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We are enabled to give the yeas and nays on the proposition to order the Tariff Bill to be engrossed for a third reading; and would call the attention of our readers to the striking fact, that the vote in its favor consists, with scarce an exception, of the partisans of Mr. We Van Buren, added to those of the high tariff party.

The question then presented by the south is not a question of Union, but of relief. need not say more to satisfy every reader, that, We will immediately lay before our readers so far as the south is cencerned, there is no cause to apprehend disunion. If disunion the unanswerable expose of Mr. McDuffie, dedoes come, it must come from the north. Let livered yesterday, in which he proved that, acus examine this view of the case for a moment. cording to the information communicated to the Let us "calculate the value of the Union" to House by Mr. McLane, this bill will not rethe northern States. If disunion comes, it must duce the duties, upon the same amount of imfollow an attempt, on the part of the northern ports, four and a half millions; that, accordStates, to enforce the tariff. What would be ing to Mr. McLane's estimate, the revenue, the consequence? One-third of our present from customs, under the bill, will be upon the population now furnish near two-thirds of our same amount of imports, upwards of twentyexports. These exports are exchanged for two millions; and that the bill proposes to our imports, and their imports pay our duties. increase the burdens upon the south, and exA disunion, under the present tariff, would tend bounties to the north, by levying the du

ties upon articles received in exchange for a full attendance of members, on the presen southern labor; while it proposes to keep up tation of a petition from Liverpool, (against the duties upon articles produced by northern further supplies till the Reform Bill be passed,) labor, and admits free of duty such as are received in exchange for it. Thus aggravating, instead of removing the inequality of which the south complains.

Mr. Hume stated that he understood Earl Grey had been sent for by his Majesty; that Earl Grey had had an audience of the King; and that, with the view of avoiding any angry deWe know that it was hoped, that this bill bate, or of throwing obstacles in the way of would be so modified, as that it would be de- conciliatory arrangements, he proposed that the feated by the votes of the eastern and southern House should again abstain from all further members; and such it was supposed, by some, proceeding with business. He had 14 petitions would be the effect of Mr. Cambreling's mo- to present, but, to avoid the risk of increasing tion to reconsider and strike out the bounty up-irritation, he would take on himself the responon ships; but it turns out, that the bill was car-sibility of abstaining, for the present, from preried to its third reading by the votes of the senting them.

* ultra-tariff men, and of the partisans of Mr. Van Mr. Baring communicated, that the efforts Buren; and the commercial representation of and arrangements for the formation of a new the great commercial city of New York, is in Administration were "at an end"-a commuthe singular predicament of having sacrificed nication that was loudly cheered. The Chanthe great interest upon which he has built his cellor of the Exchequer (Lord Althorp) said, fortunes, under the hope of pushing the des he felt it to be his duty to avil himself of the perate chances of Mr. Van Buren, when the earliest opportunity to state that Earl Grey had only effect of his movement has been to falsify received a communication from his Majestyall the predictions of the Globe, and to com- that the noble Earl had had an audience of the mit fel de se upon himself and those south. King-and that, under the peculiar circumstanern adherents of his idol, who were prepared ces, he would move that the House, at its risto sacrifice the great interests of their section ing, do adjourn to Thursday. This communifor office. This vote and an article in the cation was greeted with great cheering; and, Globe of yesterday, opens to us a fruitful chap-after a short conversation, the motion was agreed ter, which we will improve herereafter.

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to, and the House forthwith adjourned, without transacting any other business till Thursday.

BALTIMORE CONVENTION.

Our foreign news of to-day is of a very in. teresting nature. The extract which we publish from the London Morning Herald, a leadWe call the attention of our readers to an ing ultra tory journal, shows the inability of article in our columns of to-day, taken from Wellington to form any administration that can the Western Review, published at Franklin, conduct the affairs of Government. The Re. Tennessee. It will give them a correct idea form Bill may be considered as virtually carri of the nature of a large portion of the materied, and the country saved from anarchy and als of which that convention was composed. confusion. This ought to be truly gratifying If, in Tennessee, where the influence of the to the citizens of the United States; for such Executive must necessarily be so powerful, the is the wide extent of our commercial inter-delegation was got up in the manner describ course with Great Britain, that anarchy there ed in the Review, have we not just reason to would affect, seriously, every portion of our suppose that the delegation from other States country. represent only a similar minority of the Jackson party?

From the London Morn. Herald of Moy 16. In the House of Lords, last night, after some “FROM WASHINGTON—June 15. petitions had been presented, Earl Grey mov "The agitation here is increasing to an ed the adjournment of the House till Thursday alarming degree. Separation is now spoken of next, stating, that he did so in consequence on the floor of Congress broadly and openly, of a communication he had had the honor to re unless justice shall be done to the oppressed ceive from his Majesty. Lord Kenyon inquired sections of the country. I am of opinion that what was the nature of that communication? the eastern and Pennsylvania delegations begin The Lord Chancellor observed that, although to take in earnest what hitherto they have treatthe noble Earl had tendered his resigation to ed as a jest; indeed, if they were to see and conthe Crown, his Lordship still stood in the situ-sult their own interest, they would be first to ation of Minister; and that every one must pret-propose any modification that would ensure ty well understand that the communication tranquillity, and thus preserve the Union before could have reference to the state of public af- it is too late. The great manufacturers have fairs only, and the change in his Majesty's Mi pursued a sorry policy, for, placing patriotism nistry. He could only add that, as far as he out of the question, they risk the loss of the knew, the communication had not yet led to whole to save 15 or 20 per cent. on certain arany result, and that it might lead to none. The ticles; and if the laboring classes could be made like expressions were used by Earl Grey. to understand the subject, they would see at Their Lordships then adjourned till Thurs-once that it is not intended to abandon the proday. tective policy, but rather to strengthen it by In the Commons, almost as soon as there was certain required modifications in the tariff,

EDITORIAL REMARKS, &c.

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The bill was ordered to engrossment for a We should like to know what it was that produced the change in the sentiments of the third reading, at half past nine o'clock on eastern and Pennsylvania delegation. Was it Wednesday night. We subjoin a list of the the certainty of union in the south? None can votes on this occasion. It will be seen that doubt it; for all must see, that, once united, 186 members of the House, were present;

three seats are vacated, two by the lamented King, Joel K. Mann, Henry Muhlenberg, Samdecease of Mr. Hunt, of Vermont, and of Mr. uel A. Smith, Philander Stephens. Johnston, of Virginia, and the other, in conse- Nays.-John Banks, Thomas H. Crawford, quence of the non-election in one of the Con- Harmar Denny, Peter Ihrie, jr. Henry King, gressional districts in the State of Massachu- Robert McCoy. T. M. T. McKennan, David setts. Twenty-four members only were absent, Potts, jr. Andrew Stewart, Joel B. Sutherland, a considerable portion of which, we regret to John G. Watmough. state, were absent from indisposition One, (Mr. Angel, of New York,) is absent by leave of the House.

We are preparing a report of the proceedings and the votes upon the numerous amendments proposed to the bill, which shall be laid before our readers at the earliest day that a due regard to precision and accuracy in obtaining, from the official record, the several propositions and the yeas and nays upon them, will permit.

DELAWARE.
Nay.-John J. Milligan.
MARYLAND.

Yeas.-Benjamin C. Howard, Daniel Jenifer,
John L. Kerr, John Ĉ. Spence, Francis Thomas,
George C. Washington, J. T. H. Worthington.
VIRGINIA.

Yeas.-William Armstrong, Nathaniel H. Claiborne, Joseph W. Chinn, Robert Craig, Philip P. Doddridge, John Y. Mason, Lewis Vote upon the question of engrossment of Maxwell, Charles F. Mercer, John M. Patton, the tariff in the House of Representatives, June John J. Roane. 27, 1832. Yeas 121, nays 65.

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Nays. Mark Alexander, Robert Allen, John S. Barbour, Thomas T. Bouldon, Richard Coke, Thomas Davenport, William F. Gordon. NORTH CAROLINA.

Yeas.-Daniel L. Barringer, Laughlin Bethune. Henry W. Connor, Thomas H. Hall, M. T. Hawkins, William B. Shepard, Augustine H. Shepperd, Jesse Speight, Lewis Williams. Nays. John Branch, Samuel P. Carson, James McKay, Abraham Rencher.

SOUTH CAROLINA.

Yea.-Thomas R. Mitchell.
vis, John M. Felder, John K. Griffin, George
Nays. Robert W. Barnwell, Warren R. Da-
McDuffie, William T. Nuckolls.

GEORGIA

Yea. James M. Wayne.

Nays.-Augustin S. Clayton, Thomas F. Foster, Henry G. Lamar, Daniel Newnan, Wiley Thompson, Richard H. Wilde.

KENTUCKY.

Yeas.-Chilton Allan, Nathan Gaither, R. M. Johnson, Joseph Lecompte, Chittenden Lyon, Robert P. Letcher, Thomas A. Marshall,

Nays.-Heman Allen, Horace Everett, Wm. Christopher Tompkins.

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NEW YORK.

Yeas.-Gamaliel H. Barstow, John T. Bergen, Joseph Bouck, Samuel Beardsley, John C. Brodhead, Churchill C. Cambreleng, John A. Collier, Chas. Dayan, Ulysses F. Doubleday, William Hogan, Michael Hoffman, Freeborn G. Jewett, John King, Garret Y. Lansing, James Lent, Job Pierson, Edward C. Reed, Erastus Root, John W. Taylor, Phineas L. Tracy, Gulian C. Verplanck, Frederick Whittlessey, C. P. White, Aaron Ward, Daniel Wardwell.

Nays-William Babcock, Nathaniel Pitcher, Edmund H. Pendleton, Samuel J. Wilkin, Grattan E. Wheeler.

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Yeas.-John C. Bucher, George Burd, Rich

Nays.-Henry Daniel, Albert G. Hawes, C. A. Wickliffe.

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