committee was ap-
pointed to consider and report upon the plan submit-
ted by the architect of the new Houses cf Parliament, for
the ventilation and warming of the Houses of Parlia-
ment, and for rendering them fire-proof :—Mr. Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, Lord Stanley, Sir John Hob-
house, Sir Jaines Graham, Viscount Palmerston, Lord
Francis Egerton, Sir Richard Vyvyan, Mr. O'Connell,
Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Williams Wynn, Mr.
Francis Thornhill Baring, Sir George Clerk, Mr.
Hawes, Sir Charles Burrell, Mr. Tufnell, Viscount
Sandon, Viscount Barrington, Sir J, Guest, Mr. Verner,
Mr. MILNER GIBSON gave notice of bis intention
on the motion for going into Committee of Supply, to
move that the House should resolve itself into, a Com-
mittee of the whole Mouse, to take into consideration the
distressed state of the country.
Mr. GREENE brought up the Report of the Com-
mittee of Supply, and the resolutions were agreed to.
The Grand Jury Presentments (Ireland) Bill went
through Committee, and was ordered to be reported this
day.

Mr. Is: WOOD supported the amendment.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said,
with respect to the sum of 85,000/. the real fact was, that
perions lent that sum to the colony at the interest of 10
per ceW.., and the colony being in great distress the ques-
tion was, how relief could be afforded to those who had
gone out •to it. This, country had undertaken to pay
three-and a •balf per cent, for the money borrowed,
in case the colony itself should not be able to return
what had been borrowed. The colony had been found
to be in a state of complete insolvency. It appeared
necessary to adopt the course which had been adopted.
in order to save it from utter ruin, and make it a useful
possession of this country. The present Government
were not responsible for the distress which had come
upon the colony ; they had not brought forward the
plan of its establishment.
Mr. AGLIONBY contended that this was not a time,
when the distress in the country was so great, to make
a grant of 155,000 L, fur that was what the proposition of
the Noble Lord would amount to, to that colory. He did
not think a loan would have. been so objectionable. He
must vote for his Hon. Member for Montrose.
Mr. V. SMITH said this could not be called making
a grant-of 155,00C1. at a time when the country was in
distress, because the money was gone (as we under-
stood), and it was only proposed not to enforce its re-
payment.
Mr. A GLIONBY explained that he did not mean
that the grant was one that would have to be made in
future. The loan had been.made some time ago, and it
was proposed to make a grant of that loan.
Mr. G. W. WOOD was of opinion that the loan ought
not to ho given up.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraW, and the
House divided. The numbers were—
For the third reading 6B
For the amendment

- - Majority for the third readin6- —s3
The Bill was then read a third dine, and passed.
MANCHESTER, BIRMINGHAM, AN]) BOLTON

POLICE BILL.
This Bill passed through Committee.
CUSTOMS ACT AMENDMENT BILL.
Mr. i GREENE brought up the Report on this Bill,
which was received, and was ordered/to be read a third
time this day.
The other Orders of the Day were disposed of, and
the House adjourned at Three o'Clock.

HEALTH OF FRENCH PRISONS.
The Minister of the Interior has sent to the Pre-
fects of all the departments a circular letter, urging
the transmission to him of the reports already re-
quired by existing regulations, from the physicians
and surgeons of the various central prisons of the
kingdom, in order that the medical and sanatory sys-
tems of each establishment in particular, and of the
whole in general, may be fully comprehended and
acted upon. The letter is accompanied by a series of
tables to be filled up periodically by the directors of
the prisons. The first table is for a monthly return
of the numbers of prisoners, classed as to their ages,
and the works upon which they are employed. An-
other table is to comprise the number of those who
have fallen sick, classing them also by their ages, and
the occupations in which they have been engaged ;
how many have left the infirmary cured, and how
many have died. Another table is to contain an ac-
count of the trade, profession, or other occupation
exercised by each prisoner previous to his confine-
ment, and the state of his constitution when first
brought into the prison, so that an estimate may be
formed of the influence of the regulations in each pri-
son on the health of those who are confined in it. In
making these reports, the medical men are to indicate
such prisoners as are affected with the itch, ringworm,
syphilis, or other diseases, and all such as have or have
not had the small-pox, or been vaccinated. The medi-
cal men are also to indicate in their reports their opi-
nions on the causes of any diseases which may have
prevailed ; on the general sanatory state of the pri-
sons, and on the means of improving it. In case of
any epidemic disease a separate report is to be made.
The letter refers to and enforces instructions given
in like manner in July, 1840, for returns of the com-
parative mortality among adults in the free population
of the country immediately around the prisons, in
order that that the increased chances of death within
the latter may be ascertained. It further directs that
reports may be made of the number of the soldiers
composing the garrisons of the central prisons, and of
the towns of the departments, who have been ad-
mitted into the hospitals of the respective places, and
how many of these have died, so that a comparison
may be made, and inferences be drawn, as to the effect
of penal confinement on human life.

IRISH LABOURERS AT THE PARIS

FORTIFICATIONS.

Captain Capsicum Cayenne Pepper, in his face-
tious book, " France Daguerreotyped," tells the fol-
lowing tale, for which his veracity is to be held respon-
sible :—" The great multiplicity of labourers required
fur the fortifications of Paris, and the comparative
scarcity of French labourers, as compared with the soil
which they have to cultivate, occasioned directions to
be some time since transmitted to the French Con-
sul at Dublin, to ascertain whether any disposable num-
ber of Irish labourers could be induced to proceed
to Paris, with a certainty of procuring 'regular employ-
ment for at least a year to come. The result, as may
readily be conceived, was that • a number of the
finest peasantry' jumped at the offer as nimbly
as a salmon-trout at a summer fly. Under the special
superintendence of the Consul they were shipped in
disorder and ragged condition for Havre, felicitating
themselves on the gentility of the excursion, and the
unlooked-for opportunity of `naakin' the tower of France,
all as one of the foremost quality—and that upon
vilvit, and be paid for their pleasurin' into the bargain !
Since the memorable period when the immortal hero of
the gridiron, bein' in distress in regard of the atin',''
thought a solitary ' Parley voo Fransay' a passport to
all the mysteries of. the French mind, nothing more
izarre and provocative of laughter has been witnessed
than the landing of these stray sons of St. Patrick at
Havre, and their journey on foot to Paris. It was my
lot to meet with one of them in the centre of the Palais
Royal at the magnificent Galerie d'Orleans. There he
stood beneath the splendid glass roof; reflected in a
hundred mirrors along the walls, stared at by scores
of moustached loungers, and giggled at by a dozen
magasin grisettes in their exquisitely soigneuses toilets,
looking like Houris in a paradise. Paddy had changed
in no respect the costume of his native hills. The corduroy
smalls were patched and repatched, yet- broken at the
knees. The buttons enjoyed a sinecure for convay-
nience," the long strings which held the place of knee
buckles fluttered down to the ancle. Like Lord Hamlet,
he appeared in the midst of that emporium of fashion,
With his doublet all unbraced,

No hat upon his head,'
but a very stunted and straw-bound caubeen, with the
immemorial short and blackened pipe stuck on the dexter
side ; and to complete his parallel with
The glass of fashion and the mould of form,'
Pat had _ _ _

_
6 - His stockings fouled,
Ungartered, and down-gyved to his ancle.'
When to this I add that his hardy and sinewy leg was
thickly matted with hair of a dusky hue, and that his
face was bespread with some ten days' growth of beard
of a foxy-brown colour, that his brogues, loosened by the
journey, were made fast around the instep by hay-ropes, i
that his coat was of aboriginal blue frieze, and that in
his band he wielded a stout alpeen,' which had been his
firm support for many a rood, I need scarcely wind up
his resemblance to the Danish Prince, by saying that he
was The observed of all observers
When I first espied him in that attitude of upward
gazing, which, according to philosophers, distinguishes
man from the beast (a distinguishing characteristic
which is sometimes very requisite), I drew closer to
him, impelled by an irresistible curiosity, and was no
little astonished at hearing him ejaculate Holy Var-
gin, if that disn't bang. Banagher. Ah, then, it's with
glass they thatches their houses in Paris "

DUTCH tUN.os.—Aatsreacam, JULY 19.
Mone fling.
Actual Det t, 234 per Cent
Ditto, ditto 5 per cent,
Amart Syndic, 454 per cent......... ........
Ditto, ditto, 334 per COOL 6h .8 II
Commercial Coxmany, 454 per cent 14454 145
Ditto (1835 and 1837) b per cent. ......
Loan 1837, 5 per cant"... ...........
Exchange on London, One month l2 1:254
Twomontha
Hamburgh, One month 35 75
Twomonthe
Dutch Papers, July 19.
BELGIAN k UNDs.-ERUSaELS, JULY 18.
Actual Debt, x;‘, per Cent.
gothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent
Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. P2
---J------ 3per Cent. —
-----..Thirty.seyen-------- 70%
(1:An) 1(234
Loan of City, I v 32 , 4 per Cent. lx3li
Socicty of Comm.rce, 45; per Cent Sft
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 77
_ _

National Seciety. -
Exchange on London (short) ...... --
-Brussels Papers, July 19.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, JULY 11
f ivc par Cynts.Bletalliques .. 119 NI
lose per Cents. li OA
Three Fr Cents.
Bank MlaTil if 77
HAMBURGH BORSEN lIALLE, Any 15.
Bills. Money.
Austrian 5 per Cents. ... 1(9%
Bank Shares 1640
Anglo. Russian Loan 109% 109
Russian 5 per Cent., Ist series, Certificate lO3
Inscription, Ist series lO3
Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th
Series 99
Ditto in Certificates 57%
New 4 per Cent. (1840) Bs 1e £8 N,
Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. .........
Ditto 5 per Cent. -
Polish Bonds
New Tickets l6B
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent. 7Bn 78%
Spanish, New 5 per Cents.

THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—The receipts
for passengers, merchandise, &c., conveyed upon the Great
Western Railway, in the week ending Sunday last, exceeded
by upwards of 6,000/. the receipts of the preceding week, and
by upwards of 3,400/. the takings during the Ascot race week,
which is always considered the most prosperous week during
the year. The number of prssengers who travelled by the
railway during the week ending the 17th inst. was 60,467, and
thereceipts amounted to 20,627/. The receipts for the Ascot
race week were 17,170/., and the number of passengers 51,343.
lie great increase in the receipts for the past week may, in a
great measure, be attributed to the vast number of persons at-
tracted to the great agricultural meeting at Bristol.
THE LATE T. BARBER BEAUMONT, COM-.
',Hance with the will of the late Mr. Beaumont, under whose
able superintendence the County Fire-office was established, a
well 264 feet deep has been sunk in Piccadilly, opposite St.
James's Church, and a splendid cast-iron pump, resembling an
ancient gothic shrine, erected. The supply of water is abun-
dant, and the quality excellent. The pump, which was opened
yesterday to the public, bears the following inscription :—This
pump was erected, and the well sunk to the depth of 264 feet,
ny the representatives of the late T. Barber Beaumont, Esq ,
and by the commissioners for paving the parish of St. Jzmes,
in order to carry permanently into effect the desire of Mr.
Beaumont to afford the public an uninterrupted supply of pure
spring water, A.D. 1842."
ATIONAL AESOCIATION.—It will be seen from an
advertisement which has appeared in the Sun, that the
Hall in Holborn, engaged by this Association, will be
opened on Monday next. Mr. Leader, Member for
Westminster, will be in the chair. In the course of the
evening the objects of the Association will be explained ;
and the proceedings will be enlivened by music, both
vocal and instrumental. It may be necessary to state,
that these Reformers are opposed to all violent measures,
and utterly repudiate "physical force" to obtain redress
of grievances. They are also opposed to Mr. Feargus
O'Connor's party, and have been denominated by the
more violent Reformers, Conservative Chartists. The
meeting is expected to be very numerous.
CORK, JULY 17.—Nothing can equal the prepara-
tions that are in progress here for the grand exhibition
which is to take.place on Thursday next. The arrange-
ments for the cattle show, and the banquet and ball, far
exceed anything of the kind ever seen in any part of
Ireland.
Sir Henry Hart and lady arrived at Blackwall yes-
terday morning at eight o'clock, by the General Steam Na-
vigation Company's steam. ship Wilberforce, that left Antwerp
on Wednesdapafternoon.
AUSTRALIA.—The estimate of the sum required to
liquidate certain bills, drawn by the Governors of South Aus-
tralia, since the year 1840, is 59,936/., namely, 27,2901. drawn
by Governor Gawler, on the Colonisation Commissioners, and
32,646/. drawn by Governor Grey en the Treasury.
Sir George head arrived in London yesterday
by the General Steam Navigation Company's Mail Packet
Columbine, that brought over the Dutch mail of Wednesday.
Sir W. Thuyl was among the passengers on the outward voyage
last. Wednesday from London.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY A FEMALE.—Yesterday
morning, between twelve and one o'clock, as police con-
stable No. 65, of the M division, was proceeding on duty
by the back of St. Saviour's Church, Southwark, he
heard footsteps hastily approaching in the direction to-
wards St. Saviour's Dock, and immediately a heavy
plunge into the water ; he directly called for assistance,
and rushing to the spot discovered a woman struggling
in the dock; in a few minutes she sunk, but nearly in_
rising to the surface again, be, at the imudnent
risk of falling in himself, although he could not swim, and
the depth of water there being about sixteen feet,