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

MORNING EDITION mirsioners sitting in Somerset House, or against the G e ce uernment of the day. Therefore he would say that there was far gre a t er secu rity under the present than under the former law. He did not say that they had perfect seaway —he did not tell them that such cases as were adverted to that night did not occur, or might not occur again ; he oubted whether they could have a law that would gave that security—but he did say that it was not in consequence of the present law that such cases bad occu.red. The Hon. Gentleman complained that there were rules issued by the Commissioners under which they might prevent cert Ain articles of food being given by the guardians, and asked what would Gentlemen say if they were not allowed to feed the i • hounds as they chose ? Now it was to he considered that in rder to gave certain articles of food the guardians were not to put their bands into their own pockets, but the taxes which were levied on the poor and labouring classes should be increased. If there could be any means adopted by which labour ought at all to be re stricted, let them, if it was necessa-y, a n d if they tended to the welfare of the whole community—let them make such restrictions, but let those who make tteat take care that they do not enhance tl e food of the labourer, and thereby create a necessity for higher wages, in order to enable him t t live and thus ir.flict a serious injury on the labourer. What they ought to do was to to sure to the labourer far `rages and fair field for his industry and exertions, and if fay did that be did not doubt but that on such a stage the English labourer would be well provided for.—(Ch% e a.) But they should trke care that by a Poor-law system they did not intercept the labourer's wages. They should t ,ke care that the labourer was not paid partly by wages and partly by Puor-law relief—dee he was not remunerated by recei%ing wages only during one part of the year, and by being forced during the other part to go to a put:lnc Board to receive money; nod it, as the Hon. Gentleman proporef, the labourer were forced to go to that public Board to receive charitable reli f, and that Beard be autho rized to i .quire into his charaster for prudence or impr ft deuce, not on the question as to whetter he should be engaged its a la'sourer to receive wages, but as to whether be should participate in a public charity, then he (Lord John Russ:ll) would contend that such a state of things would be degrading to the character of the labourer, would make him dependent, and would lower his feelings by forcing him, instead of entering into a fair contract for wages in re tors for labour, go as a men dicant to a public board for charity, which might be re. fthei or granted accordiflg to caprice. The Hor. Gen tlemar supposed thet the conduct of such a beard 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."—(Cheers.) And thus every man would undergo that scrutiny as to whether or not he should be permitted to receive this charity. It would indeed degrade the labourer into a state of vil leinage.—(Cheers.) That was his opinion, and he would not shrink from the expression of it. The test of destitu tion was liable to none of those evils. The Hen. Gentle man had given instances of the repugnance of the poor to go into the workhouse. He admitted that repugnance, and he thought the poor were ill advised. It was for the in terest of tire poor to say—" Here we are, willing to work for fair wog ss ; if you will not give us that, thee we ask to be admitted to t e house, an I to be furnished with f,od and shelte If that plan were adopted, he though' that the prospect of employment - at fair wages would be much more likely to be realised.—(Cheers.) But, instead of that, it bad been attempted to instil into the minds of the poor, that any, e%ea the lowest wages, were better than the workhouse. The workhouse had been described as a prison by those who arrogated to themselves the titles of the benefactors of iii, poor, but who seer,', in fact, their worst enemies.—(liud cheers.) He was sorry he bad been again led into the defence of the general princi ple of the B.P. But he had been led to do so by the mo tion of the Hon. Gentleman for dividing tee B:11 into two parts, and whatever might be asserted as to the effsct of he Bill, in prot 'cting property, or as to its operation in low ering or ra'sing wages, Le would assert that t , e great merits of its pri rei t sle was that it led to the raising of the character and isnproving the coneitien and the weil.being of the poor, and that, if persisted in, it would raise to the highest pitch of former times the independence of the Eng lish labourers.—( Loud cheers.) M-. FIELDEN rose to exl.ress his utter abhorrence of the principles laid down by the Noble Lord, who would be judged by the people for what he had said that night. Lord GI ANVILLE SOMERSET disapproved of the powers given to the Peor-law Commissioners, and of many c.auscs in the B 11, but he could not vote for the d,vi sion of it, because he thought that such disision would have the effect of preventing any amendment If that rn were mode, the Noble Lord, lensing carried his Bill for continuing tae Pocr law Commissioners, might say, after two or three nights' discussion on the amend monts, that the attempt was hopeless to carry the Bill during the pressent 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 says g the e was great joy over one sinner that re pented, and this be applied to the Hon. Member fir Fins bury ( Mr. Wakley), who now regretted that he had sup ported he R form Bi 1. A more dangerous and destruc tive measure than that was never passed. With respect Other present Bill, let Hon. Members read the causes which the Noble Lord called amendments. He knew what Dr. Johnson dofioe I an amendmsnt to be, but he hal rover before known what was meant by an amended Act of Parliament. He was opposed to all CO:11M13310119, but especially to this one, bee %use it was impossible that the Commissioners sitting in Somerset Huse could know how this law ope rated throughout the kingdom. He bcreye lit was most partial and unjust in its operati rn. Ha would ask the N ,ble Lord wh, ther they could spend too much time on lases iga i ins of so much importance. How much time was wasted in that disuse 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. R serving himself f,r a future occasion, he should now only say, that at (vests stsgs, and on every occasion, this 8,11 should have his most strenuous opposi tion.--( H. a-, hear. ) Sir H. VERNE Y supported the Commission, and said tbst since thee law came into operation, the rages of the peer had considerably inerea ed. i Mr. WAKLEY said alit as his motion did not appear to meet with the sanction of the House, he would not troui le the House to divide upon it, especially a; there was another motion to be brought forward which Lai tie same object. Mr. TOWNLEY PARKER rose to move that the House s'loulsl resolve itself into Committee on the Biil that day six 11100. 1 17. The Hon. Gentleman said he would oppose the Bill in every sta4e, bereving th..t it would be Yo.'n'y pernicious to the interests of the country. By the 10th clause he found that there vrat an intention on the part of the Poor-law Commiseioners to direct that certain Biyaels of Manageme it slt,uld be appointed far divers purposes., and he could not help concluding that the object was to frame B ,arda whicie consisting (7f fewer persons, should be mere S'YE ervient and pliant than the guardians. He confessed that ho was alarmed at the ambitious spi. it manifested by the Commissioners wherever the:: power could be made to extend. He had real a statement in a pub'ic journal, which, from p ivate info motion, he be. lieved to he tree, illustrating the spir t. The statement was that at Barnstop'e, after a public meeting h&d for the free expression of public opinion, th y had the audacity to send down an A sietant Cornm'ssioner, who summoned before him a gentlemai, a Maeistriit e who had taken part in that meeting, and examineerhi,n as to the language which he had uned on the occasion in reference to this subj;ct. The name of the Commissioner was Giibert, th-t of the Magistrate White. He mentioned this to give the Under. Secretary of State, who .e at e itien he perceived was drawn to the s'ateme it, an opportunity of denial or explana ion The lion. Me.nbcr then went on t i refer to the 38:h and 30th cLu ea, by whi h ha sail power was conferred upon the Currarinioners to titer ti e number of Gu , rdians, if they_ thourzht it d es i ra bl e to d o so , is a particula r p ar i s h. ki strongly obj!ctel to such a provision. Tie Poor-law Commissioners had represented the system as produtiag great e ' x '"'arnY, a diminuti oa (.f P auP ev and an im provement i n the moral character of ' the people. He denied that such ting hich ~ t that that w was the case. Admit• , he fundament I p r i nc ip' e e of the Bill, namely, t h o ~, or it could nev h , o r us t e test, was in some respects beneflei it, ti:2n in liege and populous towns, i f e brought i n t o op re objected t o the it.- terfereoce of the Commissioners in matters t G which hal always been considered parochial. Th then proceeded to six ak of , the arnbigeity , f the Blittlem.omen he nas Interrupted by cries of , s Q,,,,5,i0n,, He when would recommend those Gent cram who cri.d o Q ir . cow , to leavi the House it C]ey did not approve of , h., :ins of Sr. pument he was taking. In 1839 and 1840 the C omraii _ 'sh-s which , it a stoners had sum e led in ti.,i jog 24 p ir. ._ pft, of that the opera ion of tie new law 713 LqinniZ toa be looked upon wish distrust by etc people. In 1831 the 4,865,_60 5 01: 13 7 8 d 98 in t , th t e ho to v. t__ Commissi• nets lee i.ed a sum of lowing year they levied a sure of ~: that they in; an execs , in the la ter year of, h 348,000/., and ho stated that fact in order to • • nal tailed in elleteieg the la-gc saving in th H e e hel rates wh'e!) they ha I so confidently ante pated Poor d - in his hand the returns of the amount of poor-ntes levie d in v irious di•tricts for the last few }etre, and h e found that they had gone on increasing to an alarming extent. Much of that might certai ly be attributed to the great di -trees that exi:ted among the labouring classes, but he famed that much of it al,o arose from mismanagement, and the expeniise nature of the system under which tic new law was administered. U. der these circumstances, be thought the Biil must be considered extremely unpopular throeghout the country, aid he begged to ask the Noble Lord opposite how he c u!d iniu't the people by re-enact ing the provisions of so obnoxious a measure. He could assure the Noble Lord that there was no one act of tie present Administration whic) rende-cd 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 gave their assent to such a measure. He did not anticipate any very laPge share f e support in t he motion with which he was about to conclude, but be felt it his duty to persevere in that motion—namely, that the Bill be committed that day six months. • Mr. GRIMSDITCH seconded the` - amendment. He feared the object of the Noble Lord was to render these Conarn'siioners perpetual. He bel eyed there never was a Bill which so fully justified the oppesi ion of the repre sentatites of the people in the House as the present. It not only perpetuated the power of the Poor_law Com missioners, but it gave them a very extensive increase cf these powers with an almost unlimited power of taxation. —(Hear, hear.) He did not deny that a central control was necessary in the first instance, but he contended that having fulfilled these duties they were no longer neces !,arY► and ought to be discontinued. It appeared to him that the great extent of the unions gave scope for op. pression and cruelty of every description , and the ill treatment and deaths f frequently took place in which reque these unio n work housesfully justified that assertion. He always co ns id ered it of great value in any law, that there should be uniforthe Poor-law Amendment m i t y in the exercise of it. Now, in whatever. In the county Act there was no uniformity c i tinectea, whio . mas the UCiheshire) with which ho was in Ittother4.-44.1.everal unio n ns one union was not the law ItiOnekeWer tooliffor6c the theyhvuae had the Commis tut/ While bother . -- ,*".' ' -,;,- -. 1 24 ji. 4:4 -4 ' , ,,.E 4raILLSLO: ...S., .--ir ', i I:'' unions no such order existed. The most intense feeling of anxiety and discontent existed on the subject of the law in the most densely populated districts. The way in which the Pour-law was carried out, was, in his opinion. scarcely justified by the enactment of that law. The Hon. Gentle nan here read extracts from the orders made by the Poor-law Commissioners respecting the punishment to be inflicted on paupers in workhouses, to show that the power of the Commissioners was excessive; that, in fact, in their orders, they adopted the language of Par liament. The Commissioners had, he contended, a power which they knew not how to wield. They were wedded to theories which were at variance with the feelings of the people of the country, and they carried out those theories in a way which, sooner or later, would disturb and destroy the social system. They were introducing feelings be tween the aich and the poor which were calculated te bring the greatest danger upon the sccixl system. General JOHNSTN would support the amendment, and he would state his reasons for so doing in a few words. It was, in his mind, a very great error to put the thole of the labouring classes out of the pale of the law, and put them entirely in the hands of the Commissioners, as the Poor-law Bill di4. It roust be allowed on all hands that there never was a law which created more dissension in the country than the law passed as the Poor-law Amendment Act, If Hon. 'Members ished to entail upon :hernselvee the deadly hatred of the working classes, they could not possibly pursue a better step to attain such an end than the passing of such a law, which, among the classes to whom it applied, went by the came of the Rich Man's Law against the Poor Man. He could see no use in maintaining the Poor law Commissioners in authority ; there ought at least to he some definite period fixed on which their powers would cease. All that was wanting was to conciliate the people ; but they never would be re conciled to that law as long as the. Commissioners in So merset House put them out of the pale of the law. Mr. W. MIL ES could not but regret the time which bad been wasted that evening—( Hear, hear)—yea wasted, because it was well known that it was the opinion of a large majority in that House that the principle of the pre sent Poor-laws should form the basis of any amended Bill. He was indeed astonished at the conduct of his Hon. Friends, for, if niacin motion were carried, they would be shut out from making any change whatever, which certainly was not their intention. Many Hon. Members had esserted that the payment of wages out of the poor rate was confined to only a very few counties. He could as sure the House that the practice was common in nearly every county, where it bore the name r f bread money, town roll, cr any other. Hon. Members must re collect the sta.e of the agricultural population at the time the Bill was passed. They appeared to be on the eve of an outbreak. The disease was fearful, and it required a somea hat caustic remedy ; yet the then House of Corn mons adopted as a principle the practice of the best counties in the country-4inse counties in wh ch the workhouse test was applied. Let them look at the state of 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 fevoutable position than in 1834. The principle of the law was now well understood. Hon. Members were Letter able to come to a mature deliberation upon what amendments were necessary. The question was whether the test of destitution was necessary or not, and if so, to whom were they to leave its application ? Any one who recol lected the proceedings of Magistrates under the old sys tem must prefer Boards of Guardians, who, bt ing elected, were generally the employers, and c msequently frequently in a mtact with the poor. He preferred Boards of Guardiane, but then he thought there was also a ncccssity for a central coot eslling power to regulate, and if necessary, oppose local feelings. He would instance the cases of Notting ham and Leicester, which, being visited with a derange ment of trade, and, consequently, severe suff,.ring and dis tress amongst the tradespeople, 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 ne cessary, he did not ti iok it was constinnional—( Hear, he ar)—snd therefore he would limit its duration, and he thought five years the probable term.—( Hear.) He had been quite astonished to hear the speech of the Hon. Member for Finsbury—it was a most extraordinary one—one he thought mere fitted to the arena of the hust ings than the floor of that House.—( Hear, hear.) He first made an appeal to the country gentlemen, then a fi rce appeal to the passions of the people, and lastly, he uttered threats of revolution if the House passed the Bill. Now that was roze a fair way of discussing such an impor tant question.—( Hear, hear.) However, he thought the gentlemen who were upon the Poor-law Committee had reason to complain of the conduct of the Noble Lord. His Bill appeared to be framed for the purpose of supporting the power of the Commissioners_( Hear, hear)—but he trusted 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 fcr 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 introduction of it had raised the rates in Salford—another was that it was not suited to a manufacturing population. In his opinion they were beginning at the wrong end. He could not consent to throw the poor upon their own resources while the landlsrds had a law for their own protection. Let them repeal the Corn-laws, and then ho would give his consent to do so. He was not disposed to take every opportunity of bringing this law into disrepute. He knew what had been the sitow.ion of the poor under the old law, and that, some respects, there had been many amendment But there was a great jealousy amongst the people respecting the power of the Commissioners.. It would tend greatly to recon cile the people to the law if tie guardians were left to govern their own constituents, subject to the advice of the Commissioner:, in many cases, in which that advice, from the general knowledge of the Commissioners, would be pract:cally 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 Le would not oppose the motion. Sir A. DALRYMPLE having voted against this Bill on the second reading, he would not now vote against its going into Committee. He would reserve to himself the Dower of opposing its moat obnoxious provisions in its future sages. 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 prcvldent and industrious ma's was kept in the condition of a parish workman, let out on hire to the highest bidder, and paid out of the poo -rates, as a c'oarity, the wages to which he was honestly entitled, as the fair re reed of his honest labour. Sir CHARLES DOUGLAS, amidst loud cries of " Divide, di i le," said that he had voted against the second reading, end would oppose the present motion.—( D.vide.) Seeing that foe House was not disposed to listen to him he would bow to its wishes.—(Heas, hear.) Mr. WAKLE Y si id that the Bill had taken no notice of the reeommenda ions of the Committee. There was nothisg in the B,il ti.e people cod I approve of. There was nothing isi it which the House could entertain exeri,t for the purpose cf reprobation. The Noble Lord hat some annoyance from the dem.g,rgues of the metropolis, and he hoped the Noble .Lord would suffer still incr.: if he persisted in this B+ll.—(Hear, hear.) I the Noble Lord meant by mischievous demagogues, the demagogues who were Members of that House, he (Mr. Watley) would not deny that the term "mischievous" was well applied, for they had suppoq d the Noble Lord ever since they had seats is it.—(Cheers and laughter). In this Bill it was provided that there should Le no distinction Le:ween the deserving and the undeserving. Nothing more was required tha i that the person ciaiming rel:cf should be destitute, and character was not to be taken into account. Under the law of E'izsbetb, a distiec ion was made, 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 i f wages, they should throw themselves into the workhouse • 500 of them had taken the advice, an d were now lo.lgcd in cells in which t-ey had leisure to agitate upon their Lily in liEening to the advice of the Noble De:nag gue.—( Cries i f " No, no," and " Yes, yes.") He (Mr. Wa!tley) remembered some ercellect, innocent, harmless, agricultural labourers, who havii.g re ceived notice that their wages were to be reduced irom 12 - • , . to 7s. a-week, formed themselves into a union to re sist the reducti ;n, and not knowing that there was a law inG egniceirtaeinbeiem—uaicl.awwhiwchhicwhaswapsaussnekdoionwenontosetqhueenActoorfnethye mutiny of the Nore—they bound therrase:ves by oath ; they were tried at Dorchester and sentenced to transportation happened on that oceal l: for seven years. her husband, her son, ‘ an n d — h w e her Y b that the way in which able-bo treat .d if they took mesas t dependent ?—(Chears. anything but good to the county Hoe I the Nobse Lord to be sincere' but did the Noble Lord imagine that happened in 1834. What had one poor woman had had jleoper transported. Was labourers were to be ) These thingse!ake themselves in dependent.—(Cheers.) wool.' produce - i,l (heers) He be mwenat i h n e had stated, starvation could reason and reflect on the dee.ri:es s o ta f te f of labour? Could a man see his children in a state s ofwi wife and tution around him, and calmly . reason with la's family Could it be supposed fast he on those doctrines ? he co w t-t o a r i ft e ho a n n s d e, p a r n o d poset what o w h o i uld be hi s family to tgoivgeouipn , ti°'ist He woull be separated from his family, treatment there ? employed in the most degrading' attired in a gall dress, e ob w l h e o L s o a r w d t h h i i m nk a t s hat pe occupation, rsnn living aonnd chanty. such ity ? treatment The Ikon. l h i', e ng h l a is d h be l e a n bo r u ed re u stigmatized pi Did the th o s is u th ri e til the guardians Member for Somersetshire bad said that were gehe:aPy the persons who r ced wo to ul t d he s l u a b st m e it xtr i e o m amongst What was to prevent the guardians agreeing seven shil thsnisclves that they would not give more than sc employed the labourers. ,i gs a week ; and if the labourers refused upon what th refused that they would have nothing. But to fall back Noble Lord cawed the test, but which was, in fact, the torture.—(Loud cheers.) That was the proper word. The torture or the wages would be the alternative offered by the guardians, and a perfect torture it was to every able bodied man who desired to do his duty.—(Cheers.) If, however, the House should rej,ct the motion of the Hon. Member for Preston, be would go into Committee on the Bid, 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 Noble Lord would lend a willing ear to those who had seen the law in actual operation, he would consent to take satisfaction, a power fro m t h e Commissioners, and to give more power to the law and t o t h e guardians. He did not doubt but that they might e ventually produce a law which would give something F ni like nT a zt bRr a s o a l , i nd althoughcrue cruel, believed y h e e tcou l d uo t t he vot ß e ill for to th b e e of the Hon. M ember for Preston, because he motionunjust,Mr. y, unnatural, hoped that in Committee they might be able to modify some of the most stringent clauses, more particularly that they might reduce the duration of the Commission from five 3ears to two, and introduce several valuable amendments. For these reasons, although he had vcted against the Se cond reading of the Bill, be could not support the motion of the Hon. Member for Preston. Mr. W. MILES explained. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided— For Mr. T. Parker's motion 5l Against it Majority against the motion —l96 The House then went into Committee. - On clause 1 being read, Sir E. KNATCHBULL moved that this clause, which defined she period during which the Conereisti shall exercise their powers, should be postponed till the other clauses have been considered. The lion. Member grounded his motion gene-ally on the powers of the Commissioners not being sufficiently defined. In the county of Devon a Magistrate had been summoned to attend the Poor-law Commissioners for the purpose of being examined as to the language which he had used at a public: meeting. Many pave charges had been adduced against the Poor-law Commissioners. It was rig► t that the House should know what were the powers of the Commissioners, before they extended them to a period of five years. The Noble Lord had displayed great ingenuity on this point. He first proposed ten years, but as soon as it was suggested on that side of the House that five 3ears would be better, he altered his proposal to five years. His Right Hon. Friend did not mention that specific time as the best that could be adopted, but the Noble Lord, with his usual tact, immediately complied.— ( Hear, hear.) On the whole, he thought it would be much better to consider the whole of the claeses before they declare l 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-Commissioners, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he had certainly wished to extend the powers of the Commissioners to the period of ten years. He had altered his proposal, because he doubted whether the House would consent to it. lie yielded to what he thought would be 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 tie 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 R. PEEL said he had sugge-ted five years, because he thought it a reasonable time. Having mentioned that period, the House would naturally elpect ;hit he would adhere to it. He thought five years better than a shot tJr period. He did not think that there would 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 eery mach doubted, supposing the object were to get rid of thr Commissioners, whether there was not a greater chance if doing so by taking a period of five years than by takirg two years, and constantly discussing the question, If he should be convinced at the expiration of five 3ears that there was no advantage in having a Central Board, he should vote for its dissolution, but if after the lapse of that period it should be found that the guardians were acting on the principle mentioned by the Hon. Member for Finsbury, who spoke of the guardians being the employers of the poor, and saying, let us give 7s. a week, and let us employ not the test but the torture, in order to induce the poor to except lower wages," be should doubt whether it was prudent to it e. mit the guar dians to act without any kind cf control. But while he consented to the duration of this Commission for five years, be must say that he wished the Commissioners in the ex pressions which they used would exercise a little more caution.—( Hear. hear.) He thought that with the best intentions the. e was occasionally a harshness which might be avoided consistently with the maintain once of the law, and the avoidance of which would rather fortify the power of the Commissioners. lie 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 chit fly for the use of members and cf 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 thought that it would lead them from the duty of alms-gtving ; that because the Peer-law was in existence, and a bettsr system of administration prevailed, the wants of their poorer neighbours were to be ne glected.—(Hear, hear.) No such thing. In point cf fact the relief of the poor after all mu,t mainly depend on the affluent, and there fore it was unwise in the Commissioners to issue a public notice that the principal object of the compulsory relief of destitution was the le eventinn of alms-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 nut cr eat ing unnecessarily a feeling against the Poor-law. On the whole Le did think that the.e had been in the public do cuments, which hasl been put forth, an incautious use of expressions which were calculated to create prejudice, and that the general toile and character of such documents might be improved consistently with the prior iple of the law.—( Hear, hear.) When he mentioned fr•.e ye arr, he thought the Noll,. Lord had a right to infer that henould give Lis support to a motion for extending their posters to that period. It would be as conycnict.t to give the Commissioners power to art for five years, and to modify the clauses on account cf the duration of their posters, as it would be to consider first their powers and then their duration. Colonel SIBTHORP did not sce any reason why the Noble Lord should not answer the question he had put to him, Lord J. RUSSELL said it was his intentkn to reduce the number of Assistant-Commissioners t) twelve. Colonel SIBTHORP gave notice that he should re duce them to five.—( Great laughter.) Af era few words from Air. 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 December: next, and that no Assistant-Commissioners should continue in office after the 31st Dee., 1843. It appeared that the expenses of the Poor-law Commissioners, bad been, in 1840, not less than 25,700/ , and the pre vious year they had been something more. Now, their duty was to attend to the formation of unions, and that object was almost accomplished, there bt ing 12,000 polishes formed into unions, and only 770 to be formed. The population in these 770 parishes was' two 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 Hun. Member concluded by moving the amendment. Lord J. RUSSELL thought that the Assistant-Com missioners were exceedingly useful, in carrying out t e general operation of the law. The Noble Lord made some further observations, but he spoke in so low a tone of voice, as to be very indistinctly heird in the Gallery. We understood him to say that he would oppose the amendment. Mr. DARBY conceived that tl.e subject of complaint was, that the Assistant-Commissioners did not %lilt some of the Porr-law unions more than once in a year. He thought that the Assi.tant-Commissioners were bound to a more strict peifirmance 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 cnce in four or five months. But then they were kept away by pressure of busines elsewhere. Ho thought that it was sought to carry the reduction too fir. Lord G. SOMERSET had that eve:ing presented 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 nutnier of Assistant-Como issioners. That ought not now to be ; would the Nob'e Lord consent to name the maximum number to be employed under the Biil. He would preLr that security to voting for the amendment of the Hon. Member, Mr. R. PALMER did net sce how work could be cut out kr so many Assistant-Commissioners. lic objec; ei to the Board of Cominissiunt ra being a permanent body ; he trusted that the Assistant-Commissioners would not also become a permanent body.—(Hesr, hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL ssii tie nurnier of Assistant- Commi,sioners had been consider ably reduced already. He would have no hesitation in fixing the number to be employed in England. But tie system was now in lie lain', and he could not name the number which might be wanted in that country. Mr. HUME said, as the Government would have to come every year to the House for a vote to pay the Assis tan:-Commi,sioncrs, he thought it be:ter 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 time. 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 reduce them too sud denly.bebroughturtiodetrhte power henutic o e f p o u f b t l h ic e lie would not then vote for any arx.endment, but would reserve himst If until the bri n gi ng u p o f th e Repo r t, when some mo i l sion w ou ld be moandeto reduce th e d urat i on o f t h e C omm i s - Mr. B. W OOD and Sir H. VE RNET rose toget h er, an d both pe rs i ste d in addressing th e Ch a i rman, amidst laug l - ter and cries f or each. Mr. H. HINDE rose ord." I esmi the Chairman can to He had di:ti.let!y Southwark. upon the Hon. Member LI- Mr. BERNAL said he haler t u nderstood that Hon. Member tcoh airily d one so, b ut h e Both Hon. Memb e r; persisted ii7Ete d viaived hi s r i g ht. amidst loud er:e 3 of Order and Chair." the House, At last Sir H. Verney gave way, and Mr. B. WOOD said, after what he d a heard he would not divide the Committee. Ile had thought that five Assistant-Commissioners would now be enough, formed.because few unions remained t o be Colonel SIBTHORP said that if the motion was withdi awn, he would immediately move that the Ch a i rman report progress and ask le ave to sit a g ai n. After some discussion the amendment was put, when Colonel SIBTHORP said he would certainly di v i de the House upon it.—(Cries of " No, no.") Mr. 13ERNAL—Does the Hon. Member propose any amendment ? Colonel SIBTHORP—No; I _ object to any Assistant- Commissioners at all.—(A laugh.) Mr. BERNAL.—WiII you divide the House? THE SUN, LONDON. SATURDA Y, MARCH 20, 1841 Colonel SIBTHORP—Most certainly.—(No, no, and a laugb.) Strangers were then ordered t 9 withdraw, and the Com mittee divided. The Alernte , s were— For the Amendment 46 Against it , 191 Majority in favour of the clause —l4s On our re-admission we found Mr. EVOLVE RL E Y ATTWOOD on his legs, moving that the Chairman do report progress and ask leave to sit again. Lord JOHN RUSSELL could not alcede to the pro position of the Hon. Gentleman. He would he most nappy to lis'en to any reasons that might he ur k ed against the clause, but he certainly should oppose any motiJa for adjournment. Mr. E A STHOPE had given notice of an amendment tieon claue a hich he should certainly pi ens to a WOLVERLEY ATTWOOD would decidedly press his motion to a divisier. Strangers were then ordered to withdrav, but no divi sion took place. On our re-admission to the gallery, The CHaIRMAN reported p rogress, an d o b ta i ne d leave to sic again (as we understood) on M on d ay next. were disposed of, and the Howe T Adjournedother PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. ELECTION COMMITTEES. The General Committee of Elections will meet on Monday, the 22d day of March instant, to choose from Panel No. 2, the Select Committee to try the Walsall Election Petition, and the Select Committee to try the St. Alban's Election Petition. The General Committee of Elections have appointed Monday, the 29th day of March instant, to choose, from Panel No. 3, the Select Committee to try the Canterbury Election Petition. COMMITTEES ON PRIVATE BILLS APPOINTED BY THE COMMITTEE OF SELECTION. 1. Chelsea, &c., Poor Bill, referred to the Middlesex List, and Hon. Shapland Carew (Waterford County), Mr. Pusey (Berk shire), Mr. H. C. Compton (Hants, South), Mr. Divett (Exeter), Mr. William Dowdeswc II (Tewkesbury). Three to be a quorum, Committee to meet March 25, at twelve o'clock. 2. Middlesex Sessions Bill,—Mr. A. Murray (Kircudbright), and Mr. Ireland Blackburn, selected, and added to the Committee; Mr. Loch discharged. 3. Metropolis Improvement Bill, referred to Mr. Bernal, Hon. E. J. Stanley, and Mr. R. Gorderf. Committee to meet March 26, at two o'clock. 4. Meerbrook Sough Drainage Bill, referred to Mr. Bernal, Mr. W. Evans, and Sir George Crewe. Committee to meet March 26, at half-past two o'clock. 5. Bogdan's Naturalization Bill, referred to Mr. Bernal, Mr. Broadley, and Mr. Grimaditch. Committee to meet March 26, at three o'clock. 6. Northern and Eastern Railway (Hertford and Ware Branch) Bill, referred to Mr. Bernal, Lord Viscount Mahan, Lord Vis count Grimslon, and the Hon. W. Cowper. 7. Northern and Eastern Railway Bill, referred to Mr. Bernal, Lord Viscount Mahon, Lord Viscount Grimstou, and the ',Hon. W. Cowper. Committees to meet March 26, at twelve o'clock. S. Brighton and Shoreham Road Bill, referred to Mr. Bernal, Lord Surrey, Lord G. Lennox, and Lord Fitzalan. Committee to meet March 30, at two o'clock. 9. North Midland Railway Bill, referred to Mr. Bernal, Mr. Baines, Sir W. Alolesworth, and Mr. John Parker. Committee to meet March 30, at half.past two o'clock. 10. Slough and Colnbrook Road Bill, r e f e rred to Mr. Bernal, Mr. G. S. Harcourt, Sir W. Young, and Mr. Do Pre. Committee to meet March 30, at a quarter before three o'clock. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. THURSDAY, MARCH 18. 1. Accrington Gas and Waterworks—Second Reading, March 22. 2. Mecrbrook Sough Drainage, &c.— Committee on Bill, Friday, March 26, at half after two. 3. Great Horwood Incicsure--Second Reading, March 22. 4. Church of England Life and Fire Assurance, Trust, and An. nuity Company—Second Reading, Monday, March 22. 5. Burwell Fen Drainage, —Second Reading, Monday, March 22. 6. Manchester and Leeds Railway—Second Reading, March 22. 7. Metropolis Improvements—Com. on Bill, March 26, at two. 8. Bogdan's Naturalization —Coin. on Bill, Nlarch 26, at three. 9. Brimington Inclosure—Second Reading, Monday, March 22. 10. Manchester and Salford Waterworks—Clause to be added, on Report, Friday, March 19. 11. North and Eastern Railway—Committee on Bill, Friday March 26, at twelve. 12. Northern and Eastern Railway (Hertford and Ware Branch) Committee on Bill, March 20, at twelve. RAILWAYS, &c. London and Greenwich Railway—Petition for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Wolverley Attwood and Mr. Barnard. Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway Bill—" To alter, amend, and enlarge the powers granted to the Newcastle-upon. Tyne and Carlisle Railway Company ; to authorise alterations in the Line of the Railway; and for other purposes;" presented and read a first time, to be read a second time. London Bridge Approaches and Royal Exchang., Avenues Bill —" For further extending the Approaches to London Bridge and the Avenues adjoining to the Royal Exchange in the City of Lon don, and for Amending the Acts relating thereto respectively," pre_ sented, and read a first time, to be read a second time. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes Registered. in the week ending Saturday-, the 13th March, 1841." The Table is issuediftom the Office of the Registrar-General Weekly Total. Average CAUSES OF DEATH. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases. 183 1638- 2 9 04 4 a Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 157 151 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs oftta Respiration Diseases of the Heart and gloodvesseis Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion 73 60 Diseases of the Kidn;) s, &c. ..... ... Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c Diseases of Uncertain Seat Old Age, er Natural Decay ll4 71 Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance 24 23 Causes not specified Deaths from all causes 1049 - Average Weekly Deaths .. 926 Deaths in the Average Weekly Week. Deaths, 1838-9-46. Western Districts ........190 ...... 1:39 North Districts Central Districts 203 ..... 190 East Districts South Districts ... Total 1(149 926 It is stated that under the term M etropo li s are com prised the 32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City cf London within and without the walls, the City and Liberties of Westminster, the out parishes within the bills of mortality—and the parishes of St. Marylebone ; St. Pancras ; Kensington ; Fulham ; Hammersmith (Chapelry) ; St. Luke, Chelsea; Paddington; St. Mary. v v ic el h i . The p o p u l a ti on as enu merated Newington; St. Leonard,. Bromley ; St. Mary•le ; St. Nich o las a n d St b p o a w u D C e a p m a b o e r r d 7 l and l ; G w r e o e o n i in 1831 was 1,594,890. The weekly average for 1838, 1839, 1840, was obtained by dividing the deaths in the three years by 156.. General Register-office, March 18, 1841. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BOSTON STEEPLE CHASE—TituRsnAv. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 100 added by the town and neighbourhood ; the second saved his stake; 4 yrs old, 1 Ist ; 5 yrs, 1 Ist 91b ; 6 yrs and aged, 12st ; mares allowed 21b ; winners 71b extra. Four miles. Mr. Walker's Peter Simple, aged. ................. ...(Owner) 1 Mr. E. Davy's Gay Lad, aged 2 Mr. Elmote's Lottery, aged 3 Mr. L. Holmes's Croxby, aged.. Gay Lad took the lead, followed by Peter and Lottery, to within three fields of home, when Peter Simple went ahead and won by six lengths, Gay Lad beating Lottery by the same distance. Croxby refused the fir,t fence. The distance, 4 miles and 200 yards, was done in e:even minutes. THE ROYAL LEAMINGTON GRAND STEEPLE CHASE.—T„ uitsnA Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, with 103 added, 12st. each (13 subs ) Mr. NV. Ramsay's Bangalore ........ „(Captain Peel) 1 Mr. C. Brooke nd Lunatic Sir E. Vostyn's Tobacconist 31r. CSronet 0 Tile following also started :—Mr. Madock's Crrole ; Mr. Mostyn's Peacock ; Mr. F. Wilson's Alcrryman ; Mr. G. Campbell named Fake-aw,:y ; Mr. Bastard's 'Mystery ; and Mr. Tibbit's .Mazeppa. Won by five lengths. 'I he line was between Cubbington and Offchurch, about three mils from Leamington. lIUNTING APPOINTMENTS. The Brighton harriers meet on Monday, at Erringham ; Wednesday, at the Race Course; Friday, at the Dyke—eleven. B ookside harriers Monday, at Newmarket HI ; Friday, at Telscombe T 3 e—half-past ten. East Sussex hounds Monday, at Sheffield Arms—quarter to eleven. 11Ir Alure's hounds Monday, at Stetchworth Park ; Thurs day, at Hawkedon-green—half-Fast ten. Mr. Archer's hounds, Monday, at Viverdon—two. Marquis of Hasti ngs ' h oun d s, M on d a y, at White Horse Wood; Wednesday, at Kennels; Friday, at Shipley—quarter to eleven. Mr. 3laynell's hounds, Monday, at Foston ; Thursday, at Gres!ey Wood ; Satu r d ay, at Ilenhurst—quay er to eleven. Mr. Heller's hound s , M on d ay, at B a dd e .ley Clinton ; Wed nesday, at Dunchurch ; Friday, at Stoneleish Abbey—half past ten. Mr. Candler's hounds, Monday,at Woodcote Gr een ; Thurs day, at Crowle ; Sat ur d ay, at Crow's Nest—half -past ten. Warwickshire hounds, Monday, at Frankton Wood ; Tues day, at Milford Bridge; Tharsday , , atAnstey Wood; Saturday, at Wroxton Abbey. Quorn hounds, Monday, at the Shearsby Inn ; Tuesday, a 4 Bunney ; Thursday, at Houghton-on-the-Bill ; Friday, at Six Hills—quarter to eleven. Cheshire hounds, Monday, at Booth's Obelisk; Wednesday, at Appleton Hall. Her Majesty's stag-hounds will meet on 'Monday, at Ger rard's Cross ; Thursday, Maidenhead Thicket ; Friday, Daw ley Wall—at eleven. moi the age, Widiam Dalton D,,uncey, _ - CONINIITTAL OF A B A N KRUPT. — •Sorne few a youngg. sea: rely of age, and appar ent ly carrying' on an extcrisve business in the iron trade in this town, was suddenly ch.- (.1 veil a bankrupt. lie and his family had not been known in Birmingham for more nail two year, and his rise was, to all acquainted with the trade of the town, somewhat wonderful. At length, in September last, the bubble burst, and Dauncey was ceclared a bankrupt; and his debts f.r iron and upon bills (some of a very question able character) were found upon examination to amount to between 15,000/. and 20,0001. He shortly after ab sconded, without passing his examination before the Com mi;silnerp. On Tuesday, March 2, Superintendent Ste phens, of the Birmingham Police, started in quest of him on the Continent—landed at Cuxhaven--found the fugi tive dancing in a ball-room in that town—took him into custody with the sanction of the Governor and the English Consul, and arrived with his prisoner in London on Sun. day last. O n W e d nes d a y h e was committed by the Mayor o f Bi rm i ng h am to ta k e hi s tr i a l at the Warwick Ass lzes on u charge of felony. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL;'MAncir 15. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Edmund Garbett, of Wellington, in the county of Salop, Gent., to be a Master Ex traordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WAR-OFFICE, Manzi' 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 Foot—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, Nice Thurlow, March 19. 65th Foot—Ensign J. W. Marshall to be Lieutenant, by purchase, 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. IV. Nesham, who retires upon half-pay Unattached, receiving the difference, March 19. 66th Foot—Capt. A. E. Kennedy, from half-pay Unat tached, to be Captain, paying the difference, vice Mainwaring, appointed to the 66th Foot, March 19. - 71st Foot—Lieut.-General Sir T. Reynell, Bart., K.C. 8., from the Sith Foot, to be Colonel, vice Sir S. F. Whitting ham, dece isal, March 15. , 87th Foot—Major-General Sir H. Gough, K. C. B. , 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 Color, el, 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. MEMORANDUM. —The names of the Gentleman appointed to an Ensigncy in the 36th Foot, on the sth March Ib4l, are Owen Hill Harries, and not Harris, as before stated. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MARCH 18. ERRATUM 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 IV., chap. 85: — The Independent Chapel, Repton, Derbyshire. Nazareth, Llanfihangel y Traethau, Alerionethsh:re. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. JOHN EDWARD NEW and FREDERICK NEW, stationers, High-street, Aldgate. SUSANNAH B EDI NGFIELD, yarn-manufacturer, Need•• 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 tiIEORGE FREDERICK SQUIRES, plumbers, Poplar, March 26, at half-past one, and April :30, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official a=signee ; Burn. Great Carter -lane, 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, Shearman, 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 .tpril 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankru p tcy. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, official assignee; Dirnmock, Sise.lane. • GEORGE BIGGS ORCHARD, uph o l s t erer , Bath, April 5, at three, and Api it 30, at one, at the Castle and Ball Inn, 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. Itigg and Goldfinch, Southampton-buildings, Lon don ; Bigg, Bristol. ANN — ELIZA WHEELER, milliner ' Clifton, Bristol, March 26 and April 30, at t we l ve , 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. GEORGEZISHER BLAK'EY, draper, Holmfirih, York shire, April 2, at one, and April 30, at ten, at the George Inn, Huddersfield. Clarke and Medcalf, Lincoln's Inn. fields, Lon don; Whitehead and Robinson, Huddersfield. PETER CROMPTON, ironmonger, Liverpool, March 31 and April 30, 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, D oncas t er . Wiglesworth, Ridsdale, and raddoek, Gray's Inn-square, Lon don • Smithson, York ; Mason aniColinson, 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 Roya! 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, a 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—T. and A. Templeton, silk manufacturers, Congleton, April 15, at eleven, at the Mkrc:lesfield Arms Ins, Macclesfield—S. Wright, grocer, Watson, Norfolk, April 13, at twelve, at the Suffolk Hotel, Bury St. Ed mun d' s , Suffolk—W. Pills, sen., merchant, Mistley, Essex, April 12, at twelve, at the Castle Inn, Ccl chester—C. Dean, E. Cope, and W. TomlinsPn, ironmas.ers, Manchester, April 20, at twelve, at the Office of Stubbs and Rollinas, Manchester—R. Nott, sen., R. Nott, jun., and W. (le L. Nott, iron merchants, Bristol, April 20, at two, at the Commercial-ro o ms, Bristol—T. Reed, ship builder, Sunder_ Ind, April 16, at eleven, at Horner's Commercial Hotel, Sun derla- d—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 Thomp , on 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, coach 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 Wcakley's Hotel, Devonport. CERTIFICATES-APRIL 9. J. F. Bidgood, woollen diaper, Bristol—H. T. Roberts, lodging-house keeper, New Ncrth-street, Red Lion-square-- J. Davis, innkeeper. Shiffnal, Shropshire—J. Hounslow, baker, Birmingham—S. Mayer, J. Mawdesley, R. Lees, and J. Brifigwood, earthenware manufacturers, Burslem, Stafford shire—C. Benson, solicitor, Edgbastcn, Warwickshire—T. Kipping, corn dealer. Tonhridge, Kent. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. and G. Groom, wheelwrights, Iv.nghoe, Buckingham shire—J. Harley and W. Perkins, dentists, Davies-street, Berkeley-square—W. and J. Blundell, farmers, Hartlebury, Worcestershire—R. G. Holland and J. B. Lyon, surgeons, Sheffield—W. and M. Thorp, maltsters, Hadley, Middlesex— W. Clarke, J. Clarke, P. Clarke, and J. Robinson, machine makers, Manchester—J. Labron and G. R. Ives, Leeds—H. 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. Flowcrdew, 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 11. Hopper, smiths, Ga`eshead, Durham—J, Busby and I. Lint.ey, cotton spin ners, Gli ss , q), Derbyshire—T. W. Spooner and R. S. John son, linen drapers, New-read, Whitechapel—R. and R. Parry, ironfounders, Golden-lane, St. Luke's—J. Dawson and S. Woods, licensed vie! ual!er, Adela:de-place, near London-bridge —J. Cronkshaw and J. Ormerod, woollen manaacturers, Has lin den , Franks, G. Williams, and S. Samp son, wholesale tea dealers, Philpot-lane, Fenchurch-street—E. 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, 1841, is 495. 11V. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Cus toms paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain. A SCENE AT WASIIINGTON.-Just before 1 left America I was at Washington, and happened to be at. the foot of the steps by the Senate House. I saw our Minister, Mr. Fox, about to ascend them, when he was aec , sted by a half-drunken Yankee in these words : " What do you do here, Sir? I guess you're one of the Britishers, whom we are going to turn out of the coun try ; so be off." And, suiting the action to the word, the fellow took hold of the collar of Mr. Fox's coat, who desired him to desist or he would find he had got an awk ward customer to manage. But this warning beiur , of no avail, o ur Mi n i ster gave his assai'aut a regular M endoza hit, Id ieb sent him sprawling down the steps. A crowd o' course assembled, among whom were several American officials, and the latter in,t,ntly took Mr. Fox into Ihe office of the Secretary of State, wl ere, as well a 3 in public, great pains have been taken to hush up a m2tter so discreditabl e to A maican manners. —Correspondent the Morning Herald Steps have been taken by the Commissioners of Police for the immediate suppression of Wimbledon Fair, which was usually held on the first Monday and two successive days after the 25th of Mara. A declaration for is suppression has been signed by the Police Magis trate of the district; and, in consequence, any person at tempting to erect booths, stalls, &c., will be liable to a penalty of 101. - At - 1 P:;;: on Wednesday, Connie had a smart undulating shock of earthquake. As far as could be guessed from f ormer shocks, this one would be heard about fifteen or e;ghtten miles. TI ere has been no shock so great since the 18th January 1840. The weather was dry, calm, and cloudy ; the noise was louder than any undulating shock that bad b en heard.—Edinburgh Courant. lONIAN ISLANDS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SU2V. SIR.—It may serve as some answer to the charge of disaffection and disloyalty which Sir Howard Douglas and his friends have been so ready to bring against the lohians, to extenuate tho arbitrariness and severity cf his govern ment, to know that a gentleman of one of the fit at families c f Zante, Dr. Antonio Gaetta, has arrived in this country, charged with 111.2 presentation of a loyal and congratula tory address to her Majesty, on the birth of the Princess Royal, from the inhabitants of that island. The address received the s;gnatures of ten thousand Zantiotes (out cf a population of only forty thousand) in a fey days, and it is thought these would have doub:e that number had not the Lord High _Commissioner done his best, through his officers, to frustra . e an address, which originated in the spontaneous loyalty of rho people, and not in the cold routine of official formalities. The address is in the modern Greek language (I should rather say, the ancient Greek, for the language, as wri - ten, closely assimilates), and the ten thousand signatures affixed t 3 it are all written in Greek. Similar addresses arc on the it way from Cephalonia and the other islands. I ht.ve the honour to be, Sir, your obedient, humble servant, AN lONIAN. Colonial Club, March 19, 1841. CLERICAL IN TELLIGENCE. PREFERDIENTA AND APPOINTMENTS.—The Rev. William Walter Tireman, M.A., to the Rectory of bowers Gifford, void by the cession of the Rr.v. J. Block. The Rev. R. Allen, Rector of Barcome, Sussex, has been instituted to the Prebend of Exceit, on the presenta tion of her Maje.ty. The Rev. Joseph Ashby Morris, M.A., has been insti tuted by the Lord Bishop of Worcester, to the vicarage of Hampton in -Arden, in the county of Warwick, vacant by the.death of 11. T. Woodingtoa, Clerk, on the presenta tion of the Master and Brethren of the Keil of Lciceiter's Hospital, in Warwick. The Rev. Aaron Rogers, M. A., to the Perpetual Cu racy of the church of the district parish of the Holy Trinity, Bristol, vacant by the cession of the Rev. Thomas Fr3er Jennngs. The Lord Bishop of Killaloe has nominated the Rev. T. Townsend, Curate of Doonar, to the Rectory of Kil ruzne, near Nenagh, vacant by the death of the Rev. Thomas Hawkcsworth. OBITUARY —At Harrow-on-the Hill, in the 633 year of his age, tie Rev. Henry Drury, lower roaster of Harrow School, and Rector 6f Fingest, Bucks. At Tunbridge Was, on ti,e 7th inst., the Rev. Robert Mayne, aged 63, fir 343 cars Rector of Li tnisfield, Surrey. Aged 76, the Rev. William Cockin, 35 years Rector of MinchinharnFton.eum- Rodborough and Chessington, Glou cestershit e. Aged 67, the Rev. L. Walton, Perpetual Curate of Wending, Nerfolk, and many years Master of the Free G. ammar School at S:arning. A6c 1 53, the Rev. Thomas Oldfield Bartlett, eldest son of the late Thomas Bartlett, Esq., of Wareham, 25 years cltr uf Swanage, Dorsetshire. The Rev. Warner H. Haunagan, late Curate of Houghton-lc-Spring, in the 33d year of his age. Aged 42, the Rcv. John Morris' Edwards, vicar of Towyn, Me. ionotbshire. After a short illness, the Rev. Jetea.iah Watson, of Arnwood, Hants., aged 63. THE GOVERFOR FENNER.—This unfortu nate vessel, it wculd st em, has gone to pieces on the coast of Wale , . The mate, we understand, has Leen down to Criccieth and Aberffraw, and recovered a trunk belonging to himself, and another the property of his wife, which bad been thrown up in that neighbourhood. The beach for sixty inks along the coast was thickly strewed with per ions of the wreck. At Aberff aw, a chest belonging to Wm. Thorns, one of the passengers from Cheltenham, we be- Lev and containing wearing apparel, books, and sixty pounds in money had been fcund, and at Criccieth, a 'rank, full if female dresses, belonging to a couple lately married a , . Chester, but whose names are, nit in cur pos session, has been cast up by the waves. In the trunk of Mr. Thorns a le.ter was found, mitten by Mr. Dugan, of Watt riot-toad, re commending the bearer to his relatives in Americo. Him they made acquainted with the affair, and he immediately wrote to Mr. Thorns on the subject ; and, yesterday moa:ing, Mr. Dugan and the widow re tarried from Wales, bringing with them the contents of the trunk, conriAiirg of clothes, 13 sovereigns, two Ame rican eagles, and 250 dollars, which she sold to Messrs. Durandu and Luff, money brokers. It is stated, that several other boxes have come on shore at different parts of the coast, and the hull of the Governor Wenner was seen only a few days since. It is to be hoped the vessel may be recovered, as there is little doubt there are many valuaLLs still remeieieg in her.:--Liverpool Mercury. DRURY.LANE THEATRE.—Spohr's Jessonda was l eiformed at this theatre on Thursday. It is unneces sary to describe the merits of a composition so well-known and that stands so high in the opiaion of all good judges. Madame It inefetter's representation t f the character of Jessonda was beautiful, and drew forth much applause. Ilaitzinger's personation of the young Brasxin, Nadori, was full of poetry as well as of music. Herr Mel inger (who appeared for the tirst time in England) aequitted himself ably in the character of Tristan d'Autinha, the Por tugue3e commander ; and the sweet part of Amazili was sweetly played by Madame Schumann. The orchestra and chorus were superb, and all the arrangements excel lent in every respect. POSSESSION OF SPUMOUS COI/C.—A MAN FINED 2,4421 AT THE LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT I—A remarkable cave was, on Thursday, brought before Mr. Rushton, at the Police Court, Liverpool. A man, named John Jennings, keeper of a beer-house, was placed at the bar, on a charge of basing had in his possession a quantity of base coin, in breach of a strirgent statute of George 111. It appeared, from the esiuerice, that the prisoner had become pos.essed of a great number of coins, made of a white metal, in imitation of Spanish and American dol lar,. They were produced in Court, and were fastened two and two together with a single oblong li ik, inserted through a stalk soldered to each, like old-fashione I sleeve buttons, but larger, as if intended to In used for keeping together a tight coat or cloak.—Mr. Ow, a master butcher, said, that the :prisoner had brought the large quantity of coins produced to his house for safety, and that he had stated that they were worth from 200/. to 3001. He had, accordingly, put them under lock and key. They Wire callel for by the police, who, on searching the prisoner's house, were told by hiin where they were. - The prisoner had also sold six of them, linked together, to a man for half a crown, and refused to return the money as hen the man repented of his bargain. —Mr. Owen, who apps ared for the defence, ca'led Joseph Lawrence, a brewer's clerk, whose employer ser ed the prisoner with ale, who stated that he had frequently seen the coins lying about the prisoner's house ; that he made no secret of them, and never passed them off for, or sal they were, silver. He (the prisoner) stated, that he had bought them, in exchange fur cloth, from a man who Lai bought them at an aucion room some months ago, and was not aware that it was illegal to have them. Margaret Eaton, the prisoner's housekeeper, also stater', that she had seen them le ing about the house,. that the children were allowed to play with them ; that the prisoner never re pre e ted them, or sold any of them, as silver; and that he seemed to put no value upon them. He had given some of them to orange girls and others, in exchange for oranges and other trifling articles.—Mr. Rushton said, the statemeat, that the prisoner considered them of no value, did not agree with his representation to Mr. Ortt, that they were worth from 2001 to 3001. He should convict the prisoner under the istetirie fir having them in his posse:- sion. He must pay a fine of 40;, on each piece found above the number of five, or be imprisoned for three mouths. The number of coins found was 1,226. Deducting five from this, left 1,221, which, at 40e. each, made the amount of the fine 2,4421. sterling l Had the full fine of 51. on each been requited, in pla.e of the minimum amount fixed by she Act, toe amount would have been 6,105/. The prisoner, of course, was, in default, sent to gao!.-111.. Rushtun remarked that it was well that the coin had been discovered ; for it would, no doubt, hoe e been disposed of to poor emigrants, who had no perfect knowledge of Ame rican money, and might have been deceived by it. He gave orders that Lieutenant Harvey, of the Em i gration. office, should be informed of the case, so that emigratitz might be put upon the r guard, lest any of it should already hay. gone abroad. The whole of the " button" will be sect to the Mint, where it will, doubtless, be de_ trued. BOTTOMLESS LAKE.--The following is the first notice we have ever met with of a very remarkable pun ?, in Saratoga county, New York. If the account, which is taken from the Troy Mail, be true, it discloses a curious natural phenomenon :—" White Laike is situated about one mile west of the Paulius Kill, in the town of Stillwater. It is ne•rly circular. It has no visible inlet, but its owlet is a never-failing stream of consideraLle wag. nitude. Ihe name is derived from its apps arance. Viewed from a little distance it seems of milky whiteness, except a few rods in the centre, which, by the contrast, appear perfectly black. Ile appearance itself is singular enough, but the cause itselt is still more remarkable: From the centre or dark portion of the lake, at stated seasons, innumerable quantiees of shells are thrown up of various sizes and forms, but all perftc!ly w hite. These float to the shore, and are thrown upon the beach, or sink iota shallow water. Hundreds of bushels rnigl t be gathered from the shore after one of these periodic 1 upsprings ; ar.d the whole soil far soer: , l rods on every side of the lake is composed of those shell-, broken or decomposed by the action of the weather. In tie centre of the lake, bottom has never been found, although it has been sounded to the depth of several hundred test. Where, then, is the grand deposit from which has Lecn swelling up since the memory (.f man these countless myriads of untenanted shells ? Is it possible, thzt, though far rernote at an elevation of scveral hundred feet abote them, this bottomless well may, by some subterranean communication, be connected with tie graud shell marl eeposit in the eastern part cf the State?"—lllcntreal Courier. —Query. Can this story be depended upon, or it a apecinien of American penny-a lining ?—Edit. Mercury. CONSUMPTION OF COFFEE.—The culture of coffee, which about fifty years egl was nearly unknown throughout the whole continent of SJuth Americr, now produces, in Brazil alone, the enormous quantity of 135,000,0001b5., or something more lien one, half of what annually finds its way from all quarters into the European markets; our own West Indian colonies contributing but a twelfth pat to the three hundred millions of pounds at which the yearly consumption of this commodity has been rated. The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.p., intends presenting Ihe members cf the ceasing rooms about to be formed at Tamworth with a valutible collection of works, both mot al and scientific. The Antwerp steam-sfiip Princes s Vi ctor i a, Capt. Jackson, arrived here on Thursday morning, aft er a passage of only 20 ho)atti. MORNING EDITION. FORMER STATE of LANCASHIB' 44, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,—ln the leading article of yesterday's PaP er ' you asked, what w ou ld L ancas hire be without the cotton manufacture ? and replied to your own T 2 4" by observing that, before its introduction, Lanessbira was the poorest, or lowest, county in the kingtion' Now, Sir, just allow me to correct the mistake 3" have made. I have known Lancashire many yearn and can state with truth, that it was much happ ie r and wealthier before the introduction of thel cot ton manufacture than it has ever been sill" at least, if the wealth and happiness of n $ county, is to be estimated by tl.e prosperous cencliti of the people generally, railer than by the aceurnult. tion of enormous riches in the hands of a few duals. There is no country to which nature boa be e ! more bountiful. It bad once noble mountains 31N, lovely valleys, happy, meandering streams and v erds 7 meadows ; whilst the healthiness of the clirnsee,*e. the fruitfulness of the soil, were apparent in the ro bes ` frames of the people. The pe o pl e themselves were dir tinguisl.ed above those of most other count:es for the ir d honesty, industry, anti independence ; crime of any k ill was very rate, and robbery a nd bu rg lary were in re ti f , parts quite unknown ; whilst the smiling well-cared . ' e cottages marked tl.e provident character of their mates. Alit I. this agreeable state of things has pass, away ; and what has the cott o n ma n ufacture give n u : in its steal ? It has destroyed the level of dome t'c happiness and industry, and created in lieu thereof toe violent extremes ; the one, exhibiting the most apelli ti ! wretchedness ; the other, the utmost profusion of 1 0 , eri e and riches. The fair face of th e c ountry, every we er / disfigured with large templ e s t o M o l o ch, and row s ( . 3 • wretched dwellings, void of every trace of domes tic economy, and filled with squalid emaciated b elegs ' sunken and degenerate in body and mind, a liens fre eo . every country, the victims of incessant toil, witho' reaping any teward for their l a bo ur that can avl , k ; c h ° the ties of nature and a ff ection for the country in„ vc e , • they Eve, and spreading with fat,l surety the vice s g- ; paral le from the habits of such a condition ; havit4 , the seine time, the melancholy consciousness that tb e. :, for whose interest this misery is endured, and into wil es " hands the fruit of their labour passes, the lordly c a p i ta' lists of the manufacturing districts, will abandon tb on the first appearance o f a d vers ity t o t. e geeetc;s benevdonce of the Poor-law C omm i ss i one rs. ILA Sir, as far as Lancashire is concerned, the cotton ma il ; "; facture has debased and imp over i s h e d the labe u e r. „ ° :t classes of the country. And with T weet to its e' - t ,, upon the nation, it furnished the m eans to a pref i l ti ; and extravagant Minister for carryi ng on an unjust wat; against the liberties of another people, enaLLd bitg„ he contract an enormous debt, has sin ce supporte d ' b . extravagance of every Government, and will prove the ruin of our country. What virtues have sprung c rc i ii, it ? Was Hampden a cctton manufacturer ? wa s e ton ? was Algernon Sidney ? What name is the.id de.ir to England as associated with its rights : c o liberties that can be connected with this h"g r , upon our country? I could wish, in your poltti ew „ a is, titles, that you would assume a hi g he r tone of tn e '" - o f and teach something more promotive of the welfareto mankind, than that it is the duty of the Legislat erc ol encourage the accumulation of riches in the fen r co the puriSsliment of poverty in the many. But 1 ; of my scstiments are so little in accordance with t h n 9 the party for whom you write, that I do not expect letter will be admitted into your: columns, which ar served for such bombastic productions us, abotio't"r in vague generalities, are meant ‘‘ but to °•',: i . o the ear and to deceive the heart." I a11i, 0 5 ;,1' you must often write in opposition to your goo' e.l - logs ; for you must be sensible of the truism, that w.l ieg a nation is poor it is virtuous and victorious, but riO i! , bring with them corruption and decay. Even th e ' roe roads, which you mention aros e out o f the bent fi ls (3 et catton manufacture, may be adduced an one of th e striking instances of its pernicious effects upon s°ete 0 , for men are now doomed by it to such Pe r P th e tual labour that th e y canno t even aff ord ' l lt r time requisite for a journey, unless conveyed 51 f ,: 51 than the wind. My only inducement to a dur i t you has been the vindication of my native countY'l which I still entertain the greatest regard, and wh i s t have been compelled to leave with feelings of the grea t regret.—l remain, Sir, Your obediznt bumble servant, A p i . A LANCASHIRE MA Bath, March 13. [Our Correspondent is quite mistaken in atlPP ° , s h itl er that we have any reluctance to publi s h his letter, fet'it-t.O than at this period the demands on our spac e so great, that see cannot find room for all the col lo cations sent to us. At the same tim e , we cannot al our Correspondent to suppose that we adroit au g i statements to be unanswerable. He must be t he old man to remember any thing of Lancashire hef ure cotton manufacture was introduced there, whi ch v tit prior to the year 1770, and, therefore, we Pl ace le an little reliance on his complaints,twhich are based ° ri nd , facts. What it might have been without the cottoonToo facture, may be conjectured from the present eel °o• of Wilts, Sussex, and other exclusively agricultur al , la ties, in which the proportion of paupers to the %%le population is 14 and 13 per cent., while, in Lnec as ; . :l: much as the people arc now distressed, is only Our . Correspondent's head is fuller of histor: thll o n, sent facts. The age demands no Hampden: DO P : 00t no Algernon Sydney, and they are according'''. t g. found either in our manufacturing or our rural distrtea The agricultural counties are as guiltless of prodecce, such men, as the most crowded pa.t of La" lis a h v i e - r- What the worli wants is a means of feeding the: L - 0 a growing population, and th..t has been supPlic".;bel, great ext nt by the ingenuity of men who have bu rl- air if they were not born, i n th e co tt on man ufacturi n gi tricts : Watt and Arkw right, i n a grea t measure l e f e r , to them. Th e l a t e Si r R o b ert P ee l was a cottoa -ru ' - t ha faeturer, and whatever honour the son reflact 3 on t he English nation, must, in part, be reflected back °p ats means by which his father obtained his fortune. „ill. lighting,that universal bericfi, ori , inat^d in a cot tli ni t ey ai But tl.e great merit of ou r co 7t on -dls IF, tha t bait base clothed cheaply, cleanlily, and cornfortablYt, t he the world, and made Great Britain to that estei"tbii benefactress of nations. Compared to this gre` li 'd el vast blessing, all that Hampden ' Milton, and ever did for the human race s i n k s into cOmper at „ iv ;kd significance. Nor are the secr e t s o f science d are bas to the manufacturers of cotton. Their practic.noge brought more knowledge to light than all th e % k e ep, experiments of Wollaston a n d D av y. Among st I rest let us add, to show that we depreciate not tho u fi be rs men, Dalton, one of the grca:est chemical that ever lived, has found a home and an nl 3 l 3 r t ° „, Pr.l to sphere for the exercise of his ingenuity . We 8 7 -- a l t t urei p hilosoP. at e our Correspondent that Vie same cotton toneu'a which has conferred such blessing; on foreign e rs If net been equally advantageous t o our own Pe ° P le. n od he seeks the reason, he will find it in our Coto es, (Aber scoundrel laws, and in many of our i ns titutior' th e pressly framed t o P lunder en d o pp ress the rnanY ' oi d . t he benefit of the few. The decp.seated poverty' rr.o 00 miss of degrad...Con which he and we al ike 1 „e, ly over, are not caused by th e co tt on manufactu r, 3 jaw', v the lays which have prevented the thousand 100. 0 , eontriances connected with that from bearing their propriate fruit..—En. Sun.] RAILWAY CARRIAGES• TO THE EDITOR OF THE SOl V: no itlf , so( S . SIR,—I have juat come up to town from th e land am happy to say that the York and North Pude classl Rillway Company have introduced in their seepogeo carriages wooden slides, to protect the ra s , se n tea i cold and rain. They cannot cost / pore o i e o s per carriage, showing that Railway C° lll P li nre-' need not endanger the Lves of travellers,unc'er the agreepre-' text that they cannot afford glass windows. 1 with tie Marquis of Norwanby that imperfec tdry it y is injurious to hcahh, but I believe second-class to carriages are equally so.—l am, Sir, Your obedient servant, A CONSTANT ItU AO 001 withTu Tuesday d i aalyge---____ NON-INTRUSIONIastp otheslitsl streets e bills,ets of aA A nin N r od o ir ire, : C ceo H r e A thati t u t T i i jac s i y D,C p . razha:if, Charts P ~e , ,,i" ,:, those friendly to the abolition cf . pa t ro nage in the it i r .. of Scotism', would be held within the High ch o rchi to t drie, at 'even o'clock, on Wednesday eveniug, " "sea' petitions to both Houses of Parliament would Le P r° d r i e cee' for the adoption af the meeting ; mcrcover, the a! l io, bt was to be addressed, on the subject of the liet,,,`",, G ,F,a 9 C' I). M. Macgill Crichton, Esq., of Raukeilour. 1 " - 0 , for Parish Church was ultimatity fixed upon as the are ... , oral disc ussitig tha claims of Intrusion and Non-intrusitich, such was the interest excited by the announcetrieutrnelitiLsr a meeting, that, of the appointed hour, there wa i s . li b , Rev muster of conflicting parties. On the motion t' i i.W e iter Dr. 13egg, of New Monkland, W. Clark, E'cl - ' c e cti4 Moff,:t, J. P., was proposed as Chairman of - the P l ._ t ior and instantly seconded; but so me Chartist orator testing meeting, tl.e strength of meeting, thinkiog this was a fair opportunity fer, t pro ti e parties assembled , posed, as an amendment, that Mr. John Waddel ~.Ic._„: merchant, should be cafe.) to the Chair; which, fhoillipt seconded, the show i f hands followed, and it was v „i.. when too late, that the Chartists had it all t hi . ir ow n a d 3 , 1 , Mr. John Waddell accotdingly tech the Chat'', _ : , c iple: Cr - chturi addressed the meeting i-n support of the !J o t ,:vc4,,, of Nun-Intrusion. A person of the name ef st ca howeser, got up ; and, south to say, made a 11) . ° 4 t he pital, ib !hough rather stringent, address, in supper:el,' oleo , 1 curing man's rights, and the Charter. lo co ~_.. re , the Non-Intrutionists proposed the ado} tion cf & a ' r 'd sts very gravelly .0.,, titian for the abolition of patronage, while t te " el and proposed the five points of the Charter, as tii_, e 7 s od panacea for all the ills of the Church and the Sit"- ' w ere rtist 3 both motions being put from the chair, the Chit Gias _ proclaimed the victors by a consider -Ale majority. gow C'onstitutional. nied Ba- A PRINCELY ODDITY.-1 lICCOMPa xe fiv e_ ron de Swie.en on a visit to the old Piince of S3 B _ l c l a h, burghauscn, who, at eighty yesra (I.', can rage.._!..l'at of three hundred pounds. He always retires toto,bf'bed.. eight o'clock, and as he walks from his saloon and In" clothes, chamber, has men posted, who pull off his wig e ts to tif so that he is ready for his bed by the time he g ; n oes g uy door of his bedchamber. Thus scarcely two in _ of EuroP g • Tice for his toilitt..—Stvinburne's Courts , VI ~p"``~ ~ b, L i