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Earl of CLagenpon gave notice, that immediately \y after sensible to the great importance of this and it was their | of facilitating public inspection of the monuments and works of 
‘home he should bring in a Bill to amend the laws relating to | opinion, that by pursuing their present policy, yen they meant | art in St. Paul’s, Westminster Abbey, and other national build_ 
principal and factor. to do wherever they might have the power, they should eventu- | ings. He exemplified the wish of the people for such access by 
On the motion of Viscount MeLBourng, the House then ad- | ally benefit the best interests of the country the fact that since the price of admission to Hampton Court had 
journed to Thursday, the 22d April. Mr. Lanoucnens declared, that though he should not have’op- | been lowered from 3s. to 6d. the number of the visitors had in. 
posed the cemmactakoners tt of last year’s committee, he would | creased from about 7,000 to upward: 95,00 Trsons,—Mr, 
HOUSE OF COMMONS. never shelter his own responsibility under that of a committee, | Mackinnon seconded the motion, and insisted especially ona 
otion of Mr. BLackstonr, the minntes of | still less avail himself of the resource of a committee to delay | more liberal system of admission into cathedrals. With respect 
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evidence an before the St. oe poaci Walsall, ‘and Canterbury | legislation. He was not adverse to a moderate protection, but | to Westminster Abbey in particular, it would be an indescribable 
election  ecapnegzeati: were ordered to be printed.—On the motion | he objected to any duty so high as to force bad commodities made | relief to him, in a summer evening, during some long heayy 
of Mr. Her count was ordered of the sums expended | at home imstead of good commodities made abroad. He vindi- speech in the House of Commons, to have the means of wanderin; "3 
by the East india "Con mpany in the expedition eats China, which | cated the utility of last year’s committee. for awhile among the interesting monuments of that edifice. He 
were to be repaid by her Majesty’s Government. Mr. Vinirers addressed the House at considerable length, to | quoted Lord Bacon’s opinion that the sight of sacred ne 
- Qn the motions of Lord J. Russeis pom Mr. Fox Mavte, re- | explain the manner in which the committee on imports and ex- ier works encourages a religious feeling in the spectators. 
spectively, the Administration of Justice Bill was postponed till | ports pat — to collect the important information which | small expense, perhaps 1,900/. a year, would provide proper om. 
the 29th, and the Silk Factories Bill till the 23d April. ad been placed before the House. The hon. gentleman spoke in | sons to keep order in all our ss asa 
The House went into committee pron formg on the Poor-law | terms of Ren praise ‘of the measure now brought forward, and Mr. Lanoucuere said he would offerno objection to the motion, 
Bill, for the purpose of post; ca ng eo es bere the 3d | said that since he had sat in that House, none had been brought | and considering the thin attendance of members in the House, 
May. Before the House resumed, Mr. e¥ made acompara- | forward to which he gave his support with equal. satisfaction. | and considering that this was the last day before the holidays, he 
tive statement of the diet pie ed to the oe in the pa and | He hoped that the sympathy now shown to the black population | hoped the discussion would not now be continued, but that they 
country workhouses, and recommended the consideration of it to | of the West Indies would at some future time be extended to the would be allowed to finish the public business on the t,.—Sir 
her Majesty’s tchgy easel inhabitants of the mother country.—Mr. G. Pauwer expressed | R. Inex1s observed, that without an act of Parliament the House 
In answer to Pe apes debde . Mr. Fox Mave said that on ap- | some alarm at the consequences to which the measure now pro- | had no power over cathedrals. He did not think that artists 
a lying to the Asm ‘for the returns the gallant Member | posed must necessarily lead; one protection after another, he | would much improve their taste by studying the monuments in 
ad ada on; OF of ects held on paupers in Sten gating those | said, would be withdrawn, till every commercial interest of the | Westminster Abbey, and hefeared that to make a charch a school 
gentlemen had assured him of the impossibility of making such | country would be abandoned to foreign horn cing B. | of art had a tendency to desecrate its character. The Dean and 
ARING madverted upon the conduct of last year’s committee, | Chapter of Westminster, it should not be forgotten, had already 
ie Ho having resolved itself into committee on the Trade | which gave occasion to some words between Bim and Mr. Vin- | sacrificed no less than 1,490/. a year for the purpose of rendering 
of che British possessions ate Mr. Taeon HERE lan ved reso- | Lugrs, with reference to the censures directed against that com- | the Abbey more accessible to the people. He objected to the 
lutions, the object of which was to substitute, for the scale of | mittee by Ashburton, Mr. Baring’s father r. BERNAL, n, but would not divide against it. The hon. Member 
duties before announced by him upon commodities imported into | the chairman, interposed, as 0 rd MorretH, and the | concluded by allu o the danger in which the cartoons 
the West Indi: i British North America. one unif ad valo- | atter was amicably adjusted.—_Some co a wed, in | lately been placed pton Court.—Lord Morpsrs said, th: 
rem duty of 7 per ce The reduction, he said, which he now | the course of which the conduct.of the committee on imports was | the noble f the ds and Forests had the day 
proposed would not perhaps make much difference to the con- | attacked with some asperity by Sir €. Dov ag a Bae befo been to Hampton Court, and tal 
porcine but oe — h yes eens advantage in Soca ion a | pon, and vindicated by me Heme, Mr. VILvier: . ScHoie- | against a recurrence of the danger alluded to. - g 
sit trade, especially a le through Trinidad the Spanish | rrexp, and Mr. Warp Yr. BERNAL at last pate Bee to fa an Notice had been given by Mr. Hume, of a motion this evenii 
Sain. end to the discussion. ae resolutions. were then dito; and | for copies of the correspondence between the United States 
OULBURN stated the points which he thought would re LaBoUcHERE announced his intention of moving the t | the British Ministers in r m to the destruction of the Caroline. ‘ 
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quire discussion in some future stage of this measure. The colo- reading of the bill to be founded on them on Tuesday. The right alled to Mr. , S 
nial interests and the shipping interests. he thought, would de- | hon. gentleman, however, stated that the bill would not come posed, and requested him to postpone a motion which, in the pre. 
mand especial consideration. If this relaxation was intended as | into operation until the Ist Jan. 1842, in order to give time to the | sent state of the negotiations between the two countries, and 
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a compensation to the West Indies for the recent boon to the East om. amenties to movalee _~ vag sions of it. the pacific Base. Sox me ot both Governments, could be productive 
India trade, it was one which our western possessions ought The tropolis Impr Bill w: erced a third time and | only of inconvenience.—Mr. Hume said that no man was more 
mkfi to accept; but if it were meant as a step to such an | pas ca. anxious act himself to avoid the Rae! = war; and that after 
- pening of foreign trade as would let in hereafter the rum and The NEY-GeNERAL having moved the committal of the | what he had just heard, he would consent to postpone his motion 
sugar of foreign colonies, it could not -be too strongly resisted. riminal F Police Bill, Mr. BOLING objected to proceeding with it | till after the recess. 
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He thought that some explanation should be given to satisfy the | at so late an hour ; and as ag took place, when the motion for The resolutions respe eting the duties on Colonial trade were 
House that the reduced duty now proposed would be sufficient to | going into committee was carried.—The House accordingly went | reported, and leave was given to bring in a bill founded upon 
maintain the protection due to the British manufactures usually | into committee, but only t ay agree that the chairman should report them, which though a money-bill, yet, on the special application 
ted to these colonies, which were of the annual value of | progress, and ask leave to sit again.—The other orders of the day | of Mr. Labouchere, Neer allowed to (Febaicad: Some 
e House 
thought would not diminish, but rather augment, the mischief of | adjourn till Tuesday, the 20th instant.—Mr. Humx objected to 
between five and six millions sterling. Was it meant to extend | were then gone arora matters of routine disposed of, an 
relaxation to the home market also, and permit the importa- Tuesduy.—Copies of correspondence and various papers = the holidays. 
ot foreign leather, and linen, and silk, into Britain, at a duty | nected with the case of the Rajah of Sattara were ordered, on th 
of 7 per cent.? The proposal now made might affect the trade of | motion of Mr. Hume. 
the British North American possessions with, the West Indies, and The arakies informed the House that — 9 received a letter Mo foney Mi Larket.—This “being Good Friday, all public 
excite apprehension among the British North American colonists | from Sir R. Stopford, acknowledging the tof the resolution places of resort for bi , and no private 
Jest the same principle should be applied to their trade with this | conveying the thanks of the House for his late tecalignt tt conduct on . de tiave bee: ‘ 
country. He thought the present moment peculiarly ill chosen | the coast of Syria. et Stopford Fc, id that he had several times Gorest ns in the fan ve n quoted at the city coffee. 
for the opening of this matter, because the Canadian provinces | before been so fortunat salto rece e the thanks of the thgnn) houses.—The onl foreign arrival as morning was from 
had not, as yet, any legislature to represent them. He disap- | and that it was a great pgeeiscation. to him at the close of his | Rio de vorbis pen brings the ra aitenkades on Eng- 
mts suggested on the subject of the tea- | career to have those thanks renewed. land at 30d rice of-the a stock at 74 to 743. 
trade between the colonies and the United States, which he Lord PALMERSTON moyed that the House at its rising should | 44% my & =e 
smuggling along a frontier of 1,500 miles. He feared that on the | having this motion put till a later period of the evening. If pee: opolis a Vicinity. 
whole the President of the board of Trade had no very | once the adjournment was to, members would be sure to "The oO enin of Re ents k.—On Saturday 
ideas. He had considered and announced one plan, and | leave the House.—Lord PaALmErsTon Said that he for one would DP J go Y> 
now he came forward to ont another. When Govern- | remain as longas the House ———— resence.—The SPEAKER Vestry, Lord Nugent broug 
ment eg bceiinir ee. he thought, might well be | explained that if this motion ak ee put recor tna fivwaen amotion prayin ng her Maje esty to throw the e 
pardoned i! expressed some would prevent the giving of notices motions usiness to 
Mr. Lasoveners intimated oon . Goulburn’s objections | come on after - _—The motion was then agreed to, and of ath my es 6 open el to public. His Lords 
consisted only of those vague apprehensions which were always | several notices of motions, to come on-after Faster, were given | Said th een: induce 
advanced — liberal policy was mtroduced into any | by Mr. Grote, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Ewart, and other hon. members. | the estry, not ‘merely i in beh f the inhabitants of the 
part of our commercial system. pei the Sate pit eae lay on rion reply.to'a question from m Mr. P. Howarp relative to — Por. f Ma ryle ine, bat upon the part of the 
those who aceeeiied for regulating our eastern our western euese pomaen — for the settlement. of British claims upon th s, that they might ha’ re 
colonial commerce by two distinct systems. He felt that the pre- that country, Lord PALmerston said that the commission had at 8" 
sent proposal was only a just compensation to the West Indies | been occupied fob a ipuaieulerune time’ fn fnqui ries which it was | the right of free acces = 
for the boon lately conferred mn oaeaig — a so it had been | necessary to go into before ne A ie to investigate the | The means of pro aecin ng h h and r reatic , be | 
deemed by the agents for the various West ‘Indian SeSSINERG | elaine -S question by arisen as to. the contracts which should | thought, one of i: most aR subject whe pos 
sed their ceo wietiprants for | it to the Gove considered binding i “ble to the of. different h aS £G t, a t t the same 
It was not merely a commercial measure, but a great ag claimants. The commi: had referred this question to thi age t e min nvere mee ore i pa es hg sais <a 
litical one. He had ‘d no complaints of it from any one class | arbitrator who had been previously appointed, and wh not | ti which 
of our manufacturers.. He had not failed to consider its probable | yet given his decision. The commissioners felt that it was im- inhabitants « ofa great nation could possess. The bea utify- 
effects upon our navigation, and he was satisfied that those effects | possible, with any ai tage, to invite claimants to send in their ie he, said, had been at the ublie 
would be beneficial. A foreign ship must discharge her whole | cl: until it had been determi w th ‘iples were P 
cargo in the first colonial port in which she broke bulk ; but a | which were to be applied to those claims. expense, and it was but fair that the public s a. « partici- 
British. ship was permitted to discharge part of her cargo there,a | Mr. Gounsurn begged to ask what had been done with respect pate in any benefits derivable from it. To | poor i it 
i antage t iam papers. romised ‘st night of 
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i ession ?— Viscount i th id 
the hands of the British. With respect to our North American | be laid on the table in a few days.— In answer toa stems from | ents carried out, 50 as to bring within ete range of the 
colonists, it must be remembered that whatever benefit they de- | an hon. Member, the noble Lord said the papers w: would incl udean | park a coleaiaiention with that public place of resort 
— = ae sary baggage ne: — — at the —_— ees of nat barre ne mer rec Se Wood mmission, } recently purchased by the Commissioners of Woods and 
se je West Indies. He admii the £ smug- | and of the whole of the proceedings in Syria. = i ? 
giing in the article of tea, under the pi at duty levied in the | Mr. Ewart moved ray an psec to the Crown, praying for the Forests—Primrose-hill, the prospect would be ee 
Canadas; but he expected that the Canadian Legislature, when it | appointment of a Minister of Education. He wished that such and the space abundant. The noble Lord conclud y 
mors pe mone - ner mek new so etroneiy ee should be a member of the ooge ee and | moving a resolution to the eff ‘That an —_— 
pted the smuggier. He admi! e chang ald ann it a statement of the condition and ree 
plan; but he declared that no false shame should ever withho! Ne Space, te oy penal A Minister of Public a bee UREA . J ~~ pe se ee the 
from correetin; as soon as he discovered it. He | Istruction, said, w in almost every oe cecess Re giv = the 2 = thtisd ay t 3 67 
congratulated the country that a right understanding o: | kingdom, who rentals iinae pa vapors tothe Crown—a prac- | Royal Domain called the Regent’s-park, conceiving it to 
subjects had gained grond, and that the commercial classes had | tice which he would ae with —> -— ores ares on the re be on e of the g reatest boon ns she could confer u 
come to a due sense of the impolicy of high prohibitory duties. port should be made to the represe: es of the le. Su ch etrope 
Mr. Co.acnorw denied that this measure, though pan a minister ought to tana pics ith the medi pe ak insti- favour 
the West Indies, them at all upon a level with the East, | tutions of this country, but in no respect to control them. H lis After some 
and pointed nage several articles in which the West Indies would | regretted the niggardliness of the grant now made by the State | of 7 ieaalation by several individuals, it was unanimously 
still be under —Mr. Hume agreed in Mr. | for 
a great disadvantage. education, amounting only to 30,060/. a year, and called on | adopted. ord Nu read an address he had 
Sieben nan — hoped that Ror ger get _—_ soon compas Gia tetas: ta bes soca eke rai: Pincers WOU etch whine my d. ass pre- 
equalisation e was surprised taken by Mr. | information, he thought, furnished by the new municipalities and ared to < 
Goulburn, once the colleague of Mr. Huskisson, Mr, Huskisson | by the factory i Ain to the Sdpoant minister. cea gh the | been dicated, the mover and mretets with the members 
in his day could only state his opinion of the good which a liberal | same channel might conveniently be transmitted also the some for the borough, were requested to form a deputation 
policy was likely to produce At the present time the House had | of the inspectors of prisons, and it might be the means of convey- ; suita 
the advantage of seeing the good which a liberal policy had ae- | ing Seen much velanbie information relative to schools of art Phe Nig ba tne a er E, a ete i =i bee nibered that 
tually produced. It was his own hope that the time coming | and design. This coun’ did not, like most of th ental Po pedi pegs er 
when duti longer be | i but | states, p: it, in its various districts, public libraries for the use ry 
only for oe T 2 ne eee ——— 4 complaining: of all classes of the people ; but it be one of the objects of j j , Es. pra 
reflections cast by Lord Ashburton upon year’s Im- | such an appointment as he proposed, to prov wate d rch facilities - 5 é : i cs t ocea- 
port Committee, of which he had been chairman. of information, and the Minister to be appoin' usefully being fitted = for the = Niger ie = we: eh Dawns are 
Mr. Hyariss at Mr. Huskisson's principle had not been | communicate with foreign countries upon the pany tiisses ts | sion hele | 
to get rid of all protecting duties, but only to get rid of all duties | of instruction. Of all schools, the most important were normal | rangements of Dr. Reid for preserving the health h of t 
beyond what were necessary for a due protection. He considered | ones—those which educated schoolmasters. But the whole peo- | er; ews, and entered with great ps ars “ ——. 
the inquiries of la-t year’s Import Committee as imperfect, and | ple required a provision for their instruction ; a great propertian th at Ww ere made for the comfort of all w ‘0 accom 
had haped that. Gorernment would propose another committee | of them, in the rural dis tricts, petoe tn : state, as he a en é Bae ci Hi ness 
for.the purpose of obtaining further information. Meanwhile, it — and besotted ignorance. would have early e interest of } BOY e bis 
mee eee sn sbone : ca = — unject then aa expen. like the finance budget. i tleice oo in the ion clive has not, however, terminated —— i 
i¢ them as less liberal on this subje Mr. Smrra. 0’Baren seconded the motion, an o] avi ithi ww da: resen 
had been, for they had. cordially concurred with ‘Ginn oe all is extracts from various hopes reports, to = the existing = Royal Highness having within these oe P and the 
views of if...» E ficiency of education in various parts of the country.—Sir G. | the commanders of the Albert, the rforce, 
Lord J. Russmut expressed his satisfaction at learning, from so | Grey attributed the thinness of the House, not so much to any | London respectively, a highly-finished gold pocket aoe 
unexceptioi @ witness. i of members to so important a subject, | meter, asa mark of the anxiety he feels for the success 
Mr. Huskisson, inelading Sir but rather to the period at which the motion had been brought | i). enterprise. The following inscription isengraved oD 
were cordial approvers of Mr. ifuskisson’s “ d--on the last day before the adjournment, when many uF s _ h been prepared by | 
he was willing to be thought one of. imi- | gentlemen had } wn. He was on many grounds opposed to | these valuable instruments,  craager sa ba RA B _ ted by | 
tators—nay, a follower of the principles: r i the motion, which was calculated to revive di ions that had | tk ndon: *‘ Presentee | 
leagues, provided the benefit of them were secured to the happily subsided. Reports were now in preparation by the Com-| his Royal Highness. Ree ‘Atbect to————, of her Majes- 
Mr. Goulburn, who, ‘he th owever, did 1 mittee on Education of the Privy Council. Those reports would eairees = with ‘the: ——. 
the same tone, had said there: was. mameh to laid before the House after Easter, and would afford a much | ty’s Steamer 
in the proposed measure; and . ao betr ‘than the present for the discussion of the | to the by ae for the abolition of the slave-trade, 
the colonists were lixely to take umbrage. Thereductionof duties | question. Under these circumstances, he hoped his hon. friend a 1841 Getes 58 5% 
from a prohibition toa moderat: y from pepe enc his motion to a division.—Mr. Ewart consented va he carat $7 
pe ts of Mr. Pitt and of Mr. Huskisson,: this Fin go tleiee ale believed, if he pressed for gpearale 2 
eurng: othe poneticil eevee it ; 2 ‘Viathe should have a majority. occurred to a lad eee yer pa 
te produce an impyored article, The Government Sap ennncabenen @ committee to ingure into the means mother and sister called upon him that afternoon, 
