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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
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benefit of that rule. The sequel is not given in the 
ers. rpus having been taken out for Mr. 
- Dunlap, ace he, pes of Sy higuaa” eet arg 
well as one for Mr. S. e hea of th 
to take ne inde ‘the 2th alk. The President of 
the Bowe laid before the body, on the 20th ult., a 
essage from the President of the United States, cover- 
e Department of State, co 
ers and crew of 
Sesser the sittings 
arles Dickens ge Zz), 
e had cepted an i 
tation to a ball to be held in Hina of “his visit at "the 
Park Theatre, New 
Cana eee —The intalligence brought by the Britannia 
informs us tha - Bagot had been sworn in at Al- 
win on-howse, “Kingston in rae sppenane te of the inden, 
heads of depar ts, &e., and had a _— bes functions 
lent of British 
! - 
rously attended, 
sented to him by the inhabitants 
lowing is assage from 
rmanency of t his portion of her 
ajes dominions and other country.” 
Governor-General ue la 
lowever, one 
the despatch of ry ¢ business 
at the lagialigcre ould actually mee 
gl rhe 
e have received Cape 
care F Goop Hop of 
d Ho Fs papers to the srry Dee. Nothing was known 
of the intention e 
sup e ro’ 
‘were reported as being in a flourishing con 
wurenee Fre enersStiner be exported 
———— 
ke 
Lord MonTeac te, in ~ sequence of the absence of the Du 
of Wellington, postpone his motion respecting the Exchequer 
bill fraud from the <- to the 28th inst. 
Thursday .- —A ter sentation of some petitions for a re- 
Earl of Minto and on nig gn 
the Earl of Cuancarry moved for returns relativ e ap- 
pointment of por in workhouses in Irelan A, thelr 
lordships might paises of the soundness of the principle whic e 
poor-law commissioners had adopted in making those appoint- 
ments, ter Sitciine: whether their practice had been in accord- 
ance with the declared intention of the Legislature and the spirit 
of the constitution. 
e e of WEL LINGTON opposed the motion, on the groun 
that the noble Lord, from the matters introduced in his eee, 
ou, 
formerly recommende 
Government, that some inquiry 
The noble Lord, however, had thought proper to come there, an 
thou d stated much for a on A the act, hel had n ot 
Parliament. 
HOUSE OF LORDs. 
Monday.—After the presentation of several petitions, the Build- 
ings Reguiations& og the not BE Sen eet Ere and the 
App Amendment Bill, a third 
Pee Eh be bcg to some remarks from Lord a comma on the recent 
Ireland affecting the marriages of dissenters, aecleree 
Salles tame said he had written to = udges in Irelan 
ascertain he grounds of their decision. He had n ot yet got thelr 
as to make it the found- 
sdiae rato: 
the subject of the  passen, gers by the 
ritish authorities, b before the 
aw oO of England in its present state 
vy 
d’ given 
n, nae after oking 
they binge yg sr! on 
by t of 
oP econo that, 
achinery o or authority eb Revie bee 
still less for deliver- 
House, 
did ‘net admit of their su 
e Earl of A ABERDEEN said that Governmen 
—_— on their most serious and anxious attention 
tage of all the assistance which th 
ae “subject, they a 
this country, there on 
those to or 
ing them up, or detaining gente in custody. The f 
waa for the Colonial Department had pois sent out orders 
should be found that ther 
ed. 
‘der, and, 9 found 
able that po "iberiation 
treaty ; but the 
upon the opi ed by the noble and learn 
rd ye agg and the Lord CHancetior wail Re 
man’s statement of the la Lord Brover 
stated that ynford and Abin _ = sathewioed hes to 
exp sent to the same opinion, then withdrew mo- 
their 
saniect for the production of the corre: sapandenie igernt rdf the 
subject. 
Tue: uesday.— —The Royal assent was 
Acts Amendment Bill. 
n the presentation of a petition from Hull for the repeal 
corn laws, by the Marquis of Normanpsy, Lord 1 pan ag 
clared his ge that while the only ra. igs ‘ches of taxa- 
= revenue, the wo cig ogee of raising a revenue was bya 
approving a fixed duty on corn, 
sliding scale. He aukee Lord 
rs cies the towns fsbo were proposed to 
w make the ms, 
The Earl of Rese: reylie’ that the "ohlest in adding those 
towns mats not from m any disposition to lessen the ay erages, and 
thereby exclude foreign corn, but to obtain the ee as 
fairer manner. 
The Earl of Rapvor considered that th 
scale would he more stringent a i ng sci rags 
given to the Appropriation 
© 
e was far fi 
bat he did “not therefore like ¢ a 
Ripon a question 
Th 
he thong, 
me further 
he points of in 
articles, because at high rices of 
e —_ mtained ; therefore at low pres it of comm no 
would be an effectual protec H he 
that the measure now to be introduced wo 
w Conven rh 
at medium ; 
would give relief to Gesantiecd. steadiness to prices, j and a 
Peles ae «engage he and a general improvement to t the condition of 
the eos 
Mr. C p denied the possibility of rendering England inde- 
pendent of foreign supply. 
ign supply sho 
uty 
nended a ga whe! 
above gg must be potent cer. 
— O pro The effect of the 
oduce as ste adier trade. 
w that ft re- 
minutes of convers: tide, rie felt that 
t could not be complied x si oe — ae better course was to 
move the p —— questio 1 
aye 
The Marquis of Norma: fe ir 
sequence of one a ing _ connexion with the working of 
the Irish Poo d heard with great satisfaction the 
ame gre in which ‘ti nobl : ‘Duke met the proposed motion. The 
care 3 had delicate and difficult duties to perform, and if 
the noble E Thad any direct charges to make he ought to bring 
them frwaiil in that shape, and not in * the form of the present 
motion. The nature of it, £ f information it 
e particular terms of the 
notice, and expressed his determi ac out to vote against i 
The Earl of CLaAncarrty replied, and stated his ‘readiness to 
withdraw the motion, thou eh, Tag ge the promise priv or 
an d fr ble , hew 1 that i 
transmitted from the no was surprisec 
opposed. He had received x eos from the noble Duke, Bvt rd 
that he was ready any ee he Tequi ed. 
to give 
Duke of WELLINGTON said he had writ that note, 
never rhe pag. that such information nm as was now crass would 
be required. ad only spoken of his individual willingness, 
and had remwred the noble Earl to bi Irish sail dre ent. When 
he saw the mo — and especiall en had hea = oe 
of the noble E at 4 must be m 
previous question. 
The Bishop of Exeter was of opinion that the noble mover had 
made out a prima facie case, and had shown teetigenhy the shercargperd Sad 
the 
arl, he was satisfied 
ad been advance ced. He 
nearly all cases the stipends of the Roman 
understood that in 
ae clergymen attending hartge = were higher than 
those of th — h of England. 
tet WHARNCLIFFE be he seh m on the ground that it 
called for information which errs not be given.—The Earl of 
Glands ARTY then withdrew his motion. 
HO USE OF COMM 
—A considerable number ergs Sails: chiefly on the 
PR vines of the Corn-laws, were presented; and after the trans- 
action of some syed of minor importance, the order of the 
day was moved by Sir R. Pee. that the House resolve itself into 
: committee t coteidee the lave relating to the i 
or 
Lord J. Russein — that in the present position of the sub- 
ject, with an pathonge most universal assent to the pro mn that some 
Ss 
importation of 
d should be such as recital 
be soon disturbed a: Trade in gen 
cles = Peay was not a fit subject f for 
on. that ere ae agricultural 
bore peculiar burdens, ie eae bel ae to give them cule re 
pon er ba rf fs essing now to act on that 
tion 
a 
e 
e do on c and 
have the ¢ troduc of the aie tite 
open to us; extensive commerce, the sae Pe a 
a hacky we ede no occasion to fear the result, u any 
mbination of circumstances, He poneoeed that the. duties top 
the high , the proposed scale pro = engeour rer hat 
no measure involvin dress d gin tig aah . prohibition could - 
patible with the ifare cial country ; mo: mare, 
howd 8 oF : ey d of plas ainta ined a system’ o 
ry ' an irregular 
upply ae pan Bee and under it we were ex. 
traction of th , in 
EY 
mt evil was, 
ad of 
. : d 
he difficulties produced by the operation 
er stating i 
oO orn-laws w' sary to renovate our trad 
and co ce. His Lordship concluded 
Seek caue aceeers s Howse, cons ‘erin bn ‘iGuide 
by 
tuations a the graduated or slidin, ing s scale, is not ared ti 
onan op the measure of ie ont Government, which ist rata 
same principle, and is likely to 
he ak y to be attended by similar 
Mr. Grapstons replied to the noble Lord in a speech 
der br e length, Frege igi the proposition of Sores ok nr 
conten “sind a © proposed was superior j 
fixed du He endeav prove tie @ tmpaear an 
bY 
S$ were = be ri rohibito: 
ped that we pry ye ways ten the ie blessing of py 
it 
duty, he ho 
A uniform ri protection, he said, could not be given to corn as 
the object of a Corn-law ought to be, not 
- particular 
toe give a rot to the holder of foreign corn, and tran, hie the 
traffic to the ya meres The distress of large bey called 
upon the House crease the means of cons — Mr, 
LIDDELL Jeni erter that the measure proposed wy Goveee moment 
was not only plore to the agricultural interest, be would 
eo ge por of the commercial and man facturing 
a 
ty. 
. rcpenca referred to the quotations of Sir R. Peel on a former 
night from his evi mg “wipes the Committee on Import Duties, 
were — it the ade; and co sein 
hat the _ rtion of ‘coratexts ‘enjoyed by A yater ee int 
c 
t 
Hon. ] Baronet t had stated itto be. He . d not, he said, pete coud = 
the principle of a fixed a) for he wa dee wailed ‘that wer E 
. a‘ 
t 
s 
fe 
hort of a total repeal would now satisfy public opinion, 
1e proposed plan of Gov ernment, its operation would be 
tringent en joer ee he consid 
this S$ grea estio ‘whieh oun 2 t be disposed of out of 
the House, ot that the bread of the | 
al 
ys AND taunted Lord y: a with the result of his { 
ppe the people on the Corn s. Lord John, he said, had — 
stated as the npern oe was ir Giex It had been legible 
Bien = — Riding had read it, and returned two Conser. — 
van and then attacked the members of the Anti. 
pe ala ‘eat . Sea t he represented as being to in. — 
ewe profits by lowering the price of aa 7 and “4 
ourin motion oy Sir W. — 
wa mpd adjo 7 
Mr. Pen acatee cbeaihed eave to bring in a bill bor 
. R. H. the Prince on Wales to grant leases of the poss: 
the Duchy = Cornwall, and to enable her arp te exercise the 
powers Royal Saigioanes as Duke of Cornwall during his 
minority. The bill was then abies in and read a ate bars ‘ 
peaker 
Tuesd been ph on ented, 
i formed ‘the Honse ‘that he had received a unic rt > ia 
g pati tioners, to the effect os the petition 
gainst Banbury would not be 
presented, 
Lord STAN in reply to Sir C. Napier, stated that the 
laces of residence of = ype — Islands Bishops would be 
ntigu 
P. 
Barbadoes, Dem 
te ply - x “question from al. Rawdon, on the subject of 
Lord Enior stated = it was 
Ci 
ges in iecleail 
iis Sr oadine of G Gorerniient to introduce a Bill without delay, 
t that the wan take 
legalising the marriages referred to; bu 
time to consider the pro Sgt ve 
uch marriages for the future. 
In reply to questions: fos Col. Fox, Sir R. Pru. said that 
Gowereisient had received no offic form e presence 
or peovenla set val of Cabr rera in Pari: t that some reports had 
3 bu 
reached vernment similar’ to that “mentioned by the 
Colonel, Sanely, that Cabrera was actually in Paris, or nae 
shortly | be expected | there. -He c ould not let this i tlc 
en! 
Spain, supported as it was by the rig body of the hay per 
ple 
Iutonary machinat 
r deb: ate, a 
urt of Session had sat in eve ause at which according 
to law - ought to fesside. with the exception of three causes. _ 
The Corn-law deb; ‘as the i Sir 
he Vice-President of the Boa ade, Mr. Gladstone, 
having, in their t i 
topic. It was, he said, within the power of Sir R. Peel 
Government to pass their measure, but it was beyond 
su 
< 
S 
° 
mee 
of Lord J. ‘our 
existing Corn-law. He read ex s fro 
by an operative cotton-printer, purporting tha’ th 
laws poe thing to do with she distress of the working 7 
which was stated t meegh 9 sed solely machinery. He re- 
garded the proposal of a fi uty as a deceitful suggestion. 
Mr. W lon eech against Government mea-— 
sure. re T . ~ prt he said, had stated on the prev ald 
that the amount of fixe hich he would consent to, hen 
be Pp dens of t x 
intended to take an early oppor= 
r, Ward) 
moving s a committee t to —— what were 1 tae — 
and elena of — yon ens. 
contended that Lord J Atowrw ell 
concurrence of the Sp d inte erest = food 
He declared his ow _ 7 
provided it were emai. to maintain suc ch a dut pear 
Scarcity; but it could not be then maintained ; = < bias 
oved, it would be gone for ever. He certainly would no ed it 
self have concurred in Sir R. Peel’s pl he had not pany and 
tnish just and full protection to the landed interesa felt 
security to them for their station in the community sevens to 
7 h constituen eapeed: j 
™m, and were prepared to support the plan vag t pr 
r, Lanouc cueae insisted, in reply aa auc tat 
class, but the advantage of the rn ms ieee 
