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VV L: A U V ();. L I FE. J O! I am wovirv of 11«is trriet fraught lite, With "IIIlS burdens of down-crushing care- Itsjoyless peace—its ever shouting strife — its day dark-clouded, even when most fair: J wi.,¡. this n/j-ft t'-rrt: tnrmj Frolll nil this change, anil Woe; and empty Noise, "l.ere Urief conies often, and where Gladness cloys — Where Friendship changes, and where I-ove doth lay Its trust on shadows—yea where Hope doth glow To lHlru tilt: ht:c.J¡" heart it stititrtli oti- Wlide Disappointment clad in garb of snow Snatches our hoped-ior Blessings every one! Cold Eaith Ill lay me tiovsn upon thy breast, And, dying, go to GOll, and be at rest. -0
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14claxPI4. 1 Let those now latlb who !1('V('f 1a1l¡"(1 b..for¡>, And those whu aiwu>3 lau!(b'tJ ¡¡U,V laui5h the wore," A woman's heart is "licensed to carry not exceeding one ill,id." Are YOll fond of the ports of the cliae?-N,)t ex;ictly; but IllY watch is all excellent hmiU v. Do you t'ol ow the Hydropathic ■■ysteni ?—Not exactly; but I'm sure our m ilkman does. More work, and less noise-as the lady's watch said when it beat Sr. Paul's. Why are i(,I)t,,rs li!e tl,, bell., ?- Because they are dn'<-n, and rim/iurd hi/ 1.1. Hert" a ,;i¡,].i,g c:IJ,itd-a:; the emlll<llnkc: saill to the city of Lisbon. PSAI.MS r. maiden lady, suspecting her female servant was regaling her beau upon the cold IIIlItton of her larder, called Betty, and inquired whether she did not hear some one speaking with her down stairs, —" Oh, no, III:I':II!I," rpl'li;d t11" girl," it was uldy lite sinjiiiig a psalm." You may amuse yourself, Betty," replied the maiden l,iti With psalms; but let's have no hiw. Bitty—I have a great objection to /rims. Betty curtsied, withdrew, and took the hint. DI TCH JLSTICT..— Biisoner! pe YOU guikly or not truildy Prisoner — Gui:tv, your ■worship. — Justice — Sl" moots in der h.-ntse of correction. Tudder prisoner. I,cou g,.tll(lv (,r iiot gtilltlv Prisoner— Not guilty. •I ostice—Den vat der duyvel did yon come h,re for? Gu 'po'H your pusiness Court's oop Shentlenien, let's g" o-.er to Ike H •tfiei'uiau's utt»l I.tke something warm lur Li's ti.ilc ")I,l,tiiillg — What in an ADPREssmidu of? (iammon and putt. And ali suc II sr IItf; That's what all ADIHIKSS is made of. — What is an F.I.FCTION made of? The feeders and fed. Tt? hi??tc?.?nd'bt?h !I c Old debts, a new way Bankrupt jncple to pay; That's what a FIN ANCK made of. — What is a C.OV;:IINM K.NT made off — '• \VH\S and means" to imburse Party's" spent purse That' initle of. F,< i List \STICAI. "FASHIONS."—The Bishop of Ely Mately took a parson to task tor reversing the o.derot (clerical) Nature." The ollender was wearing white trousers and a black stock. He supposed, probably, that :1 transposition ot ¡¡Jad aCId wltite was of little moment, so that lie only wore them both. The Bishop pointed to IIle delinquent "smalls." The priest stammered, and said that they Ih're o,.igillally .lIr"!I. [¡ltt had washed white." And your stock," said the particular prelate has that washed black ?" The ill .orthodox div itie w-lis (Itittil). CRAB C.vrrm.vo.—The foxes at »h« North Cape (it travellers tell true) are so sharp a set as to outdo all others of their kind in cunning. Dr. Henderson assures us that having dec ided. by a mock tight, which is the strongest fox. thev advance to the brink of a precipice, and, taking -e;ieh other bv the tail, the weakest descends first, whilst the strongest forms the last in the row, and suspends the w hole Illllllhcr till the forelllost has seized the crab on the beach. A signal is then given, on which the uppermost fox pulls with all his might, and the rest asist him. Thus the crabs arc successively brought to the summit ■ a the i hiK "TIUT'I I. DO, SAI.I.Y."—A farmer in in very £ ood cm uuistances, used very frequently to get drunk. He bad a very nice wile, and one winter lie would often ■come home so drunk, that she would have to undress him and put him to Iwd, whell s he would carefully tuck in the bed all around, for the double purpose of keeping him warm, and to prevent him from tumbling out. One evening he got particularly boozy; and, mistaking the gate which led to the barn for the door of the house, went to the piir-pen, climbed over, and fell into the trough. The pigs, vrolnhly thinking it wis something to eat, commenced rooting and turning him over with their noses. After a while, supposing that it A is his good wile pi r- 1'nrming the customary office of tucking 111 the bed clothes, the old man stammered olit. do, Sally come: tu bed."
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4'; i. T II K K I X (; M Tin. F\TAI. -OF.M'stow — The most reckless si nner .1Ktill"t his own conscience Itas aKvavs ill the back ground "tae consolation, thar It, will go on in this course only i this time, or only so long, t*nt that at such a time be will j this tiin,?. ,r .,Ily s,, 1("?g, 1-iit tli;tt itt sucit a titi)c lie %ill with our own consciences, so long as we determine or project, or even hold it possible, at some future time to alter our course of action, lie who is certain of his own tondnct feels perfectly confident that he cannot change it, nor the principles upon which it is founded--that, oil this point, hi.> freedom is gone— that he is fixed for ever in these resolves. DEFINITION- OF THE TITLE" Lonn." The etymo- Igy u." tlte word lord," says i. Coalos, is well worth observing, tor it was composed of ill;it" I if loaf of and ford, 'to give or atford;' so that illaford new lord, liiipl.e.* 'a giver of bread,' because in those ages such great men kept extraordinaty honsesand fed the poor, i?'w!nch reason thev were cafled'?ivets of bread,' a thing now much out of date, great men being torn! of I let,lining the title, hut few regarding the practice for whi, II it was first given." I i, FOSTERER'S" H\l'TIl\I.h;¡t name shall 1 hive him said the priest. His father'v rejoined the Colonel. "That was Marc," observed tile sergeant.) What's in a name?" said Di. Hamilton. Nlorc- tii,, If- one would suppose, Doctor," replied n,y father. "Our red -beaded adjutant married a Bath heiress al mostat sipht, f >r after but a two hours' siege she surrendered at discre- tion, declaring that it was utterly impossible to liokl out against a lover whose appellatives were Julius Csesar." Then add Antonv to (lis pationymie, and your proici/c will prove irresistible." '■ Marc Antony be "it then," re- plied the priest —and in five minutes the ceremony was complete. The sergeant retired to linish Ilis Slipper be- low stairs, and the orphan was returned to the nursery, named ofter that amorous who tifty" gave up a <f Hector ()'lhdi-ruit. A(.F. OF ANIMAI.S.— A bear rarely exceeds twenty vears; a wolt twenty; a to\ fourteen or sixteen lions are long lived, Pompey lived to the age of seventy. The average age of cats is fifteen years a squirrel and hare seven or eight years; rabbits seven. Elephants have been known to live to the great age of four hundred years. W hen Alexander the Great had conquered Porus 'KiIlCY of India, lie took a great elephant which had fought very valiantly "for the king, am! nanwd hmi Ajax, ifedicaied 11 i 111 to the sun.and let hint go with this inscription Alexander, the son of Jupiter, hath dedicated Ajax to the sun." This elephant was found with this inscription three bundled and titty years after. Pigs have been known to live to tin' age of thirty years; the-rhinoceros" to twenty. A hoise has been known to live to the age of sixty-two, but averages twenty-five to thirty. Camels somctim. s live to the age of one bundl ed. Stags are I0110 • ived. She<p seldom cxceed the age of ten. Cows live about fifteen years. Ctm ier considers it probable that whales sometimes live one thousand years. The (Iolphili and porpoise attain the age of thirty. An eagle died at X*iefillzt ;it Elie i,lre of' one hundred and tour years. Ha- vens frequently reach the age of one hundred. Swans h.tve been known to live three hundred years. Mr. -Vi.dierton has the skeleton of a swan that aKaiivd the age ot two hundred years. Peiicaus are long lived. A tortoise has been known to live to the age of one huudred II Old seven. INCOME-TAX IN EGYPT.—Bonaparte was as inftexiMe as Sir li sbert Peel can be for the life of him, and the are at least as well-broken into go- vernment-extortion as the people of England anil yet "the attempt of the French General1 to introduce an income- tax in Egypt had nearly s ived ihe British the trouble of driving the French out PI it. The story is extent and written m choice Arabic. Alnlul Balm.Hti Eifendi, son of the s,iI ('f (',Iil-o, ill his history of the liberation of Egypt, has left this lesson upon record. He shows that so long as the Prophet and 1,.C l iittl Wei -e the ()II I )' %Vil' nis Islam were the only watchwords, the enemies ot the "conquerors strove in vain to excite insurrection. Nay, "iiiany innovations which might have startled a less pati- ent race were grumbled at but submitted tn. The title deeds to all landed estates were ordered to be produced; ;:nd were they Iwt forthcoming, (which they r.irelv were), the property -was claimed for the state, Ju(ttci:dinvt'n  th pr'-poty men ??-f;  passports, tc-rws )i the property men fHefl pos>rs^e d f, pass l)() rl"s, )"-?s?-s of births and deaths, and many other things be- tore unheard or in the East, were intiodueed; and all were 10 be paid tor. The people bore it wtt. most trule- hke patience. But-when the Income-tax came -Abdul Rahman EtFendi must be allowed to tell this part of his tory "I his own words Ou Saturday, the tenth of Djemari-ul-er-vel, the Divan t' ok up the subject of an income-tax. I.nrge landed pro- j perties were taxed r8 francs, middling ones :Mi, and the smallest IS; those which \ielded less than a dollar of six francs per month were not taxed. Inns, factories, baths, stores, shops, all were taxed—some lSl) francs, other 2-91. ™ he law enacting this tax was printed, and stncl" up in all the streets, and copies of it weft-sent to all men of snllsrance. Bllilders and 1 md-measurers WI" coinniis- sto report how much every .,Llllpv ought to pay. J liev went through several districts of "Cairo, fakiri"1 lists of the houses and their inhabitants. When this Hiteih?ence was spread Mmo? the peoph thev became thssattsfied,and satd.'Th?sts tyranny.'Then ca'ne")- thenlig" together of the people, i« wll;c4 was taikedotbntthisnewtax." Abdul Raltmai! describes a measure which is so exact a counterpart of Sir Hobert Peel's that one could almost imagine it had been his model; there is the exception of small incomes front the Uy; there is schedule D, in the s ii-ipe of a tax upon inn, baths, shops, &c.; and, above on. that is the inquisitorial" machinery, in the shape of builders ,ui(i land-meaMuvrs running atMut the wards of Cairo making out lists of houses and their inhabitants, Tt was natural that the Egyptians should feci indignant i at such investigations and extoriions, for which they received no benefit in return. So with Sir Robert Peel; unless the counterpart ot his great financial measure be touutl upon trial (tor demonstration by figures d/.riiM-i alone will not suffice) to be worth paying the heavy price of an Income-tax for, lie may lav Ills accollnt with "gather- ings trgether of the people," in which nothing will be talked of but "this new tax." with exclamations near akin to the naive expression of the Arabian historian, "This M tyranny:"
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rin: rxncuTiox OR DANIFX GOOD, I The execution of the wretched man Daniel GooJ, for the ninnlci of Jane Jones, the poor Welshwoman, as we stated it would, took place on Monday morning upon tY, ?, drop iu front of Newgate. The crowd was greater than any that has assembled on a similar occasion since the execution of Courvoisier. Some hundreds of persons, many of them of the lowest character, arrived at the scene t,f the appalling spectacle on Sunday evening, and remained lying about the pavement, and the courts and alleys near the prison, the whole of the night, passing the time us they best could, so determined were they to get a station com- manding a view of the sad ceremony. By eight o'clock the crowd had greatly increased in numbers, and every window, house-top, and even chimney, cOlllmandinga sight of the drop, was occupied by persons who had paid money for their stations. The prisoner had gone to bed at about twelve o'clock, and slept soundly for nearly two hours and a half between that time and five this morning, when he got up and re- marked, in a comparatively checrful manner, to one of the wardsmeii, that it was a very fine morning^' Shortly afterwards, Mr. Cope, the governor of the jail, entered his cell, and the first thing he said after returning the salute of that Lentlenlaii wis, Nliiiii, r am no murderer I am no murderer." Mr. Cope told him that he now had but a a very short time to live, and he had better make some other use of his time than occupying it, in repeating the assertion which he had so often made. The Sheriffs and the IInder-Sheiiffs arrived before seven o clock. The Rev. Mr. Carver, the ordinary of the prison, had been with the culprit long before that hour, using the most earnest ex- hortations to induce him to confess his guilt, and assu. ring him that he could not hope for mercy unless he for- sook sin in his heart, and his repentance were sincere. The entreaties of the rev. gentleman appeared, however, to have little effect upon the mind of the prisoner, who con- tinued to deny his uitt of the murder. About seven o'clock the prisoner had breakfast taken to him, of which he partook with his ordinary appetite. About a quarter before t-i,Iit o'cl,)ck, the Sheriffs, the Under-Sheriffs, Mr. Cope, the Governor, and some of the friends of these gen- tlemen, as well as the persons attending from the public press, entered the cell of the prisoner, who was sitting on a beech by the side of Mr. Carver, who had been engaged with him in prayer and exhortation. He now appeared to be suffering the greatest mental anguish at the near pros- pect of death the tears streamed from his eyes, he clasped his hands, and rocked himself from side to side, exclaim- ing The Lord be with you ali the Lord have mercy upon me lie seemed to cling to everything and everybody. He shook hands many times with Mr. Carver, the Sheriffs, Mr. Cope, and others who were standing near him. He thanked them all for the attentions and kindnesses which ¡ he had experienced at their hands and to Mr. carver he addressed himself more particularly. if Oh, Sir!" be slid, You have done everything that a man could do —I love the very ground vou walk upon." He then continued many times to repeat, I never took the life of that wo- man I never took the life of that woman. I never took a life I never took a life from any thing!" Mr. Carver said Thiuk now of what you are saying, and remember that you have now but a few minutes to live and think of that text which I have so often endeavoured to impress upon you- If we confess our sins, God is faithful and just, to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighte- ousness.' But there is no forgiveness of sin without sin- cere repentance, and a forsaking of sin in the heart." The prisoner placed his hand upon his heart, and replied, Ob, Sir, I know it, I know it. I would confess every tiling to you. But I never took a life-I never took a life." These and other similar expressions he continued to repeat so frequently that Sheriff Magnay checked him, and told him that he had better remain quiet, as he was only making bis ease worse." He then ceased speaking for a few se- conds, but many times repeated the same declarations of innocence. He had, the last thing yesterday evening, re- peated to Mr. Carver the story about the alleged suicide of his victim, saying that he left her in the stable about nine o'clock, and did not return until one, when he found that she had cut her throat. The rev. gentleillit,, feeling no doubt in his own mind of the prisoner's guilt, had from time to time taken the greatest pains to bring him to a 11 proper sense of his situation, and to induce him to make a 1\ coofcssiuu of the justice of his sentence. But all his efforts were of no avail, he was cnnstantlv met by the same reply as that made this morning in the cel, immediately before bis execution. On mounting the scaffold, he looked more dead than alive, and quailed before the execrations of the populace. While the rope was being adjusted, his nether jaw actually fell as of a dead man but when the cap was being drawn over his face, he with an effort closed his mouth. The signal was then given that all was ready, the executioner stepped down and raised the lever, the floor fell from under the culprit's feet, and the next minute he had ceased to exist. He struggled very little, and appeared to die almost immediately. He had undergone very little change since his incarcera- tion, although he appeared less healthy and somewhat thinner thaa when he was first examined at Bow- street. But he was a man of naturally very strong nerve, and was perhaps as little physically affected, until the last moment, as any man that ever suffered death at the gallows. The prisoner dictated two letters on Saturday, which were written by one of the jailers; one of these was to Mary Good, his wife, and the other to a woman named Spencer, who was an old acquaintance of Good's. It was remarked that on Saturday 81111 Sunday morning, the prisoner appeared much more anxious about his dress, and the appearance he should make in the chapel at the condemned serinoo," than about the awful fate which awaited him. After hanging the "cual time, the body was cut down, and buried within the same area in which lie Courvoisier, Blakesley, Pegsworth, Greenncre, and many other inurder- er, as well as the five members of the TUistlewood cou- spiracy. The Globe, in the course of a longai d able article elicited by the execution of the murderer, makes the foitow ing just observations The circumstances, which led to the discovery of the deed of blood, perpetrated as it was in the silence and darkness of the night, maik the general purpose of Heaven -ti,at the murderer shall not escape. The greater portion of the body of his victim had been burnt to nhes-onlv the trunk remnined and that also on the approaching night would have been divided into parts, and buried, or burnt, as the other parts of the body had already been. A suspi- cion, which appears to have been groundies., takes posses- sion of the mind of a tradesman at whose shop Good had purchased an article of clothing, that he had dishonestly taken a pair of trousers from the shop. Be informs a policeman of the circumstance, who goes, accompanied by a youth in the employ of the tradesmaoj to the stable. He there finds Good, who offers to return and settle with the tradesman for the article he had purchased, and respecting wfiitrh he'evidently supposed the policeman was sent to him. With a pertinacity of purpose which the object of his mission by no means justified, and adopting a course contrary to that which Ills duty would seem to have Ilfecribed, the policeman -w ithnut a search-warrant, any regularly sworn information or entered charge at the station-house, or even instructions from his superior officer institutes a rigid search throughout the premises for the lost trousers; and thus discovered, not the. object of his search, but the mutilated trulk of the mur- dered woman Then, again, the circumstances which led to Good's discovery and apprehension, after he bad so strangely t luded pursuit, seem to indicate the saine superintending and controlling arrangements of the Divine government, hedging about the path of the murderer, and preparing, on the very spot selected for his retreat, the means of his detection. A person who had been formerly in the police, and was stationed at Roehampton,but had been dismissed the service for some irregularity, is engaged in some de- partment on the building in which Good has engaged himself as a bricklayer's labourer. He thinks he has seen that man somewhere, though in the d.sguised person and unusual garb of a bricklayer's labourer, he cannot at once recognise the neat, sprucely att ii ed gentleman's servant. He cannot shake off the impression that he has "fell the man before he becomes uneasy under the constantly present idea. At length he connects him with Koehampton. And then the murder recently committed there, and the suspicion that this man is the murderer, becomes asso- ciated with the idea. He communicates with the police. Good is questioned-his lodginc8 seart-licd --tile suspicion is so strengthened by what is found there and on his person as to justify his detention his identity is established, the result is already known. We have made no mention of the cunningly-devised string of lies, persisted m to the close of his life, by which Good endeavoured to account for the circumstances under which the remains of the body of the unfortunate woman and her clothes were found in his possession, so as to get rid of the imputation of having murdered -her. We hardly ifeens them worthy f,f notice, except as they suppty additional evidence of the delusive hopes which buoy up the mind of the most desperate criminals that a persevering | denial of puilt in the face of the strongest possible evidence, may lead to don bt in the executive, and procure a postpone- meat of, it not a reprieve from, death. No criminal was ever more clearly convicted on evidence more technically legal, and more thoroughly satisfactory to the Court and Jury which tried him, than was Daniel Good. We have written these remarks on his crime, detection, and punish- ment, in the hope of rendering his awful example salutary to society that those who may, like him, be indulging in criminal passions, may be induced to pause in their carfer of vice. lest they also become victims to the yet more enormous Crimes of which such indulgeuces are the prompters and the precursors. We refer the reader to an article on Capital Punishmeots in mr sccond page.
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(BEFOHE HIS .IWL\L HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT.) ArPEiu,.—THOMAS v. VICE AND BRNNFTT. The early hour ot eight o clock last Saturday morning having been fixed by Prince Albert, the Lord Warden of the Stannaries Court, for hearing an appeal in the case of Thoma v. Vice ami Bennett, his Royal Highness arrived at Somerset house shortly before the time appointed. The Prince had been preceded by the Lord Chancellor, Lord Langdale, the Master of the Holls, Lord Brougham, Vice- Chancellor Wigrain, and Baron Parke. At a few minutes after eight his Royal Highness en- tered the Court, habited in his splendid robe of green velvet, collared and trimmed with white prmme,,11111 lined with crimson satin and carrying in his right hand his crimson velvet cap, turned up with white ermine. Mr. Gardiner carried the purse be fore him, and an officer of the Court bore his train. His Hoyal Highness bowed p 1 ') Tie ey,tere(I an d took graciously to the person, present as he elltered and took his seat in an elegant gilt chair placed on a raised plat- form, the Lord Chancellor and the Master of the Rolls sitting on his right hand, and Lord Brougham, Vice- Chancellor Wigram, and Baron Parke on his left. His lloyal Highness looked remarkably well. The Prince was also attended by the Earl of Lincoln, Lord Portman, Sir Henry W heatley, lir. Pemberton and Mr. Anson, members of the Duchy of Cornwall. Counsel on either side having been heard, the Court took time to consider their judgment. Pr ince Albert then took his departure, shortly after two o'clock: his Royal Highness having sat in his court fur more than six hours.
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HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY, MAY 20. j Lord SYDNEY presented a petition from the Marquis of Townshend, complaining that a hon. member of the other house of Parliament falsely assumed the title of Earl of Leicester, and prayed their lordships to adopt measures to present this encroachment upon his rights. At the suggestion of Lord BROUGHAM, a committee to search for precedents was moved for by Lord Sydney, and the committee was accordingly named, and appointed to sit on Tuesday next. -1 MONDAY, MAY 23. I l neir lorusuips met at nve o clock. The Duke of Rieii.MONI) said, having been a bsent from the house for the last seven weeks, he had been precluded from presenting" a petition which had been en- trusted to him against certain pnrts of the Tarift more particularly against the low rate of duty proposed to be levied 011 the importation of foreign cattle. The noble duke, after some observations in deprecation of the new Tariff, presented a petition from Aberdeenshire against that part ol' tite measure which related to the importation of foreign cattle. Lord Bitot GUAM regretted that the noble duke should have made the remarks he had indulged in, in the ab- sense of his noble friend, the President of the Board of Trade. The CiiANCr.i.i.on said, that had the noble duke given notice of his intention to present this petition, the noble lord the President ot the Board of Trade would have been in his place. After some further conversation, the petition was ordered to lie oil the table. A message from the Commons brought up n number of bills, among which were the Spirit Duties (Ireland) bill, with amendments, the hil fur amend in;1 the /a?, (I to Filles and Recorrnm in Wales, and the Peutoaville Prison hill. which were severally read a first time. The Duke of AKOYI.L presented a petition on the subject of Chunh Patronage in Scotland. Lord BKOUGIIAM presented a petition from aboard of guardians in the county of Durham, against the bastardy clause in the New Poor-law bill; also a petition agreed upon at a meeting held at the Kin's Arms, Philip Lane, London, praying for the general abolition ot slavery. Also a petition from the Mechanics' Institutions of Lon- don, praying for an exemption from assessed taxes and rates. The Duke of BUCCI.F.UCH presented a petition com- plaining of the defective state of the law relating to fines and recoveries. 1 RAILWAY Tit AY EL 1.1 N Q. Lord CAMIMIKLL begged to ask the noble lord (the Lord Chancellor) whether it was the intentIOn of govern- ment to take any steps relating to the dangerous prac- tice oil tlit- part of railway companies of locking ill their passengers. (H ear, and a laugh.) One most terrific accident bad already occurred, and many others might follow, if the dangerous practice were allowed to con- tinue. (Hear.) The LOKD ei:r,T.on said he was not aware that he could give any satisfactory answer to the question of the noble lord, in the absence of his noble friend the Presi- dtnt of the Board of Trade. He could only say that he was himself locked up, in the manner alluded to by the noble lord, this morning, and was not desirous that any alteration should take plice it, the matter—(hear, and lati,Iiter) t'-tr as he was concerned. Thvir Lordship, then adjourned until to-morrow.
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HOUSE OF COMMONS, FRIDAY, MAY 20. I Sir E. HAYES brought up the report of the Flintsliire Election Committee, declaring Sir R. Glynn duty elected: in the room of Mr. Mostyn. In reply to a question from Lord Palmerston with regard to the North American boundary, Sir R. PEKL said, that as soon as the plans and Appen- dix were completed, the Report of the Coimoissioa would he laill on the table. In answer to an Hon. Member, Lord ELIOT said that the reports of the disturbances in Tipperarv were exaggerated. The House then went into a Committee of Supply, when Captain BOLDI-RO brought forward the Ordnance Estimates. He said there would be a reduction of 59,0001. in the expenditure since last year. He would take that opportunity of disabusing the public mind with regard to the loss sustained by the burning of the Tower, which, instead of bejug" half a million or £ 250,000, as had been stated, did not amount to more than £ l28,000. Mr. Williams complained of unnecessary expense incurred by the appointment ot Deputy Barrack Masters. Captain liOLDiino, In explanation, stated that the ap- pointments of which the hon. gentleman complained, had produced a considerable saving to the country. On the vote for £ 208,7^:5 to defray the charge of the Ordnance survey, being put, a short conversation arose touching the warlike invention of Mr. Warner for blowing up ships, forts, \c. Sir It. Peel said he had witnessed one experiment; it was on a small scale, but he readily ad- mitted that it was successful. With respect to the inven- tion. he had followed the course pointed out by the last government, namely, that of referring it to the Ordnance officers. The vote was agreed to, as were the other Ordnance Estimates. Mr. SYDNEY" HERBKKT then, in a Committee on the Naval Estimates, proposed a vote of £ 194,496 to defray the charges of improvements and repairs in the naval yards. After some conversation the vote was agreed to, as were the votes for charges for medicines, miscellaneous services, military pensions, the conveyance of troops, See. and pro- gress having been reported, leave was given to sit again on Mmtduy. The report on the Roasted Malt bill was brought up aud agreed to; and the lucumbeuts Leasing (No. 2) bill went through committee. The Ecclesiastical Corporation (No. 2) bilj then went through committee.— Report on Friday week. On the motion of Mr. GLADSTONE, the Law of Mer- chants Act Amendment bill went through committee.— Report oi Monday. On the motion of Mr. ROEBUCK, the Rrihery Prevention bill was read the first time, au4 ordered to be read the second time on Monday. Sir JAMES GRAHAM obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the act for the Commutation of Tithes in England and W ales, and to continue the officers appointed uuder that act for five years. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER obtained a select committee to inquire into the effect on the trade in spirits in Ireland, of the repeal of the malt drawback in that part of the United Kingdom. MONDAY, MAY 23. On the question that the house should resolve itselt into a committee on the CU¡¡tom8 bill, Major VIVIAN presented a petition from Cornwall, pnryirte: that such all alteration might be made in the Tariff as would prevent undue importation. Sir It PEKL presented a petition from CornwaH against the reduction of the duty 011 copper ore. Mr. MILLS presented a petition from Aberdeen against the proposed alteration in the duty on the im- portation of foreign cattle, and praying the house to g've to the agriculturists such protection as would enable them to compete with the foreigner. Mr. CALLAOHAN, moved "That, in removing the pro- hibition to the importation of any article, there ouHit not to be charged any duty on the raw material witiel)sil(itil(i not be charged to articles the manufacture thereof. and that, so long as living animals he charged with a fixed duty, salted provisions should be chargeable with an equivalent rate, and not removable from warehouse without payment thereof, except for exportation, as they would be, should the clauses rt-ferred to in the Tariff be repealed." The Si'F.Aiiru said that lie could not put the motion as it then stood; the last clause must he omitted, because the house could not take notice of the Tariff before it had passed. Alter some discussion, the motion was negatived. IMPORTATION OF FOREIGN CATTLE. I 1 Mr. MILKS then brought forward the motion of which he had given notice That the duties to be levied upon all live stock imported from foreign countries, for the pur- poses ot fotxl, be taken by weight." When the proposed rate ol duties had been announced by the government, he and those who, with hllll. were interested in the agricul- ture of the country, had thought it to be their duty to express t-I tile right hon. baronet their opinions upon this subject, and having tailed in obtaining any alteration of the TarilL no course was left to him but to endeavour, by a vote of the house, to obtain justice for the agricultural interest. (Hear.) He need hardlv allude to the con- stant and continued support which the right hon. baronet received from the phalanx of county members who sur- rounded him. (Laughter.) They mustered, as far as they could, in support of the right honourable b ronet in the Corn-laws, they had supported the imposition of d direct tax 011 their own and their tenants' property, and. they bid submitted in silence to the taunts of the party opposite. The ttme of silence, however, had now passed (hear, hear, and laughter)—and, in justice to tiretonsti- tuents who had sent them there, they now considered that they were called upon to offer any legitimate oppo- sition which the subject demanded to the proposition before the house. He knew that the Corn-bill had been viewed with great alarm by many agriculturist", but he confessed that lie did not participate-in any of their feelings, lie said this because he felt that the system t agnculture in England had been greatly improved by the application of science, and that in a few years they would have no- thing to fear Iron) foreign competition. With respect to the change in the Corn-laws, they had certain facts and data to deal with, and it became a matter of calculation I but 'In this question they had to grope in the dark, and were called to give their assent to duties in place of pro- hibition, which, in his mind, was incomprehensible in principle, ami w hich, if carried into effect, would be most detrimental to the agricultural interest of this country, With this opinion all the subject, he had (travii iii) the resolution which he intended to propose in such a way as would be obvious to the country, and that the opposition to the right hon. baronet on this point should be thoroughly understood. He intended to propose that the duty on foreign cattle should be taken by weight, and I tie- bv number. Hut here he would observe, that he considered that, whatever might be the decision of the house upon this point, it was not one upon which any Minister was called upon to throw up the reins of govern- nielit-- it was merely on a matter of detail. A great many deputations frotit various ititere-ts touched by the proposed Tariff had waited on the right hon. bart., and they had uniformly been listened to with great attention, ,iii? the consequence wax that many alterations had been made in the Tariff, which he was glad of, as it showed a disposition on the part of the government to do justice. The right lion. hart, however, in answer to the de- putation which waited upon him on this subject, referred to the benefits which the farmers will derive from the re- duction of duties on several articles consumed by them, and then alluded to the reduction on various grains and seeds, and to his (MR.Miles's) surprise, he concluded with naming onion seed. (Hear.) But. he would ask, were not the reductions on those articles more than made 1.1p by the alterations in the Corii-];jws ? The right hon. baronet, a few nights ago. said that he thollght that the panic with respect to the effect Oil the reduction in the price of meat was fast subsiding- He (Mr. Miles) agreed with 111m 111 this, for he knew that the great reduction that took place in the price of 1m at a few weeks ago had arisen from na- tural causes. It was customary for the farmers, at the early part of the year, to bring their cattle in larger numbers to markct, anti this had been more particularly the case during the present year in consequence of the severity of ihe season, and the consequent scarcity of grass. He knew, however, that there was a strong feel- ing throughout the agricultural interests that the interests of the fanners had not been looked to iti this T.u itT. (Hear, hear.) The price of artificials, such as oil cake, in England, and the price of the same article in Denmark, gave the Denmark grower of cattle all advantage of I nearly one-halt on the whole expense. The mallncr in which the duties upon live cattle, and the duties 011 meat, fresh or half-salted, had been settled, was anything but fair. Take all ox of G00 weight, which was about the ave- rage weight of the cattle which would be imported. If imported as meat, the duty such an ox may pay would amount to '21. 8s. exclusi ve of Is. SAd. additional duty for the hideand tallow; whereas, if imported alive, theatiimal would only pay a duty of 1/ from which you must deduct the Is. Sd. for hide and tallow, which the animal when imported alive would not pay so that the duty, in reality, would only be 18s. 3d. Again,take the case (If hogs: a hog, imported alive, would pay 5s.: but imported as fresh or half-salted meat, taking the weight at three cwt., the duty paya hIe would be 11. 4s., and if re-salted bacon or ham, the duty would be 1/ 8s. It was thus clear that the duty was altogether in favour of importing live meat, and in favour of the foreign grower. The expense to the Ltigl.sli firmer of filtteiliiig an ox up to six hundred weight was st. los. (id.; the expense of fattening a hog up to three hundred weight was 3/. 5s., so that it was evi- dently quite impossible for the farmer here to compete with the foreign trader, if the latter were so much favoured. It was contended by the right honourable baronet that the area whence foreign supplies could be expected was a very narrow one—so limited, that the farmer here need be under no apprehensions but this objection was only applicable to the next very e%v yetrs. Let the demand grow up, and all Europe would supply cattle for importa- tion into this country. There would, he had no doubt, be no rlitnclIlty in procuring cattle from Hamburg and those other continental towns which would become the great marts for the provision trade if the new Taritrof the right lion, baronet were adopted. There was a consider- able exportation of cattle from Belgium to France. From the inquiries which he had made, he found that oxen could be imported from Ostend, paying the duty and all expen- ses, at 15/. las. from Rostock, at I5t. His. (id.; from Dantzic, at 131. 14s. (id.; and from Elsinore, at 121. 2s. 6d.; and that the loss to the English grazier, if the importation were from Ostend, will be 1/. 1 is. from Rostock, 1/. ISS. from Dantzic, 21. lis. 6d.; and from Elsinore, 47. 13s. (id. Now, a very erroneous impression seemed to prevail with recpect to the high price of beef in this country; but the average wholesale price in Smithfield during the last year was not more than 6tt. the lb. and clearly, if the average were allowed to fluctuate between (id. and 4<J., it would he idle to suppose that the present rate of rents could be maintained. The average price of oxen at the ports from whence they could be obtained, he might state to be about 15/. 15s.; and lie believed that no fewer than 17.000 oxen a year bad been imported into France, paying a duty of 31. per head. He did not ask for prohibition; on the contrary, all he desired was that the English farmer should be so far protected as to be enabled to compete with the foreign grazier. He must call the attention of the committee to the danger of destroying the salted provision trade of Ireland, for the consequence of any disturbance of that trade would be a large importation of live cattle into this country. The salted provision question formed a most material point for consideration, because the United States of America had commenced the salted provision trade on a large scale. In 1810, the quantity of salted beef imported from America was only 77 cwt., whereas in 1811, it was 22,429 cwt. If they looked at the capabilities of the United States, the immense quantity of land cultivated and uncultivated which it contained, and the prices of American salted provisions as compared with the prices of salt provisions in countries on the continent of Europe, they would find that there was no fear of competition as regarded Hamburg or any other continen- tal port, hut that the whole supply would come from the United States. The honourable gentleman then read several extracts from the New Orleans Price Current, to show that in nine states of the union there was a super- abundance of provisions—that was of cdttle, meat, and corn, but that although the population exceeded five millions and a halt, they had little or no cotton, woollen, or other manufactures. From these facts, it was argued by the writer that England would be benefited by a perfectly free exchange of corn for manufactures, and all he (Mr. Miles) asked for was, that the British farmer should have some little protection, and then he should not care if the trade was as free as possible. (A laugh.) The hon. gentleman then read tabular statements, showing that salted pork could be imported from America at 2d. and beef at 3d. the lb. He had found it necessary to go thus far into the calculations upon which he founded his proposition, and lie hoped that if the right hon, baronet saw that they were founded upon justice (and if he anti- cipated no great difficulty in carrying it out) that he would agree to the proposal which he (Ir. Miles) was about to lay before the house; but if the right hon. baronet should not agree to it, then he (Mr. Miles) should most respectfully but decidedly oppose that portion of the Tariff. He followed the example of the right hon. hart, in looking, not to the operation of the proposed duty as regarded one year, but in looking to its prospective operation in future years. A canal was soon to be opened from the Danube to the Maine, and when that should have been done, what was to prevent the Dutchman, with his almost Chinese veneration for manure (a laugh), from fattening cattle from the banks of the Danube for the English market? If they looked to Prussia, if they looked to Wirteniburg, if they looked to Hanover, and to most parts of Europe, they would find that lie was borne out in the view which he had taken of the subject, and, feeling as lie did, he had great pleasure in moving, That the duties to be levied on all live stock from foreign countries for the purpose of food be taken by weight." After a few words from some hon. members, and a long speech from Mr. Gladstone, Lord NORKEYS said, that when first he heard the an- nouncement of the measure, it was with considerable alarm and apprehension. These, however, had been much dissipated by what he had heard out of the house on the subject. Persons said there was a great panic in the country, inconsequence of the Corn bill; and that it was necessary to have some good agrietiltural division for the purpose of satisfying the farmers. (Cheers and laughter from the opposition side of the house;) What did they say of the motion of the hon. member for Somer- setshire. Oh, you'll vote for M iles's motion. (Laugh- ter.) It won't be carriti4 (Renewed opposition cheers and laughter.) It can't do harm. < Laughter.) the government is safe." 'W :is not that a glorious opportu- nity of throwing dust in the eyes of the farmers ? (Re- newed cheers and laughter from the opposition benches.) h Y ote for the resolu tioli-kef,,pul)tliepatiic." (Clieers.) That was the tactic; and he (Lord Norreys) was sorry to say that the panic and the excitement were kept up to some purpose by hon. gentlemen going about the country among the agriculturists. (Cheers), lie (Lord Nor- reys), believing, however, that the resolution of the hon. member tor Somersetshire was perfectly groundless, should not alone not support it, but should give it his most strenuous opposition, (Cheers.) Mr. GALLY KNIGIIT said, that it'ho, as an agricultural member, came to the conclusion that the paitic which existed regarding the importation of cattle was ground- less, he felt it his duty to endeavour to convince his con- stituents by his vote, that there were no reasons for their apprehensions. He did not see that there would be im- portations fnm foreig" countries to such an extent as 'I wOllld seriously injUi e 'he Engji??graxier. Where he should like to know, \Vre the tat cattie to come from that should lI ike tc, kiio?v I I's I I market? They cei-ta i ikly %voli l d were to supplythe Eng'-ls'' 'Market.' They certainly would not come from France certainly not from Belgium. Hut then it was said that the bulls of Ifolstein encom- passed us 011 every s"le- (Laughter.) He thought there was no great ground 01 -darm from that quarter. The number of oxen fed in t'lit place was only 20,000; and Hamburg received ItS PrHicipal supply from it. He therefore, thought there could be little room to fear any extensive importation into England. Besides, thequality of foreign meet would 1101 S'lit the English market. In France, beef was execrab],;—(a latigii) -its pjgs were frightful-(laughter)-wlllle its mutton was execrable. (II ear, and laughter-) France they can never produce a passable sirloin of bect.. (A LmgIJ.) The roast heef of England, like the fl;ig which, ofr a thousand years, had braved the battle and the breeze (laughter)—would always continue to defy competition. Lord J. Ri:ssF.i.r. said--v\'lien we consider that the countries of the Continent from which the supplv is to be expected, even if in a year or two so much as 30,000 head of cattle be imported, It is doubtful whether there will be any such material in tlle Price of ineit. I lament that i t iliou)(I be s,I ,). Perhaps some time hence there may be a greater supply, and the people will have a better kind of subsistence; and I do hope that the consequence of legislation may be, that the labouring classes may be enabled to eat meat in-are, frequently, and that it will not operate as a prevention. It seems to be implied that this cannot be effected without injury to the -agricultural classes. I hold this to be a mistake. It seems to me that when you increase the comforts of the people, and enable them to live better, you ultimately improve the markets. A proof of rliis is to be found in Ireland and Scotland. The number of cattle there has been greatly increased; the breed of pigs has been improved; and by means of steam communication cattle have been trans- mitted from Aberdeen, and fresh meat sent here from other parts of Scotland. Have these great importations depressed agriculture, or lowered the price of meat ? No, it continued rising in the face of it; and even if the supply from the Continent was as great as is supposed, the price of agricultural produce would still be kept up. [ wish you would adhere throughout to the general principlë of the Tariff, the principle of reducing the costs of subsistence, an object which the right hon. gentleman the Vice-President of the Board of Trade tells us we ought to endeavour to attain; and yet, with respect to that very majn article of Subsistence—corn, you proceed on principles diametrically opposite. (Hear, hear) And, to make it worse, the right hon. gentleman argues that corn comes from all quarters of the world, whereas cattle will only be imported from parts of Europe. What is the meaning of that argument ? Here is a sound principle, a good principle tl-r practical legislation—a principle oil which you would found your commercial policy for the future; and yet you will only adopt it, wilet, it will be inoperative; and where it would be most operative and likely to do most g),ood, tijere you shrink back, and say, that in those cases you cannot apply your principle. (Hear, hear.) Now. 1 can't understand that system of policy. (Hear.) When distress exists to so alarming an extent; and when we hear a Queen's letter read, as we did yesterday, in the churches, calling attention to that distress, I have no doubt that it was right to adopt such a measure but if it be necessary to do so, and wise to proceed on the principle of admitting fnod at a low price, why not be consistent in our measures? (Hear, hear.) Why not in this present year place all those questions 011 a sound basis, and give a practical example for the imita- tion of the rest of the world, instead of such an example only as would induce the world to say that our principles are nu-re words, and that we only apply them where we admit them to be inoperative ? (Hear, hear.) There are other articles of the Tariff in which you can make a great reduction. I don't understand why, whilst the farmers are fearing the competition of foreigners, you should keep up the high protective duty on sugar. Upon the whole, -igi-ee to it its ;i whilst I agree to this proposal, I cannot agree to it as a single proposition. Yet hoping that the government will apply the same principles generally to all the articles of the Tariff, I give my hearty support to the proposal of the government, and against the motion of the hon. member. (Cheers.) Sir R. PirT.-I will limit myself to the single point whether it i expedient to continue the existing prohibi- tion, or to impose the duty proposed by the government; and I discuss the question with my honourable friend with perfect freedom and candour; I entirely differ from him in opinion upon this subject; but I am not, on that aCCoUllt, insensible to or ungrateful for the support which I I have received in respect to my proposal of an Income- tax. and l.u-ghter, from the Opposition.) Yes: I have received from the agricultural body, this session, most valuable and generous support of the pro- posals which I have made— (hear, hear, the differences which may exist between its cannot disturb my grateful sense of their assistance—("Oh! oh!" and laughter, from the Opposition)—and, 110 doubt, greatly to the disappointment of some who now express dissent. I have not the least fear that the differences of to-night will continue beyond to-night. (Cheers.) I, however, now maintain my own opinion it seems to me that the interests of the country do require that the prohibition on the importation of foreign cattle should be removed, and the proposal which I have made will benefit all classes of the community. (Hear, hear, hear.) When I spoke last there was prevalent apprehension and alarm at the pro- posal which I had made. But I think I may say that the panic has already passed away. After going into .1 variety of statistical details in order to prove that the breeders of cattle had no cause for alarm, the Right Hon. Bart. said, scarcely a year has passed without an applica- tion being made by the Treasury for a remission of the duties upon cattle from Lombardy, Switzerland, and Flanders; and frequently the government has violated the law, anil allowed cattle to be brotiglit in. But it is quite a different thing exercising a favour contrary to law, and granting by law unlimited access to foreign cattle. I do say, that with the spirit and industry and skill of the English farmer, the full benefit will be derived by the consumer from this alteration, and he at the same time will be able to compete with the foreign importer. The sole question then is, whether there should be a fixed duty, or whether the duty should be levied accor- ding to weight. Surely it is a strong argument against the latter plan that in every country foreign cattle are admitted at a certain duty per head. There is not a sin- gle country in which that mode of levying the duty is not adopted. In Austria the duty upon the importation of an ox is 8s., in Belgium 16s., in France £ 2, in Germany 15s., and in Holland £ 1 13s. 4d. The same reason ap- plies in these countries. 11 the principle is sound at all it ollld apply to them with as much force as it will apply to England. Now what should be the consequence of tak- 1Ilg. the duty by weight ? and my hon. friend has avoided saying what the duty should be. (Cheers.) Would he propose 2s. (id. per cwt. ? Mr. MILES —Oh, no.. Sir R. PLEL —Of course that is insufficient—(Cheers and laughter)-but he will not venture to move what ought to be the duty. (Cheers, and renewed laughter.) Now, before we decide upon the first proposition, which is an abstract proposition, my hon. friend ought to tell us what practical preface he intends to make-for it is mere delusion voting without knowing what rate ot duty he would fix. My hon. friend wishes for a duty by weight, for the purpose of receiving protection on British cattle, and impeding the facilities of admission to foreign cattle. Now, if we consider the damage and risk of the voyage, and of the landing, and then add a duty of 5s. or 8s. or 10s. per cwt., unquestionably you put a great difficulty in the way of admission to foreign cattle and it is for that very reason that I oppose it. (Loud cheers.) My belief is, that a duty of' tl per head will be sufficient. It is certainly tr,;e that a deputation of persons whom I highly respect waited upon me and pressed very forcibly upon my mind arguments tending to show that such an amount of protection was insufficient for the interests of agricul- ture. But I was not, nor am I yet convinced by these arguments, and I cannot submit to the course which they recommend, because I am fairly persuaded that the interests of the country demand this reduction of duty. (Loud cheers). I have a very strong impression of it. Population is increasing, arid imports m:st be made to meet the demands of that increasing population. I can make no alteration—no concession, and I hope that the house will, by a large majority, remove that panic which has so unnecessarily been excited, and. as that panic is fast disappearing, will assist judgment and reflection in relieving the agricultural body from every feeling of alarm, and, by a large majority, affirm the decision ot her Majesty's .government. After some further discussion, Mr. MILES replied lie was not the advocate of prohibition he was merely the advocate of a fair protection, and for making the duty upon live cattle equal in all respects with that which was applied to dead meat. The Vice-President of the Board ot Trade had said that the difference in freight made a difference in duty; but if he looked to the exports ot cattle from Aberdeen, it would appear evident those cattle would not be exported in such numbers weekly to Smithfield market if it were as profitable to export the dead meat. The hon: member briefly replied to the principal arguments that had been used against his motion, and the house divided :— For Mr. M iles's amendment 113 Against it 318 Majority against the amendment 205. The house having resumed, Lord J. RUSSELL asked when it was proposed to read the Income Tax bill a third time. Sir R. PE EL replied, on Monday next. Sir J. (TR AHAM, in conscquencp, deferred the second reading of the Poor-law bill until Tuesday. The report of the Committee of Supply was brought up and the resolutions read and agreed to. Mr. ROEBUCK moved for leave to bring in a bill to indemnify witnesses who may give evidence before the committee to be appointed by the house, to inquire whe- ther corrupt compromises have been entered into in the cases of election petitions presented from Harwich, Not- tingham, Lewes, Penryth, Falmouth, and Reading, tor the purpose of avoiding investigation into gross bribery, alleged to have been practised at the elections for the aforesaid towns, and whether such bribery has really taken place." The motion was agreed to, the bill was brought in, read a first time, and ordered to be read the second time 011 Thursday.—The house then adjourned.
RAILWAYS 1
RAILWAYS 1 RATE bF SpRF.n.—The lines lipbn which the trains travel at the greatest speed are as follows:-Average speed, exclusive of stoppages—Northern and Eastern, :36 miles per hour; Great Western, 33; London and Brighton, 30; Newcastle and North Shields, 30; Mid- land Counties, 29; North Midland, 2!); London and Birmingham, 27. ACCIDENTS.—The following table shows the number of accidents attended with personal injury arising from causes beyond the control of passengers, from August, 1840, to December 31, 1,S41.- No. of Nature of Acciderit. Accidents. Killed. Injured. Collision. 27 12 12(5 Engine or train breaking 9 4 14 KunofFthetine. 12 26 58 Hun over., 4 3 1 Fell off 5 1 4 Total. 57 46 203 The following is a return of the accidents, attended with personal injury to individuals, owing to their own negligence or niiscon(luct:-NLiinber cf accidents, 52; killed, 23 injured, 30. The accidents attended with personal'injury to servants of the company, under circumstances not involving dan- ger to the public, were as foJ!ows :-N umber of accidents, 95 killed, 46 injured, ü2. By the foregoing returns, it appears that the number of railway accidents has considerably diminished.
IPARLIAMENTARY REFORM.*I
I PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.* Last Saturday a meeting of Reformers, among whom were M essrs. H. Warburton, John Arthur Roebuck, M. P., Swynten Jervis, P. A. Taylor, Francis Place, George Thompson the Anti-Slavery Lecturer, and S. Hainson, took place in John-street, Adelphi, to detei- minc upon the formation of a society having for ts object the advancement of the question of Parliamentary Reform. Mr. Warburton having been called to the chair, Mr. Francis Place gave a sketch of the circumstances under which it was determined to form an Association, stating that the projectors at the outset, determined not to commit themselves to the plan, unless sufficient money could be obtained to carry out the object with energy and effect. This had been done; a few individuals having subscribed £ 100, and a similar sum in addition being sure to be soon obtained, there was a certainty of the Association going on vigorously. The following resolu- tions were then agreed to:—"That the expectations en- tertained by the people of this country, in consequence of the passing of the reform bill, having been grievously disappointed, and their just desires thereby frustrated, it behoves all those who wish to obtain the blessings of good government, to commence again the struggle tor a reform in Parliament; and, guided by the experience of the last ten years, to attempt so to re-construct our electoral system as to make the House of Commons what it ought to be-an accurate and complete representation of the whole people."—"That the society be entitled the 'Metropolitan Parliamentary Reform That Mr. Warburton be chairman; Mr. Roebuck, M.P. counsel; Mr. W. H. Ashurst, solicitor Mr. W.Williams, M.P., and Mr. Richard Taylor, be auditors and that the following, among others, be placed upon the general committee, VIZ. :-Dr. Bowring, M. P., Messrs. Sharman Crawford, M. P., Wynne Ellis, M. P., Howard Elphin- stone, M. P., Joseph Hume, M. P., T. M. Gibson, M. P., J. T. Leader, M. P., th, Earl of Radnor, Messrs. J. Scholefield, M. P., Swvnfen Jervis, John Travers, II. Hetlierington, and Major llevell." After some discussion and explanations between Mr. Roebuck, Mr. Warburton, and Mr. Place, as to the exact state of the law at present, in reference to political so- cieties, and the interpretation liable to be placed upon it by political judges in times of political excitement and emergency, the object and 1 ules were declared to be:— lo obtain for each man of twenty-one years of age the right of voting for a representative. To secure to each man this important right, it is nec ssary that every man, whether he be the occupier of a whole house, or a lodger in some part of a house, who has been rated to any par- liamentary county, municipal, or parish rate for six months, shall be rated to an election rate, and be put upon the voting register for the polling district in which he resides, and every such person, so qualified, shall re- ceive his voting card, entitling him to vote at all elections within that district. That every man, whether he be the occupier of a whole house, or a lodger in some part of a house, or a servant or inmate, not being rated as above directed, shall have the right to cause himself to be rated to the election rate; and when he has been rated for six months, he shall be put upon the voting register for the polling district in which he reside?, and every such per- son, so qualified, shall recei ve his voting card, entitling him to vote at all elections within that district. That the country be divided into as many polling districts as there may be representatives in the House of Commons. That the duration of Parliaments may be shorter, but shall not be longer, than three years. That every elector shall be eligible to be elected. That the right of vetintf for a re- presentative shall be exercised secretly by ballot. That each representative of the people shall be paid fur his services. That all legal means be adopted by which these objects may be promoted. And that a constant, succession of lectures be given; and that public meetings, am! tl1<: circulation of information by pamphlets be especially attended to." Some further detail business having been transacted, and the steps settled for a broad and extensive system of operations, the meeting broke up. See Prospectus in our first page.
I _PEEPS BEHIND THE SCENES.
I PEEPS BEHIND THE SCENES. I [From tli(- The public has recently been adiii Itte(I to a sight of some portion of that machinery by which the construction of our present J louse of Commons is elrecteti. illr. Roe- buck and Mr. Duncumbe have done much, each in his own peculiar way, to let us into the knowledge of the inestimable worth of our present representative system. Right grieved we are to find that the honourable member for Bath and the honourab'e mem ber for Finsbury do not work in couples. Each, we think, has somewhat im- paired the value of his services to the public by the as- perity of his reflections upon the conduct of the other. We look upon both as having contributed to the accom- plishment of an important end—the one by his severe gravity, and the other by his gay and facetious frankness; ,;ud we see no good reason why such men should waste their energies in attempts to throttle one another whilst stich ,Ic scope remains for both for the due develop- ment of their distinctive talents. Mr. Roebuck has moved for a committee to inquire into compromises which have been effected in reference to election petitions, and such coiiiliiittee li,19 gralltcd bill,. It matters little to the public what may decisions to which it may arrive. Be they wli,,it,, illr. Itoebuck can hardly add to the obligations unaer Which he has laid the people of this kingdom, when he sc rwbly dragged out into the iight of day the practices which re carr ie d on in the darkncss of concealment. He may substantiate his case by legal evidence, but the evidence he ,'1.s al. ready produced has been amply sufficient to satisfy tuP- public judgment. So far as the people arc concerned, the main interest of the matter is now over, for whatever may be proved, and whatever the amount of evidence adduced, no one expects the present House of Commons to deal with the question in sincerity and earnestness. To the present state of feeling on this subject, we are bound in fairness to say that the member tor Finsbury has done his part. By talking in the ear of the public in preclselv the same strain as honourable members talk amongst themselves and at their clubs, he has happily exposed the gross hy- pocrisy of the house, and has brought out the fact, that even in the opinion of its own members, it is difficult to find nine men, whose seats have not been reached through the employment of corrupt influences. We trust, there- fore, he will persist in his intention to move an address to her Majesty, praying her at once to dismiss a parliament which does not represent even the present limited con- stituency, and in such a motion we should expect the hon. member for Bath to concur. What right members thus chosen have to impose upon us an inquisitorial income tax, we find It impossible to imagine, and any proceedings on the part even of the smallest minority which should obstruct the legislative acts of such a body we should hold to be perfectly justifiable.
IJLOrcmox GAZETTE.
I JLOrcmox GAZETTE. Friday, May 20. BA',KRUPTs.-Tliotn,,Is Brettell, Rupert-street, Hay- market, printer.—William Smith, Curtain-road, near W orsh i p-street, tiiiiber-niereliant.- A lexander Duncan, Cowpei s-court, Cornbill, rnereliaiit.-Jolin Stewart, Hampton-street, W alworth, linen-draper.-J ohn Smith, Huddersfield, wine and spirit merchant.-J ames Irvine, Liverpool, salt broker and commission agent.-Moses New, Great Malvern, Worcester, innkeeper.-William Hooper, Reading obacco manufacturer.-John Rowley the elder, VViHenha l, Staffordshire, curry-comb maker.- William Thorpe, Goole, Yorksliire, stotie mason and builder. Tuesday, May 24. T, PJ £ CLARAT,°NS OF ?SOLVENCY.—Thomas Quaife  and James Quaite, North-cnd Fulham, brewers. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. — William Hooper, Reading, tobacco manufacturer. -William Mawman Brown the younger, Skin ner's-place, Size-lane, merchant. BANKRUPTS.—Adam Telfer, Praed-street, Paddington, smith and engineer.—James Fuller, Maidenhead, Berk- hire, corn and coal merchant.- John Berry, Rueby Warwickshire, grocer and seedsmin.-Jaines Smith, Hertford, wine merchant, and victiialler.-William Finden and Edward Francis Fioden, Southampton-place, New- road, Pancras, engravers and pri ntsel ters.- Robert Attree, Brighton, hosier. John Radford, Tiverton, Devonshire, upholsterer and cabinet maker.—John Tattersall, Heath Charnock, Lancashire, coal merchant. Robert Biass, Liverpool, wine merchant.—James Simmons, John Sim- mons, and John Pine, Battersea, manufacturers of prussiate of potash. Mark Quick, Compton street, Burton crescent, baker.William Donald, Brighton, furrier.-William Gover Gray, Bath, dentist.—Jane Jones, Carnarvon, woollen draper and general shopkeeper.— Joseph Cotterell, Darlaston, Staffordshire, hinge maker.
I AGBICTURE"I
I AGBICTURE" I THE TARTFF.—THE DUKE AND SIR R. PEEL, I IN 1841-2. THE DUKE OF WELLING- I TON, AUG. 24, 1841. And, then, my lords, we had the import committee, and its report from which the noble viscount and others drew their convictions and conclusions. Bnt the conclusion which I drew was this-that not one-tenth part of the requisite infor- mation was brought before Parliament and the public. I further think that the com- mittee and report were ex parte" ones, upon which no legislative measures ought to be founded. SUPPRESSED TART OF MR. MEEK'S STATEMENT AL- LUDED TO BY MAJOR VIVIAN, MAY 10, 1842. As the Hamburg salt meat is so much cheaper than the Irish, and equally as good in every respect, it may be- come a question for consi- deration whether a portion of Hamburg meat as a mea- sure of economy shali not, upon a payment of twelve per cent, duty, be permitted to be tendered, when the salt- meat contracts are arranged next summer. MR. MEEK S STATEMENT OF I PRICES AT HAMBURG. I Beef, per tierce of 304 lbs £ 4 8 0 Pork, ditto 4 11 0 N.B. It will be seen, p. 4, of the Tariff, under the head Provisions, that it is intended to repeal the 42nd and 43rd clauses of the 3rd and 4th Wm. 4th, cap. 57, which will enable the navy to be supplied with foreign salt meat, ditty free, as well as the mercantile Marine from bond, duty free (not going coastwise) and it appears surprising that Sir R. Peel, considering the statements he volunteered to make in his lucid speech of Tuesday last, should en- deavour to pacify his sup- porters, or to throw dust in their eyes, by permitting his Vice-President of the Board of Trade to suppress so valu- able a part of Mr. Meek's report, when he knows the support he will deservedly meet with from his political opponents. SIR R. PEEL, TUESDAY, I MAY 10, 1842. I never did at the time, and I do not now, wish to deprecate the labours of the committee, or to deny that, in directing the attention of the public to the state of the tariff, it established a claim to public gratitude. We have, therefore, applied our- selves to some imperfections in the tariff to make it clear and intelligible. SIR R. PREL, ZIAY IOTIT. 1 18-12.- ON THE QUALITY OF HAMBURG MEAT. Compare also the quality of the meat produced in this country and on the conti- nent. Take the coarser quality of meat that is said to be sold in the continental market at fourpence a pound and compare it with the coarser English beef at sevenpence a pound, and the great superiority of the latter will be obvious. SIR R. PEEL'S (MAY 10) ENGLISH PRICES. I find that contracts were taken in 1841 for large sup- plies of meat at 48s. per cwt., or per tierce at t7 4s. I will now take pork-I mean salt pork for the navy-and I beg the house to recollect that this increased price of provisions tends to swell the navy estimates; I find, in 1835, the contract price per tierce was X4 14S. in the year 1841 it was X7 3s.5d. A house with a fine Ger- man name, at Hamburg, is represented as offering to supply meat at 3d. per lb. All I can say is, that the house which so offers to supply the manufacturing districts at 3d. per lb., is at present paying 6d. for it.
IWEEKLY C11EIDAB.
I WEEKLY C11EIDAB. I THE MOON'S CHANGES.—Last quarter on the 1st of June, at Oh. 51m. morn. 1 The Moon rises: 31 ay 28.-1 Ili. 34m. A.M. 29.-Ilb. 53m. —— 30.— morn. 31.- 0h. 910. P.M. I June 1. Oh. 23m. P.M. I 2. Oh. 36m. 3. Oh. 50m. The SuN rises. Cto? after Sun. The SUN sets. May 28. 411. 4 0', 2m. 36sce. 7h. I.nn. June 3.4h. 31m. 3m. Usee. 7h. 24m. May 29. First Sunday after Trinity. Proper lessons, morning. Joshua 10, Matt. 27 evening, Joshua 23, I Cor. 12. June 1. Length of dav, (6h. 14m. Day's increase from the shortest day, 8I1. 29ip. no real night, but constant tit-iligilt.
I FAIRS
I FAIRS In the Counties of Carmarthen, Pembroke, Cardigan. Glamorgan, Radnor, Monmouth, Anglesea, Carnar- von, Denbigh, Flint, Merioneth, Montgomery, and Brecknock, during the week :-Tiilgattli I Ll fit- 1 New Inn, Dinasniowthy, June 2; Narberth, June 2, 3; Carmarthen, June 3, 4. I TIDE TABLE. HIGH WATER at BRISTOL, during the week. ^Cumherl. I | Bathurst Mifo,, rning. | I-, ??. Gates. Evening. Gates. Gates. H. M. 1-1 FT. INC.| FT. INC. May 29 1 28 2 10 21 4 13 1 30 2 38 3 16 M I 13 10 31 3 40 4 1 5 26 2 11 11 June 1 4 37 1 5 10 27 3,10 0 2 5 30 5 57 28 0 lfi 9 3 6 11:6 34 28 6 17 3 4 6 53 7 12 I; 28 8 i 17 5 EQUATION OF THE TIDES.—Theseequations, applied to the above table, will give the approximate times of HIGH WATER AT THE FOLLOWING PL&CES H. M ) H. M. n* M. i ffolyliead idd 2 45 Aberystwith add 0 45 Carmarthen-bay sub. I 5j Liverpool add 4 46 Cardigan-bar., sub. 0 15 Lundy Isle sub. 1 ::5 Cardiff-road sub, 0 55!Mi!ford Haven, .sub. 1 3:) Carnarvon add 1 45^'Newport, Mon.. sub. 0 41 t',Iiei)stoii s?ih. 0 13 Swansea-bar .sub. 1 45 j Fishguard-bay sub. 0 30 Thames' mouth, sub. 5 50
< MARKETS.
< MARKETS. I WEEKLY REVIEW OF THE BRITISH CORN I MARKET. ( From the Mai k Lane Express.) The weat her has throughout the week been unusually cold for the advanced period of the year, with high drying winds, and the country now stands much in need of genial warmth, with a moderate quantity of moisture. The absence of the requisite rain and heat has prevented vegetation mak- ing much progress, and the appearance of the growing crops has not at all improved since our last; indeed, the reports respecting autumn-sown Wheat are increasingly unfavourable, and it will, no doubt, in a much greater degree than in ordinary years, depend upon the yield of the spring-sown whether an average crop be produced. It is therefore of the utmost importance that warm forcing weather should be experienced, for we never yet knew Wheat sown in Spring do well with a cold siynmer and late harvest. At present the plant, though råther back- ward, wears a tolerably healthy aspect. Lent Corn of all description stand greatly in want of rain the wind having however, within the last day or two, got round to the south- ward, and partial showers having fallen yesterday and to- day, we trust that the subject of complaint may speedily be removed. The deliveries of grain from the farmers continue to fall off; as regards Wheat, the quantity brought forward for sale in the agricultural districts becomes from week to week less. Under ordinary circumstances, a material decrease in the deliveries from the growers, thus early in the year, would be regarded as a pretty sure proof that stocks were low but when it is remembered, that the inducements to diminish their stock are, from the altera- tion which has recently been made in the law regulatitg the li^^Ortation of Corn from abroad, more than usually strong we think no doubt can exist that the quantity on hand Is exJTt-r°c'y small. Under this conviction, we are disposed to th. 0^ that the value of the article will not only be maintained b-f- that a gradual improvement will take place, until prices re 2ch a Point at which sales of duty- plce, UD.tJ! prIces rt:. 7th a fit (at all event8 paid foreign may be maa? ?? ? P''? ? ? ? events without loss) to importers. ? oon as this shall have oc- curred, we doubt not sellers Wu'' ?"?: and by small curred, we doubt not sellers WI.. t: f ti c qua!1tities ?eing ntered f0r home c.nsu.:p ':n[:mu o to time, prices will probably be preven d. la; UP so high as they might have done under the ?ld law. At nearly all the principal provincial markets held u,'rl*?-?q "? week, prices of Wheat have advanced from Is. to 2s'. pee qr.; at some towns even more and though the lat weekly average for the kingdom, published on Thursday, was Ud. per qr. lower than that for the proceeding week, the returns since received from the country are so much higher, as to render it tolerably certain that the duty will gradually recede, at least several steps below its present level. At Liverpool, on Tuesday, there wtos rather a nu- merous attendance of buyers, and a fair aitiount of busi- ness was done in Wheat, and finer qualities of both Eng- lish and free foreign bringing 2d. to 3d., and ordinary kinds Id. to 2d. per 70lbs. above the currency of that day se'u- night. Several cargoes of bonded also changed hands, at an enhancement of 2d. per 70lbs. Good fresh marks of Jingiish Flour rose is. per sack, and American 6d. per oarrei in value: most other articles were also the turn dearer. On Friday there was not quite so much doing in free neat as earlier in the week, though the advance was fully maintained bonded was again in lively request, and brought high prices Stettin red was sold at 9s. id. to 8s. 3d., Polish Odessa at 7s. 6d., and Marianople at 7s. per 70lbs. For Flour under lock, 29s. to 30s. per barrel was generally demanded. MARK-LANE, MONDAY May 23. s, S. S. 8 Wheat, Engl., red 53 to 63 Rye, foreign 32 -36 White 56 68 Oats, EQgCPoland 2'2 26 Fine red 56 65 Potatoe 22 26 Do. w h ite. 68 72 Feed 18-2.2 Scotch — — — Scotch, Potato 24 — 26 Do. white Fine 25 Foreign, red.. 56 66 Irish, Potato 14 18 Do. white. Feed 12 — U Russian, red.. 56 — 60 Tares per quarter 36 4! ??y'?'t'ng.-SO 32 Rapeseed 37/.to40?. DisttH.ng 27 30 per last of 10 qrs. Grinding 22 25 Clov<rseed,red,for. Beans, T Tick 26-30 White do Harrow.29 32 English Pig-eon.. ,.31 3;), Linseed, Baltic and Peas, Poiling 36 Russia 44 52 Hog.27 29 Flour, Town-made Maple.29 32 and best country Malt, Brown .50-53 marks .52-60 Pale. 56 60 Yorkshire. Rye, English 32 36 Norf.& Suffolk 4S 50 Average of the I Wheat I Barley I eals Rje. Beans Peas Average of the 6 weeks which 6 reg?u?laektes s the 60 01 26 11 19 1 32 5 31 0 30 )o d"1 0 I )t "3, 32 3) 0 M!0 Duties payable 12 0 10 0 7 0 10 C 10 6 0" Ditto on grain from British po? I I. sessions out of Europe .0 1 2 61 2 01 3 01 3 0 3 0 PRICE OF BREAU. The prices of Wheaten Breid in the Metropolis are from Silt. to 9d. of Household ditto, 7d. to Sd. pel 4lbs. loaf. BUTTER, BACON, CHEESE, and M per Cwt NEWIRISHBUTTER.S. S. CHEESE. S.' S1igo. 60 — Doub1eŒoucester50 64 Carlow 80 Sinleditto 50 51 ENGLISiiBUTTER,pei- fir5k2 I Clieslilre 56 76 Dorset 52 BACON, New. 52 55 FOREIGN. Middle 48 48 PrimeFriesland,ct.l04 — HAMS, York. 70 80 Do. Kiel MO 1 Westmoreland 66 7t SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET, May 23 (Per 8 ft.to sink the offal.) s. d. s. d. 5. d. s. ? Inferior Beasts 3 23 4 Southdown Sheep4 4 46 Second quality.. 3 6 3 8, Large coarseCalves4 6 5 0 Prime)ar?eoxfn3104 0 Irime small do, 5 2 5 4 Prime Scots, &c.4 24 41 Large Hogs 4 046 tnfeiior 363 8Smai!Porkers..4 8 5 0 Second quality..3 10 4 0'SucklingCalvesSO 40 0 PRICES OF SOAP. YellowSoap 46s Od to 50s 0d|MeltingStuff34s0d to-s Od Mottled do.52s0d 54,.iOd?Rougliditto.2lsOd -sOd Curd do 6280d Os Od Graves, 16s.; and good dregs, 5s. per cwt.; Rough Fat average 2s. HIl. per 81bs. CURRENT PRICE OF HOPS, May. 23. I 0 per cwt. I 1841. per cwt. 1840. 1841. Kent Pockets. 92s 102s Kent Pockets. 114s 130 Choice 108s 134s I Choice Pockets. 135s 170 Sussex Pockets. 88s 95s Sussex Pockets. 106s 112 Choice, 98s 103 Choice Pockets. 116s 122 East Ketit 100s 111l?,, 11 Ci,-?,Ien tpockets 130s 110 Choice 118s 135s Choice 180s 200 RAW HIDES, I SHEEP* CALF SKINS, at per stone of 14lbs. d. I Per skin. s. d. s. d. s. d. s d. Best steers&heif. 5 10 6 2 Market Calf. 70 9 0 Middling hides.. 5 4 5 80 1 Long woolled sh. 4 0 5 3 Inferior ditto 4 8 5 0 Short ditto 3 6 4 6 LONDON HAY MARKETS—SATURDAY Smithfield. Whitechapel. Coarse Meadow Hay 55s to 75s 45s to 75-f Fine Upland and Rye Grass 85s 90s 86s 90s Clover Hay 80s 120s 80s 120s Wheat 40s 42s 408 428 WOOL MARKETS.-BRITISIL The state of the trade has been very discouraging for a length of time, and at present no gleam of pros- perity streaks the dark horizon of this gloomy business. I nees keep going down, and however low they get, no demand springs up at the reduced price to excite any confidence. Down Ewes and Wether 9id. Down TeA"s. 1 fd. Down Wethers 9jd. Down Hogs 9!d. Half-bred Hogs. HAd. Flannel Wool 83d. to lUd. Blanket Wool 5d. to 7id. METALS. f. d. IRON, Eng.-Bar. ton 6 0 0 Do. Carg. in Waies ton 5 5 0 Hoops .ton 810 0 Sheets ton 9 10 0 Pigj No. 1 ton 5 0 0 Do. in Wales. ton 4 0 0 STEEL, Ung.-Blistered 25 0 0 to 45 00 Shear, do. do. 45 0 Oto80 0 0 Cast, do. do 45 0 Oto84 0 0 COI'PER,Brit.Cake.ton 95 0 0 Tile ton 91 0 0 Sileets lb. 00101 TIN, Brit.-Blocks eivt. 3100 Bars .ewt. 312 0 Ranca 0 0 0 to 3 6 0 Str;lits 0 0 Oto3 6 6 lin Pm latt es—i.e. (box) 1 8 0 to 1 12 0 „ n. T X- do. 1 14 0 to 1 18 0 LEAD, Brit.Pig ton 18 100 Sheet. ton 20 0 0 Shot ton 22 10 0 White (dry) ton 26 0 0 0 0 Oto37 0 0 For delivery 0 0 0 to 35 0 0 I TEA, COFFEE, COCOA, SUGAR, AND SPICE MARKET. I SATURDAY, May 21. TEA.—The public sales advertised for the 27th and 30th instant have caused a further dulness in the market, and former prices are scarcely supported. COFFER-There have been brought forward for salea this week 244 casks of B. P., chiefly of the new crop, which sold from 105s. to I I ss., which were considered to he fair prices. There have been also offered 1,000 bags of Ceylon, 677 bales Mocha, part of which sold at a decline of 2s. to 3s. per cwt. In other descriptions, there is no material alteration. SUGARS.—There has been more activity in the mar- ket this week than for some time past. About 3,800 hogsheads have been sold importers, however, have accepted a reduction of about Is. per cwt., to effect sales. At public sale, there have been offered 10,000 bags Mauri- tius, which went off rather heavily, and, in most instances, sold at a deciine of 6d. to Is. per cwt. In Bengal, no < alteration has occurred. SPICES. — Few transactions have taken place this week consequently, there is no alteration to notice in prices, Printed and published for the Proprietors, by JOHN 'f? LEWIS Bm(,sTOCKE, at the Welshman Office, ''? situ.tteandbein? in Lammas-Street, in tbe Parish .i of Saint Peter, i!i tiie county of the Borough of I C,-iriiiartli en.-Fr !day, May 27, 1812,