| 1842.] THE 
GARDENER®S’ 
CHRONICLE. 
133 
He would be sorry to see injury done to the landed interest; but 
to him the grand olinbiaesitiog was the welfare of the 
large. The — he considered, was, whether, in average 
ough for our population ? Notwithstan nding 
a 
a8 
give y Lo 
i that noble lod had expressed his ed a 
of a fixed duty; and concluded Bid saying that he did not k 
whether the ‘policy vern 
e peo ple at inappropriate introducti 
versally ad e 
despair, at no very dista 
house to abandon rae mah ab ag oget 
r. Osw. 
Rasen and M 
Sir R. 
the present wastes than for alteri 
the 
e Conference assembled in fe agers: which he considered as no 
e di 
tant period, of eB = to soreuaad the 
ag oe remarks by Lord 
r. ELPHINSTO my ue HEATHCOTE considered that 
Peel had produced a arguments = od Rearngs esa 
g it.—Mr. Bror oppos 
ecause he coated it cbeainaailty gaits and 
SWALD seconded the 
Corn-law 
defended the manufacturers from the attack of Mr. patna asia 
would be a suspicion 
m-law was owing to the 
y 
superior power of the heel heated: 
Sir J. G t the epee of this question —e 
mpos 
a became i 
hit. This measure 
isters as the 
voting for the motion, in whi 
had Sai they amen 
ir C. NAPIER advocated a fixed duty of 8s., and deprecased vio- 
lent changes, even of a bad law ; my expressed his intention of 
ch Cap’ t. BERKELEY joine 
Bat 
y Market, Wag 8 —Consols for —t and the 
was produced by Min 2 lowreat Aaey which could be Mon 
taken cousiateditly with the protection of the agriculturists. 
The fixed Pe would not have conciliated the parties opposite; | @Ccount closed a t 894 ; Three per - Red pees 
to have a 892; Three- "4 -a- -H: alt a Sage Redue eS 
dopted it, would — been, oa Lord J. Russell’ s 4 = 
guage, to disturb without settling. oe 
had no faith in finality, and would n te again rormeeiiee'S 
concession ier than he ears. pay in bse hope that it would 
be conclusive. What he endered was, in his opinion, 
for the consumer set s ibe: mec bly and the gee Foe on 
Lord John, he continued, had him self, in Lord eB *"s 
Government, supported That scale had bee 
» tions to show at hak prices gp com come into com. 
ce with British, and to evince het edvaseage confessed 
m the consumer one er the secmosett scale; after which he 
recurred to the inconvenience of the opposite plan, when high 
prices should call for remission of duties. He Soh oe some 
official seperti; setting a the operation of machinery in pro- 
ducing goods and displacing labour, and Basins rer by a short 
Mr. C. Burn of his arguments. The n Eas pact on the motion of 
djo 
and notices of 
jou 
everal petitions were e presented 
Cc ned 
motions aie en. e€ CHANCELLOR of the 
his a oF the Exchequer bii 
Annuities s Coxe 5, 1860), 12 
The 
commissioners ap of 
discovery of le Exchequer “bills, ie inguire in what 
manner ponent made 
has just been publi Tti 
and contains, geri with the iota of the commission- 
ers, the evidenc d 
facts, 
4, 99 Lon 
I1- 16; ‘India Stock, 
; Bank Zt cls aeth to 1693; and Exchequer- 
bills, 386. é 25s. pre 
Pca: cons and its Picinity. 
Eachequer-bill Page ei BS Paate report of the 
seque the recent 
ut and issued, 
those securiti 
ished document, 
vo ead us 
f all the witnesses examined. No new 
how 
ay. 
Mag poaty £0 : aqu ao from _ Evans. dion GRAHAM Said that tity of paper to be manufactu an te 
the subject of Local Courts ad occupied the attention of Go- 
vernment, and it was their intention to introduce a measure w a ve engraved, d the cu ody % he ulds of the 
should provide for the recovery of debts not exceeding plates—of the press seal and ounterfoils, as well as the 
pounds, by local tribunals; recovery of debts of that ce re can n of the Exchequer-bills, were intrusted 
ar Steed bi ——— for rd quarterly gos o o the uncontrolled discretion and integrity of the senior 
Ne hawaeeiice at tek cama derk of the @ epartment in which the bills were prepared, 
be said he had diligently compared the opectaliia of the present 
liding scale gel ba would probably be the operation of the 
pean oS seo pi te conclusion 
J. Rus 
corr (Roxburghshire) 
g nanufactur 
“ye pen dered himself  fetarty ed to protect both interests, 
ppy to say, that by the _ Sigeetncesd @ those who sent 
hin thither the plan of Government was fully appréved. 
28 
i any regular examination of the stores or of 
i by an 
and, during his absence, of his assistant-clerks, unchecked 
com 
mend that the plates for Fi bill cenatd os pee ina 
: Hastie contended that the sliding ecaie: ted produced very Spee style to the — that the best a should 
i) serious san s upon the currency of the eeey and had mate- | be employed in the e ing and pied. ip of the 
“ pss ade care Be Get peas seas gg ma, in Sor etic "the 8a 9 and dis, and oft id je samp an and seal; and that me- 
a . interests B- irélari - She page 7 nical m should be used for distinguishing ¢ the im 
. eee wished that before the question upon Lord J. sical “The Pe also poem that the office of issue, 
endment, which respected onl that is, the offic the Paymaster, should be remove 
pe ion upon corn, a questions ec cee eed, cesgetbedbom any | fro estniaales as he menaey. of = Bonk of England 
i been by the » wit! 
Apes Ane panalation so. created then oie 
The orking classes, he a 
ia 
ting to see which of the two great classes, 
, the commercial body, had the w r the power to 
do them justice. Sj ir R. Pe el was la agging behind os is age a ae 4 
f his position with c 
dness, it would be said of him shen ag that he he had failed 
in Sd Pe pee igs age A ba statesmans hip. 
mmercial ele- 
t the only ereihetit The people of 
‘4 ae to hold the old- 
ought to be tedewnane of 
Brien! considered the present 
<4 
£ 
bm] 
° 
=) 
= 
4 
B 
i 
fe} 
é 
s 
= 
ge 
na 
o 2 
BS 
+o 
O ct 
Se ep 
0 sion co 
the genu serie of any spartan bill, and that the 
bills should a countersigned at the office of the Paymaster 
on receiving them e office of the Com ee 
from th 
estions 3 also made to establish r 
the receipt of the Ex piett: with wee o the future 
prevention of forgery an ni unauthor 
Anti-Corn —A mee sa of the delegates 
held, for the 
measure 
stion 
draw up a mémorial on he — 
ment, sekther swt he agree toa tar duly, as cnaueead by Lord | and terminated o I 
J. Russ e great body of th were now supporting | A great many speeches, all condemning the pro lan 
-shaipime ~ ha _ ee cien A "ied their constituents ig expect that | of Sir R. Pi nd so considerable length, were 
x uld resist all change in aws, an ie j 
a them now to join him in yb tw sae Ge Govennisek‘en elivered, the most remarkable of which were those by the 
i Mr. CuRIsTorpHER replies to Lord Worsley, ona defended ‘the Chairman, Mr. Villiers, M. ey Mr. , and several 
eae ment ee? ‘ and 2 SPs from Mr. G. | other mem f the House of Com The first re 
RKELEY, who was in favour of a j ne 
ir EEL rose and said that he was — aware that he had Slahes, i Ce A aped unanimously, was bait pe sos dele- 
to contend with two classes o i e party led by gates as ed havin the corn and provision 
L - Russei, who supported a fixed duty, and those led by | laws of a country aa national sin, infictng incalculable 
Mr. VILLIERS, who Hg age all protection. How Neearre , ffering upon the industrious classes, enormous exis 
however, were made 
ga of the most serious 
hon. very cenciuaen by saying that oeeers 
meet with dissatisfaction in some quarters, but they looked ae 
find their eee Saueeie tH the win on of moderat 
and the = aap tof all classes of the count 
Lord PALMERSTON vagtedbnted the measure as universally dis- 
satisfactory and the silence with which the first statement of it 
a 
uartersy and su 
Ciorertineart 
d 
ev ee eer eee 
Sag con- 
when 
nd- 
no 
repeal of soi obnoxious law.’’ 
was—'‘ That this 
of ministers of all denominations to i 
of the an 
coun with a measure proposed 
o the coun 
whi 
interes - e the country, the 
hono 
a piety é the 
e 
thescorn and provision laws.” 
| su 
on the. se cutis at large, pledge themselves, and ea 
end the constituency of the United toe 
rt : 
any candidate who does 
mself to vote, for the total and immediate 
. The second resolution 
meeting, duly appretiating 4 efforts 
impress 
ti-b 
sash ministeri 
her aya 8 
y 
for a modification of the 
resen 
rail ok, peedior the importation of food for the people, 
measure ch the cag pe view as injurious to the 
peace of the nation, and th 
e Government; and t 
tal and i 
ae 
of the business: % the office of 
general business of the ho ete concluded by the ap- 
ointment of an Executive Committee, whi 
r admission to v e Horse Arm D 
1 armors, ‘ding the mas ending 
mber of vi 
J 
e custody of 
damp state of t 
res are daily Sint in it, "9 
oon have an opportunity of 
n 
“pel ° 2 pure and wholesome water. 
wing is the substance of the report :—The com- 
mittee sae: ** that they irae investigated and highly ap- 
prove of the plans of the London a iat weird Water 
Company ; and it 
Ss 
— 
ey re the Vestry to support so important a 
measure, an ery means in their power, in order that 
an abundant and pure supply of the first necessary of life 
y be afforded to the inhabitants of this parish. ey 
o 
mme at in  favt of the company, which, 
aia to say, in h Sir R. Peel’s 
Waits 
prediction in 1839, makes a purer supply the basis of its 
prospectus, and has proved by extensive experiments, mad 
by order of a — of the House of Lords, that a 
large supply o water btain am 
cheaper rate ae that charged at present. The adoption 
of the report, which was ved lapp an - 
onded by Lord Kenyon, was carried unanimously ; after 
which a deputation was nominated to wait me 
retary, to re nt in support 
Governm 
merous sdetinig was held 
e electors of the borough 8 ge ed sgt its various 
etitey va wait u upon Sir B. Hall and Sir C. Napier, the 
borough m mbers, upon the subject oF the wind i 
Both the settn Bits attended. Mr. Cooke, at great length, 
proceeded “ their attention to the great i injury in- 
flicted-upon the nfiddling classes by the impost of window 
duties, and caid the electors wished to impress ai their 
representatives the necessity of a total repeal. Mr. Potter 
Sir R. Peel ld give ny relief, it 
rumoured that he was about to bring fo: a 
the house tax. He wished the members for the 
and government, to bear oe that what the people of 
thi : 
’ After 
subject of a 
kno rt and he should ite no as Sig when 
wa ministerial plan of finance was propo move 
for their entire. an of Sir C. Napier tid that the wo o great 
things which i ed the et 3 
and na 
mined that w poten cam: ‘ore 
the House of f Com s, the e = “ety of the shutiiids 
duties should be inaved by Si Hal 
Mortality a the Met opal —The es is he 
number of deaths oo ent red in eek 
ing Satur 526; ‘fala 
1, Weekly aang "1038-9. 40-1,— 
females, 445. 
itan Improvements. on the House of Com- 
ren on the 11th inst., it wa ered ‘‘that there be 
red co all mem uhoriabe? presented to the Lords 
aialestincrs of her Majesty’s Treasury by Mr. Wason, 
relating to the plan of improvement in te parishes of 
St. John and St. Margaret, Westminster, which was ~ 
commended by the Select Committee of the House 
ee genrt on n Metropolis Sdeproviteinnk in 1840, and to 
Commissioners 7% A aac an * 
renner of ste cron. such sum of money for 
rivate pro 
benefit of 
of the "Dean and Chapter of West- 
projected 
