The Sun. — London, England, 1841-03-20 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION: tt ever were framed, he believed the equal of this law -•,-as never designed or invented by any human being._ Hear.) He wished the House could see the jurymen :vhen cases of this kind came before them, and !gar the exnresl(ons which they applied to such violations of the best feelings of human nature. What must have been sear feelings in the case to which he had referred ? Same persons considered that it was in the bi2hest d egree use f u l to have an efficient workheuse test. Would the Haute of C.ammons declare that if a man had a high spirit which would not suffer him to go into the workhouse, he should 2karve ?—(Hear.) From what he had seen of the two, if had to choose between the workhouse and the Helve of Correction, he would prefer to go into the latter ? t Hear.) When this question was discuss:d bcfn•e, Men , - :ers studiously abstained from alluding to the age 1 , 'ne infirm, and the deserving. It %las unfo'rly as -owed that those only applied to be admitted who were lie and disorderly persons, or persons ganerally of bad laractor. They must all be awa-e thtt there we: ean - Imense number of men who had maint , dned their families respectabilil for twenty or thirty years, and were on compelled by unforeseen mi,furtunes to apply for ::•% Were such men to be treated during the remainder • t' their days in the same manner as the spendthrirt who i landered his earnings, as the man who had neglected his 'fe, and reduced his children to beggary end want Lord did not hesitate to say that the Gui rdians •d no right to make any distinction between merit and ?sera , ; in short, that whether the destitution was un oidAble, or produced by re( klus3 extravagance, the same e was to be applied. This was said in a reformed use of Commc is.--( Hear, hear.) Yes, a ref, rmc a, net an amended House of Commons.—(hear, hear.) • ( Mr. Waldey) would prefer having the old borough ;era :here._( Hear, hea-.) He firmly believed it would be better for the iLtemsts of Ile heir.) They would never have dared to such a law to the or to have so roused the ;igna!ion of the people. Ilicau:e the House was elected considerable n_asses of the people i was presumed t tit strong enough to vto k out a course of iniquity of description. The people ere not rep-e-ented by tho ;if they were such a could not exist. He was thst he had ever taken part in product g such a - —( Hear, hear, and Isugl.Lir.) It vas trtAiy irn si,,sible to reflect upon passing events without being I - ed and alarmed. The people of England were not an vices or a malignant people; they mere of a kindly and .nerous disposition, and required nothing but kind us. lie ei 1 not believe that, th^re existed on the face the earth a more honest hearted or a batter disposed : ;;'e. They eught not then to be treated harshly. I: been said that this law would hav; the effect of ing wages. The law had been in operation six tiers, and where was the increase ? They were eectly enjoined by their superiors net to come upon their eperty on pain of being punished. Every one knew that great mass of the poor had no desire to do s 7. He j not know what might be the exalt s' a e of things in rural districts at the present time, but when he was a oey, there was scarcely a place about a farm house that was secured. Nobody thought of a thief—it was the last thing Chet ever entered into the mind. Every farmer and every gentleman considered that he was surrounded by friends and supporters on every side. What was the state of things row ? He did not find the people so f'iendly to the landed proprietors as they formerly were. Laws had been made to prevent them encroaching on the property of the gentry, and then they were turned round on and told they must tither take whatever wages was offered them, or go into the workhouses. That had not the effect of raising wages, but the contrary. He held in his hand a letter from a Dis senting clergyman of Oafnrdshire, in which he had stated ghat an industrious poor man, with a family of five children, ;tied declared to hint that he would rather take five shillings reek than go the workhouse. Ile need not remind the house of the case of the unfortunate man who, a short time since, was found dea3 from starvation, although he bad an order for tho Kensington Union in his pocket. It would appear that the Commissioners had all the power and authority in their own hands, and that the gentlemen of England, who were once so proud and haughty, were obliged to submit- to them in every instance. oppose a law was passed to prevent the gentry from g'.ving their dogs food 1/1070 than once a week—would they submit to it ? No ; their dignity would rise at once, and the yeomanry cavalry would be out in a week with their swords glittering on the hills. —( A laugh.) But when they were told that they would riot be allowed to feed the poor as they liked, then they truckled to the Government agents, and they say to the unfortunate Feeeple—'t Wo would relieve you if we could, but the :kr - Jr-law Commissioners think you have got quite enough le eat." Respecting as he did the institutions of the hasuntry, valuing its peace, and desi:ing to see content- Anent, concord, and good feeling between the people and their natural protect - its-1:e, from the bottom of his bent, c.%- e lorei the existence of the present law, and the apathy e.i the once proud and high-minded gentry of England. "Ile should move, therefore, that the 1111 be divided into Veo Bills—that there be oae Bill for the Commissioners, czel that the other be so framed an to work without tl:e t`e:ommiseioners, and he believed if the latter Bill was so flied it would give general satisfaction.—( Hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL said the Hoe. Gentleman had oposed to divide the Bill into two, and he had keen de e - Tut to bear the arguments that might be urged on that eeeint, but the Hon. Gentleman had given none whatever. —e(llear, bear.) On the contrary, he had addressed la - ,,mself to thora inflammatory topics urged against the Poor-law Amendment Bill, and had included in his attack upon that measure various other topics. Among other rFaestions he bad alluded to tite mecum and the working of Vhf.! Reform Bill. There certainly had been a great deal c7l discussion as to its merits when it was before that House %:_d one point had been very much discussed, namely, the e:opriety of giving representatives to certain metropolitan a i3trict;.—(Hcar, hear, and a laugh.) It was admitted fiat the large and populous towns of Birmingham and Isianehester and these places might have representatives, it was said that if the metropolitan districts were to oletain representatives they would send into that House a act of mischievous demagogues—(Great cheering and latighter)—hiving no regard for tine general interests of the people—that they might bo lawyer?, and if they hap pened to sit in Courts of Justice they would turn them ieto az 'nas for political discussion—(Cheering and laughter)— if they happened to hold any office connected with the ad ministration of justice, they would pervert the powers conferred on them to their own primate and personal pur peses, and that whatever might be the merits of the other ets of the Bill, as regarded ennferring Members on t se large towns, if the metropolitan districts obtained pitvilcge, they would see in that House men who er should have been entrusted with the power of rei t aQsenting the people.—(Hear, and cheers.) Among ester arguments which the Hon. Gentleman used on the prevent, as upon other occasions, was his representing that ti Peer-law Amendment Act had a tendency to increase the value of property—that it gave inc eased security to the rich. He ( Lord J. Russell) did not deny that it might have that effect—the Poor law Amendment Act mieht have the effect of diminishing excessive charges, aid the waste that formerly took plane, and might thereby tend to improve the general prop- ty of the country. But if the law was in its results teeeficial to the country, if it raised the character of the labourer, and drew the dis tinction which ought to be drawn between e ante and the relief of the poor, he ( Lord J. Russell) submitted that was by no moans a conclusive argument against such an .tweet. The Honourable Gentleman narrated in Li; usual clear and able style:aparticular instance, from which - he &cot references which were not justifiable. The particular facts of the case were, that the child was subjec; t ; a di.ease exceedingly common among children, water on the brain, attended with convulaions. The persona att , mdirg uticn the child stated, that whenever the mother ap pi-naebed it the ceuvuhions became great, r, end the tem r;',"f the child mo re i rr i tate d. F or t h a t :coon, the 1 ,. ,,v7 thcrwatart directed by the surgeon not t o come nea r it. i::. the country. C 5 50 might occur in any of the richest families With regard to one patticuiar fact men s: by the Ho n a child oecurred, Gentleman, that when the death cf !,;--.;..t blame was o nk no t i ce was g i ven to the coroner ; be ( Lord J. Ru'asenll)osatt, a t tr ib utab l e to the officers, but totly could h a v e , no law ou by d sayth.t they had cr pre -1.1,:,:e5, such as th,t referred which they could pre; eat rinight be excited. c a t o , o whereby great inc:igi,a-ion city a who went done Qotfy, a case way st a t e d bynic'in'et of Commissioners of In tl Bristol, P.nd found in that in a y %p r arson that was fir taofiThwhich was ee7.:. , r141 r.:ars insane, confine w d as in he m k os r rv.-- , cr cleare ). The person ler many years no person had attended to the y m ' a ti. n a l d , 411;ch he was treated. Now there wer e , no d , n e: .n cunt, per or.,t-ts very much to !Aura for that treatment, but he ( Lord ..%; , lin Russell) would not impute it to the Act of Eliza -1)10. The e were cases which they ought to do their heat to, prevent, but wllich, he thou4ht, were far l eas It i •:.ely to occur under the present than under the Pfkrner 'systom. Under the f:Tater system cvic•rYactpc2if eas; hail a separ Ito government, and if anyabuse or but it V ' elty took pl ace i t m i g ht F erhaps he remedied; 41; i ;lit In the pre- also bo t o t a ll y un k nown or forgotten. ~ ins *l-at system thee-0 r;er.) Poor-law Unictc , , and G uardi et thoso I.lnbrs meeting from time to time, and if there w,ao subjects of complaint those complaints were rnen .W.-raeol in all the newspTers of the day; rcpresentat oos :.tee made of them to that House. There were a certain au.trnher of preens who thought these matters of complaint to ; he such not against parish officers, but against the Corn 4'!esioners sitting in Someriet House, or against the Go. ttnnment of the due. Therefore he would say that there I: ra far g reater secur i ty under the present than under the et rmer law. He did not say that they had perfect security - - %IC did not tell them that such cases as were adveit:rd to t" - It night • did not occur, or might not occur again ; he '3ubted whethe r they could have a I•tw that would give *hat security—but he did say that it was not in consequence uF the present law that such cases had occu:te3. The t ' ”. Gentleman . _, complained that there were rules issued C, the Commissioners under which they might prevent - . e.,t by the guardians,-rtain articles of food b e i ng given cited what would Gentlemen Say ii th ey were not allowed tn feed their hounds as they chose? N ow i t was to b e considered !lilt in crder to g• . ve certain articles of food tote iuirdians were not to put their hands into their own r ,, kets, but the taxes which were levied on the poor and L'3ouring daises should be increased. If there could bu ley means adopted by which labour ougbt at all to be re ,c-.-:eted, let them, if it was necessary, aid if they tended tc the welfare of the whole community—let them make ; sash restrictions, hat let those who make them take cre. ' that they du not enhance tl:e food of the labourer, and thereby create a necessity for higher wages, in order to enable him to live, and thus inflict a serious injury on the labourer. What they ought to do was to secure to the labourer far ‘vages and fai r fi e ld f or hi s i n d u stry and exertions, aril if they did t h at he did not doubt but that on suc h a s t age t h e it; oglish labourer would be well prsvided for —( Cht e;- 8 . ) I ut they should take care that by a Poor-law system they di.l not intercept the labourer ' s They should take yam that the labourer was wages. not paid partly by wages and _partly by Poor -law relief remunerated by receiving wages only a-that he was not by being forced durin durin g one part of the year, and Board to receive rnoney; an . , : i dl . Tr part to go to a public ,proposed, the labourer were forcedthe Hon. Gentiemro ` proposed, to receive charitable to go to that public relief, and that Board ' o rind to inquire into his c h aracter for prudence ,e antho &ace, not on tlio questiou as to whether he or imPru' should De engaged as a labourer to receive wages, but as to whether he should participate in a public charity, then he (Lord John Russell) would contend that such a state of things would be degrading to the chara-ter of the labourer, would make him dependent, and would lo er his feelings by forcing him, instead of erste: ng into a fair contract for wages in re tern fcr labour, go as a men dicant to a public board for charity, which might be r:- fu e 1 or granted according to caprice. The Hn. Gen tleman supposed that the conduct of such a board would be fair ; he (Lord John Russell) doubted if it would be so. A farmer might, out of ca rice, say—" I do net like that man." A country gentleman might say—" I suspect that fellow snared a hare last week."—(Cheere.) And thus every mln would undergo that scrutiny as to whether cr not he should be permitted to receive this charity. It would indeed degrade the labourer into a state of cil leinage.—(Cheers.) That was his opinion, and he would not shrink from the expression of it. The teat of destitu tion was liable to noire cf those evils. The lion. Gentle man had given instances of the repugnance of the poor to go into the workhouse. lie admitted that repugnance, and he thought the poor were ill advised. It was for the i-- wrest of the pcor to sny—" Here we are, willing to work for fair wages ; if you will not g:ve us that, thee we ask to be admitted to the house, and to be furnishe 1 with f rod and shelter." If that plan were adopted, he thought that the prospect of employment at fair wages would be much mere likely to be realised.—(Cheers.) But, instead of that, it had been attempted to instil ire() the minds 'of the poor, that any, e7ea the lowest wages, were better than the wenkhouse. The workhouse had been described as a prison by those who arrogated to thernsely s the titles of the benefactsrs of the poor, but who were, in fact, their worst enemies. —( Loud cheers.) He was sorry he had been agein led into the dereace of the general princi ple of the B!Il. Bat he had been led to do so by the mo tion of the Hon. Gentleman for dividing the Bill into two parts, and whatever might lie asserted as to the eff.tct of he Bill, in protecting property, or as to its operation in low ering or raising wages, be would assert that the great merits of its principle was that it led to the raising of the character and improving the condition and the well.being f t':e poo-, and that, if persisted in, it would raise to the highest pitch of former times the independence of the Eng lish labourers.—( Loud cheers.) Mr. FIEL DEN rose to express kis tatter abhorrence of the principles laid down by the Noble Lora, who would be judged by the people f.n. what he bad said that night. Lard GRANVILLE SOMERSET disapproved of the powers given to the Poor-law Commissioners, and of many clauses- in the Bill, but he could not vote for the d;vi sion of because he thought that such dieision would have the effect cf preventing any amendment. If th et divi-i were made, the Noble Lord, hiving carried his 13j1 for continuing the Poet. law Commissioners, might say, after two or three nights' discussion on the amend ment, that the attempt was hopeless to carry the Bill during the prcssent Session, and thus the carrying of those amendments, which all were anxious to introduce into the present system, might be endangered. Colonel SIBTHORP said he had high authority for saying there was great joy over one sinner that re peated, and this he applied to the Hon. Member for Fins bury ( Wakley): who now regretted that he had sup ported Ali Reform Big. A more dangerous and destruc tive meastn'e than that was never passed. With respect to the present Bill, let Hon. Members read the eaeses which the Noble Lord called amendments. He knew what Dr. Johnson defined an amendment to be, but he hal never before known what was meant by an amended Act of Parliament. Ho was opposed to all Commissions, but especially to this one, because it was impossible that the Commissioners sitting in Somerset House could know how this law ope rated throughout the kingdom. He believed it was most partial and unjust in its operation. Ho would ask the N able Lord whether they could spend too much time ore insestigaeions of so much importance. How much time was wasted in that House on matters of mere party inte rest, and yet here was a measure affecting the interests of thousands, and time was refused for its consideration and discussion. Reserving himself for a future occasion, he should now only say, that at every stage, and on every occasion, this Bill should have his most strenuous opposi tion.—(Hcar, hear.) Sir H. VERNE Y supported the Commission, and said tbst since that law came into operation, the wages of the poor had considerably increaved. Mr. NV AKL EY said that as hii motion did not appear to meet with the sanction of the House, he would not trouble the House to divide upon it, especially ai there was another motion to be brought forward which had the same object. Mr. TOWNLEY- PARKED rose to move that the House should resolve itself into Committon on the Bill that day six months. The Hon. Gentleman said he would oppose the Bill in every stage, believing that it would be highly pernicious to the interests of the country. By the 10th clone he found that there was an intention on the part of the Poor-law Commissioners to direct that certain Borth of Management should be appointed fer divers purposes:, and he could not help concluding that the object was to frame Boards which, consisting of fewer persons, should be more subservient and pliant than the guardians. He confessed that he was alarmed at the ambitious spiv it manifested by the Commissioners wherever their power could be made to extend. He had read a statement in a public journal, which, from private information, be be.. licved to be true, illustrating this spirit. The statement, was th'st at Barnstaple, after a public meeting held for the free expression of public opinion, they had the audacity to send down an Assistant Commissioner, who summoned before him a gentleman, a Magistrate, who had taken part in that meeting, and examined bias as to the language which he had used on the occasion in reference to this subject. The name of the Commissioner was Gilbert, that of the Magistrate White. He mentioned this to give the Under- Secretary of State, whore attention he perceived was drawn to the statement, an opportunity of denial or explanation. The Hon. Member then went on to refer to the 38th and 39th clauses, by which ho said power was conferred upon the Commissioners to alter the number of Guardians, if they thought it desirable to do so, in a particular parish. lie strongly objected to such a provision. The Poor-law Commissioners had represented the system as producing great economy, a diminution of pauper:, and an im provement in the moral character of the people. He denied that such was the case. Admit. ting that that which was the fundamental principle of the Bill, namely, the workhouse test, was in some respects beneficial, it could never be brought into opera tion in large and populous town;. He objected to the in terference of the Commissioners in matters which hal always been considered parochial. The Hoe. Gentleman then proceeded to speak of the ambiguity of the Bill, when be was interrupted by cries of " Question." He would recommend those Gentlemen who cried " Question" to leave the House if they did not approve of the line of ar gument he was taking. In 1839 and 1840 the Commis sioners had succeeded in uniting 24 parishes, which was a proof that the opera' ion of the new law was beginning to be looked upon with distrust by the people. In 1839 the Commissioners levied a sum of 4,865,600/ , and in the fol lowing year they levied a sum of 5,213,898/., show ing an excess in the latter year cf 348,000 L, and he stated that fact in order to rh )w that they had failed in ffectirg the large saving in the Poor rates which they bad so confidently anticipated. He held in Ida hand the returns of the amount of poor-rates levied in various di tricts f,r the last few sears, and he found bat they had gone on increasing to an alarming extent. Much of that might certainly be attributed to the great di tress that existed among the labouring classes, but he feat od that much of it also arose from mismanagement, nod the expensive nature of the system under which the new law was administered. Under these circumstances, be thought the Bill must be censidered extremely unpopular throughout the country, and he begged to ask the Noble Lord oppo'-ite how he could insult the peoide by re-enact ing the provisions cf so obnoxious a measure. He could assure the Noble Lord that there was no or.e act of the present Administration '7Lic': reedesed them so unpopular with the people of the country. He entreated Honourable Members on his, and the other, side of the House, to pause before they g.ve their assent to such a measure. Ha oil not anticipate any very large share of support in the motion with which he was about to conclude, but he felt it his duty to persevere in that motion—namely, that the Bill be committed that day six months. Mr. G RIM SDITCH seconded the amendment. He feared the object of the Noble Lord was to render these Commissioners perpetual. He believed there never was a Bill which so fully justified the opposition of the repre seetatites of the iseiple in the House as the present. It not oily perpetuated t!.e pots er of the Pot r-law Com missioners, but it ;eve them a ve:y extensile increase if these powers with an almost unlimi'ed power of taxation. —( Bear, hear.) lie did not deny that a central corerol ways necessary in th e fi rst i nstance, b ut h e conten d e d t h at .raving fulfilled these duties they v•" r no long neces sary, and ought tobe dis cont i nue d . It appcvr dto him that the great exte khe u e of of the unions gave scope for op. pressi ea and cruelty . tyery d escr iption, and the ti treatment and deathsrwhich it s these unio n we frequently took place in fully justified that assertion Ile always con s id ered t'ice e should be ueiforreit great value in any law, th t of i , t, t he exercise of it. Now, in Cie Poor-law Arneridrne l Y A (Cheshire) was no uni`orreity what , v2r. In the county %not the law with which ho was connected, what was the law in on r ) . whilet a e another. In several unions the u y nl i n e d ' ' Commis sioners' order to enforce the workhouse test, r- ms no such order existed. Ti.e most inteaseinfecteln - iCe ; of Evlxiety and t:ircontent existed on ih-a subject o f the i densely popu , aeed district,. Th e w a i w ay n i i y n hie t h ie the rno Poor-law was carried o u t , was, in his opi n i on , scarcely justified by the ena ctment of that l aw . T he Hon Poor-law Commissione rs respecting th e punish ment to b' inflicted on p au p ers Gentleman here rea d extracts from the orders m a d e b y the . in workhouseF, to sh ow that the power of the Comm issioners was excessive; that, in fact, in their criers, they a do p ted the langu:ga of Par -1 lament. The CommisAenere h ad, he contended, a power which they keem net hew to wield. of the They were wedded to theories which were at variance with the feelings people of the country, and they carried out th..se theories in a nay which, sooner or Inter, would disturb aed destroy the social system. They were iatroducing feelings be tween the rich and the pour which were calculated to bring the greatest danger upon the atcicl system. General JOHNSTON would support the amendment, and he would state his reasons for so doing in a few words. It was, in his min , /, a very g - eat error to put the n belt of the labouring classes out if tler pale of the law, end put , them entirely in the hands of the Commiesior ers, as the Poor. law Bill di 1 . It must be allowed on all bards that the: e never was a law which cre itcd more dissension in the country than the law passed as the Pier-law Amerehreat Act. If Hon. :Members vii , hed to entail upon ihemselves the deadly hatred of the working clessee, they end than possibly p urs u e a b e tt er s t e p t o attain such an the p ass i ng o f suc h a l aw , w hi c h, among th e classes to whom it applied, went by thename of the Rich Man's Law against Poor the Man He could FCC no use in maintainirg th e Poor law Commissioners . in authority ; there ought at l east to ie some definite period fixed on which their powers would CCAS e All h t was wanting was to cone:U.li° the p eop l e ; but t t they never would be re- 1 r o;ciled to that law as long as t h e Commissioners in So- niers et House put them out of the pale of the law. Air, W. MILES could not but regret the time which hal been waited that evening—(H ear , hettr) _ y es wasted, THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1841 because it was well known that it was the opinion cf a large majority in that House that the principle of the pre sent Poor-laws should form the basis of any amended Bill. lie was indeed astonished at the conduct of his Hoe. Friends, for, if their motion were carried, they would be shut At from making any change whatever, which certainly was not their intention. Many Hon. Members had asserted that the payment of wages out of the poor rac was confined to only a very few counties. He could as sure the . Houso that the practice was common in nearly eve!) , county, whe:e it bore the name t f bread money, town roll, or any other. Hon. Members must re collect the s'a'e of the agricalturel population at the time the Bill was passed. They appesred to be on the eve of an outbreak. The disease was fearful, and it required a somewhat caustic remedy ; yet the then House of Com mons adopted as a principle the practice of the best counties in the country—those counties in which the workhouse test was applied. Let them look at the state cf the poor now and what it was before 1834. Then the able-bodied pauper obtained money relief, and spent his days in idleness, and his nights in crime—the young were without education, the old were huddled up with the rest. What was now their condition ? How much improved ? The House now stood in a much more favourable position than in 1834. The principle cf the law was now well understood. Hon. Members were hexer able to come to a mature deliberation upon what amendments were necessary. The question was whether the test of dcs'itetion was necessary or not, and if so, to whom were tl.ey to leave its application ? Any ore who recol lected the proceediags et' MagiYtr.t !s under the old sys tem must prefer Boards of Guardians, who, In tug el -cted, were geecrally the empl ens, and c )nsequently frequently in coi.toct with the poor. He preferred Boa-ds of Guardians, but then he thought there was also a nec:s,ity for a central con trolling power to regulate, and if nc cessary, oppose local feelings. He would ins'anee the eases of Notting ham and Leicester, which, being visited with a deranee mcnt of trade, and, consequently, severe sutT.ring and die. tress amongst the trade3j copl , , the Commissioners at once interfered, and the pauper was relieved in the workhouse, while the distressed workman received relief in necessaries and money. Still, although arbitrary power might be re cesssry, he did not think it was constitutionat—( Hear, hear)--t. nd therefore he wool I limit its duration, and he thought five years the probable term.—(Heir.) lie had been quite astonished to hear the speech of the lion. 114,mber for Finsbury—it was a most extraordinary one—one he thought mere fitted to the arena of the hunt irgs than the floor of that Home.—(llear, hear.) He first made an appeal to the country gentlemen, then a fierce appeal to the pas,i9ns of the people, and lastly, he uttered threats of revolution if the House passed the Bill. Now that was not a fair way of discussing such an impor tant question.--(Hear, hear.) flowerer, he thought the gentlemen who were upon the Poor-law Committee had reason to complain of the conduct of the Noble Lord. His Bill appearel to be framed for the purpose of supporting the power of the Commissioners—( Hear, hear)—but he trust° i he would yet yield to the wishes of that Commit tee, and support some of the clauses, notice of which had been given, which would carry those wishes into effect. He would give his cordial support to the motion for going into Committee on the Bill. Mr. BROTHERTON said his constituents were unanimous in their opposition to the Bill. One reason was that they conceived the introductien of it had raised the rates in Salford—another was that it was not suited to a manufacturing population. In his opinion they wore beginning at the wrong end. He could not bonsent to throw the poor upon their own resources While the landlords had a law for their own protection. Let them repeal the Corn-laws, and then ho would give his consent to ao so. lie was not disposed to take every opportunity of bringing this law into disrepute. He knew what bad been the situation of the poor under the old law, and that, in some respects, there had been many amendments. But there was a great jealousy amongst the people respecting the power of the Commissioner?. It would tend greatly to recon cile the people to the law if the guardians were left to govern their owe constituents, subject to the advice of the Commis:loners, in many cases, in which that advice, from the general knowledge of the Commissioners, would be pract'eally useful. He did not know how far the control of the Commissioners might be necessary in the agricultural districts, but he knew that it was most bene ficial in the manufacturing districts. If the latter were to be exempted from its operations he would not interfere. If they were not he would not oppose the motion. Sir A. DALRYMPLE having voted against this Bill on the second reading, he would not now vot3 against its going into Committee. He would reserve to himself the power of opposing its most obnoxious provisions in its future stages. Mr. SLANE Y supported the motion, and contended that the measure was necessary for the good of the poor themselves. Under the old system the idlest man was the best off, and the provident and industrious man was kept in the condition of a parish workman, let out on hire to the highest bidder, and paid out of the poor-rates, as a charity, the wages to which he was honestly entitled, as the fair reward of his honest labour. _ Sir CHARLES DOUGLAS, amidst loud cries of " Dividr, dis ide," said that ho had voted against the second reading, and would oppose the present motion.—( Divide.) Seeing that the House was not disposed to listen to him he would bow to its wishes.—(Hean hear.) Mr. WAKLEY said that the Bill had taken no notice of the recommendations of the Committee. There was nothing in the Bill the people could approve of. There was nothing in it which the House could entertain except for the purpose of reprobation. The Noble Lord had some annoyance from the demagogues of the metropolis. and he hoped the Noble Lord would suffer still more if he persisted in this Bill.—( Hear, hear.) If the Noble Lord meant by mischievous demagogues, the demagogues who were Members of that House, he (Mr. Wakley) would not deny that the term "mischievous " was well applied, for they had supported the Noble Lord ever since they had seats in it.—(Cheers and laughter). In this Bill it Was provided that there should be no distinction between the deeming and the undeserving. Nothing more was required than that the person claiming relief should be destitute, and character was not to be taken into account. Under the law of Elizabeth, a distir.c ion was male, until the Magistrates interfered.—( Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord himself had appeared in the character of a dema gogue, and said that if the working men had not enough of wages, they should throw themselves into the workhouse ; 500 of them had taken the advice, and were now lodged in cells in which they had leisure to agitate upon their folly in listening to the advice of the Noble Demagogee.—(Crie3 of " No, no," and " Yes, yes.") He (Mr. Wakley) remembered some excellent, innocent, harmless, agricultural labourers, who having re ceived notice that their wages were to be reduced from 12e. to 7s. a-week, farmed themselves into a union to re sist the reduction, and not knowing that there was a law in exi tence—a law which was unknown to the Attorney- General himself, which was passed in consequence of the mutiny of the Nore—they bound themse'ves by oath ; they were tried at Dorchester and sentenced to transportation for seven years. That happened in 1834. What had happened on that occasion—why one poor woman bad had her husband, her son, and her brother transported. Was that the way in which able-bodied labourers were to be treat •d if they took mimes to make themselves in dependent ?—( Chet ) These things would produce anything but good to the country.—(Cheers) He be lie% e I the Noble Lord to be siocerc in what he had stated, but did the Noble Lord imagine that men in a state of starvation could reason and reflect on the doctrines of free labour? Could a man see his children in a state of desti tution around him, and calmly reason with his family on those doctrines ? Could it be supposed that he could calmly glve up his cottage and propose to his wife and family so go into the workhouse, and what would be his treatment there ? He would be separated from his family, attired in a ga )1 dress, employed in the most degradii.g eccupetionF, and stigmatized by those who saw him as a person living on charity. Did the Noble Lord think that the English 1 ibourer would submit to such treatment until he had been reduced to the last extremity ? The Hon. Member far Somersetshire had said that the guardians were ger.etally the persons who employed the labourers. What am to prevent the guardians agreeing amongst themselves that they would not give more than seven shil lings a week ; and if the labourers refused that they would have nothing. But to fall back upon what the Noble Lord called the test, but which was, in fact, the torture.—(Loud cheers.) That was the proper w That torture or the wages would be the alternative offered by the guardians, and a perfect torture it te as to every able bodied man who desired to do his duty.—(Ch, ors.) however, the House should reject the motion of the Hon. Member for Preston, he would go into Committee on the iii 1, and would concur as sincerely as any one in endea vouring to make it a good law ; and he implored all who were hostile to the measure to take that course ; and if the Nob'e Lord would lend a willing car to those who had scan the law in actual operation, he would consent to take power from the Commissioners, and to give more power to 'lts law and to the guardians. He did not doubt but that they might event lady produce a law which would give something 1 ke satisfaction. Mr. FITZROY, although he believed the Bill to be unju , t, unnatural, and cruel, yet could not vote f,r the mction of the Hon. Member for Preston, because he hoped that in Committee they night be able to modify some of the most stringent clauses, more particul trly that they might reduce the duration of the Commission from five cars to two, and introduce several valuable amendments. Po iv r si t tr l: a eie v :easona, although he had voted against the se cond readin r g amw c le f Lr t Ee he tsh ß en ill, he could not support the motion of the Han. Member for Preston. explained. ordered divided—to withdraw, and the House Par Mr. m 7 j . or P : t a y rk a e g r a ' i s n a motion the whTsichihre A e i F i e :o ri a : e c t i t t: h t . . ( : u LL moved period during motion...wl. 247 - 51 196 On clause 1 bring went into Committee. • KN A l•l l' g C l l e l 3d' clauses. have been eons' ,stiould be postponed till the other that this clause, shall exercise their p,,,,,, vrs , ~1,, 1 the Commission deaulecdp.owers of the Commissioners summonedpur to attend the Poor-law s e ion ia er n s gus f ;g ir e the purp ose ip,uoseof beilntg vlea:arnriiege:tl his motion gene ally on the 1110 11 in. Member grounded not ln irg sufficiently Magistrate had bcealn the county of Devon a meeting. Many crave charge s had at a public as notlrs:llisAtbe Poor-law Commissioners.l6B paus ed been adduced a n a that the House should know %hat ve of the COII7II,ISSIOIICrF, before they exter, r d e ed the pewcra them to a rriud of five years. The Noble Lord b a d ' P great ingenuity on this p oint. Ile first proposedt: i n l e a l r e s i , but as soon as it w as su gg ested on that sid e of the that five yca-s would b e better. he altered his proposal-to House five y ears . His Right Hon. Friend did not mention that specific time as the best that could be ado p ted, but the Noble Lord, with his usual tact, immeiiately complied.__ ( Hear, hear.) On the vt hole, he thought it Would bo much better to consider the whole of the clauses befor e they declare I the period. Colonel SIBTHORP expressed his entire disapproba tion of the Bill, He would be glad to know what would be the number of Assistant- Cocutniisiallen's Lord JOHN RUSSELL said hellad certainly witlect to' extend the powers of the Commissionets to the period of ten years. He had altered his proposal, because he doubted whether the House would consent to it. Ile yielded to what he thought would he the sense of the House on that subject.--(Hear, hear.) With regard to the postponement of the first clause, he could not see how it could be postponed if they were to proceed with the other clauses of the Bill. By those clauses certain powers were given which would be wholly futile, should the period be extended only to December next. He could not see, therefore, how it was possible for the House to accede to the proposal of the Hon. Member. Sir IL PEEL said 1:e had sugge-ted five years, because he thought it a reasonable time. Having mentioned that period, the House would naturally expect th it be would adhere to it. He thought five years better than a shot tar period. He did not think that there wou.'.d be any advan tage derived from frequent annual discussions on this subject. In case of abuse on the part of the Commissioners, it would be perfectly competent to the House to inquire into the allegation. He very much doubted, supposing the object were to get rid of thr Commissioners, whether there was not a greater chance of doing so by taking a period of five years than by taking two years, and constantly discussing the question. If he should be convinced at the expi rat i on o f fi ve years t h at there was no advantage i n having a Central Board, he should vote for its dissolution, but if after the lapse of that period it should be found that th e guar di ans were act i ng on the plinciple mentioned by the Hon. Member t s l a i s e in g r u , ar l d e i t an u s s g b i cin e g 7s. the a ef w on' e r e p l iF t o , iyn a es n rbs c u l r)o l ' e f t t u w‘ s .hc" em Ps li o t r )3 l:,e n a o no t df the test but the torture, in order to induce the poor to except lower wages," he should doubt whether it was prudent to r ermit the guar dians to act without any kind o f contro l. B ut w hil e h e consented to the duration of this Commission for five years, he must say that be wished the Commissioners in the ex pressions which they used would exercise a little more casation.—( Hesr. hear.) He thought that with the best intentions the e was occasionally a h ars h ness which might be avoided consistently with the maiatain :lnce of the law, and the avoidance of which would rather fortify the power of the Commissioners. He would take as an illustration one single sentence from an official circular issued by the Poor-law Commissioners. It was from a circular of public documents and informa tions signed by the Poor-law Commissioners chiefly for the use of members and of permanent officers of boards of guardians. This statement was that one principal object of compulsory relief was the prevention of alms-giving. Now he should abominate the Poor-law if he thovgut that it would lead them from tie duty of alms-giving; that because the Poor-law was in existence, and a better system of administration prevailed, the wants of their pocrer neighbours were to be neglected.—( Hear, hear.) No such thing. In point cf fact the relief of the poor after all mutt mainly depend on the affluent, and there fore it was unwise in the Commissioners to issue a public nctice that the principal object of the compulsory relief of destitution was the prevention of aline-giving.. Its ob ject might, indeed, be the prevention of mendicancy.— ( Hear, hear.) But to extend the principle further was to contravene the Divine law, which said—" Give alms to the poor ; turn not your face from the poor man." He only mentioned this as an illustration of the great ad vantage and wisdom of weighing expressions, and not creat ing unnecessarily a feeling against the Poor-law. On the whole he did think that there had been in the public do cuments, which bad been put forth, an incautious nee of expressions which were calculated to create prejudice, and that the general tone and character of such documents might be improved consistently with the principle of the law.—( Hear, hear.) When he mentioned five years, he thought the Noble Lord had a right to infer that he would give his support to a motion for extending their powers to that period. It would be as convenient to give the Commissioners power to act for five years, and to modify the clauses on account of the duration of their powers, as it would be to consider first their powers and then their duration. Colonel SIBTEIORP did not see any reason why the Noble Lord should not ansiNer the question he had put to him. Lord J. RUSSELL said it was his intention to reduce the number of Assistant- Commissioners to twelve. Colonel SIBTHORP gave notice that he should re duce them to five.--( Great laughter.) After a few words from Mr. HODGES, the clause was postponed. Mr. B. WOOD had given notice of an amendment that not more than five Assistant Poor-law Commissioners should continue in office after the 31st Decembe7 next, and that no Assistant-Commissioners should continuo in office after the 31st Dee., 1843. It appeared that the expenses of the Poor•law Commissioners, had been, in 1840, not less than 25,7001 , and the pre vious year they had been something more. Now, their duty was to attend to the formation of miens, and that object was almost accomplished, there being 12,000 parishes formed into unions, and only 770 to be formed. The population in these 770 parishes was two millions, and of these one million belonged to the metro polis and other districts, which it was not intended to form into unions. It appeared to him, therefore, that a less number than twelve would be able to accomplish all that remained to be done. The Hon. Member concluded by moving the amendment. Lord J. ii.USSELL thought that the Assistant-Com missioners were exceedingly useful, in carrying out the general operation of the law. The Noble Lord made some further observation!, but he spoke in so low a tone of voice, as to be very indistinctly heard in the Gallery. We understood him to say that he would oppose the amendment. Mr. DARBY conceived that the subject of complaint was, that the Assistant-Commi3aioners did not viiit some of the Poor•law unions more than once in a year. He thought that the AsEi.tant-Commissioners wero bound to a more strict performance of their duty. Mr. GEORGE W. WOOD said that in the unions with which he was acquainted, the Assistant-Commissioners were not able to visit more than once in four or five months. But then they were kept away by pressure of business elsewhere. He thouglst that it was sought to carry the reduction too f:r. Lord G. SOMERSET had that evening pre:cntcd a petition from a Board of Guardians, which stated that they had not seen an Assistant-Commissioner for a long time, and they got on very well. By the original Bill the Secretary of S . ate had power to appoint any number of Assistant-Commissioners. That ought not now ti be; would the Noble Lord content to name the maximum number to be employed under the Bill. He would prefer that security to voting for the amendment, of the Hon. Member, Mr. R. PALMER did not see how work could be cut out for so many Assistant- Commissioners. He objected to the Board of Commissioners being a permanent body ; he trusted that the Assistant-Commissioners would not also become a permanent body.—(Neer, hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL sail the number of Assistant- Comm i3sioners had been consider ably reduced already. He would have no hesitation in fixing the number to be employed in England. But the system was now in Ire land, and he could not name the number which might be wanted in that country. Mr. HUME said, as the Government would Lave to come every year to the House for a vote to pay the Assis tsul-Comndisioners, he thought it better to leave the matter in the hands of the Government. If they did not reduce the number quick enough, the House would have it in its power to do it at any ti me . Mr. SYDNEY HERBERT did not think it prudent to fix the number of Assistant• Commissioners, nor did he think it would be good policy to 'educe them too sud denly. He thought there ought to be a central controlling poorer, but he thought the period cf live years v%ai too Lang ; it was an unconstitutional body—( Heir)-- and ought to be frequently brought under the notice of the public, and be made often subject to the power of public opinion. He would not then vote for any amendment, but would reserve himself until the bringing up of the Repot t, when some motion to reduce the duration of the Commis sion would be made. Mr. B. WOOD and Sir H. VERNET rose together, and both persisted in addressing the Chairman, amidst laugh ter and cries for each. Mr. H. HINDI!: rose to order. He had distinctly bevrd the Chairman call upon the Hon. Member for Southwark. Air. BERNAL said he l:ad certainly done so, but lie understood that Hon. Member to hare waived his right. Both Hoy. Membi u persisted in addressing the House, amidst loud cries of " Order and Chair." At lait Sir H. Verney gave way, and Mr. B. WOOD said, after what he had lo3rd he would not divide the Committee. He had thought that five Absistant.Commi3sioners would now be enough, became few unions remained to be formed. o c ti h o a n inn w a a i s l w t C h c a lo a n w e n l 118eilZullifiRmmPesdailadultylim4tovief titthatethme report progress and ask leave to sit again. After some discussion tho amendment was put, when Colonel SIBTHORP said be would certainly divido the House upon it.—(Cries of " No, no.") Mr. BERNAL—Does the Hon. Member propose any ame.nder cut ? Color.el SIBTHORP—No ; I object to any Assistant- Commissioners at all.—(A laugh.) Mr. BERNAL—WiII you divide the House? Colonel SIBTHORP—Most ccrtinly.—(No, no, and a laugh, ) Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the Corn.. mittce divided. The Membe:li wetS— For the Amendment 46 Against it l9l Majority in favour of the clause —l4s On our re-admission we found Mr. WO LITE RL Y ATT W OD on his legs, moving that the Chairman du report progress and ask leave to sit again. Lord JOHN RUSSELL could not meede to the pro position of the lion. Gentleman. 110 would be most happy to listen to any reasons that might to urged against the clause, but he certainly shauld oppose any motion for adjournment. Mr. EA STHOPE had given notice of an amendment on the clam c lie should certainly press to a division. Mr. WOLVERLEY ATTWOOD would decidedly pr as his motion to a division. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, but no divi. sion took place. On our re-admission to the gallery, The CII hIRMAN reported prog,resF, and obtained leave to sit again (as we understood) on Monday next. The other Orders of the Day were disposed of, and the House Adjourned at Half-past Twelve o'clock. , CONSUMPTION OF COFFEE.— Ile culture of coffee, which about fifty years rgo was nearl y unknow n through ou t the w h o l e c ontinent of Sou th America, no w produces, in Brazil alone, the e normous quantity of 13 5,000,00011 m., or something more t han one. half of : chat annually finds its way from all quarters into the E uro p ean market s; our own W est Indian c)lonies contributi ng b ut atr i velfth Fut to the three hundred millions (f p o unds at which the yearly consumption of this commodity has lecn rated. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZE T WHITEHALL, MARCH 15. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Edmund Garbett, 0: Wellington, in the county of Salop, Gent., to be a Master Ex. traordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WAR-OFFICE, Maucu 19. 27th Regiment of Foot —Ensign H. Stapylton, to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Butler, promotedin the Cape Mounted Riflemen ; Oliver Langley, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stapylton, March 19. 29th Foot—Lieut. J. 0. Lucas to be Captain, by purchase, vice Alves, who retires ; Ensign H. P. L'Estrange to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Lucas ; G. P. Stanhope, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice L'Estrange, March 19. 53d Fuot—W. B. Bastard, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Cooke, who retires, March 19. 60th Foot—Second Lieut. the Hon. J. E. H. Thurlow to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Jebb, who retires; G. Rhodes, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Thurlow, March 19. 65th Foot—Ensign J. W. Marshall to be Lieutenant, by nurchase, vice Haldane, who retires; C. A. Cuthbert, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Marshall, March 19. 66th Foot—Capt. A. Mainwaring, from the 68th Foot, to be Captain, vice T. W. Nesham, who retires upon half-pay Unattached, receiving the difference, March 19. 68th Foot—Capt. A. E. Kennedy, from half-pay Unat tached, to be Captain, paying the difference, vice Mainwat ing, appointed to the 66th Foot, March 19. 7t st Foot—Lieut.-General Sir T. Reynell, Bart., K. C. 8., from the 87th Foot, to be Colonel, vice Sir S. F. Whiffing ham, deceased, March 15. 87th Foot—Major-General Sir H. Gough, K.C.8., from the 99th Foot, to be Colonel, vice Sir T. Reynell, appointed to the 71st Foot, March 15. 89th Foot—R. Dudgeon, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Oakley, deceased, March 19. 99th Foot—Lieutenant-General Sir H. Douglas, Bart., K.C.B. and G.C.M. G., to be Colonel, vice Sir H. Gough, appointed to the 87th Foot, March 15. Cape Mounted Riflemen—Lieutenant H. Butler, from the 27th Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Peshall, March 10. MEMOKA ND U 711. —The names of the Gentleman appointed to an Ensigncy in the 36th Foot, on the sth March 1841, are Owen Hill Harries, and not Harris, as before stated. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Mancii 18. Eisaavrum in the Gazette of the 16th instant. Royal Regiment of Artillery—For Lieut. John Fitzherbert Grant, read Edward Fitzherbert Grant. The following places have been duly registered for solemniz. ing marriages therein, pursuant to the Act of 6th and 7th Wil Liam I V., chap. 85 : The Independent Chapel, Repton, Derbyshire. Nazareth, Llanfihangel y Traethau, Merionethshire. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. JOHN EDWARD NEW and FREDERICK NEW stationers, High-street, Aldgate. SUSANNAH BEDINGFIELD, yarn-manufacturcr, Nee( ham-market, Suffolk. BANKRUPTS. THOMAS GEORGE CAREY RILEY, bill-broker, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street, to surrender, April 1, at eleven, and April3o, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, Al dermanbury, official assignee; Arden, Red Lion-square. JEREMIAH SQUIRES and GEORGE FREDERICK SQUIRES, plumbers, Poplar, March 26, at half-past one, and April 30, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Burn, Great Carter dane, Doctors'-commons. NATHANIEL TURNEY, baker, Millbank-street, West minster, March 26 and April 30, at two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Whitmore, Ba•inghall.st reet, official assignee; Tem pler, Shearmin, and Slater, Great Tower-street. JAMES BURKETT, victualler, Noble-street, Goswell street, April 1, at twelve, and April 30, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gibson, Basinghall-street, official assignee; Boulton, Northampton-square. JOSEPH BARBER, pawnbroker, Walworth-road, March 25 and April 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, Aldermanbury, official assignee; Kiss and Son, Fenchurch .street. HENRY FLETCHER, sen. ' and HENRY FLETCHER, jun clothiers, Eastington, Gloucestershire, March 26, at twelve, and April 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, Basinghall-street, official assignee ; Crowder and Maynard, Mansion-house-place. JOSEPH FIRTH, licenced victualler, Webber-street, Lambeth, April 2, at twelve, and April 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, official assignee ; Dimraock, Sise-lane. GEORGE BIG GS ORCHARD, upholsterer, Bath, April 5, at three, and April 30, at one, at the Castle and Ball lnn, Bath. Cook and Sanders, New Inn, London ; Gillard and Flook, Bristol. DANIEL WILLIAMS, shopkeeper, Llanelly, Carmar thenshire, April 6 and 30, at ten, at the Cameron Arms, Swansea. Bigg and Goldfinch, Southampton-buildings, Lon don ; Bigg, Bristol. ANN ELIZA WHEELER, milliner, Clifton, Bristol, March 26 and April 30, at twelve, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. White and Whitmore, Bedford-row, London ; Hart ley, Bristol. SAMUEL BRYAN, shoe manufacturer, Cotton-end, Northamptonshire, March 26 and April 30, at eleven, at the Dolphin Inn, Northampton. Britten, Northampton ; Blower and Vizard, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London. GEORGE FISHER BLAKEY, draper, Holmfirlh, York shire, April 2, at one, and April 30, at ten, at the George Inn, Huddersfield. Clarke and Medealf, Lincoln's Inn. fields, Lon don ; Whitehead and Robinson, lluddersfiold. PETER CROMPTON, ironmonger, Liverpool, March 31 and April3o, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Vin cent and Sherwood, Temple, London ; Robinson, Liverpool. WILLIAM HENRY BELL, seed crusher, Kingston upon-Hull, March 30 and April 30, at eleven, at the George Inn, Kingston-upon-Hull. Hicks and Marris, Gray's Inn square, London ; Holden, Hull. THOMAS COULTER, dealer, Doncaster, April 7, at eleven, and April 30, at two, at the Town-hall, Doncaster. Wigleswortb, Ilidsdaie, and Craddock, Gray's Inn-square, Lon don ; Smithson, York ; Mason and Collinson, Doncaster. GEORGE SMITH, otherwise GEORGE THOMAS FARDO SMITH, THOMAS SMITH, and CHARLES FREDERICK SMITH, tailors, Cheltenham, March 30 and April 30, at one, at the Royal Hotel, Cheltenham. Holme, Loftus, and Young, New Inn, London ; Prideaux and Son, Bristol. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Clack, baker, Sekford-street, Clerkenwell, April 10, at one—T. Smyth, perfumer, Marchmont- street, Brunswick square, 'April 10, at eleven. In the Country. T. Mothers, news agent, Canterbury, April 13, at one, at the Guildhall, Canterbury—J. Sill and W. Watson, mer chants, Liverpool, April 17, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool—R. G. Roberts, timber merchants, Liverpool, April 12, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool — l. and A. Templeton, silk manufacturers, Congleton, April 15, at eleven, at the Macclesfield Arms lan, Macclesfield—S. Wright, grocer, Watton, Norfolk, April 13, at twelve, at the Suffolk Hotel, Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk—W. Pills, sen., merchant, Mistley, Essex, April 12, at twelve, at the Castle Inn, Col chester—C. Dean, E. Cope, and W. Tomlinson, ironmasters, Manchester, April 20, at twelve, at the Office of Stubbs and Rollings, Manchester-R. Nott, sen., R. Nott, jun., and W. de L. Nott, iron merchants, Bristol, April 20, at two, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol—T. Reed, ship builder, Sunder land, April 16, at eleven, at Horner's Commercial Hotel, Sun derland—D. Ma Teer, merchant, Manchester, April 24, at two, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester—J. Carr, ship builder, Low Southwick, Durham, April 16, at one, at the Thompson Arms Inn, Sunderland—W. Stone, linen draper, Gloucester, April 5, at two, at the Office of Whitcombe and Helps, Gloucester—R. H. Heaton, cotton spinner, Bolton-le. Moors, Lancashire, April 21, at twelve, at the Swan Inn. Bolton-le-Moors—J. Rowlett, merchant, Liverpool, April 13 at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool—G. Hopkinson, mach builder, Liverpool, April 13, at one, at the Clarendon. rooms, Liverpool—S. H. Walsh, banker, Liverpool, April 10. at twelve, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool—E. Blake, draper, Devonport, April 13, at twelve, at Weakley's Hotel, Devonport. CERTIFICATES-APRIL 9. J. F. I3idgood, woollen draper, Bristol-_H. T. Roberts, lodging-house keeper, New North-street, Red Lion-square— J. Davis, innkeeper, Shiffnal, Shropshire —J. Hounslow, baker, Birmingham—S. Mayer, J. Mawdesley, R. Lees, and J. Britigwood, earthenware manufacturers, Burslem, Stafford shire—C. Benson, solicitor, Edgbaston, Warwickshire—T. Kipping, corn dealer, Tonbridge, Kent. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. and G. Groom, wheelwrights, Ivinghoe, Buckingham shire—J. Harley and W. Perkins, dentists, Davies-street, Berkeley-square—NV. and J. Blundell, farmers, Hartlebury, Worcestershire—R. G. Holland and J. 8., Lyon; surgeons, Sheffield—Mr. and M. Thorp, maltsters, Hadley, Middlesex— W. Clarke, J. Clarke, P. Clarke, and J. Robinson, machine makers, Manchester—J. Labron and G. 11. Ives, Leeds—ll. and W. Muir, travelling drapers, Manchester—G. and D. Hine, commission agents, Barge-yard, Bucklersbury—T. R. Norbury and B. Smith, tobacco manufacturers, Manchester-- H. Green and J. Kettle, commission agents, Leicester—A. Windle and W. Hadfield, working chemists, Uscars, York shire—J. Lovatt, J. Gould, and J. Lovatt, silk manufacturers, Leek, Staffordshire—B. C. Etheridge, J. S. Flowerdew, and E. S. Gowing, common brewers, Eye, Suffolk (so far as re gards B. C. Etheridge)—W. A. Hubert and T. Holland, surgeons, Cannock, Staffordshire—W. and H. Hopper, smiths, Gateshead, Durham—J. Rugby and 1. Limey, cotton spin ners, Glossop, Derbyshire—T. W. Spooner and R. S. John son, linen drapers, New-road, Whiteehapel—R. and R. Parry, ironfounders, Golden-lane, St. Luke's—J. Dawson and S. Woods, licensed victualler, Adelaide-place, near London-bridge —J. Cronkshaw and J. Ormerod, woollen manufacturers, Has lingden, Lancashire—J. Franks, G. Williams, and S. Samp son, wholesale tea dealers, Philpot-lane, Fenchurch-street—L. and T. Jones, linen drapers, Chester. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. WILLIAM HALLEY and CO., merchants, Dundee, March 27 and April 26, at two, at the Royal Hotel, Dundee. WILLIAM HANNAY, innkeeper, Annan, March 24 and April 16, at twelve, at the Writing Chambers of Farish and Brand, Annan. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado sugar, com puted from the Returns made in the week ending March 16, 1641, is 495. 11d. per cwt., exclu2ive of the Duties of Cus toms paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain. BOTTOMLESS LAKE.—The following is the first notice we have ever met wish of a very remarkable pond, in Saratoga county, New York. If the account, which is taken from the Troy Mail, be true, it discloses a curious natural phenomenon :—" White Lake is situated about ono mile west of the Paulius Kill, in the teen of Stillwater. It is nearly circular. It has no visible inlet, but its outlet is a never-failieg stream of considerable meg. nitude. The name is derivrd from its appearance. Viewed from a little distance it seems of milky whiteness, except a few rods in the centre, which, by the contrast, appear perfectly, black. The appearar cc itself is singular enough, but the cause itself is still more remarkable. From the centre or dark portion of the lake, at stated scosons, innumerable quantities of shells are thrown up of various sizes and forms, but all perfcc.ly white. These float to the shore, and aro thrown upon the beach, or sink into shallow water. Hundreds of bushels migLt be gathered from the shore after one of the:c periodic:l upsprings ; and the whole soil for saveral rods on every side of the lake is composed of those shell., broken or decomposed by the action of the weather. In the centre of the lake, bottom has never bceo Lund, although it has been sounded to the depth r f several hundred feet. Where, then, is the grand deposit from which has teen swelling up since the memory of man these countless myriads of untenanted shells ? Is it possible, tact, though far remote at an elevation of several hundred feet above them, this bottomless well may, by some subterranean communication, be connected with the grand shell marl ccposit in the eastern part of the State?" —Montreal Courier. —Query. Can this story be depended upon, or is it a specimen of American penny-a lining Ilfercuri. FORMER STATE of LANCASHIkIE TO THE EDITOR OF TEE SUN. Sue—ln the leading article of yesterday's paper, you asked, what would Lancashire be without the cotton manufacture? and replied to your own question by observing that, before its introduction, Lanceshire was the poorest, or lowest, county in the kingdom. Now, Sir, just allow me to correct the mistake you have made. I have known Lancashire many years and can state with truth, that it was much happier and wealthier before the introduction of the cot ton manufacture than it has ever been since , at least, if the wealth and happiness of a County, is to be estimated by the prosperous condition of the people generally, rather than by the accumula tion of enormous riches in the hands of a few indivi duals. There is no country to which nature has been more bountiful. It had once treble mountains and lovely valleys, happy, meandering streams and verdant rye idows ; whilst the healthiness of the climate, and the fruitfulness of the soil, were apparent in the robust frames of the people. The people themselves were dis tinguishel above those of most other coenfes for their honesty, industry, and independence ; crime of any kind was very rare, and robbery and burglary were in many parts quite unknown ; whilst the smiling well-eared-for cottages marked tl c provident character of their in mates. Alas! this agreeable state of things has passel away ; and what has the cotton manufacture given us in its steal ? It. has destroyed the level of domestic happiness and industry, and created in lieu thereof two violent extremes ; the one, exhibiting the most apalling wretchedness ; the other, the utmost profusion of luxury and riches. The fair face of the country, every where disfigured with large temples to Moloch, and rows of wretched dweltegs, void of every trace of domestic economy, and filled with squalid emaciated beings, sunken and degenerate in body and mind, aliens from every country, the victims of incessant toil, without reaping any reward for their labour that can awaken the ties of nature and affection for the country in which they Eve, and spree ling with fatal surety the vices inse parable from the habits of such a condition ; having, at the same time, the melancholy consciousness that they for whose interest this misery is endured, and into whose hands the fruit of their labour passes, the lordly capita. lists of the manufacturing districts, will abandon them on the first appearance of adversity to the generous benevolence, of the Poor-law Commissioners. In short, Sir, as far as Lancashire is concerned, the cotton manu facture has debased and impoverished the labouring classes of the country. And with respect to its affect upon the nation, it furnished the means to a profligate and extravagant Minister for carrying on an uujust war against the liberties of another people, enabl:d him to contract an enormous debt, has since supported the extravagance of every Government, and will prove the ruin of our country. What virtues have sprung from it ? Was Hampden a cotton manufacturer ? was Mil ton ? was Algernon Sidney ? What name is there dear to England as associated with its rights and liberties that can be connected with this blight upon our country ? I could wish, in your political ar ticles, that you would assume a higher tone of morals, and teach something more promotive - of the welfare of mankind, than that it is the duty of the Legislature to encourage the accumulation of riches in the few, and the punishment of poverty in the many. But I know my sentiments are so little in accordance with those of the party for whom you write, that I do not expect my letter will be admitted into your columns, which are re served for such bombastic productions as, abounding in vague generalities, are meant " but to flatter the ear and to deceive the heart." I am sure you must often write in opposition to your good feel ings ; for you must be sensible of the truism, that whilst a nation is poor it is virtuous and victorious, but riches bring with them corruption and decay. Even the rail roads, which you mention arose out of the benefits of the cotton manufacture, may be adduced as one of the most striking instances of its pernicious effects upon society, for men are now doomed by it to such perpe tual labour that they cannot even afford the time requisite for a journey, unless conveyed swifter than the wind. My only inducement to address you has been the vindication of my native county, for which I still entertain the greatest regard, and which I have been compelled to leave with feelings of the greatest regret.—l remain, Sir, Your obedient humble servant, A LANCASHIRE MAN. Bath, March 13. [Our Correspondent is quite mistaken in supposing that we bare any reluctance to publish his letter, further than at this period the demands on our space are so great, that vre cannot find room for all the communi cations sent to us. At the same time, we cannot allow our Correspondent to suppose that we admit all his statements to be unanswerable. He must be a very old man to remember any thing of Lancashire before the cotton manufacture was introduced there, which was prior to the year 1770, and, therefore, we place very little reliance on his complaints,iwhich are based on no facts. What it might have been without the cotton mane facture, may be conjectured from the present condition of Wilts, Sussex, and other exclusively agricultural coun ties, which the proportion of paupers to the whole population is 14 and 13 per cent., while, in Lancashire, much as the people are now distressed, it is only seven. Our Correspondent's head is fuller of history than pre sent facts. The age demands no Hampden, no Milton, no Algernon Sydney, and they are accordingly not found either in our manufacturing or our rural districts. The agricultural counties are as guiltless of producing such meo, as the most crowded part of Lancashire. What the world wants is a means of feeding the ever growing population, and that has been supplied to a greaLextent by the ingenuity of men who have flourished, if they were not born, in the cotton manufacturing dis tricts : Watt and Arkwright, in a great measure belong to them. The late Sir Robert Peel was a cotton-manu facturer, and whatever honour the son reflects on the English nation, must, in part, be reflected back on the means by which his father obtained his fortune. Gas lighting, that universal benefit, originated in a cotton-mill. But the great merit of our cotton-mills is, that they have clothed cheaply, cleanlily, and comfortably, half the world, and made Great Britain to that extent the benefactress of nations. Compared to this great, this vast blessing, all that Hampden, Milton, and Sydney ever did for the human race sinks into comparative in significance. Nor are the secrets of science unrevealed to the manufacturers of cotton. Their practice has brought more knowledge to light than all the minute experiments of Wollaston and Davy. Amongst them, let us add, to show that wo depreciate not there great men, Dalton, one of the greatest chemical philosophers that ever lived, has found a home and an appropriate sphere for the exercise of his ingenuity. We admit to our Correspondent that the same cotton manufacture which has conferred such blessings on foreigners has not been equally advantageous to our own people. If he seeks the reason, he will find it in our Corn and ether scoundrel laws,!and in many of our institutions, ex pressly framed to plunder and oppress the many for the benefit of the few. The deep-seated poverty, and the miss of degradation which he and we alike mourn over, are not caused by the cotton manufacture, but by the laws which have prevented the thousand ingenious contrivances connected with that from bearing their ap propriate fruit.--En. Sun.] MARKET INTELLIGENCE PRICE OF BREAD. , The highest r ri, e of ire.: i s she MA °villa is 9!4d fur the 11b. I oaf Good Bread may be had at 7,4 d. PRL E 4 OF SEEDS. Per Cwt. I Per Quarter Sew Engl'sh flee Clover...6os 50s St. Fein —s 5f Ms Old Ditto Ditto —s —s —s Rye 0 asa —s 18s 30s New Foreign Di.to —s 55s 70s Paccy Grass 6-s -s 011 Di to Dist° —s —s —s Linseed, for fe.di' g ...—s tes 51s I , cw White Clover 45s 50s Vs!Dit!o, for sowing ......—s 60. et's Old Ditt s Ditto —s —s —s'Ditto, for crushis.g ....—s 46s 48s Nov Tre oil .... —s 30s 4581-Icm, —s 36s 41s Old Ditto a 20s SOs'Canary ... —s eai Sts Jr folium - s Otis 71)ii Per 11,,shel. Es.glisb Carraway —s 50s 51s'White Must:ad....ls Od to 1 Is Or Foreign Ditto -3 4fis :10s Brown Ditto Its 01 to 17s firt Coriander —s lls 18slares 7s 6d tc POs lid PiiICE OF OIL. Rape Oil. brown, per ton £45 10 Ditto, refined Linseed Oil f::7 0 Lins ed Oil Cake at the Mill (per 1000) I t 0 Rai e 4 ake. per tots 7 V PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per 1121 b. Toren Tallow ..• £2 11 6iMelting Stuff -C1 IA 0 Yellow Russia White 'l 0 oGraves Soap Ditto 0 0 0 Good Dregs 0 5 0 PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of Slbs. Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters) ".s 10d COAL MARKET. Ships arrived since last market day, fO. s. d. s. d. Buddle's West Hartley l4 0 Walls End Pemberton '0 0 West Hartley .......... lO 6 Walls End Russell's Hetton 23 3 Walls End Clenuell Walls End Hutton 2l 3 Walls End Whitwell 22 0 Walls End Huttou 21 3 Walls End Hartlepool 23 3 Walls End Hilda. ... 20 C Walls End Kelloe Walls End Hotspur lB 6 Walls End Adehide 22 0 Walls End Riddell's 2O 9 Walls End Evenwood l3 0 Walls End Belmoist W.IE. Braddyll'aHetton .. 03 0 Walls End South Durham 2O 9 Walls End Gs ange 2l 3 Wal a End Tees 22 3 Walls End Haswel . 23 3 Cowpen Walls:End Hetton 23 3 Howard's Netherton Mairi... 17 3 Walls End Lambton 0 3: (From the London New Price Current of March 19 ) SUGAR.—Although the transactions in West India Musco vadoes have been on rather a more extended scale this week, still the market has been in a dull state, prices of other descrip tions of raw Sugar being much lower in proportion to those of British Plantation, cause both grocers and refiners to ope rate with much caution in this description, and the total quantity sold during the three market days has not exceeded 160 hhds and trcs, and it is still difficult to quote accurate prices ; a board of St. :Kitts has been sold—viz., 8 hhds good middling yellow at 765, and 2 hhds good br'ght brown 725, but this was allowed to be above the general run of prices, good brown St. Lucia were taken at 68s, ant rather better greyish at 70s, and for strong middling grey Demerara 68s have been refused ; on comparison these prices will be found to- be still several shillings above those current fur Mauritius and Bengal Sugar. To-day both grocers and re liners purchased rather more freely of West India, and prices have become more settled ; good and fine brown Jamaica sold to-day at 68s to 70s; prices of British Plantation, however, left off much the same as those of Friday last; they rule, how evar, 43 above those of Bengal and Mauritius. REFlNin.—The home 'trade have purchased more freely of Refined goods this week, and a fair business has been trans acted at prices equal to those of Friday last, sale s o r St an d a rd Lumps have been made at 92s 64 to 93s per cwt. ; Treacle, common at 30s to 31s, pa' eat 34s to 3.5 s best mall ma 'and golden syrup 37s tO 3% p er c w t.. ; Bastards, - best sort, is mit worth more than Ns i , ectm;aoll dark kind] EVEN ENG _ ~,b e d have been sellisg t ;t 45s to 48s per cwt. Fine 78s to 795. For bon;led crushed sugar rather lower rat; er been submitted to, smat: parcels of first quality at 32 ' `.... a r cwt. Loaves 10tbs at 37s to 38s. and l4lbs dis tid to 3 0 . e , cwt. Treacle at 14s 6d. :"." 1 Basards and P iece ' few us l,6l have been made, 15s to 2:is are ti:e quotations. Dutch Cr Sugar at 313 on board. • d; fro o To-day there was a good demand for Refined Goo s , tav a, the home trade, and prices have an upward tev.dene,Y s e er and Lumps are firm at 93s per cwt. Bonded erns" first quality at :325, sellers 32s 3d per cwt. sed a n d MA (I ITI U s.—This afternoon there was an inerea _ pieces le iia „ sire on the part of both grocers and refiners to purchar_tes, privately several parcels were disposed of at imp making the advance on the rates of Friday last 2s to 3s per public sale is yet declared. ors EAST 1 NDIA. —Holders of Bengal have displayed abW rm finess this week, in white sorts, particularly in line, . r i s es the rates of Friday last, in brown and yellow swig &I have improved 2s per cwt. Siam at 24s to 21 13 s t for ordinary to good middling white . 4 1 g ood former rates. Java sound taken in at stiff r ates- 0 , greyish yellow at 23s 6d to 245, low to middling 2 2 ' ° t wilit' washed went at 20s to 2ls ; twenty cases Penang w ere at 18s for low ord foxy brown. ripti ° de This afternoon there vs as a fair demand for all se, is et of Bengal by private treaty, and a further advance °' cwt was paid. nr sun FoßElGN.—Friees remain firm for Brazil. 0- n ,6( 1, white Pernambuco at 24s for export. Bahia bro wn at -.s" and white at 245. Yellow ilavannsh at former rates. is held firmly. b e en ISlOLAssits.--Tho demand for West India bas 3over. and the purchases are not worth enumerating, pr ic k' is 1 1 /' )1° et h nl a le v acas e noes t r in Flßa d Err e Egi rg ie. one no further depres ion ; the suPPLY FshThpelaht,otamteiotnradce Coffee e e etvhiniscewdeleiktt,le actie,dsire.e_tivreeelestr: mand has been limited for all descriptions ; importers, r 4; 0 have displayed firmness, and bought in nearly the wh e b e i c c e, 9l . casks 100 brls public sale, mostly St. Lucia and Be; o n lb' being disposed to submit lower rates ; the tra" e lis se r,"; other hand were for the most part not disposed to '4"e-; t"; cepting at prices rather under those of this day agsiin'' large supply of the lower sorts of East India Op era t e s tbe demand for West India. A os, This aftei noun there was no public sale of anY ‘ lle,", t 10( 14 * anl by private treaty there was little passing in but prices were supported. For East India and ' 3 l a od however, a fair demand prevailed from both sbilW er- e , cot' home trade ; buyers of good ordinary Ceylon at 70s P i - to dr COCOA.—Holders of British Plantation have refufet. p to mit to any farther reduction. Trinidad bought in at 54s for ordinary and good red. rrro TEA.---There has been an improved demand for Fre u e avo o re Tea this week, holders have di - splayed firmness, an d "- tained an advance on former rates f dper lb. oft' To-d iy there was an increased desire on thr Part at the trade to purchase Tea, and holders displayed firma ° . i be bia" public sales there was . a fair attendance of ini3 e a l s ,.' e sl dings were brisk, and of 11,034 packages 0 "1„ a " es 91, 0 cipally green Tea) the fair proportion of 60 00 r ae;— e trae t , l i s j disposed of at prices equal to thosepaid by private e" step' t week, or id to 4d above those of the last auctions, e for Imperial, Gunpowder, and Hyson, which, h ( t weve o ci fr e ', Id to 2d cheaper :—Congou, but mid burnt coarse bower'„ ,vent at Is lid to is 7ild, but middling blackis h 1 ; d q J old Is &I to Is 84d, but mid coarse little bur L t d to Is l L~ Is Bid, but mid blackish leaf rather strong Is If s olot 12 5 ,); mid blackish leaf rather full Is 10d, mid and tu t strong and full is lid to 2s 2d, strong Pekoe m, -- 7id, Twankay, but mid rather strong burnt Is 7id J u s ,, t . 5 01 mid rather coarse bloom kind Is lid to Is red/ but 11 : 1 „s burnt Is 8d:. Hyson, ordinary is 7id to 1 9 74 ''cresb 7 0 1 strong burnt 2s 4d to 2s Bd, mid rather stro n g,,,,se ett burnt 2s 90 to 2s 10d, good mid 3s 5d to 35 t '„, ;35'; Orange Pekoe 2s Bid to 3 s lid ; S o uchong is 8 d b - 0 t°l - Skin Is 2d; Twankay Is 2d; Imperial 2„as to I Pouchong ls 8d toGunpowder 2 9 1 ' 1 ,4,4, 9° Today t a te ce s p p ted e cul f a o t r is co -e m mar a k n e y t ,s w c as on , h a e ou sie , c v iassh er ii. rath er 14 is Rust, BRANDY AND P HO trap bot h West India Rum have ' been extremely limited for le °th k, A l° o e f consumption and shipping ; the total sales this t o ‘ 7 14, amounted to only 140 puns, fine Jamaica from 75 , e which the supply is very small have brought '°";; while middling 30 per cent at 6s is about lid t ° "der "'" 3 proof Leewgrds are however not to be purc hased nn o per gallon. In East I n dia th e t r ansactions base t i fsdll, more extended scale, being 220 hhds Calcutta at strength ; the arrivals have been 60 .hhds East India t ought for Brandy has been taken sparingly, old sorts have h re l,4 93( ', merrates, but new kinds are 2d cheaper cl",, ete and P u tt s ' s first brands of the vintage of 1836, 5s 4d in hh", a ' A 6 51,P5 - J, 55 2d, do 1837, hhds 5s 2d, puns ss,' do 1838 h"", s d ,Ss' 4 l, 4s 10d, do 1839 hhds 4s 7d, puns 4s sd, do 164 0 hi' nritl, puns 3s 4d. Geneva has sold steadily at former ra tes ittlr a. J4, Corn Spirits have met with a slow sale at 93 10d to w ee RlCE.—Java at rather lower prices for t h e l „ t ot d anod r better sorts brought former rates, low and e - ii ; ff ; 0 mixed with Paddy went at 8s to 9s 6d, low olidr:trprefloj middling white 9s to II s 6d. Bengal has riminto n i i s s rates, middling white Bengal 12s 6d t• Car° per CAR • irctr maintained f ,ormer rates. „ee T nt ALLOW.—For Russian Tallow, prices have ' P s - th hei , '? p ct way ; on the spot Petersburg yellow candle 45s Out, t his ' tile under former rates, For delivery towards the en d for all next month at 44s 6d to 44s 9d. For deliv- ricsll,,f last three months there are sellers at 465. South stT e c iiee 33s to 43, according to quality. Prices are on t he ue Town Tallow. A ve This afternoon for P. Y. Candle, prices f u rther/ t hee,, ° 45s 3d to 45s 6d are the nearest on the spot, 4 4 s 3d lot tt s o of this and all next month, and 45s 9d to 4Ets for thet t he 0 , months of the year. The Tallow to be deliver ed 3 the of the month is large, and the contract prices f t e ti r hh(l 9 , oo l o cipal part was 50s up to 53s per cwt.-170 Or' an" serons South American were offered at public sa' e ' do od partly disposed of at 36s to 43s 9d for low soft toe 10 1 quality. ice s OiLs.—ln common descriptions of Fish Oils, ,P, r s to given way a little for all kinds. Pale Seal at 31 1 .,,`„" 3 - r y Cod 2G: to 261 10s. Southern 251 to 994 for or",'" v eto quality. Sperm has been taken sparingly, and t" e n s 1 3 Pthit of prices r s eis4;l,ehisfasovi for delivery ed decidedly pa2downwa rds, purchased still fine q ual it • s e t c 3 l to l o a s s 2 e ps d e6rd u n e d w e t r . I .ll oo a l p n f e a o t?i r -- p o aifilo t re 7 :oo , lo,l : per CNY t he r g value. Cocoa Nut Oil at 6d to 381 per evit; . I' 9 quality, 321 lOsper ton. Olive, prices re main Bre a ' i t e b E sid This afternoon 200 tuns Southern were offem'o fiDe sale, which went off heavily at 271 to 291 for good quality ; 20 tuns fine Sperm fetched 941 per tun. ....-:....—___ - COUNTRY CORN 111ARKETre .,, ,,s' e Wheat. Barley. Oats. Bono .........._...., P il I° . to '• ' # Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to S. a. to S. ~' 44 ..„,' , Abingdon 54 67 26 82 2.2 2 8 . "-,' ," 0 Andover 59 66 27 32 23 27 -- **''' 41 # Banbnry si 63 28 12 23 28 -7, 45 .... 01 Basic, gs toke CO 69 27 33 22 20 _ 4 . , 4c. A 40 Cirencester 56 61 24 23 21 23 wm, ..! ,7 • , Coventry — 62 32 23 SO 3 ,f, 44 -__. / Oaventry Derby 65 68 30 36 25 30 *" . . n 42 n - - 9 , Howden Hunger f o r d 50 65 32 37 25 52 .' 43 „. / Malton ..... !. 68 7,1 35 38 22 33 —„: 43 / Illaii4enhead 52 75 32 38 25 .. 34 44 f, BO , , Nottingham 62 70 26 36 L 4 27 34. 46 ..... - 4 0 Wantage 63 80 34 46 26 32 36 ..... - # Warwick - 4 1 , Winchester 70 36 29 -- r 9 a York 64 32 32 - 4 " (I. i 6 8 ~ !I. 6 Per Bushel s.d. s.d. s.d. s. d. s.d. s. d. 0 - I '2 7.0 Birmingham 7 0 8 6 3 6 4 0 4 0 4 3 5 ' _.,,,,0• EDIN , URUH C' Wheat. Barley. First 7ss. Od 36:. S mond 66 0 32 0 Third CO 0 29 0 Average price of Wheat. PRICES OF PRI Beef, per Hy. Os. 7(1. to Os; 81. Mutton 0 7 0 8 Veal 0 0 1 1) 06 0 7 Lamb, per qr. ....... 8 0 It) 0 fallow, cwt....-39 6 41 0 2ttarterh L0af....,. U 8} 0 9 P0tat0e5,1•119....... 0 3 0 0 1 EDINBURGH M Per Sack of 2901 b. Imp. First Oatmeal £l 17 0 Second ditto Earle} meat ecacciaval 1 8 0 Pot Barley from 29 ited at 24 ga' ORN MARKET m . Oat ,. ree , 40s. 4d. 451. Od• o 3t) 24 0 Ol 314'91. to „ OVISIONS WC. it 4 Freshßutter, o vi 0 • Salt Ditto „• 0 • 0 Ditto, per csct.... „v 0 I' Eggs, per „. 7 0 0 0 OatStrawiltiri.,.. 0 / Wh ea t Ditto., 6 0 B ar l e y Ditto .., 0 , 0 Hay, FCT 0 MARKET 10 1 1' 4 0 rOcratSmtZ , U'' • l . ......... I )" First S ec ond ditto . ....... ... 0 Barleyrzeal ......... . Peaserneal ................ to 453. kET 2 . bushel ..; o a! 1 sts CORNWALL (Calcul MA lons to th oirt.X.: .-/--.,1 0 i i-, 6 0 , ,• • 0 ' ••- P 0 9 0 --- 0 l a 0 '9 0' ...... .... 0 + 0 0 l 8 a 4 9. , 9 - or§ Quantity of CopperCs6"ll _____------- , L , 'TO' . i 0 B u t 1r gyres sold C atl N I t T cd E r L u t I , h 1 i t r. 3 E t tiwk.o7l,. ... ...,,, 7 01 , 0 , Average Produce , ••,, ........... Iv ot A la m nt o l u tY n o t t o ti f t s l a e le c is t : er ti . .ss. Od —Avcrag . ; .... ......... .. 1.3.. ' (1 ' iiii2l. '. , (0 4 ------ so p, ,g, COMMITTAL OF A BA NKRUrr.. ~,. s triP li !,o months ago, William Dalton Daunecy, a younto cs icn o , scaled' of age, and apparently carrying 0 ° en c idenlY 1 0 0 business in the iron trade in this town, svaa t t e r, n ° „: el uel a bankrupt. Ile and his family had ant,:•; riga 1 .- t ' in 13irnaingham fur more than two year., and " 1- aoal c h ble to all acquainted with the trade of the toe: ha bn i ,"his wonderful. At length, in SeptcnaLer jot, w s ou 0. . burst, and Dauncey was e ec i are d a bankruiT q uea d° ol debts f r iron and upon bill: (some of a ve r loo lo l,.. alle charac.er) were found upon examination t° a fter °- between 15,000/. and 20,000/. He shortlYc the Cf:, sconded, vt i:hout passing his examination befe r o dent 40 n i,siincrr. On Tuesday, Marcia 2, superinteuess o f h i, pheis, of the Birmingham Police, started in (1 4 t he f t . l n g t o on the Continent—landed at Cuxhaven—JO', WI ;b tive dancing in a ball-room in that tovvn--tc!otte F,050, custody with the, sanction of the Governor Oa doll et/ the Consul, and arrived with his prisoner in 14°n •tt d bY .iel‘ day last. On Wednesday be vras co/ 1011 4 War ° Mayor of Birmingham to take his trial e tu A3s:r,st on a charge of felony. Wheat. Barley , Oruro I. d. to r. d. 7 8 - 0 s. to s• • 0 3 8 0 4 0 3 B , i —0 4 - 3 0 3 . 0 3 3 6 4 4 0 4 4 Ile!done — : o o St. Austell — 0 7 5 Botimin 0 8 9 :Askearti f 6 . 7 6 Launceston Camclford 6 8 7 8 Penzance. 6 6 7 4 13res s __------,------_ REGISTER STOVES, 3 It. wide , :24 : 5 :.:r t /I . e g i , Poles for Window Curtains, Is. d. 3 per foot. Reo — r - :0'; Bd. per inch; elliptic stoves, 4d. per inch; registe---sn'e'iv:, with bright fronts, bright anblack- bars, bronzed oralanseter6 i l r Oo C s a . t;albnryausess gratis, poles for window curtains, j i i nci t 0 fe et Is. 3d. per foot ; 2 rings, 2 inch P . ' e 'for 191 % inches long, with end s , s's. - k •f every ' r e„;k o RII ON and BURTON, and brae cts, containing the' trice d every 11. , onmongery. 'l' Oattree.'. Wells-street, C.I , ...Mr.....rwe•FAIINSIP • BIRTHS. Mrs' On the 13th inst ,at Nerth Berwick, the Hen. ileo try, of a daughter. • On the 18th inst., in Kemp Town, the ladY ° I. T. °I jun., Esq., of a daughter, On the 17th inst., atiliGi4larZAlbesS-Drieenshire, Mae -,G.Ve: to ‘ S,i a r r Alexander Leith, of Frecfield and Glenkindy, l of Glaci c i -13urySt'. 'alAir,peldest daughter of Roderick Mackenzie, sq -, pa., ° Paddington Church, Thomas Cook Bridge/flan' f ilea/ . of Webber,Esq., of Bro A-street, Grosvenor-square. t.,,, Edin b ...Ind's, to Illiod t Maria, fourth daughter o On the 18th in , t., at Leamington, Robert Batt, ..`""0011 Purdysburn, in the county of Down, to Charlotte Sare• daughter of the late Samuel Wood, Esq., of Upton, Che ------- j---Vg D. 51 . SteW" t On the 15th inst., in Lower Belgravc-street, l, i wit); Bruce, Bart., late Gentleman Usher of the Black Rea n , er 0 liii C as tle, a nd Genealogist of the Mast Illu.triou Or. St. Patrick. (J .. IVY" On the 15th inst., at Wells. Somerset, the Rev. C. i ford, Canon cf that Cathedral. 01 London : Printed and Published by Al LIDO YOl'loj,iii No: 112, Strand, at The Sg4 0140, N 6l L (2 'igi St r the ebuuty Nidakies.—sativalty*Alar ch zo" B' 'rb e 1 'llt a 1, u , 4 lai E