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‘`i ~"' `f,^ evidence of another witness, a young man who ac knowledged that he was frequently intoxicated. From the cross-examination of this witness it appeared that constant and habitual bribery was common among the journeymen hatters of Newcastle. He asked, then, what would be thought of the morality of the country if the House did not take some decided steps against practices like this ? Bribery was also very common. These witnesses told the Committee that they were to get what wars going. William Fellovres gave a descrip tion of a particular species of bribery practised in this bo rough. It appeared that there were constantly processions with flags in the borough ; the flag-bearers were paid ; and it appeared that they were accompanied by burgesses as guards. Every burgess who accompanied a flag received Si. 15s. in money, andss. as fees. Bands were hired with the same view. Se common was bribery in this borough—to such a system had it been brought—that there were actually bribery agencies esta blished in the borough. There were established agents for bribery, who received a regular commission. The bribe wat usually 31. a-head, ; the voter received 21. 18s., and the agent received 2s. as his commission. There was marketing money ; there were dinnerings regularly paid for by the candidate There was a regular system of bribery and of bribery agency. He would now eall the attention of the House to the evidence of Thomas Dilmore, at p. '26. This man's son was a voter for the borough. Dilmore was asked, did you hear the bri bery oath put to your son? Yes. Did you hear him take it ? Yes, and many more besides. Now that son had be fore been 'proved to be bribed. The father knew it. He suffered his son to take the oath without interfering to prevent it. He would ask if such a case had ever before cona‘ under the cognisance (.1' a civilised assembly? A father knows that his son has been guilty of the crime of bribery-- he sees him about to consummate it by the crime of perjury. Does he attempt to interfere to prevent him? No ! Dees he express any regret that he has been the suborner of his his son's perjury ? No Ihe justifies it. Was it fit that such things should be? Was this the scene that moral England ex hibited ? This was the source from which the purity of their legislation originated. They were sent there by the vilee drunkards, bribers, and perjurers in the world. Such fact, having been established in evidence, be thought they ought not to issue the writ without further inquiry. Was it not worth while, when they found such practices accompanied with bribery and perjury, to pause until a full investigation n 1•:, made, and some method sought for the purpose of getting ritt of those objectionable practices?—( Hear. ) The question having been put, Mr. LIDDELL said he hoped the House would not be in duced by those portionsof the evidence produced by the HOil. Member for Cork, with all the ingenuity of a lawyer, to cut.- sent to the suspension of the writ. He was confident the , was no case whatever made out for the suspension of the writ, and as in the opinion of the Right Hun. Baronet (Sir R. Peel ) every case was to be decided on its own merits, he trusted the Hon. Gentleman would not persist in asking for its suspension. The Committee gave no recommendation for the suspension of the writ. It was true objectionable practicesprevailed in the borough.—( Hear, hear.) But if such practices were illegal, ! he hoped the House would suggest some remedy for them. I 1 it was an evil that poor voters took money it was a still greater ' evil that men of education were found to go down to thie.r boroughs with large sums of money in order to induce those poor electors to give their votes, not according to their con science, but for a sum of money.—( Hear, hear.) He hoetet the House of Commons would give a decided opinion on those practices. •But in a large constituency of 1,000 voters, it was no reason why the whole should be punished, because a few yielded to the temptation held out to them. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman the Member for Cork, would make it appear that the amount of treating was more extensive than was really the fact, and if the petition depended on the amount of treating alone, the Committee would not be justified in avoiding the election. The amount of the bills for treating was only 501., or a little more, and that was not an extravagant sum considering the time over which it extended, namely, four weeks.—( Hear, hear.) He hoped he had said enough to in duce to House to believe that there had been considerable exaggerations in the charges which had been made, and to negative the motion of the Hon. Member for Montrose. Mr. C. BULLER said it seemed to be assumed by Hon. Gentlemen opposite, that the issuing of the writ would not be attended with any harm. Now the plain statement of the case was, that the bribe was paid to the electors, after the election, in order to avoid the usual consequences. There was here heaps upon heaps of evidence of money having been paid on the part of the Honourable Member, under the title of market money. The Hon. Member having read several por tions of the evidence taken before the Committee, observed that the character of the borough was notorious for scandalous and continued bribery, and the whole evidence showed that every witness that had been examined had been bribe.: under the semblance of flag and colour money. He must say that he differed from many gentlemen on that (the Opposition) side of the House, with respect to their vices of disfranchising boroughs. He thought that a great deal of their legislation had been objectionable. They should not sus pend the writ without having some good result—some practical remedy in view. But, in the present instance, they had a great object in view. Bribery prevailed in this borough to an extent that was disgusting, and his Noble Friend (Lord John Russell),meant to move for leave t, introduce a Bill to put an end to such an evil; and they should not, while they were adopting measures to stop the evil generally, do that which would countenance the evil in particular instances. Mr. O'CONNELL said that the Hon. Member had under.. stood him (Mr. O'Connell) to have confined his observations to the evidence of the two cases he had adduced. He (Mr. O'C. ) had stated that the directions respecting the liquor had been general during the canvass. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that in opposing the amendment of the Hon. Member for Montrose, he did net mean to say that he approved of the practice of paying head- money, which appeared to have prevailed in the borough of Newcastle ; and he was ready to admit that some objectionable DISTRESS OF THE COUNTRY. practices had taken p e lace in the borough at the last election : bat that was no sufficient ground to justify the House in having ` sir. WA.GLACH ;live notice that he would postpone recourse etoextrememeasures; inasmuch, as there were few or M e ' scotion to the 23 d, - And that he would move for a elections at which some proceedings of an objectionable Coettniti , :tee to inquire into the present distress of the character had not occurred. He should observe that the House comm ereled and trailing districts. bad not in any case a constitutional right to suspend a writ THE • POOR-LAW S. merely for the purpose of punishing a borough. If they ;..Tr. GRIMSDITCH gave notice of a motion, referring wished to disfranchise a borough, it should be done by an Art Poor-lave) the purport of which was quite lof the whole Legislature, and with the consent of the Crown. He apprehended that the Commons would not suspend a writ, ee the. .new inaudible .in the gallery. He oleo begged t o as k t h e . even temp..rarily unless with avew of lt gi d . v i ig ro t t im e to cn b n ri f n es g s i d n Secretary, i ss u thethe r it 114r,ht Hoits.d3t!ronet, the li,:me,. a Bill for its permanent ' suspension. was his. intent:on. to move the ,record r - gof the I appear to him that any case of general bribery in the borou e ol: PoOr-law Coutinunetee Bill to-inor7oet ? I of Newcastle, which could justify such a step as this ,had been Sir J. GRAHAM i. aid, it would depotgi on the I Pr° - made out. No witness before the Newcastle Committee had grese made in the tariff. refused to answer a question ; there had been no compromiee LOCKING RAILWAY CAULIAGES. ,sad with regard to treating it was not considered even as suffie .Sir R. 11. INGLIS said he had uecierstood that a via , I eient ground to unseat the Members, much less to justify the ruler letter had been addressed by the Government to i suspension of the writ. The Committee had reported a few thedifl'erent railways of England on the prsztie,e eefloejeieg cases of bribery, but they had made no report at all against the the doors of the railway carriages ; he had also under- harough, and had not made any recommendation that the wilt should suspended. He dill not consider there were any e. .00d, that on the part of one ra ilroad that had ter proceeding against the borough of Newcastle. He b e , n more particularly refe rre d to, die Great Western, gr°Pn4s objetted to sttspAnding the writ, on constitutional grounds ; as i t ;'ad been signified that the Compeliy ' ye ' the House of ready Cornmerie had no power of suspending it for the a 'o alter the practice of lockin g the eeeend door purpose of punishing the . bprougli. 4tf the t e lrriages , in conft-srtnity with the requese pc , ‘ Mr. BERNAL agreed that there was no ground for the the Gov erre -neut. He wished to ask the Ri g ht Hoe,. : ie . /evoke:am to be built on the drunkenness prevailing in New - Gentleman, t,.'° Vice-President of thei3oard of Trade caste,nnt they came to this point of constitutional * circular bad been addeaeeed to the , doctrine, an'd bore he thought that his Honourable and whether such Railroad Companiee t whether suet a answer il.eal be. n I Learned Friend took fee neerew a view of it. If they were 10 and whethee j,::' hued any oteee..- I earnest, the House must suspend writs when the recommenda 'returned to that letter ; , a. these coment e u eations to the I 44.1? AL tp do so was thrust under their noses, Why else had tt e elan to present copies of j COUltui4,49* the power of sitting and reporting : at all ? House. • , It was proved tket the objectionable practice of giving head • . Mr. GLADSTON E said such ft S'eply had been re; , a z:oney had prevailed 4 flip last election, and also at a previous eeived, in answer t o a letter from the board of 'Trade.: • ce. LI. would not now ante, into the question whether heal ' seating that it was their intention to give tip the prac- • money was or zas not bribery ; but ha must say, that if there :1.,:e of locking the seeond doer of the carriages ; there wete not sufficient icr ,e:inds in this case for suspending the writ, vamp.) objection to lay on the table a copy of the letter it would be vain even toitten:ot to suppress bribery. from the Great Western Company in which this decision Mr. WYNN said, he could not i efrain from expressing his opinion that, in this case, there were ' Ithtlhcient grounds for , was come to. EAST INDIA COMPANY. • further inquiry. For the second time, there had 4ren the pee . Mr. D'ISRAELI gave notice that, on Monday next, tire of head money.—( Hear, hear.) But it would §oeut that , he should move for a return of certain sums p aid b y the if money were taken before the elector voted , it was bribersl Lasverentent to the East India C om p an y . but, if it was taken afterwards , it was onl y a g ratification.— (Laughter, and Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Gentleman THE BISHOP OF QUEBEC. then went on stating the evidence that was teken before the Mr. W. 0. STANLEY, seeing the Right lion. Gen. , and that there was sufficient to n gee t h e Committee, said id 'tiena , it the Secretary at War in his place, wished to put House, in his opinion, to suspend the writ, The Right Beta to hint a question which lie had on a Foote r Gentleman concluded by stating that he would support the evening • asked t.f" the Noble Lord the Secretary motion for inquire. for the Colonies. An officer imiel died at Quebec, Sir R. PEEL had stated, in the discussions that had prevt ' and his brother officers,- anxious to raise a cushy taken place, that he found it difficult to adopt any pries monument to his. metnoty, to mark their esteem ciple capable of general application. He must, therefore, judge for his character, had applied to the Bishop for per- of the merits of each particular case, upon a review of the mission to erect ir, in the Cathedral Church. special circumstances of that case. In endeavouring to adept "The application was refused, on the gro und that that course, it had been supposed that he had come to eon the deceased officer was not tot habitua l communicanz Meting decision; ; and as a proof of that the cases of Ipswiett , It was understood, however, that a lengthened cornea- . w rn t S,at:l d mLt m ot l t t o e,th e ee co n ne r i e o f . e i r o r n ed th t a o t . so In the case of Ips ffi -Sent grounds haa poudence had taken plane between the Bishop and this not been brought forward for suspending the writ, thinkitig Commanding Officer of the regiment ; and he (Mr. 0, • that such a course ought not to be pursued unless warranted :Stanley) now wished to FL-.k the Right Hon. Gentleman by strong circumstances i and the Noble Lord opposite agreed opposite whether he knew any thing of such a col res- with him that there were no grounds for suspending the writ in pundenee, and whether,an c ase it had reached him, Le that case. With respect to Southampton, if ha hail had to deride upon the Report of the Committee alone he should would have any objection to produce it ? air 11. HARDINGE said that no part of the corref,- I have voted for theissei ct eg r o g f the writ ; but when he found ups of the le of that place, affirming that eaten dence in question had eviir readied the authorities iu . wards ( . 4 300 had pon .prevailed ° there, andthat if nine bribery this country, and he could not consequently product: it, lowed they should be Ole to prove it, he felt bound to vote for He ts ould take that opportunity of saying that he had served , the suspnsion of the writ. Looking, however, at the present in the :tame regiment with the deceased officer , oral case, be e did not think there was se strong a ground for sue tie could bear his testimony to his excellent cptelitie:.•• pending the writ as there was even its the Ipswich case. He NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME ELECTION. admitted that the amide of distributing money under the title Mr. ADDERLEY moved that a new writ should be 4 of inerkit money, was most objectionable; as it was, the lorg Issued for the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme. Ile prevalence of the custom ceetaiply did in some degree diminises did nut see how'the House could refuse to accede to the the charge of bribery. Ott the whole e be saw no ground fur . uiotien, as no case of corrupt proceedings at the latei disfranchising the bereugh ; and he shoeld therefore give his election had been Made out against the borough. ' l vote for the issuing of the writ. Mr. MACKINNON seconded the motion. Lord JOHN RUSSELL seid that he should vote spiel the immediate issuing of the writ, end he should feel it het Mr. HUME 'Opposed the motion. He thought that duty to do - so for the reasons which the Hon, and Learned the Hothseshould not accede to it until the had inquired Gentleman the keelicitoreGeneral had assigned for adopting a ' fillet the allegedbribery in the borough at the last . election. contrary course, The Hon. and Learned Gentleman had Ile proposed that the" • question of time issuing of the writ stated that it was doubtful whether head-money could he 'i ld be.Postponed' e sou for a f • ortmght ; and he would fur-' strictly considered as bribery; and he had gone on to sas ther move that a Select Committee be •t 1 ' that he hoped he (Lord J. Russell) would settle the point in quire into the extent of bribery at the a l p a p s totn election to fi i n a. -- tl:e Bill which he was abaft to introduce. There was, how- The borough of Newcastle-under-Lym e . . doubt but the P ractice WAS illegal, and that it was the ever, no Mr. O'CONNELL seconded the motion. He begged duty of the House, as much as possible, to discout age Dot •to call the attention of the House to what had passed in if that were the case, it did not eppear to him that it would he this borough. In the year 1838 a Committee P sat ' advisable to issue the writ at present for the borough of New • on the subject, and they reported in the month . castle-under-Lyme, because the electors would say, that as it of Nlarch:a that year, that most objectionable praCtices was doubtful whether bead -money partook of the nature of existed in the borough of distributing money after t h e bribery, they might receive it without any danger hf ittcu r rr b ing eleetiou among the poor, and in the present Report the censure of the House ; and die practice_ would, in all a p o a- Illity e prevail at the new election, as it bad prevailed former the charges were contained ; so game that it e eetions. had gotta On appeared that these practices for The House then divided, when the numbers were - yenrs.-:-:(IIear.) Was the House, therefore, after a For the motion • emend - Report, to issue a writ before knowing that the Against it . practice was put an end to ? He believed that this clues. Majority for issuing the writ ... ~,,,, --46 non, instead of being a light affair, ++ as one of the twist 9.7 our re-admission to the gallery we found al H UME s I, * ;. serious that had come before the House for some time. pea-mg. He would suggest a much bete? mode . of - - - elle believed that the money distributed had led to the moet 0 repeal Tiecee e dt l eg than the present see-saw one, which was 3 1 Profligate drunkenness. He arraigned the constitheney r dowe tothlettrhco nstituentsagainstget and buy all they could It appeared . ler that, for corrupt bribery and tie MI petamm7 t h e people E , to him an attempt to blind o f * - - ngland to say there "`. . turd also he• . believed - that the minister of reit- . was a disposition to stop bribery, when he now saw the Minister Via was • Ile' pander to that bribery.—(llette 0 i.) 'of the Crown, leading the opposition ti, nquiry. He there. A voter ,Atie had gat his son bribed. attended fore, regretted that the time of the House '' . should be uselessly 'seithhis - son at the 'polling booth, le ho innate_ occupied. . c 'eliately vOted after his father. The bribery 1 ' yet t The SPEAKER then put the question that the writ be was tendered t o hi m i n t h e presence of his father issued, which was agree d to, , who hail teen instrumental • lie, bribery. When .In the , BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS BII.L. • r .i . • Lord JOHN RUSSELL then rose to move for leave 4 , rather NS b asked how he couldallow r j ure' Ihimeelais reply was thatothers bring in a Bill for the better discovery of Bribery in 4 had done the same. If he the Election of Members of Parliament. He said wade out cases of co . • titntotte drunkenness ttnd bribery, that the House had considered that bribery was an and a total disregard theofsolemn obligation of an oath, evil whirls poisoned the fountains and sources of re, would the House issue its w se nt (i toempewer those drunken . presentation. He knew that ingenious arguments had - wretches and perjurers to a Member to Parliament? been brought forward showing that as they could not do away all -•. He would next call the n attention Co of the House to the corrupt practices—as they could not establish complete intelli - • .evidence given before the u nTittee on the Belfast gence and complete purity in the theesterciseof to electoral fran eelection petition in 1838. Thepartial tit. lion and Learned bribery.chise—it was useless to attempt by law ßussell) heard that .4entleman hero read extracts ° from the evidence But until he (Lord J ,elf Richard Wade, a housekeeper considerable number in that argu. of Belfast rnent supported by some sa d his wife, which went to sh ow tr ' he should consider that in this, as in all our cases, they would that i . qttentities of liquor had been - consumed on theirare endeavour by inquiry, by penalty, an d by punishment, to . pet premises by voters during those elections, and that an end to that which the law could reach, although they might this liquor had been ordered by the Tory c • Committee.' said • not be able to do all that they w i s h e d t o do. It had been with respect to bribery by a great authority, " If you show • As far,' then, as the election went, nothing could be jme the bribery I will show you the law to punish . it." He • ' 'claarer than that treating and drunkenness pre- (Lord J. Russell) believed that to be perfectly true with res p ect • "'tailed to a great ex tent. The Hon. and .to the p en alti es of bribery—there could be no act of bribery 1 . . ` Learned Gentleman then read extracts from the committed with which respect to there was. not some penalty . . , -- he took - a 'public-house, at a rent of 7(1 a ;'On; ;that owing to the progress of the temperto:ce ::,moment under Father '. , lath,: w. and other utro:tuneto circututences, he became greatly . embarrassed ; that Li s -- poiitical opinions, with one exception, have always been opp,::.-ied to the Tory candidates, and that he had de termined at the last election to vote in favour of Loyd Belfast and Mr. Muss ; that he had been • waited oa by partisans of the Tory candidates and by the candidates personally, and offered large sums of money to vote for Mr. Tennent and Mr. Johnstone ; that he knew that large bribes had been offered to electors to vote for the Tory candidates ; that his wic,!. pressed him to vote , against his opinions on aceottut of his embarrassed circumstances ; that two 1 active members of the committee of Messrs. 'Ferment and Johnstone had pressed him to ac cept money for his vote ; that on the third day of polling those two members of the Committee pressed him to take twenty pounds for h:a vo e. He stated that about eight or nine o'clock in the even ing, two gentlemen of the Tory Committee came to his ;house, and gave him a 201. note ; that he was afterwerds srbliged to sell his furniture to meet the demande of his crec titers ; that his - customers of the Liberal party . totally. deserted him, and that he got very little credit from the opposite party. lie was told however, that Mr. Tennent hoped to get an appointment in the Government, and that he would then get one for him ; and a letter was written to him from Liverpool, elated August, 16, 1841, in which he was told, that if he would point out any situation which he could till, the writer would exert any influence hich he possessed to procure it for him. The le:ter was signed "J. E. Tennent." He stated that he then fnrwarded to Mr. 'ferment some testimonials eigned by a number of persons in the town. Early in April last he again wrote to Mr. Tennent ; and, in reply, Mr. Tennent said he had better come up to Len clan, that he might be at hand. In reply to another .letter, Mr. Tennent stated that he was sorry ,that he had not anything to report yet, but :that it was almost too soon to expect it. 'rho petition then went on to state that the petitioner repeatedly called on Mr. E. Tennent, but was unable to obtain any favourable answer. The petition then proeceded to state that on Thursday laSt the peti tioner called at the East India Board, when it was stated that Mr. Tennent was too busy ' to see him ; and, upon the petitioner calling efterwards, Mr. Tennent declined seeing him, but sent hint back halfn-sovereign. On another occasion of the petitioner's calling, he was told that the matter was com promised, and that the ex-Members would pay all the expenses. The petitioners then stated that exten sive intimidation was exercised at the last election. and . that the most improper conduct prevailed ; that the arrangements were made in the Committee of rho sitting Members, and must have been known to them ; gat tile best thing which the petitioner now conceived ~he stools, do was to offer to prove the same to their Hi - iOuraiele House, and to expose the scandalous practices • took place at the election. He, therefore .grayed for a Select Committee to inquire into the ~e4ets, and for indemnity to the witnesses. The geght Hon. Gentleman then said that he meant to give notice of a motion at as early a day as he could, dee purpose of proving those and other facts which capable of proof of the nature stated in the pe tition—the number of persons who were bribed— Jflp errnspirary to personate—and that a select itiody of persons were ready to come up and personate • th?se whose names appeared upon the list, -and that vane of . them actually voted for two persons. lie would therefore, move on Thursday next the a,. Select Committee to inquire whether A corrupt compromise had been entered into, for the , le,e:pose of avoiding investigation into gross perjury, and . • c:/qensiee personation of voters, which had been alleged • tnhave been practised at the late election for the town of • Aelfast. lie should also move that the petition be printed - awl circulated with the Votes. Mr. S. O'BRIEN seconded the motion, which was ak . greed to. ALLOTMENTS OF WASTE LANDS. Mr. -. • FERRAND gave notice, that he would move for leave to bring in a Bill to complete the allotment* of our waste lands in those places where the population amounted At) 10,000 persons. DISTRESS OF THE COUNTRY. The HON. GENTLEMAN also gave notice that he would ott Wednesday next move, that an humble address be I , w :wilted to her Majesty, expressing their deep regret t ,Ne amount of distress in the country, and beseech iwg bet' to grant the sum of 1,000,000/., for the purpose eif relieving that distress, and which would be provided lemr by Parliament. PRISON BILL. The Hoste GENTLEMAN also gave notice that he would „move for a repeal of the Act of Parliament called- the titeeen's Prison Bill. MERCANTILE MARINE. C, NAPIER gave notice, that he would, on Tilivliday next, move for a Select Committee, to inquire into ti.:e state of the Mercantile Marine ; and also to a - certain whether the Registration Bill was deficient or 'ite stiM, teoNbolst. teiNL I SAI MaitNiNG, JUNE 7, '1842. affixed by law.; but the difficulty was to discover that bribery, I, towns could do more than they could to put me end to and to show it to the satisfaction of those who were to be the corruption.—( Hear.) He considered that the Noble Lord, judges and the juries of the Houses of Parliament. in introducing the clause which admitted the proof of bribsry The Bill which he pro posed to introduce did to be given before the proof of ageney, had struck a greater ./10t as much direct any new or increased penalties blow et bribery than anything that had ever been adopose fur bribery, as intend to endeavour to ' bring to light, He believed that although the Noble Lord's Bill would not by a more efficacious plan than had been hitherto proposed, have the effect of putting an end to bribery, it would prevent the bribery which had taken place. He believed that the it in a great measure : and such being his opinion, he would Act passed in the last Session of Parliament which did not give it his cordialsuppom. make it necessary to prove agency in the first instance, al- i Mr. HUME was convinced if Hon. Members were sincere though curtailed of much of its properties in the other House, !in their wish to put down bribery they would succeed. He had yet been found to have considerable good effect; however : thought every party ought to be treated alike, and that every it did not reach the desired object which he expected his Bill man coming forward and giving money in the shape of a bribe to attain. He would state what he proposed under different .at elections, ought to be punished.—(llear.) He, however, heads. The first part of the Bill which he proposed would be I believed that mitil the con s ti tuen cy was enlarged, bribery with a view of preventing compromises, and would refer to i would never be put down. No good could be effected till they disclosures of bribery at Election Committees. He should ! got the ballot--( A laugh.) propose that parties who asserted bribery bad taken i Mr. ROEBUCK thought that when an Hoe. Member place should be obliged to state the names of the I came to the table to be sworn, and gave in his qualification, parties alleged to be bribed some time beore !he should also be required to give in the expenses of Iris elec the Committee stet. He proposed likewise to insert in this I tion.—( Hear, hear. ) part of the Bill that there should be indemnity from penalties I Lord SANDON believed that the adoption of such a course to witnesses in certain cases. When a full disclosure was I would in no manner indicate what had taken place at the elec made of acts of bribery, the Committee, in the mode which Mon. There were many expenses incident to the excitement had been agreed to with respect to past acts of 'bribe, y, should j of an election in a large constituency, such as music, and other have the power to report tea the House that certain witnesses i things, which could not be avoided ; and, looking at the whole had made a full disclosure of those acts of bribery, and that ; subject, he must confess he could not me his way out of it, they (the witnesses) should be indemnified f-om any penalties I unless the House admitted certain expenses to be incurred. to which they might be otherwise liable. He also proposed, in Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. the sane part of the Bill, that Members, and candidates, and PETITIONS. their agents, might be examined before the Committee. The Mr. Alderman HUMPHERY presented a petition from next part of the Bill was intended to prevent concealment, by 360 of his constituents, against any reduction in the duty on any fraud or Compromise of an election petition. In the first furriga boots and shoes. part of the Bill he secured, as far as possible, that the names be Mr. LA BOUCHERE presented a pet Lien (we did not hear given of the parties alleged to have been bribed. In this part from what - place) against any alteration in the duly on foreign of the Bill he proposed that the Committee, in certain cases, if hemp. they were satisfied that any compromise had been made, Mr. THORNELY presented three petitions from Liverpool, and the proceedingshavingcome to aclosemhey believed that tire signed by 2,600 persons, and the petitioners stated that petition was withdrawn in consequence of that compromise, they regretted that the amended tariff did not contain a reduc that they should report to the House such their belief, and that thin in the duty on foreign sugar. They stated many reasons the House rhould give their authority to proceed in such way why the duty should be equal, and they prayed the House to as might appear advisable. He also proposed that a solicitor or tak e t h e su bj ec t into its immediate consideration, with a view to agent should be named by the Speaker, or general Committee, assimilating the duty on foreign sugar, and stesar the growth for the purpose of proceeding with the matter of complaint.. It of our possessions. Also a petition signed by 204 wholesale and it should be complained that bribery was coinmitted by the retail grocers and coffee dealers of Liverpool to the same effect. sitting Members, the Election Committee was to have the same Lord SANDON presented a petition from the operative power of declaring the election void, i,s if the parties complain • rope-makers of Liverpool, complaining of the reduction con ing had proceeded with the prosecution—the inquiry to be tun- templated in the duty on foreign . cor d ag e. The petitieners ducted in the same manner as Election Committees now were ; state d t h at a great amount of foreign cordage was brought into the costs to be levied on the sitting Member, if they or their Liverpool and exported to foreign parts. agents were proved guilty of the bribery, in the other case to THE TAhIFF. be levied on the petitioner. In ease a petition complai n i ng e t '1 h e House then went into Committee on the Customs At. extensive bribery in a certain Mace, were presented, an d th at th e On th e clause regulating the duty nn foreign timber being petitioner was deterred from proceeding with the prosecution proposed, from a fear of the cost, he proposed that such a petition Mr. ROEBUCK' proposed that the duty on colonial be treated in the same manner as any other election petition, and foreign timber should be equal, but lie spoke in so and the prosecution to be conducted by the so:icitor named by extremely low a tone that it was a considerable time the .Speaker, and the proceedings might likewise terminate like before we could hear him. He said the colonies derived no the proceedings in the other cases, by a derision that the seat benefit whatever es colonists from a differential duty. He, was void. By all those provisions he intended to prevent can took the trade in pine. In the year ending January, 1842 didates from expecting that by means of a large distribution o f the amount of pine imported from the colonies in America money, to the amount of 4,000/. or 5,0001., either by them- was 614,057 loads of pine timbet. From Europe the amount selves or their friends, they could obtain seats in that House-- was 131,468. He would take the prices of two years, 1841- that a check rnight be imposed upon those persons anxious for the 1842. Foreign timber was delivered in London, duty free, at honour of a seat in that House, so that they would not obtain 21. T6s. the load, Canadian timber at 4/. os. Bd. There was a that object by means of bribery, and would at the same time duty on foreign timber of 2/. 155., which made the price lose a considerable sum of money. The object of persons Si. I Is., and this was for the best article that could be got. bribed was very different ; they only sought for immediate re- The duty on Colonial timber was 10s., and this for a bad ar ward ; and there were two modes of proceeding with regard to title, which made the price 41. 15s. 84., so that by our ad those who received bribes in boroughs. The first mode to re- mirable fiscal regulations, the best article that could be ob rnedy that evil was to disfranchise the borough, and he owned tained was at the price of 5/. I Is., while the worst article that seemed to him to be the preferable mode when the borough amounted to as much as 4/. 15s. Bd. How was this a pro was very small, and only enjoyed its right to send Members to tection to the colonies ? and what a loss was this to the people Parliament by prescription. But with regard to large towns, of this country, when they considered that the red such as Liverpool, he did not think that mode would pine from Canada was one-third less in value than be the best. The other remedy was to suspend that of the pine from Europe. The revenue would the power of the boroughs to return Members of be benefited by the proposal which he submitted to the Parliament for one .or two Parliaments, or for a certain number Committee.—( Hear, hear.) He found that the revenue de of years, but he confessed he did not think that was so much in rived from the importation of timber last year amounted alto the spirit of the Constitution. But then came the difficulty gether to 708,3081. ; and the number of loads of timber im which he had foreseen as much as any one, namely, that of ported was 745,000. Now if they imposed a duty of 20s. a carrying any of those Bills into a law. There was first the in- load, even supposing that the quantity imported did not increase, quiry before the Committee, and perhaps they had to make the they would have a revenue of 745,000/„ being an increase of same inquiry again at the bar of the House, and aft, r the ins- nearly 40,0001. upon the revenue that had been last year rea portant political business of the Session postponed this inquiry lised. They need not be deterred from adopting the proposal from time to time, the Bill did not go op to the House of Lords he recommended by any fear of injuring Canada. The timber till the second or third Session of Parliament; and when it trade in that country was now a mere gambling speculat'on, came to the House of Lords, they were disposed to look strip- which gave employment to a rude class, only very limited in gently upon the subject, and demanded a great deal of evidence, numbers, and which did* not benefit the population generally. the consequence of which was that the witnesses who established Again, he did not think that our shipping interest would sut the case in the first instance were not forthcoming, or the evi- fer from the proposed alteration so much as some might boa deuce given was not such as was given before in consequence of gine. He believed that the greater part of the vessels which the parties being desirous that the borough should not be dis- would cease to be engaged in the timber trade of Canada franchised. Thus, after one or two years were spent, it re- would hereafter be employed in carrying on the trade to peatedly happened that when the Bill came before the House of which the late changes in the tariff would give rise. The Lords, the evidence was in their opinion not sufficient to sup- Hon. and Learned Gentleman concluded by moving that the port the disfranchisement of the borough, or at least not suffi- duties oar colonial and foreign timber should hereafter be hOs. dent to please the legal Lords in that House. He had, in per load. 1834, attempted to remedy those evils by proposing a certain Sir H. DOUGLAS could not approve of the proposal of the Committee who should inquire into the subject. That Bill was Hon. and Learned Gentleman. It was impossible to deny altered in the House of Lords, after considerable deliberation, that it would seriously affect the interests of Canada. He de. and a new shape was given to that Bill. He did not object to flounced the policy pursued with regard to their colonies as a the principle of the Bill as altered. The alteration was rninous policy. 'lle timber trade had the effect of clearing that instead of a separate investigation into these matters by the land and preparing the soil for the occupation of emigrants, the two Houses of Parliament, there should be a joint invest- and he contended against the policy of any measure that tion, and that the subject should be examined in such a motile would discourage the trade.—( Hear.) Ile contrasted as might be analagous to an examination by a Grand Jury, the -certainty of the colonial trade with the uncertainty the case coming before a tribunal composed of the Houses of of the foreign trade, and wished to see it kept entire, by its Lords and Commons. It had been proposed that the Commis- ' great and indispensible link, differential duties. He concluded skin should consist of seven Members of the House of Com- by reading a tribute to the commercial and political greatness of mons and five of the Lords,' with a Judge to preside. Now, England, from the pen of Charles Dupin, which he ascribed he thought that there was a great objection to a Judge pre- to the greatness of her colonial system. 'I he same opinions siding in those matters. He thought that they so much con- had been expressed by other - political writers; he had never cerned Parliament and the rights of legislation that they ought surrendered himself to the systems of free trade advocated by to be decided by Members of the Cords and Commons with rut gentlemen opposite, but he had agreed to an examination of the intervention of a Judge. He thought also that the the question, with a view to secure the greatest benefit to one number proposed equal to that of the jury was unnecessarily interest, with a fair amount of protection to the other. But large. He thought that if there were five Commoners and tour if they made themselves dependent on foreign nations for their Peers, or four Peers and three Commoners, making a supply, they should break down the springs of their greatness commission of seven or nine, it would be sufficient, and prosperity, and and it would be better, instead of a Judge, to have " Living, should forfeit fair renown, the Presidency .of a Peer appointed by the Crown. And, doubly dying, should go down He had already said that all the Members should bo appointed To the vile dust from whence they sprung, by the Crown. He should propose to give the Commissioner Unwept, unhonoured, and unsung. the power of seeking the assistance of a Judge as was done by Mr. P. M. STEWART said, as his Hon. and Gallant Friend Committees of the House of Lords in judicical inquiries, Per, who had just sat down had passed a high eulogium on the tariff, baps it would nut have occurred to' him calling for the assi s t he must say that he thought that measure had received as much ante of the Lords in these cases, if the Lords themselves mad welcome from that (the Opposition) side of the House as from not taken up a similar proposition; butes they had done so, and that by which it was propounded.—( Hear, hear.) That his consideration was brought to the subject, be thought it tariff, with all its faul..s, was one which ought to be hailed by this was as good a rule as could be proposed of carrying on these commercial country as the charter of much good now, arid of investigations. The next part of the subject was, bow ta r snore hereafter. In one respect, however, he thought it was sadly these investigations should be carried. He proposed that the defective, namely , in the proposal with respect to the timber results of the inquiry should be laid before both Houses o f duties. 'I he colonies were, in his judgment, the best marked of Parliament, who would legislate in the several cases according this country, and they appeared likely to become yet more eaten. to their peculiar circumstances. It would be necessary that sive. His (Sir. Stewart's) complaint of the measure proposed by the House of Commons should in the first place address the Government (and he did not treat it as a party question, but as a Crown to appoint the Commission, and that either by great national question) was that it would so far prostrate the an address to the Crown, or by an order of the strength and means of the Canadians to carry on competition House, the Commission should be assisted in its (and competition was desirable), that the consumer would inquiries by the Attorney-General. There were two suffer in the sequel. . The Timber Committee which sat in other clauses in the Bill which he had to propose; 18.35, arid of which the late Lord Sydenham was chairman, one of these had for its object the abolition of the bribery oath. had recommended that the reduction in the differential duties --(Hear, hear.) He was convinced that the oath did not on timber should not exceed 15s. in the then existing duties. tend to prevent bribery; whilst it too often happened, that to That recommendation went even beyond the evidence taken the crime of bribery was superadded the awful crime of p e r- before the Committee, which did not recommend a greater jury.—(Hear, hear.) The other provision which he proposed reduction than 7s. or Bs. Lord Srdenham, last year, in his was in accordance with a suggestion made in the course of this letters from Canada on this subject, mentioned it as particularly evening's discussion. It was, that any promise or gift after the desirable that the recommendation of the Committee of 18:35 election should be held and deemed bribery.—( Hear, hear.) should be adhered to; and what he (Mr. S.) complained of He was aware that in the Bill which he would have the honour was, that that recommendation was not adhered to in the pre to propose, there were Some provisions not in conformity w i t h sent proposition of the Government. Until the evict, nee given the practices of the Courts of Law. One of these was an in- before the Committee of 1835 could be refuted, he (Mr. S.) demnity to persons giving evidence before the Commission, considered that no alteration in the duties should take place. This might be objected to as prospective indemnity, and in so The Hon. Gentlenian concluded by moving "That the duty on far an encouragement to offend ; besides, it might be said that " colonial timber be reduced to 5s per load, and the duty on fu the Bill would, in this case, give to Parliament that power of reign timber to 355. ; and t hat the measurement of deals , fur the pardon which was the prerogative of the Crown alone. H e duty, be taken in conformity with the admitted the force of the first objection, that it recommendation Committee of 1835. the did hold out to persons likely to commit an it The question having been put, fence the prospective pardon, but he thought that it was ne- Sir. MLA DSTON E said that if the proposition of the lion. 'Smeary to give to the Commission the same power of enabling Member fur Bath were true, the propositions of the Govern persons concerned in an offence to come forward and give evi.. meat would have a tendency to mitigate them. What he him deuce for the sake of justice, without fear of personal come- self stated was conclusive against the adoption of his own plan. quences to themselves, as the Crown possessed even in re- He admitted that his plan was not without utility in point of spect to the worst of crimes, such as murder, in which the revenue ; but that was not the only considerati n which Crpwri had the power of giving pardon and indemnity to any weighed with the Government. There were political reasons witness who was not the principal in the commission of the which influenced them still more. He now came to the pro act. The Crown had that power, and, with the advice of legal Posi tion of the Hon. Gentleman who had spoken last, who sari Advisers, held out the promise of such Pardo'' , ; but no one could that he was &Maid the colonial interest would be laid pros say that this was holding out a prospective pardon for the com- trate by the Government proposition. He was inclined to mission of such enures. It was also objected that the Bill think that Iris Hon. Friend found it difficult to steer between would give the power of enforcing answers which would crimi- his free trade and his interest as a colonial proprietor.— who was benefited by the proposition of the Government.(Leughter. ) His Hon. Friend asked what was gained, and nate the evitneSs, a thing not recognised in the Co ur te of Law ; but he Isle satisfied that if they wished to pre v en t bribery at elections, they must adopt What interest rather was not greatly advantaged by the Immo __ the praertige of the Courts of Law. T measures going beyond he Noble Lord then read sitio n? Who was there ing extracts from the Report of Mr. Banks' Committee, in the that would not gain by it? 1.00 tr to the general nature of these propositions, it was true th a t a , case of the late Warren Hastings, from the reports of g reat sacrifice of revenu e tboglt there were reasot s for n ot was made, but were . there not rea s o n s ' Lord Coke, and other authorities, from which be argued Mr that sacrifice . He that in masters' of Parliamentary inquiry, the investi. adopting the recommendation of 1835. That Committee pro gations most be limited only by keeping in view the int- timed their recommendation as an isolated measure. and not a s mutable principles of jostice, and they must not be restricted by connected with any general alteration of their commercial policy. the norms and cophmred practice of the Court. of L aw . H e hen he recollected that the British grower of wooa wade eo did not think that the practice of bribery was confined to p arty , complaints, he thought it was rather unreasonable for the toe or the lep.ders of petty, bgt that iodivtdieals who had no regard Metal growers to set down the advantage held out as nothing. to patty dtd not scruple to spend large sums to obtain seats Now what was the actual amount of the reductions they were in that House.—( Hear, hear.) It was not the Legislature going to make ? With respeet to deals it was small, it' they alone that could expect to put down the practice of bribery, al. looked at it es money, but in other respects it was not. Then though it was theirduty to adopt all measures for that end with respect to timber, the reduction was much larger ; the . whist we re consistent tvilh the principles of justice ; still It was pre sent duty on tonber from the colon'es averaged 1 I s., while his hope that the increasing morality of the country would give the duty on timber from the Baltic was 565. fid., so that there rise to feelings which wogld pot allgw there practices to OM.- was, a protectiop of 455. MI. It had been saki that the present tinge. lie would not detain the House further thap by moving duties had the effect of maintaining equal and fair conmetition. for leave t 4) bring in the Bill. - • He denied that. they did so ; and such being the case ' it was Sir R. PEEj i emtve his cordial support to the motion of clear that the present duties required al te ration, and he had nut the Noble Lord. There were gt the present moment three heard any arguments adduced, which showed that the pro difficulties in the way of discovering bribery at elections— posed alteration would affect the colonial timber trade. 4rst, when a Committee was appointed to inquire into the In the month of April, a meeting was held in Liverpool, mid right of an indiyidual to a seat, if the object was incontider- one of the resolutions was , that the pric e s then c u r re n t in able to the petitioner, in proportion to the sufficiency of h;s North America were below the rates at which timber could be private fortune to bear the expense, the net i tien a gs withdrawn , profitably expected, even under the proposed tariff. In a rim end the bribery went unnoticed and unpuniabed. This was a ettl4r of M es sr s. Chanoner, timber merchants, of Liverpool, matter of feequent occurrence, and he thought it might to he it was stated that the price, in 1841, was 4/. 7s. 6d., and that remedied. Me eltmoglit that when a Committee was appointed the price of deals was is. fi d. a foot: while, in ue present it ought to have the deety impesed on it of stating that the in, year, it was only Is . ed. Thes e were m ost important facts, as quiry was broken or, and oug ht t o b, continued gt t h e p ee, bearing CU the case. They :showed that the whole of the Bettie expense. He thought that the Noble Lord had provided t ado had been carried on with advantage ; yet, although a a remedy for this evil. A case might occur in ehich th e otimulus h a d b een applied to the colonies, the trade had de bribery of the returned Member, was known to the opposite creased, H e , therefore, s ubmitted that the arrangement of party, wlifs however might shrink from the expense of a petty the iron, or from the ex sure of his own corrupt pr ac ti ces . I n Sir C, NAPIER would make some obser vations on what had 5 ,,, h a ease he A greed with the Noble Lord, it w ou ld b e r i g h t fallen from th e H o n. and Learned Member for Bath. The quiry w ith that the House should institute an i n Government was a tair and equi table arran g ement. , 0 w.seoltt a petition ;, Hon. Gentleman stated that European tim ber was far prefer but he thought that there should be otte caution its to granting able to Canadi an timber ; rbut this was a mistake, for although a Committee, under circumstances which might induce parties the best N o r wa y timber might be better than the best Canadian to create a vexatious annoyance, at the public expense, to a The HMI. case ' , b e ro lT the public . should • incur the ex, lasted neßiber honestly and fairly returned. He thought that for tGimentelemmyaentbgaednearlalluldyedthetottibmebleernwtbas(nifottinbleettee• better. The frigates that' PurPuses recoguieances should be required of petitioners had lasted built of Canadian timber, and said that they seldeni beyond three years. Bu' he (Sir C. Napier) bad known p in ens e e ver o y f the inquiry. With respect to the proposi- then) to last three' years and a half, and if the war had con• thoughtßill fo I. hdoeld be tinued he believed they would have lasted seven or eight years. accessary to consider that part of before great diMeelty PO many of the countries named iv the reciprocity treaty evidence l ion of disfranchisement, he tbe 't the House's equld sell and build their ships much cheaper than we could. would of Parliament as .04(.4,e the Commission. He agreed with the i ( Hear, hear.) Owing to this, we had lost the trade in the Noble Lard that it would h i e biter to leave the appointment of 1 South Seas. He hoped the House would never lend itself to the tribunal to the Crown, instead of the majpritigs o r the two 1 any measure that would have the eft' ct of injuring the navy. w as perfectly ready to support 43e . lie should, therefore, vise to pleteining the Arne. ,re in the case - ' r osh' - ' Pill, or even to ficiVe it a retrospective effect, a$ of pop . ;Jou., g i ve his most decided negattve to the Houses of Parliament. He it would beperfectly • 11r II I Hp thoeght .. - . Ulf E, amidst lout . , I cries of tt Oh, oh," said we had the borough of N.ewesseett. o f the present right to have a clause in this ili} l , ieWstik h it should not pass lost the South Sea trade in consequence r for system,' tor two months to come, subjecting to the' pmeafte de f e 'pee theeefore, so far f r om the Hon, 317 c the t Bath's 1 ""itloti who should have been proved before the present Corhmittepelo h l enig ap ittjurg it would tend to resuscitate .. I:4( e, h Give With respect i t tens Omits • h- i anal' food, ;Tod sheep Mother, and }day temp guilty of bribery at the last election. with many shay • ( "es' 'r ' and nay . g. t them to treatiog, net hetight legislation was attended the iae ln dilficultiee. It .M es IMpoasible to say when corrupt treating I better, than any other country in Gal! world.l commenced, or what Were ho be tlite limits of i reply to the statements of the Hon. an b . c ant . b ember, legitimate hospitality to 'a mati l 'S friends or hulheretute ! l - ie eohtended there was he comparison to e . drawn ether There was *other point with respect to which 'the laithwas in a 1 (tie - sfate of thii country if oip, the period spoken of y 1 M. Duhln aall h ed le tvir and England most uneetiefactory'mate, that was the ;payment of conveyance . ,- , s Europe. w a el% g ~ , merce of the country bills. He helieved that it 9, 9 perfectly allowable to convey I had all the trade of the world. The'om e . _. , e , electors to the poll and back again. Fa- hie own emrt, hp had i • I duties should be abolished, for the required that' differentia ; 1 never passed through a place where a contested election d and nature system the " , sooner the couritry returhed to e semi . taking place, withuet seeing a greet number of carhages pro- ; !':witter. Alt:were two before the vided for the elector,. Hy knew that it was the" - constant I . BARING said there h. propositions .. ' practice of electors oot to exempt their priVil . ese unless they, 1 House ; one' Of them was to d h voM. 1‘1! than 1;30 were saved the trouble of walking to the p? 1,1. 'He *as ammo ! tirely, fa Which he was not prepare, e . Ore 1 that sudden and violent doterferenee with that praciiee would 1 Governtnege bar! paid a 'differential duty, and Inc 4(1 cod ; the of the' electors, of their frith- I tinued O. But it was a vet different thing'lvhen the Go prevent the exer c i s e, on ~ part ial duty less than he had erns*, Hs thought the N,oble I s tird was right in proposing that vernmeht now proposed a -different in , of high should species Ai 4 1 0 Pir • '• . • , ent e for dinners or otherwise, .brought forward. This, as he was i favour Miler should he cermicleCed ad " and he felt a kind ripen ; ) - ..ut, after they .had done that, differential duty, he could support, lie was Afraid they .vrciuld j le,ave t i ke lair with respect to treating of melancholy satisfaction in finding that his proposition in a vary imperfect stpte. ' He belicyCie(tiat the leading persorta was not so destructive as bad teen ::,uppo:,!ed.- .77 -cfiesr. ) . With reference to the proposition of the Government, he mutt / CI - Airman. Though he was one of the people, and highly say that h., thought if they were to sac,:fiee 600.0001., they elpp. k e a; ed the system at present pursued by t' e -elect few in might have conferred a greater benefit upon the pulwc• By the pa , is; , , wt:o eon litu v• s - \voniii jor, !!.a , alterations in the duty on Ghee-e, batter, and ()the , ,rtiele, m etqlg, ar='-rot ~f '., Pt' r. they might have reduced the general expense of living, and law Commi•sioners. Tnis v, as n t a pony question. Alt that, in his opinion, would have been a greater benefit than the should unite to oppose the Bill itself as av, hole—not this clause reduction of the duty on sugar. Mut although he thought or that clause, but the whole of the Bill, as one calculated to greater benefits might have been conferred upon the country, rend from the people piecemeal the who'e of their rights and lie did not think that he would be justified on that account in privileges.—( Loud cheers. ) opposing the propos;tion of the Government. He felt called j The resolutioa was then put and carried unanimously. upon, therefore, to support the proposal of the tariff. Mr. DOUGLAS next moved that a peti!ion, found: d upon the After a few words from Alr. TURNER, foregoing resolutions, should be signed by the 'Lhait man, on Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, bAialf of the meeting ; and that vir Benjamin Hall and Sir ishen there appeared, Charles Napier be requested to present it to Parliament. For Air. Roebuck's amendment l6 I The CHAIRMAN seconded the motion in an appropriate and Agiinst it Majority against the amendment —227 nearly full; and he rejoiced at this, inasmuch as he knew that Sir H. DOUGLAS moved the adjournment of the debate ± the parish of St. Pancras was looked up to by the country td,s . - amidst loud cries of 4• divide, divide," He had received many tricts as the champions of the old Pout-law. representations and petitions on this subject from Canada; and 1 The resolution was carried with cheers. he did not think he would be doing adequate justice to them if A vote of thanks was then carried with acclamation to the he were to proceed at that late hour. Chairman, which, having been brivfly acknowleeged, the meet- Sir R. PEEL did not wish to interfere, but he thought the nig quietly separated constituents of his Hon. Friend were deeply interested in the passing of the measure. He thought that it was necessary for the interest of the country that the measure should pass with as little delay as possible.—( Hear, hear. 1 He had not expressed any intention of making an alteration in the duty on timber upon representations from Canada being made on the subject. Mr. H. HIN DE did not think the feeling of the House would be altered by further discussion. He therefore trusted the House would come to a decision that night. Mr. BROTHERTON thought the subject was sufficiently discussed.—( Laughter. ) The question of adjournment was then put, but the House having manifested a strung desire that the debate should be proceeded with, Sir H. DOUGLAS moved, pursuant to the no'ice he had given, that the duties, on and after the 10th day of October next, should be fixed at 30s. on foreign timber, and 38s. on ' foreign deals, both per load, and that no ulterior reduction, as contemplated, should take place in either. He had received memorials from all parts of the country. and also from the United States, all ef whieh concurred with him in the view he had taken. Sacrifices must be made, but they must proceed with caution. If it was found on experience that 30s. duty would give the colonial interest a greater participation in the trade than was just, he would vote for any measure to reduce it to 255. Sir R. PEEL said these had been a most important remark made by an Hon. Gent. en the Opposition (Mr. Stewart), who calculated that by the proposition of the Government, there would be a saving of 31. in a 40/. house. If there was such a saving in a house, what would there be in building a ship? The memorial stated that the contraband trade was encouraged by the high duties ; and to this the memorialists ascribed the decay of the trade. The effect of the tariff had also been very favourable on the shores of the Baltic. An intention that had existed on the part of the German League to increase the duty on British iron. had been suspended in consequence of the tariff, and he trusted would be abandoned. He thought that the proposal would prove a great encouragement to building, and would lead to an improved taste and increased outlay ; on the part of the Go vernn.ent he felt oaliged to adhere to his proposition. Mr. LABOUCHERE, after hearing the effect of the t,,r,ff on the Powers of the Baltic, could not but regret that the pro position of the Government, of Lord Grey, for reducing the timber duties, seven years ago, had not been adopted. Lord SANDON opposed the reduction of the duty proposed by the Government. Mr. THORNELY supported the Government proposition, and the question having been put, the amendment was nega tived without a division. The schedule of timber duties was then agreed to. The House adjourned at a Quarter-past Two o'Cleck. THE LATE FATAL EXPLOSION Al THE APOTHECAMES' HAE L. INQUEST ON THE BODY OF MR. H. HENNELL. The inquest on the body of this unfortunate gentleman, was held yesterday evening, at six o'clock, in the large town of the • Apothecaries' Hail, Union-street, Blackfriars, before Mr. Payne, the Coroner, and a most respectable Jury. As soon as the Jury were sworn, they proceeded to the room in which the deceased was lying, in order to view the body. The loom in which it was lying, was the nearest to the spot where the accident occurred. On the covering being removed, the body presented a frightful spectacle. From toe lower part of the chest upwards, was one blackened, mangled, and shape-. less mass. The head and feattn ea were entirely gone, with the exception of the lower part of the jaw. Ihe whole of the chest bone was torn off, and the heart, lungs, and liver were exposed, a blackened heap, with here and there a dash of pu trid-looking scarlet. The left arm, which was separate from the body, was lying across the chest. The lower parts of the body did not appear to have sustained the slightest injury, as the trousers and boots of the unfortunate deceased were, at tee time of the accident, not at all injured. As soon as the Jury had viewed the body they returned, ansi immediately proceeded to the examination of the witnesses. Charles Griffiths, the first witness called, said, I was as sistant to the deceased, who was chemical operator at the Apo thecaries' Hall. A few minutes past ten o'clock on Saturday morning the accident happened. I was with deceased in the early part of the day. The first thing the deceased aid, when he came down at half-past seven in the morning, was to exa mine the fulminating silver. This was in the yard. He examined it as to its state of moisture. He then weighed the mixture, which weighed 400 grains in its moist state. it would weigh about 2do grains when dry. The mixture was driest at a stove, at a heat of about 160 degrees, not more. Fefore we went to breakfast we left the mixture on a block in the yard; part of it was to be dried first. Whilst I was at breakfait at home I heard the report, and immediately came to the build ing, and I there found the deceased vviti, in about three yard. of the block in the mangled state in which he now lies. The whole of the upper part of the head was gone, as was the right arm. The left arm was hanging to the body. I cou:d not and a trace of the mixture lett, either damp or dry. What I believe to be the cause of the accident is—but I must say, first, that the making of this mixture was at the earnest -request of the East India Company, and it was not till Mr. Hennell had tried every means in his power to get the mixture from an• other quarter, that he consented to get it up himself. The order was to have been executed by Saturday. We were under an engagement to a gentleman in Guernsey to supply a certain quantity. 1 his was to be amalgansatt d with that which was being manufactured on the premises, and I sup pose that in mixing the two the accident took place. It was not on account of the ignorance of the operator, for he was a trust experienced man, and knew perfectly well the nature of the operation he was ',elfin-ming. He p, rtectly understood his business. havit g had the experience of many, years. A Juror—Could there have been any substance in the mix. tore procured from elsewhere, which, in coming in con act with the mixture preparezi by Mr. Hennell, might have caused it to exp ode? Witness—No; we thoroughly examined the mixture received from the person to whom Mr. Hennell had given the order, and it was found to be perfectly the same as that made by Mr. Hennell. By a Juror—'f his kind of preparation was never attempted on the premises before. As a proof of the caution of Mr. Hennell, he said he would not have the mixture prepared in any building on account of its dangerous nature. It was his extreme anxiety to meet the wishes of the East I..dia Company that induced him to undertake the operation. 13y a Juror—lt is usual to mAnutacture this preparation in the country, and not in any popeluus place. 'the strength of the preparation had been tried some tune before the accident. George Haines, a labourer at ,he Apothecaries' Hall, de posed that he saw Mr. Hennell five minutes after ten o'clock on Saturday morning. lie was then in the distillery-room, about ten or fitter, yards from the place where the accident oc curted. He then had a small piece of paper in his heed on the copper, and he took it up and went into the yard, e he, he stirred something in a dish. Witness did not know what he was stirring. The dish was on the block. In about there or four minutes afterwards the explosion took place. Witness i was near enough to the deceased to see bins at the time of the explosion. Witness.was about three yards from him. Toe deceased was blown to about twe yards distance. Witness was shaken by the explosion, but was not in the open air at the time. POOR LAW COMMISSIONERS ST. PA NCRA S. A public meeting of the pat i-hioners of this parish, con vened by order of the Vestry, was held last evenieg at the Vestry-rooms, Gordon-street, Gordon-square, for the purpose, as stated in the bills, of considering the Bill now in Parliament for enabling the Poor-law Commissioners to aboli.h the paro chial Auditors of Accounts, and to unite this parish with other parishes or unions for various purposes over which the Vestry and Directors of the Poor had now the control ; also for ren dering in-door relief compulsory in cases hitherto at the discre tion of the " Board." The meeting was convened for seven o'clock, but at that hour the room was but very partially filled; by eight o'clock there were a few more present, when on the motion of Mr. Douglas, Mr. Cooper, surgeon. was voted to the chair ; the room, however, was by no means full. The CHAIRMAN stated the Vestry to be of opinion that the feeling of the parish should be taken on the matter which had called them together, and that the parishioners should know how far their interests would be affected by the measure they had met to consider, which was brought in by a Tory Government, who had promised so far to amend the Poor-law as to render its provisions so mild as not to press too heavily upon the poor. Sir Charles Napier and Sir Benjamin Hall had been invited to attend; it hap pened, however, that in the House that night there was to be • an important debate in cooseeuence of Lord John Russell's Bill fur the orevention of bribery at elections.—( A laugh.) Letters frism Sir Benjamin Hall and Sir Charles Napier were read, both expressive of their concurrence in the sen timents which they presumed would pervade the meeting, and regreting that their duties in Parliament prevented their attending.—( A voice—" Let's adjourn till the Members do attend, for there's a very scanty lot here to-night.") The CHAIRMAN continued—The Bill that was now in Par liament would take out of the parish altogether the power which they now had of controlling their own funds. The Poor law Commissioners were to have the power of auditing the accounts, and of course the auditor would be a creature of the Poor-law Commissioners, the result of which would be that the directors of the poor would no longer have the power of granting out-door relief.—( Hear, hear.) But that was not all ; they also said that they would take away all the children from the workhouse, and would build a boarding-school some ten miles from the parish, educate and board th in at th.ir own discretion, and for that would charge the parishioners not more than one-fifth of the parish rate.— ( dear, hear.) He thought these encroachments on their rights were ample grounds for calling the meeting together, and in conclusion he trusted that a fair mid impartial hearing would be vouchsafed ! to every speaker. Mr. BARNES rose to move " That this meeting views with disappointment and disgust, the continual demands of the Poor law Commissioners for increased powers, and the readiness of Government to advance their views, notwithstanding the great effect which popular hostility to the present Pour-laws undoubtedly exercised in ousting the late Ministry from office," but he spoke in so low a tune of voice as to render his temarks almost inaudible at the reporters' table. He was understood to say, that the Poor-law Amendment Act was a most ineffi cient and uncalled-for measure ; it not only materially affected the comforts of the people, but it had considerably increased the expenses of the parish. The union of a number of pa rishes was calculated to increase the expense borne by the parishioners ; and in proof of this he might state as an ex ample, that he himself had some property situated in different parishes, for which he paid a rate of 3s. 6d. in the pound under the old system; he new paid under the present system for some of the property 55., for some ss. 6d., and for some 6s.—( Hear. ) Mr.-IlAsteesole briefly seconded the resolution, which he hoped would be carried unanimously. Mr. KYEZOR regretted the absence of so many gentlemen of the Ve-rry, who were actuated in all their movements by a desire only for their own interests. He thought it a scandal to the parish that the meeting was so poorly attended. The resolution was then carried unanimously. Mr. NICHOLSON in a lengthened speech, which we regret our limits will not allow us to publish, moved the second reso lution, w hich was as follows :—" That one of the pretences under which the new Poor-laws were introduced to the coun try, was the establishment of simplicity and uniformity in the mode of administering relief by parishes at large; but t pre sent Bill, giving power to the Poor-law Commissioners to unite parishes with one union, for one purpose, with another union for another purpose, and so on with a variety of unions for a variety of purposes, seeks to introduce intricacy and arti ficial arrangement into a subject susceptible of the greatest simplicity, merely to confuse and delude the popular mind, or, by the manifold operations which it will enable the Poor-law Commissainers to undertake, afford a pretext for perpetual coot itittance." Mr. PICKMAY, in a few words, seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Mr. DouoLAs, in seconding the following resolution " That this meeting views with indignation the attempt of the Government to procure the sanction of Parliament to the repeal of so much of the Act commonly called Hobhouse's Act (for the obtainment of which the metropolitan parishes struggled long and manfully), as enables the rate-pa3ers to appoint au.: ditors of accounts, by which appointment the control o the monies, furreseed by themselves, is placed in their own hands, and the vexatious abuse of a power so important rendered im possible"—said he need scarcely call to their mind the difficulties which they had to encounter in introducing Hobhouse's Act into the parish. He should, however, tell them that, pre vious to the introduction of the ne.y system, by which they elected their own representatives, the rate was Is. lod. in the round—it was new only Is. Id.—( Hear, hear.) Neither need he tell them of the difficulty which they had to exlude the Poor-law Commissioners from the Latish: the rate-payers however, aided by the Parochial Cutrlmiltee, maniully re. sited their entrance, and resisteu it effectually.—(Hear, hear.) He hoped that the zeal which actuated the rate-payers then— six years ago—weuld be exercised by them now.—(Hear, hear.) What could nut be forced upon them then they were going now to impose upon them covertly. In proof of this statement the speaker then referred to a variety of clauses in the Bill, hem which it appeared, that notwithstanding Sir J. Graham's statement in the House of Commons that it was not his intention to,interftre with Local Acts already in force, it would be quite competent, if the Bill were pasted, to impose a new and uncalled-for code of regulations upon the parish. He would now ask them whether they thought it would be desirable to hive .the Poor-law Commissioners called into the parish to sepertntend their conduct of the poor and the auditing of their accounts?--( No, no.) If the room had been crammed to excess he was sure that " No" would be sounded by every one in the room. They ought to use their exertions to stir up their fellow rate-payers, and then he was sure that room would not be capable of holding the numbers that would assemble there for the determined purpose of resisting the introduction of the Poor-law Commissioners into the parish.—( Cheers.) Mr. HAnLEY seconded the resolution without an observa tion, and it was carried nemine contradicente. Mr. Seoce proposed the next resolution :—" That by the mode of audit proposed by the Poor-law Bill, parishes with Local Acts would be placed entirely in the hands of the Poor , law Commissioners—subjected to continual annoyance and petty vexations, arising horn their ignorance of the constitution of the bodies established by such Acts, being quasi corporations for important purposes, beside poor relief; and, when popu lady elected, not standing in need of the proposed control of the Poor-law Commissioners, which, in their cases, would be misplaced and useless for any good purpose." They were very apt to become apathetic about things, after a time ; otherwise there would, no doubt, have been a more numerous attendance than he saw present• Hobhouse's Act had been carried, some year's ago, by a majority of more than two-thirds of the Vestry ; end, by that. Act, they secured to themselves the right of elect, : ing their own Vestry, and a body of men to see that the Vestry did their duty. By the proposed Bill, heere esee though the power of electing their Yee try would still remain with them, as the electipg of ae auditor of accounts would rest with the Poor law k.'soinMis•ioners, their vestrymen would be rendered no better than puppets. to prevent the Poor-law Commissioners, therefore, appointing an auditor of accounts, they oppo-ed this Bill. To prevent toe Poor-low coreeniseioneis el,ue eating their childrep, teas another reason why they op ilscd the He "hived they woul e l us e t h eir ce,ert i ons to watch narrowly the pe-eing of that 141 i winch was g ing so quietly 'throueti the' fit, s 9. The parishes of St. James , 1 and Marelebele were on the alert, and welsh( not allow it to }less quietly. In St. James, where he had the honour to be a vestryman, and where Hobhouse's Act was in force, they now spent from 2.4000/. to 25,0001. per atienuee Oitnerie they spent 45,0004 The Poorsrate s 'pec - is. `2.1.)n the puniii pievioos to 'the 1 tro4oction of itobhouse's Act; they were sow deers.) Mr. Atma seconded the resolution. He thought the only legitimate course for them to adr.pt on the present occasion was to petition Parliament, and that was the plan he b. gged to propose for their adoption. Mr. WALL, a Chartist, :rose to eyeele to the resolution amidst Arad deal- of coufusiOn, Nthich was ultimately quieted by the Fredrick -Leffler deposed that he kept the account of the stock, both in and out. He heard a conversation between Mr. Herinel and a gentleman from the East India House, who was urging on him the necess ty of the preparation being at the East India House by twelve o'clock on Saturday. This con versation took place on Thursday morning. Witness did riot see the accident, hut was on the premises at the time. He had often conversed with Mr. Hennell on the danger attending the preparation. Mr. Hennell had frequently cautioned the people as to packing the preparation. He said he would, to avoid r sk, manufacture the article in the open air, and in small quanti ties at a time. He said he would make four ounces at a time. This order was giten by the East India Compai.y, and if Mr. Hen nell had n , t undertaken the operation they must have disap pointed a good customer of the Company. This was the reason Mr Hennell undertook it. The Company was under a con tract to the East India Company. This was the first prepara tion of the sort the • Company had undertaken, ant it was only the emergency which led them to execute the order. Witness fully believed that in any case if the deceased had sup posed that danger was attendant he would attend to the op• ra tion and implicate no "one, but du it on his own personal risk. lhe value of the mixture was about three guineas a pound. By a Juror-1 his was the price stipulated fir by parties to whom application had been made for a supply on another cm sloe. Ihe amount that the Company would have received for the quantity prepared by Mr. Hennell would have been about et. or W. Prof. ssor Braude d posed that about a fortni g ht back Mr. Hennell told him that an order had been received from the India House for a quantity of fulminating silver, and witness advised him to have nothing to do with the preparation.' He concurred n the opinion wrttie,s expressed. The deceased said he would try to get it horn the wind' sale manufacturers. Wit ness lett town last week under the impression that the prepara tion was not to go through the hauls of the Company - , and on his return, to hi• great horror he braid of the accident. (Here the witness was much affec ed and shed tears.) By a Juror— Believed that there are scverai manufacturers of thts article in London. but he did not know to what extent. He presumed that it was manufactured in large quantities on account of its general use fur peicussion caps, Vt itness would never meddle with the preparation in au) , way. 'I he deceased was a very practical arm experienced man. After the explo sion had taken place the witness was aticed if, at the time of the explosion, the sun might not have suddenly shone upon the mixture, and thus caused the explosion, but he had examined the spot, and found that this could mit hare been the cause. . - 1:y a Jutor—'lbe sun's ra) s would cause am explosion. The mixture explodes at . a heat of about 220. Alr.Grlflith4 recalled—Stated that the quantity exploded was about , Lb,. 5 wt. Henry Robinson, the Master and Treasurer of the Apothe caries' Company, deposed that, about six weeks eon, Mr. Hen. nell said he had had a communication from the East India Company with respect to sispelying them pith some fulinkating silver. Wank as said that it was a hazardous thing to attempt. Mr. Hennell said he knew a person in Hol born who was a manufacturer of the preparation, and who had a house in tiuernsey kept for the purpo , e manufacturing this preparation. In consequence of this an order WAS given to this gentleman for six pounds weight. Mr. Elennell wrote to the house in Guernsey last week, urging them to send what they had manufactured, but being disap pointed in this be applied to the house in Holborn, but they had only abut 41bs on hand, and then Mr. Hennell deter mined to make up the quantity of 6lbs. himself, in order that it might be sent off on Saturday. Mr. Hennell undertook the preparation solely with the desire of accommodating the East India Company. Mr. Hennell was a most experienced an" talented man, and was an extremely moral and amiable cha racter. John Nussey, the Deputy-Treasurer, after corroborating the statement of the last witness, stated that last 'I uesday he had a conversation with Mr. lit nnell, and he their said he had made arrangements that this preparation should not come in contact with the premises. Wilite.s said, " collect we have nothing to do with it.." Mr. Henneil said he would. Air. Henze was a most experienced and excellent man, and the Company had List a most valuable servant. 'I he CORONER then briefly addressed the Jury on the evi dence, and they returned a verdict of Accidental Death. The Jury further stated that they attached blame to no one, but re commended the Company un any future occasion to use the ut most precaution. LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROLLS' COUR7, June C. iticiraanscai v. HORTON. The arguments in this part-heard rause, a brief notice of the main features of which appeared in our report of Saturday, were resumed this morning. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, June 4. THE QUEEN V. THE DIRECTORS OF THE SOUTHASItTON RAILWAY. . This was an appeal against a rate for the relief of the poor of the parish of aletebeldever, in the county of Southampton, by which the defendants were rated at the sum of 4,320/., by a rate of which the following is a copy:—" London and South IVestern Railway Company, railway four miles and * half, 4.3201." Ihe defendants appealed to the sessions, where the rate was confirmed, subject to a case. When hiought up to this Court, it was admitted that the rate could not be sustained to the extent of 4,3201., but the question was whether it was to be reduced to 3,8001. or to 1 400! The case had been argued in the Hilary term, by' the Soli citor-General, Mr, Gresswell, and Mr. Smirke in support of the rate, and Mr. M. D. Hill, Mr. Kelly, and Mr. Gunning, for the Directors of the Company. The Court took time to consider the judgment, which was now prayed by Mr. Hill. Lord l)ENataN d.liyered judgment, deciding in favour of the rinciple of ratit* adopted by the parish, and reducing the rate to the sumo te3,6oo.—Judgment accordingly, JNNE TUE QUEEN v. sTAILUE&S. This was en indictment which had been preferred by the rarish-offiters of Witham, aga;,mit the defendant John tf•tam mere, an inhabitant of that tOsvn, for a aluis•nce. The nuisance ' consisted in an entaoachun ut on the public footway of the Ilighrstreet of the town of Witham. by the erection of an iron-railing in .he trout of his dwelling-house, situate i n the High-atrt et aforesaid. The inoictment came cu tor trial before Mr. Bann Gurney in the country, ctt•A the jury rt tumid a verdict in favour of the prosecution on certain of the counts, and in favour of the defewant en certain other of the counts. 1 he defendant then, removed on, portion of the fence, aid left the retnaticier and coping of the whole standing. He ret t m A t to ren.ove the remaintier, saying he bait removed that he was required to remove by the verdict of tha jury, Under these circumstances, the judgment of this, Court was prayed for. The Cou.ir having heard Mr. Platt and Mr, Chambers for the defendant, and Mr. Thesiger for the pro - aecutors, decided that the defendant had no.t abated the nutbance, and that he mu=t remove the fence. a,greealpy to the terms of the verdict. Mr, Pit A rk hoped the. Court would give judgment of pro.tra- ' tion, and' . call upon the Sheriff, under the di, ection of the prokecutm s, tw . prostrate the 'whole of what they consider , d the nuisance at their own risk. 1 he defendant had already removed a great deal na.)re than he thought he had a ight to do, and he realls WaS at a log le Lnow what it wa, th, pros. , cut ors d, :'red. •'"• 1 ii s.s7G "*.a wlr! 'iv— .::t". l' taice i !a t ; 4,' ` l, l l 'le leodata, to the ,erchni. of the itny. for the urpoae e . r ei t , rouraig to put the pno:iecuto;s to expense, and he trust,'" tha under the circumstances, the Court wouLt think it right to ra ° some sentence on him. Lord DEN MAN. This is Monday. Unless we receive 0311 sonata:fury report on the subje c t by Saturday, we sh all fee l to be our duty to impose a fine on the defendant. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, June The Court was o cc cupi v d dur ng the morning in hcarn 11*; some cases which offered nu s ubje c t of general inter city points raised being of a merely technical character. POLICE I TEL LIGENCE. BOW-STREET. SD A woman, of a most extraordinary appearance, w ith mense shovel bonnet, which nearly concealed featile el jagot pleasing and intelligent east, a dark complexion, and a urm ws black e)e, such as is often seen amongst the gypsY charged unthr the following circumstances:— „A l ' Paceman T 43, stated, that being on duty on Saf.P—lrel tee noon, about four o dock, in Lincoln's Inn-fields, he °W e er the prisoner sitting on the step of a house there, and. ; lc tioning her las to her condition, she gave such a ranshi"r wa s . count of herself, as to lead him to believe that she yr not in her right senses. In order to take care of her, for own sake, he tuok her to the station-house. In answer to questions from Mr. Hall, the prim: 4243 10 very clear tone of voice, and with that softness of szP'r„,,iii which we have been accustomed to consider as an indicates gentle gentle breeding, stated that she was born in Lyon's lout - 14 her father, who was now dead, waa an attorney. After shf, Lyon's Inn she went to live with her sister, who lived 11 ;0 county of Surrey ; but she was dead. All her friends ss ere no e w. re dead . She h and shedidn't kead uo friends no; she any had with them no acquaintan wh t ceso, w, e w p comp il e 'OOl l She has been iivilg at Stepney for the last two years ill " which had been taken for herby a Mr. Oliver, whorls i s iof att., nded for the last 36 years as companion : he wetipot a little while ado to see a relation at Ri c hmond, and he come back to paN the rent, so 'lie was turned out. yos Mr. HALL—has your mind ever been aff e cted--bs aj oi ever been annoyed? The prisoner reviled with eers° r _ frer, fervour—Sir, whatever has annoyed me, the heaven and earth has proected me. As nothing could be elicited from the poor er eaturigil lviitet t might lead to a discovery of her friends, Mr. LIAO r w rit' the best course would be to send her to the st. Giles' house; and the tolict man was accordingly instructed t: her there, with the worthy Magistrate's request the should be att. nded to. . We give publicity to this case in order that the poor 01 :,4 Menus, iends she have, may k now w h ere s he IS, 1 "*". take the means necessary for her protection and safety. A I. THE MAR KETS.-N ESTEROt" CORN EXCHANGE, Last week's arrivals were telerabty good, and I '01 1 ! supply 01 all Grain was moderato. The best Wilw e o supported its value, but other qualities, i n cluding r ' hardly maintained their previt.us rates. parley relief i s s , Beans ana Peas unvaried. Oats did not sell so freer' Flit.ay, tut mere 6d. t • Is. per quarter dearer that OP Flour met a slack demand. iittovALs or utIAIN IN LONDON DORINo I. l 'Fitt o ol heat. Hariey. , oats. English Irish rureign 0 Wheat,licd ( old) ...... a-e $ - White (01d)..... -a. -s. I .-.......-•• Red 084:) 501. fi r ' -- 545. :587, - Fine sbs CO , ,Sr -- Superfine. 62s 64a it? - Wlitte(lB4l)... a. s 5•5 :40 4 0 -- 'int , -- Superfine 66s 114. ' 4,t --- Foreignfree .52a '72, ',..ksik tye 3116 40s. ~,,, ?.../P 4,016) ..006 , - Grinding '5. 295. - Malting :Ai. 326. ' i l 0' halt - Scotch ..... -. ........... iti 01 -- Fine New tits t4s. Irish 10. - 0:4.K Pease, Gte), New ' l o.s. 3•26. Flour Town ri per sack)•• 10,1 - - Map: New •-,1. :346. - Seconds ..... .• ....... •, / ,7; . - White .34s 3t;t, -- N• rth Country•••. 7 F p . --.- Rollers 306.38. i Itran • SMITHFIELD. The supply of Cattle being shot t, the best qualities" to 4d. per stone higher than last week. 11.1utton ulril, 01 Calve s the supply aa‘ short, the d• mand fair, and, firm. 'I he supply of Pigs was good ; the flue qualitiesie demand. Lamb without..lteratton. Beast, 2,374; 811 A4 .0 0 Lambs, 27,030 ; Pigs, 415 ; Calves. 210. Beef, 35. t 0 7 s Mutton, 3s. to 4s. 4d. ; Veal,3s. 2d. to 4s. 10d.; Port' to 4s. 6d. ; Lamb, ss. to 6s. TEA MARKET. - i l • 'll 'There was little business done, but holders were i.i7, obtained full rates. Company's Conguu could noilte - dcr ls. Bd. per lb. of TALLOW MARKET. • _, sit ' I:A. The market firm, but the demand limited; 485. ba•Zillr arn.tle on the spot, and 495. 3d. for delivery in Ike 41 7 moats of the year. -rY I HOP MARKET. Holders ask higher rates, but the trade operated. / 1111 •1.: tion. Ihe market was wantily supplied. : 4 .;;; , PROVISION MARKET. . Butter met with a fair sale ; tine D utc h a t 94 1 L ii ,'l Bacon sold slowly at. 475. to 495. 6d. Lard dull of. Or b i i bladdered at 60s. to 625. Haft's lower, with f e w bay"'., , Pal. k; ...4 i,t6r.;,-6 e.v. "I he h•ghes pine of , Ire ,i i .he Metrorins is 9d 6 :. L•leff. Good Dread may be had at 111. 1 ; - • PIZICE.,; OF SEEDS • I Ai, 01 I• rhICES OH BO oARD OF 1 titans, S 1 ~m all new;..... (old) ... •. « Tick (new) (old) ...... • ----- —arrow (new) Brank Oats,Fted ............... Nel% Poland --New ........ Potatoe ................ N0w..... Per Cwt. Sew Eaglish tie„ Clove - r...60 - s - 80; - St. "- F - c - in - .:!... 0 : ...... ...................... Old , it, Dk'o -s s-s Rye Glass ... .......... ....... Ncw Foreign DIA°. -s 563 78sPacey Grass . .... . ......... .1: Olt Di to Di to -s -s -s Li oseed, for fe.th , '1r." . 7.;41 - :sew White ( 'aver 54s Cus 65s Dit o, fo, sowing...o:o, i Oid Ditt,, Di.t, -s s -s'llitto, far cruslii,.g ... "7 -s 251 40. H m ... . ...... ...* ,:-... s lio i c.v. , 'lre 0i1..... Old Litto -s •20s As Canary...,....... ..”-•••,:::: I t Pr rolium s-s -31 P.r 14 5i....- 0 t c rss E ,glish Carraway -8 43s W. :White Misa-rd'" s Foreign :AIL; , 46s !Ma Brown Ditt0...... 12i ,d 1.„..,,, coriander -s 13s 00 4 ,T ares „,,,,.. ........ 4s l• P.,:CE JF OIL. . Rape Oil, brown, per ton ' .£1„,..i0 * Dlbo ' refined Linseed Oil 3I (1 Linseed Oil Cake at. th .. Alill (per 10.0) ..... Its, e uke, per ton ............... ........ ....... _,' PRI ..L. , OF TALLOW, SOAP, 8/e. per tatil 7 1 •/ Town Tall o w £o S 6 Meltinig Stuff.. ...... ....**."ll i Yellow Russi. - • ' I White ... . ... - 0 C Graves ... Soap Ditto 0 0 0 Good Dregs .. ........ ••••... i 4 PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone at Mb,. _O 7 , • Psiceof Tallow (as stated by the Tallow NI e lt ers )... ..... ....- COAL MARKET. . Ships arrived since last maricet.day, 47.. • • Ali d. Adair': Holywell Main Nelson's West Hartley 11 67 i 9 ‘ W V all i : 1- 1. 3n 1"1 d tit s Vl l ' l ..l -1-1.-" ." ... _ °-. 4: 'ew Tantie } d f100r.:. . Old Tanti. lo .. We..t Wylam .. Wylam Walls e:nd Kiiiii4Woltli Wails End Riddell's.. COUN RY CORN MARKETS• NN heat. iiarley. Oats. Per Qua. ter. Abingdon. . Aficloy: r Hai bury • Basingstoke Coventry Favcitti y De by ii owden... Ilungerford Malt 0 Mai'..enhead ttinghzim Vantage , Warwick Wi chester. York S. to S. 57 7•J 5: 61 56 .3 '72 53 ,o, s. to s . 26 6 7 20 22 e. 15 33 21 :',5 24 29 22 i'6 2; 3 29 37 ~t) 3. 32 35 23 29 3t) 31 8 34 ei 61 58 71 h:3 4 7 , 80 fig 6i 7m s.d. s.d.l s.d. s. d. s.d. s. d.l LA. 6 .:., L r0 k 70 86136 46' 3s 40 , 00 0 " . • I NEWCASTLE CORN EXCHANGE 0610'. tied n• 0 1.1 Whe _....'j; --Norfolk and Suffolk ... ...... ... .Y+_6 5........ sr'' '". Ber sick .nd 5c0tch.............. 50i. '65..... 0'',510 --- Foreign co .. 6''e...:....... 811: ... 0 C Rye, Norio k arid Suffolk 'o-.32s ..... . . - -4 " - 0 -- k'oreign Barley, Malting, Norfolk ardSuffoll, t 9.. Ws. ........ , .1:" Grinding and Feeding M :It, Nor olk and Surf, IL •E 2 5f 5....... n'..-s, Beans, Small ----- Tick 385.4 5....... •-•"'' ," ?ease, White --• ': ." 4(4 4 5....... . Ils 365....... - - A L i _ Gray ... Oats Northumberland, Potatoe - ... .. . ' ---------- • Feed lr --S. s. 205....... . A -- F ... or, ign c0..20 225.. ....- .., Flour (pLr sack) Vs. 4-5. .... H' .... 7 GLA5(.1(..14 CORN MI ri ttzT N V i Feat, per `.!4thh, S. d. 3. d, Oats, p er .V 0 37 r English Scottisn 25 fi 3 0 e British ............ ....r Irish ... Beaus, per - •:( ~ Foreign Barley, t,si ;',:.'oli. Scottish ...... . ......:0 English. 24 0 26 0 Pease,Scotah ,... Scottish Irish ___DALKEITH CORN MARKET. - ~,A" - - 62 8. to g. 2 1 31 0 1 8 2.2 31 ;,6 6 23 26 r 0 28 22 34 •_'s 31 19 24 3 ,1 32 d 6 30 Beans. S. I e 35• 44 36- 4 2 34 4. 43: + 4 ;13 33 S t ' 33 34 *- lb 36 - 44 j 7 40 . 36 46 Per Bushe' Birminghum Wheat. ParLer. Oats. feast. c,, First 7O. Oa 31s 0 i 2S•• 8.1 38s Od 1.• i • 1 Second , t•l•es Od 2Ps rd Vss 4d 38s OA , : 1; • e • had I 40s Od 25s Od .2s at —c tAk, r." O i .• A r EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET. -• . • Per Sack of 2ii lbs. Per Stone of Ivy' '. 0 , First Oatmeal £l 16 0 First OattneaL .... g o ,d Second Ditto it ,: j Bariey ti cal ..... 4 / . t* Peasemeal- • Pot Barley from Sts. to isi. per sack. ' A,' ...• elrsi . '' 1 .. ., r. ~ Is. A. to a. rt. i s. cl. ty s. cEi 40 0 . 0 0 Truro l— fi 7 5 0 38 " 0 "0 Liel. , 4me 7 8— 0 3 g '''. O• /0 St Austtli l— 0 6 0 0 3 8 ".. 0. /0 liociann 0 8.8 -- 0 4 4• _,.'"" 0 /0 LisXeard 0 7 6 0 3 6 -- • 0 /0 Launceston - -0 7 5 • 0 31 4 It 6 .! i t a nciforti , 6 6 7 N 3 , 9 4 _... u i Penzance. I7 8 84_ 0 4 0 - • A , O ...144 CORNWALL MhRKETS. (Calculated at' 24 gallons to the bushel.' iV nez, t. Barley. London now measures i miles in leng th 1 7; 1 " l l to west, by a breadth of nine mile s f r om north ! ° l O/ tircumlerence, allowing for 'minus inequalities , Is e thirty exiles , while the area of ground it covers of measure no less than 18 miles square. e ., BIRTHS. . A -fll' P it. '.. el# On the sth inst., at Chorley Wood, flees, 01 , , of a daughter. ~,r „ c itli , , On the Sri inst., at Nelson -terrace, Stoke 0 7 pi wits. of Mr. J. Lowe, of a son. f JO ° " .; 010 e1 . On the 3d inst., at Wimbledon, the lady C " 'As Esq., Al. D., of a son. Pe n.- . . On the 3 , 1 inst., a-. Lloyd-street, Lloyd-qu are ' the wife of Mr. Benjamin Aston, of a siatsgb'e r " •Or ~,, . re MARRIED. 13, 0 .r n y tit ti e ,,g 2( h i to i t n , s 1 t. r , vin at a, S s t B . th Ma ß r4's im . e ß u r t ru m str i ; e s r 11 ‘ 00 icii f es7e ' lld ' lint of the. late John Hawksle'vb Esq.: of D ublin "( r lle On t: ,e 2d ii:st., at the el:birch of Great St. ' i j o llei e ifo l s Rev. John Charles WiWsh, H A.,, of TrinitY G. ''' „' VI to t .,,t7 hrioge, second s or, o f M a j or - G enera l Ili Kish, a ,I/ Elie;:,oi only clghter of Samuel Brasier , ""''." race, P h ?gent's Park. .: 41 0* • - hi, c " . '0 On the 4th instant, DIED. at 17, Bedford - Pl ace ' Andrew Service, Esq. en t's F ar of, On the 2d inst., in Park-place, 13 , 8 ._., a , t Aislable, Esq., aged 68, _ f Gre en l lS - its• Thonrs Darley Cu‘seettrv, Esq., D. L.: ! on, De Sir Arthur ChOfester, - Hart., of Yotnst ~* • pa ! „..10 1141 Luau. n .: k'Nu.iteo ..nci Fubiiamti t y " No, ki 2 , 'tram`. at Ih, Otiice• t4 l ** eQ4llili QS Middlesex, Tuesday June ' bt .:a tior, : . Cab tai ~. c~ i i, , 1 i I 1