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ea.tse for imposing a passing-toll before he agreed to the st.cond reading, The. HON. MEMBER s aid there w no such clause. Mr. BELL :vas opposed to some of the cla.,se3 oF the Bill, but tvould not oppose the second reading, in the hope that it %%mild be altered in Committee. Mr. VILLIERS presented a petition from Ellesmere, in S!:rol,shira, in favour of the abolition or Church-rates. Mr. MULLINS prr'sented a petition from the owners of shares in the Agricultural 13.mk of Irelatvi, against the destruction of that establishment. • Mr. WALTER presented petitions from the operative cot tco-spinners, iron-fOunders, and weavers of Manclic;ter, in favour of the Bill for the reduction of the hours of labour of children in factories ; also a petition front Allidenhead for the better observance of the Sabbath. Also petitions from the Suffolk Union, and from Derby, si.oled by 4,003 persons," in favour of an alteration in the Poor-laws. Mr. WILKS presented petitions from parishes in the n,:ighbourhood of Boston in favour of the Ministerial plan for the abolition of Chureb•rates. MEDICAL MONOPOLY. Mr. WARBURTON presented the following petition from Mr. Stevenson, a surgeon of the city of Limerick. TO TIIE RIGHT HONOURABLE AND HONOURABLE, THE KNIGHTS, CITIZENS, AND BURGESSES, IN TIIE COMMONS HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED, The Petition of the undersigned, John Stevenson, Surgeon, &e., of the City of Limerick, HUMBLY SHENVETII : That your petitioner, in the year 1834, addressed a petition to your Honourable House, praying an alteration in the Act of Parliament which regulates the profession of apothecary in this country. Your petitioner then submitted to the wisdom and justice of your Honourable House, the impolicy of permitting a law, enacted in the Irish Parliament nearly half a century ago— obviously with a view to founding and protecting a monopoly —to remain any longer a stain upon the Statute-book. Petitioner humbly complains of this monstrous and absurd law, as investing the Apothecaries' Company of Dublin with a power which they exercise in the worst and most exclusive spirit—that of prohibiting any apothecary, simply because he has qualified himself for the duties of his profession in Eng land or Scotland, and not in Ireland (although his eligibility be certified by the Colleges of the Sister Countries), from compounding medicine, or practising in his profession in this part of the kingdom, unless he again serve his apprenticeship to an Irish apothecary, for a period of seven years, and be admitted a licentiate of the Dublin Hall. Petitioner submits that this Act was conceived in a jealous and anti-British feeling, and that it was passed at a time when the Irish Parliament could not have contemplated the present vast intercourse between the three nations ; their great inter change of inhabitants; the intermixture of all denominations of the British people with each other ; their identity of inte rests ; and the liberal spirit in which all British institutions are now governed. He further submits, that the jurisdiction and ,control thus given to an illiberal and despotic Board in Dublin, influenced by narrow and selfish views, discourages the settlement in Ire land of men of science and high practical attainments, and of experience and enterprise, commanding capital, and desirous of conducting business upon improved systems beneficial to the public. And that such control is degrading and intolerable to English and Scotch apothecaries, who, your petitioner is per suaded, are willing to unite in rendering the profession an enlightened and scientific body without any National distinc tions. With great humility, your petitioner prays leave to state, that he has been practising the art of apothecary during a pe riod of twenty-four years, and has gone through the entire cur riculum of studies required for a surgical diploma—which di. ploma he received from the Faculty of Physicians and Sur geons of Glasgow, thereby qualifying him to practice surgery and pharmacy. That, on the faith of this legal qualification, as well as long practical experience, petitioner embarked in the year 1831, a very large capital in the establishment of a medical concern in the city of Limerick—and that he has since been much impeded by the members of the Apothecaries' Hall, who have not only refused to recognise his qualification, or even to allow him an examination at their Hall, unless peti tioner commence his profession anew, and subject himself to an apprenticeship of seven years with a licentiate of their own Corporation ; but have lately oppressed him by an expensive and most vexatious prosecution, notwithstanding the candid and honourable admission officially made to your petitioner, in 1834, by the then Governor of the Apothecaries' Hall, that legal proceedings, should they be taken against your peti tioner, would be " extremely oppressive." Your petitioner was examined during the Session of 1834, by the Medical Committee appointed by your Honourable House ; and from the deep sympathy then felt in petitioner's case, and the strong condemnatory feeling expressed by many individual Members of the Hon. House, as well as the severe animadversions of the Public Press upon the exclusive privi leges of the Dublin Hall, the Directors thereof were disarmed, and the law proceedings at that time threatened against your petitioner, were for a while abandoned. But, in May last, the said Directors, emboldened by the non-intervention of the Legislature, instituted an action at law against petitioner, which, under the advice of two of his Majesty's most eminent Counsel at the Irish Bar, your petitioner was induced to com promise at a very grievous expense, submitting to the exaction of a pecuniary penalty, and payment of law costs. Your petitioner prays leave to state, that notwith;tanding these proceedings. he is still at the mercy of the Hall in Dub lin ; and may be again and again plunged into similar morti fying litigation, until he is either utterly ruined, or compelled to sacrifice his property in Ireland, and leave the country. Your petitioner most humbly " submits, how contrary it is to the enlightened spirit of the times, and how much at variance with the cordial feeling now happily subsisting in the family of the British Empire, not only that a power should be per mitted to reside in such a Board as that of Dublin, but that men of a liberal profession should be found to exercise it as they do, particularly against your petitioner, whose qualifica tions they, at the same time, cannot but acknowledge to be at least equal to their own. Your petitioner, in proof of the extreme hardship and se verity with which he has been treated by the r9jection of his claims, begs to lay before your Honourable House copies of the correspondence and other documents, connected with his application to the Governor and Directors of the Apothecaries' Hall of Ireland. Your petitioner persuades himself, that your Honourable House will take into its most serious consideration the grie vance herein complained of, and cause to be altered, amended, or repealed, so much of the Apothecaries' Act of Ireland as will compel that body to recognise the diplomas or certified qualifications emanating from any of the colleges or cori,orate bodies of Great Britain. And further, that all persons sere. ing a regular apprenticeship to a duly-qualified apothecary, (no matter from what body he may hold his licence) shall be entitled to the same privileges and advantages as if said ap prenticeship had been served with a Licentiate of the Apothe caries' Hall of Ireland. And your petitioner will ever pray, JOHN STEVENSON, Licentiate of the niculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Medical Hall, George-street, Limerick, April 20, The lion. Member considered that the complaints con tained in the petition were well worthy the consideration of the House, anti he trusted would meet with that attention which they deserved. Mt.. WILLIAM ROCHE bore testimony to the re spectability :and worth of the pcitiom.r, who had settled in Limerick, and ccriferred great hefiefit upon the city, by th e establisbumnt of a Medical Hall. He thought that now these kingdoms were incorporated, it was monstrous that there should be any laws that would. interfere with these indivithml interests. Nothing could be more unwise than they? auti-national laws. C H U RC H-RATES Mr. PEASE presented petitions from Methodists in Darhatn, in favour of the Ministerial plan fur the abolition of Church-rates, and fur the better observance of the Sab- Mr. W. MILES presented three petitions from Black burn against the Ministerial plan respecting Church-rates ; anti five petitions in favour of Sir Andrew Agnew's Sab bath Bill. Mr. W. I'ATTEN presented a petition from a place in Lancaster, praying for a repeal of the duty on raw cotton. POOR-LAW COMMITTEE. _ _..... Mr. HARVEY said he had 10 petitions to present, some against the principle, and others against the working of the New Poor-law. The petitions - were from Kendal ; from Littlehourne, in Kent ; from Brentford, in Middle sex ; fiinn Shelley, in Yorkshire; Sutton in Asidield, Nottinghamshire ; from the Radical Association of South wark ; from the Radical Association of Bermondsey ; and from Wickford and Rawreth, in Essex. The petition from Brantford prayed, that one-third of the tithes might be appropriated to their original destination, namely, the support of the poor. The Hon. Gentleman stated that he availed himself of the opportunity of presenting those petitions to request that he might be excused , from :crying any longer on the Poor-law Committee.. At the time that that Committee was appointed he regretted its composition, and regretted the restricting terms under which it was appointed ; but he entered that Committee in the hope it would pursue the important enquiry for which it was appointed impartially. He regretted to say that in that respect he had been disappointed, and he was therefore disinclined to countenance a:1 enquiry which he felt assured could only end in bitter disappointment.—(Hear.) Under these circum.itances he trusted the House would allow his name to be Withdrawn from that Committee... He should now move that the petitions he had presented be referred to the Committee, and on a future day he would bring the subject of the Poor Law Committee under the considera tion of the Ilouse. Mr. WALTER then rose to make some observations, bnt it being intimated to him by the Speaker that there was no question before the House, the Hon. Member sat down. • LICENSED VICTUALLERS' BILL. Mr. MACKINNON presented a petition from the Na tional Association of Licensed Victuallers against certain ii.dlilltsWois,tle House for the alteration of public houses. ( v. is ytateLwi ß th p t o he ß l A aw T a l s o i N t ast (SCOTLAND.) existed. • 4.,,,,fir :figpi CLERK presented Petitions from Dun- OdAiN ".• gainst the Municipal Corporation (Scot -0 .t.- ' * 4 ''PRif"• N jrag General LYGON presented a petition from Worcester ire, pra)iug for a repeal of tl.e duty on hops. Mr. HUME presented four petitions in favour of the Ministerial measure for the abolition or Church-rates. Sir It. BATES - ON presented two petitions from pa rishes in the county of Antrim, and one from the county of Down, against the - system of national education in Ireland. Mr. SHAW presented a-petition to the same effect. Mr. GILL() N presented several petitions from ptrishes in Bucks, in favour of the Government plan for the aboli tion of Church-rates. Similar petitions were presented by Mr. H. Tracy, Mr. Paulson, Mr. 111 - J. O'Connell, an I S:r E. Wilmot. Sir R. BATESON presented a petition -from London derry. complaining of the existence of the National Asso ciation, whose avowcd objects were to create rebellion in the King';; ..Qiihjects, and to dismember the empire by dis solving' the Union.=--(Hear.) Sir A. L. HAY piesented a petition from the Town Council of Elg►n, ►n favour of the Burghs of-Barony Bill. Mr. HUME presented a petition from Richard Radford Roe, of Wexford, barrister-at-law, who had been indicted upon a charge of pe►jury, and praying an address to his Majesty for the production of:certain documents, by' which he might be acquitted of the charge. Mr. AGLION BY presented a petition from a place in Westmoreland, praying that some fund might be appro priated for the repair of the fabric of the Church instead of parochial rates, and for a better remuneration to parish clerks. • _ _ Mr. EWART presented a petition from Stockport, praying for free trade ; and a petition from Preston, pray ing for the abolition of Church-rates ; and one praying for the repeal of the ‘iindow-tax. Mr. WALTER gave notice that early after the recess he should bring under the notice of the House the present state of the inquiry into the Poor-Law Amendment Act, for the purpose of submitting a notice on the subject. Mr. M. O'CONNELL presented petitions praying for the abolition of tithes, and in favour of the Irish Poor-law Bill. Sir R. PRICE presented a petition against the Work house system of the Poor-law Act, and three petitiens, praying. for the abolition of Church-rates. - Mr. BERNAL presented a petition from four hun dred Wesleyan. Dissenters of Rochester, praying for the abolition of Church-rates ; and a petition from twelve hun dred inhabitants of that town, to the same effect. Mr. T. DUNCOM BE presented a petition from the inhabitants of St. Pancras, in which they state that the Commissioners of Woods and Forests were indebted to them the sum of 7,0001., and praying for the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the subject. The SPEAKER did not know what redress could be afforded to the petitioners except paying the money. Unless the Crown consented, he doubted whether the petition could be received. After some observations from Mr. DUNCOMBE and Mr. HUMS the petition was withdrawn. AGRICULTURAL BANK. - - Mr. E. TENNENT presented a petition from several of the Shareholders of the Agricultural Bank of Ireland, praying that they might be at liberty to go in immediately be&c - the Standing Orders Committee, in order to prove the truth of their allegations against the Agricultural Bank. the Hon. Member concluded by moving that they might have the liberty of doing ”. Mr. Sergeant JACKSON said that he had received several communications from Ireland, entreating that time might be afforded. - Mr. F. FRENCH thought the House ought not to in terfere, but to leave the petitioners to adopt their own course. Mr. GREENE thought the House ought to adhero strictly to the Standing Orders. Sir R. BATESON thought the prayer of the_ peti . tioners ought to be granted, in order to further the intro duction of a measure to prevent the property of the petitioners from being squandered, as it was at the present moment. Lord G. SOMERSET trusted that his Hon. Friend would withdraw his motion, as he considered, if it were adopted, it would have the effect of violating the Standing Orders of the House. Mr. TENNENT withdrew the motion. TITHES. Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN presented a petition from a_ parish in Limerick, praying for the abolition of tithes. Sir W. FOLLETT presented a petition from Exeter, in favour of Sir Andrew Agnew's Bill. CHURCH-RATES. Petitions in favour of the Ministerial plan for the aboli tion of Church-rates were presented by. Lord PALMERSTON, Mr. C. WOOD, and Mr. GROTE. IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT. Mr. GROTE presented a petition, signed by 50 or 60 prisoners confined for debt in Horsemonger-lane Jail, com plaining of the harsh treatment they bad suffered, anti. praying the House to pass the measure introduced by the Attor ney-General for the abolition of Imprisonment for Debt. In answer to a question from Mr. HUME, Lord PALMERSTON said lie would have no objection to lay the papers relative to the affair of the Consul at New Granada, Mr. Russell, before the House. It was highly proper that they should be on the table of the House, and he would take care that they were produced as soon as possible. When they were in the hands of Hon. Members it would be found that na injustice had been committed on the part of England. THE VIXEN. Mr. C. BULLER—Being so fortunate as to see the Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs in his place—(A laugh)—he begged to .ask him whether he had altogether forgotten the case of the Vixen? Would the Noble Lord be kind enough to tell him and the House whether he had received any information relative to the cap ture? Whether the negotiations which the Noble Lord in formed the House were going on between Government and Russia had been concluded ; and if so, whether the papers would soon be laid on the table of the House ? Lord PALMERSTON was not yet in a condition to give the required information. The matter was in such a state of forwardness, that he hoped to be able to put the House in possession of it in a very short time. FACTORIES. Lord ASHLEY begged to ask whether the regulations of the Factory Inspectors of Lancashire had received the sanction of the law officers of the Crown. And also, whe❑ the Noble Lord opposite intended to introduce the Bill for the amendment of the Factories Regulation Act ? Lord J. RUSSELL said the regulation; to which the Noble Lord'had alluded were issued in consequence of the advice of the law officers of the Crown. Hu was unable to state when ale Bill to which the Noble Lord alluded .would be introduced. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Lord J. RUSSELL was now about to move that the House at its rising do adjourn to Wednesday next ; and in so doing he would take' the liberty of saying a word or two on the practice that had formerly prevailed in that House, and which, as he had been told, there wag some danger of being revived. The practice he alluded to was that of presenting petitions, and at the same time of entering into a discussion. upon them. He certainly did recollect that that practice was very in convenient as regarded the petitions themselves, and delay was thereby considerably increased, as sometimes forty or fifty Members were ready to present their petitions, while one or two Members had raised a dis cussion upon theirs.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") That sys tem hail very much altered, for the worse the character of discussions in that House, white great delay was occa sioned in the presentation of petitions. He could not hear that there was the least danger of that practice being re vived without expressing his opinion, in which he hoped the House ,would bear him out, that they were very much indebted to the Speaker—<Loud cries of " Hear, hear," from both sides of the House)—for the course he had taken upon that subject ; for it had tended at once to produce great facility in the presentation of petitions, a great saving of time to the House, and likewise confining the discussions to questions upon which only they ought to be raised, instead of the desultory conversations which had formerly taken place. He was glad to see that he had not called the attention of Hon. Members to the subject without meeting with their concurrence. He should now conclude that the House at its rising should adjourn to Wednesday, the 17th. Mr. HUME was sorry that the Noble Lord had made any observation upon the subject, as he thought it ought to be left to the - House to decide whether it would allow a discussion to take place on the presentation of petitions at the time of their being presented. If a rule was to be laid down that in no instance any discussion should take place, the House might as well give the public notice that it was -no use presenting petitions at all.—(Hear, hear.) He thought it might, perhaps, be as well to have all petitions arranged, and certain days fixed for their dis cussion. He trusted the Noble Lord would consider if something could not be done upon the subject, for the pur pose of saving the time of the House—doing, at the same time, justice to all petitioners. Sir J. GRA HA:111 could not concur with the statement of the Hon. Mtnnber for Middlesex. So far from regretting, he was happy that the Noble Lord had introduced the subject. The ancient practice was that no discussion should take place on the presentation of petitions, and it was not until 1317 that that practice was departed from. He could not but express his regret that so much time was spent in that House in talking upon subjects that were utterly irrelevant. He thought that the plan that had been adopted by the Speaker was a most useful one, and ought to be continued. Every facility had been given by the Chair to the statement of the facts contained in peti titions, but not to debating upon them.—(Hear, hear.) He cordially joined with the Noble Lord in returning his thanks to the Speaker for adopting a course which was I proiseworthy to the character of the House, and which had facilitat2tl the conducting of the business of the House. The Speaker had successfully endeavoured to revert to tho ancient practice, and which rested on safer grounds than any resolution would do. •He sincerely hoped the result of what was then passing would be a strict adherence to the rule which the Speaker bad so successfully established, and which had proved 'to. be so beneficial. Mr. WARBURTON did riot wish to sanction the practice established by the Speaker, on the ground of antiquity, but he would do so on the reasonableness of it. It was just as impossible that two bodies should oc- . eupy the same space as that the Members of that House should find time for debating on petitions, and for conduct ing the ordinary business of the Haase. -He considered the practice that had been recurred to was a most useful practice, and he hoped • the thrust. would never break through it. Lord PALMERSTON said the rule that had been laid down was as - much for the interests of the -petitioners as' it was for the conducting of the public business. ' Although it was very important for persons to convey their sentiments to the House in the shape of petitions, yet he did not see they had any interest in knowing particularly the opinions which Members of the House might wish to express in debate. The present plan was the most useful which could be in troduced, for the Member presenting the petition had the most perfect right to state whether he agreed in the prayer of the petition, or whether he dissented from it. Mr. C. BULLER thought the rule did not go half far enough. The present plan of petiti ning was a. mere farce in that House until they were shoved into Mr. Lee's great bag. Now would it not be better that Members should at once go up and put them in the bag themselves? Members cared nothing about petitions except to get quit of them as soon as possible ; and as the object of the petitioners was obtained in the Committee to which they were all sent, he thought that his plan, being much more simple, would be the best. . . Lord SANDON agreed with all those who had said there should be no debate upon petitions, and he was sure that the House would, in general, bow to the authority of the Speaker on the subject. The rule, however, ought not to be, too strict. Occasions might arise in which a dis cussion would be useful, and might save time afterwards. Mr. WAKLEY wished to know precisely how far a Member was allowed to go? By merely stating the place whence a petition came and its prayer, it was a useless cere mony, and they might _as well put it into the bag at once without saying a word. He agreed with the Right Hon. Baronet opposite, that too much time was lost in that House in useless discussions, but it was not upon petitions. He was sorry to say that more time had been consumed .by the Hon. Gentleman opposite opposing justice to Ire land, than had ever been done upon petitions. HAND-LOOM WEAVING. Mr. MAXWELL—Before the House acceded to the motion he must take the present opportunity of moving for leave to bring in a Bill to give publicity to the prices of hand-loom weaving. He should feel it his duty to persist in that motion unless the Noble Lord oppo'site, or the Pre sident of the Board of Trade, gave him an assurance that the subject would be taken into consideration by the Go vernment. He begged to more as an amendment, that leave be given to bring in a Bill to that effect. Mr. POULETT THOMSON denied that the Hon. Gentleman bad experienced any difficulty in bringing for ward his motion, or that Government had interposed any obstacles. He (Mr. P. Thomson) had been there twice on notice days, when the Hon. Member had given notice of his intention to bring in the Bill in question. On one occasion the House had been counted out, and on the other the Hon. Member was not in his plaCe.—( Hear.) The Hon. Member not having availed himself of his legitimate op portuity, now wished to interpose his Bill by way of an amendment on the question of the adjournment of the House. If his Hon. Friend would postpone his notice to an ordinary notice day, he would have plenty of opportunity for intro ducing his measure. He would tell his Hon. Friend candidly he had no sort ofobjection tothe introduction oftheßill,though he should vote against it, because he was satisfied no plan could be devised by means of a Bill by which the object of his friend would be attained. —(Hear.) He should like, however, to see the Bill introduced, in order that his Hon. Friend might be convinced of its im practicability. His great objection was to the introduction of the measure at the present moment, and if his Hon. Friend persevered in his motion he should certainly vote against it. Mr. WORTLEY hoped that the House would do justice to the suffering hand-loom weavers, by allowing the Bill to be introduced. Mr. P. THOMSON explained that he had no objection to the introduction of the Bill. His objection was to its being introduced at the present moment. Sir It. BATESON could not refrain from expressing very shortly his conviction that the situation of the suffering class then under the consideration of the house, had not been attended to by the legislature. Persons in his own neighbourhood, whom lie knew to be honest and industrious were suffering privation almost amounting to starvation. He implored the House not to throw cold water upon the hopes and wishes of the hand-loom weavers, but to give them a fair hearing, and allow his Hon. Friend near him to make his statement. Mr. GI LLON thought a case of very urgent necessity had been .made out for the lion. Member for Lanarkshire making his motion. He had received a letter yesterday from one of the burghs which he represented, stating that the hand-loom weavers were fast approaching to a state of complete destitution. If the Hon. Member was allowed to proceed, they would be impressed with the conviction that the Legislature was not indifferent to their distress, which was of the most appalling description._( Hear, hear.) Mr. P. BORTH WICK said, although he meant to support the Hon. Member for Lanarkshire; yet he should give his vote with a great deal mace satisfaction if he would make his statement upon some future occasion. He believed the question before the House was, that the House at its rising should adjourn till Wednesday. Now, if the Hon. Member persisted in his motion, in all proba bility there would no holidays. Mr., WARBURTON admitted the good intentions of the Hon. Member, but at the same time he entertained a strong objection to the principle of the Bill. When such was the case—when the principle of a Bill was opposed by Hon. Members—it was not usual to press its introduction in this way. Mr: G. F. YOUNG was favourable to the Bill and the principle it contained ; but his Hon. Friend ought to make out a strong case of necessity before he interfered with the regulations. The plan proposed to be pursued by the Noble Lord would, in his opinion, tend to excite a feeling in the minds of the people interested in the Bill, which it was the duty of the House to do all in its power to allay. Lord J. RUSSELL had no objection to such a Bill being brought in if the motion were made at a proper time ; but he ceitainly did object to its being moved as an amend ment when there was another question before the House. —(Cries of " Divide.") Lord SANDON hoped the Hon. Member would allow the Bill to be brought in and read a first time }pro forma. Mr. HU ME hoped the Noble Lord would not consent to the Bill being now introduced. Mr. lIINDLEY moved as an • amendment that the discussion be postponed to Wednesday next. After some observation from Mr. M. ATTWOOD, Mr. MAXWELL said lie Kilt bound to persist in his motion. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared— Fur the adjournment Against it Majority fur the adjournment SLAVE TRADE. Mr. O'CONNELL wished t-► ask the Noble Lord, the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, whether he had received any information relative to the importation of slaves from the Spanish territories into Texas under the flag of the United States ? Lord PALMERSTON had not received any specific information on that particular point, but he was afraid the flag of the United States has been used in • the importation of shivos to the Island of Cuba. The lion. Member for Weymouth had given his annual not i ce f or t h e production of papers, when all the information the Govern ment had received would be laid before the House. Mr. O'CONNELL believed the American flag had been used in shipping large cargoes of negroes from the Havannah to the Texas, ar.d he thought the utmost vigi lance of the. Government ought to be employed. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. In answer to a question from Sir J. GRAHAM, - Lord J. RUSSELL said that it was his intention on Friday next to proceed with the Bills he had introduced for the reform of the criminal law. The Noble Lord also stated that on the 22d instant his Right Hon. Friend would move the adoption of the Revolt, on the resolution of tLe House respecting Church-rates.—( Hear.) DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH. Mr. HARCOURT moved for the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the circumstances con nected with the pension granted by Parliament to the Duke of Marlborough.—(llear ) The motion was then put and agreed to. POOR RELIEF (IRELAND) BILL. Lord J. RUSSELL then moved the Order of the Day for the House going into Committee on the Irish Poor -relief Bill, when Mr. LUCAS rose tomove as an amendment," That it be an instruction to the Committee to introduce a provision for settlement, so as more justly to apportion the pecuniary charges to be incurred and levied under the name Poor -rates. The Hon. Member alluded to the inconveniences of the law of settlement according to the old law of England upon that subject, and said that the introduction of a si, molar prir,ciple into Ireland would be it the highest de r, re Prejudicial to the interests of that country. Ho was' Sure his Majesty's Government were anxious to make the pre sent' Bill as beneficial as possible to Ire land, re id he - did not wonder that, knowing the mis chief wThich had formerly arisen from the English law of settleine rut, they had not introduced a settlement into the provision sof this measure. His wish, however, was to try if some principle of settlement could not be brought for ward, which would have the effect of allocating the charge of a poor rate, without carrying with it all the inconve niences of the English settlement.—(Hear, hear.) It was clear that, the measure proposed, as it at present stood, would tend to introduce the greatest inequality of rating— ( Hear, hear)—as would any measure which provided the same measure of relief for every part of Ireland. lie had received many letters upon the subject of the Bill from persons of unquestionable authority upon the subject in Ireland, and they almost all concurred in stating that it was there looked upon with the utmost jealousy. Its worst feature was that it would increase the rates. The defects perceptible in the English law might be easily removed in that about to be established in Ireland. All that Hon. Members would be bound to in voting for the motion was, to admit that a law of settlement was necessary. He would propose that any poor person found in any district should be taken into the workhouse of that district, without any reference to his own parish. He should be kept there for a certain time, and the guardians should after that period make a report on the case. The question of the pauper's parish would then necessarily arise, and he thought that a census should be taken within the next four years, to form a basis of a law of settlement. But, to return to the case of the pauper taken into flue workhouse, he would make it the interest of the pauper to declare as explicitly as possible where his parish lay. He would be asked how he could effect this. He, proposed to do it in the following way : if the pauper could not claim a settlement he would give the Commissioners a power of removing the pauper to any district which might appear to them be expedient. He would also give the parish an interest in discovering the pauper's parish. This could be effected by burthening the parish in which lie was found with half the expense in curred by the pauper's maintenance. In order to prevent any fraud on the guardians of the parish in removing pau pers, he should propose to fix the expense of removal on the guardians themselves. The removal would soon be felt to be an expensive amusement, and would not be practised unless absolutely necessary. The Hon. Gentleman con cluded by moving the amendment. Mr. LYNCH thought it would be bettr to state some certain plan on the question. The Hon. Gentleman desired that paupers should be removed to whatever place the Commissioners might deem proper. That, in his opinion, was scarcely just ; and he thought the Hon. Member him self would be but little pleased were he to see a whole cargo of paupers landed in his parish some morning when he least expected it. He could not agree with the Hon. Member that particular districts would be over-burthened by the paupers of other localities, because the pauper could have no inducement to abandon his own parish, and quit a place where his friends resided to seek an asylum in a more remote district of the country. Colonel WOOD thought the law of Scotland, which re quired three years' residence in a parish before a settle ment could be obtained, the most expedient plan that could be adopted. Mr. C. BULLER was glad the Hon. Member for Monaghan had brought forward his motion on the subject of the law of settlement ; but while he approved of the principle, he could not sanction the specific details with which the proposition was encumbered. It appeared to him that the great evil with which they had to contend was the competition which prevailed in Ireland with regard to the taking of land, and which was carried on, as it was well known, to a ruinous extent. The law of settlement should not be mixed up with a compulsory claim, for the two things had no necessary connection. The Bill would be of no advantage unless some clause establishing the claim from settlement was introduced. There was a proposition for a local rate, and why not establish a system of local re lief ? How could guardians properly distribute the relief to be given unless by some law of settlement they could be made aware of the characters, the wants, and the deserts of the applicants ? The Bill was merely an experiment of a benevolent nature; but, in his mind, it would prove inef fective, unless it adopted some simple law of settlement. Lord CLEMENTS saw many difficulties in the way of a law of settlement. To attempt to do anything more than to make a provision for the poor by this Bill would be hopeless. Any attempt at a law of settlement would only prove an inducement to landlords to throw their land .into grass lands and pasturage, and to endeavour to thin the population. The O'CO NOR DON was of opinion that the law could not prove effective unless it comprehended some law of settlement. The settlement, however, should be regu lated by Unions, and not parochially, for there were many parishes which could not afford to support their poor. Lord HO WICK said the ,Honourable and Learned Gentleman should remember that this law was not intended to act directly on the condition of landlord and tenant. In deed the object of the proposed Poor•law was not to raise altogether, and at once, the whole mass of the Irish popu lation. Those who thought to attempt any via thing by this measure would not only fail of their object but would do an injury. Those who advocated the proposition for a law of settlement did not argue that it should establish a positive claim to relief. Now, this was most inconsistent. It would prevent the employment of labourers except in their own districts, and 3et it would make no provision for them other wise. The employers, too, would only employ the labour ers of their own districts, and if reduced to leave those, the labourers would be shut out from all other sources. The Scotch system had been recommended, but the diffe rences between the two countries were very great. He thought the law of settlement would aggravate the evils of the introduction of Poor-laws into Ireland. He would, how ever, overlook temporary difficulties, and was willing to con sider the question with relation to the time when the system should be brought into full operation, and all the workhouses were completed ; and, viewing it in that manner, he thought the law of settlement unnecessary. The English Poor-law Commissioners had found the subject one of the greatest difficulty. The difficulties were, in fact, so great, that the English measure could be scarcely considered as more than provisional, and in a few years it would, he had no doubt, be superseded. The workhouses, at present, in many places—in Nottingham, Gloucester, and one or. awo other counties—were indiscriminately thrown open, as mendicity societies, giving relief to paupers only on their claim of being destitute, and settlement was not taken into consi deration. The Noble Lord concluded by repeating his opinion that the law of settlement would only add to the difficulties of the introduction of the New Poor-laws into Ireland. - Ir. VILLIERS objected to the instruction to the Com mittee, as calculated to give landlords an inducement to drive paupers from off their estates. Mr. P. SCROPE understood the main object of the Bill was to suppress mendicity and outrage, and all those ills which arose from the total absence of any security for the means of subsistence among the lower classes in Ire land. The state of society in that country was the most extraordinary that could be conceived : the evidence given. before the Commissioners was sufficient to show its anoma lous character, and that it was such as never existed in any civilized country. It was there actually proved that men had gone into a district representing themselves as murderers when they were not so, simply for the purpose of gaining that sympathy which was always excited in favour of such persons. The mode of suppressing those evils was, by af fording a guarantee to the people of Ireland that they should no lunger be allowed to starve. It was proposed to do this by means of workhouse relief. To render it effectual it must be given to all applicants. If they did not introduce the principle of settlement into this Act they must neces sari!), have it introduced by - the Board of Guardians or the Commissioners. Would it not be batter to have an uniform system all over the country rather than a different system in different parts ? There was not a country in the world where there was a Poor-law without a law of settlement. Mr. D. W. HARVEY never knew of so great an object being met by so small a contrivance as the present mea sure. The evil was admitted, and could scarcely be exalt-, gerated. Two millions of people, always destitute, and half the year in a state of starvation, were to be relieved by the erection of 100 barracks to contain 800 persons each. With the high spirit that we are always told is constantly ready to break out. into resistance, this attempt to cage up Irish energy would convert each of these bastiles into a barrack for embryo rebels. Then emigration was talked of ; but what was emigration, but the sending of men, at an expense of 201. or 30/. each, to find on the other side of the Atlantic waste lands, of which they had amply enough to employ them at home ? Confiscation it was said would be the effect of provision by settlement. If it were so he Would say, let confiscation come. Mr. SHAW observed that it was said that if we did not establish a law of settlement, the Commissioners wou'd esta blish it themselves. Let it be so. He wished them to have a wide discretion on the subject. Mr. O'CONNELL said, the question of settlement was one of great importance. They had to decide, in the first place, on the legal right ; i n th e secon d p l ace , on th e locality ;in the third place, on the plan. For his own part, he was against any law of settlement, because he was persuaded that ,it was against the principle of legal right. What was the object of the proposed measure ? To tran quillise Ireland. But would it tend to tranquillise Ireland, to give one man a right to ask what another man had a right to refuse ? On these points he perfectly agreed with the Hon. and Learned Member for the University of Dub lin. He confessed he shuddered at the experiment of this Bill, the execution of which he foresaw would be pregnant with serious difficulties, Lord STANLEY was happy to see that praiso be stowed upon the harmony with which this debate had been conducted was justified up to the present moment, for the Hon. and Learned Gentleman the Member for Kilkenny accorded with the views of the Member fur the University of Dublin (Mr. Shaw). Notwithstanding what he had heard, he could not bring his mind to conclude that any plan of relief not based upon a principle of settlement, could be satisfactory. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman the Member for Kilkenny objected to the Bill, as involv ing in its provisions a law of settlement, but leaving the application of it to the Commissioners. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman denied a legal right to relief, but admitted the moral and religious right, and laugh:d at the Hon. Member for Southwark, because he 'would give the right to relief, and at the same time the right to refuse i.. He (Lord Stanley) admitted that, in this respect, tho Bill halted, and that the experiment was a dan g erous one. Go vernment should have made up their mind upon this prin ciple before the Bill was introduced. Ile must say a few words as to the bearing of this measure on the clearing of estates. He was favourable to that principle, as to diminish pauperism and to better the condition of the tenants who might remain on an estate. He expended large sums to promote emigration from a property he had in Ireland. Previously to this the rents were not paid at all ; but in consequence of a reduction in the numbers on the estate, they were now regularly paid. He was aware that great difficulties had arisen from the law of settle= ment, but they were found not to be insurmountable.— ( Hear, hear, hear.) In Scotland there was the law of industrial settlement ; and if the funds collected voluntarily to answer the purpose were found insufficient, would any man tell him that there did not exist a power in Scotland to- lay on an assessment ? There was, therefore, a law of settlement in Scotland, and he was not aware that it ope rated in any material degree as an interruption to emigra tion. The Scotch system might have its advantlges and inconveniences, but some system was preferable to none. Unless a principle of settlement was introduced in the Bill he feared that evil would he introduced where good was intended. Lord JOHN RUSSELL had paid great attention to the debate. The Noble Lord (Stanley) said there were two opinions, settlement or no settlement, and that Go vern►uent should have determined upon one or the other before they itAroduced the Bill. His (Lord J. Russell's) conviction was that the law of Elizabeth was not intended to confer a right to relief, and that it did not confer it; and that was it not for the law of Charles 11. the evils complained of, as arising from the law of Elizabeth, would never have ex isted. The labourer was not permitted to leave his parish, and hence arose much of the evil. The Commissioners con sidered the old law of settlement as an evil, and it was for that reason they recommended unions, giving it as their opi nion that they would have the effect of removing nine-tenths of the inconveniences, and that eventually the law of settle meat might be got rid of entirely. There was this other ob jection to the principle of settlement in Ireland that it must be accompanied with a provisian for removal which would be most mischievous. One of the ill consequences of settlement in this country was, that farmers and others would not give employment to labourers beyond a certain time, to avoid creating a right of settlement. His Noble Friend said the Bill might operate as an inducement to eject tenan:s. If the Noble Lord's suggestion were adopted it would restrict still more the market for labour. Mr. WYSE was not satisfied with any of the arguments which had been advanced against a law of settlement. Lord SA NDON thought that, as a law of settlement would be come to by the Guardians or Commissioners, or what would have the same effect, he was for trusting its framing to the wisdom of Parliament rather than to the caprice of those functionaries. After a few words from Mr. HARDY, Sir E. HAYES, and Mr. CHALMERS, Mr. LUCAS shortly replied. The House then divided, and there appeared— For the motion Against it Majority -52 Lord J. RUSSELL then moved that the House resolve itself into Committee on the Bill on Friday next. Agreed to. WAYS AND MEANS. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX CHEQUER the House then resolved itself into a Corn mittee of Ways and Means. On the question that 11,000,000/. be voted for Exche quer Bills for the service of his Majesty fur 1837, Mr. GOULB URN entered his protest against the prin ciple which appeared to guide the Right Hon. Gentleman in regard to Exchequer Bills. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER con sidered that, with respect to the unfunded debt, the House ought to know how it stood when the vote was taken. He maintained that the measures he had taken - had tended to decrease the debt. He had felt it would be useful that that part of the unfunded debt which was capable of being converted into stock should he applied as he had applied it. During the last fifteen months the reduction in the amount of Exchequer bills had been no less than 4,991,4501., and such a reduction could not but be acceptable to the House. The course he had taken on this-vote was in unison with one which had been adopted by the Right Hon. Baronet in March, 1835. No more money had been supplied from the Sinking Fund than the Sinking Fun had during the interval produced. He was conscious he had only given the Right Hon. Gentleman an imperfect answer, but he was ready to give a fuller one on any future occasion, and at any time when he could do so at an earlier period of the night. Mr. GOULBURN said that there appeared, from the papers he held in his hand, to have been a greater sum paid off in the quarter beginning the sth of April than could have been paid off in the time. Col. SIBTHORP called the attention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the fact that there would be a falling off in the malt duty in the present quarter of 300,0001. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was aware of the circumstance, and a duty like the malt duty was naturally liable to such a falling off. • The conversation then ended. Col. SIBTHORP gave notice that he would on the sth of June move for a Select Committee to inquire in:o the public Commissions. - The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned (till Wednesday next) at a Quarter to One o'Clock. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of May 12. ) SUGAR.--Although the importers of British plantation have submitted to a decline on last week's rates era to lg., yet the demand from both the grocers and refiners has been again very moderate ; sales privately of Berbice of ord. brown quality have been made at 503. to 51s. ; Trinidad 525., with a little colour, 53e. 6d. to 545. 6d. ; Tobag►oes, mid., with 'some heavy and dark 555. ; Demerara, Grenada, and Jamaica, 565. to 575., good 58s. to 60s. ; fine Antiguas 61s. to 625. ; and Demerara, manufactured on a new principle, being white and showing a large chrystallised grain, at 70s. For refined goods, the market still continues in a dull state, and prices r.re on the de cline, they now being 6d. to Is. under those of this day week. The grocers as well as the shippers have purchased very spar ingly. Small sales of double. Crushed have been made at 325. 6d. to 335. ; Lumps to pus the standard, at 745., and those rather under at 735. Matiarrtuv.—This afternoon 1,209 bags at auction found buyers at fully previous prices, good mid. yellow ith strength at 555. to 585., mid. rather dingy for the pan at 523. 543. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon a public sale of 930 bales Ben gal sold at the short price, and went at about last sale's prices, fine white sold at 31s. to 335. 63., damps 285. to 28s. GI., and 245. 61. to 255. 6d. for washed. FOREIGN.—The public sale this afternoon of 145 cases and 12 boxes and barrels Bahia went off at good prices, soft whit() at 293., good dingy gray 31s. 6d., inferior rather damp 28s. to 295. 6d., mid. brown and yellow 17s. 61 to 195., washed 14s. to 235. 61 COFFEE.-This afternoon, at public sale, 671 bags Ceylon, admissible for consumption at the 6d. duty, went at a further reduction of is., fair and good ord. sold at 61s. 61 to 635., 86 bales Mocha were only partly disposed of at former rates, common brown 635., the remainder was taken in, ragged at 675. 6(1., good mid. 83s. to 83s. 61 ; 53 casks and 56 b a n s British Plantation, which being all of unclean quality, for which there is still no demand, it was taken in, mid. Deme rara at 89s. to 80s., fine fine ord. 655. to 755. ; 90 bags Ba tavia were taken in at 375. 6d. for good pale, and 14 bags good brown Sumatra at 325. Coco*.-155 bags Bahia went at 30s. 6d. for good, and 40s. 6d. for fine. At auction this day 292 bags Trinidad were chiefly taken in, grey at 435. to 465. ; a f ew l ots went at 445. to 475. for good grey and red, being steady prices. Rem.--300 puns. Jamaica and 300 puns. Leewards, the former 18 per cent, over proof at 3s. 2d., 27 over 3s. 4d, to 3s. 6d., 29 to 31 over 3s. 7d., 32 to 33 over gs. Bd., 34 to 35 over 3s. 91 to 3s. 11d., fine marks 4s. Id. to 4s. 41 ; of this description there are but few parcels in the market ;_ the latter 4 to 5 over 2s. 3d. t o 2s. 4d., 6 to 8 over 25.. 5d., 9 to 14 over 2s. 6d., 15 to 16 over 2s. 7d., 18 to 20 over 2s. Bd. to 2s. 81d., 28 to 29 over 3s. Id , 30 to 35 over 3s. 2d. to 3s. 4d. 011s.-Cod at 39/. to 401., Pal.) Seal 44/., yell ow amid brown 38/. to 421., and Southern 33/., Linseed Oil for home consumption 305., Palm for home consumption 301. 10s. to 311. PaovistoNs.-The importation of Mess Beef is close upon 2,000 trs. less than last year, and prices would have been of Hamb urg I n di a B ee f im much high ut er n b ea u r t ly fo a r ll th t e he qul ia u rn tit b y urg Beef being d e li vere d, an ported, b advanco of Ss. a Is. mid. is expected on Mess Beef. For old Irish Butter there has been very little demand, Dutch has sold briskly, and the best Friexlatid hati.klyslicel to 88s. Ba con reraains firm in price, b u t t h ere i s st i ll little doing. Lard has experienoed a dull sale, an prices are rather lower. TEA.--The periodical sales Free Trade Tea have termi nated. In comparing the present sales with those of March, we perceive the following alteration in prices, via., Canton and Fokien Bohea have declined id to Id. per lb. Coitgous (with the exception of the finest blackish leaf kinds, which sold at full prices, there being but few of them this time) are generally id. to id. Souehongs have been hardly gale- able, although forced upon the buyers at rates that are 3d be low previous value. Flowery Pekoe may be quoted 2d. a 3d. cheaper. Orange Pekoe and Caper evince the same decline, and have met with but partial demand. Twankay and Hylton Skin have fallen Id. per lb. Young Ilyson, Imperial, and Gunpowder, are in most cases lower by 2d. a 3d. per lb. than their former currency. PRICE OF The highegt price of Bread in the Good Breat4 rniy ba had at likEd. Metropolis is 9d. for the 41. Loaf Gl:US.—May 1.3 l'er Quarter S. roin 6 : rss C• Rye C:rasi ' Bs '35, 45 • : ac , y Grass ..., t 0•. ib'• Unwed, for feeding 49s 50, --,. Ditto, for sawing —s. :',Ji. sti•• Ditto, for ertii.lii lig i, Vs. 4 61 . Canary Ytis 461,.5 33 . Demi; —4. 465. ti.} 4 . Per Bus!:.I. White Mitstard 7s.''•.:. !Is. 0 . 1 4 Brown Ditto .11 411. 124 04 . Taros 4s. 3,1 54. tk l t):32 -• .:Al . HOP3—Nlay Pl. ill. Os. (71 Os. to 71. is. 4444 44 Of Os. 31. 5.. to 4! c • (31 Os 4 , . Os to 5 12. 34 1 0 , 4f Cc to 5 ti • "- us 3'. 0, to 3' 1"; 41. Os 4' Ili, tO 0 - 0. rHICE OF S er Cwt Ver. , Fog'Ash Red Cloreis9s. EiOs 70i ()!4 Datil Ditto NTew Foreign Di - to :104 60s. 653 041 Ditto D.tto New White Clover 'i-ls. 6Ds. 7oJs. Old Ditto Ditto . .-.w Trefoil lli ISs. '22.5. •114 Ditto —l. I•2s. les., rrefoliiiin L's I , s .2s E :glisli Carrawsy —s 435. 478. Foreign Ditto -.41 5 •s. Lr2s. l Coriander —s. 1-1* les„ Rapeseed, English tine ;per Las PRICES OF ke:• (p/.r cwt.) Farnham K •ii. Pot:ltcts Cho;ct• ditto..., Kent 'tags_ ... Sttss<<•x Pori,ts Superfine dittl Ptitt.:l,S or' POTATOES AL SP( 4 ALrlEi.o. , York Reds .froni vessel) " 1. ', s . t o 4/ lO s. par too. Scotchßeds ditto . 4i, oi. to 41. 5; ditto Ccmuiiin Reds 4/. ss. to 4/. 10s. ditto rit,,rsh Champion, V. Os. to V. 0; ditto thaws Miiiiiiali O/. Os. tt '2/. Os. ditto Coats I/. 15; to 0/. Os. siittrr PRICES OF LEATHER Per lb d. to d. 1 ' Per lb d. to : Crop Hides, 30 to 4011) each 11 13 i Horse Hid es , G erman l2 . ---- —l O 511 ..• ...... 12 IS i S pan i s h ...... 15 4 „.• Hides---LCI 60 It!14 ! 17 0 li CalfSkins,3l to 401 b. (il • :6 ea )• 1 4 L '.. Bull es `. Butts, Vitriol— SO 6P r English --- 70 10'/ toreign Foreign Mites l3 17 'Seal Skins, 1 ar g e ............. 1 I 1 - 5 10 12 1 small l9 71 ' Messing Hides ... ... ........ I li. I.i : Kips Shaved .... 1:4 17 ' basil, 7 14 (leo Saddlers Ilides !Twee Hides, English • If rounded 2d. to Id par lb more PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, 14rown, per ton, f 1.9/ IN —Refined, 41/. Ms.—Linseed Oil. 291 ' Liiiqii.3l Cake at ti.o. Mill, (1000 ,1:1'. 03 —Rape Cake, tear ton. S ' PRICE OF ILA W FAT, per stone of 131 b. Price of Tallnw (2s stated by the Tallow Mclter .. 2s. 7d. PRICE (if TALLOW, SO A P„tc per i 121 b. OA Gown Tallow 4ns rdYellow Soap —4. Yellow Russia ed. White —a. Od. Curd ....5. Soap Ditto —s Od. Graves l6i (ILL Melting Stuff Ditto Rough 2 s. 01. PRICE OF CANDLES. The pric9 of Food Store Candles iv the Retail Shops is as follows Candles. per dozen, Is. 64. ; inferior, Gs. &L—Moulds. 9i. lid. Sixpence per dozen discount for each. COAL MAR Per Ton s. el Bensham Bute's l'andelel Moor 22 A Chester M..in East Percy 2O 0 Holywell 2l 6 Russell's High Main l7 0 Wylam 20 6 I Walls End Heaton 2l 9 Walls End Killin 2 wo r th Walls End Northumberland '-',O 9 Walls End Primr se 2l 0 Walls End Braddyll's 23 0 Ships arrived since .KEI.--May I'2 t Per Ton. S. Walls End Haswell ~ 2 0 Walls End lambton 2.3 0 .22 ~ Walls End Stewart 's Walls End B " 11 utterknowl • 2 ?.. Walt; End Adelaide Walls End Barrett 2 ,2 ' Wails End Gordon V 3 . II Walls End South Durham., 1 .- . 0 walls End Tees 2f 0 Blythe IS Hartley hat market-day. 53 .. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. Pet uuarter. I Wheat. I Barley. Oats. I Beans. 1 y se Ashburn 60 62 140 45 '2B 33 50 55 Ellsingstoke 46 60 30 88 21 28 36 50 37 1," Bath Briflgewater 48 56 22 26 20 25 32 84 42 46 Bristol 4B 56 24 32 16 20 34 38 Chestertiehl — 60 62 30 84 20 28 44 50 Derby 60 C 2 30 3t ,29 32 44 47 Doncaster 46 60 25 34 22 30 36 •42 60 30 . 7.7 21 40 86 fit 30 36 20 28 36 40 56 60 30 an 20 32 40 49 40 4" litangetrord 44 66 30 t 2 30 34 44 37 41 53 7,6 24 44 N 45 60 23 38 20 33 36 50 30 40 Remsey 40 54 30 34 28 27 38 40 Shaftesbury —54—25 :7 41 Shepton Mallet 52 60 30 31 25 26 44 50 Sherburne 44 44 62 32 34 94 30 40 45 l'aunton 46 18 2.6 farmouth--........ 56 61 3 0 30 28 30 34 36 Yeovil tl2 130 31 i 22 28 38 48 i'er Bushel. it, it. .4.l s. d. s. d. &I 8. 0. I.d. 1. d' Shrewsbins 70 77i 5 0 57 39 4 4. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ) BIRMINGHAM CORN MARKET, May 11. Wheat, 62 lb. 6g. W. to '7s 2d. Barley, imperial quarter 38 6 43 0 Do. Grinding, 41 lb. Oats, 391 b S 0 4 6 Old Beans, 613 :y lb. New ditto 14 0 14 0 New White Boling Pease, 3 imp. bush. Ditto Grey ditto 14 0 16 0 DEVIZES CORN Per Sack. s. d. a. d. First Wheat 27 0 to 28 6 Second 2l 0 36 6 Third 1917 Sacks of Wheat sold} 25 11 at the average of dARKET.—May 11. Per Quarter, I. d. I . d. Barley ... 26 0 t• 0 Oats .. 23 0 30 U 130• es (per back)... lg 0 t . 5 0 Flour (per bag) 4l 0 0 Bread (per gall.) 1 2 ° Mr. Washington Irving's New Work is c alled " Adventures of Captain Bonneville." This enterprising man undertook an expedition to the far west of the America' , continent, and penetrated even beyond the Rocky Mountains. During his wanderings in these savage regions, incidents be fel him of so wild and unwonted a character, as to give to the recital of his story the air of lofty romance, wherein the attri butes of mystery, surprise, imminent peril, sudden oscap!=s , strange and fearful encounters, together with the accessories of vast and sublime scenery, and gloomy solitudes, meet the eye and arrest the imagination in every page. In the turtling to account such qualities as these, Mr. Washington Irving without a rival. AUGSIWRG, MAY 6.—His Excellency Count Ar mansperg, late State Chancellor of Greece, arrived her e to.day, accompanied by his family, and his sou-in-law, Prince Cantacuzeno. " Nick of the Woods" is one of the most curious and striking romances in the English tongue. Roaring Ralph Stackpole, a principle personage in the story, is more astound" ing in his deeds, aad richer in the eccentricities of his Inn' guage, than Colonel Crockett himself, while wandering. Na than, the outward man of peace, but in reality the sanguinary avenger of the wrongs perpetrated by the Indians on the whi t• men, is as grand a d e li neat i on as can b e found in the w hole circle of fiction. LADIES' — BEST GOLD CHAINS• The weight is given by comparison with the weight of Sovereign', being more easily referred to than if stated in ounces and dwts! The quality of the gold is warranted equal to any that is worked into articles of this description. Price of the Cable Pattern £ s. d. Same weight as 3 sous. 4 4 0 Ditto as 4 sous. 5 5 0 Ditto as 5 sous. 6 6 0 Price of the above Patterns, wi , or Matted Ring Pattern. £ s. "• Same weight a s 6 sous . 7 7 0 Ditto as 7 soya. 8 8 - Ditto as 8 sons. 9 9 ° .h bright star ornaments cut ° II link. every £ s. d. Same weight as 3 sovs. 5 5 0 S ame we i ght as 6 sovs. 8 8 00 Ditto as 4 sovs. 6 6 0 Ditt o Ditto as 5 sovs. 7 7 0 Ditt o THE NEW FLAT GOLD WATC al ll B7 E : S c°' . %‘''::lo9 The price in g o ld cases , w i t h vert i ca l movements ...£7 7 0 Ditto, with well-finish e d h or i zonta l movements, in double. bottomed engine -t urne d case, j ewe ll ed, silver dial, . 0 warranted T. COX SAVORY'S, Working Silversmith and Je we ll er , 47, Cornhill, London. N.B. The Horizontal Const ruc ti on i s part i cu l arly recommence " for its sup er i or accuracy. 190 BIRTHS. On the 10th inst., in Upper Brook.street, the lady of Alex. Spearman, of a son. On the 7th inst., the lady of Joseph Freeman, Esq., of SPri a r gardens, of a daughter. At Holt Rectory, the lady of the Rev. W. H. Parry, of a dautit: On the Bth ult., th e l a d y o f J . H. H. Spencer, Esq., of vf er dens (near Teignmouth), nevon, of a daughter. On the 9th inst., in Manchester-square, the lady of Wm. Pr zied. Esq., Al. P., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 10th inst., at St. George's, Bloomsbury, Samuel Woods' jun., E,q., of Liverpool, to Emma, daughter of F. B. King, E s % o On the 9th inst., a t S t . P ancras Church, Henry Linger), ° f • to Middle Temple, late of 13urghill-lodge, Herefordshire, Es c k' uto Priscilla, relict o f th e l ate D an i el Reid, Esq., of Madras, an d of Penlanoley, Radnorshire. On the 9th inst., at St. John's, Paddington, Mordaunt Glassy' Esq., late o: th e 53d R eg i ment, to Marian, only child of the la te Dr. Fawssett, of Connaught -square. dvirsr a On the 9th inst., a t St. George's Hanover-square, ar . Glover Esq., of N or th Audley-street, 'Grosvenor-square, to CI late, eldest daughter of W. Custance, Esq., of Cambridge. aj, On the 9th invt., a t S t . P ancras New Church James rit!. o. Esq., of Torrington-square, to Genevieve, eldest daughter of Natusch, Esq., of Fitzroy-square. to On the 4th inst., at Abb o tt' s L ang l ey, G eorge Ward, Escl'o , Harriet, daughter of S. Ward, Esq., of Leavesden. DIED. On the 7th inst., at Brighton, Major Philip Stewart, aged 72 ;0f On the 7th inst., a t Stainsby House, Derbyshire, Lucy, relic , E. S. Wilmot Sitwell, Esq. At Clapham-common, Surrey, aged 87, Thos. Poynder, Esil o ' hn On the 9th i ns t„ i n S trat f ord-place, the wife of Thom as Burgoyne, Esq., aped 58. e ldest On the Bth in s t., a t B r i c k F arm, Mortlake, El i za b e th, ric x and last survi v i ng ( l aug h ter o f the late E. Taylor, Esq tt , °f Farm, Mortlake. a° On the 17th u lt., a t Ki r k a l dy, N. 8., Georgina Mnai, s e daughter of Sir W. P. Call, Bart. On the 7th inst., i n G ra f ton-street, Bond-street, wok.'-t& Esq., aged 53. On the 7th inst., at Courteen Hall, Northamptonshire, th ° lady of Sir 'Wm. Wake, Bart. On the 9th inst., at Islingtnn, John Gibson, Esq., aged 78 1) e nj• On the Bth inst., aged 14, Francis William, eldest son of Moore, Esq., inst the Admiralty, Somerset-house. lett, i ts On the Bth ,at Kensington, Miss Eliza Frances M ul her 21st year, The r°2. On the tlth in s t., i n Ki ng-square, aged 22, M r. John goo- Dayeock , of the Bank of England, formerly Ensign in the East India Company's Service, Bengal. On the 2d inst., Wm. Havers, Esq., of Bacons, Essex- the On the 2d i ns t . , at R oc h ester, Bryan H i gg i ns, on ly child u' late B. H. Blake, Esq., 4th Light Dragoons. On the Ist of December, it Sydney, New South Wa',e'' oha nt, Huisgett, Esq., solicitor, son of the Rev. J. H ugg ett, of - 1 -' s Buckinghamshire. Spio l " On the Gth i ns t., i n G r aeechurch- s t ree t, M r . Marshal aged 76, above 65 years an inhabitant of that place. -- 'G. ° I I'l°. London : Printed and Pub bed by MURDO co ot/ 112, Strand, at The San. Office, No. 11 0 , Strandpin tht of Middleam 7 SAturday, May 13, 1Q37, SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1837. TII_E SUN, IRONIION,'