The Sun. — London, England, 1842-07-23 00:00:00

Xbition THE FUNDS-(C LOSING PRICES.) BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock ' 166 India Stock ...249 pm 3 per Cent. Red. ... ..... 91* Ditto Bonds ....... ..... —pm 3 per Cent. Cons.— .. .. .. 901 Ditto Old Annuities ... 3* per Cent. Red... 104 Ditto New Annuities... New 3* per Cent .. ...... 100 Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d. 48 pm New 5 per Cen' — Ditto 500/...... 49 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ...... 46 pm Jan. 1860 ... ...... 12 9-16 Bank Stock for Acct.... Oct. 11359 Jan. 1660 — !Consols for Acct....... 91 FOREIGN FUNDS. _ Austrian, 5 per cent. — Portugue;C, 5 per cen t. Belgian, 5 per cent — 'Ditto, New Ditto — BrazSlian Bonds... Prussian, 5 per cent.., — Bueno s Ayres 6 per cent. Russian, 5 per cent....„ 1141 Chilian, 6 per cent Ditto, Metallic . .... Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent. . .,.. 21i • Dit to 1824 Ditto, Deferred.... Danish, 3 per cent French, 5 per cent. --f. —c. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent !Exchange lUezican, 5 per cen t..... 36i !French, 3 per cent —f. —c. Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 !Dutch, 2 per cent. Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. IDitto, 5 per cent. .. ... SHARES. Great Western Railway (65 paid) ..... ...... 87 Ditto New Shares (50 paid) ... 614 London and Brighton (50 paid) Ditto Loan Notes (10 paid) North Midland Railway (100) Ditto Thirds (211. 13s. 4d. paid) 194 South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) — Ditto Scrip. (10 paid) ••• 8 SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE EVENING PAPI.IIS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—The Report of Mr. Roebuck's Com mittee on Election Compromises, which had been long looked for, has come at last, and though it is not very long, it is exceedingly full of matter. There is, per haps, nothing in the Report that will startle those who are at all cognizant—and who in these days is not ? --of the nature of the proceedings at certain con tested elections. If Mr. Roebuck's Committee have no other good effect, it will at least force upon Parliament the necessity of taking some step, for its own credit sake, to put an end to practices which might have been omitted if they could have been "kept un known." Considerable delicacy has been shown to wards the parties concerned; who are, in nearly all the cases investigated by the Committee, declared to have denied that they had, " either before or during the election, any personal cognizance of any bribery or corruption"—a state of innocence that must have left them in a condition of extraordinary bewilderment as to what was being done with the large sums of money which they were called upon to supply ! The election for Har wich was proved before the Committee to have cost one of the sitting:Members 6,300/. ; and above 3,0001. of this sum was distributed in bribery among 33 per sons, though the individuals from whom the money came " had no personal cognizance of any bribery !" But a seat for Harwich was a luxury not to be had for the trifling consideration of 6,3001., and it was found necessary to add 2,500/. more by way of compro mise for securing the honour of representing Harwich in Parliament. The reason for the compromise is stated by the candidates and their agents "to have been the belief that the seats of the sitting Members could not be held, in consequence of bribery by parties who would have been proved to be agents." It ap pears, then, that after expending upwards of three thousand pounds in bribery he did not know of, one of the sitting Members puts down 2,5001. more, to avoid the consequences of the corruption practised against his will, and without his knowledge, by his over-zealous agents. Each case is so like the other, that it is unnecessary to call special attention to more than one ; but it is observed by the Committee, in re ference to Nottingham, that the system of bribery " was particularly developed in the April of 1841," which was the date of Mr. Walter's election. It is stated that the parties concerned have, with few ex ceptions, been willing to appear before the Com mittee, whose proceedings have been facilitated by the full and frank disclosures that have been made by the several candidates. This, indeed, does not sur prise us, considering that the inquiry was not one of a judicial character, and that individuals implicated in the past were not to be held responsible. It is cer tainly wise in them to give every facility to an inves tigation, undertaken with a view to putting an end to a practice which is at once costly in its operation, and insecure as to its results ; for, however large the out lay, the enjoyment of its fruit could never be relied on. STANDARD.—In the House of Commons, the fragmentary New Poor-law Bill was read a third time, and passed, with a most valuable clause added by way of rider, upon the motion of Sir Thomas Acland. This excellent addition empowers Boards of Guardians to appoint local Committees, in order to spare the poor the necessity of making journeys of, it may be, ten or twenty miles in pursuit of relief, perhaps of sixpennyworth of bread, as we have heard has sometimes happened. We see in this clause the germ of a return to sound Christian principles—to the virtual dis solution of the overgrown unions. The next step will probably be the restoration of local workhouses, reserving the union workhouses for the incorrigible and worthless. Thus there will be a perfect grada tion of relief—out-of-door aid to the respectable and industrious, who can in part contribute to their own support; local workhouses for such as are alto gether helpless; and "the union" for the utterly idle and profligate. This arrangement, with a permanent Central Commission, sitting as a tribunal of appeal, but originating no orders, would consti tute a perfect system of machinery for a Poor-law ; and to this we trust the law will come sooner or later. Sir James Graham read the present Poor law Commissioners and their Secretary a sharp lecture upon the head of impertinence : would it not be right to change them altogether ? " Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaketh." We know from the best authority, and every one's experience tells him, that imper tinent persons are generally bad hearted persons. Now bad hearted persons ought not to have that ab solute and complete control over the poor with which Sir James says the Commissioners are invested. We doubt whether even the spirit of Lord Ashley could render the New Poor-law sufficiently mild and gene rous in its effect; and surely it is not necessary to render a harsh law still harsher in its operation, by confiding the administration of it to men capable of writing as the Commissioners and their Secretery are accustomed to write. THE BOULOGNE CUSTOM-HOUSE The following letter has been addressed to the Editor of the Boulogne Gazette of Monday, and with the remarks appended to it, will be read with interest by all those who have witnessed the harassing treat ment to which passengers are occasionally subjected. Nothing tends more to alienate the two nations. It can indeed serve no other purpose : " Sir,—l regret exceedingly to observe week after week in the columns of your journal complaints on the part of the Post-office and Custom-house autho rities towards passengers by, and parties connected with, the steam-boats plying to this town, and I, jointly with others residing here, hope your exposures will do good. Smuggling, we know and agree, it is the duty of every Government to prevent. We feel, however, also, that the person is sacred, and ought not to be touched; it is so in England, why should it not be so here ? " To Boulogne, deriving, as it does, its chief pros perity from England, this unwise exercise of power does incredible mischief, and those interested in its welfare, ought to do their utmost to stop it. They know as well as we do, that the passengers by the steamers to Boulogne are not generally smugglers by trade, but individuals in search of pleasure, and as it is indifferent to our pleasure-hunting countrymen, whether the steamer tbey embark in takes them to France, Belgium, Holland, or Germany, I opine it is but natural they should bend their steps to the nation that it is most civil to them, and if France will hold out no inducement other than that of being searched, and fleeced, she cannot be surprised if John Bull' thinks twice before he visits her. " Travellers have, in most countries, certain indul gences, and why should they not in France ? tra vellers, particularly a real John Bull, will not leave home without his letters of introduction credit, and innumerable articles for his own and family's use, and how disgusted must he feel, when landing here, to find his pockets searched, his letters seized, and the few things he may have for his domestic use, such as plate, soap, &c., subjected to a heavy tax, amounting, in fact, to a prohibition ! No, Mr. Editor, this is bad. Nothing can be more ridiculous, absurd, or short sighted than trying to prevent John doing this. It is necessary to his comf o rt, and if France won't indulge him, he will go elsewhere. " In another point of view this rigour does harm, inasmuch as it creates in the breast of Englishmen here coldness to the French, and as nothing is more injurious to friendship than coldness, so nothing can injure the revenue of this country, or encourage the real smuggler, more than the exercise of petty power. Boulonnais, see to this; your town, for some time past, has been falling off: try, and, if possible, ' Cog the wheel,' ere it be too late. 46 Your well wisher, Q . e [The letter of "Q" reminds us of a new order issued by the Customs this week, the inconveniences of which we witnessed, and the curses it occasioned we unfortunately heard. This order renders it neces sary. to rake a declaratio n for everything which is shipped, and no article of ship's provision can go on b oar d a Steamer without a previous declaration to that effect. This order, which was meant to be applied only; to the persons in the habit of supplying the steamers with provisions, was unfortunately applied also to the passengers, at least for the first days, by the Douaniers, to whom the distinction had not . been WAR-OFFICE, JULY 22. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards-Cornet A. B. P. Hood to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Anson, who retires; R. Sheffield, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Hood, July 22. 7th Regiment of Dragoon Guards-Cornet R. W. Ark wright to be Lie u t enant , by purchase, vice Greene, who re tires ; the Hon. C. Petre to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Ark wright, July 22. 2d Regiment of Dragoons-Lieutenant J. Campbell to be Captain, by purchase, vice De Trafford, who retires, July 22 ; Cornet and Adjutant G. Reid to have the rank of Lieutenant, July 21 ; Cornet H. M. Campbell to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice J. Campbell ; W. F. Carruthers, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Campbell, July 22. 4th Regiment of Light Dragoons-Capt. H. Fane, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain; vice Sir K. A. Jackson, Bart., who exchanges, July 22. 10th Regiment of Light Dragoons-Brevet Major the Hon. C. C. Vivian, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice E. D. C. Billiard, who exchanges; Lieut. A. W. Williams, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Vivian, who retires ; Cornet R. Pate to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Williams ; F. Leigh, Gent., to he Cornet, by p urc h ase , v i ce P ate, July 22. 17th Light Dragoons-Li eu t. Hon. H. S. Blackwood to be Captain, by purchase, vice Williams, who retires ; Cornet W. A. Lord Inverury to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Black wood ; N. M. Innes, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice i Lord Inverury, July 22. Ist Regiment of Foot-F. W. D. Waddileve, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hall, appointed to the 73d Foot, July 22. 3d Foot-Captain J. E. Mutthibury, from half-pay 57th Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet Major B. H. Burchell, who exchanges; Lieutenant J. T. Airey to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Muttlebury, who retires ; Ensign G. T. Downing to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Airey ; J. Swetenham, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Downing, July 22. 9th Foot-Ensign W. G. Cassidy to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Cumming, killed in action, April 6; H. G. Cumming, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Cassidy, July 22. 10th Foot-Ensign H. R. Evans, from the 38th Foot, to be Lieut., without purchase, vice Penrose, deceased,• July 22. 13th Foot-Brevet Lieut.-Col. E. J. Tronson to be Lieut.- Col. without purchase, vice Dennie, killed in action; Capt. R. Pattisson to be Major, vice Tronson, July 22. To be Captains without purchase-Lieutenant P. R. Jen nings, vice Kershaw, killed in action, January 13; Lieutenant A. E. F. Holcombe, vice Pattisson, July 22. To be Lieutenants, without purchase-Ensign G. G. C. Stapylton, vice Hobhouse, killed in action ; Ensign R. S. Parker, vice Jennings, Jan. 13 ; Ensign A. Oakes, vice Hol combe ; Ensign G. Talbot, vice Stapylton, whose promotion, on the 20th May, 1842, has been cancelled, July 22. To be Ensigns, without purchase-C. C. Abbott, Gent., vice Parker, July °22; G. H. Tyler, Gent., vice Oakes, July 23; G. S. Pearson, Gent., vice Talbot, July 24. 28th Foot-Ensign and Adjutant D. M'Gregor to have the rank of Lieutenant, July 21 ; Ensign H. M. Owen to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Nichoretts, who retires; A. P. Graves, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Owen, July 22. 29th Foot-Captain E. Boyd, from half-pay Royal Staff Corps, to be Captain, vice J. G. Weir, who exchanges; En sign J. J. Bourke, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Stan hope, who retires ; C. Couthe, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Bourke, July 22. 31st Foot-Ensign J. W. Frend, from the 76th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Du Bourdieu, who retires, July 22. 32d Foot-Major F. Markhan, to be Lieutenatst- Colonel, by purchase, vice Wingfield, who retires; Captain H. V. Brooke, to be Major, by purchase, vice Markham, July '22 ; Lieut. J. E. Money to be Captain by purchase, vice Brooke ; Ensign F. Yard to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Money ; J. D. Phillipps, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Yard, July 22. 36th Foot-Lieut. W. Mauleverer to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hiein, who retires ; Ensign H. W. Palmer to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Mauleverer ; J. M. Pochin, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Palmer, July 22. 37th Foot-Lieut. W. G. M. Clibborn to be Paymaster, vice James Halfhide, who retires upon half-pay; Lieut. H. B. Phipps, from the Stith Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Clibborn, appointed Paymaster, July 22. 38th Foot-J. F. Hyde, Gent., to be Ensign, without 'pur chase, vice Evans, promoted in the 10th Foot, July 22. 41st Foot-Lieut. R. Donaldsen to be Captain, without purchase, vice May, killed in action; Ensign W. W. Johnson to be Lieutenant, vice Donaldson, March 29; Ensign J. C. Conolly, from the 48th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice J. L. P. Moore, who retires; R. Young, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, v i ce J o h nson, J uly 22. 44th Foot-R. D. Chapman, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Storey, deceased, July 22. 45th Foot-Captain A. Erskine to be Maj or , by purcha se , vice Montgomery, who retire s ; Lieutenant C. Simeon to be Captain, by purchase, vice Erskine; Ensign W. E. Bewes to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Simeon ; H. Leach, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice bewes, July 22; L. T. Cave, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vi ce D eacon, ap pointed to the 61st Foot, July 23. 46th Foot-Lieut. A. G. Vesey to be Captain, by purchase, vice Carrol, who retires ; Ensign J. S. Seys to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Vesey; H. B. Jackson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Seys, July 22. 4Sth Foot-J. Smith, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Conolly, promoted in the 41st Foot, July 22. 59th Foot-Lieut T. Peebles to be Adjutant, vice A. J. L. Peebles, who resigns the Adjutantcy only, April I. 61st Foot-Ensign G. C. Lees to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Hoey, promoted in the St. Helena Regiment; En sign W. E. D. Deacon, from the 54th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Lees, promoted, July 22. 73d Foot-Lieut. W. L. Y. Baker to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Cross, who retires ; Ensign C. Ltttlehales to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Baker ; Ensign S. W. Hall, from the Ist Foot, to be Ensign, vice Littlehale s , J u ly 22. 76th Foot-W. H. Forster, ent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Frend, promoted in the 31st Foot, Jiey 22. 137th Foot-Regimental Sergeant-Majo r A. It. Robinson, from the 3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards, to be Second Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Doris, promoted in the Ist West India Regiment, July 22. ; Ensign F. X. Gwynne to be 94th Foot-Lieut. E. H. M. Kelly to be Captain, without Campbell, from 71st purchase, vice Bell, deceased Lieutenant, vice Kelly ; Sergeant -- , Foot, to be Ensign, vice Gwynne, July 22. 96th Foot-Major C. B. Cumberland to be Lieutenant-Co lonel, by purchase, vice Caincross, who retires ; Brevet Major P. Cheape to be Major, by purchase, vic e Cumberland Lieut. ; W. A. Eyton to he Ensign, by purchase, vice Cheape ;,Ensign J. N. Magill to be Lieut., by purchase, vice Eyt on • J. 'W. Lloyd, Geiitie Regiment--H. .fltobe j Ensign, by purchase, Bews, vice Magill;Juiy 22. Ceylon Gent., to be Second Lieut., without purchase, vice Davies, whose appoint ment has been cancelled, July - 22. Ist West India Regiment-Ensign J. N. Peto to be Lien tenant, by purchase, vice Horsford, promoted in the 2d W est India Regiment, July 21 ; Second Lieutenant R. Doris, from the 87th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Jeffrey, appointed to the 3d West India Regiment; E. L. Knight, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Peto, July 21; A. Croat, Gent., to be Ensign 'fallout prelim, July 22; pointed out. This absurd application of an order, the wisdom and utility of which we have too little or too much good sense to appreciate, has been since put a stop to ; but while it lasted it was a source of much annoyance and murmur. Let us take, for ex. ample, the Ramsgate Packet. Many come over in it to return next day ; most of these arm themselves with a couple of bottles of brandy. They came late, the boat was on the point of starting, they were told by the Custom -house officer they could not take the brandy with them, unless they previously made a de- 1 1 claration ; the officer might as well have addressed them in Hebrew ; an interpreter was called, the order explained. We leave our readers to imagine the look and the reply of all thus armed with bottles of brandy. But we noticed that all finished by saying, " Why they ought to afford us every facility to take their brandy with us, and not throw difficulties in our way !" And we admired the justice of the remark. We know not who gave the orders, who are the per sons who control the Customs, or what their object for such regulations can be, but this we know, that, instead of facilitating the commerce or prosperity of the country, they clog energy and enterprise in every possible way. They require forms and entries which demand five clerks to every one they now pay; they harass merchants by frivolities; they insist upon mi nutiae which seem to say, we look upon every man as a rogue leagued to rob the State. If we might presume to offer advice it would be this, give more latitude, rely more upon honour and honesty, but if you find men cheating you, punish them most se verely.] THE INDISPOSITION OF THE LORD CHANCELLOR. —The Lord Chancellor, who has for the last few days been seriously indisposed, is, we are glad to learn, to-day much better, and will, it is expected, resume his duties on Monday. THE RIGHTS Or THE PEOPLE.-A certain Non- Intrusion minister, not a hundred miles west of Dundee, while exhorting his hearers one Sabbath lately, launched out into the regions of the sublime as follows :—" You tell us you have not time to attend the church ; if an Anti-Corn-law lecturer comes round you find plenty of time to hear him ; or if a Chartist lecturer come round there is no want of time to hear him. And you roar continually for your 'rights.' What are your rights ?" And with a powerful emphasis, while with his fist he made the pulpit tremble, he exclaimed—" Pwill tell you what are your rights—they are hell and damnation to all eternity !"—Dundee Chronicle. A few days since the Beer fishermen caught a gigantic lobster, which they presented to Sir W. T. Pole, who has forwarded it as a present to the Bev. Dr. Buck land, Professor of Geology at Oxford. The dimensions of one of the claws was twelve inches in circumference, and length of tip of tail, when extended to the extremity of claw, thirty-five inches, and weighed ten pounds ten ounces. The Learned Doctor, in acknowledging its safe arrival, observed it was the finest specimen he had ever seen, and that after its interior, which would afford a de licious repast, had been carefully removed, the shell would be placed in the Oxford Museum. Somerset County Gazette. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, JULY 22.—There has been a very fair demand for sugars during the week, and, without much appearance of business, a good quan tity has been disposed o f a t f u ll prices. —Bristol Mercury. NATIONAL Music HALL.—We are happy to learn that the suggestions we made in an early number of this work, that the price of shares should be reduced from ten pounds to five pounds, has been adopted by the Directors, the result of which will doubtless be attended with success, inasmuch as it will, as we then stated, " enable the less affluent of the profes sion to join in the goodly work, and thus create amore extended interest among musicians of every grade."—Dramatic and Musical Review. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 22, 1842. An Address from the Protestant French and Dutch Churches, in the city of London, having been transmitted to the Earl of Aberdeen, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Foreign Department, was by him presented to her Majesty, who was pleased to receive the same very graciously. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 22. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Adolphus La Croix, Esq., sometime British Vice.Conaul at Nice, to be her Ma. jesty's Consul at that port. DOWNING-STREET, JULY 20. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Rawson William Rawson, Esq., to be Civil Secretary to the Captain-General and Governor-in.. Chief of the Province of Canada. W. F. Coffin, Esq., to he one of the Sheriffs of the District of Montreal, in the Province of Canada; and James Agnew, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary and Clerk of the Crown in the Virgin Islands. DIVIDENDS. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the Returns made in the Week ending July 19, 1812, is 365. 4id. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. FltiC,E OF .1 - Ote.AD. Ihe highest mike of ttre.lti the Metroplis is 950, lot the 41b. Lost Ciotti Bread may be had at 81. PRICES OF EEDS. Per Cwt. 1 Per Quarter New English lied Clover...6os 80s St. Fein . —s Cfis 50s Old Litt.) Ditto .... .... .—s — s — s . R ye G rass —s .tis 40c New Foreign Ditto —s 56s 78sPacey Grass ....... ........ —s —s ••• Old Ditto Ditto —s —s —s;Linscei, for feeding ...—s bu so 56s New White Cover 54s rOs 65s!Ditto, for sowing ..—s cz s Old Ditto Ditto —s - s —spltto, for crushing ...,—s 48s 52s New Trefoil — s 25 5 405 Hem' —.s 4lis 62s Old Ditto — s 20s 34s'Canary —s 48s In.folium —s —s —s Per Bush e l. 52a English Carmway —s 45s 50s White Mustard.....os Od to 13s Od Foreign Ditto —s 46s sth Brown Ditto 12 s Od to 15.46 d Corlanater —s 13s tlOsiTares 4s Cd to 5s Sd PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown, per ton £45 0 Ditto, refined . Linseed Oil 32 16 Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill (per 1000) ll 0 Rape c ake, per ton t; U PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per 1121 b. Town Tallow .. £2 10 0 Melting Stuff XI 14 0 Yellow Russia White .l 0 0 Graves Soap Ditto 0 0 0 Good Dregs 0 6 0 PRICE OFA W FATr stone o t albs. "'Ace of Tallow (as stated R by the Ta l ow Melton) *.a. 9 COAL MARKET. i Ships arrived since last market.day, 39. Adair% 5 6 Hebburn Main ' Nelson's West Hartley l7 0 New Tantield Moor l4 0 Tanfield Moor IS 1 West Hartley...... West Felton l3 6 Walls End Barnard Walk End Hilda ... 17 ii . Walls End Killingworth .. 17 3 Walls End Wharnciiffe...... IS 0 Walls End Hazwell. ...... ... V) 3 Walls End Hettou ............ 20 3 .. - s. d. Walls End Lambt on 20 2 Walls End Morrison Walls End Caradoc 2O 3 Walls End Kelloe 2O 6 Walls End Brown's Deanery IS 0 Walls End Coundon lB 3 Walls End Tees Hetton Wal.s E., d'l eub Blythe l5 0 Hartley ... 18 6 Howard's Netherton Main 17 0 Victoria Steam. l4 6 ( From the London New Price Current of July 22.) SUGAR.—The British Plantation Sugar market has pre sented a healthy appearance since our last report. To-day importers of West India Muscovadoes Sugar were firm, the trade were desirous to operate, and a good demand prevailed for both brown, yellow, and grey descriptions; former rates were fully sustained, indeed, towards the close of the market the prices paid were 6d above those of last Friday : we quote brown West India 59s to 61s, low and mid yellow 61s 6d to 63s 6d, good to fine 64s to 69s per cwt. The total sales for the week amount to the large quantity of 3,000 hhds and tree. REFINED—The Refiners have been desirous to realize this week, the supply of Refined Sugar being on the increase, and prices have declined Is per cwt. Lumps 7es, brown grocery 79s to 79s 6d, standard 80s 6d, Tittlers brown 79s 6d to 80s, ord grocery 80s 63 to 81s, mid 81s 6d to 82 s , goo d and fine 83s t o 8.55. Hamburgh loaves common 81s to 82s, mid 82s 6d to 83s 6d, good 84s to 86s, and fine 87s to 925, for Treacle prices have declined. In Bastardi a good business has Leen transacted, common at 47s to 50s, mid at sls to 545, good and fine 555 . t0 605 per cwt. Pieces have found a free sale ; fine and very tine sorts at 70s to 755, mid to good 64s to 695, and common 61s to 635. per cwt. K r b on d e d crushed Sugar the d eman d h as been brisk, and prices have ad vanced. Loaves, 141bs at 31s, 101bs 31s 6d, and 61bs 34s per cwt. Bastards and Pieces are selling at 143 to 15s for the former, and the latter at 16s 6d to 24s per cwt. In Dutch crushed Sugar 24s Gd on board in Holland. MAURITIUS. —This afternoon the trade operated freely, and 7,550 bags at public sale were all sold at prices 6d per cwt above those of the last sale, fine strong yellow went at 67s 6d to 68s, good 64s to 6ds, mid 60s 6d to 62s 6d, low 59s 6d to 60s, fine brown 58s 63 to 595, good 56s 6d to 58s, mid 54s 6d to 565, and low 52s Gd to 53s per cwt. EAST Nam—This afternoon the public sales consisted of 1.000 bags Bengal, 4,628 bags of Manilla, and 124 bags of Penang ; Bengal sold with spirit at an advance on former rates of 6d per cwt., good strong yellow fetched 63s 6d, mid white 6456 d, good mid 66s 63, and fine 69s 6d per ewt ; Manilla an t datup rather higher, to iw exi mid pe an n d og low mid midyellBlos 6d t 0 24 yellow stopler6sewthit: At the Court of Bankruptcy, lasinghall-street. A. Crossfield, scrivener, Whitechapel-road, Aug. 13, at eleven—R. Palliser, saddler, 3loorgate-strcet, Aug. 13, at twelve—E. Smith, woollen warehouseman, Lawrence-lane, Aug. 13, at one—C. Crook, livery-stable keeper, George-yard, Long-acre, Aug. 15, at half-past twelve. In the Country. P. Butler, butcher, Leamington Priors, W arw i c k s hi re , A ug. 15, at twelve, at th e Lansdowne Hotel, Leamington Priors— J. and W. K. Robson, grocers, Newcastle-upon- Tyne, Aug. 12, at two, at the Bankrupt Commission-room, Newcastle upon-Tyne—G. J. Green, glass manufacturer, Birmingham, Aug. 11, at three, at the Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham—T. Beal, corn factor, Sandwich, Kent, Aug. 15, at seven, at the Bell Inn, Sandwich—J. Bird, fringe manufacturer, Coventry, Aug. 13, at one, at the Craven Arms hotel, Coventry—H. Harris, grocer, Faversham, Kent, Aug. 16, at three, at the Guildhall, Canterbury—S. Chadwick, Js. Chadwick, and Jh. Chadwick, cotton spinners, Heywood, Lancashire, Aug. 18, at three, at the Commiisioners'-rooms, Manchester—J. Gardiner, common brewer, Bristol, Aug. 12, at two, at the Commercial rooms, Bristol—T. Daniell, copper smelter, Trelissick, Corn wall, Nov. 25, at twelve, at Pearce's Hotel, Truro—J. Taylor, bookseller, Brighton, Sept. 1, at half-past two, at the Town hall, Brighton. CERTIFICATES— Atm. 12. B. Thompson, iron manufacturer, Wylam, Northumberland —C. Robottom, tavern keeper, Holborn-hill—J. Laycock, tallow chandler, Colne, Lancashire—R. Lamprell, builder, Sherborne-lane, City—W. R. Piggott, carpet warehouseman, Goldsmith -street, Wood-street—T. Quaife, T. J. Tyrrell, and J. Quaife, brewers, Fulham. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. R. Holland and J. Beresford, jun., cotton spinners, Glossop, Derbyshire—S. Stocks, jun. and J. S. Jackson, bleachers, Heaton Mersey, Lancashire—R. S. Illingworih and A. Dun can, wine merchants, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall—W. W. Ro binson and D. Piaxton, linen drapers, Beverley, Yorkshire— J. L. Shepherd and C. States, innkeepers, Southampton—J. Pilling and H. Curry, commission merchants, Liverpool—W. Stanton, G. K. Stanton, and H. Stanton, woolstaplers, Ford ington' Dorsetshire (so far as regar d s H. S tanton) —R . H. Greg, J. Greg, S. Greg, and W. H. Greg, spinners, Quarry bank, Cheshire—S. Jones, W. Jones, 'and J. Hughes, block makers, Liverpool (so far as regards S. Jones)—S. and W. Jones, boat builders Liverpool—R. and E. Bower, coa l dealers Disle_y, Cheshire—W. and H. Davis, plumbers, Wor cester—H. Fyson and J. Hilton, tobacco manufacturers, Bed ford—J. Hobson and M. Walker, carriers, York—A. Denison, W. Denison, Jn. Denison, Jh. Denison, and J. Teale, scrib bling millers, Yeadon, Yorkshire—C. Bowser and H. Penhey, beer sellers, Wandsworth-road—T. and J. N. Sargent, coal dealers, Nottingham —M. and F. W. Pritchard, mercers, Hodnet, Shropshire—M. Routledge and J. Turner, milliners, Conduit-street, Bond.street—J. Wear and J. Robertson, com mon brewers, Bishop Wearmouth, Durham—W. Greenwood and T. Johnson, cotton spinners, Soyland, Yorkshire—A. Mayes and F. Pank, licensed victuallers, Back Church-lane, St George's East—G. Williams and J. Goodison, coffee brokers, Little Tower-street—J. Cannon, sen. and J. Cannon, jun., millers, Tewiu Mill, Hertfordshire—G. Morris and R. Wilson, carpenters, Rockwall—W. Fawcett, W. R. Preston, W. W. Willink, and 11. B. Preston, ironfounders, Liverpool. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. DAVID IRONS, grocer, Dundee, July 29 and Aug. 19, at twelve, at the Royal Hotel. Dundee. JOHN CHARLES, jun. and CO., bookbinders, Glasgow, July 26 and Aug. 16, at twelve, at the Writing Chambers of W. Meikleham, Glasgow. WILLIAM NICHOL and CAMPBELL JOHN TAIT TAYLOR, lithographers, Edinburgh,"July 27 and Aug. 17, at two, at the Royal Exchange Coffee-house, Edinburgh. WILLIAM LAWSON, grocer, Dundee, July '27 and Aug. 24, at twelve, at the Writing Chambers of Shiell and Small, Dundee. THOMAS PRATT, writer, Cupar Fife, July 30 and Aug. 16, at one, at M'Nab's Hotel, Cupar Fife. JAMES SCOTT, farmer, Drumachurn, Glenshee, July 20 and Aug. 19, at one, at the Chambers of J. Kemp, Perth. ANDREW CRAIGIE, ship owner, Pettiesmuir, July 25 and Aug. 15, at two, at the Commercial Inn, Dunfermline. THOMAS PEAT SMITH, draper, Blairgowrie, Aug. 1 and 22, at twelve, at MacLaren's Inn, Blairgowrie. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 23, 1842. M. W. Murphy, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Bor . - eherds, who resigns, July 22. 2d West India Regiment—J. P. Whelan, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, July 22; B. W. A. Sleigh, Gent., to be Ensign, without rurchase, July 23. 3d West India Regiment—Lieutenant G. Jeffrey, from the Ist West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant without purchase, July 22. To be Ensigns without purchase—C. D. Addison, Gent., July 21 ; H. J. Trench, Gent., July 22 ; E. T. Fitzgerald, Gent., July 23 ; F. A. Davidson, Gent., July 24. St. Helena Regiment—Captain H. Straith, froth half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice W. Carruthers, who ex changes ; Lieutenant W. F. Hoey, from the 61st Foot, to be Cdptain, by purchase, vice Straith, who retires, July 22. BREVET.—Major- General Sir W. M. Gomm, K.C.8., to have the local rank of Lieutenant-General in the Mauritius, July 22. _ _ To be Majors in the Army.—Captain H. Straith, of the St. Helena Regiment, June 28, 1838 ; Captain E. Boyd, of the 29th Foot ; Captain J. E. Muttlebury, of the 3d Foot, Nov. 23, 1841. AIEZIORANDU3I.—The names and designation of Lieut.- Colonel Honyman, of the lit or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards, are Sir Ord John Honyman, Bart., not Sir John Ord Honeyman, Bart., as previously stated. The army rank of Surgeon William Lucas, of the 96th Foot, has been antedated to the 2d July, 1841, but he is not to receive any back pay. ADMIRALTY, JULY 18. Corps of Royal Alarines—First Lieut. R. Wright (2d? to be Captain, vice Brevet Major G. Meech, deceased; Second Lieut. J. Huskis.son to be First Lieutenant, vice Wright, pro moted. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Kent. East Kent Regiment of Militia—Wm. A. Munn, Gent., to be Ensign, July 19. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire. Ist or Queen's Own Regiment of Oxfordshire Yeomanry Cavalry—J. L. Stratton, Gent., to be Cornet, vice E. Wright, resigned, July 5, 1842. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. STEPHEN KNIGHT, cattle-dealer, West Hoathley, Sussex. JOHN M'GAKEY, printer, Liverpool. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. RICHARD BURGESS SCALE, farmer, Halstead, Essex. BANKRUPTS. SAMUEL RUSHTON, ironmonger, Nottingham, to sur render July :29 and Sept. 2, at two, at the George the Fourth, Inn, Nottingham. Y a ll o p, Furnival's Inn, London; W. and S. Parsons. jun., Nottingham. WILLIAM SEDDON and FRANCIS JORDAN, millers, St. Helen's, Lancashire, August 3, and Sept. 2, at twelve, at the Clarendon- rooms, Liverpool. Battye, richer, and Sudlow, Chancery-lane, London ; Crump and Ha ssa ll, Li verpoo l. LAWRENCE YABLONsKY, jeweller, Birmingham, August 1, and September 2, at eleven, at the Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham. Harding, Birmingham; Stafford, Buckingham street, London. JOHN WALSH and ELIJAH HALFORD, tailors and drapers, Nottingham, July 29, and September 2, at twelve, at the George the Fourth Inn, Nottingham. Lees, Nottingham:; Taylor, Featherstone-buildings, Holborn, London. JOHO MILLS, canal carrier, London-wall, Aug. 1, and Sept. 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Wood, Wondbridgs, Suf folk; Waterman, Wright, and Kingsford, Essex-street, Strand. HENRY FAWCUS and ROBERT FAWCUS, timber merchants, Stocton-upon-Tees, Aug. 4, and Sept. 2, at one, at Murray's Hotel, Stockton-upon-Tees. Scaife, Newcastle upcn-Tyne ; Swain, Stevens, and Co., Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, London. GEORGE SKIPP, cider merchant, Malvern Wells, Wor cestershire, August 1 and September 2, at eleven, at the Offices of F. T. Elgie, Hop Market, Worcester. Clarke and itledcalf, Lincoln's Inn• fields, London ; Reece, Ledbury ; Elgie, Wor cester, CHARLES TIMMIS, flint grinder, Darlaston-green, Staf fordshire, August 13 and September 2, at twelve, at Trentham Inn, Trentham. Smith, Southampton-buildings, London ; Harding, Burslem. Per Quarter Boston draintree Brighton Cambridge Chichester Dunmow Grantham Grimsby Hailshata Hitchin Ipswich Lewes Lynn Maidstone Norwich l'etworth Romford Sandwich , Tnetford , Viisbech Witham Yarmouth L WHEAT, Engli DISTRICTS. Funs:mtg.—We have to report a firm market for all descrip tions of Foreign, and holders have again refrained from off,r ing any at public sale. COFFEE.—Prices have been sustained for middling and good descriptions of British Plantation Coffoe this week, but other sorts have declin e d i n va l ue Is per cwt, the market having ' been well supplied ; the demand, however, has been good for all de scriptions. This afternoon the home trade operated with caution, and importers were disposed to sell; at auction 1,546 bags Ceylon, 120 casks 134 brls 91 bags British Plantation, and 120 casks Porto Rico, via Cape, were offered; Ceylon was only partly sold at a further decline of 6d per cwt., fine fine ordinary went at 80s to 88s, fine ord pale 7tis to 795, real good ordinary green 74s to 755, triage 25s 6d to 28s tid per cart ; British Plantation went 2s to 3s per cwt lower, Jamaica mid sold at 109 s to 113 s 6d, low mid lUOs 6d to 105 s, fine fine ord 955, good and fine ord 70s to 795; Porto Rico was taken in at 54s per cwt. TEA.—Since our last report the trade have come forward more freely. Importers have manifested firmness, and for both black and green tea the demand was very good for actual con sumption; the' prices paid have been fully equal to those of last week. To-day there were further public sales of Tea. Of the total quantity put up 4,500 pkgs were readily disposed of. Congon sold as follows:—but mid coa Is t=! ; d to Is Hid, mid blackish leaf Is 9d to Is 9:ld, good strong to fine blackish leaf Is 10d to 24 4d, Twankay common Is 8d to Is 8-I,d per lb. The market closed with a firm aspect, and common sound Congou for cash is not to be purchased under Is 81d per lb. Cocoa.—This afternoon 302 pkgs West India were sub mitted to public competition, a part only sold, but fielders refused to give way further in price, good red Grenada went at 3.5 s to 36s 6d. SeicEs—Ho/ders of Pepper are firm, and have obtained for mer rates; Cassia Lignea at improved rates. Nutmegs have been little asked for. For Cloves late rates are asked. Mace has s - astained the former value. Ginger is firm in price and in fair request. This afternoon Pimento at 2ad for low mid. fi um, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—lmporters of Jamaica Rum have submitted to a reduction of 2d per gallon on former quotations, 30 to 32 per cent over proof at 4s to 4s 2d, 34 to 36 over 4s tid to ss, superior quality of the same strength 5s to Sc 6d. Leeward Island Rum sold at 2s Id proof. Calcutta Rum, without certificate, at is 6.1 proof, and the low duty is 7(1 to Is 9d per gallon. Brandy in good demand. Cognac of the best brands of the vintage of 1837, hhds 5s Id, puns 43 lld ; 1838, hhds 4s I Id, puns 4s 9d; 1839, hhds 4s 4d, puns 4s 2d ; 1840, hhds 3s 11d, puns 3s 9d ; 1841, Bads 34 10d, puns 3s 8d per gallon. Geneva at Is 10d to is lld for shipping sort, and fine fit for duty 2s 6d to 2s ticl per gallon. British Corn Spirits at 10s per gallon cash. Rim — lmporters of Bengal Rice have been more disposed to realize th's week, and having brought forward a large quan tity, has eta zed a decline in prices of 3d per cwt; good mid white at Ws 6d to I Is, middling lOs to lOs 6d, low 9s bd, sea damaged Ist class 9s to 9s 6(1, 2nd class 8s 6d, 3rd class 7s 6tl to Bs, 4th and sth class in very bad condition 3s to 4s 6d, good sound white siftings 9s per cwt; privately good and fine white have been disposed of at lls 6d to 12s 6d per cwt. For Java former rates have been sustained. Madras, fine bold yellow at 9s to 9s 6d, good at 8s 6d, sea damaged Ist and 2d class 3s 6d to Si 6tl, and sea damaged and repacked 2s 6d to 3s 6d ter cwt. Carolina, Ist sort at 30s, 2d do at 28s, and inferior 26s per cwt. Patna at 15s to 20s per cwt. INDIGO.—To-day 868 chests have passed the sale, a great proportion of which was Madras and Kurpah, which sold with spirit at the rates lately established ; there is no alteration to notice in the prices of Bengal, which continues in good de mand at the rates previously quoted. OILS.—Pale Seal Oil at an advance of 5s to 10s; 371 103 to 371 15s for new first sort ; straw and yellow at 331 lOs, and brown at 321 lOs t o 32/ 15 3 per tun. S out h ern and Cod' Oil, the former at previous rates ; the latter 32/ per tun ; Sperm, 831 10s to 84/ for the best British ; Rape Oil, 45s to 45s 3d for pale, and 44s 6d to 44s 9d for brown ; Linseed Oil 31s 9d to 32s forward contracts have been entered into at 32s per cwt. Olive Oil: Gallipoli at 561, Spanish 501 to 521, and Barbary 491 to 501 per tun. Palm Oil at 32/ to 33/ for the best, and at 3'/. to 31/ 10s. for inferior sort. Cocoa Nut Oil Ist quality at 39s to 39s 6d per cwt. This afternoon Southern Oil, fine pale quality, fetched 341. to 34/ 10s, good, 3315 s to 33/ 10s, mid 32/ to 33/, low and dark, 30/ to 31110 s per tun. TALLOW.—Holders of Russian Tallow are firm ; on the spot P. Y. Candle has realised 483 per cwt ; for delivery at 483 9d for the last three months of the year, and at 49s for the early part of 1843. South American at 43s to 48s for common to fine quality. Town Tallow has been in good request. This afternoon the market was firm fur Russian Tallow, and a fair business was transacted at 48s on the spot ; and at 48s 9d to 49s for delivery in the last three months of the year. South American good and fine qua lity fetched 46s to 47s 9d, common to mid 43s to 45s 61, and grease 27s Gd to 42s 3d per cwt. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Wheat. / Harley. I Oats. i Beans. Peasc. 8. to s, s. to s. s. to a. la.to s. 55 70 22 38 18 22 j 35 38 52 70 27 34 93 29 31 38 63 73 27 82 20 26 33 41 65 23 16 , 29 53 65 26 30 20 24 31 36 42 52 21 28 19 25 125 40 611 73 28 33 22 28 j 36 40 56 74 28 33 lb 21 136 40 66 72 23 32 19 21 130 34 50 67 27 34 20 30 34 45 53 60 22 23 21 26 29 SO 611 66 27 28 18 22 X 34 35 58 68 24 23 16 20 I f. 9 59 117 36 39 26 32 138 40 60 65 25 27 24 215 ; :12 34 57 64 26 33 21 24 133 40 56 66 24 28 18 28 ;26 34 61 71 23 34 25 nn 33 C 9 61 64 32 36 24 28 40 44 57 63 28 34 19 21 31 30 54 C 4 21 23 21 27 :A 31 60 69 Z:0 32 24 30 38 40 V ERPOOL CORN Al 4.111(.0.7.—Ju1y 19. ih, White, per 701 b...• - Red Scotch, Welch, and Manx Irish, White 7 6 8 6 Red 6 9 7 9 Foreign . OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per , Islb. ...... Irish Foreign c BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter 3O A 33 o --- Scotch and Irish, pet 60Ibs. Feeding 3 8 4 0 BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 3B U 42 U Irish, &( • - Foreign 4 4 364 6 3 0 00 (1 0 :4 4 : 50 0 0 00 PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter Foreign FLOUR, English, per 2601 b - Irish OATMEAL, English and Irish,per 2 , 1111bs . 26 6 2i 6 INDIAN CORN, per 4801 b. ........... , 4O 41 RYE, per lmper;al quarter MALT, per Imperial quarter „„„ 46 0 CI 0 8, L. g, 39 48 35 40 36 36 fA 35 Di 24 29 :32 29 30 33 34 3C 34 32 34 31 .38 26 34 39 38 28 4 1 34 36 28 ,‘.l HAMBURO MARKETS. A IN, GA, Wheat, Marks 420 to 504 —.—.. Magdeburg WO to 510 1 -- Anhalt, white 450 to 525' red 390 to 510' -- Brunswick 421 to 5 41 - Mecklenburg 290 to 401 ... Polish 474 to 571:11 ------ Holstein Rye, Mecklenburg --- Marks lBO to 195. -- Elbing old Ko nigsburg lBO to 195 Pomeranian ISO to 195 ..-- Anhslt - Barley, Mecklenbargh 105 to 189 1, ---- Magdeburgh , HO to 195 :----- Holstein lB5 to 189 ---- Odetbruck 165 to 184 lOats, Eider l5O to 168 -- Mecklenburg --- Holstein 174 :01101 .-- Upland jruase, Mecklenburg Beans 258 to 4,7 Buck Wheat 231 to 901 Rapeseed, Hanover Malt Tares VON. Carolina and 'Tennessee 7t4 to 9% Georgia, Ist 50rt......... 73, 2d.......... (N 3d and 4th ... 4% 6 I Mar:nhzm Madras 6 toE% Swati 43.6 . 1% 4% Domingo 'EE. 5 6 -- Cof Noche 13 to 13% Batavia 4 lk 5% Sumatra —. Rio 23 5% Bahia 2% 5% SUGAii.—(Wit Havannah, White...—. a to SA Brown. 2% 2% Rio, White 2Y. 4 Brawn 1%1311111a. Brow Domingo La Guayra 3% to 4% 4 7 Porto ftico flavannall 5% 6 Ul4 6% b 8% Discount.) - Bailin, White 9/. t• 2 Brown Pernambuco, White l7 2 Brown I% 3 254 to 21i 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 July 16, 1842." The Table is issued from the Office of the Registrar-General:— Weekly Average 1 838.9.40.1 Total. Four Four Y l9O Epidemic, Endemic. & Contagi ous Diseases I:39 Su mmers I 191 Y l9O Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 157 150 149 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration .. INseases of the Hea-t and Blood-vessels Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. 3 4 4 Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c 6 8 10 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Museles 7 5 6 Diseases of the Skin, &c 1 1 Diseases of Uncertain Seat. ll4 95 104 0!d Age, or Natural Decay 5l 54 69 Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intem perance Causes not specified Deaths from all causes . 785 Average Weekly Deaths B4B 912 Population: Average Deaths enu. Weekly in merated Deaths the West-1641. 1153t,i-ii-4--1. Week. Kensington . St. George • ( Hanover-square), Westmin- Four I Four J ster, St. Marti n i n th e Fi e ld s , Ye r, Swniners. St. James ..... 300,705 135 124 120 North— St. Mary-le •bone, St Pancras, Islington, Hackney 365,660 1 Sr. 149 117 Central—Saint Giles and Saint George, Strand, Clerkenwell, Holborn, St. Luke, East Lon. don, West London, City of London _373,806 188 174 - 154 Ea st—Shoreditch,Whitechapel, Bethnal Green, St. George in the East, Stepney, Poplar 392;493 206 198 179 South—St Saviour, St. Olave, St„George( Southwark),Ber mondsey, Newington, Lam beth, Camberwell, Bother hithe, Greenwich .............438,060 221 203 215 CAUSES OP DEATH. Total 10,727 912 84V 185 It is stated th at un d er the te rm Metropolis are comprised .the 32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City of LW.. don with and without the walls, the City and Liberties oi' Westminster, the out-parishes within the Bills of Mortality—. and the pa r i s h es of St. Marylebone, St. P ancras, Kensington, ten Fulham, Hammersmith Chapelry), St. Luke (Chelse a ), dington, St. M ary (Stoke Newing), St. Leonard ( B rom- Pad_ ley), St. Mary -le-bow, Camberwell, Greenwich, St. Nicholas and St. Paul (Deptford), and Woolwich. The population, as enumerated in 1831, was 1,594,890; and in June 1841, was 1,870,727. The weekly aversge for 1838 , 183 9, 1840, and 1841, was obtai ne d b y di v i ding the deat h s i n t h e f our years by 208, and the deaths in the four winters by 52. TEMPERATURE IN THE WEEKS ENDING July 9. July 16. 79' 8.3 0 52 53 64 21, 1842. Highest Lowest Daily Mean ......... General Register Office, July BANK OF ENGLAND. Quarterly A verage of the Weekly Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of England, from the 23d day of April, to the 16th day of July, 1842, both inclus.ve, published pursuant to the Act, 3 and 4 W. IV., c a p. 98. £21,713,000 Cireulati L Z. ASSETS. Deposits .. ........ 8,56279:000000 Bullion n ties 7,818,000 £26,844,000 Downing-street, .14)y 22, 1 £29,631,000 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 22 Their Lordships met at Five o'Clock, the Earl of Shaftesbury sitting on the Woolsack, in the place of the Lord Chancellor, who was prevented from attending by illness. A Messenger from the Commons brought up the South Australia Bill, and other Bills, which were severally read a first time. SUDBURY DISFRANCHISEMENT. Lord CAMPBELL gave notice, that on Monday he would move that it be a standing order of this House, that no Counsel be heard for or against any Bill pending in this House, who is a Member of the other House of Parliament. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE postponed to Mon day the second reading of the Sudbury Disfranchise ment Bill. MINES AND COLLIERIES BILL. Lord SKELMERSDALE gave notice that on the next stage of the Mines and Collieries Bill, he should move that women of mature age who had been accus tomed to work in mines and collieries should be allowed to continue in that employment if they chose. DISTRESS OF THE COUNTRY. The Earl of RADNOR said that as the distress of the country was going on at an alarming rate of increase, and threatened to lead to very frightful results. He wished to ask the Noble Lord, the Pre sident of the Council, what grounds he had for saying that there was reason to hope that the country would soon right itself, and that the distress would be abated ? The Noble Earl concluded by moving for several re turns relating to the importation of corn and provisions under the new tariff. Lord WHAR;iCLIFFE said that he could perceive symptoms of improvement going cm in the present state of things, and he believed that if it had not been for the agitation which was still kept up, the law would have operated to the advantage of the country. Unless it was seen that the Government had the firm ness and the power to resist the demand made on them for a further alteration of the law, the change which they had already made would not have fair play. The agitation prevented its coming fairly into operation, and but for that it would have by this time done great good, and he was con vinced that it would do great good. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE would be glad to knoW what the Noble, Baron (the President of the Council) meant by saying that the Bill would do great good. Some people thought that a Bill would do good which kept up prices, and others which would keep them down. He wished to know in which sense the Noble Baron promised the country that his Bill would do good ?—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) Lord WHARNCLIFFE—What I said was, that I thought the Bill would do good, by keeping pric es steady.—(Cheers, an d counter cheering.) The Earl of RADNOR said he co_ ld not understand on what grounds it was pretended that the agitation of the Corn-law question prevented the Govern ment measure from coming into operation.—(Hear.) If the law would allow corn to come in it would have come in, for there could be no doubt that the people wanted it.—(Hear.) LAW OF ARREST. Lord BROUGHAM brought in a Bill for the abolition of arrest in execution. The Bill was framed with a view to relax the severity of the present, and at the same time to give creditors greater facility for obtaining possession of the property of debtors, or rather of their own pro perty in the hands of their debtors. Another object of the Bill was to protect from oppression honest debtors who made a fair and full surrender of their property. His Lordship likewise laid on the table a Bill for facili tating voluntary arrangements between debtors and creditors. Lord COTTENHAM hoped that his Noble Friend's Bill would not prevent them from eventually adopting the wider course of abolishing imprisonment for debt altogether. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. A Messenger from the House of Commons brought up the Customs Act Amendment Bill, and several private Bills. THE COUNTY COURTS BILL AND BANK RUPTCY LAW AMENDMENT BILL. These Bills passed through Committee and were or dered to be read a third time on Monday. MINES AND COLLIERIES BILL. Lord WHARNCLIFFE presented a petition f rom some place in Yorkshi re again st this Bill. The Marquis of NORMANBY took this opportunity of explaining his views upon this Bill. He was convinced that the whole of the evidence col lected by the Commons had been collected in a very praiseworthy manner, with very great zeal, and with every attention to correctness and im partiality. Great pains bad been taken in the selection of the Commissioners, and he hoped that the Bill would pass their Lordship's House without any impediment. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY repeated his opinion that the evidence was not to be relied on. The Earl of DEVON thought that there was enough in the documents before the House to justify their Lord ships in passing the enactments, which he had proposed in the Bill, which he had supported. • Lord CAMPBELL said that as the petition prayed for a grant of money, the House could not receive it until such grant had the sanction of the Crown. Lord WHARNCLIFFE said that the petitioners did net directly ask for a grant, but put that part of the prayer hypothetically. The petition said no more than that if their Lordships passed the Bill. they ought also to provide for compensation to those who would be injured by it. • SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Several Bills on the table were advanced a qage, and the South Australia Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday. The House then adjourned till to-morrow (Saturday) at twelve o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMOIVS, July 22. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'Clock. Dr. BOWRING presented a petition from the medical practitioners of Bolton, praying that no new charter might be granted to the College of Physicians till the whole question was brought before the House. Mr. PARKER presented a petition, praying that the metropolitan bridges might be opened to the public toll free. Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented a petition, signed by 1,000 of the electors of Nottingham, praying that a new writ might be issued for the election of a burgess for that town. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL presented a petition praying that the metropolitan bridges might be opened to the public, toll-free. Mr. S. FRENCH presented a petition from the electors of Athlone praying for leave to defend the seat. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition, agreed to at a public meeting in Sheffield, held on the 13th instant. The petitioners complained that they were interfered with while holding a public meeting, and that eight in dividuals were arrested and confined in Stafford gaol, which they consider to be a tyrannical invasion of the constitutional right to petition, and they prayed for inquiry. • NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME ELECTION. Lord ASHLEY reported that the Committee on the petition complaining of an undue return for the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, had come to the following resolution :—" That J. Q. Harris, Esq., was not duly elected to serve as a burgess at the last election fur Newcastle-under-Lyme, and ought not to have been returned ; and that J. C. Colquhoun, Esq., was duly elected, and ought to have been returned." REPEAL OF TILE UNION. • Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition from Leeds, numerously signed, praying for a repeal of the Legisla tive Union. NOTICES OF MOTION—NOTTINGHAM ELECTION. Mr. S. CRAWFORD gave notice that he should, on Thursday next, move, in pursuance of a petition which he had presented from a number of electors, that a new writ, do forthwith issue for Nottingham. JOINT•STOCK BANKING COMPANIES BILL On the motion of Sir G. CLERK, this Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. LUNACY BILL. Sir J. GRAHAM moved the first reading of this Bill, which had just come from the Lords. Mr. C. BULLER wished to know whether it was the .intention of the Government to proceed in that House with all these Bills which were coming down from the Lords. Some of those Bills, the County Courts Bill and the Bankruptcy Bill more particularly, were of very great importance. He wished - o know of the Right Hon. Baronet, the Secretary for the Home Department. whether it was intended to proceed with such Bills as those at a time like the present, when so many Members were absent, and almost all the Members of the legal profession were out of town. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said the Honourable Mem ber must be aware that the County Courts Bill had been discussed in various sessions of Parliament. It was the intention of Government to submit the meast; s referred to to the House this present session ; and if at.y objection should arise, which he did not anticipate, per haps, then they would not proceed with them. Mr. W. PATTEN said he should be glad to know when the County Courts Bill would come on ? Mr. V. SMITH wished to know why these Bills had not c -,eme down before ? Sir i; GRAHAM said they had not come down from the Lords. -- Tocsin-LAW AMENDMENT BILL. Sir J. GRAHAM proposed the third reading of this Bill. Mr. FIELDEN was not aware or the contents of the propoied Poor-law Bill. Ho trusted, therefore, they would not proceed further with the measure this evening. Mr. R. ORKE was surprised at the course that had b eet/ pursued by the Government. He trusted that the Bill would not be proceeded with further. Mr. DUNCOMBE believed that all the bad clauses i n t h e 11111 were retained. At th, g, suggestion o f M r. BR OTHERTON, the fur ther Consi3eration of the Bill was postponed till the un opposed Oclers of the Day were disposed of. BRIBERY BILL. Mr- C-BULLER wished to know whether it was the intention of the Government to proceed with the Brib.ry Bill. Sir ROBERT PEEL did not see any reason why they shoul d not. The Customs Act Amendment Bill was read a thir.l time a and passed. EXCHEQITER BILL. The Exchequer bills Preparation Bill was read a third time and passed. Sir It—INGLIS wished to ask the Right Hon. Gen tlema n when they might expect to receive the Report of the Exchequer bills Commissioners. The • CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he expect eu that the Report would be on the table of the House in the course of next week. Mr. sC. BULLE.R wished to call the attention Lord PALMERSTON wished to ask the Right Honourable Barouek if he would allow him to take that opportunity of adverting to his (Sir Robert Peel's) intentions with regard to education.. Some time ago the President of the Council presented a petition to the other House of Pediment from the classes at Exeter-hall, and accompanied the presenta thin of that petition by a speech of liberality of sentiment and enlightened views, which did credit to himself and the Go , eminent to which he belonged. In the course of that speech he stated that he thought it the duty of the Go vernment to increase the annual grant for the purposes of education, and of course the general impression created by that sentiment was, that it was the intention of her Majesty's Government, of which he was so promi nent a Member, to increase that grant by proposing an additional estimate for that purpose. The Committee of Supply was drawing to a close, and he (Lord Palmers ton) would ask the Right Hon. Baronet whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to propose an additional grant fur that purpose; he (Lord Palmer stun) at the same dew would say, that if such were the case, he %%ed(' give it his full support. Sir ROBERT PEEL said it eo happened that he was OS have tact the President or the Council this day on the subject, but he had net dune so ; and therelOre he could not undertake to give an assurance with respect to an additional grant, but he would give the Noble Lord an answer to-morrow. Mr. FIELDEN then proposed, as an amendment to the Poor-law Bid, that it be re-committed and printed. Mr. S. CRA WFOR I wished to know if he could pro- pose the amendment of which he had given notice. The SPEAKER said he could take but one amend ment. Mr. FIELDEN then said, he would propose his amendment on the motion that the Bill do pass. Mr. S. CRAWFORD then rose and said that he had divided the House on the second reading and in the Committee, and he should now di v id e the House in the last stage of the Bill. He thought since the Bill had been altered it was more objectionable than before. It was now exposed in all its naked deformity. The first objection to the Commission was the forcing the in-door test when it was unnecessary. This had been proved by facts, and those facts had not been denied or refuted. The next objection was the diet, which created disease, and they still forced it on the poor. The aged were treated in the same way as the able bodied poor. Those charges had not been refuted. The clause giving the poor access to a committee was withdrawn. They were called upon to renew the Com mission for five years, without any amelioration what ever of the law. The Government engaged to bring for ward a general measure on the subject next session, which measure was to remedy the evils of the present law. He did not mean to impute to the Right Hon. Ba ronet any intention of violating that pl:dge ; but circum stances over whi c h t h e G overnment could exercise no control might occur to prevent them from redeeming that pledge. The present Bill was an instance of the possi bility of the occurrence of such circumstances. The might Hon. Baronet had been repeatedly asked whether it was his intention to go into the whole subject of the Poor-law, or merely to renew the Commission. He had repeatedly said that he would go into the whole subject, and yet he had been unable to do so. That was an evi dence f the powerlessness of the Ministry to fulfil such. intentions. Besides, it was possible that the present Ministry might • not be in office next ses sion, and they might be succeeded by a Minis try which was more adver ;e to the interests of the poor. A new Ministry would not be bound by the pledges of a former one. What would be the value of that pledge if a new Ministry were to come to power ? It was said that if this Bill were rejected things would get into con fusion. He did not think so. He thought it would be much better that the Commission should be suffered to expire at the end of the present month, but if it were deemed desirable to prolong its existence, it would be easy to introduce a Bill continuing it for one year. 'to such a Bill he would offer no opposition. He therefore called on the House to do its duty at this, the last stage of the Bill, and to throw it out. The people considered that this Bill emanated from a desire of the rich to op press the poor, and he put it to the House whether it was. proper for the House to permit the people to entertain such an opinion. This law also had the effect of lowering wages. Another objection to it was it being of an unconstitutional nature. To those who declared thiS law to b. , unconsti tutional, it was said that they had not made themselves acquainted with its provisions, but that objection could not apply to him, for he had carefully read over the Bill, and he could i niut out many of its clauses which were of an unconstitutional chara•ter. The Hen: Gen tleman here enumerated several clauses which he consi dered of the kind mentioned ; among them were the 15th, 21st, 25th, &e. ; and .theil went on to say—Hon Gentle men might vote in favour of the Bill in the first instant: , but now, after seeing how injurious it w as to the people, he could net imagine how they coo d support it. l.e did net exp ct, on this occasion, to have a large Maio.. rity, but he was better pleased to have his name in a small minority, voting for the rights of the poor, than in the largest majority voting against them.—(H ear , hear.) The Hon. Gentl eman c nc l u d e d b y mov i ng that the Bill be read that day six mouths. Mr. FIELDEN seconded the motion. They might depend upon it that if the Government proceeded eith the Poor-law as it at present existed, for the next five years, their reign would be short.—(Hear, hear.) The fact was that there was no person on the Ministerial side of the House who could define what the principles of the Bill were. It was an Act to starve the poor and to reduce wages. It was an Act of oppression against the able-bodied hard-working poor man, and against the widow and orphan childri n. He had received a letter from the country, relating the case of a labourer who had gone fifty miles n search of work, and could not pro cure any. That man had applied to get his family into the workhouse, and had been refused. They were treating the poor worse than dogs. If they would but employ the labourers there would be no need of any Corn-laws, fur if they employed the labourers they would raise food enough at home to feed the people; but they would not do that, for that would make corn cheap. They kept up a Corn-law to make food dear, and they kept up a Poor law to keep labour cheep.—(Hear, hear.) .This law was unjust. Why did they treat the poor like .prisoners ?' If the man refused to work punish the man, but do not let the poor man, who was unfortunate, be punished with separation from his family ? He would advise the Members of that House to beware in time ; they would not have their Corn-laws and their j Poor-laws. H e wou ld en t reat t h e Ri ght Hon. Baronet ] to withdraw the present Bill. If he withdrew it, he would have nothing to regret. If he persevered in it, he (Mr. Fielden) sincerely believed he would one day have reason to repent such a course, for it would raise the poor against the aristocracy ; and if they raised the poor against them, their own destruction would follow. Mr. MUNTZ said this was a most important law ; it had already overturned and destroyed one great ,e n d powerful Government, and it was very likely, if -- -perse vered in, to destroy the present Government, Peeling strongly, as he had ever done, that this law was one of the excrescences of an unwise legislation, whieth for many years had destroyed the good of this coseesey_that it went hand in hand with the Factory Bills the Truck Bill, and the Emigration Bill, he could not allow it to pass that House, without protesting, in a solemn and serious manner, against the effect of it. If he had no other reason for opposing this Bill, it would be sufficient alone that the Commissioners had the power to interfere with all the local acts throughout the 1 country. Who could b e suc h goo d j udges of the misery and wants of the people in - any particular town as the inhabitants of that town?" One of the strangest anomalise s of this law was the support it met with from the Lib . , ea t Members in that House. H e h a d never been s' .o l, to ascertain how men who always supported local ments should support thi s l aw , b ut h e cou l d r .nderstund why gentlemen cn th e ot h er s id e should sae govern ppples. He art it, for it was in accord ance w i t h their general inei should only repe a t th a t h e believed Joe sa l governments were the best that could be appliee e His firm bag was, that the greatest good that r sould be done to this , country would be to allow the law to die a natural d ea th tulfklea.prsiinciple of the and let every union manage its Bil►, but thought some of tt, , :rale too stringent. claw.es Mr. ESCOTT would °fee. tio opposition whatever to the third reading or the W e e , iu fuantudrelleOnly. hoped *that it would work much bestee. than it had hitherto AGLIONI3I7 should voteagainst the third read ing, but he could not egree with sons of his Eon, d the aigument; or rea e n 4 the members for Olclhain and Rochdale. Captain PECHELL rose 'chit cries of Divide." He said th at 'i f Hon. Gend ' e lt e n n l e i n wished . to go off to dine, they could do so, and let the subject be eiscussiel by those who remained, wnd who, he trusted, would fairly fight out the matter, and decide it by a division. He had at all ' events, clue gratification, that wh e n h e returned home he would t save the satisfaction of saying that the Gilbert Unions were safe for a certain period. He had done 41 is duty in attending on every occasion in the House a then the subject was brought fiirward: He had not been actuated by any factious motives in his opposition to the 13i.1, but solely by a sense of duty. After a few words from ?t r, R. YORKE, which were inaudible in the gallery, Sir J. GRAHAM said, that after what had fallen from the Hon. Member for Yuri k, he did not think it his duty to remain silent on the pre sent occasion. He was bound to say that, if he consulted time popularity of the Admi nistration of which he was v. Member, nothing could have been more agreeable —not king: more easy, than for him to have yielded to the forci e appeals made to him not to to proceed with the Bill. -II a had for many years taken part in the local administratic .n of the law; he had been a party to the measure of 183 4 ; he had most anxiously watched the progress of that measure, and he should feel himself guilty of a gross dirt Action of duty if he were to yield to any solicitation of Hon. Gentlemen opposed to the measure; and, if he cEd . not counsel the House ear nestly and anxiously to con, sent to the third reading of this 13 i11.—((sheers..) He felt confident that the whole scheme of governing nt by unions for the relief of the poor would fall to the I Found ; that it would be umposeible to carry it out it 4 were not controlled by of the Right Honourable Gentleman to en inequality in the punisiimpnts rnovided by this Bili. In the. 10th clause the punishment provided fur the forgery of Ex chequer bilis was seven years' transportation, or trans portation- for life, while some other minor forgeries were punished with transportation for fourteen years and upwards. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he would consider the point. • COLONIAL PASSENGERS BILL. Lord STANLEY postponed the third reading of this Bill to Tuesday nes t, on which day he gave the Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. Hawes) notice that it would take precedence of other motions. POOR -LAWS. On the motion for the third reading of the Poor-law Bill, the central authority. If they put. an end to char vernment by unione, they must have rricoil . . , 7 ": system of parochial government, and the question 10 be if the system of parochial government should - be, resort to, subject to local prejudices and feelings oi l ' . „„.................. appeal, a system. which he believed none of those!: heard him would wish to see established ; and if appeal were given, he was at a loss to know to wbeii i e appeal could be given except to the local magist, The first was a system which he -had not heare's, gentleman adv ocate . I t would be a system ,of °rig' tigated oppression and injustice to draw - ., 0 l e tinctiou between what were called the des eil e poor by giving the relief, and refusing re ,„; as a punishment to those who in that nab', circle would be considered, probably most uni,, l I considered, as undeserving. —(Cheers.) Sacs system could only lead to the most monstrous tY"' - i and oppression.—(Cheers.) To give relief witheati"o peal would only be to revert to that - state of ,i i ,, e ii which had e x i s t e d f rom 1796 to 1834, and evbie„'y produced such a state of affairs that the interven",G4, the Legislature w as at t h e t i me admitted to be ine'r t sable. The Hon. Member for Rochdale made it 011 his objections to the present system, that there o ls fe a appeal from the Board of Guardians. He, ther e t v would object t o a system of local government sli t o appeal, and th e H on . M em b er for Oldham had totifte him (Sir J. Graham) for saying that there was an sCrio from .he Board o f G uar di ans to the Assistant .1' 0 ; it Commissioner, an d f rom the Assistant Cei a ie sioner to the Commissioners themselves. ~r ie l Honourable M em b er b a d sa i d that the Commiss'pf, themselves h a d no power of ordering refi ll , He felt bound di st i nct l y to admit that there was cartf no power on th e p art o f the CoMmissioners to or de r lief, but wh ere t h e re li ef had been refused capr i c ie , v o i / by the Board o f G uar di ans, and the party applie d tt oil, Central Board, it L a d b eet found effectual. He was u,sl/00 Hog to refer t o t h e state of the country in 1831, 1' tte the Hon. M em b er f or Oldham had stated, the ri e tress existing in the country was a great deal worSe) than it was in 18N. N ow, w i th respect to that, he ac read a letter f rom B e dfo rd, a hich stated, that the di'r'e .in Bedford was much greater than at the prese* O i His Noble correspondent informed him that the gill 1 contrast exi s t e d b etween the state of the countrecapi the old law and under the present in the county Or i s ford, and that. speaking generally, there was a larg e a o mend fur, e ffi c i ent workmen throughoutthe CO ei ea- and that the h app i est change was effected in the e o it tion of the working classes. The Hon. Member for ham used strong declamation against this measar e y most unjust and most unfair, and said he would ba' o tt repent of it s fatal effects. What did th e H on. G e ntle e t want ? Did he really desire that the able-bodied • should be dependent on the poor-rate for his stint° $ (Hear, hear.) H e o bj ected to the present law, bu, it did not ventur e to say h e was satisfied with the o ld After all which had occurred with respect to this 1,.' 0 would be satisf a ct ory to state distinctly and 0PL, 1 % , what law they d es i re d for the able-bodied workP" i He gave the Hon. Member credit for his kindgelil the poor. H e was aware that in his own _...vni bourhood, and with regard to those "tw i jf. who were im me di ate l y _dependent on him, he ell .14 tremely kind—(Hear, hear)—and that his acts illustrl) the sentiments he expressed in favour of the pe : or, 1j were themselves deserving of the highest attention;„/ he (Sir James Graham) should be glad to know Po the Hon. Gentleman, as he was not satisfied with, present law, what law he would recommend as a s, ll i! tute, if the l aw at present ex i sting were repel " (Hear, hear.) He had taken part in various Como d of Inquiry ; he had read the Commission, and der t ,O much attenti on t o t h e su bj ect, but the result 01 attention did n o t ena bl e hi nt to offer any nieeVll rd kt, this subject m ore p re f era bl e than that under discusd It was quite vain to say that the Bill p reven ted 1 d except in the wor kh ouse. He must say that such " i be unjust. B u t it was not so. He had already 51,,, v"oti that the amo un t o f out -d oor rel i ef was sporty e The Honourable Member for Oxford ha& 1 cl' a question to him (Sir James Graham) reiy t 6 4 ing the number of widows relieved. There ; 1 ;1 165,000 grant e d re li e f, an d out of that nun f ee r & 13,000 were relieved in the workhouse. flis ;0 Friend then as k e d t h e number of able-bodied o,!elY the workhouse. H e h e ld i n hi s h an d the number 0 15 0 bodied paupers in England and Wales during thq quarters of 1840 and 1841. 1 'c° Captain PECHELL d oes t h at i nclude the Local.o Sir JAMES GRAHAM said it did not include 1 ,,) Gilbert Unions. The number of adult able-be paupers relieved in the quarter ending LadydaY,.. i d was 297,675. O ut o f t hi s 300,000 adult paupers, 1 " ~ 1 $ House suppose that there was one half in the w orkh , _, —one quarter ? N o, t h ose relieved in the workb,: ti out of that n um b er was only 50,000. Therefore ja i l s , i of fact the n um b er of persons relieved was 01 11 1 .d, I; twenty-five p ersons . I n the quarter ending Laity 1 , 1841, the whole ntunber was 345,656 able - ,00 1 paupers relieved in that period, while onil 0 , 1 0 50,000 of th em were rel i eved in the worAn (e, He could conceive one state of things in which the s ,:f . ! o hibitory order might be necessary, and another st,,', t i/ things in which it might be expedient to g ive to a " di the out door labour test ; a.d other circumstance 1/ which it would be harsh and cruel to a Under t workhouse test or the out-door labour test. U circumstances it must be evident to every one, that 1: 01 :j discretionary powers should be vested somewhere. r i l l in his (Timm-. ',metier.. could it be better vested the !v the hands of Commissioners. He was satisfied on „ to t pp ly_eitner , 4 whole that this measure was adapted to secure the j o i and safe administration of relief to the pour ; for' '.., t ot relief, which was the distinguishing characteristic or I , F policy of this country, unless checked, was caPlot of great a b use . !l av i ng no personal fear .'for -t 0 obloquy which mi g ht at t ac h to h i m, he ' f n.( tposr; el measure, which in his h ear t an d consc i ence he belie, $1 to be most h umane . H e h a d not hesitated a wale,' the course which he should adopt, and het earnes t 'l 4 4l treated the House to pass the Bill, by such A 13 31 :1 1 1 as should mark to the poor that they did not h es itat t' the course which they should adopt for t'oeir benefli• Mr. O'CONNELL—The Right Heim Baronet, ' P o s had just sat down, said it would be cruel in the extr e l e unwise in the extreme, unjust in the extreme, if n° el( lief should be given, under any circumstances, to 8 i t e bodied labourers. Teat, however, was the law in e c e land ; and it was his intention, on some other pea! : i s to speak more at length on this subject. N His objectic 5 1 0 the present Bill was i ts continuance of the 'oro Commission. He rejoiced to see the liberality with i . 4 - 170 the system was worked out. He hoped that the - _ _ar',,: / would be ameliorated in Ireland. He had been Silw„„, 4 ' tic solicited to bring the subject forward, but he would ,c • el till the next session, when he pledged himself 'not t 474 ir a week pass with ou t app l y i ng for a Committee, rii quire into the worki ng o f t h e system in IreV.nd. I,J the present, he f e lt b oun d to vote against P e e Bill, n e reason of the conti nuance o f the Commisei on for z'', than one year. i$ Captain BERKELEY admired. the 'manly waY, fi e which he the Right H on . B arons the Fiecretary for, of Home Depart men t h a d ta k en upon hirf iself all theod i o e attached to this Bill.. When the tnea tsure h a d b ee n ' sr ginally brought forw ar d he (0, - hptaizi Berkeley) had s t I ported it, and- he now rot; to decher e his willingness 1 share in the unpopulatty which was affixed to it. it . Colonel SIBTHC;ip o ßill, believing it pposed'‘o the third r ea ding_ of t '‘o be productive of great mischief. , t ; i General Gel Jr JHNSON objected to giving unc onirol power to racy three individuals, whoever they might and t hf r eefore he oppoied the Bill, Hon. Gentlemen ‘! f P o sl f ".., who bad opposed this Bill, must be very co{ o t Waisfied, if they now voted for the third readin , p, o the Bill had been so gar bl e d an d mang l e d t h at i t w es i d / possible to know what it was, or -on what they. t f ,4 1 voting. Its principle was to make the people live 0 , 0 little as possible, an d t o const i tute t h e C omm ii, iio° to judges of how small a quantity of food would ar'effie 9 c t keep body and soul together. It could never enb ei lto wages, it m us t d e p ress t h em ; an d as he ass Qr ,) po. ~, everytLing that t en d e d to ceetraliaation, he was opP' to this Bill. The gallery wns then cleared, and the: House divi de d ' For the third reading ." . 103 Against it Majority in favour of the third reading --7 3 The Bill was then a third time, we Sir T.D. ACLAND sa id h e s l iou ld move the fa ll ing clause as a rider to the Bill :—" To enable /4': (a s diens to appoint local comm i ttees f or receiving aPri,ti,ot tions of poor persons i n p ar i s h es s i tuate `, at a ce r of distance from the pla ce o f meet i ng of thea 1303rc i d ti iti Guardians." He h o p e d th e Ri g h t H on. 13aronet "ci be neur on this subje ct , b ut a ll ow the }louse to exP, 1/ it s opinion on it. Be had known many pi )or perionshef' and 18 miles acros s th e country to obtain relief, anal"' all, return disappointed. It' they introduced L * Committees, th e y wou ld h ave another good effect be' t " a Ol relieving the poor applicants ; they would be a ' - of cheek, upon the Board of Guardiane. Sir C. ;NAPIER seconded the motion. The Rigbal• ,ss, Baronet 4 tated th a t h e h a d k nown cases where the '-'",, e lite mission( rs had obt a i ne d re li e f f or people aho had 'mete unjustly reitistd 'relief by the guardians, and tbi ne rP stated as one proof - of the good of the Commiss:c „ A y eV by, how often, he sh ou ld l ik e to know, did the L t , e missioners o round, and how cou ld t h e poor or f,3 1 the them for relief; alien they had been refused it °r o p e r, gust diane ? Ile had not seen a Pour-law Coaarai s' we tee or an Assistant-Commissioner, in his Uni 1.0, ' ther•,;- months, and he did not care if he never ; saw or . ot o rg (Laughter.) He firmly believed that , : n , c om a iiesi „ ,, oo d prevented the guardians' from male, ng as they often fen inclined to do. 'de should ri ='° 11 : 1 , tile the 1a , 4 ' s° ,:ead that the people should give ti„t r money to. el e li cai iieg support of the union poorhow,es, and, insteted 01 Unto them " Union Workhouses:l Clubs."—(Hear.) • The clause aas then rea d a first time. he would cull theta ' On the motion the. t t h e c l ause be read a ocotd tio • - Captain RECI - r-IuLL approved of the elou 90 :,i 0 111‘ . ~.., thought it would, h e d ee i ralsle if the extent of the an i 0 be circurascribed. • Mr. P. HOWARD trusted the clause evatild:beceiv spy Mr. the unanimo us vote 'of the House. % . .-- • -':- . ., e ,''' Mr. P. BORTHWIC.Ii. supported the es asv i. • ditto' Mr. HARDY woalit be very g l a d t o se e t his passed. General J'bHNSON thought the local in 2 tor itte es ought to breve the pow er o f orderi Coa ng relief at once ;-' reporting, cases was a very- lofty; proCess. Sir J. GRAHAM highly atoproved of he thought it would be most etestrable to in le .t.cleusei b6` At the same time that he consented to the. , ,__ t i tO wished it to be understood t hat he could not d lee the Committee power tQ or der relief.— (C heers ' ) be let' The clause was then agreed to, and ordered to . tached to the Bill. the R . i' l ! t Sir T. D. ACLA'SD returned thanks to _ :4 s v ) '" Hon. Baronet and the I rouse for bating acceded motion. the eila_4useLtarehorie.,j„.: The Bill was then read: a third time. On the question that the Bill do pass, „ e Mr. FIELI)EN moved . that the Bill be prints'. An Hole: MEMBER Sec ended the motion. ~. ~~ naiti itse eon: rnig tner , of e pot bee] seni Par any COIF gar, thei but ne e dur in 4 hop Sun this th e whi Ch; full fro? bro Ito ] ir or sup au - d whi tha ,?_ o f .• Con • fact on lo g ho r , ab c - tau sidi •-• .of t obe th a • 4 ,, • 'ol ofer i, J: ~.,; .~: tha ten dut in tha eon hoi tint tilt( hea , the clan .cou, 'dui V\I I 'iv() CH 1)r ( the tio 4d, 13 4 ha