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I * I !--■ ■ -*-" ' '." JVewfoundland Vindicator. to ervwr. the bark of freedom to nER fort, DESPITE T3E TUREATS,—THE EL aSDISHMENTS of cocrt ; of jcstice nolo the scales,—surFORTTUE laws, MAINTAIN Tl(!* NONAR'CH'S AND THE PEOPLES CAUSE! A _ y w *\ TOTim RELIOIOH SOFTEN PARTY'S RACE, TO VINDICATE Til' OPPRESSED, THEIR PANGS ASSUAGE. TTH*, Tl'IS WEAIMATlNOUnCOLUSIK'DPJCE, this be oiiR norE Dt yoL-Tit, ora solacs in old ace ! ST. JOHN- NEWFOUNDLAND. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2. 1841. Vol. !. .©ottct-fltion asai? ^pacUttfl. Packet Boat To ply belurcen Portugal Cove and ■ Carbonear. T1IIE Subscriber begs to inform his Friend: aid thc Public, that having now com pleted the new Pecket * NATIVE LASS in a sivlc hitherto link mv.-n in this Cou-it-y—heiig line J up with comfortable Cabin, SU-epinj- He.'ttis, Ice. — lie has comir.ciK-i.-d .ilyins; lii.'lwtt-ll I'tirtusrat Cove and ('a-b on car. The NbiU G"05*Ha. will alsocoii'nuc loplyas heretofore,.imlhifwill iln.'.-.-1'irc lie eiwbkxl lo arratiec so thai one of the above Packets will Icpvc Oar'i.uni-ar a.id IViugal Cove every moraing while th* navigation rcmai.is open.—-The Native L ■-s is biuli in a superior manner, (tanspcr sthsteaw nnd coppered -ailsrematk-tbty last, ana is ilmde-lly -upprior •— Cral* ofHbrdesienpt< tion as to herquelio -ihe Not UittENA is SUfflC'- thai an* expos'. c iii to. should he <-- Cahi.i Passengers 7s. Gd. SteerageMtto 5s. Od. I.eiiprs(siiis-:li?) Os. Cd. . .... (double) - . Is. Od. And pa-'cS's in piopon'on to their mzc and weight, The Suhsi-r.be-- will he responsible for auy pa.cels "-<-., ihat tnavbc-'iv-.-.) in clia-L-e io him. JAMES DOYLE. Jan. 17. Conception-Hay Daily Packet! TH"" .Subscribers bee to inform iheir Friends end the Public, thnt they have commenced running the CUTTER ZEPHYR, as a Packet between Cartmncar %ii& Portugal Cot and thev hone iiy attention ami punctuality lo merit share of public patronage. This desirable vessel is ' Tons rc-n-vt'T; sails ron.a -kal.lv fasl, is coppi*.'ed and copper-fa si en eil, and lias excellent accomiiaations for pas-scns-e^s. ,-■ TlieZEPiiva isintendeil asa tbilyPacket,r-nd will cleave Carhonear. ercry maraing if possibh o'clock weather perm it ting. The pr6pr*e!-ii-s hold ihemsclvcsnrrniintahlc for n'l parcels tec. trial may hc con-milted lo their care. Cab-m I*BSsengers. Rtcem-fc Ditto. . .*-. , . . . . L 5s. Single' Letter . v , € Parcels inproportion. SAMUEL PARSONS. CACBaBBiTt. C-EOKGE VANDENHOFF, St. John's. N. E.—Letters to he left at the Genera' Post Office'or at Mr. Vpndcnhoffs.Shop, West end. EDMOND PHELAN. « "1TN returning his most grateful lht>nks forthe M. liberal patronage and support -riven him through b'statfl racket-boat .S;. PolWcft, begs io make known to the Inhabitants of Conception Bnv and Si. John's. tliPt he has made airsncsinanls for the building ofa new Packet-Boat, which will be fiiipd out on a scale of e'e^nre and comfort hitherto unknown in this District. She w.lWic ready to ply hctwce.i this town and Ptirtugal-Cove, early ill April next, "tad tie trusts io a gem-riius public IV a continuance of (hat support which he has hitherto received. E P. alssjo begs lo sale that he intends, fo.- thc ••omtnodation of the public, logo round thc Bay ing lhc winter, pnd will be rccoumable fur nil (ei ,:uid -.arcels committed to his care. ' All letters and parcels tn be left at Mr. r.icnARD WAL-fl's, Newfoundland Tavern, St. John's; nr " his own house').n Carbonear. Carbonear, Jan. 16. THE Express Pncket being how completed bavin-- undergone such alterations and improvements in bar accommodations and otherwise as the safely .oinfuri and nr-vcnicncc of passengers can piwsibly require: a careful and experienced Master Having also being engaged, |las resumed her usual trips across tlie BsjrJeuing HarlAr-Grace on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings, at 0 o'clock, and Portugal-Cove on lhe following-day-. Fares,—Ordinary pas-sengers, 7s. Cd.; servants and children, 5s.; single letters, Od.-; double ditto, Is. and pack aires in proportion lo their size ond weight [C/^Alllf-tiersa-id packages will be" carefully attended to-'but no-accounts can be kept for posla'ges or pa-sages ; nor will lhe proprietors be responsible for aay specie or other monies sent by ihis conveyance. ( ee**cii\::d *c i:oag, st.John's1 j A. DRYSDALE, Harbour Grace. (From the Globe.) The debate on the Address has closed, and wilh it, wc need hardly add, the Whig Ministry. The majority in favour of the Amendment was swelled by the absence of some, and the railing of two ur three.of the usual supporters of the government.' The numbers were:— For the Address 269 For thc Amendment 360 Majority against Ministers 91 Thc resignations ofthe present Ministry will, ne have reason to believe, he immediate; and lhe arrangements for committing the seals ol office to ilie hands of iheir successors will follow v.ithoui delay. Sir Robert Pee", contrary to general anticipation, wns induced Io address lhe House; whicli ho did inn speech cautious, moderate, and iis some pnrts even clij-nilicd und impressive, Lord John Russell immediately followed. His rtsing wns lhe signal for the most profound silence f nnd, notwithstanding the lateness of the hour, cvnesl attention pervaded lhc crowded House. The contrast between ibc speeches of lhe two leaderswas strongly marked ; nnd pre-. ■si-nit--! :!,-■ peculiar clinractcrislics by which 'hey nrc distinguished as statesmen,' ns well ns the different position's whicli ihey occupied. That of Sir Robert Peel, had evidently been prepared with considerable care. The more thnn usually large piofessioi.s of enndour, nnd copious admissions of the merits of the government he bad at length succeeded io overturn, wilh which his speech wns interspersed, furnished n rniher strange comment on the amendment to lhe Address which he, by aid of his majority, was about to pass, and which, by alleging that her Majesty's ininistcri did notjtos- sess thc confidence cif Parliament, rendered their removal from the councils bf thc Sovereign an acl of homage to thc Constitution. Never do we remember to have read ,■■:■-■ I. an occasion a speech so utterly ouf o' keeping wiih iis professed object.' Instead of besiny in- culpalive, it ivas'juslilicntory of the entire policy of lhe government for whose condemnation be was about to call upon his majority to vole. Indeed, the -whole scope nnd tendency of those paris*of his speech in which he referred to iin genernl policy of the government^ served ti show ihal lhc nearer ho approached the front f ofhis wishes, and lhc duties nnd responsibili-| It is ti-'s ofthe high post be * pressed themselves on h ment cm. long retain its hold on public confi dt-nce, should have been exhibited. Notwithstanding tbe necessity Sir Robert Peel bad imposed on himself to abstain from n a dioelosure of his plans and purposes with respect to the fiscal nnd commercial policy of i\~<- govermeni, tha in teres ting secrei was disclosed, ut least sufficiently to shew that, nft,er nil hubbub raised against the government foi proposed intci-ferencc wilh thc landed interest, by proposing a fixed for a_ sliding duty, the proximate Premier already feels the utter impossibility of continuing lhe prcstcni.s'cale. The explanation ofhis views wi'l, wenpprchod, bi deemed anything but sutis'jetory IO his numerous-* supporters, who regard cue present scale of dutjes ns barely sufficient for the proteci'u of the farmer, and predict ruin to the landed i tercst,' shou|d lhe duties on the importation *"reig*fi corn be reduced on iis entering thc E.i ;li market.'. Let ihe Duke uf Buckinghui nnd his nuiperous adherentjfvvho deem thc present corn-laws the perfection nf wisdom, ihe palladium of agriculture, and the security of the people against the dangers n,"starvation, let them rend, mnrk, learn, and inwardly diges the, to >hem, nlnrming indication thai the mm .to-ivtiom they gave their confr-jcucc U nboul to invode the citadel or their, l.opis, and io cnsl don-*) the lowers of defence in which tlicy trust ctl (or protection :— - "Previous to ibfiHate dissolution of Parli ment I said ihal I preferred, on the whole—tb after mature consideration I had fotined i opinion, which intervening reflection lias ni inducedme io change—thai .ihe principle of .. graduating scale is better than lhe imposition ofn fixed and irrevocable duty on corn. (Cheers) I said, nnd I mtisT'.epcaL il, lhat I think ll-£ sliding scale n preferable method ofsctih luiy. I snid thai I would noi. pledge my ihe details of the existing law; but that I ild reserve to myself ihe unfettered pi of considering and amending those details. \ >old> that tangling-* now. (Cheers.) L-slill prefer the principle of a graduated duty ; but i" you nsk me wheiher 1 bjnd myself to the iiinin- lenancc of '.he existing law in nil iis details, -bother that is lhc condition on which lhc landed interest give mc their support, I say tlint nn that condition I cannot accept their- support, (Cheers from the opposition.nnd ironical cheer he ministerial side.)"" ., we contend, no longer n Question, tha Sir Robert Peel hns already forhd it necessary Insepn-,") assure his ngncultnral supporters thnt ibc able from the honoitrsand ndvamngcsrriToffice, present system the more be seemed to-be convinced that iheiTliciigb a ""slidin embers was lhat which ;t*iincd as n tribute to consistency i itel he materially rob stale" of duties will be re policy of lite retiring members was that which 'mined as n tribute to consi: must'bc lhc'ute nnd governing 'principles, of amount of duty will be materially lowered, theirsiicccssors- and thnAhis hold of office I The embarrassment and oncerla'mcy caused b; would be dependent on the incorporation into his policy of thc very measures which, proposed by his predecessor, he had been able to defeat. Wc nrc precluded, by the crowded slate of our columns, f.'om illustrating and confirming the general views wc have here given of lhc speech of thc proximate-Premier, by extracts from it. As, however, the speech itself is given in another column, nnd public curiosity was wound ip almost to intensity lo know whether the ighli lion, bnronel would speak nt all, and if be did, what hc \Vould say on lhc important questions brought by her Majesty's Speech before thc House of Commons, it is not assuming too much to'suppose thnt tiie whole of il will be generally^ ic.ad with careful uttciflion. One part of it will especially command notice. U'e allude to tbe very markc;1 manner in which the lender of the party which had succeeded n* ob- taininga triumph over the government, abandoned the professions, and in effect trampled upon the pledges, by which ihe vaunted majority was obtained. While we cannot but feel gratified that the selfish and sordid monopolists have been deceived—that the expectations of perpetuity to tbe existing system of protective the Shifting scale will thus he perpctuaicil Thc Corn-market will continue subject to thc fluctuations in price which render il Llie nrcna of specula-inl), rather than lhe mart of free nnd cnlin-htcncd commerce. Instead of being obtained nnd rcgulmly brought lo our pons, in ■aiurn for our staple productions, our tnanui'itc- tures will slill be extensively excluded from lhe markets of lhe continent. Our commcrco will thus be eri-iplcd, our master jnanufacttn ruined, or compelled to withdraw iheir capita) from trade;, and abandon their pursuits to pre icrvo ihcn^eTvcs fjom ruin. Our operative classes will remain but partially employed, oi -ailierbe deprive*! of employment in numbers constantly increasing* while thc rest, but ti few removes,from tbem in lhc scale of misery will "be unable, through the labour-market being over-slocked, to obtain sufficient- wages lo procure necessary food and clothing for ■tbem- and families. The consequences which such such a state of things will inevitably pro- luce to thc national tranquility, are hut too s?ident. Lord Bacon has well said—lhat of all rebellions, that of lhe belly is thc most difficult to suppress. Yet that most terrible of all visi- trd ii Agents duties have vanished into empty nir, dispersed -Jntions Sir Robert Peel is willing to hi by the breath of the very statesman on whose-ibis pursuit of power; and for the purpose of implied assurance of support they rested their^dhering to the " sliding scale," as Ins only hopes of preserving their exclusive advantages, ,chancc of retaining the funded interest majori- wc are compelled to dcpl6re that Buoh "triflingity, by which, In opposition to the wants and with principles, such utter disregard to charoj"-!wishes of the community, lie has been bcu-pe ter and consistency,- without which no govern-1 back to power!- have left ourselves but small space for noticing the calm, forcible, well-sustained, and ruly statesmanlike sneet-h .of Lord John "Rus- -ell. Thc occasion wns inspiring. About to clinqiilsh office into thc bands ol the now uuc- jersful Opposition, h-^triumphantly vindicated ll.e government he represented from the accu- ind tho aspersions with whipb it bad. been assailed. And ihis be did with n force of truth which thc most dctctiniiicd of bis opponents, whether within or without ibc walls of Pa-llamcnl, will find il'impossiblc to.gainsay or resist. The dishonest use made of the neiVCf", Poor-law, as a yetiiclc of attack upon lhc go- irnmcnt out of doors,-was emphatically refcr- dlo by bis lordship, as n specimen of the ul- r recklessness of principle by which llie Opposition had' conducted their electionceriug contests. To such base mean-,as an auxiliary the froud and force brought lo bear upon the franchise, were the party opposite indebted for icii- position. While wo ntimtre the mngnani- iity of tho it-nly ilignilied and generous sentiments wiih which Lord-John Russell closed his iddrcss, wc nre no; sanguine in our expects- ions lhat nny such bcnCii' s to this country and ,o lhe world can possibly proceed from a party jo utierly destitute nf honesty while in pursuit of lhe power it has at length obtained:— / "Although ihe means which were ihus used were dis- credit able, I trust,, when that parti comes into power, tiial there will be some cessation of ilie'g i.ieniis, iintl lha' ai least wc shall sec lhat it has by no menus served those whr will then holdib-.destinies oT ihe-country. I am coi-vii.ccd, as 1'bave already said, ihat if this country he governed with gootl"sensc,-and j" large ntiti liberal maaims, you may proceed orti your present SLreiigtb and power lo grcnt- i- strength and. powe., nnd thut you may spread the maxims of libcr.iliiy *.o all pnrts of the globe, bless millions by youi' acts, and benefit all mankind by your cxumple."' J i ■ ■ At half-past two this morn'me ihe-Con live majority of the House of Comtnjms—in a stale between sleeping and waking, which is highly cliaractc-;|stic of iis antiyJeli'ueralive tendency—performed ihe gtent object for . which ii has been cilted into existence, nnd turned (Hit lhe ministry.. The division was come th amid yawning* nnd rubbing of eyes on. both sides oTlhefiouse j bui such is the meg- net ishig power of lhe great professor of polili- cal Mesmerism over the members of the Conservative body, thnllhe grand scene of legisln- ive somnnmbulism v.as as efficiently' gone through ns if every one who gave n Tory vote. hnd Imd hii,eyes fully open lo ihe consequence of his-doinjj so. Wcll,'ll|e Whigs are out, nnd uow what nre wc to have from their successors'! The cur- fallen on the tedious drama thai bas lately been played, and we confess wc arc. all ipatience for lhe pnntomine. We hope the iroductory pnTt will be brief, that wc may nt once hnve the fun of those tricks and changes ■hich are sure lo come, and which have been in preparation fns-,n considerable period. The early Scenes will lie, ns usual, in the precincts of n palace ; Ihere will be a distressed rady, d a tyrannical gentleman, who will probably attempt to make her a.prisoner in her own tie, and surround her wiih followers, of his own, all with very thick bends—as pantomimic, persecutors invntiably arc—and then will come series of evolutions of the most astounding character. The Harlequin will twi.il'. round so rapidly that no one will be able to guess on which side he means to stop—thc Clowns will pockci all they can while lhc fun lasts,' tvhich- ivilt nut be very long—the Pnnlaloons will blunder abort in nil directions, victimising others, to be victimised in their turn by their more habile associates—and tit length the good ge- v in ■■ of England, exemplified in til * belter sense of t■]r- nation, will put an end to tbe knavery and foolery that will have been permitted to prevail, for, ail' ihe play-bills say, "alim'ttted pej-iod."' There never yet was a House of Commons which has so unreservedly ns the present written itself down—that which we have no inclin-i- f y J
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Title | The Newfoundland Vindicator, 1841-10-02, vol. 01, no. 40 |
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Transcript | I * I !--■ ■ -*-" ' '." JVewfoundland Vindicator. to ervwr. the bark of freedom to nER fort, DESPITE T3E TUREATS,—THE EL aSDISHMENTS of cocrt ; of jcstice nolo the scales,—surFORTTUE laws, MAINTAIN Tl(!* NONAR'CH'S AND THE PEOPLES CAUSE! A _ y w *\ TOTim RELIOIOH SOFTEN PARTY'S RACE, TO VINDICATE Til' OPPRESSED, THEIR PANGS ASSUAGE. TTH*, Tl'IS WEAIMATlNOUnCOLUSIK'DPJCE, this be oiiR norE Dt yoL-Tit, ora solacs in old ace ! ST. JOHN- NEWFOUNDLAND. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2. 1841. Vol. !. .©ottct-fltion asai? ^pacUttfl. Packet Boat To ply belurcen Portugal Cove and ■ Carbonear. T1IIE Subscriber begs to inform his Friend: aid thc Public, that having now com pleted the new Pecket * NATIVE LASS in a sivlc hitherto link mv.-n in this Cou-it-y—heiig line J up with comfortable Cabin, SU-epinj- He.'ttis, Ice. — lie has comir.ciK-i.-d .ilyins; lii.'lwtt-ll I'tirtusrat Cove and ('a-b on car. The NbiU G"05*Ha. will alsocoii'nuc loplyas heretofore,.imlhifwill iln.'.-.-1'irc lie eiwbkxl lo arratiec so thai one of the above Packets will Icpvc Oar'i.uni-ar a.id IViugal Cove every moraing while th* navigation rcmai.is open.—-The Native L ■-s is biuli in a superior manner, (tanspcr sthsteaw nnd coppered -ailsrematk-tbty last, ana is ilmde-lly -upprior •— Cral* ofHbrdesienpt< tion as to herquelio -ihe Not UittENA is SUfflC'- thai an* expos'. c iii to. should he <-- Cahi.i Passengers 7s. Gd. SteerageMtto 5s. Od. I.eiiprs(siiis-:li?) Os. Cd. . .... (double) - . Is. Od. And pa-'cS's in piopon'on to their mzc and weight, The Suhsi-r.be-- will he responsible for auy pa.cels "-<-., ihat tnavbc-'iv-.-.) in clia-L-e io him. JAMES DOYLE. Jan. 17. Conception-Hay Daily Packet! TH"" .Subscribers bee to inform iheir Friends end the Public, thnt they have commenced running the CUTTER ZEPHYR, as a Packet between Cartmncar %ii& Portugal Cot and thev hone iiy attention ami punctuality lo merit share of public patronage. This desirable vessel is ' Tons rc-n-vt'T; sails ron.a -kal.lv fasl, is coppi*.'ed and copper-fa si en eil, and lias excellent accomiiaations for pas-scns-e^s. ,-■ TlieZEPiiva isintendeil asa tbilyPacket,r-nd will cleave Carhonear. ercry maraing if possibh o'clock weather perm it ting. The pr6pr*e!-ii-s hold ihemsclvcsnrrniintahlc for n'l parcels tec. trial may hc con-milted lo their care. Cab-m I*BSsengers. Rtcem-fc Ditto. . .*-. , . . . . L 5s. Single' Letter . v , € Parcels inproportion. SAMUEL PARSONS. CACBaBBiTt. C-EOKGE VANDENHOFF, St. John's. N. E.—Letters to he left at the Genera' Post Office'or at Mr. Vpndcnhoffs.Shop, West end. EDMOND PHELAN. « "1TN returning his most grateful lht>nks forthe M. liberal patronage and support -riven him through b'statfl racket-boat .S;. PolWcft, begs io make known to the Inhabitants of Conception Bnv and Si. John's. tliPt he has made airsncsinanls for the building ofa new Packet-Boat, which will be fiiipd out on a scale of e'e^nre and comfort hitherto unknown in this District. She w.lWic ready to ply hctwce.i this town and Ptirtugal-Cove, early ill April next, "tad tie trusts io a gem-riius public IV a continuance of (hat support which he has hitherto received. E P. alssjo begs lo sale that he intends, fo.- thc ••omtnodation of the public, logo round thc Bay ing lhc winter, pnd will be rccoumable fur nil (ei ,:uid -.arcels committed to his care. ' All letters and parcels tn be left at Mr. r.icnARD WAL-fl's, Newfoundland Tavern, St. John's; nr " his own house').n Carbonear. Carbonear, Jan. 16. THE Express Pncket being how completed bavin-- undergone such alterations and improvements in bar accommodations and otherwise as the safely .oinfuri and nr-vcnicncc of passengers can piwsibly require: a careful and experienced Master Having also being engaged, |las resumed her usual trips across tlie BsjrJeuing HarlAr-Grace on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings, at 0 o'clock, and Portugal-Cove on lhe following-day-. Fares,—Ordinary pas-sengers, 7s. Cd.; servants and children, 5s.; single letters, Od.-; double ditto, Is. and pack aires in proportion lo their size ond weight [C/^Alllf-tiersa-id packages will be" carefully attended to-'but no-accounts can be kept for posla'ges or pa-sages ; nor will lhe proprietors be responsible for aay specie or other monies sent by ihis conveyance. ( ee**cii\::d *c i:oag, st.John's1 j A. DRYSDALE, Harbour Grace. (From the Globe.) The debate on the Address has closed, and wilh it, wc need hardly add, the Whig Ministry. The majority in favour of the Amendment was swelled by the absence of some, and the railing of two ur three.of the usual supporters of the government.' The numbers were:— For the Address 269 For thc Amendment 360 Majority against Ministers 91 Thc resignations ofthe present Ministry will, ne have reason to believe, he immediate; and lhe arrangements for committing the seals ol office to ilie hands of iheir successors will follow v.ithoui delay. Sir Robert Pee", contrary to general anticipation, wns induced Io address lhe House; whicli ho did inn speech cautious, moderate, and iis some pnrts even clij-nilicd und impressive, Lord John Russell immediately followed. His rtsing wns lhe signal for the most profound silence f nnd, notwithstanding the lateness of the hour, cvnesl attention pervaded lhc crowded House. The contrast between ibc speeches of lhe two leaderswas strongly marked ; nnd pre-. ■si-nit--! :!,-■ peculiar clinractcrislics by which 'hey nrc distinguished as statesmen,' ns well ns the different position's whicli ihey occupied. That of Sir Robert Peel, had evidently been prepared with considerable care. The more thnn usually large piofessioi.s of enndour, nnd copious admissions of the merits of the government he bad at length succeeded io overturn, wilh which his speech wns interspersed, furnished n rniher strange comment on the amendment to lhe Address which he, by aid of his majority, was about to pass, and which, by alleging that her Majesty's ininistcri did notjtos- sess thc confidence cif Parliament, rendered their removal from the councils bf thc Sovereign an acl of homage to thc Constitution. Never do we remember to have read ,■■:■-■ I. an occasion a speech so utterly ouf o' keeping wiih iis professed object.' Instead of besiny in- culpalive, it ivas'juslilicntory of the entire policy of lhe government for whose condemnation be was about to call upon his majority to vole. Indeed, the -whole scope nnd tendency of those paris*of his speech in which he referred to iin genernl policy of the government^ served ti show ihal lhc nearer ho approached the front f ofhis wishes, and lhc duties nnd responsibili-| It is ti-'s ofthe high post be * pressed themselves on h ment cm. long retain its hold on public confi dt-nce, should have been exhibited. Notwithstanding tbe necessity Sir Robert Peel bad imposed on himself to abstain from n a dioelosure of his plans and purposes with respect to the fiscal nnd commercial policy of i\~<- govermeni, tha in teres ting secrei was disclosed, ut least sufficiently to shew that, nft,er nil hubbub raised against the government foi proposed intci-ferencc wilh thc landed interest, by proposing a fixed for a_ sliding duty, the proximate Premier already feels the utter impossibility of continuing lhe prcstcni.s'cale. The explanation ofhis views wi'l, wenpprchod, bi deemed anything but sutis'jetory IO his numerous-* supporters, who regard cue present scale of dutjes ns barely sufficient for the proteci'u of the farmer, and predict ruin to the landed i tercst,' shou|d lhe duties on the importation *"reig*fi corn be reduced on iis entering thc E.i ;li market.'. Let ihe Duke uf Buckinghui nnd his nuiperous adherentjfvvho deem thc present corn-laws the perfection nf wisdom, ihe palladium of agriculture, and the security of the people against the dangers n,"starvation, let them rend, mnrk, learn, and inwardly diges the, to >hem, nlnrming indication thai the mm .to-ivtiom they gave their confr-jcucc U nboul to invode the citadel or their, l.opis, and io cnsl don-*) the lowers of defence in which tlicy trust ctl (or protection :— - "Previous to ibfiHate dissolution of Parli ment I said ihal I preferred, on the whole—tb after mature consideration I had fotined i opinion, which intervening reflection lias ni inducedme io change—thai .ihe principle of .. graduating scale is better than lhe imposition ofn fixed and irrevocable duty on corn. (Cheers) I said, nnd I mtisT'.epcaL il, lhat I think ll-£ sliding scale n preferable method ofsctih luiy. I snid thai I would noi. pledge my ihe details of the existing law; but that I ild reserve to myself ihe unfettered pi of considering and amending those details. \ >old> that tangling-* now. (Cheers.) L-slill prefer the principle of a graduated duty ; but i" you nsk me wheiher 1 bjnd myself to the iiinin- lenancc of '.he existing law in nil iis details, -bother that is lhc condition on which lhc landed interest give mc their support, I say tlint nn that condition I cannot accept their- support, (Cheers from the opposition.nnd ironical cheer he ministerial side.)"" ., we contend, no longer n Question, tha Sir Robert Peel hns already forhd it necessary Insepn-,") assure his ngncultnral supporters thnt ibc able from the honoitrsand ndvamngcsrriToffice, present system the more be seemed to-be convinced that iheiTliciigb a ""slidin embers was lhat which ;t*iincd as n tribute to consistency i itel he materially rob stale" of duties will be re policy of lite retiring members was that which 'mined as n tribute to consi: must'bc lhc'ute nnd governing 'principles, of amount of duty will be materially lowered, theirsiicccssors- and thnAhis hold of office I The embarrassment and oncerla'mcy caused b; would be dependent on the incorporation into his policy of thc very measures which, proposed by his predecessor, he had been able to defeat. Wc nrc precluded, by the crowded slate of our columns, f.'om illustrating and confirming the general views wc have here given of lhc speech of thc proximate-Premier, by extracts from it. As, however, the speech itself is given in another column, nnd public curiosity was wound ip almost to intensity lo know whether the ighli lion, bnronel would speak nt all, and if be did, what hc \Vould say on lhc important questions brought by her Majesty's Speech before thc House of Commons, it is not assuming too much to'suppose thnt tiie whole of il will be generally^ ic.ad with careful uttciflion. One part of it will especially command notice. U'e allude to tbe very markc;1 manner in which the lender of the party which had succeeded n* ob- taininga triumph over the government, abandoned the professions, and in effect trampled upon the pledges, by which ihe vaunted majority was obtained. While we cannot but feel gratified that the selfish and sordid monopolists have been deceived—that the expectations of perpetuity to tbe existing system of protective the Shifting scale will thus he perpctuaicil Thc Corn-market will continue subject to thc fluctuations in price which render il Llie nrcna of specula-inl), rather than lhe mart of free nnd cnlin-htcncd commerce. Instead of being obtained nnd rcgulmly brought lo our pons, in ■aiurn for our staple productions, our tnanui'itc- tures will slill be extensively excluded from lhe markets of lhe continent. Our commcrco will thus be eri-iplcd, our master jnanufacttn ruined, or compelled to withdraw iheir capita) from trade;, and abandon their pursuits to pre icrvo ihcn^eTvcs fjom ruin. Our operative classes will remain but partially employed, oi -ailierbe deprive*! of employment in numbers constantly increasing* while thc rest, but ti few removes,from tbem in lhc scale of misery will "be unable, through the labour-market being over-slocked, to obtain sufficient- wages lo procure necessary food and clothing for ■tbem- and families. The consequences which such such a state of things will inevitably pro- luce to thc national tranquility, are hut too s?ident. Lord Bacon has well said—lhat of all rebellions, that of lhe belly is thc most difficult to suppress. Yet that most terrible of all visi- trd ii Agents duties have vanished into empty nir, dispersed -Jntions Sir Robert Peel is willing to hi by the breath of the very statesman on whose-ibis pursuit of power; and for the purpose of implied assurance of support they rested their^dhering to the " sliding scale," as Ins only hopes of preserving their exclusive advantages, ,chancc of retaining the funded interest majori- wc are compelled to dcpl6re that Buoh "triflingity, by which, In opposition to the wants and with principles, such utter disregard to charoj"-!wishes of the community, lie has been bcu-pe ter and consistency,- without which no govern-1 back to power!- have left ourselves but small space for noticing the calm, forcible, well-sustained, and ruly statesmanlike sneet-h .of Lord John "Rus- -ell. Thc occasion wns inspiring. About to clinqiilsh office into thc bands ol the now uuc- jersful Opposition, h-^triumphantly vindicated ll.e government he represented from the accu- ind tho aspersions with whipb it bad. been assailed. And ihis be did with n force of truth which thc most dctctiniiicd of bis opponents, whether within or without ibc walls of Pa-llamcnl, will find il'impossiblc to.gainsay or resist. The dishonest use made of the neiVCf", Poor-law, as a yetiiclc of attack upon lhc go- irnmcnt out of doors,-was emphatically refcr- dlo by bis lordship, as n specimen of the ul- r recklessness of principle by which llie Opposition had' conducted their electionceriug contests. To such base mean-,as an auxiliary the froud and force brought lo bear upon the franchise, were the party opposite indebted for icii- position. While wo ntimtre the mngnani- iity of tho it-nly ilignilied and generous sentiments wiih which Lord-John Russell closed his iddrcss, wc nre no; sanguine in our expects- ions lhat nny such bcnCii' s to this country and ,o lhe world can possibly proceed from a party jo utierly destitute nf honesty while in pursuit of lhe power it has at length obtained:— / "Although ihe means which were ihus used were dis- credit able, I trust,, when that parti comes into power, tiial there will be some cessation of ilie'g i.ieniis, iintl lha' ai least wc shall sec lhat it has by no menus served those whr will then holdib-.destinies oT ihe-country. I am coi-vii.ccd, as 1'bave already said, ihat if this country he governed with gootl"sensc,-and j" large ntiti liberal maaims, you may proceed orti your present SLreiigtb and power lo grcnt- i- strength and. powe., nnd thut you may spread the maxims of libcr.iliiy *.o all pnrts of the globe, bless millions by youi' acts, and benefit all mankind by your cxumple."' J i ■ ■ At half-past two this morn'me ihe-Con live majority of the House of Comtnjms—in a stale between sleeping and waking, which is highly cliaractc-;|stic of iis antiyJeli'ueralive tendency—performed ihe gtent object for . which ii has been cilted into existence, nnd turned (Hit lhe ministry.. The division was come th amid yawning* nnd rubbing of eyes on. both sides oTlhefiouse j bui such is the meg- net ishig power of lhe great professor of polili- cal Mesmerism over the members of the Conservative body, thnllhe grand scene of legisln- ive somnnmbulism v.as as efficiently' gone through ns if every one who gave n Tory vote. hnd Imd hii,eyes fully open lo ihe consequence of his-doinjj so. Wcll,'ll|e Whigs are out, nnd uow what nre wc to have from their successors'! The cur- fallen on the tedious drama thai bas lately been played, and we confess wc arc. all ipatience for lhe pnntomine. We hope the iroductory pnTt will be brief, that wc may nt once hnve the fun of those tricks and changes ■hich are sure lo come, and which have been in preparation fns-,n considerable period. The early Scenes will lie, ns usual, in the precincts of n palace ; Ihere will be a distressed rady, d a tyrannical gentleman, who will probably attempt to make her a.prisoner in her own tie, and surround her wiih followers, of his own, all with very thick bends—as pantomimic, persecutors invntiably arc—and then will come series of evolutions of the most astounding character. The Harlequin will twi.il'. round so rapidly that no one will be able to guess on which side he means to stop—thc Clowns will pockci all they can while lhc fun lasts,' tvhich- ivilt nut be very long—the Pnnlaloons will blunder abort in nil directions, victimising others, to be victimised in their turn by their more habile associates—and tit length the good ge- v in ■■ of England, exemplified in til * belter sense of t■]r- nation, will put an end to tbe knavery and foolery that will have been permitted to prevail, for, ail' ihe play-bills say, "alim'ttted pej-iod."' There never yet was a House of Commons which has so unreservedly ns the present written itself down—that which we have no inclin-i- f y J |