The Sun. — London, England, 1842-07-02 00:00:00

!uk . ..(04 1 1' n ..)I, u tri t014,131,4,vi - 9.. THE FUNDS-(CL BRITISH, ,OSING PRICES.) FUNDS. India Stock pm Ditto Bonds Ditto Old Annuities ... Ditto New Annuities... Ex. Bills, 1,000/ 2d. 42 pm Ditto 5001...... 42 pm Ditto Small Bank Stock for Acct — !India Stock for 0pg... . Consols for Org.9li 1 FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons 31 per Cent. Red... lOOl New 31 per Cent New 5 per Cer. Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 ...... 12 9-16 Oct. 1859 ......... 121 Jan. 1860 ...... FOREIGI Austrian, 5 per cent. — !Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent lllitto, New Ditto — Brazilian Bonds... — 'Prussian, 5 per cent. Bueno s Ayres 6 per cent. IRussian, 5 per cent — Chilian, 6 per cent. — ,Ditto, Aletallic ...... . Colombian, 6 per cent... !Spanish, 5 per cent 2O/ Ditto, 1824 2211 ,Ditto Deferied.... . Danish, 3 per cent , Frenc h, 5 per cent. —f. —e. Gs eek, 1825, 5 per cent — ,Exchange A I ezican, 5 per cent 36 French, 3 per cent. —f. —c. Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 'Dutch, 4 per cent. — Peruvian, 1825,6 perct. 'Ditto, 5 per cent. _ ... 101* SHARES. . ... Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) 49 Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...... — Ditto New Shares ( 3 paid Great North of England Railway (100 pd) 77i Great Western Railway (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid) . 6E Ditto Fifth (4 paid) Loudon and Brighton ( 50 paid) . 35 London and Birmingham (90) ...... ~..„ .. 177 i Ditto Thirds (32 paid) s9t London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) .. .. Ditto Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) 4i Northern and Eastern (45 paid) North Midland Railway (100) Ditto New Shares (40 paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) 23a Ditto Scrip. ( 5 paid) SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—It is strongly affirmed in circles likely to be informed of what is allowed to transpire of Cabinet deliberations upon and differences respecting matte's of national policy, that Sir Robert Peel sub mitted a more extensive change of the Corn-laws to the Cabinet than that which he subsequently intro duced to the House of Commons. It is further said that his plan was supported by Lords Ripon and Wharncliflb, but met with vehement opposition from Sir James Graham and Lord Stanley ; and that the latter prevailed on the Premier to pare down his original design to the meagre dimen sions of his " sliding-scale." If this be true — and it is affirmed to be so in quarters likely to know something of what is going on behind the curtain, however carefully its folds may be arranged, to pre vent the eye of the curious from penetrating within the veil—then there is yet hope that the " sliding scale " will be compelled to give place to a sounder policy. A few more debates such as that which took place last night, and stands adjourned to Monday, may cause the Premier to introduce, first to the Cabinet, and then to the House of Commons, the overture which he knew so well how to play : " The time is come !" In the meanwhile we commend to Sir Robert Peel and his Cabinet a careful considera tion of the maxim, which the experience of ages has stamped with the impress of incontrovertible truth— '. Plus impetus, majorem constautiam pens miscros:" The practical lesson inculcated by it is, that a wise Government will be cautious how it provokes to op position or resistance bodies of men, reduced to the verge of desperation by the extremity of misery. Of the value of this caution no one is better able to form an estimate than Sir James Graham; although he appear now utterly oblivious of the truths he once so eloquently and forcibly urged upon the Legislature and the country. Speaking of the contest which the suffering caused to the labouring classes by the Corn-laws would ultimately 'provoke between the people and the landowners, the Right Hon. Secretary, in his " Corn and Currency," thus utters his warning, the effect of which he endeavours to stifle at the very moment when its truth is exem plified, and the dangers he foresaw and predicted, are actually impending over the class he then endea voured to make sensible of the perils of their position. ' On what ground will it [the 'fearful contest he was describing] be decided ? On the very topic which in flames to madness. Hunger, which breaks through walls, will be arrayed against them. Reason will be heard no longer. The barriers of society will be broken down ; and estates, distinctions, honours, swept away in one resistless torrent." Sir James Graham is a. brave man to put in issue the truth of his own p; eliction ! STANDARD.—The adjournment of the debate affords a sufficient reason for postponing any length ened' remarks upon it, even had we not a more co- I gent one in the want of time and room. We can not, however, forbear recommending to the most serious attention of our readers the speeches of Mr. Aitwood and Sir Robert Peel. There was more of opposition, not to call it hostility, between the two speakers, than we could ever wish to see between two such men, and perhaps more than the occasion warranted. Indeed, it seems to us that they are both perfectly agreed in the causes of the existing distress,: and both equally at a loss to find a present remedy. Mr. Attwood condemns free trade ; and does not Sir R. Peel condemn it also, when he shows that "the com mand of capital" may render the utmost exten sion of trade wholly unprofitable to the commu nity ? And is not such (to the community) unprofitable extension of trade accompanied by an aggravation of the tyranny of capi tat all that is even promised from free trade ? The law of 1819 more than doubled the power of money capital ; the Poor-law of 1834 aggrandised that power in probably a greater proportion. Knowing this, and knowing from Sir Robert Peel that the command of capital may snatch from the industrious all the fruits of their industry, can we be at a loss to account for the present distress, or at a loss for the remedy ?—a recurrence to a liberal system of Poor-laws, to temper, if not to check, the advances of the tyrant capital. The highest compliment ever paid to Sir Robert Peel is the reproach of Lord John Russell, that he has only partially applied the principles of free trade. The praise of the tariff is, that generally (there are exceptions) it has no respect to free trade doctrines. It relieves articles of consump tion and the raw material of manufactures, N ;l2erever it can do so without injury to native or colonial producers. This a wise legisla tor would do, if happily such an animal as a poli tical economist had never been produced in nature. It is because the tariff has generally followed com mon sense and the teaching of experience that the .country approves of it, and the only points upon which c l bjections have been heard—at least the only points upon which censure has been just, are those in which the inadvertence of Ministers, and the treacherous cupidity of those who ought to have warned them of their error but did not, have caused them to be milile metallic a false analogy. We allude particularly to the m . mines. THE WIISIE TESTIMONIAL. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) The Ballot, which was proceeding when we went to press, terminated in favour of Mr. Joseph. CONDUCT OF HER MAJESTY'S THIRTEENTH FOOT. (From the Bombay Times of April 6.) :The conduct of her Majesty's 13th Regiment, in their progress from Caubul to Jellalabad, was se ver* handled two or three months ago by sonle of the enrrespondents of our Conteniporaries, who went so far as to advance a charge of cowardice. The re putation if that distinguished corps was warmly de fended in several of the journals. We embrace the opportunity t ;fforded us to lay. before" our readers a clear statement of the whole transaction from the pen of ooe who was on the spot, and which has been for some time in our possession. The enemy were in very considerable force in the front and on both flanks, and the rear of the British. .Th e advanced guard and main column won its way, slowly but resolutely, through a long valley, over shadowed by Lifty hills and precipices. These were :scaled under a very sharp fire by the skirmishers of the 13th and 35th And to enable them to do this, si tccessive reinforcements were pushed up to them, un,til at length only one entire company of the first nam ed corps was left around its colours, the guns, and ,the Commander of the fore !. Historyby cordsr how IN'apoleon forced t he pass of* - ing .eorward a body of Polish Lancers at the gallop up • the raad, whilst both flanks were enveloped in the fire of French and , Spanish Tirailleurs. Al similar ma funtwe was here executed with a company of light infantry. 'Whilst the skirmishers on either hand were brotgh t to a halt, by either inaccessible heights {w formidable \ entrenchments, and the guns in hollow w ere f ol ,md to produce but little impression as they sent forth . bullets against so lo ft y an eleva tion, thi s h andful c ,f foot without th e l oss of pushed on and won the pass*‘. '.a man. The Ghilzies had not guarded it, an d probal ITY with the view of reinforcing their flanks, h a d left w , vi an old fort at its inlet. The oll° cavalry and guns f and occupied the table land. The day w as in fa ti -h-on. It was only neces sary to have disposed the 1-0,--ce on the top of the mountain, to have permits ed thk' cumbrous baggage to pass on through an inter vd o.:ir line, and to have iixed the ground of encampment, net at the yet dis tant point of Soorkhab, but a t the nexest stream of water, not three miles from the bead of the pass. There is little doubt that this would have been done, if our Commander had that day been on his good grey charger; but he lay in a litter, suffering a de gree of bodily pain, the sense of which few could have concealed like _himself. He had a sly an impeFftet view of the ground and the operation; and. whatever those around him might have_ seen, and thereupon thought and desired, in a conflict the General alone can do the General's part. The force moved forward after a considerable delay indeed, during which much of the baggage also passed on, but time was not allowed for the rear-guard to fall back on the summit of the mountain. In the meantime it had been fiercely at tacked from the very moment of its essaying to quit its encampment. An untoward incident occurred in the recal of an officer who was making excellent dis positions at the time, to perform another duty near the outlet of the pass. Captain Broadfoot, however, of the Shah's force, a soldier of talent and bravery equal to every crisis, s ustained with a small body of his mixed corps of S appers the desperate onset of an enemy bold and numerically superior. He retired, yielding hill after hill, and point after point, only when they were enveloped by the enemy's skir mishers, and more than once snatched them from their hands when they thought them their own. His wing was never broken : but when nearly all our compa nies of the' main body had been too hastily withdrawn from the crests they had gained, the rest of the rear guard, the 13th, and the 35th,4nd the guns, became necessarily the mark of an increasing force, and when thrown into very loose order by the nature of the ground, were unexpectedly assaulted hand to hand. 'Their loss was great, and men of both corps were for some minutes in panic flight. They were rallied by the dispositions made at the outlet by Captains Backhouse and Fenwick, and covered by the bold front ever maintained by Captain Broadfoot. How ought this event in fairness to be regarded and de scribed ? As a short-timed reverse and rout, such as the best troops sustain and become involved in during mixed and critical operations—such as insulated por tions of corps participated in, even when the Mari time Alps fell before the genius of Napoleon, and Wellington penetrated the passes of the Pyrenees. * Illegible.—EDlTOß. FUNERAL of SAMUEL HOLBERRY, TH - F, CHARTIST PRISONER. TO T_TIE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin—The sad news of Samuel Holberry's death in York Castle will have reached you through the local papers. Holberry is the last victim of the refined tortures of our prison discipline ; and the secor.d who has died in prison out of six Chartists who were taken in 1839 from Sheffield. When taken away he was in the prime of life, of athletic stature, and full of health. One short year of close confinement on the tread-mill, under the silent system of Northallerton prison, sufficed to take away his strength ; and the second has completed his death. His friends repeatedly called the attention of the Se cretary of State to his case ; and in March last Mr. Duncombe brought it before the House of Commons, but nothing was done beyond removing him from Northallerton to York Castle, which in the end only proved worse. The reply from the Home-office, through some official subaltern, was, " The Secretary of State saw no reason to interfere." After an inquest had been held over his body, his remains were removed by his friends to Attercliffe, a small village one mile from Sheffield, where his discon solate wife resides. The news of his untimely death caused a deep feeling in Sheffield. His funeral took place on Monday afternoon, at the Sheffield Cemetery. The authorities of the town seem to have been alarmed at the public feeling in his favour. The military were brought out, and paraded thrpugb some of the principal streets with their swords drawn, in the morning, as if it were intended to intimidate, by this unnecessary display of physical force, the Chartist bodies. Everything, however, went off in quietness. At noon, hundreds began to wend their way to the places where the Chartist Associations were to assemble. The members of the Political Institute met in front of the Corn Exchange, and the O'Connor section in Para dise-square. The funeral left Attercliffe about half-past two. A brass band preceded the hearse containing poor Holberry's remains, playing the "Dead March in Saul ;" then followed two mourning coaches, containing the de ceased's friends ; and after them the councils of the Chartists and their members in procession, accompanied by a large number of spectators. It reached Sheffield .about three o'clock, when thou sands poured out of every street and avenue to join the procession and throng. The crowd was so dense that all the shops had to be closed in the streets through which the procession passed, and by the time it reached Sheffield Moor from twenty to thirty thousand persons were so lemnly accompanying the remains of Hulberry to his last resting place. After the service for the dead had been read by the chaplain, addresses were delivered over the grave by Mr. Thomason, from the Vale of Leven, and" other Chartists. The vast multitude Afterwards gradually re tired. Next to the indifference of the Home-office in this case may be placed the local Magistrates. The worthy vicar of Sheffield had heard of Holberry's sufferings, and kindly exerted himself on his behalf. Through his influence the Magistrates had consented to sign a paper for his release, but foolishly delayed signing it until after some Chartist meetings about to be held were over, thus holding the dying prisoner in York Castle account able fur the conduct of parties over whom lie had no control. B. M. [Another correspondent informs us that collections are being made for the distressed widow, Mrs. Holberry, whose unfortunate situation has greatly attracted the sympathy of those in Sheffield and its vicinity.] A STREET FIGHT IN MIS SISSIPPI. (From the Correspondence of the New York Herald.) Since my last, a duel has taken place opposite Vicksburg, between Mr. Fall, pro. tern. Editor of the Sentinel, and the " jintleman" whose big whiskers so alarmed the sensibilities of Mrs. Foley. Mistress F. knew that he was a " b— jeweller"—and she was right, as the ladies always are. I was not present, but am told it was a very interesting affair ; but to make amends for my loss on that occasion, I had the pleasure to witness a very pretty street fight here on Tuesday last, between General H. Stuart Foot (Henry S. Foote)'' and a Mr. Fitzpatrick. You know General Foote ; you must know him, at least you ought to know him, all the world ought to know him, for if they do not it is a great pity, and he has lost a world of labour in striving to make himself known. He is a great lawyer, a great politician, a great biographer. and a great historian. He com menced here as a great Jackson man. When Jackson and Calhoun quarrelled he took the turn of the tide, and was a great Calhoun man. But this tide did not turn ; so he turned back again, and became a greater Jackson man than ever. Then the Anti-subtreasury tide began to flow, and he made another great mistake. But there is no mistake in him as a fighting man. He has fought, let me see—one duel in Alabama before he came here, when he was wounded in the shoul der ; two duels with Prentiss, wounded each time— that is three; one with on Pearl River, makes four, one with Claiborne makes five, and the present street fight makes his sixth affair ; pretty well for a young man of thirty-five or thereabouts. This last (panel originated in some severe remarks which General Foote made last summer, in a criminal cause, where he was defending the prisoner, and Fitzpatrick was the prosecutor. It is not true, as is generally supposed, that old women, over the tea table, are legally privileged to slander and calumniate their neighbours. None have a legal right to do so, but lawyers—and they only in the face of the Court and Jury. And here they generally take the full benefit of the privilege—but most espe cially when their cause is weak—when little is to be said for their own clients, they make up for it by abuse of their opponents. Foote abused Fitzpatrick, it is said, and Fitzpatrick, knowing that he had no legal redress, determined to take a little illegally; so arming himself with a cane, a bowie knife, and a pistol, he took post at the door of a tavern where Gen. Foote was, and as the latter came out, struck him a heavy blow with his cane. Foote, though taken by surprise, rushed forward, and a scuffle ensued, and both fell Fitzpatrick coming off second best. They were separated by •the bystanders, and Fitzpatrick being told that Foote was unarmed, demanded a fair fight over the river. Foote refused to acknowledge him as a gentleman, but declared his intention to be prepared for any further attack. This, in common parlance, signifies "I will give you a street fight." Now, I doubt whether you unenlightened savages of the north understand what is technically called a street fight. You may think, for instance, that they had already a street fight. No such thing. That was only a rencontre entirely unexpected, at least, by one of the parties. But in a street fight, as in a duel, both parties are prepared; they go to seek each other, generally in the most public place ; but, unlike a duel, each party arms himself according to his own fancy, and they skirmish, as they please, dodge be hind posts, advance, recede, videlicet, run—in short, a street fight has neither law nor gospel. Well, after the separation, each went to prepare himself according to his own notion, and, in about two hours, General Foote made his appearance in Capitol-street, ostensibly going about his own busi ness to the Court House. Just as he was passing a little shanty, known as an " Eating and Oyster House, by Samuel Watts," whiz came a bullet, not very well aimed, it seems, for it missed its object, and lodged in Sammy's sign-board. Thereupon, Gen. Foote stopped, deliberately drew a pistol, and pre sented it at his opponent. A bystander called out to him to take a rest. He did so, on his left arm, but the cap snapped. Fitzpatrick, who had been standing rather suspiciously near a pillow, now ad vanced and threw his pistol at Foote's head. This was better aimed than the bullet, for it took effect, but not so effectively as to prevent Foote from drawing and firing another pistol, the bullet from which struck the sheath of Fitzpatrick's bowie knife, glanced, entered the iliac region, a little below the umbilicus, to the left of the linea alba, perforated the abdominal muscles and fasciae traneversalis, entered the abdomi nal cavity grazing the sigmoid flexure of the colon, emerged at a point corresponding to the superior spinal process of the ilium. In the excitement of the moment Fitzpatrick seemed unaware that he was wounded, and attempted to draw his bowie knife, which, in consequence of the indentation by the ball, he was unable to do, he struck Foote several times with his heavy cane, and fell. The blows on General Foote's cranium were nu merous and severe, and produced laceration of the scalp, with excessive sub-cutaneous effusion, symp toms of compression of.the brain, were superinduced, and the professional attendants were for a time doubt- Fill whether these symptoms were the result of a frac ture of the left parietal bone, bordering on the sagit tal suture, with consequent depression of the bone, Dr the effects of cerebral sanguineous effusion pro duced by simple concussion; doubts were also enter tained whether the severe blows on the posterior portion of the cranium had not complicated the in jury by a separation of the lambdoidal suture. The more favourable opinion expressed at the time has been verified, namely, that the symptoms, at the time 30 very alarming, were merely the effect of simple concussion of the brain, uncomplicated with fracture. General F. has now recovered, and attends to his business as usual. His coolness and bravery have acquired for him general sympathy and respect, and even his enemies have resolved to forget his political mistakes. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, JULY I.—We have had a quiet market this week, demand moderate; prices, in some instances, in favour of the buyer.—Arrived since our last, the Barbara, Jamaica, 460 hhds.; the Eliza beth, Jamaica, 670 hhds.; the Ann, Trinidad, 151 hhds.; the Lucy, Antigua, 350 hhds, ; the Mary Marsden, Mauritius, 3,461 mats.—Bristol .3fereury. RENTS.—We are informed that several of the land lords of shops and inns in this town are about to lower their rents,—a measure which is felt to Le necessary, in order to prevent the ruin of the shopkeepers and inn keepers. The landowners would do well to follow the example.—Leeds Mercury. A young gentleman, of good standing in this neighbourhood, betted very heavily on the late Derby race, for which Coldrenick, Mr. Trelawney's horse, was the favourite. Ha lost several thousand pounds, and to the last shilling of his fortune satisfied his engagements, but his mind became so much affected that he is now insane, and in a mud-house, near Plymouth.—Plyntouth Journal. _ _ _ Measures are now in progress for the holding of an Eisteddfod in Carmarthen next summer. The Lord Bishop of St. David's has consented to become the patron. —Shrewsbury Chronicle. _ _ _ _ A NEW RACE.—At a meeting of the Royal Geo graphical Society on Monday, Mr. Murchison, the Chair= man of the evening, stated that a gentleman emp!oyed by Government in ascending the river Juba, in Africa, from east to west, had fallen in with a considerable tract of country, inhabited by a race of pigmies, not exceeding four feet in height, with very curious views of religion and Government, and exactly resembling the type of Herodotus.—Brighton Gazette. 'The Plymouth races will take place on the 9th, 10th, and 11th of August. There are 31 subscribers to the Saltram Stakes. Mu. FENTON SCOTT.—We are sorry to hear of the serious indisposition of Wm. L. F. Scott, Esq., the Registrar of the 'West Riding of Yorkshire, and one of the Magistrates of the Riding.—Leeds Mercury. CURIOUS FACT. — Upwards of sixty years ago, a large earthenware stone bottle was placed in the cleft of a plum-tree, in the front of a house at Ox Bridge, near Stockton, occupied by the late Mr. Thomas Cal lender, for the purpose of being dried. A pair of Bluecads (Parus ceeruleus, Linn.) commenced carry ing in materials for building a nest : the bottle was 'allowed to remain ; and they hatched and reared a brood of young ones. This has been repeated ever since with the exception of three years. The birds have this year repeated their annual visit, to the great grati fication of Mr. Callender, son of the before-named gen tleman, whose family have had uninterrupted possession of the property for that period, and who takes great pleasure in relatng many little vagaries of his feathered " stock," to the numerous visitors who at this season honour him with their presence, to witness this curiosity in natural history. The original bottle is still built in. —Durham Chronicle. _ _ The Independent of Brussels announces the arrival of Marshal Sebastiani in that city on his way to Germany. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. PRICE OF BREAD. lhe highest l zip e of limed i, the Itl.trordis is 9)id for the lib. Loaf. Gut. d Bread may be had at 7J. FIUCE3 OF SEEDS. Per Quartet Per Cwt. 1 New Engllsh Rev Clover...6os 803 St. Fein _ s ifs 505 Old 1 itt-i Ditto —5 —s —s Rye G , ase.. —, 1:' s its New Foreign Ditt0......-5 563 785 Pacey Grass s s 5 Old Ditto Lit to 5 —s —s'Linseeti, fur feeding ~.-5 LOs Ma New White C_.%/ver 54s PCs 65sDito, for sowing ........-5 nt 5 6ths Old Ditt , ) Ditto —s - s —slDitto, for erushit:g ....—s , ti•s 525 New Trefoil —s 2.5 s 40511.cmp 00000 .•••••••••••• ••••• .....11 466 52111 Old Ditto —s 20s 345 Canary .—s 4Ss 5211 l'r_follum .... .......... ....- 5 —s --11 Per Stahel EN/115h Carraway s 4i5 505 1 White Muctard.... iOs Od to 134 (d Foreign Ditto -s 46s 503;Brown Ditto ..,12s Od to lss ed Coriander —s 135 iOsjTares ••••••••... ..... is Cd to 555 i - • PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil. brown, per ton .....E46 0 Ditto, refined Linseed Oil ..............» Lins , ed Oil Cake at the Mill (per 10u0) ll 0 Ita t .e k ake, per ton PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per 1121 b. fown Tallow £2 S 6 Melting Stuff ..£1 14 0 Yellow Russia Whit e o u 0 Graves Soap Ditto 0 0 0 Good Dregs 0 5 U PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of hlbs PAlee of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Meters) 'zs. fikl. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Pease. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JITIAT 2 1842. Per Quarter Boston ilraintsee Brighton Cambridge Chichester..." Dunmow Grantham Grimsby Hai!sham Hitchin Ipswich t.ewes Lynn Norwich Petworth Romford Sandwich Tnetford Wisbech Withstrq Yarmouth." LI WHEAT. Eng', tO F. 55 70 52 70 Sie 72 60 59 65 46 56 60 73 56 74 86 72 50 67 54 60 62 ( 6 56 68 59 67 59 62 57 64 f 8 61 71 61 64 57 63 55 65 60 69 14 , ERPOO lab, White, ... Red :h, Welch, , White Red , Welsh, at FOreli OATS, English, ..- Irish -Foreign Wheat. I Barley...l A. to V. 22 38 27 34 27 P 2 26 30 21 28 28 33 25 23 23 33 27 34 22 28 27 2 8 24 29 36 39 0 27 26 33 24 18 23 34 32 36 28 34 21 29 S 6 32 a. to s. 35 98 3.3 38 33 41 29 31 36 23 40 36 40 36 40 30 34 34 45 3 29 SO 34 36 '29 33 38 40 32 34 33 40 26 34 33 C 9 40 44 31 39 26 31 38 40 June 28. Bi. 9 9 6 0 0 I 7 9 WOO ' 6 .11..11 3 3 4 Oats. Besns. ___----4---__-- I. to 8. 93 29 20 29 20 24 19 25 22 28 IS 21 19 21 20 90 21 26 18 22 16 20 26 32 24 28 2l 24 18 :13 45 30 24 28 18 21 21 27 24 30 IL CORN MARKET. , per 701 b. and Manx score Irish, Id Scotch, per 411 b....., - ...eign ninny,. English, Malting, per Imp. quarter 3O 0 .---- Scotch and Irish, pet alibi. --- Feeding 3 8 BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 3B 0 - Irish, &L. - Foreign Pima, English, per Imperial quarter 43 0 --- Foreign nous, English, per 2801 b. 47 0 . ..-- Irish OATMEAL, English and Irish,perl4olbs .. 28 0 INMAN CORM, per 480Ib. ..... ............ 45 ti aye. per Imperial quarter ••••• 33 0 HALT, per Imperial quarter .......... ELECTION COMMITTEES. SOUTHAMPTON. The Committee met yesterday at twelve o'clock; the lion. J. S. Wortley in the Chair. The CmunstAN informed the agents that a messenger had been despatched to John B. Luce, and the summons which had been issued for him was found unopened, he having left home before it arrived in Southampton. Mr. BAKER applied to have Mr. Francis Cooper, who was anxious to return to Southampton, examined rst. Francis Cooper, a surgeon, residing in Southampton, was called, and examined by Mr. Baker.—Knows Mr. Abrahams. Knows his handwriting. Believes the sig.. nature, " A. Abrahams," in the memorandum-book to be his handwriting. Attends a great number of the dock men. They did not appear in the town in great twin • hers. There was no apprehension from them. It was not necessary to engage 150 men to protect the Con servative candidates. Crosi-examined by Mr. HEARN—Has always been a Liberal and voted for the Liberal candidates. There are twelve to sixteen hundred employed in the docks ; they are strangers to the town ; they have not generally any political feelings. Mr Abrahams is a very respecta ble man, Never 'heard anything against his veracity. Saw Mr. Abrahams' signature four or five times attached to receipts for articles he (witness) purchased from Mr. Abrahams. Saw the memorandum-book ;to the best of his j adgment it was about three months ago he saw the book. To Lord BARRINGTON—The letter "A " of Abraham appears more vivid than the other letters. It does not ,trike him as being remarkable. The whole signature was more clear when he saw it before. The dock men had no political bias. They were under Messrs. Hadden and Mackay. Saw somd of the dock men struck. They were struck by bludgeon men, employed by the Con servatives. h m i p t e a d r t a y t : t h ß e e iaesvtes elec t ion.t h e rew To Mr. SISIEL—There were bludgeon-men employed a B s g e i r i e e a v t e s and i.oo g rpoesrssborni persons by r t y h e e o W m were bribed on both sides at the last election. It was a Report. Was not personally concerned in bribery. Heard that about 3,000/. was spent by the Whigs, and considerably more by the other party. Th e y (the - Whig party) had 630 decided promises. He was a member of the Committee. Four hundred persons might have been bribed without his knowing of it. Mr. Ebenezer Williams, an auctioneer and appraiser of Southampton, was next called :—Knows Mr. Abra hams' hand-Writing. Believes the signature in the me morandum book to be his. He wished he could say it was not. He transacted business with him. Did not see the book before. Knows James Wyatt, the town crier. Believes the signature " James Wyatt," in the memorandum book, to be his (Wyatt's) writing. Cross-examined—Mr. Abrahams discounted bills for him and his friends. In that way he became acquainted with his hand-writing. The hand-writing of Mr. Abra hams varies. He sometimes writes swall and some- Limos larger. Knows Mr. Maddison. lie is Mr. Abra hams' banker. He ought to be able to form a good opinion of Mr. Abrahams' writing , because the cheque of the 3d of February, 1841, is in Mr. Abraham's hand writing. Doubts the signature to the cheque of the 25th of January, to be his , hand-writing ; those of the 25th of January, the 27th January, 30th January, February Ist and 3d, a second of the 3d of February aro all very much like the handwriting of Mr. Abrahams. (The signatures were all genuine.) Had never any quarrel with Mr. Abrahams. Differs with him in politics, but believes him to be a straightforward, honourable, and gentlemanly man. To Mr. BAKER. — Saw Mr. Wren and Mr. Abrahams together the first Sunday afterihe writ fur the election Was issue. To the CHAlRMAN—Believes that corruption has been usually practised at Southampton. Has no personal knowledge of it. Heard that large sums of money were expended at the last election. Heard that 10,0001. were spent by both parties. It was pretty equally divided. Heard that 200 persons were bribed directly by money. There were others indirectly bribed, including the colourmen and chairmen in the 200. The witness then withdrew. Mr. BAKER said that he believed this would be a proper time to ask if Mr. Hearn had the books to pro duce which he said he would inquire for? Mr. HEARN said he made inquiries for the books, but he could not get them, for they were never- in existence. He could not produce them, not because they were destroyed, as supposed, but because they never existed. Margaret Luce was called and examined—Her husband is from home. He is in France. Does not know in what part of France. He left Southampton in conse quence of a letter he received, stating that his aunt, who lived near Bristol, was dead. He came to London, and from thence he went to France. He usually goes to France about this season of the year. He goes to in crease his connexion. Ile is an innkeeper. Does not know when he will be back. He usually stops away about three weeks. Did not receive any letter from him. John Lisle was next called, and produced a receipt for 10/., signed by James Wyatt, the town crier. He picked it up at the Market-house stair ; it was dropped by Wren. He (Wren) was talking' at the time to Mr. Sharp. He put his hand deliberately into his pocket. took out the paper, and dropped it. Does not know if Mr. Sharp saw it. He suspected Mr. Wren dropped it purposely. He thought it was a trap laid' for the Con servative party. He thought so because there was a line at the bottom of it in Wren's handwriting. The line was, "This is Mr. Wyatt, the town-crier." At first he thought to tell no person. He afterwards told the party (the Conservatives) that he had suspicions of Wren. He told Mr. Stebbing of it. He might have told it to twelve persons. He is town sergeant. Canvassed for Lord Bruce and Mr. Martyn. Knows a room in the Dolphin where a Committee sat. Went into it once. Was not in it twice. Is sure he was not. Any person who would say he was would be stating what was false. Saw Mr. Mabson, Mr. Ball, and Mr. John Bennett there. Did not see Mr. Mackay there. He received money to pay messengers whom he employed. He employed. 50 mes sengers. Not half of them were electors. Several of them were sons of electors. They were paid 7s. 6d. a day, from six in the morning till twelve at night. He got 301. for that purpose. He got the money from a messenger to pay the other messengers. Does not know his name, or the person who sent him with the money. He supposed it came from the Committee. He got vouch ers as having paid the money. He left the vouchers at the bar of the Dolphin. The next sum he received was 40/. Employed bill-posters and porters. They got ss. a day. They were about thirty in number. Ile got five or six packets of 401. each. He employed about 150 persons as chairmen. They were to get 2/. each. Most Of them were voters. They were not em ployed, till after the election. He held out no expecta tion to any of them that they would be employed as chairmen. No person instructed him to employ those particular persons. He undertook to pay 3001. to them without any instructions. He had no money when he employed them. He went to Mabson for the 300/. Did not apply to him before for money. Did not apply to hint when he went to the Committee. Did not see Wren at the Committee. This testimony being in direct contradiction of the evidence given by Mr. Wren, he was called in. Examination continued.—Persists in saying that he did not see Mr. Wren at the Committee. Will swear that his list and Wren's were not compared together in their presence. Will swear he never saw Mr. Luce at the Dolphin within the Committee-room, or when he left it. Never canvassed Parkins with Mr. Wren. Cannot say exactly what sum of money he received altogether. It might have been 600/.; it was not 650/. To the COMMITTEE—EmpIoyed chairmen and mes sengers, &c., before at former elections. lie did not em ploy so many at former elections as at the last. The practice at Southampton was for each member to pay U. to each chairman. The canvass was a long one. That was a case of great expense. To Mr. Sum—He always voted for the Conservatives, and his father before him. Mr. SHIEt —Why, there were no Conservatives then. —(Laughter.) • To Mr. HEARNE.— Saw rioting during the election in Orchard-lane. • Saw the dock men beating some of the Conservative party. Had a conversation with Wren some time ago. Wren called him to his own door, and said to him "I have news for you which is not pleasant. A person has been to me from London, and left a card. It is Mr. Baker, of Spring-gardens, who is a solicitor. He has offered me 30C1., by withdrawing my list of objec tions, by telling what I knew of the last election, and giving my assistance the forthcoming one." 11 , 3 also said " Mr. Baker is agent to Sir J. Guest and Mr. Hutchins, and now you see I can sell . the Tories if I like. If the others don't have a meeting and do something it will be a bad job." He (witness) did not say a word in reply. Knows Mr. White. He (witness) and Redwards, were together in Southampton about Tuesday week ; Redwards said . "Did you hear about this fellow Wren? He says in his petition that he gave me 51. as a bribe. I never got five farthings from him." To Mr. BlKER—There wss no person present when the conversation between Wren and himself took place. He said to Wren, You have nothing to say of the Con servative party, unless it be what we hear of Callan, and that he got a bribe." It being half-past three o'clock, and al the witnesses who had been summoned having been examined, the Com mittee adjourned till Monday. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WAR-OFFICE. JULY 1. 1642. Ist Regiment of Dragoons--W. de C. G. Elmsall, Gent., to be Cornet. by purchase, vice Morris, whe retires, July 1. 4th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Captain H. Musters, from half-pay. of the 4th Foot, to be Captain, vice brevet Major A. Houston, who exchanges; Lieut. T. W. Geils to be Captain, by purchase, vice Musters, who retires; Cornet T. J. Francis, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cells ; Lord A. Churchill to be Cornet, by purchase, July 1. Scots Fusilier Guards—Lieutenant the Hon. J. C. P. Murray to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Dal rymple„ who retires; W. G. Earl of Munster to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Murray, July 1. 2d Regiment of Foot—R. 0. Potts, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Burgh, who retires, July 1. sth Foot—Lieutenant H. L. G. Scott, from the 66th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Kebbel, whe exchanges, July 1. 14th Foot—F. Hammersley, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Quicke, who retires, July 1. 45th Foot—Lieut. H. J. Shaw to be Captain, by purchase, vice Mello, who retires; Ensign W. C. Armstrong to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Shaw; E. H. G. Calder, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Armst r o ng , J u ly I. 51st Foot—C. P. Connell, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Martin, whose appointment has been cancelled, July 1. 53d Foot—Captain H. Barton, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice R. Dyott, who exchanges; Lieutenant R. B. Low to be tap'.ain, by purchase, vice Barton, who retires ; Ensign J. Chester to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Low; Sir C. W. C. Burton, Bart., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Chester, July 1. 55th Feot—Ensign G. L. D. Amiel, from 64th Fort, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Rogers, whose promotion has been cancelled : July 1. 63d Foot—J. A. Kennedy, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Mayne, appointed to the 49th Foot, July 1. 64th Foot—T. Collingwood, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Amid, promoted in the 55th Foot, July 1. 66th Foot—Lieut. W. H. Kebbel, from the sth Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Scott, who exchanges, July 1. 84th Foot—Brevet Major G. Proctor, from half-pay of the Royal Military College, to be Captain, vice T. G. Veitch, who retires upon half-pay Unattached, July 1 ; Lieutenant 11. St. John Clements, from the Ist West India Regiment, to be Lieut., vice Glubb, whose appointment has been cancelled, July 1. Rifle Brigade—Second Lieut. H. J. Brown to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice V. Agnew, who retires; R. H. Baird, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Brown, July 1. 3d West India Regiment—Lieut. H. W. H. Graham to be Adjutant, vice Smales, promoted, July 1. UN A TTA CH ED. —Brevet Lieut.-Col. T. Falls, half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, July 1. ST./ker.—Brevet Major R. Hort, of the 81st Foot, to be Deputy Adjutant-General to the Forces serving in the Leeward and Windward Islands (with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army), vice Falls, who resigns, July 1. BREVET.--Colonel J. G. Cuyler s , on the half-pay of the Cape Corps, to be Major-General in the Army, Nov. 23, 1841 ; Major J. C. Chads, of the Ist West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army; Brevet-Major G. Proctor, of the 84th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, July 1, 1842 ; Captain H. Barton, of the 53d Foot, to be Major in the Army, Nov. 23, 1841. MEMORANDUM.—The names of the Ensign appointed to the 93d Foot, on 26th February, 1841, are Robert Hawthorn Johnston Stewart. Erratum in the Gazette of 24th Juno. 92d Foot—For Lieut. Robert Paley to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Duff, rho retires, read Lieut. Patrick .M Lead Petley to be Captain, by purchase, &c. ADMIRALTY , JUNE 27. Corps of Royal Marines--Second Lieut. H. W. Brooker to be First Lieutenant, dated 25th instant, vice G. J. Hayes, placed on half-pay ; Second Lieut. C. F. Menzies to be Fiat Lieutenant, dated this day, vice F. B. Bluett, who resigns his commission. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire. E. H o ll an d, E aq . t o be Deputy Lieutenant ; T. A. Stough ton, the younger, Esq.. to be ditto, June 23. Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of Chester. R. G. Leycester, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, June 13. The King's Regiment of Cheshire Yeomanry Cavalry. Congleton Troop.—Cornet W. Reads to be Lieutenant, H. Lindsay, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Reade, promoted, June 23. Altrincnam Troop.— J. Nicholson, Gent, to be Lieutenant, vice Wakefield, resigned, June 24. WHITEHALL, JUNE 23. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Joel Smith, of Walsall, in the county of Stafford, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. CHARLES MASSEY DARBY, printer, St. Maryle bone, Middlesex. F r BANKRU PTCIES SUPERSEDED. ARTHUR STRA CHAN, warehouseman, _ P rmay-saee., City of London. JOSEPH WOOD and JOHN HOWARD, merchants, Leeds. BANKRUPTS. DANIEL HOWARD, victual ler, Swa llow - street , Regent street, We s t m i ns t er , t o s urrender, July 11, at one, and Aug. 12, at eleven, at th e C our t of Bankruptcy. Johnson , Easingliall street, official assignee ; Holme , B rid g e-street, S outhwark. JOSEPH CLAY, draper , D ewsbur y , Yorkshire, Jul y 12, at three, and Aug. 12 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington, Colernan s t r eet-buildings , official assignee; Ash out, Cheapsid e . MATTHEW FOSTER, merch ant, Crosb y -hall Cham bers , London, t o surren d er J u ly 8, at twelve , a nd Au gust 12, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Es singhall-street ; Henry and Orlando Webb, Albany, Piccadilly. ANTHONY WILLIAM GORGES DOW and WIL LIAM RICHMOND, vinegar manufacturers , Liverpool, July 12, and August 12, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liver- ' pool. Sharpe, Field, and Jackson, Bedfordrow, London ; Lowndes, Robinson, and Bateson, Liverpool. DANIEL WADE ACRAMAN, W.M. EDWARD ACRA- MAN, and ALFRED JOHN ACRAMAN, merchants, Eris tol, July 12, and August 12, at the Commercial-rooms, Blower and Vizard, Lincoln's Inn-fieldi, London; Heaven, Bristol. GEORGE CHALK, builder, Castlerrau Barnes, Surrey, July 11 and Aug. 11, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, Basinghall-street, official assignee ; Carlon and Co., Chancery-lane. DANIEL WADE ACRAMAN, WILLIAM EDWARD ACRAMAN, ALFRED JOHN ACRAMAN, WILLIAM MORGAN, THOMAS HOLROYD, and JAMES NOR ROWAY FRANKLYN, ship builders, Bristol, July 19 and Aug. 12, at two, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. Makinson and Sanders, Middle Temple, London ; Haberfield, Bristol. GEORGE FREDERIC FAIRCLOUG 11, banker, Liver pool, July 13 and Aug. 12, at eleven, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Norris, Liverpool ; Mrris, Allen, and Simpson, Bartlett's-buildings, Holbot n, London. THOMAS DUGDA LE, grocer, Manchester, July Is, at eleven, and Aug. 12, at three, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Temple, London ; Hitchcock, Manchester. _ _ _ GEORGE SARGENT, woollen draper, 8a441e, Sussex, July 12 and Aug. 12, at eleven, at the George Inn, Battle. Reed and Shaw, Friday-street, Chearside, London. JOSEPH LA YTON, fruit merchant, Leeds, July 13, at one, and Aug. 12, at two, a the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds. Brown, Marten, and Thomas, Mincing-lane, London; Payne, Eason, and Ford, Leeds _ _ ANTHONY COLLINGWOOD, maltster, Foley, Staf fordshire, July 14 and Aug. 12, at twelve, at the Eagle Jim, Longton. Dean, Essex street, Strand, London ; Longton Potteries, Staffordshire. JOHN SPARK AIIW, cattle-salesman, East Herrington, Durham, July 20, at twelve, and Aug. 12, at eleven, at the Bridge Hotel, Sunderland. Meggison, Pringle, and Co., King's-ruad, liedford-row;Kidson and Son, Sunderland. s. S. 39 48 35 40 33 36 —99 t 4 35 28 24 29 N 29 30 33 31 3G 34 32 34 34 38 f 26 34 38 38 38 41 34 36 9.8 32 26 32 DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. A. Dixon and W. Taylor, merchants, Hudeersfield, York shire, July 25, at twelve—P. Axmann and J. G. Christ, fo reign merchants, Mark-lane, July 25, at two—J. Adams, fea ther, merchant, George -street, Thrawl-street, Brick-lane, Spitalfields, July 25, at one—W. H. Griffiths, wine merchant, Lime-street, City, July 25, at half-past one—C. Graydon, ship chandler, Limehouse, July 25, at half-past eleven—J. Marshall, merchant, Birchin-lane, July 22, at half-past twelve. In the Country. W. M. Potts, grocer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, July 25, at eleven, at the Bankrupt Commission-room, Newcastle-upon- Tyne—N. I. and B. Butler, clothiers, Painswick, Gloucester shire, July 27, at twelve, at the Fleece Inn, Rodborough—J. Travis, grocer, Greenacres-moor, Lancashire, July 23, at ten, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. CERTIFICATES-Jut 22. R. Mills, ironfounder, Heywood, Lancashire—J. Watt, mer chant, Liverpool— W. Hounsfield, commission merchant, Man chester—T. and W. Styan, tea brokers, Great Tower-street— C. J. Williams and E. Nevill, factors, Birmingham—B. Read, wine merchant, Worcester—J. Jenkins, auctioneer, Haverford west—W. Crosby, B. Vallentine, and B. White, hardwaremen, Houndsditch—H. Heward, innkeeper, Waltham-cross, Hert fordshire—J. Hawarden, R. Myerscough, and J. Jackson, cotton manufacturers, Little Bolton, Lancashire. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. S. Kelcey, jun. and G. Foord, jun., seed merchants, Lens ham, Kent—A. V. Leaman and C. Snewin, timber merchants, Back-hill, St. Andrew's, Holborn—J. Collins and G. Green, tailors, Bath—J. C. Horsley and T. Cave, oil dealers, South ampton—E. Simpson and H. F. Newell, linen drapers, Brad ford, Yorkshire—J. and A. Aldred, lace edging manufacturers, Ilkeston, Derbyshire—l. Fisher and R. Rouse, wine merchants, Islington-IV. J. Lewis and P. A. Phillips, brewers, Aber gavenny, Monmouthshire—G. Meek and D. Britten, Black well-hall factors, Cateaton-street—J. H. Johnstone and W. Perritt, tea dealers, Walbrook— H. H. Massingham and J. C. Meen, boot makers, Hackney-road-crescent—C. Chedzoy, Cs. Chedzoy, and J. Hulme, wine coopers, Sidney-street, Mile end-road—T. Allen and F. Spurrell, surgeons. Mile-end— E. Harley, S. Lang, and T. Lang, merchants, Bristol—M. A. and NV. Gardner, hosiers, Oxford-street—T. Morris and J. Herbert, common carriers—J. and T. D. Moore, merchants, Liverpool—M. Whiting, jun., J. H. Coward, and E. Can cellor, starch manufacturers, Prince's-street, Lambeth (so far as regards M. Whiting, jun. )—J. Walkinshaw, T. S. Morris. E. Oswin, and W. Goode, oil merchants, Leadenhall• street (so far as regards J. Walkinshaw)—T. S. Morris, E. Oswin, and W. Goode, oil merchants, Leadenhall-street (so far as regards T. S. 11Ioriis)—W. and J. Head, general merchants, Seaton, Devonshire—E. T. Gardner, W. Crankshaw, jun., J. Naylor, and T. Naylor, cotton spinners, Preston, Lancashire (so far as regards W. Crankshaw, jun.)—J. Tomes and W. Handley, coal mer chants, Warwick—S. Danks and IV. S. Stocker, patent shoe bill makers, Wednesbury, Staffordshire—F. G. Richardson and H. T. Lambert, timber merchants, Limehouse—H. P. Gisborne, W. Wilson, and E. Wi!son calico printers, Man chester—W. Bushell, W. D. Bushell, J. Jacques, and S. H. Bushell, merchants, Bristol—J. Wrigley, sen. I'. Wrigley, and J. Wrigley, jun., paper manufw:turers, Lancashire—G. Roake and T. Varty, publishers, Strand—Jh. Rooke, in. Rooke, and W. Hunter; manufacturing ch e mists, Manchester. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. JAMES BAXTER, manufacturer, Dundee, July 4 and 25, et twelve, at the British Hotel, Dundee. ANTHONY APRIA STER, tanner, Stranraer, Wigton shire, July 6 and 26, at two, at the. Clambers of Adair and Caird, Stranraer. WILLIAM ROY, grazier, Clayton, Bridge of Earn, July 7 and 28. at one,•at the St. John's Tavero, Perth. " WILLIAM' HAY and CHARLES OGILVY, merchants, Lerwick, July 6 and 26, at twelve, at the Sheriff-Ceurt-room, Lerwick. . • PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or MuscJvado Sugar, computed from the Returns made in the Week ending June 28, 1842, is 375. 6,id. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Groat Britain. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 1. ROYAL ASSENT. _ _ The Ito) al Assent was given to-day by Commission to the Justices Jurisdiction (No. 2) Bill, the Copyright Bill, the Public-houses Regulation Bill, the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Amendment Bill, and the North American Colonial. Association Regulation Bill. The Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Shaftesbury, and Lord Wharncliffe. Their Lordships resumed at Five o'Clock. MEDICAL CHARITIES (IRELAND). The Duke of LEINSTER presented a petition from the county of Kildare, in favour of exempting the Medi cal Charities of Ireland, from the supervision of the Poor-law Commissioners. His Lordship stated that he totally dissented from the prayer of the petition. Lord GLENGALL presented several petitions from places in Ireland, to the same effect. Lord CARBERY presented petitions, having the same prayer. Lord GLENGALL begged to state, that the sub scribers to these Charities had no objection to a proper supervision, hut they had a great objection to the con trol of the Poor-law Commission. COLLIERIES. The Bishop of LONDON presented several petitions from the North of England, praying the House to take some steps to prevent the degrading employment of females in mines. MEDICAL CHARITIES. The Earl of MOUNTCASHEL presented a petition from the president and members of the Medical Associa tion of Ireland, signed by 79 members of the medical pro fession, and sanctioned by almost all the medical pro fession in Ireland, complaining of the removal of medical charities from the management of the gentry of the country. The whole of Ireland was roused upon this point, medical men as well as others, all of whom pro tested against the statements which they believed had been put fortn from the worst of motives. The petitioners objected to the supreme power over the medical men being vested in the Commissioners, because the petitioners believed that the Poor-law Commissioners had done less good for the money raised on their behalf than any body of men. When the Poor-law question was regularly brought before their Lordships, he trusted the House would pay due attention to the question. `I he Duke of LEINSTER defended the conduct of the Board of Guardians. The Earl of MOUNTCASHEL presented a similar petition from a Dispensary in Cork. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Lis keard, complaining of the taxes on knowledge. LAW OF EVIDENCE (SCOTLAND). Lord CAMPBELL gave notice that it was 'not his intention to bring in any Bill during . the present Ses sion with respect to the mode of giving evidence in Scotland. Upon the most diligent inquiries he had been able to make he had discovered that the law of England and Scotland on this subject were the same, and that the law of Scotland gave the same protection to witnesses •as the law of England did. If he found that the law of Scotland was not the same as the law of England, upon discover ing that to be so he should feel himself bound to intro duce a Bill on the subject. Earl RADNOR moved for certain returns, relative to the importation of corn.—Agreed to. The Earl of FINGALL presented a petition from the Roman Catholics of Oldham, complaining of the griev ances under which. they laboured. The LORD CHANCELLOR postponed the second reading of the Bill for the Limitation of Actions in Ireland to Friday next__ • . PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS (From the Votes and Proceedtngs of the House of Commons.) WEDNESDAY. JUNE 29. ELECTION PROCEEDINGS COMMII TEE. Report brought up, and read :-Motion made, and Question proposed, " That the Report do lie upon the table :-Amend ment proposed, to leave out from the words " That the" to the end of Question, in order to add the words " Order for ap pointing the Select Committee on Election Proceedings be dis charged,"-( Colonel Sibthorp,)-instead thereof :"- Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question :"-The House divided :- MAJORITY-AYES, 177. Acland, Sir T. D.-. N Devonshire James, Sir W. C.-Hull Acland, T. D.-West Somerset J celyn, Vircount - Ly: n Ainsworth, P.-Bolton Joiliffc, Sir W. G.- Peterstield Bailey, J.-Herefordshire Ker, David-Downpatnek Baird, W.-Falkirk, &c. • Labouchere, Right Hon. Henry- Baring, .W. B.- fhetlerd Taunton Barnard, E. G.-Greenwich Lambton, H.-North Durham Barron, Sir H W.-Waterford Lascelles, Hon. W.-Wakefield Bentinck, lord G.-Lynn Layard, Captain Carlow Co. Berkeley, Hon. C.-Cheltenh, m i.egh, G. C.-North t heshue Berkeley, Hon. F. M.-Gloucester Lennox, Lord A.-Chichester Berkeley, Hon. H. F.-Bristol Liddell, Hon. H.-North Durham Bernal, Ralph-Weymouth Lincoln, Earl of-Northampton- Blackburne, Ireland-Warrington shire, South Bowes, John-South Durham Lindsay, H. H....andwich Bramston, T. W.-Essex South Lowther, J. H.-York Broadley, Henry-East Yorkshire Macaulay, T B -.Edinburgh Brotherton, J.-Salford Mackenzie, W. F.-Peebleashire Browne, W. D.- Kerry Mackinnon, W. A.-Lymington Bryan, Major-Kilkenny Co. NPTaggart. SirJohn-Wigton, &c Busfeild, William-Bradford Marsland, Henry-Stockport Butler, Hon. P.-Kilkenny Co_ Martin, John-Tewkesbury Bung, Right Hon. G. S -Chatham Marton, Geo.-Lancaster Cavendish, Hon. G. H.-N. Derby alasterman, J.-London 'Chapman, Aaron-Whitby Miles, William-Somersetshire Chapman, 8.-Westmeath Milnes, R. M.-Pontefract Childers, John W.-Malton Mitchell, T. A.-Bridport Clements, Visc.-Leitrim Co. Morris, D.-Carmarthen Clerk, Sir G.-Stamford Murphy, F. S.-Cork Clive, Edward 8.-Hereford Napier, Sir Charles-Marylebene Cobden, R.-Stockport Nicholl, J.-Cardiff ('eurtenay, Lord-S. Devonshire Norreys, Sir Denham-Mallow Craig, W. G.-Edinburgh O'Brien, J.-Limerick City Crawford, S.-Rochdale O'Connell, Daniel-Cork Co. Cripps, Joseah-Cirencester O'Connell, M. J.-Kerry Dalrymple, Capt.- Wigtonshire O'Connell, John-Kilkenny Dickinsoa, J. H.-West Somerset Ogle, 5.-South Northumberland Divett, Edward-Exeter Packe, C. W.-Leicester, South Do.ii,lzs, Sir C. E.-Warwick Palmer, Robert-Berks Duff, James-Banffshire Parker, John-Sheffield Dugdale, W. S.-Warwickshire Patten, J. Wilson-Lancashire Duncan, G. - Dundee Peel, Rt Hon. sir R.-Tainworth Duncombe. 'l'. S • -Finsbury Pendarves, E. W.-W. Cornwall Duncombe, Hon. 0.-Yorkshire Philips, U. R.-Poole Dundas,David-Sutherlandshire Plumptre, John P.-East Kent East, James Buller- Winchester Plumridge, • aptain-Penryn Easthope, Sir J.- Leicestr r Ponsonby, Hon. John-Derby Ebrington, Lord-Plymouth Pringle, Alexander-Selkirkshire Egerton, Sir P.-South Cheshire Protheroe Edward-Halifax Ellice, flight Hon. E.-Coventry Posey, Philip-Berkshire Ellice, Edward-St. Andrew's Redington 'f. N.-Dundalk Eliot, ' Lord-East Cornwall Rolleston,Cok-S. Nottingham Elphinstone, H..-Lewes Rundle, John-Tavistock Ferguson, Colonel -Kirka'dy Russell, Lord John-London Plelden, John-Oldham Seale, Colonel-Dartmouth Flower, Sir J.--Thettbrd Shaw, Righ t Hon. F.-Dublin Un, Forster, M.-Berwick.onTweed Sheil, Richard Lalor-Dungarvaa Fremantle. Sir T.-Buckingham Sheppard, Thomaa-Frome Gaskell, James Milnes-Wenlock Shirley, E. J -Warwickshire Gladstone, W. E.-Newark.on. Smith, R. V.-Northampton Treat Somers, J. P.-Sligo Gordon, Lord F.-Forfarshire Somerville, Sir Wm.-Drogheda Gore, M.-Barnstaple Stanley, Lord-North Lancashire Goulburn, Right Hon. H.-Cam. Stanstield,W. R. C.-Huddrenfield bridge University Stock, Dr.- Cashel Graham, Right Hon. Sir J. R. G Strutt, Edward-Derby -Dorchester Stuart, Lord J.-Ayr Greene% P.-Wigan Stuart, H -Bedford Greenaway, Charles-Leominster sutton, C. M.-Cambridge Greene, 'l'. G.-Lancashire Thorilely,Thos.-Wolverhampton Grey, Sir George-Devonport froubridge, Sir E. T.-Sandwich Guest, J. J.-Merthyr Tydvil Punic% Heury-Devonport Hamilton, W.-Newport, Isle of Turner, Edmund-Truro Wight Vermer, G. H.-East Iletfiird Hampden ' Renn -Great Marlow Vesey, Hon. T -Queen's Co. Harmer, Sir J.-Hull Vivian, Captain- rariiryn Heathcoat, J.-Tiverton - Walker, H.-Bury, Lancashirt Heneage, Edward-Grimsby Wall, . Baring-Guildford Hepburn, Sir T.-H. Wallace, Robert-Greenock Hervey, lord Alfred-Brighton Wawn, J. T.-South Shields Hill. Lord A. M. C.-Evesham White, Henry-Longford Hindley, Charles-ri.shton Williams, William-Coventry Hodgson, F. - Barnstaple Wodehouse, Edmond-E. Norfolk Hodgson. ltd.-Berwick.on.Tweed Wood, Charles-lialitax Houldsworth, T.-Nottinghatnsh Worsley, Lord-Lincolnshire Howard, C. W. G.-Cumberland Wortley, Hon. S.-W. Yorkshire Howard, Lord-Shaftesbury Yorke, Hon. E. T.-Cambridgesh Howard, Hon. E. (i.-Alorpeth Yorke, H. 11.-York Howard, P. H.-Carlisle Young, John-Cavan Ce. Howard, Captain-Cricklade Hume ' Joseph-Montrose, &c, Hutt, W.-Gateshead Irving, John-Antrim Co. TELLERS. Roebuck, J. A.—Bath Hawkes, Thomas—Dudley MINORITY. Allis, J. P.—Cambridgeshire A ntrobus, Edmund—Surrey A rchdall, Gen. M.—Fermanagh Arkwr ght, George—Leominster Bateson, R.—Londonderry Borth wick, P.—Evesham Broad wood, Henry4Bridgewater Burrell, Sir C.—Shoreham Colville, C.—South Derby 'arby, George—East Sussex D'lsraeli, B —Shrewsbury Douglas, J. S —Rochester Eaton, It. J.—Cambridgeshire I errand, W. B.— Knaresborough Ffolliott, John—Sligo Co. Forester, Hon. G. —Wenlock Fuller, A. E.—East Sussex Gladstone. Thomas—Walsall Glynne, Sir S. R —Flintshire Gore, Ormsby—Salop Goring, H. D.—New Shoreham Grimsditch, T.—Macclesfield Grogan, E.—Dublin Henley, J. W.—Oxfordshire —NOES, 45. Hornby, J. —Blackburn Hussey, 'Thomas—Lyme . Regis Ingestre, Viscount—Sta ff ordshire Inglis, sir It. FL University Geachy, F.—Honiton Manners, Lord J.—Newark Marsham, Lord—West Kent Neeld, Joseph—Chippenharn Neville, R.—Windsor Northland,Viscount—Dungannon Polling ton., Lord—Pontefract Pulsford, Robert—Hereford Rushbrooke, Colonel—Suffelk Russell, J.—N. Staffbrdshire Stewart, John—Lymington Taylor, Capt. E.—Dublin Co. Trevor, Hon. G —Caermarthensh Tyrrell, Sir J. T.—North Essex Verner, William—Armagh Co. Williams, T. Peers—Marlow Wynn, Sir W. W.—Denbighal Ire TELLS. Sibthorp, Colonel-Lincoln Escott, B. —Winchester POLICE IN TEL LRIENCE. CLERKENWELL. Theodore Dickens, .EAq., wes charged by Mrs. 'Woolley, the wife of a groom, with indecent exposure of, his person at his drawing-room and bed-room windows. She brought forward her husband and a girl named Jane Stebbing as witnesses; but although they agreed with her in the main circumstances of the case, they disagreed widely in others ' • the husband prev ar i cate d gross l y on h i s cross-examina tion. It was subsequently proved that he had offered to com promise matter. The defendant denied in the strongest manner that he had committed the offence. Mr. GREENwOOO said as they (the witnesses) agreed in the main circumstances of the case, he should hold the defendant in his own rocognizances to answer any charge that might be preferred against him at the ensuing sessions of the Old Bailey. John Ryan, a sheriff's officer, was charged with indecently assaulting Sarah E. Vincent, aged 13, daughter of the pro prietor of the Queen's Arms, Red Lien-passage. The prisoner is near 130 years of age.—He was committed for trial. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. A Message from the Commons brought up the New South Wales Bill, and several other Bills. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 1. The SPEAKER entered the House at Ten Minutes be fore Four o'Ciock, and prayers haviug been read, at Four o'Clock the Right Hon. Gentleman having counted the House there were only 32 Members present; at this mo ment, however, the Deputy- Usher of the Black Rod en tered, and summoned the House to the House of Lords to hear the Royal assent given toe certain public and private Bills (for which see Lords Report). BIRMINGHAM CHARTER. Mr. DUGDALE presented a petition, signed by four- teen or fifteen 'thousand inhabitants of the • borough of Birmingham complaining of the operation and expenie of the Charter of Incorporation, of Birmingham. GAOLERS. Mr. GREENE presented a petition from the subaltern officers of different gaols in England, complaining that. there was no power of granting them superannuated allowances, and praying the House to take the circum stances into consideration, and make legal provision for that purpose. CHURCH EDUCATION . Lord BA.RNARD presented a petition from Temple Brady, in the county of Cork, against the system of National Education established in Ireland, and in favour of Church Education. _ _ . The New South Wales Bill was read a third time and passed, Lord Stanley having announced her Majesty's assent to the appropriation of the Crown revenues to the purposes of the Bill.. The Stock in Trade Bill was read a third time and passed. The Manchester and Bolton Police Bill was read a third time. BRIBERY BILL The SOLICITOR-GENERAL stated that this Bill had lately been handed to him, and he had not been able to go through the whole of it so carefully as he could have wished ; at the same time, from what he bad seen of it, he saw that it was quite impossible that the Bill could pass in its present state. Without pointing out the defects of the Bill, he would suggest to the Noble Lord that it should be referred to a Select Committee up stairs to put it into proper operative shape. That he thought would be a much more convenient course than going into Committee of the whole House now. Mr. C. WOOD said he had looked through the Bill with great care, and he had come to the same opinion as had been expressed by the Right Hon. and Learned Gen tleman opposite. Mr. MACKINNON said he had given notice that he should move that this Bill be committed on this day six months; After what had taken place he should not now enter into that discussion. He thought what had passed had shown the justice of his motion. He did not now wish to interrupt the business of the House, but he must say that he "thought it impossible for any. Commi ttee so to amend that Bill as to make it proper to pass into a law without entirely altering some of the princi ples of the Bill ; under' these circumstances he should postpone his motion for the third reading being put off till the third reading came before the House. • Lord J. RUSSELL regretted that the Hon. Gentle man opposite objected to the principles of the Bill. He (Lord J. Russell) conceived the principles and objects of the Bill to be correct ones. lie agreed with the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite that the defects of the Bill would be better discussed in a Select Committee than in a Committee of the whole House. He 'was quite willing that a Select Committee should be appointed. He should, therefore, on Monday, move that such a Committee should be appointed.—(Hear.) After a few words from air. AGLIONBY, the matter dropped. NEW WRIT FOR BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. On the motion of Mr. IL BARING, a new writ was ordered to be issued for the county of Buckingham, in the room of Sir W. Young, decea.,ed. SUPPLY—DISTRESS IN THE MANUFACTUR ING DISTRICTS. The House having, on the motion of Sir G. CLERK, resolved itself into a Committee of Supply, and the Right Eon. Baronet having moved the estimates for China and the miscellaneous estimates, Mr. WALLACE rose and said, that in bringing for ward the motion of which he had given - notice relative to the depression of trade and the distress which prevailed among the labouring classes, it was his anxious desire to discharge the duty he had undertaken in the manner which could least lead to any sort of excitement among these whose interests were so deeply involved in the question. The object which he had in view was that there should be a discussion in that House, which would bring to light the actual state of the distress which pervaded these kingdoms from one end to the other. While he would devote his own particular attention chiefly to those localities with which he was more in timately acquainted, and which had in a manner in trusted him with their case, he invited other Members, who represented constituencies like his, labouring tinder deep distress, to take their share in the discussion, and to bring before the House such facts as might have come to their know ledge, and to illustrate their statements by such exam ples as would tend to induce her Majesty's Ministers to take into their consideration that wide-spread—that un precedented distress which prevailed throughout the em pire. Having prefaced it with these few words, he conceived he should best discharge his duty by entering at once. into the task he had undertaken. He would first call the attention of the House to the state of the mercantile metropolis in Scotland—the condition that Glasgow was in. Whilst he thus prefaced what he had to say,. he would state he would bring information before the House ; and he should not trouble the House with anything in the shape of printed documents, or others, without being perfectly prepared to communicate the name of his informant. He was prepared also to give her Majesty's Ministers every information, if re quired; and if it were respectfully demanded, he would not at all withhold the name of his informant from any Gentleman on either side of the House. His object was to state nothing but that which he believed to be true— , to state accurately and fairly, so as to command the utmost attention, not only of her Majesty's Ministers, but of the House at large. Now, he had, in the first place, to . state, that the general trade of the country, he believed from one end of the kingdom to the other, was in an exceedingly distressed slate, and that they would find that no one class could even obtain general employment, without which no country could exist. He believed that lie should best discharge his duty by read ing no documents but those which he believed could be taken. He would first read a letter, dated the 11th .L.ne. It said that trade was in a much worse state than in January last. The numbers of the unemployed had " increased during .the last six weeks. The number of persons ho had been as sisted by the relief fund was 12,000. This did not prove the number out of employment, for these persons generally never applied for relief until they had been supported as long as they possibly could by selling their furniture and clothes. Wages had fallea in every depart- Meat, and there was every prospect of their continuing to fall- Many of the manufacturers had recently discharged a large number of workpeople, and the general feeling was, that this would be continued to a still greater ex tent. That letter was dated the 11th of June. The next letter was dated the 18th of June, which stated that the town was woefully stricken. Upwards of 250 soup-tickets had been furnished, and it was calculated that 1,000 persons had partaken of the soup. There were 1,000 men tine°, ployed, but they had reason to believe that ten times ths. number were o ut of employment in the city of Gin s gow; and were s till o n the increase. The next he would read was a printed document, which he had in ; quired into, a nd h e believed to be correct. It stand that considerable difficulty existed in obt aining information, • b u t th e y h a d every reason to 1 1 . Hey() that one thousand persons were out of em ployme n : The Hon. Gentleman having concluded reading document, went on to say that one of the great causes ofo the House not being informed on the present state i t matters was, that no authorised inquiry had been nil into the distressed condition of the people. He belierev that it would be found that throughout the conn tr ;j generally the authorities were more anxious to c oot ' the state of matters than to make it known to the T j vernment. The Honourable Gentleman nex t ea the attention of the House to another comnindn...,l cation from tlie unemployed in Glasgow. It state al " During the last week there have been severj large meetings of a portion of the unemplolf in the Green, where the causes of their PE:, sent distress, and the best mode of alleviating it, ha l been amply discussed. , At a meeting of this u Thursday, it was resolved that, on the following osa they should proceed en masse. to the city, f o r the pinT d ,,, of soliciting charity. On Friday forenoon, accordit ;, several hundreds of them assembled at the Royal he it change, with the view, it appears, of commencing t• tour of mendicity through the city, by solfciting ":4 sistance from the gentlemen who attend the room' ex, benevolent gentleman, whose sympathies wer ° felt cited by the appearance of so many of low-creatures seeking bread, resolved on ;r o es, ing a sum of money for the purchase of ~;,1 of and proceeded, accompanied by the greater pcntocie the unemployed, to a baker's shop in 11 ,,„ 1.1 7 of. street, where he bought a considerable ninnu'boa loaves, and handed them out to the crowd, by w r r, they were greedily accepted. The pressure, bolefetro, became so great, that the police were forced to inter 0,0 and, for the protection of the gentleman himself , wn ° t he pressed on all hands by the crowd, he was taken tc't police-office, where he was of course at once 5 , e „0l liberty by the lieutenant on duty. The une n e' l l o r again returned to the Exchange in considerab le /i t ief hers, and loitered about for some time, when hat were informed, by the superintendent of police,_Ther they could not be allowed to congregate ter;,4nt in the streets, but that if they wished to br" be tter communication with the auth or ities, they had e d for repair to the City-h a ll, w hi c h wou ld be O Pl,Ol l ° their reception. The entire body th en moved on o it City Hall, from whence they sent a deputation t ° , ;0 1 on the Lord Provost, to whom his Lordship OP' mat' the measures which were taking by the Relief Coln jo y tee for the supply of their wants, and urged th e ,,oh propriety of their assembling on the streets in the tuous manner referred to. The' deputation exP re vi themselves satisfied with his Lordship's statement,ot promised to use every effort in their power to Pre en er repetition of the scene which had that day De tilt hibited. This promise, we have reason to belie:eibeif deputation fulfilled to the utmost ; but, in 'spit e (. 1. solicitations, it was resolved, at a meeting aftervva r° ,, - ,or to assemble again on Saturday at the Royal Pi': o , 'On Saturday forenoon, in terms of the resolOP tiro!, large number met in front of the Exchange, bu t 's , , being remonstrated with by the police, they Went state 6 That he contended was a most unprecedented 51 ' ote things, and showed how necessary it was that 5110 speedy measures of relief should be adopted-,,scriV Hon. Gentleman then read a short paragraph, 0 ing the extent and degree of the distress in Gl as g ° ,,,itV follows :—" The unemployed are still increasing, no te t° standing the vigorous efforts of the relief corionit',ol continue them at the miserable employ men t which ik'i t c , ' numbers of them eagerly compete for. There are' Erato tether, upwards of 1,000, with daily applicati° ll ; ° scores of other 6 miserable Al reeks of men. The osy ing may be considered as a fair estimate of thos e eng at work, such es it is : 3OO Working as labourers on the Milton Estate •••• At the Quarry Hogganfield ..................... • „ 4 0 Breaking stones, &c., at Duke-street .......... •• Do. do. ;se Parliament-road ....... 70 Point Look-out—Garscube-road ..... 250 Weaving ............................. .................. Cleaning Gallowgate-burn ......................... 30 Do. March -burn .............................. .. • 1• 093 •11 lied °l t, Besides the above. about 2,000 persons are suPP -- n eci• i bread an:l soup daily, at the premises in St. 7. 1 „,1) t" Wynd. For the poor miserable souls reduced ,1 1 °5. these sad alternatives, we are entitled to state, t hs id t io° in employment at manual or other labour are 0,.. 55 ' and attentive, while all are grateful and thank te ;',oo° may also state that the above does not by . ., L an 3 re or° include all the unemployed of Glasgow. .- 13 ` c IJP ° ' hundreds starving in misery and rags, who en ° 01 bear the thought of being marshalled up to the oil kitchen, for an allowance of the pauper's fere'safill thousands besides, who could neither break stte" on the highway, nor rake the mud ou t °,, ib filthy drains as the Gallowgate Burn. eirts a letter, dated the 14th June, which he had %Of: from a friend of his, and who had good means or, h ' t t i er, taming the truth, it was stated "trade is mac since January. Many mill-owners, &c. droppi n g ,1 1 0` hands, and more expected to do so. Many per son that matters will be even worse . yet, and a gener al • r ocll and gloomy feeling pervades society. In the bottle 0 11 , something has been doing lately, arising from t h ,,,, e 0a 19 demands at this season of the year, but this de' l , - e svP now over, and the home trade has also become 40 4 On applying to-day at the office of the relief el, - n i th e ; for the unemployed, I find about 3,000 heads of ~". 1 for the city and suburbs, out of wer,,'", 0 5,0 11 ,; the rough calculation is that about twelve' t" - ) 0 ` persons are dependent on this fund at presen t ' o illc sides these, many indviduals are supposed to h e o lio; out employment, but who have not applied ftfi . ,,, v oill;/ having some small means of support left, by p a te their clothes, furniture, &c. Such is the 6 ' things, which it is the pleasure of two-thirds ° I , tr Honourable Houses of Parliament should exist. / &,* once flourishing community. Our trade is drYpilf, its foreign springs being in a state of grad es sill nution, and our home trade will dec,%, col a with it. We are a doomed people. c t i of aristocracy is upon us. Do what )o , to help us ,• you may depend upon the ecc u ti i,,pog r ; these brief details I have given. Had I been orse. to colour them, they would have looked nin, el , l l ,:slt e° Such was the state of things in Glasgow ; an";, - eipr er e t i ion of the manufacturers, shopkeepers, and t ). of the country surrounding Glasgow, was Ol t ( PO; A private communication, dated the 18th, te llig e : which he had received from an active and i li dactil . resident of Kilmarnock, where the carpet m an s e° had been as thriving as in any other part of the road. stated, "During the time I was engegedlatelYt ° n jing some 401. among the unemployed, it was heart-re 600 r j hear in detail the amount of misery a nd. dest i i te the y b, lated by some of the recipients, who declare d boo n neither meat, coals, nor clothing for a long tiroe'oltibil: she e sold every saleable article they had . previo:s itt I , j application for relief. I shall only give one slineeil picture of human misery. One day a perso n I'd be e me to lay his case before the Committee. H e ,:a out of employment since January. His wife t o ne badly for some years with asthma, and had n ti l o to of meat either for her or himself. I knew th e " 0 ,0 o i a respectable resident in the place, and be 1-11 known to the whole of the Committee to be sc) : n g mitred Is. 6d. They could not give him more e" l vo s pressure of the app:icaats, the place being solne t c l sc ore. 3 , rally mobbed. This case is but a fair sample ° I v erg il , beings who were served with 9d. each, the most e u , cO i to adults, and threepence for each child, and presf, scious that scores of them could be found at t' st i s telij i moment who are dragging out a miserable ;' who have no kind eye to pity or hand to he.tollei,4; cannot find work, and who are unable to break work at out-door labour. The reason that sa d, buta; b , is scar;ely heard of in our own neighbourb o to' in whispers, is obvious. 'lf you g ° house of God, the preacher will tell y" tl olcou. is.the cause of your suffering. If hoo d et elder for relief he will shake his tte ll ' . o l jCV: If you apply to the authorities the,' ', l in n et. have no power, and meet you avith t . 0 oil ] tion. If you apply to the editor yoe the newspaper he will burn the article. Beg, f" ) bi e l t ar be apprehended, and put in prison ! Thes e 8 , ;( 1 outlines of a true drama in living character, % vo lt/ to te sented to the optics of our aristocracy, prof' o f them a tale which, if not calculated t° i t 0 010 3 sympathy, might induce fear." The r i k r a i rec e the the next case which he should mention h° P - 4 ° f oil ) from a person well acquainted with the sit liu n eck' 4 5 0 working-classes. The letter was dated ICilteern, June :—" . At no former period were the wort' ° t he, here so ill clad and ill f e d, an d so u tterly 011,Ieich in 0 1 the rents of their houses, or th e little debt 01 0 00 have contracted ; and lam informed by bett er police (who knows the stat e of the peopt . e the w ar ool ,l any man here) that an immense number ° t ie t hej, c „. io classes have sold or pawned every artiolooloplot bring into the market—that now they ha' „ n , snu ni o o the shape of personal property to fall back uy- t he the most -precarious employment, en t hete br scanty wages, alone stand between i , ro ei on . it starvation. An immense number of e rli j o tts t° ,„ r odl" left this place, and many hundreds are all' to O iti itY' they had money to pay their passageb ie cal 3 o . o it / • They are willing to risk any conceiv e eiou en rather than remain where evident ster v at onl„ Is' them. May God grant that your icti wit", t he the present occasion may be atterl d 0 11 °,0 0 vourable results." Another letter stg r orn ble , t working classes were in a most deP lr ,,, t iti 11 ' 0 , 0 0'; of heartless apathy. He thought it the do! disputed that the Government had allo , ,, c ut i o n I t ing classes to fall into such a state of desT eros el 4 ,: e r ' e th e they had now no means of relieving: ti' as , should be his endeavour to bring tbeir _tea th e House, that whether any relief bey ri ' l l : ,l l 11 ' th e there should be an , expression of ca me t° O IPC II means were not aftbrded. He nil ',jell tvesad case of that ill-fated community, Of w , t bee? tow had been heard, th oug h a ll had n ot Y: f feralorLif i it i s g neighbourhood. g I t t h h e o u rlt o petitionod . known to them. 'He came to the case n l i, l e y, l e of -1- td the t par: een btl 191 b day, felt that their situation had f ate d th o e o ve tially dealt with. The letter was " of June. All his (Mr. Wallace's) cornol t t he u s ad The whichPe7re direct. He had seen, with great re4, , pres e Z their bad been increasing from that time WI th e ted (l t lu' oel ots he thought some means should be out he (At'- relief. He (Mr. Wallace) should P ' a id but he should show 'the distress that p_r sho s hoo the ir should be glad if those Hon. Mernb "distressr!,)ol,,r; low him in this debate would point eat the this pa ", ipe r The writer of this letter stated. ' hoe t he diAricts and confine thetnselves 3,o2e,l):_t:frow (1 1° e ll ' 0 0 the manner in which the Governmeog • t~ i 'A