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THE GARDENERS 
CRRONICLE. 
[May 14, 
I itting Nassau, the blacks having been discharged 
: ‘iy proclamato ‘ from Judge Symonds, a 2 4 
2 Darlin d for further 
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Id te letters received by the Clyde from 
Mexico state that no actual invasion of Te as taken 
place, although there have been a few skirm on the 
atier. The country is described as tranquil, and Santa 
Anna is said to be ver are 
to m 
the duty on dry goods one-fourth, and on wines and other 
liquors one-half. This measure w ct confer 
great benefit on trade, by lessening the inducement 
smuggle, to prove of considerable advantage to the revenue. 
Lta.—W. ve re 
of 
blight an 
fai 
xpe 0 
improve as the ae dens anks appear to.charge | £ 
high rates of interest - pty Shieh is complained of 
in all parts of the colon 
Parliament. 
USE OF LORDS. 
Monday.—After the srobenitie of petitions, Earl De Grey 
announced that Mr. Biddulph had been dismissed from the Seat 
tracy of Ireland, in consequence of that gentleman having ad 
was the prosecutor, that 
conveyed advice to the prisoners, who were charged with 
an attempt o whe life by firing at him, to fly the 
country, and escape from justh 
Marquis of NonMANBY, afters anim: adverting on the remiss- 
had been m 
at gentleman 
zaieaen apes go uction of = 
case of Mr. ‘Me. Biddulph. he he ary upon it in 
ce 
ill, was then peed 
hird 
and py agen Openings Bill, and several priva 
read a essage from ft 
the Coprrigm oN swthtott was read a first cng cm 
CELLOR - he eget sat tgs that the Bill be ino 
on ta 
d 
d ten magistrates in Sunderiand, all of 
that at th 
whom were Whigs ; and the consequence was, e pare 
election individual who pnbenr/ no 
vote in accordance with their princip les.” uis of Nor 
manby stated that a meeting of the uactbiatse had een held, at 
which resolutions were passed, a copy of w en 
the Marquis of Lond the above statement, 
etrac ey adhereto — 
the course is observations reflected on 
inaein, ing appointed oe Marquis of Londonderry 
Lord 1 Lieutenant of the county of 
Marquis of Lonponp grag entered into a Sage explanation 
of the sietamatences of the e had nothing to 
retract, and that it was still his i impression, “on por was within 
ee own er ie and from rmation he had received, that 
the magistrates tnderiand, i like aher magistrates in many 
other ties, used seed thei power of grantirig licenses for purposes 
g 
‘Duke of Wasaswwton closed the defending 
waaeletcks of not volunteetn of Londondery, wh ae: cA thought, 
fame when cat Mee ec ened and had 
self instr 
ment could have pocat more oneal conferred than his 
friend. 
Tuesde .— Lord Brovon 
M, in 
his Bill nting in emnnity to tee jor. at examined before 
select committees, defended himself, and their repens. 
rally, from the imputation pe Jn cast upon them, tages 
giving indirect encourage r at least impunity, to bribery, 
'¥ having thrown out the bill whi up t em by 
the Commons in th th of June last. He contended bose ew 
measure, sof nthiehe ing ibery and ot 
s, took the effectual means for yeensttion 
them, by faenriae™ an abeolate exemption from Log sgroyer of 
any party, na = ver eulksy, pee could place himself i Noor 
tion of a It was many other respects ant objec 
able, that ay eanshlared it ‘the most absurd piece of leisiation 
Which had ever been sent up to them from the other House; and 
im the late period at which it reached thems, ; no tine was 
| iets 
left for amendment, their Lordships had no course open but to 
— the bill. 
Upon the motion for the second reading of the present bill, — 
WIcKLow complained that no notice had been given, and in c 
formity witha panes. obit from the Lord Eaaaedads it was ~g 
cided that it should ead a second time at the early sitting on 
Wed 
Some conversation afterwards took place upon a mo tion by 
Lord CurrFrorp of Chudleigh, for a committee to inquire into the 
treatment of certain Roman C pois lics in India ; but Oe he eee 
was W 
after a few remarks tay Lor ZGERALD, 
Thursday. TF Duke of Ricidae gave notice that h 
should on Friday ~via ‘that the House, at its rising, do saabchiits 
n Fri 
* bay atte follow 
ot cea Police Bil was read a second time, and ordered t 
pty pete: mitted.—The Exchequer Bills Bill, the Staab Park Bill, 
the Knightsbridge and Kensington Openings Bill, and the oa 
clere Inclosure Bill, were smn read a third ti Aseagh and passed 
ever. pms were then ented; among others one by 
the Earl of WincaeELsea, fro aah ve ston ve against the reduction 
of duty on the importation of 'forei 
Earl Firzw ook the © opportunity rc say that a few nights 
— sowed ur aan 
oble d (the Earl 
ve 
sa om Logue so 
previous 
the pen bas tl t of persons in 
of Winchelsea) then posed gp penal i pee ra dg 
morals of that part of the population, whieh. he said, were se. 
riously a 13 the employm _ fem ales and children in 
as his noble friend 
morals e per’ ‘ 
more toads tely conn s of opinion that the hop. 
pickers, bot annnally visit the ouees, “of Kent, served mene to 
contamina the morals bl the ty oe = county. 
“The at of Wine ELS! said t 
might ted t pur; reoltivation than that of 
the Gaanean of hops; a the misebiet ee en od geen from 
the admission of fore mpeg & of daty was not 
limired to Kes grounds an hee; gro te pike tended to wood- 
lands, pers to that class of persons whe. had invested large sums 
of money inthe growth of _ Peng i —_ hee prreny poles for the 
use of a arenas. Thro e land out of t 
hops, and hoes woodlands, glhewt were 0} of great extent, would 
immediately become eager Sl land Lsepoue he 
gro hops might be easily co vertible other purposes ; 
butt yw poe auld be ti fit culti 
s true that hop-grounds 
ands cou 
Mate except at an, expense equal to the fee-simp 
its e Earl had recommended him to 
e population in his own immediate neighbourhood 
He begged to state that there was no district in that neighbou 
ic capable 
population. All he a 
fair ection, such 
to tory conversation followed, Neiord led 
to no vot go the subject a ed. 
he Marquis of aga for certain returns ag sme 
n of the funded debt of Gre 
be 
of Rios i inatated that the exemption in the Acts re- 
ferred to were founded on Sages sonar be ork referenceto the Levante 
circumstances of that tim ied that there was mi ies 
tice in subjecting fs i pee oie pei er Majesty’s hate 
to an impost which was calculated to promote the interests of 
Spholding ie value of oe property. 
‘erred to amount of British property in 
reign pee ap a a ote of cee to any interference — 
tan property be ea by i pager in our own, and regarded t 
former cases 0: mption referr 
_property-tax foreigners, and that woud be 
highly inexpedient, for the sake of the ae sum which c 
be obtained from foreigner means S$ tax, to givea i ay 
text to other countries to ‘deal i ina sma wn with funds of ours 
w were under their control. He ught, unless the justice 
was so manifest that no argum leat it could be ad- 
an it would be exceedingly Guedtitie, oe, when he con. 
sidered how much larger was the stake of this country in foreign 
funds than the ~— = forei — in English funds. 
The Earl of ow did not perceive any Tajastioe in the tax 
applied to Sonsini and ipionhendal a their exception would 
open a door to fraud.—The Duke of Newcastie disapproved of 
en 
the entire measure, as oe wer bs the Byatt aeaatal alterati 
the sake of which it had ropose money 
Vis t MELBOURNE said, that so far as regarded the point of 
justice, ro must own bags se — had placed their ca 
in British fi unds, it was air question, haya they vag 
not be taxe ea in return for the Fae Fer mn they received? But 
pester mm be ahacroiec be - ge they — the adv: vias tage of pro. 
pe coins alone, and not that 
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diency of imposing this duty oe: Pog dare ant eas a Sah 
u : his opinion was, that it was in the high 
xpedien 
rd WHARNCLIFFE Said that the different circumstances of the 
ustified the eur te from the prece: edents referred 
ed e 
honion tf E ora Puéve nam, the Bribery at Election: 
Bill oheen me dis: saiica, was committed and reported without 
amendments. 
Friday.—The Royal Assent was given by commissi m 
rous public ana private bills, of which the most importan 0 tant are the 
pe ao bills Bill, the Victoria ey Bill, the Knightsbrid 
ing Bill, the Soap Duties Bill, and ¢ Bills rae me eo 
nm ilw: tl 
e 
Ayr way Act Amendment; 
Western on Bill. 
and the Cheltenham am and 
Uni The House then adjourned fora w neat 
HOUSE OF COMMONS. 
one ie Hate i ed —- were read a second time, and 
ord tted:—the Boston Harbour Bill, the London 
Brid etm ad Royal Exchange ‘iene Bill, the Mar: 
the tne h and Brampton Roads Bill, the Met itan 
h k 
y- Place Improvement Bill, the Clerke ail 
pe og Bill, the Britwell Inclosure Bill, and Bat sp Mate: 
Mr. Roapeic acnek the order of the da 
y for the adjourned 
pb on the dpc maard g of ames gy a committee to baeutignte 
Parliament 3 alleged br’ eel a ese of Members 
Of the bactenine Ag nang coo Reading, ct respecte ry 
compromise in in the case ote ran ae members of y thet ailatonch: 
ajor BERESFORD declared his anxiety, has sotite “ged of his own 
orm rary the yecenoaes should be a that its 
nqgu ching one. He would iti 
toa proper authority, though hehud declined ans wang answer 
al eR 
mover of the present resolution. Mr. Ro ebuek, ik, ‘has said, had al. 
luded to “rumours being abroad.”» There were rumours ab; 
—rumours that Mr. Roebuck himself had | been returned beep 
procee in gs wi 
the result, not tof patriotism, but of private ill- feeling. —Mr. 
aes there was no precedent for such a committee. 
w 
to appoint a ee 
the allegations bingy at Seen sia the Ho was bound to 
a few observations from Sir R. Inte 
who opposed the mation, and from Mr. R. Y 
Lord PALMERSTON expressed his surprise at the silence. of 
he oem veer they er their reasons ; ne = 
br rand He ould not v e for this 
fo 
ti 
of Parliament, and the in 
I erned. e was, h 
c 
corrup 
now pr rane sacaine shor 
should not 2% oe at all. 
Ss 
was the ballo t that would ae Oh orse evils of 
another bind? teen nyt thi ing cou uld e to support the 
ballot, it would b f Ministers to concur in 
an effectual a fn gar bribery. 
not aware that this was so ieee ; party 
declare 
qu 
himself at the commencement of the reason “. nor would any re- 
fusal of Government to concur in any particular measure of legis. 
lation very well justify the bet time Lord ta. voting | for that ballot 
pi cue he a declared to bear As 
s, he did not ps sone definite enous h 
cular charges 
— ~ rrant oie proposed. inquiry. If, however, a charge of cor. 
Pricer were A og upon record, _ thought it ought not to go un- 
a e mere want o 
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ree witht wp ta co 
if he obtained the sanction of : 
Government to such a measure, there Would be st doubt of its 
success. He would himself be willing to bring in sucha meas 
= Sir R. Peel would give him his support and that of his Govern. 
ent; bat he would prefer 
fonionatiatity: 5 
After a few apni from Mr. M, J. O’CoNNELL, who stated © 
his intention to vote for the motion ay 
Sir EEL aid as “_e what Lord John had pty 
bei a legislative measure. Hecould only s 
Sir R. Peel’s doing so on hi 
crt for that — exusideration which the framin 
by pe = serpent: ould require. 
rted the motion.—Mr. Linposay, though re- 
giettiog rte differ ‘rom Mr. Wynn and aa R. ba 1 felt ta 
character of — rset demanded d this inqui r. Mun 
of the same opin. 
Lord STANLEY ory “the objection to Mr. Roebuck’ kesmotion was 
tk , but w! Mlgers 
LUMPTRE 
hether they ac 
Thei inquiry comma by Mr. Ro ebuck was not trite the extent sot 
the bribery, but into + cee = the compromise 
he could accede to the osal of a committee, there ou at a 
be some aa cific a8 tetas oe that. committee to deal with and be 
confined to. as as anxious as any man for So sop 
of briberv. but - Roe buck 
asked for would 
erous 
eR Ql ¥ 
woe nt, : 
as L said, the member for aoe was specific enough in - 
= chatgens it was only in the frame of his motion that he was 
mag 89 ue; butthe motion might he amended. He wished for 
inquiry, not in coder *y indulge in the bad iene of givin 5 
painto in individuals, but fo or t. Ror cK 
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ness, and himself from the chunee of asperity. He w ished | 
avoid all personal eee so far as he c ngs hs his object Wi 
to owed a sy re one hand, his charge w: 
called other it was complained we Be not su 
Hes d his pe 
woul 
a= 
Bees 5 
of inquiry into the specific allegations . 
ts) to bring: in a bill of sagen AU for all wee souls, b 
implicate ed. after a desult 0 e term 
ae] 
of the election pala presen 
tingham, Harwich, Lewes, Bedford, aint eri 
rupt compromises had been entered = for 
ing investigation Be ae bos all 
cases, aselect co 
eerste such | comprom 
plac 
The pers “of the day was = read for the bringing up of the 
report on the Income Tax Bill, which was agreed to.—Mr. B. 
Woop proposed a clause for’ enab party a sessable on 
e 
more schedules than one to set off losses sustained under 0 
pose ofthem against profits stad under other or > dttions of chew 
ees the payment should be only on the balance of total in- 
such ca es r dro d saad 
oo 
take tne setibe <i * mn of 
mining the aaa 
Me, Govun mtd pide thle at varia 
Ww e principle of the bill, Shin Srureneed to tax 
not mere capital. T 
Mr. Howarp. 
nee with the 
income, and 
. Home and 
ae 183 to 3 
exemptions enjo red b ‘act pla 
“tt solely severe ‘ai i athedrals, eiclivies, &e., to 
ne worship ; ; which addition was a : 
- INeus agai ae on the bon onsideration ©: phe: 
Ps aa d requested that rR Peel would notice on the thi 
fro = ing) his bis suseestion for exenintng incomes abov a-year 
Sir Ro ben centage on the first 150/. of their amount 2 
tion of the: un eh ely o give on the third r cain ng Large 
m8 which of that s y 
on.—Various verbal en precluded the the adoption ites oe 
made, 
ing gone through ; Fi i 
gh, the third read was a jointed for 
oo — = os po ponement ar eae app Tariff should not 
ave made sufficient pro 
n the motion of Lor 48 im New 
an TANLEY the Australia and 
oes Bill passed ben ar a committee.—The other orders of the “say 
n dispos 
brough iT ds ep 
: “mation for the 
smendments in the Glasgow me; Paisley, "aud Kilm re- 
mittee ee ASTHOPE moved an amendment that the ne Bill when 
tted to the former committee.—The House divided, W 
