The Sun. — London, England, 1834-05-10 00:00:00

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Ditto Accome Dutch, ‘2l p. c. 52 .r . o, 5: per iverl , 4 1 , 4 ! Ditto .tccount 54 Ditto Account ...... , ...414 to f Ditto, sp. c. '.'h ? p 7 1 4 Va20.1.•r0t.... .. 9 1 1,4 Ditto Account O7 Li - -' MCI'S OF SHARES THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Ai= Mining Company £9 "Hg::, %it,. w , iti. ..A... ,il.b. al 31. pm , .£l , O -_ taplanos NP , ,ing Conym% £l5O 120 1174 )Arazilian 'Stifling Company 5 15 I:razillar: , ril l ,. , ',llr. ('n. Ont. at fit.ino.) £2O 61!4 rritto Macalibas Cocaes 2O 20 nits. 4 4. Inhi. De 01• V ' 10 6,4 ... 6 0/ Cv.ta Pranra Mining Company ...... - :le A 12 , rirish Iron Miniro , corm.... £so 31Si Colu,nli, It !liitlin, Co. (iss. at 5/.1.1 , ..) 52 4 10% . linflish 14:: . ;:r.r Company .. ...... , I:2K 25 4.,ivorral Sliaone A:ta , ,entriOn l2 Hibernian Mining Co. £lO illexican 5! nit, co, .C.49% '',ll Lie! )I' , ..4ll , :'lllninr. C 0.... (tinroq.) 1,/oxled Me x. Mir : %.. iss at 21. nut.) 40 5 Pei Sl,ari. 11% ..irto hilionre llrc In.t+rmnre Comp. 0 ryr:torlnt• nonrance Comp. Ati•tralim Co. ..... ........... Iltetunal Steam Navigation Co. l3 Natvmal Provincial Bank of England 15 P.lit Dore t'n.4u-tat !t-lk •f I rellntl ....... 25 10►4 1144 .EI 7 0 n 48!4 15Z: 1314 HAMBURCI, nay 6.—The prices of the public funds have risen materially since our last notice, and in every description much business has been done. Discount, 2. per cent. End of May. A r:410..1 tallish Loan, three per cent 7! a 4 Anglo-Russian lOl% Russian lEscription, 5 per cent., In) 94% Ditto, ditto, IP3I Ditto. ditto, 1832. Certilicates 9'% Polish Bonds 125% Prussian Bonds. 1032 A t:: tnati Rank Shares 1273 Ditto Metalliques :1914 Ditto 4 rer Cent..... Spanish 3 per Cents. Spanish Cortes (A. F. Haldimand and ons) 36 Ditto 4 per Cent 5314 Dutch 2N, per Cents. Ditto 5 per Cents 94* Portti,ttece Recency 75 —Hamburg Reporter. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. TIAMBI , RG, MAY 6.-13 10 1 4 ; two months, 139. ST. PETERSBITRGII, APRIL 9.s.—Three months, 10%. BERLIN. MAY 3.—Three months, ii 264. Nrotictinst. APRIL :la.-I'w , months, 1233. LZIPSIC. APRIL 30.—Three months, 6 16%. .—Hamburg Papers. May 6. PRUSSIAN FUNDS—BERLIN, MAY 2. St. Schuh! Sch. 4 per cent 99 98% Pru•sian English Loan, 18 1 8, 5 per cent.... HO% Ditto 1 ,22, 5 per cent.... -- Ditto Thuds 1831) 4 per cent.... 94 9 3 54 Exchange on London S m . ... 6 25% —Prussian State Gazette. May 4. COUKSf c.e gxcH . Amst , rdaria C.r 12 53 1) tto, at mght 34 i'otterilam 2IJ 12 6 Antwerp It? 53 tiareoura t3 12i Akrria l3 12i LT ii i dayi' sight 95 50 2 U. 25 SO Bor.,eatix 2) 85 Pfertiti 7 RCN YESTERDAY. Ft.:ri. lint on Maine, F.x. NI :52" Petersburg'', ruble, 3 Us. I 9 4 - Vienna, effective A. 2 M. 9 59 Trieste ,I 0 ..10 0 Pihind ~. 36.14 Cadiz . 175.', Gilboa 'Ni P,rcelnna 'MN met a!,• 36 Gii , raitar 47 11.eghorn... .............. ....... 48 Genoa. ..% 80 Milan 11 Venice 47 qaples ?Mom° per oz. 122 Lisbon 52 Oporto 59..74 Rio laneim 17 BAhia 3l Buenos Apes Dublin, 21 days' sight 1 Cork ll4 BULLION, PER OZ. .f. s. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New !)oubloons 0 0 0 c.'w Dollars iilverbarsotandard 0 4 ilk Arr►ved. Da,. Air ♦ed. I)Ut O America 0 1 flaraturg O Brazil .... 1 0 Holland ii Tbieno.; Ayres 0 0 Ja'naica. i , 6 Cartliagena.. 0 0 Leeward Ist:olds ... 0 T 1 L.1111:1:1 0 ! 0 Lisbon ll 11 Vilna. r► 0 0 Malta 0 I France 0 0 Sweden 0 O Guernai &Jersey.. 0 1 Waterford 0 HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE TO ittnattovv. Morning 3$ minutes after 3. j Evening... 34 minutes after 3. 41. ( 1 r 4 • LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 10, 1834. The vast majority in the Commons last night in favovr of the second reading of the Poor Laws' Amendment Bill, may be said to have decided its fate. The division was 319 to 20, or about 16 to 1 in favour of the measure, one of the most overwhelming majorities we ever re member in that house. Even the majority against repeal, on which the country is almost unanimous, was not so great, the number being 525 to 40, 'or about 13 to 1. The discussion was highly creditable to the good sense of the house, and the calm, deliberate, unprejudiced view which most of the members took of the question, has impressed us more with confi dence in their deliberations than any act of the reformed Parliament. Notwithstanding the clamour raised out of doors—the great parade at vestry meetings, and the violent language resorted to by persons of _great influence, the members discussed the question' with as much coolness, and as much uninfluenced by prejudice, as if the measure had never been objected to, or in no way interested their constituents. Such-. conduct forms a noble feature in . a deliberative assembly, and is founded on one of the first principles that ought to regulate their discus sions. There were two or three exceptions, but these only prove the general rule. Colonel EvANs moved a resolution, which no doubt he believed to be condemnatory of the bill, but which he might have brought forward with as much consistency on any proposition whatever relative to the poor laWs. Though he evidently intended to oppose the measure, his resolution does not raise one objection to it. It is, in fact, perfectly innocuous, and, if we except the words " poor laws," might have been moved on any question, and might have been acceded to by all who voted for the second reading. We have no objection, however, to a truism, if honourable members would only adhere to truth. What does he mean by saying that all Tories and Radicals were united in one common sentiment of opposition to the bill ? Why, with the exception of Sir JAMES SCARLETT (and by the way he is no true Tory), not one of that party raised their voice against it. But this is only of a piece with the violent and unfounded assertions which have been made against a measure which, with certainimodifications, every impartial man re 3garg.as Calculated for the benefit of the poor ( 4 7 4.4 a llf " I t ' rich. The observations of Mr. GROTE 1 ir. H wis ; on the metuis resorted to to thwart et . . . raf4 \ _, r-4 B A. lr ~.. -: g ./ ''' 444 // i/i HOUSE OF LORDS.--(THIS the views of the Government, contain so much truth, that we cannot avoid quoting them at length. Mr. GROTE says— " Perhaps it may be shown in committee that some of the portions of authority which the bill confers are not es sential to the objects aimed at, and therefore may be safely withheld. This will be matter for grave delibera tion in each particular clause wherein the separate powers are enumerated. But I would earnestly entreat the house to keep in mind that general declamations on the despotic power of the commissioners really avail little towards the merits of this question—that they serve at best only to disturb the calmness and sobriety of mind which its vast and momentous character calls for, and that to expect the extirpation of an inveterate abuse, while we leave without correction or redress the defective administration from whence it has sprung, in no less chimerical than it would be to expect grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles." And Mr. HurlE uses still stronger lan guage : " The proposed remedy was now before the house, and notwithstanding all that had been urged against it, he was not convinced that the measure would be unpopular when it should be generally understood. (Hear.) Mea sures of the most infamous kind had been taken with a view to prejudice the public mind against th:s bill. Tyranny and injustice were talked of, and all sorts of misstatements were hazarded, supported by garbled extracts. (Hear.) The passions of the people were appealed to, and inflamed by telling them that they were to be enslaved and ruined by this measure. (Hear.) 'Those statements were per fectly unfounded. He denied that the bill was calcu lated to injure the poor. He was the last man to in jure the poor, and if he did not believe the measure to be for the benefit of the poor as well as the rich, he would never agree to it. (Hear. )" Ministers, however, may rest assured that the clamour will be kept up. The jobbings in parishes, and the parties interested in the abuse of the poor rates, are too numerous to allow the measure to pass without much " noise and fury." According to the Report of the Committee of the Master Tailors of London, " every thing is progressing in the most satisfactory way." Subscriptions are pouring in from all quarters, so great is the public sympathy for those who have been foremost to make a resolute stand against the demands of a confederacy, which are founded neither in justice nor common sense. The cause of the master tailors is not the cause of one body of men, but of the whole community—of all, in short, who wish well to the interests of trade. It is on this principle that we tender them our cordial support ; and in so doing, conceive that so far from proving ourselves enemies to the journeymen tailors, we are in reality proving ourselves their best friends. It were an easier task to flatter them —to pander to their caprices—to gloss over, or conceal their errors—to fill them with exagge rated ideas of their own importance ; but this we cannot, and will not do ; we leave all such work to those designing adventurers, who have their own selfish interests to serve ; our course is bold and straight-forward ; we see the Opera tives labouring under the most unfortunate infatuation, and frankly, but in no unfriendly spirit, strive our utmost to bring them to their senses. If our plain dealing offend them, we cannot help it. We are their friends, not their flatterers. Suppose they were to succeed in their in sane project, what would be the immediate re sult ? Why, neither more nor less than an utter overthrow of the whole existing system of trade. And what the ultimate result ? Why, a rude, abrupt breaking up of the whole social confederacy. For let no one suppose that the mischief would be confined to the quarters whence it originated. . No, no. Mischiefs like these are infectious, and spread in all directions. The operatives having gained their point, we should next find the agriculturists entering the lists; and thus the whole country, more or less, would be embarked in a struggle of which no man, were he even gifted with the prescient sagacity of a BURKE, could foresee the end or limit. And to this pass the country is to be reduced, in order to benefit a few needy in triguers, or work out the problems of a few crack-brained theorists ! Well, and truly, says the old adage, " When bad men conspire, good men must combine." The master-tailors are just now reduced to this painful necessity ; but they combine, not for the purpose of keeping up monopoly, but in order to uphold the rightful interests of trade, and save it from the fangs of a faction, which is it self the blind tool of a set of adventurers and mountebanks. We beg to direct attention to an article in another part of The Sun, under the head of 46 POOR LAW AMENDMENT," which has the rare merit of emanating from a gentleman who possesses a thorough practical knowledge of the subject—Mr. JOHN LESLIE, a Governor of the Poor, in the parish of St. George, Hanover-square. The proper inmates of a poor-house are destitute children, who have not strength to work, and the aged and infirm who are past their labour. There is, therefore, no occasion for work for the proper inmates of a poorhouse —nor can work be found in a poor-house for agricultural labourers—their employment is in the fields, or upon the farm. Neither can work be found in a poor-house for manufacturing labourers, without displacing such work among the community at large. The only work that should, or, without injury to others, can exist in a poor-house, is work necessary to supply the wants of the inmates, such as grinding corn, chopping wood, baking, brewing, &c. We do not consider that injury will be done to others by work nec6ssary to supply the wants of the inmates ; on the contrary, an abuse will be thereby corrected, for poor-houses are too much under the management of those who furnish to the wants of the poor, and the object with them is, not what is best for the poor, but what will best fill their own pockets. A name sometimes leads to error, and so it has been in the present instance—the term workhouses has been improperly applied to poorhouses. The error is continued in the Poor Law Bill. The commissioners are to have power to compel the erection of workhouses, substituting poorhouses for workhouses, with the power of erecting sheds or outbuildings for such work as is wanted to supply the wants of the inmates. We do not desire to withhold the power from them ; nor do we quarrel with the proposed regulation that no relief shall be given out of the poor-house, which we -consider as the simplest and most effectual means of putting an end to the system of paying labour out of the rate. We shall illustrate our mean ing by stating what has been done and accomplished by Mr. WHATELEY. He has divided the poor-house of his parish into two parts. In one end of it he has placed the aged and the helpless. In the other the able-bodied. To the former he allows an ample supply of good food. To the latter he assigns poor fare, and that only if they work for it, not in the house, but out of doors. He obliges them to go out at a certain hour in the morning to their work, and to return at a certain hour in the evening from it. He tells them, this is not your house, but mine. Ido not want you here, but if you choose to come here, you must conform to my regulations. In this way he has thinned the inmates of the poor-house, and if this mode be followed throughout England, the inmates of all the poor-houses will be thinned. The able-bodied will cease to come there. The helpless and the infirm will be limited to those who have no relations able or willing to support them. These, too, will be diminished. The feelings and duties of kindred will again spring up in England as they exist in Scotland, and are found even in Ireland, where, amidst all her destitution, the feelings and the duties of relationship have not been extinguished. In order to put an end to the system of pay ing labour out of the rate, one uniform system ,must be followed throughout England. We therefore consider a control Board of Commis sioners an appointment of necessity. We do .not desire to see that board fettered in any *way' whatever, and we consider that any attempts to fetter it will destroy its usefulness, and that no thing but such a board will stop the improper' interference of magistrates, put an end to the mistakes of landlords and farmers ; and disap point the cunning of paupers. We believe that annual reports to Parliament will prove a suffi cient control, and we do not well see what other check can be put in operation.. In place of in dulging in idle declamation and clamour about putting our liberties in danger, which are in jeopardy from a continuance of the pauper sys tem, we request of some of our contemporaries to investigate the subject, which it is plain they do not understand. When they do, they will be as zealous in giving their assistance to the furtherance of the means of putting an end to the existing evils, as they now are, th oug h per haps without i n t en di ng it, instr umenta l to the continuance of them. The French papers of Thursday and some of yesterday's date have reached town. They do not contain a confirmation of the telegraphic communication respecting Don CARLOs, which we gave yesterday. Accounts so late as the Ist inst. mention that Don CA Rt. os had left Santarem for Evora, after a conference with Don MIGUEL. The minister of the latter had left Madrid. The King of the FRENCH is about to visit Lyons and St. Etienne. Paris is tranquil. No business was transacted at the Bourse on Thursday, it being a close holiday. The German papers state that the Neap olitan Sovereign is very properly applying his energies to the improvement of the finances of the country. The prohibition of the French journals (wish the exception of the Moniteur,) is to be taken off. The King has given per mission to the subjects of Great Britain to build a church at their own expense. 50,000 francs have already been subscribed for this purpose. VIENNA, APRIL 9.—Fiveper Cent.Metalliques, 89%; 4 per Cent. ditto, 88 1 / x . Bank Shares, 1,251. It redounds much to the honour of our present Government that they have come to the reso lution of bestowing a pension on Mr. GALT, the novelist. To pensions like this no one can possibly object ; it is only when they are be stowed on the undeserving, who have nothing but their rank and influence to back their pre tensions, that the country cries out, and with justice. Miss Bruce, we perceive, announces a con cert on Monday next, at the house of the Right Hon. Lady Ongley, in Langham-place. We confidently anticipate that this concert will be fully and fashionably attended, for Miss Bruce is a vocalist of established reputation, is patronized by several of the nobility, and announces a most attractive bill of fare. We understand that on Wednesday next the Second Part of Shakspeare's King Henry the Fourth will be brought out at Drury lane, in a style of un equalled splendour. Am ong t h e scen ery, pai▪ nted expressly for the occasion by Stanfield, Andrews, and other eminent artists, will be introduced two new scenes, displaying th e gran d pagean t of the kin▪ g's, Coronation, and the Interior of Westminster Abbey, as it will appear next month, when fitted up for the Musical Festival. On this occasion the orchestra will consist of upwards of 300 performers The vocal department will be undertaken by the most eminent singers of the day, consisting, among others, of Grisi, Ivanhoff, Rubini, Tamburini, H. Phillips, Braham, and Miss Inverarity. These are great at tractions, but to us the most attractive consideration is the admirable caste of the characters in the play. To see Macready as King Henry, Dowton as Falstag; Warde as Lord Chief Justice, Farren as Shallow, Blanchard as Silence, and Harley as Pistol, is a treat of no ordinary nature. A Philadelphia paper says---.“ the man who, in these hard times, can cheat an editor, would rifle a hen-roost, rob an orphan, and steal an Irishman's only pig." • GREAT SLAUGHTER OF RATS.—A cor respondent informs us that some suspicion having lately been entertained by Mr. Richard Fowler, of Ashton, that an unwelcome colony of rats had made a settlement amongst some wheat in his barn, a number of men and dogs were collected to hunt them out. Some nests with young ones were first discovered, and were speedily destroyed ; and finally, on removing the last of the wheat, 97 large rats presented themselves, and being unable to escape, gave battle to the dogs. The contest lasted for an hour and a half, and was of a most sanguinary character, 88 of the enemy being left dead on the spot, seven taken prisoners (alive), and only two escaping. The suspicions of the farmer that his "golden cror was infested with rats, was thus fully "ratified."—Blackburn Gazette. TOKEN FLOWERS.—Among tlic. various embellishments which the elegantes of-tfie nineteenth century have resource to, we know-of none niore beau tiful and appropriate than that,of spring flowers. It was observed at the last Alniack's, that scarcely any ladies were without nosegays. In the days o f the Spectator, it was the fah that usually conveyed an as sent or dissent ; bukriow the more delicate and refined mode of token /lowers is adopted. To understand these mysts . 4atfS emblems, we cannot do better than refer to an elegant little volume, which has just ap peared, entitled the " Language of Flowers." The LORD CHANCELLOR, the Marquis of DOWNSHIRE, and Lord CoLcnEsztu, sat in the House of Lords to-day, to heat t nglish Appeals. • V. BRIDGMAN The arguments in this part-heard case, which was an appeal from the judgment of the Vice-Chancellor, were resumed, and had not concluded when our reporter left. The question on the case was, whether grass cut and used green was to be considered a great or a small tithe? KING'S -BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Guildhall, before the Loan CHIEF JUSTICE and a Common Jury. ) When the first cause on the list was called, it was found that the counsel engaged in it were not in attendance, and upon calling upon several others, either counsel, attorneys, or, witnesses, were absent, so that it was impossible to pro ceed with them. Owing to this neglect, which his lord ship reprobated, he ordered the first six causes to be struck out, and proceeded with the seventh, which was the first on the list in which the parties were in attendance. NIEL V. GOWRAN This was an action to recover a sum of money, varying in amount from 71. to 101., for some household furnituar, al leged to have been lent by the plaintiff to the defendant. The defence was, that the plaintiff had given the de fendant the articles. The particulars of this case were wholly destitute of public interest, and it had not concluded when our re porter left. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-THIS DAY. (FROM I.I.OYD'S) DEAL, MAY 9. —Wind E. N.E., light, to- S.W.—Ar rived the Demerara, Leggett, from Tortola,sailed Ist ult. ; arrived and sailed for the river, the Philadelphia, from New York ; Stately, —, Water Lilly, Hart, and Bright man, Jameson, from Jamaica. FALMOUTH, MAY 8. —Wind S. S. E. to E. S. E. , light breezes.—Arrived the Elizabeth, Tonkin, from Lisbon. LIVERPOOL, MAY B.—Arrived the Princess Charlotte, Roach, from Maranham ; and Superb, Williams, from Cadiz. The Princess Charlotte, from Bombay, is not ar rived off Liverpool, as stated yesterday. A ship about 250 tons, cotton laden, with a white head, was seen on fire, and burnt to the water's edge, 14th ult., in lat. 40, long 48, by the Ceylon, from New Orleans. BELFAST, MAY 7.—Arrived the Guadiana, Tull, from Memel. CORK, MAY 7.—Arrived the Woodland Castle, Bar clay, from Barbadoes. 1-lIELDs, MAY B.—Arrived the Ann Eliza Jane, Brown, from Sierra Leone ; and Alexander, Ehlers, from Rostock. HULL, MAY B.—Arrived the Josephine, Volkert, from Gottenburgh. ALDBOROUGHV MAY 8. Arrived off port the Four Brothers, Schwartz, from Dantzic. The Eagle, Fraser, from Honduras to Cork, was on shore in Youghal Bay, on the 7th instant —cargo discharging. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. We have no arrivals of any consequence this morning, and the express from Paris is of a very meagre description ; it brings news one day later from Madrid, which does not confirm the reported embarkation of Don Carlos from Por tugal ; therefore we must now view the despatch by the Bayonne telegraph as void of truth. It also still leaves us in the dark respecting the Spanish loan. The Spanish funds at Madrid have declined. It being a holiday at Paris, no business was done in the funds. A report pre vailed yesterday on 'Change, that Don Carlos had made his escape on y board an English merchantman, and it was suspected he was going to land in the north of Spain, to join the Carlists. This at present is only supposition. THE FUNDS. Ministers not wanting this year a loan for the West Indies has had the effect of keeping the market firm this morn ing, and Consols opened at the price they left• off yester day, 92% % for the Account. There being no arrivals we are dull of political in formation. The Pembroke steamer is hourly expected from Lisbon. In the Foreign market Spanish may be quoted 36% ; Portuguese 78% %. HALF-PAST ONE. We have a report of an express from Paris. It is stated that two additional articles have been attached to the treaty sent to Madrid, and that the Portuguese ambas sador there refuses to sign them, which has caused a delay in the ratification ; but this is report, and not to be de pended upon. Consols have improved since the early part of the morn ing from 92% % to 92 3 / 4 buyers, at present may be quoted 92 In the % 3 / 4 Foreign Market Spanish reached 37, at present may be quoted 36% 3 % ; Portuguese 77% 78. THREE O'CLOCK Consols for the Account, 92% W t . - CLOSING PRICES.—POUR O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 215 India Stock O2Bl , 3 per Cent. Red 9ll Ditto Bonds 3 pet Cent.. Cons 9 f South Sea Stock I per • cnt. 99 Ditto Old And B9 31 pi r C nt. Red 99! Ditto New Ann. . ..... 9 nl New , f p2r Cent lo' 1 Ex. Bills, 10.•11 5O pm i per Cc nt loot .:),.. fr'o/ 0 pin Long. Ann. to expire Ditto Small sopin Jan 18g0 pi 3-16 Bank S. for Ace..... 2141 Oct •1859.. i 71 Consols fur Opg O2l Jar.. 186 J l7/ , India St. for Opg 270 FOREIGN FUNI►S, Austrian, 5 ( pereent. Belgian, 5 per cent 9of Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent. 29' Chilian 6 per cen t........,, 27} Columbian, 6 per cent Ditto, 1824 22 317 Danish 75 Greek, 5 ..er cent 3ll Mexican 5 per Cents, 1823 !iitto 6 per Cent., 1825 45 Peruvian 6 per Cent. Portuguese, 5 per cent 78; Ditto, 'leg. Bonds Prussian, per cent. Russian i3unds 5 per cent. IN: Ditto, Metallic' 1061 Spanish, 5 per cent 37 Ditto, 132:1 331 French ' per Cent.... —t —c. Exchange —f —v. French 3 per Cent Dutch, 21 per cent 521 Ditto, 5 per cent The Earl of Burlington (lied yesterday morning. His death will occasion a vacancy for Derbyshire, a county which is not likely to admit a Tory. DISCOVERY OF AN OLD BEQUEST TO THE POOR.—In 1612, Sir T. Cambel, Knight, one of the Aldermen of London, bequeathed a sum for ex pending 300/. annually in the purchase of coals, to be sold at the rate of fivepence per bushel, and not higher, to the poor parishioners of several districts in the city, amongst them St. Sepulchre's. When the price of coals fell to 12s. 6d. per chaldron (about 1676), the bequest, which the corporation had cove nanted to observe, fell into oblivion, and remained so up to the present time. Mr. Jones, the vestry clerk of St. Sepulchre's, lately discovered some books of ac count relating to the bequest, and he then applied to the corporation in order that the covenant might be duly performed in future, or that compensation should be made in money out of the Chamber of London, for the purpose of being distributed to the poor parishioners of St. Sepulchre's, in respect to the 15S years, during which period no coals whatever had been delivered. Immediate attention was paid to the application of Mr. Jones. ROOK WOOD. This new novel, by the " English Victor Hugo," is founded on one of those old family legends, which exercise so wonderful a spell -cm our earliest and latest feelings, and with 3:l4ictrtkis clever author has contrived to interweave. very skilfully some of the strange adventures of that - prince of high waymen—Turpin. The book is full of a delightful variety, scenes of great passion and interest, and pieces of quiet paintingyperfectly delightful. The poetry is of the first .water—various, light, graceful, comic, profonnd,,,arid - impassioned. The songs of the ,gypsies are alMxcellent. " The Coffin" comes nearer to the best style of the author of " The Dream of Eugene Aram,", than anything we have ever seen. ELLEM FISHING CLUB. —The annual meeting of this club was held on Friday, the 25th of April, at the Ellem Fishing Tavern on the banks of the Whitadder. The day was exceedingly unfavour able for angling; the weather being extremely bright, and the river small and clear. Notwithstanding this, however, there was a keen competition for the silver medal of the club. Competitors commenced fishing in different parts of the Whitadder, at eight in the morning, and before four a number of well-filled baskets were handed in to the President. When these had been all duly weighed, it was de clared that the prize lay between Mr. Mitchel son of Middleton, and Mr. J. P. Trotter. It was admitted that Mr. Mitchelson produced some of the largest trout, as a few of his weighed about a pound and a half, whilst the largest of Mr. Trotter's did not much exceed three quarters of a pound ; but as Mr. Trotter had on the whole the superiority both in weight and in number, the medal, after some discus sion among the judges, was finally awarded to him. Mr. Trotter's fish weighed eighteen pounds and a half, and Mr. Mitchelson's fish weighed seventeen pounds and a quarter —very great sport certainly, con sidering the state of the weather and water. The members dined together afterwards in the Ellem Fish ing . Tavern, and spent a most agreeable evening. owing to the increasing celebrity of the club, the list of members is now pretty nearly filled up, and at this meeting there was only one new admission, Mr. A. C. Dewar, Vogrie.—Kelso Mail. POOR LAWS AMENDMENT. REMARKS ON THE PRESENT STATE OF THE POOR LAW Q UES TION, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE ADVANTAGES ARISING TO THE POOR BY MEANS OF THE WORKHOUSE SYSTEM OF RELIEF. By JOHN LESLIE, A Vestryman, Governor and Director of the Poor of the Parish of St. George, Hanover-square, London. The condition of the poorer classes is a subject which must ever engage a large portion of the atten tion of every rightly constituted mind, and at a period when it forms a topic of most general consideration, the evidence which the results of a practical experi ence on so important a subject may afford can neither be considered presumptuous nor unimportant. That the condition of the poor depends greatly on the laws relating to them, and upon the manner in which those laws are administered, will readily be ad mitted by every intelligent individual ; it follows, therefore, as a necessary consequence of this truth that those persons to whom are intrusted so important an administration should have the clearest perceptions of the principles upon which those laws are founded, otherwise the welfare of a very large portion of our fellow creatures will be committed to the care of those who can only be considered as navigating on a dan gerousthem ocean without a compass or a chart to guide Without entering upon the question whether any compulsory assessment, for the relief of the poor is right or erroneous in principle and policy, because by having had a legal sanction for upwards of two centu ries, it has become so intermingled with our national habits, that even could it be clearly demonstrated to be erroneous, we should by any sudden legislative enactment to that effect, completely disorganize the social fabric. Therefore, under existing circumstances, a much more interesting inquiry is how can we best alleviate the condition of those who are the immediate objects of legislative care in the acts " for the relief of the poor ?" The 43d of Elizabeth is generally considered the fundamental charter of the poor. In point of fact, it is but the consolidation of the various enactments of the legislature anterior to that event, all of which had as their leading principle a promotion of the industri ous habits of the labouring classes. . . . The earliest recorded procedure of the legislature on the important subject of the poor is to be found in the Statute Book 252 years prior to the 43d of Eliza beth in the year 1349 the 23d of Edward the Third, where it is stated, that " Many sturdy mendicants who being relieved by charitable donations lead an idle, dissolute life and cease to work ; no one shall under the pain of impri sonment presume either under the colour of piety or charity to give alms to, or to cherish persons who arc able to work, so that they shall be compelled to labour for the necessaries of life." Such is the intelligible principle of the first enactment. To every administrator of " relief to the poor," the 43d of Elizabeth should be an interesting study ; he will there find the same principle of promoting the industrious habits of the labouring classes the leading object of that celebrated enactment ; and to accom plish which power is also given to levy by taxation on every inhabitant, &c., sums sufficient for the following imp c or t t 3 a n n si t de o r b a j t e i c o t n. objects, and which deserve the mo st atten tive" To provide a convenient stock of flax, hemp, wool, thread, iron, and other necessary ware and stuff, to set the poor on work. " For setting to work the children of all such whose parents are not able to keep and maintain them. " For setting to work all such persons, married or unmarried, having no means to maintain them, aryl use no ordinary and daily trade of life to get their living by. " For, and towards the necessary relief of the lame, impotent, old, blind, and such other among them be ing poor, and not able to work. " Also, to erect, build, and set up‘convenient houses of dwelling for the said impotent poor, and which shall not at any time after be used or employed to or for any other habitation, but only for impotent and poor of the same parish. " Also to the putting out of such children to be " apprentices." And the invaluable Report of the Committee of the House of Commons, 1817, states, " That the above " description and classification of persons entitled to " relief have not been intentionally altered by any sub " secinent statute : That the general term THE POOR, " contained in all subseqUent acts on this subject, has " reference only to the poor, as above classed and de " fined in the 43d of Elizabeth." _ _ _ As it is a matter of great interest to rightly under stand the intention of the legislature in the mode and manner of administering the relief, as well and as clearly as the persons to whom the relief is to be given are in that statute classed and defined, contempora neous history must afford us this important informa tion. One of the greatest authorities of that era has left on record his opinions on this subject. My Lord Bacon, who was Counsel to Queen Elizabeth when this act passed the legislature, and afterwards became the Chancellor to King James, in an official letter of Advice to his Majesty, thus writes on " the relief of the poor:"-- He states, "that hospitals are the remedies for pau " perism which should be established wherever the " disease is dispersed. He says that greatnesF of re " lief accumulated in one place, doth rather invite a " swarm and surcharge of poor, like to ill-tempered " medicines, that draw more humour to the part than " they evacuate from it. " The best effect of hospitals is to make the king " dom, if it were possible. capable of that law, that " there be no beggar in Israel. But chiefly it were to " be wished, that such a beneficence towards the relief " of the poor, were so bestowed as not only the poor " and naked person should be sustained, but also that " the honest person which bath hard means to live, upon " whom the poor are now charged; should be in some " sort eased, for that were a work generally acceptable " to the kingdom, if the public hand of alms might " spare the private hand of tax, and, therefore, of all " other employments of that kind,lcommend most houses of relief and correction, which are mixed hospitals, where the impotent person is relieved, and the sturdy " beggar buckled to work, and the unable person also " not maintained to be idle, which is ever joined with " drunkenness and impurity, but is sorted with such " work as he can manage and perform ; and where the " uses are not distinguished as in other hospitals " whereof some are for aged and impotent, some for " children, and some for correction of vagabonds, but " are general and promiscuous, so that they may take " off the poor of every sort from the country as the' " country breeds them. And thus the poor themselves " shall find the provision, and other people the sweet " ness of the abatement of the tax." __ _ The laws of nature would be violated if any mem ber of a civilised nation were to suffer death by star vation, and were there no compulsory fund from whence support to such au individual could be derived there would ever be found in those laws which are an terior, and superior to all human authority whatever, a spontaneous effort for the relief of destitution in a case like that supposed. But the laws of this country giving to every destitute individual a legal claim on the public property for his support, involves the necessary and extremely impor tant inquiry in what way is this legislative object best to be effected, and with the least amount of injury to the community at large ? For Aothing short of the absolute necessity of the case can justify the legisla tive appropriation of one man's property to the support of another. In answering the question, we shall have before us the whole case so ably brought before the country by the reports of the Poor Law Commissioners. We have seen the simple rule by which the 43d of Elizabeth contemplated the relief of destitution, and of destitution alone, which was (even by the most ex tended interpretation of the clause) by setting to work all who were able to work, and by affording an asylum, at the public expense, to those who, being poor, were also unable to work. And the opinions of Lord Bacon, just quoted, are mi nute in detail of the plan. " I commend most HOUSES " OF RELIEF AND CORRECTION where THE IMPOTENT " PERSON IS RELIEVED, AND TIIE STURDY BEGGAR " BUCKLED TO WORK, and the unable person also not " maintained to be idle, but is sorted with such work " as he can manage and perform." Here then we have the workhouse system as one answer to the general question ; and during the whole time that this was the law and the practice, no great outcry was made as to the amount expended for the relief of the poor, and we may add, in the language of Blackstone, " The further any subsequent plans for " maintaining the poor have departed from this insti " tution, the more impracticable, and even pernicious, " their visionary attempts have proved." The great departure from the original institution was in the year 1795, by giving a legal sanction to money allowances by the 36 Geo. 111., cap• 23, by which any justice of the peace may order ance to poor persons, at their own homes. Here, then, we have the second answer ral question, in the m one y relief given to out of the workhouse, by which the reci mitted to wander where he pleases, and himself as he pleases, no steps being take ) moral reformation in his character , no made to induce industrious habits --bu t to him and his family, upon the order o f the...peace, a portion of th e public purse , equivalent to the country for the expend4u It is necessary at this point of our inqui a moment, to see the amazing extent of del the principle of the 43d of Elizabeth in th' of 1795. We wanted not the history of the poo event to prove what would be tte no penetration to discover that if the Pr of the 43d Elizabeth was to set the poor promote the industrious habits of the labi:!1 that this departure from the original giving a money allowance without labour , traint, without making any attempt at a ll mation of the applicant, must, in short, by relief in.the form of a temptation to the pollens of the number of applicants, augment the bu r oi rate-payers, and draw successive masses of the F lation into pauperism. The gathering number, as it moves along, " Involves a vast involuntary throng, and legi " Who, gently drawn, and siruggiinf, /e s ti '' " Roll in her vortex, an d h er power eon ep• And thu s t o ma k e t h e f un d f or the relief of memo in the language of Bacon, an " ill-tempere! Ll Te . e a eliti drawing more humour to the part than it o ' o o from it ;" and the too painful history of the i 6"3 to of the poo r s i nce t h at enactment proves this been the case. (TO BE CONTINUED.) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE' Tun Ay, M C A Ir H B E .— S A TE s e ee li pss A ta C k S o i ‘.5 5 ,,,,, 5 , Mr. Mostyn's , The , Magnate, by - Mr. Nannev s Friar Tuck, by etc ; " three quarters of a mile. .... - Marquis of Westminster's b. c. by Peter Lei) iti) Mr. A. Bower's Tom Basford, by Tim . ••• 0 Sir T. Stanley's ch. c. by Velocipede ••.. 0 Lord Derby's Verbena, by Velocipede "•'•"" 0 Mr. E. Yates's Wildfire, by Cain............. , e , t hi One drew and paid 25 sovs. The itlag,r.itate I” , r a; rie whole with an excellent start, Wildfire being lea c _ e .,. 0, diately. At the distance chair the rest challengell'o,o6 Magnate, however, won a clever race, and was we , O J 4 sk gst; by Lye. Run in one minute and 19 seconds. 5 `,.., tan io ., the winner, 3 to 1 agst. Verbena, and 6to 1 ag St. ''' ~ and Friar Tuck. 10" A Plate, value 701., in specie, the gift_ of the Most ~ the Marquis of Westminster. Heats, twice roil Mr. Nannev's Ratcatcher, 4 vrs ........... . .i d Mr. Miles's The Cardinal, stied ............ ... Ennbu ..... .. - 11a!tledore... .i 4 5.1,0—;:5q3.. 4 mairi C s,O9CbyK byes. : NG. A Main of Coa(ekbslveillbabtetl,ef,foeueagdnledirt s)d,oourfoistroigy2sot.hsaeos,wi.dsee.eafk:rbe,f, tween the Earl Woodcock (Potter, feeder), and H. a M. B. grandb3Hio ba le,un g tri ah O myt 230 T ni En' lt . ti 1 Tuesday Wedne;daY Thursday r WOODCOCK. M. Monday ............... Tuesday ............ 0 Wednesday ......... 1 Thursday ............ 3 CLIFTON AND BRISTO . L RACES Tit u R SIM Y. —The Members' Plate of 501 . , added to handicap . 1 ? of 5 sous. each, 2 ft. Hea ts, once round. 7 . Ir Mr. Scott's Barney Bodkin , 4 yrs ......... .., Mr. J. Peel's Little Charlotte,.. yrs ...... Mr. Reeves's-Harlot, aged .............. , ... 3 dr Three others star ted. Oil A Handicap of 5 sous. each, and 20 added. Heats, a a nd quarter. 1 1 Colonel Gilbert's Cantab, 5 :,TS ............ 0 Mr. C. Codrington's Conservative, 6 yrs. -, 3 Mr. Wythers's Cyrus, aged .................. 3 d. V I The Bristol Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 30 winner 0 be sold for 80, &c. Heats a mile aadn.de i qu arter'i Mr. Patrick's Jeroboam, 4 yrs ............... . 1 , ( I , Mr. Haddy's b. f. by Cadiz, 3 vrs ......... Two others start . d. on O a The Hurdle Stakes of 5 sovs. each, 3 ft., an d a 12st. each. 8 subs. 1 1 Mr. V. Graham's ch. g. Paddy............ Mr. Newcombe named Premier ............ ` 2 5' . Mr. Leigh's ch. g. Warwick ............... 3 Two others started. deil #1 The races were very fully and fashionably atten 'eill mirably managed, and afforded better sport than ha ws er known for many years. The course, owing to great 60, tions on the part of Mr. Harris, was in excellent condi° THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GAIU. There was a great supply at trade was dull throughout, at th - I.)E.s morning ' sN market, . MARKET. ..,,d 1 11$ th le following prices. d i sk t 011 S p i nac h (half.sieve)••• ? ° AI Cabbage Lettmes ...... g in Appieb•.. .................. ..4., „ 3 e i • Unions ............... „.... -',14 e , seviveHranges(lol.)•• 5 ';', 01 v Sweet Oranges .......... ". 0 _ I.ctn ns ................... 4 i,; / 0 vl/4',dnuts ................. I ' 1 0 Asparagus ............... 0 . ‘ O . 9 1) . Frown Berns. .......... • o or Itaddishes (12 hands) 0 q 6 e Chetdtuts tpecli) 4 0 . F r ench ditto ............ 3 b le French Walnuts ....... 4 0 F, vanish tpazlenots ...4 0 u . a razilian Nuts... ...... .1? 0 pd Turnip Greens (bush.) 0 7i . v, Brocoli Sprouts ......... 0 9 : 1 6 New Potatoes (lb.) 1b.)..... ,o 0 : Cu5Lettuee5.............1 Green l'ease ( in )..... a -•-,., . . B.it. a.il Ptlat.es (cwt.) 3610 5, b:tges, White (12) 1 0 3 0 Rhubarb I 6 1 0 11 , ocoli 0 6 2it Endive 1 0 2 0 stadiskbund e) 3 0 5 0 Celery 0 6 1 0 Carrots 121)..nches)„, 4 0 7 mps roteworrsor(.reens 1 6 3 u Young Onions runup R.oldish es u 9 1 eek s O6 !, EF e o t i t rg ie .irs A rha ii i t i . e le o' s ic ( eed lb r . l ) b.) ( 6 . St()) 117). Cherries lO 0 1 5 !: Ss.a Kai! 'punnet) 0 9 I ‘' Small Salim! Cucumbers (brace) I 0 4 Strawberries (ounce) 1 6 2 v a Pr L • • HAY .4Ait.6l, Ve' -- ' to S 5 j tt Cu ,a liEici,ANl). 0 :, ks . 0•, :narse heavy Lowland Meadow Hav .... •••••• ..... 0 0 41 1 .siew "eagtqw Hay ......................... 315 4 1 , U-etul Old :htto. ................... .•• .•• 4' l ' F tie I'o.ml Meadow and " R y e.grass ' 3 . ; ......... 4 5 . 1 ' Y .over Hay .............. . . .......................... 1 14 Oat Straw .*:1 10 to .. .il .... i Wheat qraw"' DSO 0 to S i l a IP: -Nt ri•rniFi EIJI C , arse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay .•••••••" 0 3 '''' N iat Mea • ' • i,ow .iajt ............. .. ............ 3 5 4 , i ............ .1 4 0 y May, laser l a . ; if 11( 1 1 , A' 83iir1d )itto . 1; p i landia (extrai e t . 1 1: 11 5 v e 0 -g . r acre Hay ra ... . 11.10 I I p e `at Straw ....X 110 f 9 I , .vhe , to Fine FUftv r Use ful 3 it i t e o „low Coarse Meadow Hay. ........... ................. °l5 4 6 Old ........... -1 4 New Meadow Hay .... ........................... .1,4 y ....... 40 1 1 and )e gra,. .......... 14 Clover Hay Oat Straw £1 12 to 114 1 Wlleat 3 4 4 5 4 0 1,2 liav f. . I COAL MAI( I ' ° 1 11's 6 Per Tot, a. d. Bi e Holywell 18 0 NVabd Ru ssell ri Or-I's ltedhogh 15 0 Wall s ' O7 14 6 14 a l '' erlsnnWi 1 1 Q r ukielit West Hartley .. 11 57 a x ri s u T: 1133 d u e , es 15 ' ) %S all. End OnstOrth 18 0 Hartley Walls End Hilda Si 1423 Ditto Northumirerland . 16 0 t-dsY' 5 u tei Ships arrived store last marke et ad' PRICE OF SVOA , s u garro JAY daughter. onthe e v Average.,:ziyirsisc.me_peaodfre_:_trioinuui.,ntdhori•d!lNet‘:,__Tsekeioihilill.i:l:;,„:tebtreuelreo g t : ftlo o . uties 01 Customs paid or payable thereo n ° thereof into Oreat Britain. • BIRTHS. Gallows On the 9th inst., the Counter' iby A forr Georg e 3d inst., the lady of the I nter , • Hamble, near Southampton, of a daug dßaui ( ich gh a t n e a r n o ' f E th scl e . l ' a o te f Johnßat.ei i i f f i : --------"'"---- A cirt 4 MARRIED. ~v, thing , - "" n „ g e 4 On the Bth inst., at Broad s t ‘., n a',: E ir ma., y 0.- - r 'sa k u T tr ie gi s e i li j . 'o'4l;i-it:ll:juts; tig s b q t r . e'r,° f , the e ) i n the 9th inst. at St. James 4 + Inner Temple:barrister, to Anna*, '11'11" onse, S u r ;1 , Wm. oi, Foster Reynolds, Esq., of C a rsha r .d ° , l „ r eit, Li e c e e h ri ls te the 6th inst., at St. Philip's ' — d i ter el -e Thomas Bold, Esq., to Elizabeth, only dam„ Thomas Naylor, F ..sq. DIED. e Of I.d Wilts, con On the Bth • - inst. at Fonthill 61 0 , , ie s ole John Still, jun., ' Vicar 'of Ingleshatn, in t' flooll aged 33. ' Willion ~i I, On the 6th • init., at Cheltennain, Fa rt , ' Cooper, E .- sq., brother of Sir .Astley CouP'' 1 ,06 I Oth year. 31arg : „ r reN , On the 7th • . inst., at Clay-Hill' Epso 9 -n h • We . 4 tha t V . ' " widow of the late Samuel.Knipe, 'l'' °f:hort 0111'4" 00 the At Matlock Bath, Derbr shire, after • .e, yearS.,pt, sth April last, Sarah Elizabeth, aged 'e‘o„ the ogo the 19th. Emma Maria, aged 'nine • Ye B o r S on t he Ist % o af Rohert Spragging, aged three ven'il ' i 8 , .ars, be,it'grijoi39, inst., Cyrus Augustus Gordon , agr`" '-li ustus-uv e°' out of five of the beloved children of : li e g t, an d ' a t _E3(I., formerly of his Majesty's :33d Begilu 11 . fr of Everton, Nottinghamshire the " I ait' On the 4th inst., age d 3.3 Ellen TeulPe'• ' vort o George Hicks, Esq., late of Somekset-street, O ft ' square. Fin..l 110.54 On the Bth inst., in Wilson-street, b at, C .' ' hi istian Appold, Esq. in his 75th year. r Hind' On the 4th inst., Charles' AI t - °' hi tun y, • • , Swansea, Glamorganshire. at the Sun Office, No. 02. London: Printed and Published bv Ml 3l - - Strttuo• / / 4 , ~+ money alle L - tel.euusiiraipmep t ilisrls o r?tat jeoejort:to. t tntunlhr i tyuastoco e perteotgieif fejt is g rplcbrtiefleacei e sp es crie.3o.:loo,4_ e 0 is r .11 h 'or since t ;it recui ,1 r oil 0 0. 1 .1 i 1 1 curingmoral t:trh:00:1;ffOrciol