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POOR LAWS' AMENDMENT. REMARKS ON THE PRESENT STATE OF THE POOR LAW QUESTION, !v i . H ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE ADVANTAGES ARISING TO THE POOR BY MEANS OF THE WORKHOUSE SYSTEM OF RELIEF. Ve By JOHN LESLIE, strifinan, Governor and Director of the Poor of the Parish of St. George, Hanover-square, London. (CONCLUDED FROM THE SUN OF SATURDAY.) Let us now examine a few cases where the condition of the labouring classes is in a prosperous state. And we have an example at Thurgarton Notts, a small agri cultural parish, but where the wages of labour have li not been interfered with by parochial arrange 'rent. This place is deserving of the most attentive e° asideration, because the farmers and the labourers h ave alike p ros p ere d ; forty of the labourers had, in A ugust, 1833, the sum of 1,215/. in the Southwell Say 'llgs Bank, besides other sums on security, and in other savings banks, which it is known they possess. The rate of wages is not high, and has not varied in the recollection of an old inhabitant ; and the labourers are better off in food and clothing than they were twenty five Years ago , a t w hi c h period they never ate meat, but which they always do now. In June, 1833, there w l !`; not a single adult pauper, male or female, charge ; to this parish, and only three orphan children - 9 ,Forted by the rates. air he condition of the poor at Ringmer and Glynde, J °ll ntig parishes in Sussex, is of great importance as elbibiting the effects ' of varied administration of the Poor laws on t h e peop l e. I n th e case o f Ri ngmer i t uas been pauperized, and Glynde has not. Let us look at the effects on the character and evil of the poor where, having been debased by the v. 'l co nsequences resulting from out-door relief by money a llowances, the tone of moral feeling has been r estored, th e whole condition of the poor has been ame liorated by t h e disc ontinuance of that system of relief, mild by returni ng , i n th e a d m i n i s t ra ti on o f t h e l aw , t o th e e n i an pointed ou t i n th e 43d o f Eli za b et h . Bi ng h am, No tts —Rev. Mr. Lowe, the incumbent—is a strik ing i llustration of the fact - and it is due to this gentle man, to say, that he was the first to empl o y th e work house as an agent for a moral regeneration of the la bouring classes. He became the incumbent of that Parish in 1814 ; he found the condition of the poor in a most horrible state; in 1817 there were forty persons in the workhouse, and seventy-eight receiving con- Rant weekly pay out of it ; the parish was completely Pauperized, and the expenditure in relief in that year Was 1,2061. The state of morals was such as invariably accompanies this manner of administering the poor laws the labourers were turbulent, idle, and dissolute. In 1818 Mr. Lowe undertook to remedy these evils,— and he has done so ; the rates were reduced from 1,206/. to 600/. in three years, and the advantages are continued to the present time, Mr. Cowell stating that Utetbere were but tw e l ve i nmates i n t h e workhouse when ,n visited the pla ce i n 1833. li. would be impossible find language t o describe this transition from pau risra to independence more appropriate than in the 7rds of G. Nicholls, Esq., probably the most intern nt overseer of the poor that England has ever been ;poured with. He states in his " Sixth Letter on the Man agement of the Poor"— " all I.l°w remains for me to explain the means by which Were thisthis gond has been effected at Bingham. These "` to be simple, as every thing of the kind must be, volu . r eallY effective, without complexity of detail or „..meinous intricacy of arrangement. h _ y . Consisted chiefly in the provision of a poor into which all persons belonging to the parish, 4, n could not or would ot maintain themselves, were receivedreceived and maintained ;but then, the regulations which • e . framed for this poor-house or workhouse by the ilstr.ates (conformably to the powers given to them j_ i t t ne oOth George 111. cap. 50.) were so strict, there so few indulgences permitted in it, and so small a t':;tinn of those comforts which but too frequently serve I ,lre people into w ere cs were found within its a"s, that its inmates generally glad to quit it, and ret urn to a re li ance on t h e i r own en d eavours a f ter a very th. °ll Stay ; and they were, moreover, observed to exert i nseives afterwards with redoubled energy, rather than ,I ) 9se them se l ve s and their families to the dangers of ”,!li encountering its privations and restraints. o ule poor-house at Bingham thus operated in a way that it is most desirable for the good of the poor them , ',elves n o l ess t h an that of soc i ety i n genera l, th a t it S hould always operate as 'a kind of shield to the public ~Purse, repelling idle claimants, and those who had fallen ~into the mischievous habit of a dependance on their pa rish, and turning them back to a reliance on themselves a nd their own industry. ~" if a person applied for relief to the overseers, they ~'e u tsed other relief, but offered to receive him into the ‘, f a "" 4 : 4l ouse, where he was certain of obtaining what the . Pro vided for him—subsistence. If he declined ra°llln e poor-house, which, after a time was gene nthe case, he knew that he must perforce from that od resign all expectati o n o f o th er p ar o c hi a l a id, an d o 'Pend o n hi s own exert i ons. Hi s f am il y , too, if h e h ad ally, were deeply interested in the success of his renewed :4 ' nd eavours for procuring their common subsistence ; as, if ,they he failed, knew there was no alternative but for all to be driven into the poor-house for shelter. thus the most powerful motives were called into action j a.‘ stimulants to human exertions; and what seemed ,giificult, or perhaps impossible to a man half-resolute, or half idle, became comparatively easy to him when urged i ns by the strong arm of necessity—he succeeds, and becom es industrious and respectable ever after. • 4, :` Such is the n atural p r o gress o f a man, or the popu , 'ation of a village emerging from a state of pauperism _arid returning to habits of industry and self-dependance, Ind such has been the gradation at Bingham ; and such, 4, 4",,, r aded, will be the case in every other instance " that Perm th a similar system shall be pursued. I am aware `` th a t of e P°Pulation of Bingham differs materially from : 4 nio4ifi c a . Populous manufacturing practice;town,—ere crtain ' still ations may perhaps be requisite in p ; but educe principle itself must be departed from. of the poor-rates, and the o resent degrading habit " .chance L ibour on them, and force —humanly force, the ez erti i ng Classes back to a dependance on their own c, l ,ons and industry. ' an a'n object ought to be kept steadily in view ; do this " will o far towards making our population better happier.' p- i Nham then proves the fact that a pauperiz e d ho u a 4 can be dispauperized by means of the work • tagssystem of relief, and that too with the best advan iiiti ,to the poor themselves ; and if we but examine 80) . t ne attention with which so immensely important tit ti , lftt as the condition of the poor deserves at all r e i tt s d t i ° , be considered ; if we lay aside all temper and • %tracts e , and coolly and calmly investigate the mass afford ; if h the reports of the Poor Law Commission 'net cond .we but contrast the present with the for here aim of the poor in the various localities c a C learer view of the principles on which re the i ssue will not be doubtful, but prove most advan --'s,lals to the poor themselves. % 311 ' t Th ong . the m any ill ustrations of the workhouse eln being advantageous to th e p oor, S out h well lit aa 4 d out pre-eminently conspicuous Th • Becher, the incum bent, is a valuable aedvoßceatve. :Ath is sys t em ; his publications are well known n pre c i a t e d. H e states the expenditure for the a y d a ea a d r t ti t :ding Lady-day, 1821 , to h ave b een 2,006/. 51 year endi ng L a d y- d ay, 1824, i t was re duced n to diu:, or in round numbers the expenditure had ,nnuished three-fourths, and this was occasioned by v t an,re close adherence to, and a better system of, ; x n , s . " o ll4e regulation ; and Mr. Becher states that the 41liture for the year ending Lady-day, 1833, to be I4s. oAd . * oth er e .Parish of Uley, in Gloucestershire, affords an -1')44, I kPortant illustration of the advantages of the the °IL * system of relief and this parish deserves -uost 4tt end attentive consideration,—the local difficulties i !teli ce the transition f r om pauperism to ndepen c - Nr, Was great and manifold, the woollen manufa tt et . t 7 4 s leaving that part of the country, the evil and of pauperism w ere d eve l op i ng t h em selves wider aria tvilledes, capit a li s t s were t h row i ng up t h e i r f a rms, citypaupers were increasing in number and rapa *4,, in this dilemma, a well-disciplined workhouse emi, es tablished; the expense of the poor in the year rtlie? Lady-day, 1830 (the last of the old system of to 1 ) 1 , Was 3,185/. 14s. 6d. The effect of this sys- Xp e ,:s been, that in the first half year of 1833, the _ t he Isi; e ,,,was 400/. I Is. 10d., and it is expected that end 'tee,dl_ll, 'e Year ending at Lady-day, 1834, would not being about 2,400/. reduction on an ex iß w o rk of 3 ,185/., so great are the advantages of - t i n Mr, c2°Use system to the rate-payers. But there s °,„wol's Report, Appendix A., Part 1., p. 623, "a 8 4c,C t c rnent showincr that the workhouse sys naine of t wn the poor ' from the parish. It . gives Pa v' s s -e y allo w er ery pauper case who had received a d„ Der to h is at lee under the old system, and traces . that "eurnent Present condition in life. In perusino• a I 4 11 ° valuable, so important to the elucidation Klat t 4t tiler • at ( I,„' is a point of Mr. Becher's conduct, as a ma-1 "s at 'nee youth„ g general atte n ti on an d i m it a ti on . He rae l ,; , a 4. 5 ,, e 7,1,!, under hi s own i mmed i ate superintend -4141 .04 sue of Correction, a place for secondary punish kodel fo admirable system as it may be justly r places of that description. I of the great problem of managing the poor, it must be remembered by thew , who will take the trouble to re fer to it, the peculiarly dijimit circumstances of the parish of Uley, when this mighty advantage to the poor commenced. The parish of Cookham also is another splendid il lustration of the advantages to the poor arising out of the workhouse system of relief, the Rev. Mr. Whateley, the incumbent; this parish, under his judi cious management, is pre-eminently conspicuous, the rates have been reduced from 12s. in the pound to 2s. in the pound; 'but while the burdens of the rate payers have been so greatly diminished, the condition of the labouring classes L:5 Len simultaneously ele vated. In point of food and clothing, in lodging, in remuneration for labour, in their contributions to the Savings Bank, in all these advantages to a labouring population, the parishioners of Cookham are dis tinguished from the parishioners of every surrounding parish. There is a still more recent illustration of the ad vantages of the workhouse system in the parish of Stoke-upon-Trent, in the northern division of the county of Stafford, consisting of 40,00() inhabi tants, where the rates having increased in seven years from 10,000/. to 18,0001., the vestry, on the recommendation of the Rev. J. T. Becher, of Southwell, erected a workhouse, the parish having at the time 1,100 families receiving weekly out-door relief in money allowance. As soon as the new building was completed, it was resolved to admit 550 into the new establishment. Now mark the con sequence : not even 50 of the 550 entered the work house, and consequently they could do without paro chial aid, when the relief to be given was no longer offered in the shape of a temptation to the poor man, and the parish immediately saved 701. per week. The purely agricultural parish of Sandridge ( Herts) is another example of the beneficial effects to the poor themselves of the workhouse system. In the last year of the old system, 9411. 7s. 7d. was spent in relief; the first year of the workhouse system reduced the amount paid to 553/. 16s. 3d. ; the old practice of " the labourers going their rounds," or being employ ed by the parish at merely nominal work, has entirely disappeared, and there is but one able-bodied man in the workhouse, and he of rather weak intellect, and therefore objectionable as a workman. Under the old system, the men were supported by the parish in com parative idleness ; the farmers then complained that they could not get their work done—that they could not get their wheat thrashed out in a proper manner. Under the new system, the farmers are now obliged to employ non-parishioners, because the whole of the Sandridge labourers are in employment ; and the effect of the new system is, that the whole of the agricultural labour in the parish, by being freed from any parochial interference, is done by independent labourers, to the great advantage of all concerned, but more particularly to the poor man. It would be a useless waste of time to multiply illustrations, they are so numerous, and from all parts of the country ; and the closer the administration of relief approximates to the law of Elizabeth, so is the improvement in the moral condition and happiness of the poor characterised, and the most rigid investigation into these facts will prove one uniform result,—that by such an administration of reliefthe condition of the poor man is elevated, that the return in wages for his labour is increased, his prudence his fore-thought are called into action, the wants and cares of his family are not ne glected, the Savings Bank enrols his name among the contributors, and the whole state of society does there assume a moral and a healthy appearance. We shall now give a statement of the results of the new system in the administration of relief in the large METROPOLITAN PARISH OF ST. GEORGE, HANOVER SQUARE, containing a population of 60,000, which, al though known to be a wealthy parish, has a much larger portion of poor than may be generally imagined, arising from " settlement by servitude," as most of the nobility and gentry who are rate payers discharge their servants while in London. The parish is governed by a local act, 7 Geo. IV, c. 121. The vestry is composed of 100 vestrymen, the rector, and churchwardens. The parishioners having in 1832 adopted Sir John Hobhouse's act, in that year the vestry became thereby a representative body, one third of the former vestrymen being lotted out, and their places supplied by 33 members chosen by the rate payers. From the moment the first vestry under the new act took place there has been but one sentiment, a ge neral desire to promote the best interests of the parishioners. The income of the parish was inquired into ; from the commencement of the rate to its termination such alterations were suggested and adopted as have placed this important branch of the parochial affairs on a bet ter system. The expenditure of the parish next engaged a large portion of the attention of the vestry, the three divi sions of which, viz., " The poor including the police and county," " The paving," and " The Church," in each of these departments a large body of evidence was recorded, which, together with the recommenda tions as to the future management of the parish in its expenditure were published in February, 1833 t. - The consequence of the vestry confining their attention exclusively to parochial matters cannot be better ex hibited than by the following scale of the parochial rates levied•in March, 1831, compared with the paro chial rates levied in March, 1834. PARIsH OF ST. GEORGE, HANOVER-SQUARE RATES FOR ONE Poor, including Po lice and County Paving and Lighting Church If Macadamized ...„.I YEAR, ON AN ASSESSMENT OF 100 Leviedin March 1831. Levied in MarchlB:34 s d. X. s. d. 8. d. X. s. d. 34 16 13 4 1 0 5 0 0 1 1 5 8 4 0 6 210 0 03 1 5 0 0 2 018 8 23 6 8 I 8 6 8 06) - 914 t? 0 3_ 1 5 0 £26 0 10 H By the local act the vestry are directed annually on the... 25th of March to appoint twenty householders, either from their own body, or otherwise as they please, who, together with the rector, churchwardens, and overseers, shall be " the governors and directors of " the poor," and shall have " the sole care, manage " meet, and direction of the poor of the said parish." On the 25th March, 1833, twenty vestrymen were appointed to this important duty ; four of the vestry men very kindly undertook the duties of overseer, and the new system commenced on the 26th of March, 1833. The governors and directors of the poor see all the persons who have been admitted to the workhouse since the former sitting, and give directions as to the discharge or continuance in the workhouse of those persons ; after which, they pay the casual relief, which consists of those who are not on the " permanent fund," or " established relief," as it is called. One of the earliest regulations of the new system was to pay the applicants alphabetically. Every case was ordered to be closely and constantly investigated by the paid assistant overseers (four of whom were for the first time appointed by the vestry), and the other officers of the poor board ; and written reports of every case investigated are produced to the governors and directors of the poor at their next sitting. A mighty engine t o d e st ro y i m p os t ure an d p au p er i sm w fzs, for th e first tints, made available by taking the wh o le of the roads in the in-wards of the parish out of the hands of contractors, into the management and direction of the committee of paving, who were all vestrymen, and the most of whom were also governors and directors of the poor. The rates on this head of expenditure are reduced one h a lf, about 'Lori. ; a a p nd, r o instead e of sou Min gf the rates t o con t rac t ors , re liteefd, serves t toe strength of o the p r i o n b d a i t v i d n u a a r l y ap e p m l p i c l a o n y t m et f n . o atonce the best interests of the poor and the e e rateleast bodied,as there is seeping th e s t reets f or r a oa d d sand spreadi ng breaking a up the s broken granite for th e more able, he able granite chippings for th e able-bod and applicants. These various sources of emp l oyment do not con template the retaining such applicants as pauper la bourers but have for an object t o p revent them, by any sudden stoppage of their usual employment, eat ing the bread of idleness ; if, in any of these source s , it is found the applicant is incapacitated for the work,' there is, according to his circumstances, work pro vided in the workhouse, under such regulations as will not render his condition therein more desirable than as affording him a temporary asylum, until he can regain his station as an independent labourer. Addedto which, it is to be hopedthere is also a great moral reformation at work, by means of religious in struction to the in-door poor. The vestry having ap pointed; at Midsummer, 1833, a clergyman whose whole time is devoted to the inmates of the two work houses, daily visiting each of the establishments, and administering to the sick and the infirm poor the so lace and comfort which religion only can afford them. The payment of " the casual poor," for the last * See Becher's Anti. Pauper System," ed. 1834 , PP. 7-9. t 411asop, 31 4 New Bond-street. T to ot t a h l e m o o u n t e . y ... > e . F.: 7 F, 4 cs. ro n 11., •:' ; .97., Z ' . Z ri 1r "A' - permanent allowances p aido r m eo o sn u t a l t ,1 1 . t e F. 8 E 3 F4 ': v 3: 0 5 a' Amount !.. S '' -it 8 g 7.7,, °. paid in 1f; sfg V. 6'.. -1 =.. ... casual relief. .1 ~D : 4 . -. 1 , •'4 " ii: ' "dished door poor. g z 5 se•-•,Z": 0 .5.,"' relief. g I . E 8 1 .'• E —.._ —. .......... --- X.. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. 1824 722 709 8,772 3 0 6,467 8 0 15,239 11 n 1695 718 681 8,274 5.0 6,181 1 0 14,459 6 (I 1826 775 619 7,469 7 4 5,781 10 0 13,250 17 4 1827 785 593 7,365 16 10 5,997 5 0 13,303 Ilc 1828 794 541 6,929 12 '2 6,270 6 0 1:1,199 18 2 1829 815 (AO 8,227 611 6,006 7 6 $4,323 14 5 1830 82) 633 7,856 8 8 6 231 13 R . 4 ,C 90 2 2 1931 960 718 9,302 19 2 6,353 301 15,6 , 6 2 2 1632 866 0 48 1-,304 2 4 6,459 0 01 10,763 2 4 Inrst Year of the New System. 18331 001 1 437 1 5,236 9 1.10,550 13 61111,787 2 6 This table shows the immediate effect of the new system, causing a redaction on the casual relief of nearly one-half in number of cases, and one-half of the amount given : _ , Parochial year, 1832, the weekly average cases was 848; amount given, 10,304/. 2s. 4d. Parochial year, 1833, the weekly average cases was. 437 ; amount given, 5,236/. 9s. But the advantages of the new system will be still more apparent if the averages be taken twice in the last year, because a considerable time must necessarily elapse before any new machinery can work well. From Lady-day to Michaelmas, 1833, 525 cases weekly, 116/. 14s. 7d. ; total half year, 3,035/. From Michaelmas, 1833, to Lady-day, 1834, 348 cases weekly, 84/. 13s. ; total half year, 2,1/. In the seven weeks of the parochial year 1834, since Lady-day last, 319 cases weekly, 651. ss. And the following will show the state of the casual re lief for the seven corresponding weeks of the three last years, commencing Lady-day : In 1832, seven weeks, 6,157 payments, 1,493/. 3s. 6d. The last year of the old system. In 1833, seven weeks, 4,299 payments, 9461. 9s. 6d. Commencement of new system. In 1834, seven weeks, 2,196 payments, 4561. 16s. 6d. Second year of new system. With this great reduction of out-door applicants, it is a most gratifying fact to state, that at this time (May 7, 1834), the in-door population is 121 less than it was at this period in 1833. With regard to the permanent or established relief, the new system has not added one person to that list, and the sum paid to the established poor during the last year of 6,5501. 13s. 6d., is a legacy left by the old system, but which loudly calls for, and must receive, immediate in vestigation. The following is the expenditure in victualling, clothing, and coals and wood for firing, to the two work houses of St. George's, Hanover-square, for the paro chial year ending Lady-day, 1834. Average in the two houses, 804 : . £1721 15 2 1199 19 9 223 5 6 312 10 6 7 6 3 241 12 10 17 ' 163 19 3 310 1 11 193 6 9 . 25S 14 7 56 1 4 44 6 0 £4732 14 10 Firing, Wood, and Coals 394 14 8 Clothing £5638 12 4 Can any one who rightly considers the original in stitution of the Poor Laws not admit that this expen diture of 5638/. 12s. 4d. in wholly maintaining and clothing the poor, setting them to such - Work as they can perform, affording them the means of religious in struction, is not more in accordance with the intention of the 43d of Elizabeth, than the expenditure of 11,7871. 2s. 6d. given in out-door relief during the year, which is the effect of the 36th George 111., cap. 23, the cause of all the evils Of the present system? If the wise provisions of the 43d of Elizabeth had been the only law and the practice throughout the country, millions of pounds would annually have been saved, and the effect would have been, as it invariably has been wherever that mode of administering the poor rates has been adopted, a great improvement in the condition of the people. Butchers' Meat • ••• Flour Wheat for the Hand Mills... Cheese Bacon. Milk Grocery Beer Corn Chandler Oilman . .• ..... Potatoes Wine for the Sick Looking again at the effect of the new system of parochial management in the parish of St. George, Hanover-square, that by taking the roads and streets out of the hands of contractors, the lighting, paving, and cleansing the in-wards of the parish, is now done for sixpence in the pound, out of which rate above 4,0001. is paid for gas, and upwards of 2,000/. is ap propriated to the payment of an old debt, interest, and annuities, on the paving account, and in comparison with former levies in paving rates, 11,000/. per annum is left in the pockets of the rate payers, and yet with these diminished rates, and by the improved appro priation of the expenditure, there is obtained so large a source of employment for the applicants for relief ; reasoning from the practical experience which this fact affords, we remark what a productive source of beneficial employment would the whole of the roads in England afford to a surplus population, if any there be, and what beneficial consequences would in -all proba bility ensue to the labouring poor and to the public at large from such a plan. That there are many diffi culties in the way of immediately making this avail able cannot be denied, but these difficulties are not in surmountable ; indeed, one parish has just now taken a contract to maintain thirty-six miles of road in good repair, for the sole purpose of finding employment for their paupers. The following will show the gross expenditure on account of the " Poor, Police, and County" for the parochial, ye4rs commencing at Lady-day : X. s. d. 1824 1825 1826 1827 1823 1829 1830 1831 1832 39,519 19 10 42,675 15 3 42,484 1 0 39,278 6 7 1 ,6 39,054 10 3 48,257 8 8 * 53,773 14 8 54,739 14 0 61,326 .5 4 § 48,354 12 11 1833 New System Anal the estimates for the current year, 1834, having been most carefully made, we can there- upon sate the expenditure as likely to be considerably short of 38,000 0 0 Just prior to the close of the parochial year at Lady day, 1834, the governors and directors of the poor adopted the following resolutions :---Premising That at the period when the annual change of paro chial officers takes place, there is invariably in all parishes (in consequence of the applicants presuming their oases are unknown to the newly appointed officers) an im mediate influx of imposter applicants—and while it is equally the duty and the desire of the governors and direc tors of the poor to minister to the necessities of the de- • serving applicant, it is equally the duty and the desire of this Board to prevent even the smallest portion of the rates of this parish from being misappropriated to wide- serving applicants. That as the sole care, management, and direction of the poor iq this parish are (by the 7th and 9th sec. of the 7th tleorge IV., chap. 121), vested in the governors and di rectors of the poor as a body, it is of the utmost impor tance that the decisions and orders of the legally consti * Half-year of the new police commenced and included. § This sum includes all the payments on account of the old system, but subsequently paid in the first year of Vie new system. • tuted pieetiugs of the governors and directors of the poor be strictly a luer. - 241 to. _ _ . _ The means by which the decisions of the Beard may be rendered ineffective, arise from.the facilities by which mo ney orders, orders for clothing, and orders for admission to the workhouse, can be obtained by exparte statements of the paupers. To preVent which, and to guard against the possibility of the really necessitous and deserving applicant for relief, not being promptly attended to, It is Resolved—l That no money order shall be paid until the case is visited by one of the seven paid officers of this board; which officer shall countersign the order, and be considered personally responsible for any sum by him paid, in violation of the orders and decisions of the go vernors and directors of the poor ; and further, that this resolution shall also apply to all orders for clothing, , Which may hereafter be given.. It is Resolved--That all admission orders be addressed to the master of the workhouse, stating, that the party is to be admitted, unless cause can by shown to the con trary. The master to be held responsible to the go vernors and directors of the poor for every admission t r pl the workhouse ; and be required to add to the present weekly return of every case admitted, a return of every case refused, and the cause of such refusal. And still further—to prevent improper admissions, and consequent improper expenditure of the rates of this parish; in every case of admission, the master of the. workhouse shall cause the immediate examination as to the settlement of the party ; such examination to be taken and written down at the time, in the book kept for examinations by the officer of the day, and in the event of any neglect of so important a duty by the officer of the day, the master himself to take the examination of the party, enter the same and sign it, and report the ne glect of duty to the board. And to promote good order in the workhouse, the master be required to register the names of those who miscon duct themselveS ; that there be a register entitled " the disgraced Pauper Register," and when any name is placed upon that register, the only relief to that person shall be an order of admission into one of the farm houses ; but the governors and directors of the poor, only, to order the names to be inserted in that register, after the misconduct has been reported to the board by the master ; and the poor board only to have the power to withdraw any name from that register. These resolutions having subsequently been laid before the vestry, they were approved of and came into immediate operation. An office called " the Overseers'-office" was opened at the Workhouse in Mount-street. A paid assistant overseer in rotation, together with a subordinate officer of the poor board, were appointed to be in daily attendance, and every applicant for relief is directed to that office ; conse quently, the profession well known in the metropolis as "overseer hunters " is annihilated in St. George's, Hanover-square, because there is only one place in the parish where relief can be obtained, and at that place are stationed experienced officers, who are made re sponsible for what they do, and are ready to visit in stanter any case of distress. The practical results of these important regulations are in the highest degree satisfactory, inasmuch as the money orders given between the weekly sittings of the governors and directors of the poor are, in the month of April, 1834, 391 less than were given in April, 1833 ; the admissions to the workhouse for six weeks since Lady-day, 1834, are 131, while in the corresponding six weeks of 1833 the number admitted was 286. And as to the effect of the last of these re gulations, no pauper has as 'yet been placed on " the disgraced pauper register." There are s&eral'other important regulations which have been adopted relating to bastardy cases ; but al though they are progressing in a most satisfactory manner, sufficient time has not elapsed to fully develop the effect of the new arrangements, and therefore we delay an announcement of the very satisfactory results for the present. The whole advantages arising to the parish of St. George from the new system of relief, may be summed up in a few words, it is because the relief is now ad ministered in a degree approximating towards the 43d of Elizabeth, and a still closer adherence to that statute will more fully develope the benefits of that en actment. The proposed Poor Law Amendment Bill has been assailed by a great part of the London press, with such virulence, with such a want of knowledge or re collection of the existing law, and with such a misap prehension of that which is proposed, that it may be useful to state, without reference to the inflammatory language with which it has been censured, plainly and simply how the matter stands. It is agreed by every one that the present administration of the poor laws can no longer exist. The object on all - hands is professedly-to - uaryinto effect thtstatute of Elizabeth, and - it appears from all the collected evidence on the subject, that the only effqctual mode of accomplishing that object is by what is called the workhouse system, for it has been found that wherever this has been enforced, under proper regulations, its effects have been uniformly beneficial, both financially and morally. It becomes then most important• and desirable that this system should be established generally throughout the country. And this is the great - object the bill has in view ; every thing else which it contains (excepting those parts which relate to the la:ws of settlement and bastardy) is only subsidiary to that great purpose ; it constitutes the agency and machinery by which it is to be carried into effect. If a better agency and machinery than that proposed in the bill can.be de vised let it be adopted, but let it not be suppoied that the object can be effected• uniformly throughout the country by detailed legislative enactments ; it is ire hp e os e s e i fi b t l e e , f for the i s n y s s t t a e n t n c e e , x t e h e a p t t s i me unionall parishes o t C h a e r n I a lca r v i e s h t e he s: but it is impossible that any statute can point out the ad s of case a parish of an an the statute shall po int out what p arts shall be allotted i mode in which such unions (dep endin g , as the y must do, on varying and local circums tances) can be effected, enclosureany more and w a a n s t d familiar in e in severalty to each proprietor and commoner. This is ffected in the one case as it must be in purpose e . the other by commissioners, what power should be vested in them depends in the one case as in the other, on the subject matter submitted to them. No man can have an interest in confiding unneces sary powers to any body of men, and so far from the proposed commissioners having any power (excepting in the case 'of enlarging workhouses), or even any temptation to put parishes to expense, THEIR WHOLE OBJECT AND FUNCTIONS ARE f ro DINIINISII PAROCHIAL EXPENDITURE . If the existing law.be referred to, is it possible that the rate payers• can be exposed to danger on the sub ject in compari son with their present liability in this respect? At present, in those parishes which are not regulated by special local acts, or by Gilbert's Act, the overseers of the poor have powers almost indefi nite, and arc unrestricted to raise whatever sums they think fit in their r espe c ti v e par i shes , and to expend th ople sums o ccordtny'to their own discretion, for the intqrference of the vestry is obsolete ; and, above all, thelmagistracy possess the power of ordering, without l ap+l, whatever sum they please to be given in each parteular case, to every applicant who appeals, to them from the parish officer. ow what are the powers proposed to be given to 4 . th ornmissioners ? ,hey are to establish general regulations. This ; andthe expenditure in n o they arc to do wi d er the immediate revision of the Secretary par liamencase will itheo they have nv f e S th ta e te and power of ordering t of ition.ey (except in the case before stated of enlarg ing'workhouses, and which power if considered ob jectionable might be withdrawn from them), and thus the commissioners would be appointed to carry into e ffect a most important national benefit, without the I ° wee of levying one shilling 1) on the rate payers of any parish in England. As the condition of the poor is most materially affected by the administration of the poor rates,—as it i s jaso of the utmost importance that the administra tio should be uniform throughout the country,--as it i s impossible to expect that 15,000 parishes will agree a s to the mode by which the relief shall be adthinis tered, and as the subject of the condition of the poor i s of too great an importance to be trifled with,—the l e gislature will no doubt, in the exercise of its wisdom, adopt those means which it is to be hoped will insure, a large increase of human happiness. For these reasons, and thinking that the large reve nge arising from the poor rates ought to be so administered as to be productive of great moral and social improvement in the condition of the people of England,—thinking that so large a revenue ought not to be administered in the form of a temptation to the poor, but that it should be expended in the, way least e xposed to fraud in its distribution,—knowing that in the best administration of out-door relief, in trmney a llowances there must always be an immense number who participate undeservedly of' that fluid, and there is not a parish in the metropolis where such misap propriations of the poor rate are not continually being ascertained,—seeing that the workhouse system is not e xposed to such abuses, observing that in whatever locality the workhouse system is properly f ' en orceu that it elevates the condition of %lie poor,—and thinking ' besides this great desideratum that the amendments will . pro,poseJ . SAVe the country minim of putkrtcle annually, it would have fexhibited' a Lreat Waal (/ moral courage to have been deterred by the dread o any 1»,)Itlar clamour .from offei.ing a conscientious although a very humble teAirn , my, in favour of th proposed " PoJr Law An);:,1,1,:, thirty years, has occupied a large .p •cion of two (lay., in each week. • One -among the many advantage: resulting from the new system, is in the payment of the casual relief, which, by the alphabetical arrangement;. by the rigid and continued investigation into the circumstances of the applicants, by having work of all descriptions to offer, have so reduced the number of applicants, that the time of payment to the casual relief now (May, 1834) only occupies one hour and a half of one day in each week, instead of consuming. nearly the whole of two days, as has been the practice for, so many years under the old system. To the deserving applicant this is of the utmost consequence, because, by attending to the rules laid down, he or she need not be detained more than a few minutes ; the value of time is of importance to all per sons, but more so to those upon whose daily labour depends the. necessaries of life. The following table will show the state of pauperism in the parish for the last ten years, commencing at Lady-day, 1824, exhibiting the numbers maintained in the two workhouses, including refractory poor, childre n at nurse, and lunatics, in short all the in-door" relief the yearly average of the whole. The next column will show the average weekly number of cases on the casual relief, the head of the family being only in serted, and not the wife or the children, the amount paid in casual relief ; the next column will show the amount paid on the permanent- or established relief, consisting chiefly of the old, the infirm, and illegiti mate children : the two forming the whole of the money allowance system. PENSION (CIVIL OFFICERS) BILL. In the bill which has been brouglit in by Sir Jame Grahani for the future' regulation of superannuation allow ances, there is a provision which, if enacted, will be a hard. ship on those persons who have served thirty years and up. wards. By the existing Act (3 George IV., cap. 113), the fol lowing allowances are provided for persons superannuated, viz. : For those who have served from ten to fifteen years, an allowance not exceeding 4-12ths of their salary and emo luments, &c. &c. Under the words not exceeding, as above used, it mad b 3 that any portion, however small, of this or that number of twelfths ma`• be fixed as the amount of allowance twin granted on retirement. But at the completion of thirty years, and at every subse quent period specified in the scale of superannuation al lowances, the words not exceeding are left out, and cense quently the quantum of allowance to be granted is fixed ir a precise and definite manner, thereby placing those officia, persons who have served thirty years and upwards upon a certain footing as to the amount of their superannuation al lowance. Sir James Graham's bill, however, applies the words not exceeding indiscriminately to all persons without re. gard to their length of service, and would thus take away from many individuals a title which they have already acquired by practice and confirmed by law. Her Majesty has expressed her intention of honouring the German opera with her presence. His Majesty will visit Woolwich at the latter part of next month, for the purpose of inspecting the royal arsenal and repository. Orders have been received by the heads of the departments there to have every thing in readiness for the occasion.— Greenwich Gazette. CITY IMPROVEMENTS.—No improvement appears to be more overlooked by our good citizens than the splendid Mall shaded by trees, and brilliantly lighted at night with gas, which will be formed on the south side of the London and Greenwich railway, or bridge of 1,000 arches, each arch forming a shop or warehouse, fronting the walk. One penny or two pence, we are informed, will be paid to the company by each person using this path, saving nearly two miles out of the present distance of 51- miles to Greenwich, and render the park of that place as accessible as the parks at the west end of the town. IMPROVEMENTS IN WESTMINSTER.— Church-passage, St. James's, which is Crown land, is to undergo an important improvement at the termina tion of the leases of the houses, which will shortly ex pire. They are in general ancient tenements, com posed chiefly of wood, and when taken down a range of itandsome houses is to be erected on their sites, and the old shabby court contiguous is no longer to re main. The new street will be a great improvement, and will forhi a most respectable communication `be tween Jermyn-street and Piccadilly, instead of the present mean passage parallel with the *east end of St. James's Church. KENSINGTON GARDENS.—The extensive improvements in Kensington-gardens having been finished, the persons employed in putting them in or der have received notice that they will be no longer wanted after to-morrow. The mound of earth which so long intercepted the prospectrund remained as a monulnent of bad taste, is entirely removed ; the aper tures that remained after extracting the roots of the large trees from the earth are filled up, and the spa cious gravel-walks have all been repaired, and the de lightful promenades are now open to the public with more than their former attractions. We deeply regret to have to record the death of the Countess Walewski, youngest daughter of the Countess of Sandwich. This event took place in Paris the middle of last week, where her brother, the Earl of Sandwich, arrived only a few hours before his sister's decease. Her ladyship was in her 25th year, and her remains are on their passage to England, for interment in the family vault at Barnwell, near Oundle.—Cam bridge Chronicle. The above lamented lady survived her marriage only two years attralhlf. By:her pre mature death the Earls of Saudivich and Behnore, and Lady Harriet Baring, are placed . in mourning. LAY DECLARATION.—The declaration o f attachment to the established church, signed by 3,446 lay members residing in Ripon, Knaresborough, and their neighbourhoods, has this week been for warded to the Central Committee in London. The conscientious members of our venerable church are called upon, as they value the purity of the doctrines, the excellency of the liturgy, and the apostolic consti tution of the establishment, to stand forward in her defence, declare their attachment to her gospel ritual, and their determination to support in full efficiency her rights and privileges.—Leeds Atelligencer. Lord Althorp's Poor Laws' Amendment Bill continues to be received with the most unmitigated feeling of hostility in every quarter. The parishes of St. Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey ; St. Giles in the Fields, Limehouse, St. Clements, and Mile-end Old Town, have all met, and recorded their decided oppo sition to the measure. At St. Clements Danes one of the speakers, Mr. Jones, said that he would advise a kind of procession, in every parish, of the church.. wardens and overseers, attended by the beadles ; the bill should then be laid at the vestry hall door, and kicked beyond the boundaries of the parish ! MR. FLEETWOOD'S NEW SUNDAY BILL. —l. It repeals several old statutes relating to the ob servance of the Sabbath, and proceeds to consolidate and simplify the laws on that subject. 2. It permits all sorts of travelling, the conveyance of goods by land and water, the keeping open of coffee-shops, pas try-cooks, fruit-sellers, and cook shops, except during the hours of divine service. 3. It prohibits the keep ing open of gin-shops, tobacconists, and what is called Sunday 'trading generally ; but it permits the licensed victuallers to remain open, except during the hours of divine service. 4. It interferes with no amusement heretofore lawful on Sunday ; and, in fact, recognizes and sanctions everything in accordance with the habits 'of the people. 5. It directs that the shops of news venders shall be closed at ten o'clock, but permits the sale and hire of papers at 'the houses of their custom ers throughout the day, except during the hours of 'divine service. 6. It prohibits the pursuit'of ordinary labour, " of the nature of handicraft, manufacture, or trade;" but, by all ring all the usual amusements of the Sunday, it permits the labour necessary thereto. 7. It does not interfere with baking, at least so far as the cookery of the humbler classes is concerned Observer. IMPORTANT A LTERATION IN HIS MA JESTY'S ESTABLISHMENT OF TILE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD.—The following important change in the establishment of the Yeomen of the Guard commences from the present period, by the command of his Majesty, and all vacancies will for the future bo filled up in the following manner. (The situations were originally obtained by purchase, and the salary derived from it formed a respectable independence.) His Majesty has been pleased to recommend that at the demise of all persons who now belong to the guard these situa tions should be filled by persons who have served in the army or navy, and have small pensions, and of those only persons who have borno an irreproachable character in either of the services; the future places are to be gicen from the crown without purchase. His Grace the Duke of Wellington, as Governor and High Constable of the Tower, has the power invested in him for the future appointment of persons in the situation of Yeomen of the Guard. We undexcitara the purchase-money to have been from COP!, to 7-oa, which by the new regulations arc vAirciy done away with. The salary and Ilercluisites to persons filling the situation Nvi,ll still continue. , ~.. , c ta -is z .1 r : r :5. 2 LI • g From Whence. f":. r 7 F: :' E 3 .... F' . -..: Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. ticks. Aldbormigh Bl7 1106 10 :oston /artinottth Colchester 2Ol 17 EV,II 134 fi'l'l ' 2 7 1 11rtv ic h Leigh 485 28 140 ' C Nlaldon 1783 3i7 310 95 176 54 350 ; xeter — BC, ;I imsby — 70 lastings 23. _ 34) hull — — Ipswich... 73 64 10 , 9 46 11 527 (.1,1 I.o,testoft ___ 281 I 100 yJo 242 338 I 8111 493 39 l2 Newhaven — 409 ' , lmport — • F•O Plymouth ...... i. .1.• _ _ _ 1 :. Rye ll9 ~. tm...tplu. 20 : .c.SS 4.,utliwold 205 43 595 —i *aiding - 1-- . 4 tockton .775 _ _ 170 '.1, , 51,,ach 378 _ 861) Woodbridge 356 81 275 Ya•mouth 1073 1921 10 150; A crdeers ... Bmfl rwick Dun, lee — •80 150 14Ath — 10 1,790 i 2592 ((443 9161 1423 j 71 00f , 9 1 sisii. Galway 1583 SCO 461:0 ( 3 Kilrush — 1025 — l,inet ick 1 Londonderry iligo — 17410 Westport — 924 _ Voligliall • 2c,0 375 —. FOREIGN. Rostock 1.. Total 11576 3092 6463 21174 142.1 71 ,GO 2 ACGILEGATIC QUANTITY 01. OTIIIItt kINI)S OF iill.Nt Rye, 0--Tares, SC--Linseed, 6 9 --Rapeseed, f --Brank, 0.-- Mustard, "--Seeds, :69. SMITHFIEL] This day's supply of Beasts, St good;' of Calresand Porkers, ii t the following prices : D MARKET. heep, and Lambs, was moderately limited ; and the trade was dull, PRICES PER STONE OF Sf.SS. TO SINK THE oil , a. hs. s. d. to s. d. .. cl, e. 4. Inferior Beasts 9. 0 2 2 Large Lamb 5......... 0 0 O• 0 Second quality ditto 2 4 2 8 Prime small (hew... 4 8 6 0 Prime large Oxen 3 4 3 6 Large coarse Calve, 2 6 310 Prime Scots, &c..„ 3 8 310 Prime small ditto... 4 6 5 0 Inferior Sheep. 2 0 2 4 Large 110 i ,~ Second quality ditto 3 '2 3 6 Snii.ll Porker, 1 8 4 0 Coarse-woolled ditto 3 6 3 6 1 Suckli ag Calve, 12.. ti.3o each. Southtlswn Wethers 311 4 0 ; Quarter old Pies I2s. to 18r.eacli SUPPLY, AS PER .CT.RRK's STATEMENT. Beasts. Sheep and Lambs. . Calves. I rt".-- fr' 7 2,534 - 17,620 ' I Its 3 0 Anoiit 51 of the heats came up the St. Alhan's road; about 31 tip the other - northern roads • ~ inout SO (inclding Irish) row the western a d midland districts; about , 2000 trorn Is es_ sulk, • Stlftilk, Essex, and Canibrittgeshae ; about WO from li (IA au 1 Sm.sex , and most of the remainder from the marshes, Re in the neighbourhood of London. , 10,1 , ii Al h iiNi; I..zetainNllALL 51Attntia At per stone, by the Carcass. 5. 4. tow. 'l . iSzel, inferior 2 0 2 2 Hutton, inferior... middling 2 4 2 8 middling.. I ---prime large... 3 n 3 2 prime -- • i•rime small... 8 2 3 4 P.,rk, large .. ...... Veal ........ ••••••• •• - 2 8 4 8 —sm. 0 --........” Lamb —.....-- 4s. 4d. to ss. 4d. 24 2 8 30 3 4 3 4 310 22 3 0 8 3 NEWCASTLE URNMARKET—May 10. The present .favourable weather, with the late dull ac counts from London, had their usual effect upon our Wheit market to-day, and the sale of all qualities was dull, 'at a decline of Is. per quarter. For Oats there was a good demand, and the whole sold freely, at an advance of 6d. to Is. per quarter. Little more will now be done in malting Barley this season. For Malt we continue to have a steady demand. Rye, limited sale. No Peas or Beans offering. Fresh Flour, if well dressed, goes off readily. New. Cid, 4Vhflt, Northumber'and 404. 48 - -.,.1 - Norfolk and auttolk • 424. 43, -4 A. -4. Berwick and scotch 12 , . 44.4 -s -B. .....„ 1 ---- Foreigr Rye, Norfolk aunt ..)4,o4iik 344 ra, --- Fortign Barley. Malting, Norfolk and Suffelk...i 6 30A Grinding aaid Feeding 2, 244...... -s -__, .U 311., Norfolk and 811111)1k 50, SS. - .4 • 44..... 0 , Scans, Small 104 3 - • ..... . -s. -s. Tick 4 u. Vs 314.....,;„ -s 'ease, White • 31s 365, .." .., -8. -...c —t.; ray ... >eta. Northumberland, ruiatoe ...... -17- 194. ICs. `42os. ..........-- Feed lits 18s -- i oreign Flour, Fine crier sack) ..---s. ---4 325.:355, - LIVERPOOL MARKETS, MAY 9. PuovissoN.-About 2,500 firkins of new Waterfcird Butter have arrived this week. The sales •Kere not brisk, and Prices 6s. to Bs. lower since our last ,-offering to-day at 84s. to 90s. No new Cork pickled, yet arrived. Beef and Pork stationary. Bacon and tiaras meet a free sale. Lard is scarce, and in very good demand. We quote old Butter this. to 745. ; new Watertbril Butter, 84s. to 90s. ; Pickled seconds, 71s. to ';2,s, ; Beef, 955. to I Is s . p er tierce ; Pork, 483. to 51S, ; Bacon, 30s. to 335. per cwt. ; Hams, 40s. to 465, ; Firkin Lard, 465. to 445. ; auldered, 465. to 475. per CIVt, II COTTONs-Notwithstancling the heavy import of Cotton this week, we have experienced afood . demand, and prices of all kinds have been fully supported. Sea Islands of the lower qualities are at I .d. per lb. higher, and the Sur a t. at auction sold briskly, i at very full rates. Speculators have taken .590 American, and exporters 1,100 American, 600 Surat, 650 Maranham, and 50 Pernams. The ins-- port this week is 77,r32.S bags, and the sales are •21,0 M bags, viz. :-350 Sea Islands, 14d. to 174. ; 10 Stained ditto., 104, to 12d. ; 5,400 Boweds, 7 3 / 4 d. to 9t/ e d. ; 5,900 New Orleans, 734 d. to 9 3 44. ; 2,350 Alabama, &e., 73 r d.. to 8344. ; 1,550 Pernams, 10%4. in 11 1 4 d. ; 1,100 Bahia, 9.1. to 9 3 / 4 d. ; 1,600 111aranInm, 9d, to 11d. ; 180 Com mon West India, 9d. to 9:144.. ; 350 Egyptian, 13d. ; 810 Surat, 570. to 7d. ; I,t)' auction, 1,400 Surat, to 7 1 44. per lb. to-day the sales are 6,000 bags, at very kill prices. CORN. -The demand for Wheat an d, O ats has cont i nued Maw. 111,--We have had a very limited since Tuesday. At to-da brisk market for Cottony's, y's. market there was little done in anything. Oats werelv.: l 4 with more firmness than Wheat, most of the recent. imports being 2s. Bd. per bushel. The inquiry for llosir is less than the same pe riod last year, and tll l article continues dull at the decline of Tuesday. Fresh, new Meal is steady, at 235. to 235. 6d. per load. Ilarlev is scarce, and held for 3s. 6d. to as. Bd. per bikshel for. Irish grinding. MAX 10..-There is a fair supply of Farmers' Wheat brought into-day, and the trade is dull, at ratherdeclining rates, except for very superior qualities. MANCHESTER AtAttKET, Mar 10. , CORN...--,We have not any improvement to remark in 'the state of the corn trade during the week, there being great reluctance to purchase any article over the actual necessity, whilst the warm weather has had the effect of causing some holders of Flour to press sales at a reduction upon last week's rates. The supplies of W'eat and Flour roe heavy 1. of Oats and Oatmeal moderate. There it a thin attendance at Ns day's market ; the amount of business done is on a very moderate scale. English Wheat is held at V,, ? : week's prices ; but Irish sam ples are sold 2 d- Per ';Whs• cheaper, Flour is dull sale. Oats are in re.r.est, without change in value. Oatmeal is in limited *laud ; • but there is, no gixing way in price s. INl,zl,i; remains stationary. Reaus slack, but • cannot be quoted lower......ilftitiche4er Courier. AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE FRAUDS TO WHICH PARISHES ARE EXPOSED BY GIVING 0,1:-DOOR RELIEF.—Jane Davis received money relief from the parish of St. Paul, Covent-garden. It was disco vered that she also received money relief, in the name of " Jane Harris," from the . parish of St. Giles-in-the- Fields that she also received weekly money relief from the parish of St. James, Westminster, in the name of " Jane Stevens ;" that she a!so received money relief, in the name of " Jane Davis," from the parish of St. George, Hanover-square ; that she also received money relief, from the parish of St. Mr..iga ret, Westminster, in the name of " Mari 'Sthith." The parish of St. Botolph, Bishcpsgate, preferred AI Try..llx COMMUTATION BILL. --In conse charge against this tvctuan for, fraud, and slWay quanee of a requisition numerously ` ,tared by owters committed by, Ei \ e Lord 'Mayor, under sne yi,gra nt and occupiers of land in the eastern division of Kent, A c t, for three_ month', to the Ht.ilse of Corre c ti on , the High Sheriff has appoin!o noneqf • the above F.at:Oes had t,hii Whh h utn a leg a l st art , f or a meet i ng to d Monday, the 19i.L, n 'c lAelti on Barham Downs. to s eftlement:; ow n was, and Is no w , an ac k now- take into eonsideratk a. wn petition to Parliamea, (it wcigeti patisbiouer of St. Clement's Danes, and re- the subject of I v or& Altliorp's Bill for the Corrnutt... oeiving relief as such, tiou of jitheg. THE MA RKETS---(T HIS DA Y.) - CORN is CHANGE. The arrivals of Wheat and Oats last week were good, of lth,.r grain inconsiderable, andof Flour moderate. The wheat trade continued very dull throughout the week, and Spring warn maintained its former value. This morning there .vai a tolerably good fresh supply . of Wheat, and mod era t e nuntities of other graiU. The millers purchased Wheat. - his morning with similar caution to what has rT ,ently been experienced, and except for superfine ampleS, the trade may again be reported Is. per cwt. loser than last Monday. Barley maintains the terms )f this day se'nnight, with a fair demand. Beans remain to last quoted. Boilers and Grey Pease are scarce, and. .uadily obtain former prices. The demand for Oats conti mes tolerably good,-and to-day a further advance of Is. er quarter has been obtained for fine parcels, but the buyers very reluctantly complied With this addition in value. fr , fl6 extremely dull, but the top no minal price is unaltered. re.tcKs UN B Ann d. Red White (old) —s. —a. --. Red 1833) 42s. 465. - Fine 484. 54)5. Superfine sos. 528. White (1833) 458. 50s. Fine s2s. 545. Superfine sss. 58s. —Foreign free —s. —s. 32.. 365 . Nrley 254. 27i. Grinding Malting 2B. 30s. lalt 44s 50s. Beans, Small (new)... --8. - Tick (new) .... 29s 2i s. • --- (old) :i3. - Harrow (new) :12, (old).. 355, 361. N.. ••••3. 19.. 24 -. Brank Oats, Feed__ New ..., - Poland New.., - Pot toe New ▪ 22,. 24.. ▪ 2:1!. 25 . 71. 19s 21s •k) 45s 4*. .. 425. try :6s. -10-. • 10•.11,. tine New - 50s. 54t. 'ease, Grey New "Pi. 345. Maple New..., 35t. 1163. -- White - ..F.e.tc it - 1 rish••• Flour Town , ---- Seem --- Nortl - Boilers `li.i. 40s. Bran .tKRIVALS (MAIN IN LO: NEON tc per sal Cowl , NO L. ST .'