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      NO VOTE ! NO MUSKET !! ' WESTHIXSTER . Atapnblicmeetuig , held at the Parthenium room , gt . Martin ' s-lanc , on Sunday , Jan . IS , the following Rotation was moved by Mr . " Caffy , seconded by Mr . jliller , and carried unanimously , " That the embodiment of the militia in a time of profonnd peace is untied for , and extremely nnjnst , seeing that we have no thing bnt our lives to fight for ; and they are not « t present menaced by any foreign foe . " - VOTE ! NO MUSKET !! ' «¦< . !><• .. « .,. _» .

      KEWCASILE-OX-TTXE . The Miiitia . —At the usual weekly meeting of the qjartists of Newcastle and Gateshead , held in the house of Martin Jude , Sun Inn , Side , on Monday inning , January 19 th , Mr . Robertson in the chair , $ e following resolution was carried unanimously : — " That this meeting views the embodying of ' the militia at the present time as another encroachment pa the rights and liberties of the working classes , by forcing them from their homes and families , to

      defend the country by arms which they are not allowed jc do by their votes . We therefore determine to call 5 public meeting at the earliest opportunity , to petition Parliament against the militia laws , and to protest against , the embodiment of thatforce . " Sewcastle-os-Tyse , Tbesdat . —A public meeti ng of the inhabitants of this town has been held here t -night , to take measures to prevent the anticipated eawlment of the militia . The meeting , consisting of nearly 2 , 000 tradesmen and mechanics , assembled futlic new lecture-room .

      Mr . Jonathan Pnestman , amember of the SocietT c f Fr . ends occupied the chair , and addresses wefc dfltfered by the Rev . Messrs . Browning Banks FCrec ( of Sunderland ) , and BtU ; and MeS Haggle , Charlton , Adam , Ficke , Dodds , andMiat po tenonr of their remarks may be gathered from the following resolutions , all of which were unani-EOaslj- adopted : — 1 . Thai flits meeting , Triewinj the practice of war as eqaally repugnant to religion and humanity , and believis ; that large military preparations tend to increase the payability of its occurrence , has heard with the deepest regret and disapproval of the contemplated enrolment of t " , e militia , and holds it to be the dutvuf erery lorer of til conntry to oppose the measure ly all peaceful and Christian means .

      :. That this meeting being farther of opinion that the E 3 tia system is hostile to ciril liberty , peculiarl y oppressive towards the working classes , and calculated to exercise an injurious effect on public morals , earnestly adriss all the friends of peace conscientiousl y to consider demerit be not their duty peacefull y te endure the pnahies vrhich the law inflicts for non-compliance , rather than facilitate the working of the system by either sirring themselves or providing substitutes . S . Asapro test against this measure , a memorial , in ac-« raance with the resolution , was adopted . The mayor has convened another meeting for Tanrsday to memorialise Parliament on the subnet . Indeed , the ieeling aaainst tie system of compulsory military service is very decided amongst all cesses here .

      HA 1 IMEKSM 1 TH . A public meeting was held at the Temperance flail , Bridge-road , on Thursday evening , January 22 nd . to consider the propriety of petitioning Parliament against the embodiment of the militia . Mr . Raines Millwood , an elector of the county , was unanimously called , to the chair . On the motion of Messrs Siallwood and Ross , supported by Mr . T . Clark , the following resolution was unanimoush adopted , amid the loudest applause : — " That , in the opinion of this neeting , the contemplated embodiment of the nilitiais an unwarrantable stretch of power—unjust Awards the unrepresented classes of the countrv

      , wio are thereby compelled to defend , by force of arms , a government which neither recognises their rkbts nor protects their interests , and unwarranted by the present political aspects tf the world . " A petition was also read , moved , and seconded , and , after avery able address from Mr . P . M'Grath , was carried unanimously amid vehement applause , ordered to be signed by the chairman of the meetin " , and lo be presented by T . S . Duncombe , Esq . The county members , Messrs . G . Byng , and T . Wood , to be requested to support its prayer . A vote of thanks was given tothechairman , and this numerous and highly respectable meeting adjourned .

      BEADIXG . On Thursday evening week a public meeting , called w placard , was holdenin the school-room , Minsteriireet , to petition Parliament against the calling out of lie militia . At seven o ' clock the chair was taken l ) j Mr . J . Campbell , a working mau of the right sort , who opened the meeting with a short address replete with sound sense and good feeling . Mr . u . \ V . wheeler then moved the adoption of a petition acainst the embodiment of the militia . Mr . E . Rons seconded its adoption . Mr . C . Doyle , of the Lsecuttve , supported the petition in a powerful 5 j « ech , in the course of which he showed the iniquity oi the proposed war with America , and the enonnoui hardens former wars had entailed on the present ^ aeration . His address was repeatedly cheered . Ine petition was unanimonslv earned .

      iodmordes . ^ The people of Todmorden were thrown into no iittie excitement on Friday , 23 rd inst ., with a placard appearing on the walls , Jiwitled Tyranny resisted , " it being a copy of that which called the meeting , held in the room Turnagain-lane , to petition 1 arliament against calling out the militia . The U-agaers and Tories did all their puny efforts would aunr , to prevent the meeting taking place , by giving It opt that Mr . Tattersal , who was noticed to speak a y aa e ^ airman , and any other person who attended , and took an active part , would be apprehended ; but the Chartists were not to be frightened worn their object , nor the people from attending Ua Monday night , the time of meeting , the lar . e rosnofthe OddFellows' Hall was completely wedded ii 1 all

      ; agreed that there has not been such a meeting here since the discussion the Chartfcts had with tie League , when they had such a triumph over that body in 118 a . Mr . -Wheelwri ght , of Ucbden-l « id « e , was caUed to the chair , and opened the business with s speech well timed and argumentative , giving the enemy a severe casti gation for their puny attempt to prevent the meeting taking place , and introduced » lr James Mooney , to move the adoption of the j * ation passed at the meeting held in Turnagainlaae . Mr . Mooney , inmakuurhis motion , spike in a strain of eloquence that would have di ne honour to a lord . He showed the necessity for the people baring political power , and showed that it was the outyofthe government to call only upon those who were admitted within the pale of the constitution , as

      iaey were the only interested parties in maintaining a standing army , or ofcalling out the militia force ! Mr . Msoney was repeatedly cheered . He concluded vr Juoruig the adoption of tlie petition . Mr . Samuel Ujuth am then , in a brief manner , seconded the cotton . The chairman then introduced Mr . Tattersu , from Burnley , who occupied the attention of the atetnig in a strain of eloquence , not to te surpassed , tor above an hour . He introduced the Orcon question , and explained every particular of it in a manner that all must understand . Mr . Tatteisal almded to the foul means the Whics and Tories had

      reported to to fix the stigma of " Physical force " upon the Chartists as a budy ; " but , " said he " I aai determined , as far as I " am concerned , not to * e brute force for them ; I am determined to fc-HTinee tnen" that I am a mau m peace , for , bv the ! *» od that rules over us , I will not shoulder a musket [ pinst my neighbour Jonathan , or tnv poor suuerin « ; Wher in Ireland . " He then explained what would !; - - " ^ consequence toall who refused to serve or el « c ^ a a substitu te ; tol d them it was not his business » advise them how to act , but he would ask them I a * question , " If they wereallotted , would they « -o *" ice whole meetins . with oub ^ mn ' t . nnprm = « = £ «„ ,

      said Ao : " Such a , " So" it was as I never heard "tiore . Ue then requested none , to vote for the . ^ o ption of the petition , unless they were ready to I Hie every legai means to prevent the government i calling the militia out . He requested them to hold ; Kt ne false hopes ; if they did not agree with the I ^ ole of it , not to vote for it ; or if they did agree fith it , but did not intend to carry out the spirit oi it , not to vote "for it . After he had concluded , the ciiairman again read the petition , and gave an ; I « rson in the room an opportunity to object to , or

      make any remark upon it . After waiting a sufficient iaiie , and none coming forward , he put the motion , wlen there appeared smooth , rforcd , and blistered lands uuitedlyheldnpfor it . ~ A better meetin-in fodmordenhas never been held . The government are doing wonders for Chartism . The calling out of the * ulitia will convince them of the intelligence of the paple ; they will not find whole families rushing to tteir standard now , without tiiou » ht . After votes t" tLanks to Mr . Tattersal and the chairman had «* en given , the ineeiiuc cave three heartv cheers fnr

      * nst , Williams , Jones , and Ellis , and the vast asembly separated highly delighted with the events proceedings .

      DTSDEE . A meeting of Trades * Delegates is to be held ou Monday next , at the Mechanics' Institute , to take uito consideration tho best means of opposing the iiabodinient of the militia . A Requisition is in course cif signature ia Leeds , f tquesting the Mayor to call a meeting of the iuuu bitants " to considerthe propriety of memorialising ™ government and petitioning the two Houses of [ i ar liament , in reference to the danger of war with 1 ofSJe ^? , Ore S ° n question , and the calling out

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      I ^ ^ « 1 c f "T : -AwF ' -i- ^« n .-A passenger on the Sheffield and Manchester Kailwav , haVKom I s&me cause neglected to leave the ca"Aia « e at the ^ station for which he was booked , and as the con-5 S ^ ttor of the train of course could not be hail eil , or ' ¦ ¦ . * ' he had been so , would most probabl y not have s topped the train to oblige the gentleman , he ( the passenger ) took the very rash step of jumping o ut of <¦ * car riage when at full speed , and coming in coislact with some Easoaiy in his fall , the front part of T ; ,. ead was literally driven iu , and almost iustaut utaui easutd

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      HOUSE OF LORDS-Mosiut , J « . 26 MINISTERIAL CHANGES M ^ Z ^ tStt *?** j asaasr— ^ ssbtsbs The Duke of Wbltsgioh replied that he had ™ A was prepared to explain his own part inthe t « tions , butnot that of others . tL Duke £ e ? ve ssst ^ st s ?* <*? s ^ a ^ f t ^^ Stf- st cSLSSSfthS « * % one of those wh ° also sWeredtii ™ ff 2 P 0 Sl r ? Necessary . He eonto h ^ ^^ 1 " ? * i ! the failure of the P 0 tatoe 9 ' n ^ a ea cala n > jty . but not exactly a deficiency of wfc « . iS ? ?^ "M that he was one of those who thought it nght to avoid any essential alteration in the Cora Laws . He had , hswever , from a sense « t duty , en deavoured to heal the divisions in the t-abmet , and not having succeeded , he was of opinion that they should resign . They did resign , and then the attempt to form another Government and the

      reeai of Sir Robert Peel followed , with which all tho world are acquainted . His Grace was asked to stand by his riyht honourable friend , and he resolved to do so . He highly applauded his right honourable friend for forming a Government in which her Majesty could have confidence . He knew that in doing that he mnst be a party to an alteration of the Corn Laws ; but he could not refuse his aid to his right honourable friend in forming a Government to carry on the business of the conntry . The Duke of Buckingham expressed himself not satisfied with the conduct of the ministers , and his determination to stand by the Duke of Richmond . After speeches of no importance from the Marquis of Lansdowne , the Earl ot Radnor , and Lord Beaumont , the Earl of Aberdeen declared that he had at once given Sir Robert Peel ' s proposition to open the ports his cordial assent . Adjourned at half-past six o ' clock .

      HOUSE OF COMMONS—Moshat , Jan . 26 . The Speaker took the chair at the usual hour . PUBLIC WORKS ( IRELAND ) . In committee , Sir T . Fremanile moved that a sum not exceeding £ 50 , 000 be granted to the Board of Works ( Ireland ) . Various sums had at different periods been granted to that bod y to enable them to give employment to the people in seasons of distress , but their funds were now nearly exhausted , and he ( Sir T . Fremantle ) trusted that , in the present crisis , the house would not refuse to strengthen their hands . ( Hear , hear . ) After some discussion the resolution was agreed to .

      RAILWAY LEGISLATION . Sir Robert Pbel called the attention of the House of Commons to the subject of railway legislation . He referred to the number of schemes which had already received the sanction of Parliament , and to the vast sums of money which would be expended in their construction . These projects alone would require £ 70 , 000 , 000 sterling for their completion . Tlieinchuation towards railw ay enterprise had , however rapidly extended itself , so that at the present time there were deposited with the Board of Trade Slo plans , undertaking in all 20 , 687 miles of line , at a cost of £ 350

      , 000 , 000 . B y what principles ought legislation on this highly-important matter to be in future regulated ? He felt no disposition whatever to p-ace ^ any obstruction in the way of the dev el opment of railway enterprise ; nevertheless , he considered it very doubtful whether either the public interests , or the interests of the railway companies , would be promoted by this great mass of projects simultaneously receiving the sanction of Parliament . He proposed , therefore , the appointment oi a select committee to take the matter into consideration . Thecemmittee would be aided in its researches by the information which Government had collected .

      After a very lengthy diseussion the motion was put and carried . Sir T . Fhemantle obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the Drainage Acts in Ireland . At nine o ' clock the house adjourned . HOUSE OF LORDS-Tcksdat , Jam . 27 . The Duke of Richmond in presenting a petition from tenants , farmers , and others in the eastern district of the county of Ross , assured the house that he had notattempted to buy over Mr . FeargusO'Connor to the cause of protection . Lord Dalhousie answered a question of the Maruisof Clanricarde respecting Irish railroads ; and the house adjourned .

      HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tuesday , Jas . 27 . The intense interest excited b y the expected statement of Sir R . Peel on the sulject of the Corn Laws was thi 3 afternoon manifested in no slight degree in the vicinity of the House of Commons , as well as in the house itself . From the hour of one in the alterm > on , strangers who had had the good fortune to procure tickets of admission to the galleries were to be seen making their way with much haste to tho scene of the all-important announcement—respecting the late of the Corn Laws—and by half an hour after the rime mentioned there were more candidates for

      admission to the strangers ' galleries than the whole iuuss itself could conveniently hold . Every passage leading to the interior of the house was crowded to excess , so that the police ( who attended in considerable numbers ) had no little difficulty in keeping a passage clear for the members . The doors were opened a little before the usual hour , immediately after which every seat was thronged to such an extent , as not to leave a single one unoccupied , to the great disappointment and mortification of some hundreds who , having tickets , calculated upon admission as a certaintv .

      The attendance of members in the house was very numerous . We should say that there were not less than 400 present at half-past four . The seats below the bar , usually reserved for strangers , were filled with peers and other visitors , and most prominent of those in the front seat were seated Prince Albert , the Duke of Cambridge , and the Earl of Jersey . The Speaker took the chair at the usual hour .

      FUTURE COMMERCIAL POLICI OF THE COUNTRY . SIR ROBSRT PEEL'S STATEMENT . At twenty minutes to five o ' clock Sir R . Pebi moved that the order of the day be read for the house resolving itself into a committee of the whole house on the Customs and Corn Importation Acts . The Sf £ ae £ b than left the chair , and the House went into committee , Mr . Greene in tho chair . Sir R . Peel said , that in pursuance of the recomia «) i 3 aiion of the speoch frem the throne , he was about to call upon the house to review the duties wLieh applied to many articles the produce and manufacture of other countries . He should proceed on the assumption contained in her Majesty ' s speech , that the

      repeal of prohibitory and tho relaxation of protective duties was in itself a wise policy—that protective duties abstractedly and in principle were open to objection—and that , though the policy of them might in some cases be defended , it mu 8 t always be on some special grounds of national interest , or of justice towards individuals . He was also about to act on the presumption , that during the last three years there had been increased productiveneg « in the revenue , notwithstanding a large remission of taxation ; that there had been an increawd demand for labour ; and that there had also been increased competence , comfort , contentment , and peace among the imputation . In advising the continued application of thosejirinciples , which had produced such salutary

      iexults , and which had already been sanctioned by the house , he was not inclined to disregard the necessity of maintaining public credit unimpaired , and he was , therefore , prepared to act with forbearanee , in order that be might not prejudice in any respect the permanent intereBta of the country . It was possible that , owing to the numerous and various interests which Ma present proposition would affect , an impression might arise that hit * cheme ms » a rash one , and ought to b » discouraged . If such thouid te the opinion of the partisans ef protection , nothing would be more easy for them than to meet him on an early night with a resolution that protection to domestic industry was in itself a good , and that the principle of it oujrht to be sanctioned

      by tho house . ( Cheers . ) It might , on the other hand , be the conclusion of the house , considering all the difficulties of tfcis question , and the nature of the coniest which had long existed , and would long continue to exist if there were not a satisfactory adjustment of it—that his proposition , extensive as it was , ought to be accepted as a whole , though there might be objections in detail to parts of it . If that should be the conclusion of the house , he should have coniidenot in his ultimate success ; hut if not , the sooner its disapprobation was expressed , the betUr for all parties . The great principle of the relaxation of protective duties he was not going to apply to any one particular interest —( cheers );—on the contrary , he asked all the interests of the country , manufacturing , commercial , and agricultural , to make the sacrifice , if it were one , of their protection , to the conimpn good . ( Cheers . ) Of late years the whole

      tariff had been submitted to tho review of the house . In 1842 he had proposed , and in 1845 he had carried out to a very large extent , a plan for remitting the duty on the raw materials constituting the elements of manufacture . There wus at this moment scarcely a duty on the raw material imported from foreign countries which we Lad not abandoned . He had , therefore , a right to call on the manufacturer to relinquish the protection uf which he was now in possession . ( Cheera . ) The only two articles of raw material now subject to duty were tallow and timber . He intended to reduce the duty on tallow from 3 s . 2 d . to la . 6 d . a cwt ., and to make a gradual reduction on timber till it reached a point at which it would remain fixed , and which he would definitely describe on a future day . Having giveH the manufacturer free access to every raw material of manufacture , he called upon such of them as were engaged in making up the three at tides , wml , linen , and cotton , which formed the clothin" of the country , to give a proof of the sincerity of their

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      convictions by relinquishiig the protection which waanowgiventotne articles of their manufacture . He made this call upon them the more confident !? because it was the manufacturing , and not the agril cultural interest , which first called on the government for protecting duties . Having given the manufacturer the advantage of a free command of the raw materials which enter into his fabrics , he ( Sir R Peel ) called upon the manufacturer to join him in relaxing the protection on their manufactures . ( Loud cheera from the Opposition benches . ) Cotton manufacture he proposed to admit duty iree . Onunmannfont ., ^ ., 1 convictions by relinqui 8 hi . g the protection which was now eivento tne articles of . that * 'n > « .. r . _ i

      articles of cotton in a more advanced state ( such as cotton stockings ) he proposed to reduce the present duty of twenty per cent , to ten per cent ( A cry of "Take it all off , " and some slight interruption ) It was the mercantile andmanufacturing interest which set the example of requiring protection , and it is thereJore but justice that they should set the example ofrelinquishingthat protection . ( Cheers . ) Nothing could be more remarkable than the observation made by one who had no prejudices in favour of the aericulturisto . Dr . Adam Smith , speaking historically , says : — "Country gentlemen and farmers are to their great honour , of all people the least subject to the wretched spirit of monopoly . " ( Laughter , and loud ironical cheering from the Opposition ) Dispersed in different parts of the country , they canuot so easily combine as merchants and manufacturers , who being collected into towns , and accustomed to that exclusive corporation spirit which nr « va ; k in

      them , naturally endeavour to obtain against all their countrymen the same exclusive privilege which they generally possess against the inhabitants of their respective towns . They accordingl y seem to have been tlieongmal inventors of those restraints upon the importation of forei gn goods which secure to them the monopoly of the home market . It was probably in imitation of them , and to put themselves on a level , with those who they found were disposed to opptmtUcm , that tU Country gentlemen and farmers 01 Ureat Bntaiu ao far forgot the generosity which is natural to theirstation as to demand the exclusive privilege of SUDolvins their countrvmen witU onm ¦ m-m M «( l

      11 , . . & * 0 ^ | W * and butcher ' s meat . They did not perhaps take time to consider how much less their interest could be affected by the freedom of trade than that of the people whose example they followed . " This extract might excite the laughter of some gentlemen on the Other side of the house ; but he believed the statement to be perfectly correct , that the restriction did not originate with the agriculturists , but that it was pressed on the Legislature in the first instance by the mercantile and manufacturing interests ; and that it was afterwards adopted and extended , as necessary consequence , to the agricultural interests . He proposed to call on the manufacturers of linen and woollen , the two other great articles in addition to cotton concerned in the production of the clothine |

      ot the great body of the people , to relinquish protection . At present , woollen goods which are made up are subject under the reduced tariff of 1842 to a duty of 20 per cent . He proposed that , as in the case of made-up cotton goods , the duty should be reduced from 20 per cent to 10 per cent . In the case of huen he proposed that the coarser articles should come in duty free . Tho duties on made-up linens he proposed to reduce one-half . At present there was a duty on silk , which was called 30 per cent ., but which was often higher . He proposed to adopt a new principle in the levying of that duty , which was now an encouragement to the smuggler , and not to the British manufacturer , and to impose a duty of 15 per cent instead of 30 for every £ 100 value of silk . The duty « n paper-hangings he proposed to reduce from Is . to

      M . the square yard . With regard to the great mass of manufactures , subject to a duty of 20 per cent , according to the tariff of 1842 .. he proposed that a duty of 10 per cent , should be themaximum , and this duty would fall on manufactures , such as brocade , earthenware , and other articles of that kind , and on all manufactures of hair . At present there was a duty of 20 per cent , on the import of foreign carriages . ( "Hear , hear , " and laughter on the Opposition benches . ) He would venture to say that there was no article bo extravagantly dear as the carriage manufacture . ( Ironical cheers . ) He proposed to reduce the duty on candles one-half . He proposed that the duty on foreign soap should be reduced ; that in the case of hard soap , now subject to a duty of 30 i . ner

      cwt ., that duty should , on account of Excise duty on soap in this country , be reduced to 20 s . per cwt . ; that in the case of soft soap , the duty should be reduced from 20 s . to 14 s . per cwt . ; and that in the case of Naples soap the duty should be reduced from 56 s . to 20 s . per cwt . A great many articles in the tariff of 1842 he proposed to admit duty free . He proposed to abolish the duty on dress hides , and to diminish the duty on foreign boots and shoes . lie proposed the following reductions : —On boot-fronts , trom 3 s . 6 d . to Is . 9 d . per dozen pairs ; large fronts , from 5 s . 6 d . to 2 s . 9 d . per dozen pair ; boots , from £ 1 j ss . to 14 s . pev dozen pair ; shoes , from 14 s . to 7 s . ; women and children ' s shoes in the same proportion . He proposed to reduce the duty on straw

      plaiting from 7 s . 6 d . to 5 s . per pound , and on straw hats from 8 s . Gd . to 5 s . per pound . When he proposed the reduction of the duty on silk manufacture , he proposed also to take off the duty on dyed thrown silk . He proposed to reduce the duty upon brandy and foreign spirits . He intended to reduce the present duty upon brandv , Geneva and foreign spirits generally , fivm 22 s . lOd . to 15 s . ( Hear , hear . ) He proposed to reduce the duties on sugar . ( Loud cheers from the Opposition benches . ] He proposed , assuming that the competition was to be with sugar the produce of free labour , to deduci 33 . 6 d . from the amount of tho present differentia duty . In the case of muscovade the amount of dh ferential duty was 9 s . 4 d . ; in the case of clavec

      sugar lls . 8 d . ; he proposed to deduct from the amount of differential duty in each case 3 s . 6 d ., leaving the differential duty in favour of British colonial sugar , competing with sugar the produce of free labour , at 03 . lOd . in the one case , and at 8 s . in the other . ( Hear , hear . ) The right hon . baronet then proceeded to review the articles connected with agriculture on which import duties were levied . Ho proposed to reduce the duty on all seeds to 5 s . per cwt . ( Hear , hear . ) Indian corn or maize , which was of such importance in the fattening ot cattle , he proposed in future to introduce duty free . ( Hear , hear . ) He also proposed that buckwheat , and maize , and buckwheat flour , should be admitted duty free . ( Hear , hear . ) The right hon . baronet then

      described the reduction of duty which ho intended to propose on tho importation of foreign butter , cheese , hops , and cured fish . He proposed that the duty should be immediately reduced upon butter from 20 i . to 10 s . per cwt . ; upon cheese , from 10 s . to 5 s . per cwt ; upon hops , from £ 410 s . to £ 2 5 s . ; upon cured nsb , from 2 s . to Is . per cwt . He proposed an immediate repeal of the duty on all those article * which constitute meat , as distinguished from grain ; thftt the duty on fresh beef , on salted-beef , on what are called unenumerated articles , salt pork and fresh pork , on potatoes , on vegetables of all kinds , shall be repealed . ( Cheers . ) He proposed that all that enttra into the vegetable , anything that constitutes } animal food should be admitted duty free . He nrooosed

      that , in respect of all animals , they should be allowed to come into this country duty free ; he proposed that horses and other animals mentioned in the tariffdaughter)—should , as a proof of adherence to the principles laid down in respect to meat and manufactured articles , and in respect to the raw material , be admitted duty free . ( Hear . ) The agriculturists would remember that he had proposed the removal of protection fro » i some of the great articles of manufacture connected with clothing ; thus their farm servants and domestics would be able to command a cheaper supply of clothing . ( Cheers . ) The right him . baronet then proceeded to describe the nature of his proposal with respect to the importation of foreign corn . He had already stated that he intended to

      exempt some articles now included in the Corn Laws , as maize , from duty altogether . It might , therefore , be as well for him to inform the house at once , that though he did not intend to propose the immediate repeal of the Corn Laws , yet , in the hope of making a final adjustment ot the question , and for the sake of giving time for adjustment to the agricultural interest , he did intend to propose that their continuance should only be temporary . The bill which he should therefore introduce on this subject would contain an enactment that after a certain date grain of all kinds should come in duty free . ( Cheera . ) He proposed , however , that a considerable reduction should be made at ouce in the existing amount of duty , and that the duty so

      reduced should be limited to the continuance of three years . ( Great cheering . ) His bill would contain a provision that at that period , when the change would be least felt—namely , on the 1 st of February , 1849—oats , barley , rye , and wheat , should be only liable to that mere nominal duty which he intended to apply to maize , for the purpose of procuring statistical returns of the quantity imported . He wished it might be possible to take advantage of the present denciencymtkcpotatcefood , to introduce amongst the people of Ireland a taste for a higher kind of food than they have been accustomed to enjoj —( cheers ) —and at the same time diminish the chance to which they are often exposed of the recurrence of a loss of

      ine ordinary lood ot millions . ( Cheers . ) He proposed tnat immediately all corn the produce of British colonial possessions out of Europo , should be admitted at a nominal duty . ( Cheers . ) He proposed that in all cases those restrictions which apply to the import of meal , the produce of grain , should be removed . Ihey were established lor the protection of the millers m this country , and it was now unnecessary they should be continu ed . He therefore saw no reason why they should remain on barley or any other articles . ( Hear . ) He proposed that there should be an enactment for three years , to this effect , -that till the 1 st ej February , 1849 , the following duties should be levied on all wheat imported into this country from forei gn ports : —

      WHEAT . Whenever the average price of wheat , made up and published in the wanner required by law , shall be for evury quarter s < Sf 6 . A Under 48 the duty shall U for ever j quarter 10 0 48 — 49 do . do . . so 49 _ , 50 do . do . ! 8 0

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      * ' ' b d Under 51 the duty shall be for every quarter t ' 0 52 I S ^ > d 0 ' 6 ° J , 7 do - do . . 5 0 53 and upwards do . do . . 4 0 The enactments which he proposed for all other descriptions ot grain would follow the scale of duties upon wheat . There would , therefore , be levied on wheat at its present price a duty of 4 s ., instead of the present duty of 16 s . a quarter ; and every other gram taken out of bond for consumption in the home market would be liable to little more ; uan a nominal duty . Such was the arrangement for the adjustment of this great question which her Majesty s government now offered to the house . He \ ^^ , . tt .. j E < .. . . ¦ s . a .

      intended to accompany that arrangement with other provisions , calculated , he would not say to give compensation to , but to advance the interest of thatportion of the community which would be called upon to relinquish protection , with which he washimself more particularly connected , and in the welfare of which the prosperity of England was deeply invohed . He then reviewed some of the burdens which fell on the land , and which he thought capable of alleviation by uselul reforms , and not by transferring them to other hXu ™ J r 8 t a ft ° " tliese burdena he P ° d thft v « & i Vi ! - ^ ereilt P resent ^ ministered ^ iSi ^ WK ^^ f ^ tributedthroughoutthe country , tathing could bo more defective than that ! i . i ! f . hwa ? , whlch , um several distinct parishes should not be

      under the control of one board , but should be under the control of every distinct parish through which it ran . In each parish there was a different surveyor of the high roads . The sys tem led of necessity to a lax expenditure , and to very bad reparation of the roads . He proposed to compel parishes to unite themselves into districts for the repair ot the roads . Those districts would be generally the same with the Poor Law Unions ; and thus tlm high roads would bo under the control of COO instead of 10 , 000 different authorities . Another of the burdens grievously , and he thought justl y , complained of by the agricultural interest arose out of the law of settlement . Under the operation of the present lawthe

      popula-, tion of the agricultural districts is invited into the manufacturing towns ; the agricultural labourer removes to a manufacturing town ; the prime of his hie is consumed upon manufactures , the beat of his strength is spent in that town , but then a reaction takes place ; a revulsion in trade ensues ; the man does not prosper . What is the consequenoe ? The man and his wife and famil y are sent back to the rural district to which he belongs by settlement . lie returns to the rural district , unfitted for rural lahour , having been transferred there greatly against j his inclinations . Thus , great injustice is done—and not only is injustice done to the man , but a shock is I given to the feelings of every one who witnesses such proceedings taking place . Not onlv . thereto ™ fnr

      , the sake of removing a burden from the land , but also for the sake of doing justice to the labouring man , he proposed that five years' industrial residence m a town shall give the labouring man a settlement , and not only that , but also that the power of removal shall be taken away in respect of him after that term of residence , and that his demand for support shall not be on the place of his rural settlement , but on the place where his labour and industry have been given . He proposed that after the passing of this law no person who has resided for five years last preceding in a parish shall be removed from that parish , and that neither residence in a prison , barrack , lunatic asylum , or hospital , nor residence whilst receiving relief , shall be reckoned to be a part or an

      interruption of that period . ( Hear . ) Also that the children oi any person , or the children of his wife , whether legitimate or illegitimate , under sixteen years , residing with the father or mother , shall not be removed , nor shall the wife of any person be removed ( hear , hear ) where such person is himself not removable . He also proposed that no widow residing with her husband at the time of his death shall be removable from the parish in which he resided at the time for one year after his death . At present , when the working man is exhausted by the labours of a lifetime , an apprehension often arises in the minds of the parish authorities that ho will become chargeable to the parish , and they immediately set about his removal . Now , it was proposed that there

      shall be no power of removal on the ground of chargeability , on account of accident , or by sickness of a man or any of his family , from tho manufacturing to the agricultural districts . ( Hear . ) lie then approached another matter , in which he advised , without any loss to any other interest , a great advantage to the agricultural interest . He proposed that the State should give facilities to the improvement of agricultural skill and industry . The Duke of Richmond had collected a mass of interesting evidence to show tho great capability of improvement which , was inherent to all kinds of land . Much benefit might be effected by increased draining . Mr . Pusey had proposed several schemes for the improvement of land ; but great difficulties

      occurredes-, pecially among the owners of entailed estates , in raising the funds to carry them into execution . Government proposed that the credit of the State should be empl yed in enabling those improvements to be made . An advance ^ of Exchequer-bills should be made by way of loan for the purpose of agricultural improvement , security being of course taken to protect the country against loss . The right hon . baronet , after describing at some length the mode in which these advances were to be made and repaid , concluded by stating that that was another plan by which he hoped to enable the agricultural interest to meet competition with the foreign grower . With respect to the local burdens pressing on the agriculturisthe must

      de-, clare at once that he could not advise any alteration in the mode of tho assessment of tho poor-rates . It bad been said that they were a charge upon the land , and that there should be an alteration in the mode of tlw levy . In point of fact , they were not a charge upon the land . The opposition was between real and personal property . It was real property upon which the poor-rate was levied ,, as on mines , houses , lauds , and manufactories . If the poor-rates were a charge for general objects , it would be just to make personal property contribute ; but they were a local charge , and personal property could not be called on for contribution without establishing an inquisition into every man ' s affairs , which , for the minute objects of a poor-rate raised to relieve local

      distress , would not be tolerated . The rate on personal property had been abandoned because it could not bit levied , and therefore he was not prepared to proposo any alteration in the mode of assessment . lie would , however , relieve tho agricultural intorest of the charge of maintaining the prisoners in the county gaols , and would provide for that charge by an annual vote of that house He also proposedthat that portion of the charge for prosecuting felons which was now defrayed in England and Wales out of local rates imposed upon the land , should likewise be transferred to the State . In Ireland the relief would amount to £ 17 , 000 , and in England to £ 100 , 000 a-year . He then proceeded to coiuend that if there was any part of the United

      Kingdom likely to sutler from the withdrawal of protection , it was Ireland ; for Ireland had not , as England had , the means of finding employment for her agricultural population in her manufacturing districts . Here , again , he would propose no relief from local burdens which was not accompanied by social advantages . In Ireland the police were paid partly by the lai . d and partly by the Treasury . He believed that it would be for " the general advantage to place the police entirely under the Treasury , and to vest , the control of it in the Executive Go vernment . Such was the recommendation of Lord Devon ' s Commission ; aud lie , therefore , proposed that all the charge for the rural police in Ireland should hereafter be borne by the public Treasury .

      Sir Robert then adverted to the subject of the modieal relict" of the poor in this country . He believed that there was no part of the Poor Law which had given greater or more just . dissatisfaction . He proposed to relieve the unions of half of the charge on this score , by taking it upon the government . Ilo estimated that the amount ; of charge in that ensu would ba £ 100 , 000 for Fngland and £ 15 , 000 for Scotland . The subject of medical relief in Ireland was under a different system , and would shortly occupy the attention of the other House of Parliament . He next proceeded to intimate his belief that in the parish workhouses of England the provision for purposes of education was very inadequate . He did not uruose in any way to interfere with the right now

      vested in the board of guardians to appoint a schoolmaster or schoolmistress to superintend the education of the pauper children , that right of appointment , would remain where it now was ; but government , in undertaking to provide £ 30 , 000 a-year for the salaries of schoolmasters and schoolmistresses , for the children of the destitute , would reserve to itself power to inquire into the qualifications of those instructors , and ; i power of inspecting , and to a certain extent controlling , the schools . Then again as to the auditors of the unions , he proposed that their salaries , like those of the Commissioners and Sub-commissioner * , should be defrayed at the public expense . He called upon the house to recollect that in every compensation which he had proposed for the land , he had also proposed to give to the community great sociai relief , ilo , therefore , hoped that , before this law was rejected , both parties , if their immediate

      views were not accomplished by it , would recollect that it proposed great benefits for society at large . Whether those benefits would be sufficient to induce both parties to give their assent to his proposition , he could not as yet tell ; but he wished them to consider it calmly and temperately , am \ to reflect on the consequences which might accru . e from its rejection . He concluded with two oljsorrationa—one connected with our foreign and our commercial policy , aud another connected wyith our domestic policy . In making these great reductions on the importation of articles the produ . ee or manufacture of foreign countries , he could giv e the house no guarantee that foreign countries wo aid follow our example . lie had resolved to consult , our own interests alone , and not to punish othe r Countries and ourselves by contiuumg high dutie ^ am tho necessary concomi taut of high duties , smuggling He could not prowisethemtUatio \ r \ ign countries would exhibit any

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      gratitude for what we were now doing . On the contrary , he might be told that many countries which had benefited by the relaxation of our duties on their commodities had applied a higher rate of uuties to our goods . He relied on that fact as an w ? J f 8 eraent t 0 P voceed * . P a 8 t cour ? - Wliat had been the result of those increased duties on our export trade ? Why , that it had flourished in spite or them , because the smuggler of foreign countries Had been called in by the inhabitants to our aid . He was convinced that our example would ultimately be followed by foreign countries , and that reason aud ~ f interests of the people , and the govern-HLnP i ° ? , trieswou ' »" iuce » taxation fntoSl ^ fc - ° tmted tllat tllia iD 1 P r 0 Ved intercourse with foreign countries would constitute a 1 it eratitmln <« n mii-if ma wa * a nm ^ ntn » An * ii »

      t ^ rnw * ^ JrVear ); that would con-» inZTT ^ ^ 'W governments who still indul ge themselves in visions of war and that every over of peace between nations w ? uld deriw material strength from tho removal of imp dimeits irom commercial intercourse . With resnecl to our domestic policy , he had been asked why £ had determined to disturb the prosperity which had now lasted for nearly three years . " It had co existed with the Corn Law of 1812—what reason was there to disturb it ? " His answer was that up to October last all those indications of prosperity did exist ; but since that time there had been indications of sympathy in the manufacturing districts between employment and the price ol provisions . What had occurred since October , 1815 was one of the grounds on which he had determinet to bring forward the present proposition . The riirht .

      uon . baronet conduced as follows :-These are the proposals which , on the part of tho government 1 ofter tor the ndjustment-tke ultimate ' adjustment of this question . 1 cannot appeal to any ungenerous v ! uu 1 1 ca"n . ot . aPPeil 11 <> tear , or to anything which win be calculated to exercise an undue away over the reason ot those to whom these proposals are made Inere may be agitation , but it is not one which has reached the great mass of tho labouring classes , there being among them the total absence of all excitement I admit it is perfectly possible that , without dan ° er to the public peace , we might continue the existing duties ; therefore 1 cannot appeal to fear as a grown

      tor agreeing to these proposals . But this I do say , — there has been a great change in the opinion of th great mass of the community with respect to tho UornLaws . ( Hoar . ) There is between the master manufacturers and the operative dosses a common conviction that did not prerail in 1842 , or at a former period-that it will ba for the public advantage that these laws should be repealed ; and while there is that union of sentiment between them , there appears at the same time to be a general contentment and loyalty , and a confidence in your justice and impartiality . ( Hear . ) As far as I canjudye , the example which you Bet in taking on yourselves great pecuniary burdens , in order that you might relieve the labouring classes from the taxation they

      are subject to , has produced the deepest impression and the most beneficial effect on their minds , and that they have a perfect confidence , as I said before id your justice and wisdom . ( Hear , hear . ) But because this is a time of peace ; because there is a perfect calm , except so far as an agitation among the principal manufacturers may interrupt it ; because you are not subject to any coercion whatever , I entreat you to bear in mind that the aspect of affairs may ehange ; that we may have to contend with worse harvests than that of this year , and that it may be wise to avail ourselves of the present moment to effect an adjustment which 1 believe must be ultimately made , and which could not be long delayed without engendering feelings of animosity between

      uitterent classes ot her Majesty ' s subjects . From a sincere conviction that the settlement is not to be delayed—that , accompanied with the precautionary measures to which I have referred , it will not inflict injury on the agricultural interest—from those feelings I should deeply lament , exclusively on public grounds , the failure of the attempt which , at the instance of her Majesty ' s government , I have made on this occasion to recommend to your calm and dispassionate consideration these proposals , with no other feeling or interest in the ultimate issue than that they may , to use the words of her Majestv s

      speech , conduce to the promotion " of friendly feelings between different classes , to provide additional security for the continuance of peace , and to maintain contentment and happiness at home b y increasing the comforts and bettering the condition of the great body of the people . "—[ . The speech was concluded at five minutes past eight o ' clock amidst loud cheering . ] % Sir R . Peel rose again to suggest that the discussion on his resolution should be taken on that day week . His measure involved a great remission o ' f taxation , and , therefore , a defalcation of tlie revenue . Besides , it incurred an annual charge amounting at least to £ 600 , 000 .

      Mr . S . O'Bhien suggested to Sir R . Peel the propriety of considering whether this day fortnight would not be an early day for tlie consideration of this scheme . The voices of the farmers of England could not reach the house in less than that time . Mr . Hume hoped that Sir It , Peel would not yield the postponement now required . Sir It . Peel asked Mr . Hume to allow him to eonduct his own affairs . He then suggested that the house should enter on this discussion on Thursday week . Mr . Miles begged for further time . Why not take the discussion on Monday week ?

      Sir R . Pbkl assented to that suggestion ; but informed the House that he should then proceed dc die in diem with the discuafion of this question , lie could not exactly declare the loss which the revenue would experience by the adoption of his proposition . Ho thought last year that by the alteration in the Excise duties he should lose one million ; but the revenue from that source was now a 3 good as it was before the alteration . He expected to lose four millions by the reduction of the Customs duties ; but nothing of the kind occurred . He was , therefore , unwilling to make an estimate of the loss which would accrue to the revenue . The charge which his scheme would impose on the consolidated fund would be an annual charge of £ 513 , 000 . In answer to a question from Lord John Russell , relative to the mode of proceeding in order to obtain a decision of the house on the subject ,

      Sir R . Peel obserrcd , that he had no objection to bring the resolution on the Corn Laws first under consideration ; but whatever course should appear most advisable to the hause , the same would be most convenient to the government . Mr . Liddbll said—He had been a staunch supporter of Sir K . Peel , but he felt that lie could no longer look forward with hope or confiden ce to his measures . ( Hear , hear . ) The right lion , baronet had given them his hopes of the effects to be produced by this change ; ho would permit him ( Mr ! Liddell ) to express his fears of them . Within the last five or six years unbounded improvement had ] taken place in the cultivation of the land in the north of England ; miles and miles of drainage had been laid down ; in tliese improvements the capital of the tenant had been spent as well as that of the landlords ; and how were they to find a profitable return if the principle of protection were no longer acted

      on « He trusted his fears were visionary ; he fervently trusted that the right hon . baronet ' s hopes would be realized ; but , should any material diminution in the price of corn follow these changes , if any extent of land should be thrown out of cultivation , those who would first suffer would not be the owners of large estates , who were denounced by the League as regardless of all interests but their own , but the small tenants who had expended all their capital in the land , and those smaller landholders who cultivated their own estates , and who would not be able to compete with the improvements of their richer neighbours . He feared that a transfer of property to an extent little anticipated by the right hon . baronet , might be the consequence of this policy ; and he for one would not expose himself to tho reproaches of those who had placed confidence in him ; he at least would not appear before his constituents in any other light than that of a perfectly honest and consistent man . ( Hear , hear . )

      Captain ltous said , that when the right hon . baronet was surrounded b y sncli questionable friendswhen in the neighbourhood of gentlemen , who had not yet made up their minds as to which side of the house they would honour with their notice—it might not be unacceptable for him ( Captain Rous ) to declare that ho would support him , and the measures lie proposed , heart and soul ; and he would do so , bscause he was satisnou they were measures for the welfare of every class of her Majesty ' s subjects . ( " Hear , hear , " from the Opposition benches . ) On many occasions he had opposed the richthon . baronet , but in the eenernl

      scheme of his policy ho had almost invariably concurred ; and what was now submitted to the consideration of tho house , he could most cordially approve , llie lion , and gallant gentleman added that in tho event of the right hon . baronet failing in his plans , of a dissolution of Parliament , and of the noble lord tho member for London becoming Prime Minister ho Captain Rous ) was prepared , and would be glad to give to that noble lord the same support which lie now offered the right hon . baronet . ( Cheers from the Opposition benches . ) After speeches from Mr . S . O'Brion , Lord Ingestro , and Mr . F . Scott ,

      Sir J . Ttrbm . rose from tho Opposition side of the louse , where he had occupied a seat amongst the leaders , a circumstance which occasioned some merriment on his rising . Ho regretted the prolongation of the discussion , as it could not end ia the tiouso s coming to any conclusion upon this occasion ; but he must say , as the right hon . baronet had complained that his antagonists had not confined themselves to argument , but had employed vituperation , he ( Sir John Tyrell ) felt , for one , as he imagined persons would have felt in the Peninsular war , if the Uuke of Wellington and the greater part of his staff had gone ever to Marshal Soult . ( Laughter . ) Such was the feeling which he ( Sir J . Tyrell ) , as an agricultural member , felt at tlw situation he was placed in i liey who had so long supported him were now told that if they did not continue to support him , they must submit to be exhibited in the moat ( lisad /

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      vantageous contrast with the gentlemen behind him —the Whiss and Radicals , if he might so call them without offence . Those gentlemen might now enjoy an opportunity of seeing what amount of ingenuity might be exercised , for the purpose of drawing the agricultural members through the utmost possible quantity of dirt . In 1841 they certainly owed him every allegiance , as the architect of their party ; but now it would be a difficult matter to discover upon what ground he oonkl claim their allegiance , seeing that his public conduct was in complete accordance wth that of the hon . member for Montrose , for he voted that black was white , and wliito was black . Looking , then , at all the . proceedings of Ministeis he saw no reason why he should continue to support what very fairly might be called the potatoe-peel lovernment . _ . . ... .

      Colonel Sidthobp said he had no hesitation in saying , thou » h with great pain , that for some years he had felt an honest pride in supporting the ri ght hon . baronet , but that he should now feel as great a pride in opposing him on the propositions he had that night ventured to submit to the consideration of the house . Lord March said , that in the present stage of thesa proceedings he would not occupy tho time of tho house by following the right hen . baronet . At tha same time he must say , that never in his life had lie been so horrified , so distressed , and so astonished , as when he heard the proposition that night submitted iy the rijlifc hon . gentleman tho First Lord of the Treasury in his speech in that house . He was

      perfectly certain that he , for one , could not , in any one instance , accede in any way to the propositions the right hon . gentleman recommended , and he now begged to state to the right hon . gentleman that they would meet with his most strenuous , his most violent , and Ins most constant opposition ( Cheen ) In answer to a question from Mr , Gro-aii Sir R . Pml said , I will relieve any apprehension there may boon the suljeet of the Income-tax by saying that it is not the intention oi' her Majestv ' a government to make any proposition with respect " to the income-tax . ( Hear . ) Fonifisd by the . experience of the past , although there will be a temporary effect the

      upon revenue , yet Ilmve that confidence in its elasticity , m consequence of the abundance of emp ! ov < nient , Uiat 1 do hope it will be possible to make all the reductions I propose without the impositiouoJ any new tax . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . BsffltBix said , the right hon . baronet seeir . tct altogether to have forgotten the interests of those persons who consumed hops and malt—the labouring population of the country . ( Hear , hear . ) lie came down to the house that evening with the full confidence that the right lion , baronet would have proposed the repeal of the ma ! t-tax . ( Hear , hear . ) Ihat tax fell heavily on the labouring classes of tho C 2 V-1 try ' ! ° !' ^ a tax "I * CIie oi their necessaries of lite . ( Hear . )

      Mr . Waklky had expected that the gentlemen ot the Anti-Corn Law League would have expressed their satisfaction at the proposition of the ri « -ht hon baronet , and he was astonished at the stubborn silence which they had preserved ; because it was impossible that they could have heard the scheme of the ri-l-c hon . baronet without expressing the strongest approbation , and in the main princi ple of his proposal agreeing with him . There might be sonic points of disagreement , and some arrangements which mi » ht call for discussion from them ; but when they heard that in the end of three years there was to be a total repeal of the Corn Laws , and a previous repeal with to

      reference . the duties on the food of the people , ifc was utterly impossible that they could fail to express the strongest approval of the scheme as a whole . The lion , member for Wiltshire was disappointed at tre hon . baronet , because he did not come up to ' us expectations in regard to the malt tax . But lie ( Mr Wakley ) was firmly persuaded that the ri « lit lion , baronet ' s measure was one calculated to benefit the millions , to benefit trade , and to preserve tho peace o ^ the world , and Ire , for one , was prepared at ouce without further hesitation to say—rcpresentir" - as he did , nearly 300 ; 000 iuhabitan ts of the northern part of the metropolis—that he felt for the scheme ot the right hon . baronet the strongest nossililn

      tavour . lie ( Mr . Wakley ) clearly saw that the next fortnight was to bu expended in agitation , anu not very peaceful agitation . He saw clearly enough that an appeal was to be made to the passions of the electors of this country . He would wish to ask them if they were prepared to raise every hustings in the kingdom as an instrument of torture to the eyes of the poor man who had not a vote ? Let them remember that thev were going to make an appeal of a most dangerous character . The poor man would say , " Sue what happens ; the parties who return the members are the sellers of food ; we are the consumers of food ; they have the votes , and we have none . " l ) id they believe , that if an appeal of that kind were made ib

      could do otherwise than cause agitation , and be attended with danger to the peace of society ? Millions who had no votes complained of class legislation , and said that they had no voice iu electing those who were to govern the country ; and they were about to call on the sellers of food to determine whether the consumers of food should have justice done to them with regard to commercial legislation . He stated this because he was convinced that it the appeal wore made , and if strong excitement were raised bv it , it would be of a most dangerous character ami calculated to endanger the peace of society . If hou . gentlemen were sincere in reference to " the feelings of the mass of the people—if they really did consider that the mass of society would be opposed to the

      scheme of the right lion , baronet , hu would ask , were they prepared to extend the franchise to the consumers of food ? No , they were not ; and lie , therefore said , under these circumstance !; , they would act wisely to be cautious ; how they excited the indignation of the millions , and induced them to believe that they were the promoters of oppression . Believing , as he did , that the scheme of the right kon . baronet had been propounded with a sincere desire to benefit the nation at large , without reference to particular cesses—believing thatit was one of a just character—believing that there was nothing of injustice in it to any party , lie should give it his most coi'dial support ; and if the right hon . baronet maintained the noble ground he had taken , the millions of England would carry his proposition for him , if appealed to .

      Mr . Bennett said , he came to that house free and unpledged . He had pursued an honest course for forty years in public and in private , and nothing should induce him to do anything wliidi he did not believe to be for the benefit of his country . The hon . member for Finsbury talked of agitation ; hud he never heard of agitation before ? Had he never heard of agitators on theother side going into every village ? But the agitation might bu turned the other way by the good sense of the agricultural labourers . At Goatacrc , for instance , there were nut SOU people , as stated , but a reporter , a brickmaker , « ho earned about 30 s . a-week , and another person like him . The speeches delivered by them were made tor them , and this had been since proved and stated in the couuty paper .

      Mr . GiSBOiiNE denied that the Anti-Corn Law League had received the announcement of the right hon . baronet with stubborn silence . They haa net expressed the slightest disrespect to the measure ot * the right hon . gentleman ; but on so complicated a measure nobody should be called upon hastily to express an opinion . Mr . Newbkoatk , in reply to Mr . Wakley , denounced the Anti-Corn Law League as a mischievous butly of agitators and anarchists . The hon . member for iinsbury had challenged lion , members on that side to extend the suffrage ; and he would say , that if tho people of this country were exposed in * the oppressive effects of foreign competition , and to the lieavy burdens to which they were now subjected , it might be necessary seriously to consider the propriety " of extending the suffrage much lower than it was at present , and he did not shrink from expressing such an opinion .

      After speeches from Colonel T . Wood , Lord Newport , and Mr . Aglionby , Mr . G . Bankes addressed the house in opposition to the ministerial propositions , challenging the government to ayroeal to the country by dissolving Parliament . Mr . Gueene ( tho Chairman to the Committee ) then reported progress , and it was mowd . and agreed to that the house resolve again into the same committee on Monday , the 9 th of February . The other oirdcrs on the paper wew then disposed of , and the house adjourned at twelve o ' clock . HOUSE OF COMMONS-Wmssmday , Jjls . 28 , The House of Commons met yesterday tuonnmr at twelve o ' clock . The business traasackd was of lfttia hup » vtanee .

      Mr . GisiiouNE proposed certain , resolutions for llio purpose of giving the committee on the petitiuiis lor railway bills power to report * not onlv whether tho standing orders had been cemulied with , but also whether in any particular case they ought to be suspended and the parties alkwed to " go on w'th their bill ; but they were opposed by Lord G . Somerset and Mi \ Siuurx , and negatived alter a short conversation without a divisi on .

      FAMINE IN IRELAND-PUBLIC WORKS BILL . On the motion of Sir T . Fiumasiie , the Public Works ( Iroland ) Bill was read a second time after a short discussion on the adequacy of tho grant , in which Mr . Hume , Mr . O'Uomiell , Sir It . Fcr"u . « on Sir 11 . Barren , Mr . M . MUnes , and Mr . F . French joined . In the course of the discussion Mv . 0 'Coxxei . l said , he did not mean to oppose tlie bill , but , on tho contrary , would give it every assistance in his power

      , under this protest , that the government should not consider that they were discharging any essential part of their duty by oassing this bill . It was but an instalment of the relief which England required . It was impossible to be too emphatic on the peril which was approaching that country , lie did not exaggerate at all when ho said that they wcro within three ol" four weeks of an actual famine in Ireland . The right hon . gentleman was , therefore , right in urging this bill on as fast as possible . The house Uten adjourned ,

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