The Sun. — London, England, 1842-07-20 00:00:00

``` ZbirV Ztittion SUN-OFFICE, Seven o'clock. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS, FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—Sir Robert Inglis has thrown his Chu.rch Extension scheme overboard—" for this This we expected, and predicted, he woi;:id .10. The thing was rendered plain, as the itinerant lecturers Fogy, to the meanest capacity. The pretence for post poning it, " the pressure of public business," was too transparent to conceal tie unwillingness which the Ox ford Baronet felt to, place " his Right Hon. Friend at the head of the Ciovernment" in a fix. The testy replies which he invariably gave to the Hon. Member for Lambeth, who from time to time reminded him of his pledge to bring that important question before the House, showed that there was anything but pleasant associations connected with the idea of the discussion. At length the goaded Baronet actually fixed the day. The 28th of July—on the very verge of the proroga tion, when a House can scarcely be made for the trans action of essential business, and the Church and its champion were in danger of being consigned to the care of an unmentionable personage by the im patient Members who are compelled to remain in town—this appropriate season was selected by Sir it. Inglis for procuring suitable attention to the claims of " the perishing population "-:---actually dying for lack of th e sp i r it ua l f oo d which could only be supplied by an addition to the present number of churches, and an increase of the Apostolic succession Clergy, at the public expense. "The most fearful disease of the land," as the Post designates the alleged paucity of churches and clergymen, has been allowed to spread during twelve months that a Conservative *Government has shed its " happy auspices " over the scheme for securing an efficient supply of regular medicine for the malady. And now Sir Robert Inglis consents to let the Parliament separate without even mooting the subject on which he tbrmerly em ployed the energies of his soul ! A vague, carefully balanced set of phrases, by which Sir Robert Peel proves himself a proficient in the art of using language for the purpose of concealing his intentions, but in which there is not a single tangible expression to fix him to any specific course, are deemed sufficient in ducement to the Hon. Member for Oxford University, who has taken the claims of the Church under his special care, to abandon his intention, and to resign the question to the hands of Sir Robert Peel. STAND AR D.—The arrangement on the subject of the Poor-laws is, probably, the best that, under the circumstances, the Government could propose. In the present state of the public business, and with the present meagre attendance of Members of the House of Commons, it would be indecent, and otherwise im politic, to resolve finall y upon a measure so important ; even improvements ma de in such a case would lose much of their value. The great consideration, how ever, is, that the subject must be again opened, and that, if gentlemen discharge the duty to which so many have bound themselves upon the hustings, it will he opened iri its whole extent, so as to render any arrangement made this session merely temporary and provisional, the -five years' term nominally as signed to the Commissioners among the rest. Now, the subject has never yet been fairly opened in its whole extent, not even in 1834—for in the discussion of that year the question of rating was with exquisite cunning kept out of sight. Although the care of the poor was taken from the middle classes and the lower classes, to whom it had been previously and justly confided, because these classes bore the bur then of supporting the destitute, that burthen was still more firmly rivetted upon these classes exclu sively. The injustice of such a disposition is ap parent; for what can be more unjust than that the capitalist manufacturers—who are the great artificers of pauperism—should contribute nothing to the support of the paupers of their creation ? Early infancy and extreme age are the periods of life at which aid is required; but the millowner re ceives the child, or adult, as - it may be, ready for his use, without a farthing of expense on his part, and . when " used up," according to the humane phrase, throws him back upon his native parish—to die in a union workhouse. This injustice has been attended with worse consequences to the poor than even to the rate-payers, because it has, in part at least, deprived the farmer of the sympathy of their natural friends. The humbler classes of rate-payers, who, if the bur then of supporting the poor were justly distributed, would have little to pay, or nothing, are taught to feel that they have an interest in the cruel parsimony of which the absolute destitute are the objects; and were it not so, such cruel parsimony would not be tolerated for a single year. We trust that this view of the subject will not be neglected by the country during the re cess, and that it will be pressed upon Parliament when the subject of the Poor-law shall come before it next Session. Capital ought to be assessed to the poor-rate. Upon this there can in principle be no question, and the difficulty of detail which might have formerly opposed an obstacle to such rating, has been happily removed by the Income-tax ; the same machi nery which can reach capital fir purposes of general taxation can be made easily available to reach capital for a poor-rate. DISTRESS IN THE AGRICUL TURAL DISTRICTS. The following circular may be taken as good evi dence of the distress existing in agricultural districts, as well as in the manufacturingparts of the country : " County Fire Office, " London, July 15, 1842. " FARMING STOCK. " Sir,—As the orders for Farming Stock Insurance are now coming in in large numbers, it is necessary that we should call your attention to the fact, that our accounts show us to have been great losers by this branch of our business for some years past. We have, unhappily, reason to expect that the losses will rather increase than diminish during the ensuing autumn, by the wilful destruction of Farming Stock, in consequence of the dissatisfaction among the labouring classes, and the fiendish suggestion which they have received from one of our leading dema gogues—to destroy the property of their employers —a hint which they readily adopt, ignorantly sup posing that their vindictive object will thereby be attained. " We must consequently admit, that we are by no means solicitous for Farming Stock business, particu larly where the parties do not insure other property with us. Upon this, point, however, we place our selves entirely in the hands of our agents. We rely upon their using the utmost caution in taking farm stock orders from strangers ; and we suggest the expediency of their declining to do so until they have inquired into, and are satisfied with, the character and circumstances of the proposer. " It is with the utmost reluctance that we withhold our protection from any parties who seek it, but the interests of the Office demand our circumspection ; we therefore enumerate some of the leading points of objection which occur to us :—The holding appoint ments which render them obnoxious to the labouring classes ; the indulging in harsh and oppressive con duct towards their servants ; the being in reduced circumstances, which may lead to their making fraudu lent claims ; general bad character. These points, and others which your better judg ment will suggest, being duly attended to, we trust that our Farming Stock business may be less bur thensome to us than heretofore, and that we may not be compelled to decline it altogether. " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " J. E. BEAUMONT. " The rule, that no insurance of farming stock within five miles of an incendiary fire be taken at less than ss. per cent. fur the first year,' must be strictly enforced. " The use of steam threshing machines is full of danger, and must not be allowed within twenty paces of the riekyard." NO STARVATION AMONGST LANDLORDS OR FARMERS. (From Woolmer's Exeter Gazette, July 16.) NoaTa DEVON FARMERS IN 1816 AND 1842.—Twenty six petitions, signed by 700 occupiers and owners of land in North Devon, stated that "many of them,_ in order to meet the payments of the Income-tax, had been under the necessity of selling their young cattle to great disadvantage ; and many of them were in confinement for debt, from inability to pay 1" "Happily the times are altered, and the Income-tax of 1842 finds a patriotic and generally prosperous body able and willing to pay it." So much for the Corn-laws. Landlords and farmers boasting of prosperity while manufacturers and trades men' are starving ! And as regards the farmers of the north of Devon paying towards the Income-tax it is a gross fallacy, for the generality of farmers are small, and not one in fifty of the whole number is rated to tl e value of 300/ per annum ; and if a return should 1 ordered by Parliament, it is generally considered tbn t 100 renting farmers in the north of Devon will not Le found as payers to the Income-tax. It 15 now confidently stated that Parliament will , be prorozued the second week in August. Mr. Wood, Chairman, and Mr. Dehaney, Solicitor of the Board of Excise, had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer this morning in Downing-street. We quote the following from the Univers :—The . Catholic Archbishop of Sydney—M. Polling, of the Order of Benedictines—having come to Paris from Borne, and remained here a short time, set out on Mon day for England, whence, in September, he will return to )ouay, where there is a College of English Benedictines. The Pope has built the town of Sydney into a metro polis, and created Archbishop Polding Apostolic Vicar of the whole country, with the exception of such parts as are intrusted already to other vicars, over w h om h e w ill be metropolitan. Hobart Town is mad e a Bi s h op ' s S ee , and its Prelate will, be a. suffragan of Syd ney, being at the sane time Apostolic,a. Vicar of South Australia. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCRESTER.—W e are happy to be enabled to state, that the improvement which manifested itself last week has continued down to the present time; anti that a more healthy feeling prevails in the market than at any period for some time past. The large sales of produce made under the operation of the new tariff have liberated a considerable amount of capital which had been for some time locked up, thereby placing addi tional means at the disposal of the more active and enterprising merchants of the country; and, as a ge neral impression prevails that the prices of cotton ma nufactures are now at their lowest point, the inclina tion to make purchases for foreign markets has be come more general. Since Tuesday last, a very consi derable amount of business has been done in shirtings, domestics, and cther goods suitable for shipping, and also in yarn, especially in the numbers and qualities adapted to the Russian market. In printingcloth no im provement has yet been manifested ; but . w e under stand, that some considerable orders for prints have been received from the West Indies, Canada, and the United States ; so that it is to be hoped, that that description of cloth, which is now much depressed, will, ere long, participate in the general increase of demand. It is necessary to observe, however, I that hitherto, even in the fabrics that are selling the most freely, little or no improvement of price has yet been realized. In some descriptions ofshirtings, an advance of lid. to 3d. per piece was demanded yesterday by the principal manufacturers, but it was not generally, if at all, acceded to by the purchasers; and the amount of business done was to some extent limited by the demand. Indeed, it is not very probable that any substantial improvement in prices can take place, un til, by the result of a good harvest, or by a change of the Corn-law, the great bulk of the working classes of this country, whose entire earnings are now absorbed in:the purchase of food, shall be enabled to procure those supplies of clothing of which they stand so much in need. In order to show the operation of this cause upon the market, we may observe, that the exports of yarn from Hull during the first six months of the pre sent year show an enormous increase upon those of the same period in 1841. The quantities in each year are the following :- 1842. 1841. llamburgh bales 14,465 .... 11,787 Amsterdam 72 .... 94 Rotterdam St. Petersburgh 9,517 .... 4,644 Gottenburgh Other ports 2,567 .... 1,804 Total bales This statement, it will be seen, exhibits an increase of nearly 50 per cent. during the present year ; and, if the home trade of this country had continued in a healthy state, it would have been difficult, if not im possible, to supply the quantity that has been exported. Owing, however, to the very great diminution in the demand for manufactured goods, many of the spinners who previously supplied the home demand have been seeking their yarn for foreign markets, until those also have been to some extent glutted. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, JULY 18.— There is a change in the flannel market to-day for the worse. The pieces sold have been few, and the buyers have offered lower prices, which, in numerous instances, have been refused. The wool market is much the same as that of the preceding Monday. HEALTH OF FRENCH PRISONS. The Minister of the Interior has sent to the Pre fects of all the departments a circular letter urging the transmission to him of the reports already re quired by existing regulations, from the physicians and surgeons of the various central prisons of the kingdom, in order that the medical and sanatory sys tems of each establishment in particular, and of the whole in general, may be fully comprehended and acted upon. The letter is accompanied by a series of tables to be filled up periodically by the directors of the prisons. The first table is for a monthly return of the numbers of prisoners, classed as to their ages, and the works upon which they are employed. An other table is to comprise the number of those who have fallen sick, classing them also by their ages, and the occupations in which they have been engaged ; how many have left the infirmary cured, and how many have died. Another table is to contain an ac count of the trade, profession, or other occupation exercised by each prisoner previous to his confine ment, and the state of his constitution when first brought into the prison, so that an estimate may be formed of the influence of the regulations in each pri son on the health of those who are confined in it. In making these reports, the medical men are to indicate such prisoners as are affected with the itch, ringworm, syphilis, or other diseases, and all such as have or have not had the small-pox, or been vaccinated. The medi cal men are also to indicate in their reports their opi nions on the causes of any diseases which may have prevailed; on the general sanatory state of the pri sons, and on the means of improving it. In case of any epidemic disease a separate report is to be made. The letter refers to and enforces instructions given in like manner in July, 1840, for returns of the com parative mortality among adults in the free population of 'the country immediately around the prisons, in order that that the increased chances of death within the latter may be ascertained. It further directs that reports may be made of the number of the soldiers composing the garrisons of the central prisons, and of the towns of the departments, who have been ad mitted into the hospitals of the respective places, and how 'many of these have died, so that a comparison may be made, and inferences be drawn, as to the effect of penal confinement on human life. IRISH LABOURERS A Tl - ' - HE PARIS FORTIFICATIONS. Captain Capsicum Cayenne Pepper, in his face tious book, " France Daguerreotyped," tells the fol lowing tale, for which his veracity is to be held respon sible :—" The great multiplicity of labourers required for the fortifications of Paris, and the comparative scarcity of French labourers, as compared with the soil which they have to cultivate, occasioned directions to be some time since transmitted to the French Con sul at Dublin, to ascertain whether any disposable num ber of Irish labourers could be induced to proceed to Paris, with a certainty of procuring regular employ ment for at least a year to come. The result, as may readily be conceived, was that a number of the finest peasantry' jumped at the offer as nimbly as a salmon-trout at a summer fly. Under the special superintendence of the Consul they were shipped in disorder and ragged condition for Havre, felicitating themselves on the• gentility of the excursion, and the unlooked-for opportunity of makin' the tower of France, all as one of the foremost quality—and that upon vilvit, and be paid for their pleasurin' into the bargain ! Since the memorable period when the immortal hero of the gridiron, bein' in distress in regard of the atin',' thought a solitary ' Parley voo Fransay' a passport to all the mysteries of the French mind, nothing more bizarre and provocative of laughter has been witnessed than the landing of these stray sons of St. Patrick at Havre, and their journey on foot to Paris. It was ►ny lot to meet with one of them in the centre of the Palais Royal at the magnificent Galerie d'Orleans. There he stood beneath the splendid glass roof, reflected in a hundred mirrors along the walls, stared at by scores of moustached loungers, and giggled at by a dozen magasin grisettes in their exquisitely soiyneuses toilets, looking like Houris in a paradise. Paddy had changed in no respect the costume of his native hills. The corduroy smalls were patched and repatched, yet broken at the knees. The buttons enjoyed a sinecure for convay nience," the long strings which held the place of knee buckles fluttered down to the ancle. Like Lord Hamlet, he appeared in the midst of that emporium of fashion, - With his doublet all unbraced, No hat upon his head,' but a very stunted and Itraw-bound caubeen, with the immemorial short and blackened pipe stuck on the dexter side ; and to complete his parallel with The glass of fashion and the mould of form,' Pat had His stockings fouled, Ungartered, and down-gyved to his ancle.' When to this I add that his hardy and sinewy leg was thickly matted with hair of a dusky hue, and that his face was bespread with some ten days' growth of beard of a foxy-brown colour, that his brogues, loosened by the journey, were made fast around the instep by hay-ropes, that his coat was of aboriginal blue frieze, and that in his hand he wielded a stout alpeen,' which had been his firm support for many a rood, I need scarcely wind up his resemblance to the Danish Prince, by saying that he was 'The observed of all observers !' When I first espied him in that attitude of upward gazing, which, according to philosophers, distinguishes man from the beast (a distinguishing characteristic whiCh •i 3 sometimes very . requisite), I drew closer to him, impelled by an irresistible curiosity, and was no little astonished at hearing him ejaculate :—' Holy Var gin, if that disn't bang Banagher. Ah. then, it's with ylass they thatches their houses in Paris !' " A numerous deputation of gentlemen connected with the northern part of the principality of Wales had a lone- interview this morning with Sir R. Peel and the Earl of Lincoln, in Downing-street, on the subject of the Welsh Landowners' Memorial. Amongst the deputation were Earl Powis, Lord Clive, the Hon. R. Clive, Mr. Ormsby Gore, M.P., Mr. Richard Richards, M.P., Mr. W. B. Hughes, M.P., Mr. J. R. Ormsby Gore, M.P., Colonel Vaughan, W. P. Richards, Esq., William Jones, Esq., and several other gentlemen. Mr. G. A. Hamilton is canvassing the electors of Dublin University in anticipation of Mr. Sergeant Jack son's elevation to the Bench. Alr. Shaw is not a can• didate to the vacant judgeship, and would not, were it offered him, accept it—at least so says the Dublin Mail. It is stated by another Dublin paper that Mr. T. B. C. Smith, son of the late Baron of the Irish Exchequer, is likely . to be the new Solicitor-General, if he can get into Parliament. Lately a well-dressed man entered a b ar b er ' s s h op at Batignolles, and with great tranquillity desired the owner to shave him. After the operation he complained that one part had been . badly done, which the other denied. " Since I must convince you of the contrary," said he, " lend me the razor." Taking it from the man's hand, he drew it rapidly across his throat s and expired instantly. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 20, 1842. RIGHT OF SEARCH QUESTION. The following despatch has been addressed by the Minister of Marine to the Maritime Prefects : "By the terms of Art. 9 of the Convention agreed to May 22, 1823, between France and England, for the repression of the slave trade, the captains of mer chant vessels of both nations, who think they have cause for complaint from vexations or abuses of the right of search without seizure, are to make their de claration on oath before the competent authorities of the first port of their country which they touch at, or before the consular agent of their nation should they repair to a foreign port. This•declaration, indicating the damages which they lay claim to, is to be verified by means of examinations on oath of the chief mem bers or the crew, or of passengers, who may have been witnesses of the search, and informations of the whole are to be drawn up, two copies of which are to be delivered to the captain, who is to forward one to his Government in support of his complaint. In case the captain shall be absolutely prevented from giving testimony, his declaration can be supplied by that of the owner, or any other person interested. These formalities have been hitherto been neglected by such captains as have had complaints to make against the English crisers, and the maritime and colonial admi nistrations have not taken care either to remind them of the necessity of complying with them, nor have they conformed to them themselves, not requiring at the time when they send_ their report, or when they pass the statement of landing, the necessary declara tions and examinations, as they ought to have done each time that they were charged to transmit to any department reports in which such complaints as those alluded to have been mentioned. You will, therefore, be pleased to give orders that, for the future, Art, 9 of the Convention of May 22, 1833, may be punctu ally executed in the ports of your maritime arrondisse ments. It is proper also to remind the captains of vessels that, without waiting for their arrival in a French or foreign port, they are always to profit by the first opportunity which offers, to get their com plaint carried to one of the vessels on the French station appointed to protect our commerce in the lati tudes where they may happen to be. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING..) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'Clock. Mr. COLLET presented a petition from Tyrone, against the Tobacco Regulation Bill. Mr. BULKELEY HUGHES presented a peti tion from Carnarvon, against the St. Asaph and Bangor Cathedral WAGES COMMITTEE. Lord ASHLEY brought up the Report of the Payment of Wages Committee, which was ordered to be printed. POOR-LAWS. Mr. HARDY presented a petition against the 46th section of the Poor-law Amendment Bill. MAYNOOTH COLLEGE. Mr. PLUMPTRE presented a petition from the City of London Tradesmen's and Operative's Protestant Association, against any further grant to the College of Maynooth. Mr. B. DENISON presented two petitions from Halifax and Scarborough, against certain clauses in the Poor-law Amendment Bill. Mr. SHARMA.N CRAWFORD presented a petition from the brewers, distillers, maltsters, and wholesale traders in the vicinity of the metropolis, praying that toll on the metropolitan bridges might be abolished. Mr. O.• MORGAN presented a petition from Mon mouth, praying for certain alterations in the Poor law Bill. TEN HOURS' BILL. Mr. BECKETT presented petitions from places in the county of York, praying the House to pass a law to time the labour of persons in factories, above the age of 13 and under 21, to ten hours for five days in the week, and eight hours on the Saturday. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from a person of the name of Younger, chicory merchant, of Great Tower-street, against the Tobacco Regulations Bill ; also a petition from a place in Ireland, praying that the duty on all kinds of provisions might be re • pealed for a short period. NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME ELECTION. The following Members were called to the table and sworn to try the merits of the petition against the Newcastle-under-Lyme Election :—Lord Ashley, Chairman, LOrd Alfred Harvey, Lord Dalmeny, Mr. 0. Morgan, Mr. F. Paget, Mr. W. B. Hughes, and Mr. Brocklehurst. The Committee to sit to-morrow at eleven. (LEFT SPEAKING.) CERTIFICATES— A Ira. 9. In the Bill to that effect.—(Hear, hear.) In the third place, he proposed to make a provision for the mitigation of penalties, where it should appear that the article substituted was not of the nature precisely required by the Bill, and that there had been no fraudulent intention. The provision, as it stood, was very severe. The clause provided the forfeiture of the package, and in flicted a penalty of 51. for every quarter of such substituted article. He proposed to introduce some words into that clause to provide for the case of parties who had erred without any fradulent inten tion. This was the form he proposed to give the Bill in Committee ; and he begged to recommend it now to the consideration of the House, being fully con vinced that the apprehensions entertained with regard to it were groundless. Col. RUSHBROOKE opposed the Bill, as one which would injuriously affect the interests which he had the honour to represent. He opposed similar measures in the years 1836 and 1837, on the ground that they would open the door to extensive fraud, and he felt bound, in consistency, to oppose the present Bill. The Hon. and Gallant Co lonel concluded by moving that the Bill be read a third time that day three months. Mr. TROTTER said; that in 1837 a Bill was in troduced by Mr. Robinson, the Member for Wor cester, which was precisely similar to that under dis cussion. That Bill was then opposed by the then Pre sident of the Board of Trade, and on the division the ayes were 43, and the noes 108. He had the authority of the two predecessors of the President of the Board of Trade for saying, that a Bill which proposed to sub stitute flour or biscuit for any given quantity of wheat, would open the door to extensive frauds. He did not look at this in an agricultural point of view ; he threw that out of the question. The question with him was, whether there could be that guard thrown around as would benefit trade, and he felt bound to say that his belief was there could not. Mr. G. PALMER said he did not agree with the Hon. Gentleman in saying he did not consider this an agricultural question. This Bill was a step towards free trade, which he had always opposed. , He felt it to be his duty to support the amendment. He thought this Bill would tend to throw the population out of employment. Another consequence of it would be to increase the poor-rates. The balance of trade would go against this country if this Bill were passed. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. H. Arnold and W. H. Woollett, ship agents, Clement's lane, Aug. 11, at two—H. Staffell, druggist, Strood, Kent, Aug. 11, at twelve—J. Lamont. J. D. Stewart, and J. 11Ia travers, brewers, Skinner-street, Bishopsgate-street, Aug 10, at eleven. In the Country. J. Rose, grocer, Monk Wearmouthshore, Durham, Aug. 12, at two, at the Thompson Arms Inn, Sunderland—J. G. Raweliffe, draper, Snaith, Yorkshire, Aug. 15, at one, at the Guildhall, Doncaster—C. H. Webb, corn dealer, Forebriage ' Stafford shire, Aug. 15, at elev en , a t th e S wan I nn , Staffordshire—J. Radford, upholsterer, Tiverton, Devonshire, Aug. 29, at one, at the Old London Inn, Exeter—T. and R. Brown, canvas mann facturers, Jarrow, Durham, Aug. 10, at twelve, it the Bank rupt Commission-room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—J. S. Daintry and J. Ryle, bankers, Manchester, Ang. 12, at ten, at the Com missioners'-rooms Manchester—E. Turner and J. Ogden, iron founders, Leeds, Aug. 13, at two, at the Commissioners'- rooms, Leeds—J. Bnckton, grocer, Darlington, Durham, Aug. 11, at one, at the King's Head Inn, Darlington. S. Rogers, earthenware manufacturer, Dale-hill, Stafford shire—J. Stansbury, bookseller, Hackney-road—J. Edisbury, grocer, Holywell, Flintshire—W. Stone, linen draper, Glou cester. ~~ A WORTHLESS LOVER. Two industrious young women, Mdlle. Bourvaud, a dress-maker, and Mdlle. Eliza, a lace-maker of the Petrelle, Faubourg Poissonniere, lived together on terms of the closest intimacy. The dress maker had for her favoured lover Verge, the trombone of the band of the 68th regiment, who, in time, in order to form a parti carre, introduced his friend Favre, who played the long drum in the same band. It being known that Mlle. Eliza, the lace mender, who by the way was no longer in the flower of her youth, was in possession of 700 f. a year in the funds, besides the produce of her business, the long drum soon became deeply enamoured—whether of her person or her money will be apparent by the se quel. The warmest protestations of love were made on his part, and at length responded to favourably on hers. Promises of marriage were interchanged; but, alas! in this case false as well as true love met with an obstacle. Favre, being a soldier, could not take unto himself a wife without the consent of his colonel, but so strong was his passion that not hav ing a sous of his own to pay for a substitute, and thus obtain his discharge, he declared his resolution to desert, if the fair Eliza would but unite her fate with his, and quit France. This proof of devotion was too strong for the love-sick maiden to resist, and to evince her estimation of it, offered to ad vance the sum necessary for procuring the discharge. This being agreed upon, Favre and Verge appeared at the lace mender's lodgings the next day with Bar riere, a man who they said WAS willing to re-place Favre for the moderate compensation of 800 f., which Eliza at once consented to give, and even advanced a small sum, as earnest to bind the bargain. On the following day Verge obtained from her 100 f., under the pretence of buying the necessary clothing for the substitute, and at at later hour 30 francs more to clear an account Favre had at a public-house, and which he said must be done to enable him to leave the service with honour. On the day after, Favre, Verge, and the supposed substitute, again came to the expectant bride, and obtained from her the 800 francs, leaving her elated with hopes that in a few hours she would embrace her lover as a free man. During three long days she waited in anxious expectation of enjoying his happiness, but, nobody coming to marry her, she went to the barracks, and there learnt that neither Favre nor Bariere, who, it turned out, was already a musician in the regiment, and had lent himself to what, it had become evident, was a fraud, had not been seen since the time they were last with her. Verge was found, but he pro tested his innocence. Drowned in bitter tears for the loss of both husband and money, she went to the colonel and related her sad tale. After seven days more had. passed, Favre and Barriere staggered back into bar racks just in time to save themselves from the severe penalties of desertion. They were put under arrest, and with Verge, were on Friday brought before a Court martial to answer for their misdeeds. Favre ad mitted all his faults, but expressed his hope that his dear Eliza would forgive him, and make him her husband. Upon this, she with perfect simplicity said she would consider of it. Favre was found guilty, and sentenced to a year's imprisonment for swindling. Upon this, he exclaimed, " Well, then ! there's an end to my marrying ! " No proof having been given that either Verge or Barriere had received any of the money, they were both acquitted. It transpired, in the course of the trial, that immediately after the money was obtained Favre invited five or six of his comrades to a restaurant, where they dined en seigneur, at 20f. a-head. COAL MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) Ships arrived since last market.day, 6 s. di s. rt. Adair's .. . ....... ....... ..... 15 Walls End Morrison Hebburn idain Holywell Slain lB 0 Wails End Shincliff ...... .... 19 0 Nelson's West Hartley Pontop Vs indsor l5 6 Walls End nartlepool Tantleld Moor lB 6 Walls End Heugh Ha 11.... 20 0 Townley... ......... ... ..... , l6 0 Walls End Brown's Deanery 18 0 West Har t1ey........... lB 6 Wills End Gordon ....... 16 3 West Pelson l3 6 Walls End Seymour Tees... 18 u Walls End Farnarre l6 U Walls End Teel Heston .... 16 3 Walls End Hilda ... 17 0 Wal s E., d 'lees Walls End Killingworth ... 17 3 Blythe i ...... ...... ..... 15 0 Walls End Riddell's l7 6 Cowpen Walls End Todd's Bensham 14 0 Hartley ... IS 6 Walls End Haswell. ...... ... :0 3 Newton Main l5 0 Walls End Helton 4O 3 Victoria Steam l5 6 Walls End Lzunbton CO 3 CONSERVANCY OF THE THAMES AND MEDWAY. The following are the arrangements for view of the river Thames and waters of Medway. by the Right Hon. Sir John Pirie, Bart., Lord Mayor, on the 21st, 22d, and 23d of July, 1842 : THURSDAY, JULY 21.—The company will assemble on board a steam-boat moored off the Tower, at ten &clock in the morning. The Water Bailiff's and other boats will be in attendance at her Majesty's stairs to take the company on board. The Lord Mayor will proceed upon his view punc tually at eleven o'clock. The coinpany will dine on board during the progress down the river. On arriving at Rochester his Lorship and the Company will land about eight o'clock, and proceed to the Crown Inn. to tea. FRIDAY, JULY 22.—The party will breakfast at nine o'clock, after which the members of the Corporation of Rochester will be introduced to the Lord Mayor. His Lordship will then proceed down the Medway and land at the city boundary stone at Cockham Wood, where the usual ceremony will take place. Upon returning to the steam-vessel the party will pro ceed further down the Medway, and return to Rochester in time for the Lord Mayor to receive his guests for the dinner, which will take place punctually at six o'clock. SATURDAY, JULY 23.—The party will breakfast at nine o'clock, and leave Rochester at eleven o'clock pre cisely, to proceed down the Medway. On arriving off Leigh, the accustomed ceremony at the city boundary-line will take place. The Lord Mayor will then proceed to Southend, where his Lord ship will entertain the party at the Crown Hotel, at a dejeune. His Lordship purposes leaving Southend at four o'clock precisely, on his return to London, and will dis embark at her Majesty's stairs at the Swan shortly after eight o'clock, where carriages are requested to be in attendance. We are given to understand that several of the most distinguished people in the country have been invited to the entertainment, which will be given in a style worthy of the Chief Magistrate of the metropolis. LLOYDS' SHIPPING VESSELS SPOKEN WlTH.—Jolly Tar, Liverpool to Quebec, 10th ult. ' lat. 42, lon. —, by th e Ph o e n i x , S angs t er , arr i ve d at New York. Corinth, bound E., 7th ult. ' lat. 49, lon. 13 ; Rebecca, Bremen to Baltimore, Bth, lat. 49, lon. 17 ; and Grace Brown, of Baltimore, same day, by th e T oron t o , Gres wold, arrived at New Yor k . Marion, Ch ar l es t on toHavre, lat. 22, lon. 54, by the Elizabeth Denison, Post, arrived at New York. Charles, Belfast to Nev York, 31st May, Ist. 55, lon. 18 ; Euclid, bound E. sth June ; Cincinnati, B arstow, H avan .. nah to St. Petersburgh, 15th ult., lat. 41, lon. 55 ; British Queen ; standing E., 22d, lat. 43, lon. ,62, by the Congress Marshall, arrived at New York. Johanna', Bremen to Balti more, 201 h ult., lat. 41, lon. 70, by the Republic, Legeler, ar rived at New York. Franklin , Boston to the East Indies, 22d ult., lat 41, lon. 66, by the Lord Stanley, Appleton, arrived at New York. Ville de Paris, Sturgis, Havre to New Orleans, 7th ult., lat. 49, lon. 19, by the United States, arrived at Boston STOPPING THE SUPPLIES. -- MANCHESTER, JULY 18.—The memorial to Mark Philips and Thomas Milner Gibson, Esqrs., the Members for this borough, will be transmitted to them by this night's mail. The number of signatures attached thereto is 63,925. The Courrier du Haut Rhin says :—" The harvest will be a very fine one, and consequently the full in our market continues. The ear is full and promises to pro duce abundance of flour. The straw will be short, but this forage still is at a low price. On the other hand, the trefoils and other seeds are very scanty. The vines have suffered severely from the heat and drought. As we have before retorted, the blossom of the vine has been attacked by the pyrale, to such an extent that the whole of the vine-growers from Ribeauville to Gueb willer will lose all hope of a gathering, unless they have some rain very shortly. In the Bas Rhin, on the con trary, the vines, which are almost always a fortnight be hind ours, are in a very flourishing state. Even there, however, the want of rain is severely felt." IPSWICH ELECTION. The following Members were then sworn to try this election petition—Mr. P. M. Stewart, Chairman, Mr. Protheroe, Mr. Hugh Arbuthnot, Mr. T. Wyse, Mr. Lefroy, Mr. W. Williams, and Mr. H. Stuart. NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. ROEBUCK gave notice that, to-morrow week, he should bring under the consideration of the House a series of resolutions, in consequence of the Report now laid on the table of the House by the Election Proceedings Committee. He could not state what those resolutions would be now, but he would state them before he brought them before the House. ATIIL ONE ELECTION. Mr. F. TRENCH presented a petition from certain electors of Athlone, praying for leave to defend the seat. RAILWAYS BILL. On the motion of Mr. GLADSTONE the Lords' amendments to this Bill, limiting the weight of car riage to be employed on the line, to four tons, were agreed to. COPYRIGHT DESIGNS BILL. Mr. GLADSTONE moved the postponement of the consideration of the Report on this Bill till Satur day next. Mr. WILLIAMS said, 'he should wish to be preseut at the consideration of this question. His engage ment, however, on the Belfast Election Committee would prevent his attendance on Saturday. Mr. BROTHERTON stated Saturday to be a very inconvenient day. Sir R. PEEL said he was daily pressed to proceed with this Bill, and he had no alternative but to go on with it on Saturday. Mr. W. PATTEN said that the people of Lanca shire were very anxious to have the Bill proceeded with. After some further conversation, the Bill was or dered to be recommitted on Saturday. THE BONDED-CORN-BILL. Mr. GLADSTONE proposed the second reading of this Bill. RELATIONS WITH AMERICA. Lord PALMERSTON begged leave to ask three questions of the Right Hon. Baronet, the First Lord of the Treasury. His first question was, whether the last Report of the Commissioners appointed to settle the Boundary question between Great Britain and the United States on the north-western frontier of the latter Power, was in a state to be laid before the House ? He had also to ask whether the Convention respecting the mutual surrender of persons convicted of certain crimes, had:been determined on and agreed to. He had also to ask whether the Annual Slave Trade Conven tion had been ag reed to. Sir R. PE EL said that the endeavours to settle the Boundary question upon amicable principles had not yet led to a satisfactory result. The convention respecting the surrender of convicts was still pending, and he would be able in a few days to give the Noble Lord a satisfactory answer on the sub ject of the slave trade. Mr. D. BARCLAY begged to ask the Right Hon. Baronet, the Secretary of State for the Home De partment, whether he intended, in the course of the present session, to bring forward any measure relative to the charters of the Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons. Sir J. GRAHAM said he must postpone the in troduction of a measure on that subject until the com mencement of the next session. HEALTH OF TOWNS. In reply to a question from Mr. M'KINNON, Sir J. GRAHAM said it was not the intention of the Government to bring forward any measure for improving the health of towns in the course of the present Session. Mr. M. PHILIPS wished to ask the Right Hon. Gentleman the Vice-President of the Board of Trade if it was practicable to postpone the further proceed ing with the Copyright Designs Bill until Wednesday next. He understood that whilst he had been absent Saturday had been appointed for the re-committal of the Bill. As it would be very inconvenient for him self and many other Hon. Members to attend on that day, he hoped the Government would consent to a further postponement. Mr. GLADSTONE said he had no desire to put the Hon. Gentleman to an inconvenience, but it was most desirable to proceed with the measure as early as possible. He had understood that the opposition of the Hon. Gentleman was of such a nature that the discussion might be conveniently taken on bringing up the report. Mr. M. PHILIPS said his: opposition was not of such a limited nature. _ _ ____.. Mr. WILLIAMS said his opposition would extend to a great number of the clauses. He felt quite sure that the Right Hon. Gentleman had no conception of the consequences of the change which he proposed. BONDED CORN RILL (No. 2.) _ _ Mr. GLADSTONE rose to move the second read ing of the Bonded Corn (No. 2) Bill. He felt confident that this Bill would meet with almost unanimous con currence. Before he made any observations on its provisions he must say a few words to explain how it came into his hands, and to render an act of justice to an Hon. Gentleman who sat opposite. The Hon. Gentleman opposite, the Member for Gates head, had introduced, in the early part of the session, a Bill corresponding with the one now brought for ward. At the suggestion of that Hon. Member, a Committee had been appointed on the subject ; and, in consequence of the Report of that Com • mittee, the Bill had come into his hands. He had made inquiries into the effect of the Bill, and he believed that it was a measure that might not only be safely adopted, but it would be productive of great benefit to trade. Notwithstand ing the Bill was under his auspices, he felt bound in justice to the Hon. Member for Gateshead to say that the credit of the measure was entirely due to him, and he trusted the honour of having brought forward such a Bill would be given to those to whom it was due. He felt convinced that the measure would beproduc tive of great good ; and one of its effects would be to open to millers and ship-brokers a considerable trade. The indirect benefits of this Bill would be very con siderable. It was 12 or 14 years since this plan had been acted on in France. At first the trade was small, but within the last few years no less than 350 cwt. of flour had been manufactured in France, and exported uder the provisions of that law. With re gard to fraud he thought there was no reasonable ground to suppose that fraud would be committed under thisßill. The persons deriving the greatest advantage from this Act were bona fide tradesmen and men of capital, and they would not be likely to take an unfair advan tage of the Act. Supposing the most extravagant amount of fraud to take place under this Bill, it would not be to such an extent as sensibly to affect the producing ihterests of this country. His firm opinion was, however, that fraud would be entirely prevented by the provisions of the Bill.—(Hear.) There were two or three modifications which it was his intention to propose in Committee, and he would, with permission of the House, now state the nature of those modifications. In the first place, though he saw no objection to passing the Bill as a permanent measure, he proposed to limit its duration to three years. As the Bill at present stood, the power which had been substituted for weight under its provision would not be admitted for home consumption, but would only be allowed for exportation. He (Mr. Gladstone) saw no reason why parties should not enter such flour for home consumption, and he pro posed, in the second place, to make a provision PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. H. and S. Horrocks, dyers, Radcliffe, Lancashire—S. Haines and R. Balchin, surgeons, Godalming, Surrey—J. Colman and W. H. Cozens, solicitors, Norwich—H. L. Mor gan and G. T. Parson, ship insurance brokers, Langbourn- Chambers, Fenchurch-street—H. James and C. Tomlinson, wholesale warehousemen, Friday -street, Cheapside—E. Wolley, E. Wheeler, and E. Wolley, scoolmistresaes, Leominster, Staf fordshire— R. W. Kennard a n d W. E. St a it e , i ron merchants, Upper Thames-street—G. Pedder and W. Sugden, surgeons, Ryde, Isle of Wight—J. R. Newcombe and J. Bedford, Jun., lessees of the Swansea theatre, Glamorganshire—J. Brown and W. Jacobs, attorneys, Lymington-41. T. Cartwright and W. Jarratt, woollen drapers, Louth, Lincolnshire—J. Johnson and J. Horner, jun. ' flax spinners, Leed s —H. Cooper and S. Tall, rag merchants, Kingston-upon-Hull—J. A. Williams and W. Beynon, Birmingham—B. C. Bell and C. Marlow, tailors, Richmond, Surrey—E. S. and R. Philpots, drapers, Ban bury, Oxfordshire—F. Arculus and J. Wilkes, coal dealers, Birmingham—T. Thewlis and H. Macaulay, cotton twisters, Huddersfield, Yorkshire—H. Garside and J. Stringer, iron founders, Heaton Norris, Lancashire—S. Howard, J. Hopkin son, jun., and G. Clark, patentee vendors, Huddersfield (so far as regards G. Clark). SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. JAMES KING, jun:, Glasgow, July 22 and Aug. 26, at one, at the Sheriff-clerk's Office, Glasgow. JAMES HUNTER, silk mercer, Edinburgh, July 23 and Au,z. 17, at one, at the Royal Exchange Cuffer-house, Edin burgh. ANDREW PHILLIPS and WILLIAM PHILLIPS, merchants, Aberdeen, July 25 and Aug. 15, at twe,ve, at the Royal Hotel, Aberdeen. Since the licensed gaming-houses were closed there have existed various establishments of a similar nature, so completely under the guise of private parties, that the police have hardly been able to detect them. Into one of these M. C—, the son of a partner in the bottle manufactory at Sevres, was intro duced on Saturday last, under the pretence of its being a select vestry. He was received with the utmost hospitality, and induced to partake so plentifully of the punch offered to him, that be lost his self-govern ment, and sat down to play. For a while he won largely, but fortune at length turned against him. In the infatuated hope of retrieving himself, he continued on till eight o'clock on Sunday morning, when be re tired a loser not only of a very considerable sum which he had with him, but also one of a much larger amount which he had had perfidiously lent him. Under the feelings of remorse he went to his room and shot himself. The ball did not enter his head, but only lacerated his cheek. Had not the general noise of the manufactory prevented the report from being heard he might have been saved, for the ultimate cause of his death was haemorrhage, which could at the commence ment have been easily stopped. This event is rendered the more lamentable from the circumstance that M. C— was fully able to pay the debt out of his own funds, and was on the point of marriage with a lady of large fortune. On Sunday last a quarrel arose in one of the streets of Marseilles, between a young Genoese and the keeper of a roulette-table, at which the foreigner was playing for cakes, the Genoese maintaining that he had won, and the table-keeper insisting he had lost. At length the Genoese became so enraged that he snatched the index from the table, and hurled it at the head of the other disputant. It, however, missed its object, and entered the eye of a wine-dealer standing by, with such force that it was extracted by a surgeon with great difficulty. The organ was totally destroyed, and an inflammation of the brain, the usual consequence of such injuries, was apprehended, and to prevent which, says the Semaphore of Marseilles, which relates the outrage, the surgeon in attendance has ordered that a censtant stream of cold water should be made to flow from a tube upon the afflicted part. A letter from Cahors, the chief town of the depart ment of the Lot, relates that, in the night of the 28th ult., four young men scaled the walls of the cemetery, an, having collected a number of skulls, returned into the town, dressed only in their shirts, and made a sort of dance of death, rolling the spoils of mortality they had procured before them along the streets. Some of the inhabitants, who witnessed their profane orgies, denounced them the next day to the police, and they will, no doubt, be made to answer for the sacrilege. BLACK GAME.—Black grouse is more abundant in the various inclosures of the New Forest, in Hamp shire, this year, than it has been known to have been for some years past. his circumstance may in some mea sure•be attributed to the favourable state of the weather during the breeding season, but more so to the vigilance of the forest-keepers, who have succeeded in defeating the netting practices of the poachers upon the young packs when they were little more than half grown. The little picturesque village of Lyndhurst, situated in the very centre of the new Forest, is already occupied by a few straggling sportsmen, awaiting with anxiety the 12th proximo. The birds are well up in condition, and strong on the wing, and excellent sport is antici pated, more especially by two or three octogenarian sportsmen, who find it less tedious and toilsome to them to traverse the gentle " heather " slopes of the New Forest than it is to "plod their weary way" over the more rugged muirs of the north." The ,cud of Marseilles gives the following account of the late eclipse, as seen in that latitude under circum stances so much more favourable than in Paris:—" At 56 minutes 50 seconds past 5 in the morning the sun's disk was completely veiled by the moon's orb, and left the earth in obscurity. The transition from light to noctarnal dark ness was so sudden, that it drew an astonishing accla mation of surprise from 4,000 spectators, collected on the Coline Bonaparte. The domestic birds, and a great many of the quadrupeds, were observed to show their retreats. A certain number of stars appeared in the firmament, which to the east and west was illuminated by a small luminous fringe. A keen cold was felt during the obscuration, which lasted two minutes ; at the end of that time, the brightness instan taneously re-appeared, and filled the whole immensity of the heavens. No idea, can be formed of the mag nificence of the spectacle." It is stated in a letter from Tripoli, July 1, pub lished by the Commerce, that the Governor, Askar Ali, was continuing the work of slaughter, and had decapitated several influential persons since the last accounts. The Arabs of the interior are said to be resolved on avenging their chief, Abdel Gelil. Sheik Sadi had attacked and exterminated the tribe of Bousief, which took part in be traying Abdel Gelil to Askar Ali. A few days ago, during a. Violent storm, the electric fluid fell on a windmill situated on the road be tween Saucoins and Grossouvre (Meurthe), and in a short time reduced it to ashes. This building was known by the name of Moulin Brute, probably because a similar accident had formerly occurred in the same place. The miller perished in the flames, leaving behind him a widow and six children. Lieut.-General the Duke de Clermont-TonneiTe, Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Louis, died on the 12th inst., at th e c h ateau of Glisolles (Sure), in his 90th year. He was brother of the Cardinal of the same name, and father of M. de Clermont-Tonnerre, ex-Minister of the War Department and the Marine. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. PRICEs OF SEEDS. Per Quarter Per Cwt. I New English Red Clover...6os 130 s St. Fein —s Ells 301 Old Litt., Ditto —s —s —s Rye Grass —s €l5 41 1 New Foreign Dut0......—s 56s 7138'Pacey Grass —5 —$ —e Old Di to Ditto New White ( 'ever 545 605 655;Dit o, for sowing —s Ms 643 s Old Ditto Ditto —s 5 —siDitto, for erushior ....-5 4fs 52s New Tre:oll... —s 25s 40s Hem. —s 465 52s Old Ditto —s 20s 34s'Canary —s 488 Ws l'r folium s—s —s . Per Rachel. Et.glish Carraway —s 45s 50s White Must.rd.....Os Od to 135 t d Foreign Ditte —s 468 50s Brown Ditto 123 Od to 153 , a Coriander ..... —s 13s 205ITares 45 Cd to 5.3 j ' PIIICE JF OIL. Rape Oil, brown, per ton £4s 0 Ditto, refined Linseed Oil 22 10 Lins .ed Oil Cake at tls Mill (per IOW) ll 0 ttape ake, per ton PRISE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. pci - 1121 b. fown Tallow £2 10 0 Melting Stuff .£1 14 0 Yellow Russia White ... is U e Graves Soap Ditto 0 0 0 Good Dregs 0 5 1, PRICE OF RAW F. PAice of:l'4ll°w (as stated by the 1 'AT, per stone of !fibs Tallow Meters) ~.=a. 9 COUNTRY CO N MARKETS. Pew. 1 Wheat. Barley. Oats Beans. Per Quay ter. Abingdon. — A Andover Banbury Basingstoke Cireucebter Coventry Uavcntr y Del by Hungerford Malt, n Mai'lenhead 14,,tt Ingham Wantage Warwick Wi chester York S. to S. 57 72 51 6t 56 66 60 6, 53 10 65 :6 6t ( 5 16 a. to a. 26 : 3 ,6 27 29 22 L. , / 25 20 24 29 22 26 28 :10 3 29 :17 26 8.: 32 35 23 29 zio 31 .8 38 a. to s. 9(1 21 tO 1+ 21 +8 26 22 31 :AI 16 +6 91 t 9 6. 3.5 41 6. tO 8. - 36 40 S 4 43 43 44 35 40 3d 40 'l7 33 36 :.6 29 31 - 38 40 4n 7 , c 0 78 52 75 56 68 63 73 20 26 22 34 3) 19 24 3» 32 26 30 3t 45 36 44 07 40 36 4ti 40 - - 76 - 41 - 66 - Per Bushel Birminghorr. s. d. s. d. 70 S 6 NEWCAS' s. d. s. (1. 36 46 ,' TLE con: s. d. s. d, s. d. 86 40 00 00 j .N EXCHANGE ttea Whit* 52.b.041 . 6O 6161 ....... f 2s. ttii OB . ;t 8 50s. 56.5...... 54, 58s. CO .Ws. 06 s. 20 , cis —b —s 294. 34 • —s. —s. 30s •—• . ..•..• [64. :95. • S. s. d. L Whe-t, Northumberlt Norfolk and St Berwick and Sc Foreign Rye, Norfolk and Suffolk -- Foreign Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Sufib Grinding and Feeding Ind c0tch......• Milt, Noriolk and 5urf01k.....; ........ ... :24 5( 8 —k. —,,. .a . Beans, Small 105.34 —, • — s• a Tick 3Ss. 4 s r. —s. v.,r Pease, White 4us. 42s —.— s. • •----- Gray 3oa. 328 —8 . Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe ... ..... 258. Zs —B. —s. - Feed 22s 213 20,. 'l2B s —s ............. .............. 465. 50s. —s. —s. )INGfON CORN MARKET. -For' Flour (per reign r back) HA DD villea7. --- iTriey7 oats. rse, s , Piave. First '76s Od 37s Id 303 84 363 Od 1 Od Second) GIs Od 33s Od . 25s 6d 35.4 Od I •Od Third... 50s Od 31s Od 1 231 Od —s Od I •=6 Od Avvrage W. Os. 111. 9.l2ths. GLASGOW CORN MARKET.. _ Wheat, per 2401 b. a. d. s. d. oas, per 2f4113. E. d. a. d. English Scottisn 25 0 31 C British lB 9 21 e Irish Foreign Barley, par 3201 b. Scottish English 25 0 27 0 Pease,Scottish .. ". 21 0 22 0 Scottish 22 0 :6 0 Oatmeal, per 1:91b. 16 0 21 0 Irish DALKEITH CORN MARKET. . ....... Wheat. Elsner. Oats. Pease. feans First I 70, 6.1 33s 3; ;30 al 38s Od 57s Od Second 6ss od I'Os Od I 25s Od 343 Od Od I bird I 47s Od 27s Od 22s Od Od 3fi ld EDINBURGH MEAL. MARKET. Per Sack of 2 stlbs. Fer Stone of 141 b. First Oatmeal XI 19 0 First Oatmeal..... £0 2 2 Second Ditto. 1 17 0 Second ditto 0 2 0 Barleymeal Peasemeal Pot. Barley from 31s. to 4bs. per sack. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 19. MINES AND COLLIERIES. The Earl of GALLOWAY presented several petitions from places in Yorkshire and elsewhere, in favour of Lord Ashley's Bill. The Duke of HAMILTON presented petitions on the same subject. These petitions did not come from the men or from the mine -owners,. but from the women employed in the Scotch mines. The petitioners de nied that the work in which they were employed was oppressive, and they, prayed the House, rot to deprive thew and their children of their only means of sub sistence ; also a petition to the same effect from the workers in a coal-mine in the county of Stirling. He earnestly supported the prayer of the petition. In answer to a questiod from the LORD CHAN CELLOR, Lord BROUGHAM said 'le should postpone his motion relative to slavery till MondaYnext, but he should not consent to a further delay. Earl CHARLEVILLE presented a, petition praying that the Canal Company of Ireland might be exempt from the operation of the Irish Drainage Bill. The Earl of SCARBOROUGH presented a petition from the West Riding of Yorkshire, against the Mines and Collieries Bill; DRAINAGE (IRELAND) BILL. Lord WHARNCLIFFE, in the absence of his Noble .Friend, the President of the Board of Control, moved the committal of this Bill. The Earl of GLENGALL did not wish to throw any obstacles in the way of the progress of this Bill, but he thought that separate Bills ought to be introduced. It was a subject of great importance, and this Bill was too general in its character. He did not think there was need of any hurry, nor did he think it necessary to pass the Bill this session. He objected to placing so large an amount of property in the hands of Commissioners, and investing those Commissioners with so much power. .I.k should. therefore, move that the Bill be referred to a Select Committee. Lord MONTEAGLE thought the Government were entitled to very great credit fur bringing in this Bill. If ever there was a Bill well considered, it was this one—if ever there was a Bill which came up and was supported by authority, it was this. It was a subject which had been exhausted. He did not think that the Noble Lord, in moving that the Bill should be referred to a Select Committee, intended to obstruct the Bill, although.his motion might have that effect. In 1E22 a Committee was appointed to inquire into the state of Ireland, and in the Report of that Committee was recommended the adoption of a General Drainage Bill. Two other Com mittees since had also come to the same conclusion ; after which, the Bill called Mr. O'Ferrall's Bill, was in troduced ; therefore there was sufficient authority on the side of !he Bill. The present Bill had already been before Parliament two years and a half, and there had been no petitions against it. Several NOBLE Loans—Nor any in favour of it. Lord MONTEAGLE said the Bill recommended itself. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said it was with great regret that he differed with the Noble Lord who had just sat down, but he must say that he had great objections to this Bill. He thought they ought not to proceed with this Bill at a time when :30 many Noble Lords conne c ted with Ireland were absent. He should support the amendment. The Earl of WICKLOW thought the Noble Marquis supported the amendment with a view to defeat the Bill. He (the Earl of Wicklow) thought if the country was to be improved by drainage, there ought to be a general drainage Bill. He considered that the silence of the Irish landed proprietors upon the subject of the Bill showed that they had not very great objections to it; as he wished to see the Bill passed in the present session he should vote for the motion that the House go into Com mittee. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE gave his cordial support to the motion before their Lordships. He ad mitted that there was a great improvement going on in Ireland, which he considered an argument in favour of the Bill rather than against it. Those landlords who were the most desirous of improvement, and the most active in promoting improvement, required the assistance of such a Bill to enable them to go on. The ' Marquis of LONDONDERRY opposed the motion. The landlords of Ireland did not need to be controlled by a Board of Commissioners in the manage ment of their estates. He thought with the Noble Marquis opposite (the Marquis of Clanricarde) that stringent laws ought not to be passed for the manage ment of property in Ireland which would not be tole rated in England. After a few words from the Earl of Charleville, Lord Cloncurry, Lord Clancarty, Lord Wharncliffe, and the Duke of Wellington, the House went into Committee upon the Bill. Clause 1 was agreed to without discussion. On, the reading of clause 2, relating to the appointment of Commissioners, The Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved as an amend ment that the clause be omitted. If his amendment were rejected, he would still venture to suggest to the Govern ment that they would not appoint Irishmen as Commis sioners. —(Hear, and great laughter.) But lie objected altogether to the system of centralization, by means of Government Commissioners, which, in Ireland, was of late years constantly superseding the principles of the Constitution.—(Hear.) After a few words from the Earls of WICKLOW and GLENOALL, their Lordships divided. The numbers were— ' For the clause For the amendment.. Majority for the Clause —24 Clauses from 3 to 20 (inclusire) were then agreed to. On the reading of clause 21, and which required the consent of two-thirds of proprietors throUgh whose lands drains were to be made, Lord CLANCARTY proposed an amendment requir ing the consent of all the proprietors; which, f a ter a desultory conversation of considerable length, he with drew, and the clause was agreed to. The other clauses of the Bill were then agreed to, and the Report was ordered to be brotight up op Monday next. MINES AND COLLIERIES 13ILL. On the motion of the Earl of DEVON, the Order of the Day, for the re-committal of the Mines and Collieries Bill (Lord Ashley's) was read, and postponed till Mon day next. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Ten o'Clock. HOUSE OF COMMAS, July 19. POOR-LAW AMENDMENT BILL. On the motion that the Sp( aker .eave the Chair to go into Committee on this Mr. FIELDEN rose to move that a " rise of wages," and " increased content of the labourers and diminution of crime," were two of the s pecific effects which the Rep ort of Commission, dated the 20th day of February 1834, stated would follow the application of their principle of administering relief to the indi gent by the agency of a Central Board of Control : that the Minister (the present Earl Spencer) who brought the Poor-law Amendment Bill into this House, on asking leave to do so, on the 19th day of April, 1834, said as follows, namely, "He thought no man could doubt but that the change in the system would be advan;. tageoua to the labourers themselves. It 'Fats pus. sible it might appear to some Honourable Gentletnene that the agricultural labourer, having at present an ad-; dition from the parochial funds to the amount ° wares paid by his employer (that addition being regu' fated aceordin to the number of his family). the effect of taking away that assistance would 011116' it impossible for him to maintain himself and faingi' He (Lord Althorp) did not think such would be the casef for he believed, nay he felt eon fident i that, as the labourer regarded the parochial assistance now added to the wages he received from his employer as inaltius the total wages to which he was entitled for industry, a very short time would elapse, after the r e ' !novel of that assistance, before wages would rise 10 an equivalent amount; and, as soon as that was the case, tha situation in which the labourer would be placed wote be infinitely preferable to that in which he at presen t stood:" that this Bill beproceeded with no further entil it be ascertained by inquiry of this House, that there hair heir , since the Poor-law Amendment Act came into oPel' s tiun, a rise of the, wares of labour, increased contentr ae among the labouring people, and a tlimunitio» of crilue ' and also that if a rise in the rate of wages has . tak en place, it has been to such an extent as to give the ab ie ; bodied labouring man with a wife and family an equivalen for the periodical assistance afforded to him before the' passin g of that Act ; that it is desirable that such inq uif 4 should be satisfactory and conclusive, and that it shoe cemmand theconfidence of the country ; and that, therefetef none but labourers and employers be examined. (The Member in making this motion, spoke in so low a tt e of voice as to be wholly inaudible fur a lung time.) " 1 ;i objected under any circumstances to the c o ntinuance,,, ii the powers of the Commissioners fur so long a peri ° ' the Government proposed. as General JOHNSON seconded the motion.' Il e t - 0 sorry to find that the Government were determined on persevering with the most objectionable dame itt; l l , o Bill, that which had for its object the continuanec unconstitutional powers of the Commissioners years more. Mr. GRIMSDITCH agreed with the Hon. and Ga lls 4 Member who had preceded him, that the most objee ti er able clause in the Bill was that which continued : powers of the Commissioners. He was sure that it if° most unwise of the Government to press • such a chi and that the course they had taken on the subject wt,' tl .A tend to shake the confidence which the country hitherto reposed in them. But as the clause had h er o already passed, he saw no use in now Opposing t motion for going into Committee. Mr. AGLIONBY said that his objections to t,e proposed duration of the powers of the Commissio ne l remained as strong as ever. He thought it high til e some calm and deliberate inquiry should take place ? L t the working of the Poor-l a w Act, and he thought t 7,,, the result of that inquiry would be to prove that working of it had been beneficial to the poor themsel l4 , o He thought, however, that it was impossible to gu , the inquiry during the present session, and therefor e , could not support the motion. If the Hon. idei lbe ep would, however, on the bringing up of the Report, or o f the third reading. move for shortening the duratiot t .,„, the Commission, he (Mr. Aglionby) would supportr o Mr. ESCOTT thought the Hon. Member for O l t%) had better reserve his opposition until his (Mr. Esonr e motion on the subject of out-of-door relief should e 67,, on. If that preposition should be carried, the CO lOl O sion would be found to be inoperative for evil - artd te ° operative for good than it had ever been. Mr. REDHEAD YORKE urged the Hon. 31 0 . 1 1, for Oldham not to press his proposition to a divisl° b is He trusted the Hon. Member would not divide on l point ; but under the extreme difficulties of the COuD tt l ! if he did he felt bound to divide with him. Sir J. GRAHAM in the main agreed with the °11: Member for Oldham, that the effect of the present al; sure was to make the workman dependent on his r , player. The only question for the House now to m 74 mine was, whether there r hould be a Commissia i A; not. With respect to inquiry, he did not censiorroo necessary, inasmuch as they had had long inquiriofor the subject. Inquiry was not wanted ; but that was , 09 the House to decide. It was only out of respect tot be Hon. Member that he had not remained silent , but , could not agree to the motion. Captain PECHELL said that the friends of the lif o f ple were determined to oppose the Bill to the be s te e their power, until the Right Hon. Gentleman gro tto the inquiry which they asked. Ile contended th a tt . le power granted to the Commissioners was too 'e'e intrust to them. tb. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and House divided ; the numbers were— • For the motion Against it 125 Majority The House then resolved itself into Commatee , GREENE in the Chair. Clause 1 passed through Committee. ils On clause 2 being proposed, Mr. T. DLINC ( O fo re proposed a proviso for allowing parties summoned be p d the Poor-law Commissioners, to be heard by their ag e or counsel. _bad Sir J. GRAHAM said, as the Hon. Gentlerosi l 4eig not given notice of his motion, he (Sir J. Graho7lo somewhat diffident of expressing his own opinion. eo f clause, as it now stood, was proposed for the pare o allowing the Pour-law Commissioners to send' 0 °,44 person conversant with the law of evidence, and O rt ioJ no connexion with the locality, to conduct an irnP,:o o inquiry. As the proposition of the lion. Gen ti . t , S. would lead to facilitate these inquiries, he (' l 4 tY Graham) could see no objection to its aauption ; Po e ct, same time, before giving a final opinion on the 011 „' f iea he should be glad if some further time could be all hi M for D considlieration. r. i 1317 said lie would advise the Hon. accede - the P- Man to to the proposition. U n der Amendment Act, parties had no power to be heard .• their agents before the Assistant Commissioners. Sir J. GRAHAM said he cculd not consent that''',l all cases parties should be heard. Mr. BUCK complained that the Assistant Comnit siouers had at present too much power. Mr. B. WOOD did not see any objection to the pointment of special Assistant Commissioners. . 0 1 wished to know whether the Right Hen. Gentletil: • would do any thing with respect to the auditors ? so ; Sir J. GRAHAM said the state of the system of, o t diting was very unsatisfactory. He did not intenut to present to make any alteration in it. With -resPe c t il inquiry by the Commissioners, he quite agreed w i t ought to be an open one. Mr. AGLIONBY believed that even as an ext . 4 . _, A o to the usual mode of proceeding, a secret inquiry wv, be a mischievous mode. He did not think that it be the ordinary practice, but even the power to un ike secret would be unadvisable. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said, his objection ooli, plied to the inquiries before the new tribunal creat e " the Mr ßill. to t; . ESCOTT condemned the inquiry being. se e , o r and suggested that parties should be allowed to sPr o rf before it by counsel or attorney. He thought,. hoce.' o l/ that if such a court was instituted at all, it cert' i is' ought net to be composed of the Poor-law Colo,o sioners. The Poor-law Commissioners for their °,1,6 sakes ought to be no parties to the appointment of tribunal. Sir JAMES GRAHAM thought, that if the C.O missioners of Inquiry were authorised to inquire l oo r the conduct of the Poor-law Commissioners, the y ne t law Commission would be rendered useless. He d iet er intend that the Commissioners of Inquiry should eV cise any control over the Poor-law Commissioners , .,,ie should merely inquire into cases of local mal-adro l ".. tra L i rd SANDON thought it would be a great ben o r s that in all complaints the inquiry should issue fr°' Crown, and not from the Poor-law Commissioners. , 0 0l Mr. R. YORKE said, though this inquiry woul d t i operate against the Commissioners, it would ag ainst to Assistant Commissioners, and he thought that to h e v, same thing. le After a few words from Mr. AGLIONBY releti /e / the appointment of the Commissioners, and the P ° which would be vested in their hands, io ° Sir J. GRAHAM said that the Poor-law Comn3i,ssie was indeed supreme, with the exception of one stlitelt check—the eye of the Executive Government- # was always upon its houghs actions. 1 0 . 5 Mr. B. WOOD ought that the guardians thein s !„ should have the power of instituting initiatory inatt".. they saw fit. Mr. DARBY supported the clause. Mr. GRIMSDITCH hoped the proviso woo lti withdrawn. 'O 4 Sir ROBERT PEEL believed that his Hon. f ri was actuated by conscientious motives, but his oat); was but a small encouragement to a Ministry to duce any relaxation of the law. A clause was prerel for appointing Commissions of Inquiry into any cases of malversation, and the Hon. Gentleman oPP, an it. The Poor-law Commi s sion e rs now appoinnirY Assistant Poor-law Commissioner to conduct any ing ,vO 5 that might be necessary. Th e p resent propo sition o' , to give them the power o f a pp o i nt i ng C omm i s siolL ef e r " of Inquiry, and at the same time to give the Seore' n ent' State for the Home Department a veto on that sPr iis ible merit. ,Thus, the Secretary of State would be rosrairt for the appointment of the Commissioners of - 111i l ov ed whose qualifications were stated in the Bill. Heat' that no alteration would be proposed in the clau o lia they would not make of the Commissioner s t hori' the Secretary of State two conflicting g in s t ste , ties. If they constituted the Secretary of the a Court of Appeal, from the decision 0 ' t heir Poor-law Commissioners, they would paralYs e ndo pt authority. He trusted the House would not frog' course which would discourage the Government proposing any future relaxation in the Poor-lavv s 7, o After a few words from General Johnson , i" j oie Yorke, and Sir J. Graham, the Committee divided, , there appeared -59 For the proviso Againstit Majority in favour of the proviso .• The clause was then agreed to. On the next clause being proposed, 1 Mr. E. RICE suggested the propriety of 611 g e„ati ';, o rt, rules being embodied in the Commissioners Ne,"l4e submitted to the Secretary of State and laid b e— Parliament. 00 Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that at the pr-the moment no general orders could be issued without st sanction of the Secretary of Sta:e, an d than 60' "l e be laid before Parliament. That was the law at present moment, and the present clause laid considers limitations limitations on the pow e r s of the Commis sioners issuing_special rules. • Alr:E: RICE explained. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that under this cbl u . s ° the abuse of special orders would be rendered impossible, Mr. DARBY said the clause would deprive the Cory_ missioners of the power of making a relaxation 01 general order with leave of the Secretary of State. Te case as thn agreed to. After l a u few w words e from Sir J. Graham and•CAPtll.in Pechell, the clause was agreed to. On clause 5 being proposed, '‘. , 4 , .7. .. .->' 5'%...5... th