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Mr. ELLICE gave notice of a motion, for Thursday, for a re-
turn of the amount of Dank-notes in circulation during each of the
last six months.

Jr. D 1,.N NI AN gave notice of his (Attention to move, on Friday
next, for the examination of w•itttesars in Or raw of *lr. Kenrick ;
and, ma the 21.1, for Copies of all Proceedings in Detnerat., oat the
trial, of slaves for insurrection.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHF.QUE.R requested the
llonomahle•and Learned Gentleman to fix some other day for the
former t.f these motions. On Friday it was his intention to state
to the House the measures to he proposed, in consequence of
the concession made-by the Bank of England, which conceedon•
he was happy to say, had been this Jay ratified by the Court of,
Prtiprirturs. •
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL announced his intention to
propose three Bills—to amend the Insolvent Act; for the Recovery
of Small Mists •' and to alter the Law of Arrest.
. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCH E.QUF.R moved for
copies of all correspondence which had taken place between Go•
vestment and the Bank of England, relating to any alteration in
tht exclusive pi ivileeps enjoyed by the latter.
ADDRESS TO THE THRONE.
,Mt. STUART WORTLEY, junior, moved that the Report be
.brought up.
.Mr. W. WHITMORE could not refrain from expres
sing his teeret, that one sue ject,which he deemed of the
highest inportance to the country, had been entirely
°nutted in the Speech from the Throne. It could not
be tleubted the Ministers were sincere in their wishes to
stet the industry and enterprize of the country free from
shackles of restriction and monopoly by which they
had been hitherto oppressed. Yet, when he reflected op
their adherence to the existing Corn Laws, he was really.
sit Sr to account for the inconsistency of their con-
dud. otherwise than upon the supposition that they were
eontrouted by some powerful influence, which they
wanted either the courage or the power to resist. The
alteration of our Corn Laws appears to be so necessary
srfoundation (Or that wise and bens ficial system of free
trade which Ministers have determined to pursue, that
their negiect of it would be an inconsistency the most
violent, if it was not to be accounted for by the existence,
of an ing .ence paramount to all idea of consistency.—
The Hon. Gentleman would now feel it his duty to bring
the important subject of the Corn Laws before the
House. He deeply regretted that it should not have,
fallen into more competent hands. The Hon. Gentle-
man sincersly rejOced that Government had expressed
its determination not to be deterred by the apparently
unfavourable 'circumstances if the moment, from the
porsnit of tho.e liberal views wall regard to trade,which
in his opinion, could not fail to be permanently benefi•
vial. - It was obvious that the prosp'ct of a change so
material as the admissi, n of French silks into the English
market must create fora time a considerable diminution of demand
for the article of British manufacture. This effect, howreer,would,
be was convinced, be only tenmorarf. Ile could not sit down with-
out expressing his perfect approbation of the measures about to be
adopted in order to guaid against the recurrence of any such shock.,
to'vur currency as it has rtcently experienced. The Hon. Gentle,
man could nut think the suggestion of the Hononriable Member for
Txunton; that of adopting a mixed standard of gold and silver, en-
tided to much attention. He would now conclude by expressing
hi; determination to give notice on an early day of a motion on the
Corn Laws. 1
Sir CHARLES FOItBES rose for the purpose oft
noticing thatpart of the Speech which related to India.
HEr'egretteil to observe, that this subject had been'
detrnedof such trivial importance,' that the observations
ofi the Hon: Member for Montrose had • been suffered
by Ministers to go'wholly.unanewerecLiln those obser-
vatidn%',hoviever, • he entsteliAr ea. He was quite
conyinsed,of the. necessdiy'nl tlissiseedy rev urination of
thkeris: w ith the ;Bur *lose, if that were practicable. We
hall been laid tliatlissMujesty hoped for its cessation
at ato,clistont period. What was the foundation of those
hopes t , It had now raged for • two-years, and so far
from any apparent approach to its conclusion, it had, in
fact, been converted into a war of extermination. You
may, continued the Hit. Baronet, penetrate into the
dominions of the Burmese, you may even take posses-
sion of their capital, and yet the termination of the war
be-as distant as ever. You were told last Session, that
none of the other Native Powers had manifested a dis-
position to provoke hostilities eith our. ndian Govern-
ment. He should be happy if that assurance could now
Irate been repeated. But it was well known that hos-
tilities had been on the point of commencing in other
quarters. • He would recommend, a• the only mode of
putting a spee.ry end to the war, the immediate with-
drawing of our troops, nor could any disgrace attach to
this line of cond•act. It, as he believed, the war was
ori,inally unnecessary and unjust,. the greatest possible
disgrace would be that of perleverance. He rote' taired
a settled convis lion that every legitimate object might
bate been attained without the employment of an army. He must
be permitted to allude to the Noble Lord at the bead of the Go-
vernment of India. Whilst all men concurred in feelings of respect
for his private character, all at least who knew anything of India,
were unanimous as to his unfitness for The government of that
mighty empire. The Honourable Baronet concluded by re-
commending a relaxation in (stout of India, of many existing
coentnet ciat prohibitions. The subj• eta of that vast empire had a
right to justice at our ha iris, std if their claim was continually re-
sisted, the consequences would probably be fatal to our authority.
Mr. WYNN had been desirous last night of replying
to the. observations which had fallen from the Honour.
able Member for Montrose upon the situation of aff ars
in Indi s; but he felt that the deeper interest excited
ley affair' nearer home. would have ifforded him little
hope of being able to engage the attention of the House
lie should now, therefore, embrace the opportunity of
replying to two Honnurahle Members at the same time.
the Right Honourable Genaleman contended that the
Burmese Wir was Strictly just, inasmuch as it had been
provokstik..by systematic and persevering aggression.
ThieZsw. ey, bad possessed itself if die territory which
sepaimed-its• boundaries from ours, and having thus
brought themselves into contact stub our frontier, they
traniteitisl-the Most hostile disptaiti nr, and affraded
ti:e twat indisputable • evidcrlce, that whenever se
embroiled with any of the other Powers of
Edits; we might calculate upon them as enemies. It
Lad been said that our troops had met with no success
.•
against these enemies, that they had not been brought
into Contact with them. How unjust was this suppo-
tation;to the bravery of our men and the skill and gal.
laatrpol•their leaders! Two of their strongest forts
had.been taken, and he had no doubt that a coming •
ataciorauch success would lead to a secure and glorious
react:. It was difficult to speak' with confidence in re-
gard to military operations in a country so distant, that
th_ most recent intelligence must lb six months after
vat eveia.e. But, from all the information in his posses-
trion4b entertained the ntott confident hopes of a, satis-
factory termination to the contest. It had been
tri-
utnpllantly asked, why engage in a war in which
neither honour nor profit was to be acqiiired.? The
Right Honourable Gentleman knew of nu war, which,
if unnecessary, could be productive of via er. It was
on the. sumac' of imperiaaus necessity only that this war
was to be delended. Observations had been made op
the sfa:iments made last year, that , ncoie of the other
statiVerbir•Ott had $1)6%) a disposition to uniatibeM-
selvil st 411 fis ;Dampest ; and it had bleu Mit/. ed

from the silence preset yecl op e e'pre:ent occasion that
a similar statement eould.•not now hive been made.
This suspition he wai happy to have it in his•powee to
remove. .HckneW Or no unfavourable; change, in the
dispositions of any., of tbe Native ,Powers *ith respect to the
mortality which bad taken place *mono. she .troops, he did
ascribe th.it to any peculiar insalubrity in the scene of warfaite.
It was a misfortune generally incidental to the commencement of
military operation's in !edit. The latest accounts, he was happy
to add, were highly favourable •as to the restoration of the health
of the troops.. In the m.in ming, under the command of Sir
Archibald Campbell, no sickneis existed, nor was iuy doubt en:
tertained that it • would take the &Id in full force as sow as the
rainy season was over. • •
Alt.-C. HUTCHINSON said, that the lion Gentle-
man had mistaken the words of his Hon. Friend who
had spoken before him. He (Sir C. Forbes) did not wish
to detract from the merit or valour of those troops en-
gaged in carrying on the war in India; heonly regretted
that the principal enemy they had to contend with was
disease, against which no troops could stand. He gave
credit to the Ministers of his Majesty for the great an-
xiety shewn by them in drawing the attention of both
Hou-es of Paoli iment to devise some means for the
relief of that commercial embarrassment which had been
so generally felt in this country, and the mention of it
which formed so prominent a feature of his Majesty's
Speech. He also highly approved of those Tieafies of
Navigation and. Commerce which had been entered into
with Foreign Powers. He was astonished, however, at
the little that had been said about Ireland, and though
he was glad to see the intentions of Ministess were
turned towards increas;ng the harmony that existed
between England and Foreign Powers, yet he would
have been mcre pleased had those intentions been
directed towards. Ireland, which, in spite of all that
had been said on the subject, be was still inclined to
think in a very doubtful state of quietude. The
Hon. Mover and Seconder .of the Address had said a
great deal about the imptovements that had taken
place in the trade and manufactures of that kingdom,
but they had not enlarged so much on its state nl trail-
which was of equal conseqrsence.- He thought
it was a dangerous piece of policy for the Members o!
either House to di,cuis every topic connected with

Ireland, with the exception of its tranquillity* It would
shew to that nation, that they considered Its welfare
as a matter of indifference ; and yet they would think
that they had done their duty towards it.—lt was evi-
dent that proper care was not.takeu of the interests of
the people of that country, and he was sorry to say. that
the French set us a better example. The Honourable
Gentleman then contrasted the Speech of his Mesty
with that of the F.ench King. The Speech of the King
of France commenced by informing his people that he would re-
lieve them from nineteen millions francs of taxes, and that he would
con3ider the interests of every description of his people. Nothing
of this kind had been set forth in the Speech of his Majesty the
King of Eriglami. He believed the Cabinet would do all they
could for the suffering Irish; yet there was some strange infatua-
tion attached to the name of Ireland which prevented Ministers
from devising any beneficial means to relieve it. He had been
tempted to rise, because being an Irish Member, he felt that there
would be a stigma attached to his name if he did not speak about
' the state of his suffering countrymen.
Mr. LOCKHART said, that he should be sorry to
throw a damp upon any improvement that could be
suggested to prevent a recurrence of the late embar-
rassment in the commercial world. He regretted that
the influence Of the remedy suggested by the Govern-
ment should be but partial and local, instead of general.
He hoped the measure would be very generally adapted.
It was a very erroneous idea to suppose that a banking
firm consisting of three persons was not so secure as one
composed of double that number.He found upon looking
over a list of between seven and eight hundred banking
establishments. that the generality of them consisted of
three or four Gentlemen only to each firm. If banking-
houses could derive any benefit from the association of
the number allowed by law to each bank, they would
very naturally go to the extent of that permission. But
they bad found that it- was not the number that created
an idea of wealth, but the respectability of each individual. To
make use of a Latin phrase, he would add that—
" Testes ponderentur non numerentur."
He thought that the plan of common deed partnership was very
good, where a number of Gentlemen associated themselves to-
gether, and each put in a certain sum of money to form a capi-
tal, and could not be made amenable beyond that sum. The con-
sequence was—that each individual composing this partnership
kept an eye upon his neighbour, to set that he did not go beyond
his deposit, in speculating, &c.. He would add one word about the
landed property of Bankers. The landed property of those Gen-
tlemen was in general of no use to the creditors, on account of
the intricacy of the law.
Sir THOMAS LET H BRIDGE had heard with great
satisfaction that part of his Majesty's Speech which re-
commended the adoption of some means to alleviate
those pecuniary embarrassments which had hem so ge-
nerally felt. He could not, however, completely coin-
cide with the Honourable Gentleman who had been
so earnest about the Corn Liws.—lt would have been
very premature for Milisters to have attempted the
amendment of the Corn L rws without doing something
to relieve the embarrassment of the currency.—
He had questioned a number of silk throwsters who had
settled in the county which he bad the honour to repro-
sent, as to their opinion of the Corn Laws, and they bad
all to a man declared that they did not wish for a change.
They %sere undoubtedly most competent to judge of the
state of the Corn Laws, as they had felt the increase in
the price of bread ; yet they did not complain. The
llouse had been informed by an lion. Member, that the
benefits of free trade had not been tried in the Silk Trade;
fie entreated the House to pause before they allowed the.'
law on that subject to conic into full operation. Ile could haul m•
that Honourable Member, that a silk trader in Lyons had offered to
deliver in this country, for home consumption, any quantity.of silk
at the rate of 10 to 55 per cent. The Hun. Member concluded by
saying, that he had repeatedly conversed with different persons on
the subject of tit: absorption of the aim and two pound notes, and
they thought th.it it would he attended wish great inconvenience.—
He wished to know what they proposed to supply their place with?
If with gold or silver coin, what would be the tesulc ? In cense-
quence of the difierence of Foreign Exchange, it would all be swept
off for exportation. Ile knew very well that they could re•ii4ue the
notes. That was vet y true ; but the relief thus would be only tem-
porary,.and be wished it to be permanent.
Mr. MIME protested that he had never beard such
a speech as that which had just fallen from the Hon.
Baronet. What connection there c uld be between the
Corn Laws and the Currency he was at a loss to con-
ceive. As well might the Honourable Baronet have
said that the East India Company's monopoly of tea
affected the currency, as that it was ,in any way
in-
fluenced by preserving to the Landed Proprietors their
in olopoly in corn. lie could not see the least affinity
between the Lao subjects. With regard to what had
fallen from the Honourable Baronet, as to the feeling
of the manut .cturing classes upon the question of the
Coin L rws, he could not believe that such opinions
• were shared by the mass of th.st body. A few indi-
viduals might have told the liktorsutable Barone( this,
but the feeling could not be entertained by the body
at large. He was assured of this by tlse evidence given
before the Committee which sat upon the Silk Laws.
It the Howe looked at that evidence, it would see that
the' priacipal Silk Manufai:turers declared that they

had no fear of competition if they same relieved (tom
the pressiiiP of aloe laws. He could also speakfrom
his owtt eipe ience,ltiiiireci from much.intercourse and
correspondence with 'the manufacturing intetests; he
had consulted them upon this subject. and they genes
rally taid that theylvad no fear of competition in plain

goods, but that in fancy w. rk, which was a branch of
very minor importance, they were not yet prepared to
meet the stench in the market. He therefore thought'
that Ministers were bound not to give up the principle
of their measure, although it might be expedient to,
extend the period of, its operation, •in respect to a few'
articles, for one or two years. He deprecated any delay
in extending the same principles to the CO) n Laws, and
trusted that the earliest time would be seized for vcu-
ting that desirable object, consistent with a dug consi-
deration of the interests of landed property, which he
by no means wish: d to see depressed. He was con-
vinced, however, that the change would be for the ulti-
mate good of that interest. He was sorry the House
was so constituted that the Ministers should be deterred,

by a certain influence, from bringing forward a meavire
which he believed every one of then' considered as an
advantage to the country. They u ere afraid to bri.,g
it forward, because try were afraid to mett this in-
fluence ; and, indeed, it it passed that Howe, little
could be expected from the other, after the five of the
Canada Wheat Bilk At all events, he would have that
House du its duty, and act as became the proper
guardians of the interests of the mass of the people.
[he Hon. Member then complained that the question
which he had on the previous night put to the Right
Hoe. Presitient of the Board of Coutroul had not been
fully answered. lie was sorry to see the interests of
100,000,000 of people consiiered as a mere episode in
the affairs of the country. He contended that the rtes.
sures which had been resorted to wilt respect to the
Press in India were illegal, although the Law Authori
ties had declared them to be otherwise. lie also denied

that the justice of the Burmese war c ruld be proved by
any docurnen•s yet betoie the House, or within his
knowledge. The Right Hon. Gentleman had, indeed,
expressed his confidence in the present government of
I,lclia, but he would ask him whether that confidence
was shared by the Court of Directors ? He would ask
him whether they had not communicated to him a con-
trary feeling? for it was publicly said they had ex-
pressed to him their want of corficlence. The inhabi-1
tants of the country over which Lord Amherst presided li
had no confidecte in his competency for the duties of
his high office, and this opinion was everywhere pub-
licly expressed. The H.rnourable Member then read
an extract from the letter of an Officer in Cal-
cutta, received that morning by hls Honourable Friend the Mem.
ber for Coventry, stating that the Government was inefficient and
imbecile, and that nothing could be expected from it. He had
never seen a letter from Calcutta, for the last fourteen months,
which did not wind up in the same way. These letters agreed in
admitting the amiable character of Lord Amherst's private feelings;
but fgr himself he must say, that he could see no proof of this lu
I the conduct or the Government towards the regiments who refused
to marsh at Barrackpoor, and who were cut down without mercy,
before means were taken to induce them to return to their duty, or
explain the groUnds of complaint.
Mr. FREMANTLE assured the Hon. Gentleman
that the tone of Indian correspondeke was not uni-
formly melancholy. Every letter he read afforded ex-
pectations of a speedy and honourable termination to the war. With,
respect to the degree of confidence which the Cohrt of Directors
reposed in Lord Amherst, the Hon. Gensktnair ought to know that,
if the Court of Directors were dissatisfied with has Lordship, they
had It in their power to recall hies; therefore that point was also
replied to. • But what. could be more unbecoming than to stack the
character of Lord Amherst with setups from anonymous letters ?
—(Mr. Huss denied that ..they were anonymous).•—Tbe Ho-
nourable Gentieman proseeded—Would the House believe•--
would the epuntry believe that Lord Amherst was to be decided
on by this sort of evidence ? It did not become the Hon. Gen•
deman to endeavour to raise •an odium against an individual by
vague and sweeping declarations. Let him not rely on letters
penned, perhaps, by ignorance or malice; but if he has any pre.
rise point for any specific cause of dissatisfaction, let him bring
it forward in a definite shape; and he bad no doubt • his Hon.
Friend (Mr. Wynn) would lend him his aid in Its investigation.
The report was then brought up. On the motion that it be
read a third time,

Sir C. FORBES said a few words in explanation.
The Report was then read and received.
Mr. W YNN, after a few remarks in explanation from Sir C.
Forbes, said, that there was net the slightest foundation fur the
statements which were made in the letters that bad been read to
the House in the Surse of the evening. It really appeared as if
the writers of those letters only wished to see how far the credu-
lity of their correspondents would go—(Hear! and a laugh).—He
thought it would be much better for the Government to defer all
information on the subject until the measure should come before
the House at a future period.
After some words in reply, from Mr. Hoare,
Colonel FRE M AkTLif. said, that every Jun had been nude,
on the part of Lord Amherst's Government, to avoid all forcible
measures with respect to the ninth:ters that it was possible to use.
It was then moved and agreed to, that the Report be presented.
Mr. W YNN said, that be should, on the 28th, move that all
the Documents connected with the late transactions in India might
be laid on the table of the House--(Hear !).
The House was then adjourned until Monday next.

BRAZIL.

nlo DE JANEIRO, Dec. I.

It is understood that Sit C. Stuart, who is gone from
hence to Bahia in the Diamond frigate, .will, in a few
weeks from this time, go down to the River Plate, pro-
vided with requisite powers from the Emperor fur treat-
ing with the Government of Buenos Ayres ; but I must
say that I feel considerable apprehension about the re-
sult, and it is certain that every day's delay makes it
more difficult for him to heal the breach that has been
made befween the two countries. Buenos Ayres, by ad-
mitting the Banda Oriental as a member of the federa-
tion, becomes directly a party to the. war with that pro-
vince. Inde:d, it is.said that a d.clarrithin of war has
been positively issued by the Congreis, and we are there,
fore in daily expectation that a similar step will be
adopted by the Emperor. This quarrel, I have reason
to know, is a source of great perplexity to the English
authorities here, and I understand that they are most
anxious to put a speedy end •to it.
Commodore Taylor, who is an E'glishman, was to
have commanded the squadron sent to blockade Buenos
Ayres, but ke has (twined it, by the advice of Mr.
Chamberlain, the English Consul. The command is,
therefore, to be given to an American Officer, of the
name of JAvitt, who has just arrived here from Ceara,
its the Pedro Primeiro. A susaltsquadron mast also be
detached to watch the Northern Provinces, where,
though in appearance all is quiet, things are not in the
state that i; to be wieled by the friends of order. Most
of us regard the strife with Buenos Ayres with great
appreh ossson, on account of the probability there is,
should they be hard pressed, of Bolivar's coming for-
ward to their assistance. This, indeed, is very cur-
rently believed by many, with the addition that he' is
'to take up his headquarters in the Province of St.
Minh The name it Bolivar has already done so much
throughout South Artie:lea, for the establishment of
liberty and independence, about which he talks so
plausibly in his proclamations, that his very manse and
' appearance in brazil might do infio.ite mischief. Sit

Charles Stuart's powers are said to he very ample, a-4
that he is actually authorised, in ca e, of need, to give
up the Emperor's pretensions to Mon'e Video, if no
other means should present themselves for avoiding the
evil of a protracted war. As far, however, as a judg-
ment can be formed from appearances, and from the
Emperor's declarations, the war will-be carried on with
the utmost vigour. Lobo, the Btatiliaq Admiral, has
been recalled from the river Plate. -December 7.
The Paula frigate, late Surat Castle Indiaman, is ready for se:,
and I understand will sail to-morrow morning tor the River Plata,
with orders declaring the port of Buenos Ayres in a ►tats of
blockade. Yesterday the Maria da Gloria corvette arrived here
from Maldonado: the, on the 154 of last month, theaptuted two
Brazilian vessels from Itio Grande, which had been captured by
the Lavalkja privateer, with a commission from the General whose
name she bears. You may conelder war declared between this
country and the united provinces of the Rio de la Plata. This
will create great distress, and will nn doubt ruin many of the mer-
chants.especially those trading to Rio Grande.
Intimation was last night given to the Foreifu Comuls-.resideot
in this city, that the port of Buenos 'Ayres is strictly blockaded, and
we are told that a vessel under the flag of that Republic, now in
this harbour, has been seised.