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le upon it as they

the motion
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it could follow. After replying to some o the
-.0 his decided conviction
uressure of a tem-

no practical re
arguments of Mr. Disraeli, he expr(
that the agriculturist was suffering

porary character, and that ere very long itiprosperity would
be restored. The present pressure he attributed to the abun-
dant harvest of 1849, and the bad quality of last year's harvest.
In further support of . the theory of free trade, the right hen.
gentleman quoted the " admission " of Mr.- G. F. Young that
with food very cheap wages had still not fallen materially. He
then referred at considerable length to the diminished cost of
pauperism, and other free-trade statistics, contending that even
in the agricultural districts, where wages had fallen, the price
of food had-fallen in still greater ratio, so as to leave a larger
balance to the labourer to purchase other things. He asserted
that the distress in the agricultural districts was exaggerated,
it being by no means general, for in Scotland there was a con-
siderable competition going on for farms. He defended the
prohibition to growing tobacco as necessary, owing to the
uncertain and gambling nature of the crop; and the permis-
- o grow the plant would be of little use, for, although the
amounted to £4,000,000, the value of the leaf itself was
e5t0,000. With respect to the malt tax it was !mid by
• ' gricniturist. The right lion.

,did to st

gentleman then procc ..low that within -the last item
years taxes had been repealed to the extent of £10,000,000 per
annum. New taxes had been imposed to the extent of
£5,000,000, leaving a balance in favour of the public of
£5,000,000.

Mr. SANDARS supported the motion, and remarked upon the
fact that, according to the arguments of free traders, the dis-
tress in the country was to be attributed at one time to an
abundant harvest, and at another to a scarce one. In 1848 our
harvest was too great—in 1850 it was too small; and in each
case it was said to be the cause of the depression under which
the country iaboured.

Mr. W. hnowN defended some statistics which he had used
in the house in a speech last session, and which had been im-
pugned by Mr. Disraeli.

he motion of the Marquis of GRANBY, the debate was
ourned until Thursday.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY.
adjourned debate on the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill was
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duty to st

_ wno said that be now felt it his
I up for his faith as had been done by his ancestors
;; and he felt the more energy in doing so, from
that as the question now stood, its cause was.
with that of civil and religious liberty.

nopposed the bill,

and Col
of it.

TIIdNIPSON, Mr. SPOONED

:, in support

A remark, from one of the Irish members, called up Lord
JOHN RUSSELL, who said—" I come now to another roint
-which
that this i has been urged by the hon. member for Ath lone, namely.
a . -

with my fo

y di!ferent an,

-n hear.)* , sir, lam not about to say that it isrations not so, or that my former Now declaration
did not amount to this, that I thought it was puerile and child-
ish to fear anything from the pretension of the Pope to create
English bishops or archbishops—(hear)—or that that opinion
is consistent with those opinions which I now entertain, and
have just pronounced. (Hear, hear.) But, sir, I think lam
justified in saying this, that whatever may have been my confi-
dence with respect to the conduct of the Pope—l h.v.

mice that time that that confidence was misplaced-7cvh7esearUa
and I therefore thought it better clearly and plainly to avow
that I was mistaken in the opinion which I entertained for-
the subject—that I had trusted too much to the for-
- _ .:.pect for the Sovereign power of this country
the Roman Catholics, and, therefore, seeing that my
was misplaced. I brought in this measure as more
jib the altered views I now entertain." In another
speech his lordship said—" I wish as much as
- Roman Catholics should have the fullest
'ous liberty and .of political and of civil
,k I should ever be induced to introduce
_...sure by_ which they would be. prohibited from having
entirely their own mode of worshipping according to their own
belief, or by which they could be prevented, in consequence
' h lief, from obtaining any honours of the state. But
I will not be frightened by the word perse-
the due authority of the crown and the
I do not think that we ought

bearaince
evinced I

confidence

portion c
possible

I do not this

ie sovereign

ibmit to this, wi
country."

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

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Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in answer to a question, said he in-
tended to bring in a bill for the establishinent of a Vice-Cban-
cellor in the place of Sir James Wigram, and intimated that
the Chancellor of the Exchequer would communicate the ren-
t--•-

red debate
tress. lle

on Mr. I

The Marquis of GRANBY tlien.

!slimed the ad.)
ltion, relative to agricultural
had been more injured by tl

argued that t

poorer cla

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prosperit

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