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true mode of rendering discussion useful, was to
fillOW it to be free for all sides.

Mr. TREVOR had a great horror of the licen-
i iousness of the Press.

Sir F. BURDETT concurred with Mr. HUME,
and advised him to move for the repeal of the Six
Acts, but not till the Reform Bill was carried.
Mr. O'CoNNELL followed in the same execm.
tions of the Six Acts, and gave notice of a Bill
to render evidence of truth admissible in libel

eases.
Mr. C. W. WYNNE and Sir R. PEEL thought
:hat seditious and inflammatory publications ought
to be promptly suppressed; and Mr. W. quoted
one, containing a passage, " Down with Kings,
Lords, and Priests."
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL thought the best
repression was the good sense of the country. He
had instituted no prosecution ex officio ; but in two
or three cases he had referred questions to Grand
Juries.
Some peevish discussion arose between Sir R.
PEEL and Mr. HUNT, whose second and third
speeches were attempted to be coughed down.
Sir R. PEEL presented a petition from the Mer-
chants of Canton, complaining of grievances im-
posed by the Chinese on our authorities. The
propriety of establishing a resident embassy was
discussed.
Mr. C. GRANT moved for the appointment of
a Committee to inquire into the State of Trade,
&c. &c. to the East Indies, which took place after
a prolonged conversation between Messrs. WHIT-
MORE, ASTELL, WORTLEY, lIUME, NIAL-
COLS', NACDON A LD, ROBINSON, and FERGUSON.
The Salaries of the Board of Controul were
then objects of a desultory conversation.
Mr. ALDERMAN WOOD brought in a Bill to
prevent the spreading of Canine Madness.
Mr. WEYLAND moved for leave to bring in a
bill to prevent hiring being considered as settle-
ment, with a view to enable labourers to remove
to fresh parishes without prejudice. This led to
a discussion about the poor laws, and the causes
of their abuses and inefficiency. Mr. HUNT
thought that long residence ought to confer
settlement; and he, and Mr. BEN ETT, and
Mr. SADLER, defended the Poor Laws. Lord
ALTHORP avowed that Ministers have no matured
plan. Mr. PAGET, a new member, said that the
assessments were so unequal as in some places to
amount to a confiscation of the land, and lie advised
a general poor tax instead of local rates. Mr.
J.% ES objected to the cruel operation of Sturgess
Bourne's Select Vestry Bill.
Mr. HUME obtained the appointment of a Com-
mittee to enquire further in regard to the abuses of
the'Ki N o's Printer, aad his privileges, charges, &c.
Sir J. GRAIIAM did justice to the splendid
liberality of Mr. MARSDEN, late Secretary to the
Admiralty, who had given notice, that from this
Midsummer he should decline to receive his retired
pension of £1,500 per annum. This is a noble
example !
Lord ALTHORP gave notice of his Game Laws'
amendment Bill, a measure so desirable to the
peace and morality of the country.

ROYAL EXCHANGE, ONE O'CLOCK.
Console, which left off yesterday at 82 83 for
the Account, opened at the same price, and con-
tinue at that quotation at present. Brazil Stock
has gone down about 2 if per cent.
Accounts have been received from Pernambuco,
by a vessel in 50 days, that a revolution bad taken
!lace there, and all business was suspended. It is
also stated, that the Brazilian Government were in
great want of money, and have been obliged to
borrow money from the merchants to pay the troops.
LIVERPOOL, JUNE 27.—Arrived the Elenan,
Bardwell, from Riga, with a green flag flying,
and ordered off to Milford. Oak, from Riga,
Agnes, Wood, from Revel, to wait for orders.—
The quantity of British Plantation Sugar offering
at present, is more than adequate to the demand,
and the prices barely supported the sale ; this
week amount to 1,100 hhds, but nothing doing in
East India. The extent of business done this
week in Cotton, reached 16,750 bags, but the
market has been dull, and the prices of low qua-
lities of American and Brazil are again a shade
lower.

THREE O'CLOCK
We have no account as yet of the arrival of the
Dutch steamer, or have we any political news to
the present hour. Consols, which were in the early
part of the morning at 821 for the account, have
taken a stand, and within a short period have im-
proved to 831, at present they are 831,—with
very little doing at present. We hear that
An Express has arrived from Paris, but nothing
of its contents has as yet transpired.
In the Foreign Market Brazil Stock was done
as low as 50 ; it is now 511.—1 n other Foreign
Securities little or nothing doing.

The Duchess of Cambridge, attended by the
Baroness Ahlefeldt, Miss Chavannes, Sir James 4aynett.
and Colonel Keate, honoured the performance of Miss F.
Kemble, as Juliet, on Monday evening, at Covent-Dadaw
Theatre' with her presence.
The Duke and Duchess of Cumberland honoured
the grand entertainment gtvar by the Marquis and
!Marchionessof Stafford, at Stafford House, with thdr pre.
.ence last evening.
The Princess Augusta has been indisposed dur-
ing the last few days with a cold. The Duchess of Olocester
and the Princess Sophia visited Her Royal Highness yester-
ti,ry, at her residence, in the King's Palace, St. James's.
The Duke of Sussex visited the Duchess of
Cambridge yesterday.
A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon
at the residence of Earl Grey, in Downing.atreet, which
was attended by the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Durham,
Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Palmerston, Viscount
Goderich, the Earl of Carlisle, the Chancellor of the Excise-
Sit Janiti Graham, Lord Holland, Right Hon.
Charles Grart, Lord John Ruud], the Duke of Richmond,
‘,11,1 Mr. Stanley.
The Council sat in deliberation upwards of three
tours. The Lord Chancellor arrived directly after the con.
t!usion of the Council; his Lordship had an interview with
£4l Grey.