The Sun. — London, England, 1842-06-25 00:00:00

IROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, JUNE 22, 1842. His Royal Highness Prince Albert has been pleased to ap point Surgeon Major Good, of the Scots' Fusilier Guards, to be his Royal Highness's Surgeon Extraordinary. ST. JAMES'S PALACE. JUNE 24. The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of Lord Forester, to appoint Francis Watts, Esq , one of her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, vice Dance, retired. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JUNE 24. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Colonel Richard Wright as Consul-General in London for the Republic of the Equator. WAR-OFFICE, JUNE '24, 1842. 4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieut. G. T. Jacob to be Adjutant, vice Ibbetson, who resigns the Adjutantcy only, June 24. 4th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Brevet Lieut.-Colonel F. D. D. Daly to be Lieut.-Colonel, by purchase, vice Fen dall, who retires; Brevet Major H. Master to be Major, by purchase, vice Daly ; Lieut. R. D. Campbell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Master; Cornet M. Kirwan to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Campbell; A. Grant, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Kirwan, June 24. . Bth Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant A. A. 'Valet to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Gardiner, who retires, June 24 ; Ensign and Adjutant W. Bayly to have the rank of Lieutenant, June 23 ; Ensign G. A. Young to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Malet ; Ensign T. Aldridge, from the 95th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Young, June 24 ; Serjeant-Major J. Hudson to be Ensign, without purchase, June 25. 16th Foot—Assistant-Surg eon R. 11. Dowse, from the let West India Regiment, to be A s si s tant-Surgeon, vice Menzies, promoted to be Staff- Surgeon of the Second Class, June 24. 19th Foot—J. Margitson, Gent., to be Ensign. by purchase, vice Atherley. appointed to the 92d Foot, June '24. 33:1 Foot.:-Lieut. H. H. L. Clough, from the 70th . Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Green, who exchanges, June 24. 36:h Foot—Capt. C. Mortimer, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice It. Ross, who exchanges, June 24. 49th Feet—Brevet Major G. Pasley to be Major, by pur chase, v".ce Blyth, who retires; Lieut. J. 111. Montgomery to be Captain, by purchase, vice Pesky ; Lieut. W. P. H. Browne to be Captain, vice Campbell, who retires ; Ensign J. 111. O'Toole to be Lieutenant, by purchase, rice Montgomery ; Ensign G. Elmsiic, from the tteh Foot, to he Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Browne ; Ensign W. Mayne, from the 6.3 d Foot, to be Ensign, vice O'Toole, June 24. 68th Foot—The lion. V. Ponlett to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Elmslie, prompted in the 49th Foot, June 24. 69th Foot—Capt. A. L. Cole, from half-pay Unattached, to be Caitain, vied C. Dutton, who exchanges, receiving the dif ference, June 24. 70. h Foot—Lieutenant N. P. Givcen ; from the 33d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Clough, who exchanges, June 24. 84th Foot—G. W. Muriel, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hay, whose appointment has been cancelled, June 24. 85th Foot—Ensign T. E. Knox to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Horrorks, who. retires; R. Maunsell, Gent., to be Ensign. by purchase, vice Knox, June 24. 92d Foot—Lieut. R. Pettey to be Captain, by purchase, vice Duff, who retires ; Ensign C. E. S. Gleig to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Petley ; Ensign A. P. Atherley, from the 19th boot, to he Ensign, vice Gleig, June 24. 95th Folt—H. G. Hayes, Gent., to he Ensign, by purchase, vice Aldridge, appointed to the Bth Font, June 24. Ist West'lndia Regiment—C. G. Borcherds, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, Vice Dowse, appointed to the 16th Foot June 24. UNATTA ciihn.—Brevet Colonel H. Rainey, on half-pay Un attached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase. June 24. Bazywr.-- , Captain C. Mortimer, of the 36th Foot, to be Major in the Army, June 23th. HOSPITAL. STAFF. —Assistant-Surgeon D. Menzies, from the 16th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice T. Beavan, n o retires upon half-pay, June 2t. ComutssAttiAT.—Commissariat Clerk D. R. Lee to be a Deputy Assistant-Cornmissary-General, his commission to bear date June 7. ADMIRALTY, JUNE 17. _ Corps of Royal Marines.—First Lieut. and Adjutant G. Logan to be Captain, vice Brevet Major R. Gordon, retired on rub p y; I irst Lieut. J. Wade to be Adjutant, vice Logan, pro n,ott.d ; Second Lieut. G. G. Alexander to be First Lieute nant, vice Wade, appointed Adjutant. WHITEHALL, JUNE 24. _ _ Tod Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend D. Jackson to the church at Lechgilphead, in the parish of Glassry, in the presbytery of Inaerary and shire of Argyll, vacant by the death of the Reverend P. M'Kichan. WHITEHALL, JuwE 14. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomas Smith, jun., of Sheffield, in the county of York, Gent., to be a Master Ex traordinary in the High Court of Chancery. The Gazette of last evening contains a notice to all persons entrusted with the payment of annuities, dividends, &c., to snake a return of their amounts to the Stamp-office, for the purposei of the Income-tax, within one month from June 21, under a penalty of 1001. CROWN-OFFICE, JUNE 24, 1842. _ DAYS AND PLACES APPOINTED FOR HOLDING THE EM MEN ASSIZES, 1842, via.:— NORTHERN CIRCUIT. _ _ . The Right lion. Tuomas LORD DENMAN ; Lord Chief Justice ; Mr. Justice MAuLE. Durham—Saturday, July 9, at Durham. iiorthumberland—Thursday, July 14, at the Castle of New castle-upon-Tyne. Town cf Newcastle-upon-Tyne—Same day, at the Guildhall of Newca.tle-upon:Tyne. Cumberland—Tunday,July 19, at Carlisle. Westmorland—Saturday, July 23, at Appleby. Lancashire, Northern Division—Tuesday, July 26, at Lancaster. Lancashire, Southern Division—Saturday, July 30, at Liverpool. York,hire—Saturday, Aug. 13, at the Castle of York. City of York—Same day, at the Guildhall of the City of York. OXFORD CIRCUIT. The Right Hon. Sir NICOLAS CONVNOHAM TINDAL, Knt., Lord Chief. Justice ; the Right lion. • THOMAS ERSKLNE, one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas. Rerkshire—Monday, July 11, at Abingdon. Oxfordshire—Wednesday, July 13, at Oxford. Viiercestershire—Saturday, July 16, at Worcester. City of Worcester—Same day, at the City of Worcester. Statfordslure-7Wednesday, July t'.o, at Stafford. Shropshire—Wednesday, July 27, at Shrewsbury. Herefordshire—Saturday, July 30, at Hereford. Monmouthshire— Wednesday, Aug. 3, at Monmouth. Gloucestershire f —Saturday,.Aug. 6, at Glotwester. City of Gloucester—Same day, at the City of Gloucester. HOME CIRCUIT. The ni,ght . Hon. JAMES LORD ABINGER, Lord Chief Baron; Mr. Justice COLTMAN. Hertfordshire—Wednesday, July 6, at Hertford. Essex—'Saturday, July 9, at Chelmsford. Kent—Thursday, July 14. at Maidstone. Sussex—Thursday, July 21, at Lewes. Surrey—Wednesday, July 27, at Guildford. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. The Right Hon. Sir JAMES PARKE. one of the Barons of the Coqrt of Exchequer ; Mr. Justice PATTESON. . . _ Northamptonshire—Monday, July 11, at Northampton. Rutlandshire—Friday, July 15, at Oakham. Lincolnshire—Saturday, July 16, at the Castle of Lincoln. City of Lincoln— Same day, at the City of Lincoln. Nottinghamshire—Thursday, July 21, at Nottingham. Town of Nottingham—Same day, at the Town of Nottingham, Derbyshire—Monday, July 25, at Derby. Leieestershire--Thursday, July 28, at the Castle of Leicester. Borough of Leicester—Same day, at the Borough of Leicester. City of Coventry—Monday, Aug. 1, at the City of Coventry. Warwioltshire—Same day, at Warwick. NORFOLK CIRCUIT. Mr. Baron ALDERSON ; Mr. Justice WILLIAMS. Buckinghamshire—Saturday, July 9, at Buckingham. Bedfordshire—Wednesday, July 13, at Bedford. Huntingdonshire—Saturday, J uly 16, at Huntingdon. Cambridgeshire—Monday, July 18, at Cambridge. Norfolk—Saturday, July 23, at the Castle of Norwich. City of Norwich—Same day, at the Guildhall of the City of Norwich. Suffolk—Thursday, July 28, at Ip3wieb. WESTERN CIRCUIT. Mr. Justice WIGIITXAN ; Mr. Justice CuEsswELL. Southampton—Saturday, July 9, at the Castle of Winchester. Thu-setshire—Saturday, July 16, at Dorchester. Devonshire—Thursday, July '2l, at the Castle of Exeter. City of EXeter—Same day, at the Guildhall of the City of Exeter. Cornwall—Saturday, July 30, at Bodmin. SornerFetshire—Saturday, Aug. 6, at the City of Wells. Wi tshire—Saturday, Ang. 12, at Devizes. City of Bristol—Saturday, Aug. 20, at the Guildhall of the City of Bristol. CIRCUIT OF THE PRINCIPALITY OF WALES AND COUNTY PALATINE OF CHESTER. Mr. Baron GURNEY; Mr. Baron RoLrE. NORTH WALES. Montipmeryshire— Saturday, July 9, at Newtown. Merionethshire--Wednesday , July 13, at Dolgelly. Carnarvonshire—Saturday, July 16, at Carnarvon. Anglesey—Wednesday, July 20, at Beatimaris. Denbighshire—Saturday, July 23, at Ruthin. Flintshire—Wednesday, July . 27, at Mold. SOUTH WALES. Glamorganshire—Monday, July 4, at Cardiff. Oirmarthenshire— Saturday, Jul y 9, at Carmarthen. Borough of Carmarthen—Same day, at the Borough of Car rnarthen. Pembrokeshire—Saturday, July 16, at Haverfordwest. Town of Haverfordwest—Same day, at the Town of Haver ford w est. Cardiganshire—Wednesday, July 20, at Cardigan. Brecknockshire—Saturday, July 23, at Brecon. Hadnordshire—Wedaesday, July 27, at Presteign. Cheshire—Saturday, ably 30, at the Castle of Chester. CIRCUITS OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RELIEF OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS. AUTUMN CIRCUITS, 1842. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. H. R. REYNOLDS, Esq., Chief Commissioner. Yorkshire—Sheffield, Tuesday, Oct 11. Yorkshire—Wakefield, Friday, Oct. 14. Town and County of the Town of Kingston-upon-Hull—Sa turday, Oct. 22. Yorkshire—York and City, Tuesday, Oct. 25. Yorkshire—Richmond, Friday, Oct. 28. .Durham—Durham, Saturday, Oct. 29. Northumberland —Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Town, Tuesday, Nov. 1. Cumberland—Carlisle, Friday, Nov. 4. Westmorland—Appleby, Monday, Nov. 7. Westmorland— Kendal, Tuesday, Nov. 8. Lancashire—Preston, Wednesday, Nov. 9. Lancashire—Liverpool, Friday, November 11. Cheshire—Chester and City, Tuesday, Nov. 15. Flintshire—Mold, Friday, Nov. 18. Denbighshire—Ruthin, Saturday, Nov. 19. Anglesey—Beaumaris, Tuesday, Nov. 22.• Carnarvonshirc—Carnarvon, Wednesday, Nov. 23. rionethshire —Dolgelly, Friday, Nov. 25. Montgomeryshire—Welch Pool, Monday, Nov. 28. Lancashire —Lancaster, Thursday, Dec. 1. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. .1. G. HARRIS, Esq., Commissioner. Fis,ex—Chelmstord, Tuesday, Oct. 25. j':-sex—Colchester, Wednesday, Oct. 26. S'uffolk —lpswich, Thursday, Oct. 27. foik—Yarmouth, Saturday, Oct. 29. Norfolk—Norwich and City, Monday, Oct. 31. Norfolk—Lynn, Thursday, Nov. 3. Suffolk—Bury St. Edmunds, Saturday. Nov. 5. Cambridvshire—Cambridge, Monday, Nov. 7. Huntingdonshire—Huntingdon, Wednesday, Nov. 9. RutlandJaire—Oakharn, Thursday, Nov. 10. N„tharoptonshire—Peterborough, Friday, Nov. 11. Uncohr-hire—Lincoln and City, Monday, Nov. 14. Nottiughambire—Nottingham and Town,Wednesday, N0v.16. Derbyshire—Derby, Friday, Nov. 18. City and County of the City of Li chfield —Saturday, Nov. 19. Statfordihire—Stafford, Monday, N ov. 21. Shropshire Shrewsbury, Thursday, Nov. 24. Shropshire—Oldbury, Saturday. Nov. 26. Warwickshire—Birmingham, Monday, N ov , 23. 'Warwicksbire—Warwick, Thursday, DPe. 1. Monday, D ec. 5. City and County,o4 the City. of Coveotry— Leicestershire—Leicester, Tuesday; Dec. 6. ;• . : Northamptonshire—Northatepton,'Friday Belfordshirc—..Bedford, Monday, Dec. 12 Dec. 9. . Wednesday, Dec. It HOME CIRCUIT. T. B. BOWEIq, Esq., Commissioner. Kent—Dover, Monday, Oct. 24. City and County of the City of Canterbury,Wednesda,l, Oct. 26. Kent—Maidstone, Friday, Oct. 28. Sussex—Horsham, Friday, Nov. 11. Hertfordshire—Hertford, Friday, Nov. 18. SOUTHERN CIRCUIT. W. J. LAW, Esq., Commissioner. Berkshire—Reading, Thursday, Oct. '2O. Oxfordshire—Oxford and City, Saturday, Oct. 22. Worcestershire—Worcester and City, Tuesday, Oct. 25. Radnorshire—Pres.teigne, Thursday, Oct. 27. Herefordshire—Hereford, Friday, Oct. 28. Brecknockshire—Brecon, Monday, Oct. 31. Carmarthenshire— Carmarthen and Borough,Wednesday,Nov.2. Cardiganshire—Cardigan, Friday, Nov. 4 Pembrokeshire—Haverfordwest and Town, Saturday, Nov. 5. Glamorganshire— Swansea, Wednesday, Nov. 9. Glamorganshire—Cardiff, Thursday, Nov. 10. Monmouthshire—Monmouth, Saturday, Nov. 12. Gloucestershire—Gloucester and City, Monday, Nov. 14. City and County of the City of Bristol—Thursday, Nov. 17. Somersetshire—Bath, Monday, Nov. 2!. Somersetshire—Wells, Wednesday, Nov. 23. Devonshire—Plymouth, Saturday, Nov. 26. Cornwall—Bedmin, Monday, Nov. 28. Devonshire—Exeter and City, Wednesday, Nov. 30. Dorsetshire—Dorchester, Saturday, Dec. 3. Wiltshire—Saltsbery, Tuesday, Dec. 6. Town and County of the Town of Southampton—Wednesday, Dec. 7. Southampton—Winchester, Thursday, Dec. 8. BANKRUPTS. JOHN BATSTONE, builder, Tooley-street, Southwark to surrender July 1, at one, and August 5, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, official assignee ; Teague, Crown-court, Cheapside. WALTER HILTON, jun., wine merchant, Kingston upon-Hull, July 6, and August 5, at eleven, at the George Inn, Kingston-upon• Hull. Hicks and Marris, Gray's Inn-square, London ; Galloway, Bell, and Todd, Hull. GEORGE GIBSON, stockbroker, Liverpool, July 5, and August 5, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool Holden and Clarke, Liverpool ; Walenesley, Keightley, and Parkin, Chancery .lane, London. MARK ANTHONY HA RTNELL, common carrier, Rod borough, Gloucestershire, July 5, and August 5. at eleven, at the George Inn, Stroud. Baylis, Devonshire-square, London; Winterbotham and Thomas, Tewkesbury. EDWARD HILTON and NATHANIEL WALSH, parer makers, Over Darwen, Lancashire, July 13, at twelve, and August 5, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Bolton-le- Moors. Milne, Parry, Milne, and Morris, Temple, London ; Neville, Ainsworth, and Beardswotth, Blackburn. WILLIAM GOODE, draper, Monmouth, June 29, and August 5, at eleven, at the Beaufort Arms Hotel, Monmouth. Berkeley, Lincoln'slnn-fiel&, London ; Galindo, Monmouth. PIM - NEVINS, cloth manufacturer, Leeds, July 8, at ten, and August 5, at twelve, at the Commissioners'-rooms ' Leeds. Fiddey, Inner Temple, London ; Bar, Lofthouse, and Nelson, Leeds. JOHN FISHER and GEORGE HENRY FISHER, merehanth Manchester, July 14, at twelve, and August 5, at three, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Johnson, Son, and Wetherall, Temple, London ; Hitchcock, Manchester. SARAH LIFE, milliner, Chorlton. upon-Medlock, Lan cashire, July 14,at ten, and .August 5, at three, at the Corn sioners'-rooms, Manchester. Bunting Manchester; Bower and Back, Chancery-lane, London. JAMES SANDERSON, cotton manufacturer, Crawshaw Booth, Lancashire, July 16, and August 5, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Grave, Manchester; Johnson, Son, and Wetherall, Temple, London. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. D. Nutt, merchant, Stratford-green, Essex, July 15, at eleven—R. Phenev, law bookseller, Fleet-street, July 15, at half-past eleven—D. S. Walker, India rubber manutacturer, July 18, at one—J. Cockburn, merchant, New Broad-street, July 18, at twelve—J. Jones, stationer, New-road, White chapel-road, July 18, at half-past eleven. In the Country. J. Standley, brassfounder, Birmingham, July 26, at three, at the Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham—T. F. CLzens, builder, Canterbury, August 16, at three, at the Guilehall, Canterbury --G. Baldry, Jun., inn-keeper, Ipswich, July 18, at twelve, at the Angel Inn, Bury St. Edmuuds—J. Webb, tailor and draper, Birmingham, July 18, at one, at the Waterloo-rooms. Birmingham—R. and J, Buggein, sugar refiners, Liverpool, July 15, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool—J. We:- son, muslin manufacturer, Manchester, July 18, at ten, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester—A. Wise, N. Baker, and W. S. Bentall, ba nkers, Newton Abbott, Devonshire, July 18, at twelve, at the Clarence Hotel, Exeter. CERTIFICA TES— J LY 15. J. Eastwood, innkeeper, Halifax—W. Carr and J. C. Carr, merchants, Sunderland—R. C. Bourne, woollen•draper, Bir mingham—M. Hildick, miller, Walsall, Staffordshire—M. Schlesinger and M. S. Schlesinger, merchants, Basingball street —H. Mackay, merchant, Liverpool—J. Settle and A. Bentley. flax spinners, Leeds—H. Knight, common brewer, Reading—W. H., H., and D. King, coach-builders, Old street-road, Shorediteh—G. Boggs, W. Taylor, and W. Shand, Jun. ,merchant s, Great Winchester-street—W. Cooper, common brewer, Lower Shadwell—G. Bishop, merchant, Saint Mary Axe—T. F. Cozens, builder, Canterbury. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. D. Guthrie, C. Fisher, and A. Hill, engineers, Gun-alley, Bermondsey-street, Southwark—T. Gowen, T. Gibson, and R. Grantham, stone-masons, Kingston-upon-Hull—E. Coats, J. Banks, J. Peacock, T. Wi lson, and E. C. Banks, warehouse rr en, Friday-street (so far as regards E. Coats)—J. West and T. W. Bush. wine merchants, Taunton, Somersetshire—T. Parker and W. Harvey, tea dealers, Shoreditch—J. Last and W. M. Clark—L. Potts, R. Baxter, E. Brown, and E. Allar ton, Birmingham—A. and J. .Morris, mercers, Manchester— R. Pierce, L. Hall, E. B. Rosse, D. Price, and L. Pierce, smiths, Liverpool (so far as regards R. Pierce) —W. Anderson and John Shiell, drapers, Sherborne—G. S., T., and H. Rogers shirt makers, Russia-row (so far as regards G. S. Rogers)--W. Clark and Rupert A. Kettle, attorneys, Wolver hampton—T. W. W. Butterworth and E. Morville, fent dealers, Manchester—R. Gillespie, G. Moffatt, J. Jamieson and C., merchants, London—S., W., and B. Musgrave, dyers, Leeds (so far as regards W. Musgrave)—W. Ber;Y and B. Williams, drapers, Liverpool—J. Matthews and R. Martye, paper makers, Broadens', Devonshire. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. THOMAS and GEORGE BLAIR ALLAN, builders, Glasgow, June 30 and July 21, at twelve, at the Chambers of Lamond and Monteith, Glasgow. JAMES and DAVIDSON NICHOL, booksellers, Mon trose, June 30 and July 21, at twelve, at the Chambers of Robert Burness, Montrose. WILLIAM GREIG, cabinet maker, Laurieston, Glasgow, June 27 and July 18, at one, at the Black Bull Inn, Glasgow , ALEXANDER FARQUHAR, ironmonger, Peterhead, June 29 and July 20, at two, at Fraser's Inn, Peterhead. JAMES STEWART, grazier, Loak, July 1 and 22, at twelve, at the George Inn, Perth. CHARLES HUN "I ER STEWART, commission agent, Edinburgh, June 30 and July 21, at three, at the Chambers of D. Mitchell, Jun., S. S. C., Edinburgh. DAVID THOMPSON, corn merchant, Dalry Mills, Edin burgh, June 29 and July 20, at two, at the Old Signet Hall, Edinburgh. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the Returns made in the Week ending June 21, 1842, is 375. 94d. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Greatßritain. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 2.5, 1842. should move, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Act of the 9th of George IV. c. 84, for the better light ing of towns in Ireland. SPERMACETI OIL. Captain ROUS gave notice that on going into Com mittee on the Customs Bill, he should move that no alteration should take place in the duty on spermaceti oil, until such time as those who had any at present on hand had disposed of their cargoes. ONIONS. Mr. DUNCOMBE gave notice that, on going into Committee on the Customs Bill, he would move that the duty on onion-seed be assimilated to the duty on other seed. THE EARTHQUAKE AT ST. DOMINGO The following letter, respecting the effects of the late earthquake at Cape Haytien, has been sent to us by Cap tain Franklin, of tip West India steamer Tweed, while off St. Domingo, at the time that lamentable occurrence took place : "Turk's Island, May 24. " Sir,—lt may, perhaps, be interesting to you to learn that, at the time the earthquake happened at Cape Hayden, a similar occurrence took place at Turk's Island. The Tweed, under my command, was off St. Domingo, False Cape bearing E. by N. 12 or 14 miles. I was sitting at dinner when I felt the ship strike as if going along a coral reef or hard sand-bank. I ran on deck, stopped the engines, put the helm hard a-starboard, threw overboard the deep sea lead, with 80 fathoms line ; no bottom. Lowered two boats, and sent them with officers to sound ; which they continued to do until I recalled them; it getting dark, the boats returned, not having got any bottom. So satisfied was I that the ship had been ashore, that I had hired a diver at Turk's Island to look at the ship's bot tom, but who was prevented doing so by my being obliged to go to the assistance of the Medina, which ship had got oa shore on the north part of Turk's Island. It is a sin gular circumstance that the sensation was felt so strongly when we were at least in 300 fathoms water. " Yours, &c. "EDWARD FRANKLIN." A serious breach is reported to exist between the Right lion. Baronet at the head of the Government and the Noble Lord who presides over the Colonial depart ment. This has been more than suspected for some time; and recent circumstances seem to illustrate and strengthen the fact of its existences The manner in which Lord Stanley was put down by Sir Robert Peel in ,the House . of Commons, in the act of rising to speak on an important question, with his papers ar ranged, and his notes prepared for a set speech, made a strong impression on the House. The Premier was of course submitted to ; but the effect upon the Colonial Secretary was manifest. The indignity was too marked to be forgotten or forgiven. It is likely that Sir Robert Peel has no wish it should be. It was ,a fine specimen of snubbing. Then came the abandon ment of Lord Stanley's protege, the late Member for Belfast, to the damaging motion of Mr. O'Connell, whom the Premier joined, and thus enabled him to carry the suspension of the writ for that borough. Then followed the announcement by Sir Robert Peel that Lord Stanley's Irish Registration bill would not be proceeded with. Thus virtually negativing the Noble Lord's case of flagrant perjury in Ireland, which was made the basis of Lord Stanley's Irish Registration measure, and the source of his Lordship's popularity with the Orange party in Ireland. We are assured that the "fiery Tybalt" is cherishing serious thoughts of avenging himself on his chief ; and will probably avail himself of Mr. Emerson Tennent's withdrawing himself and his patronage from the Government to carry his designs into execution. • THE PAVING BOARDS or ST. PANCRAS.—For the last day or two much interest has been excited in the parish of St. Pancras by the various co n t es t s th a t h ave t a k en pl ace for the election of Comrois2,ioners of Paving and Lighting on the numerous estates composing the above extensive and opu lent parish. That, however, to which the greatest importance has been attaehed, and which partook more of polities than any other,is the election of forty-one Commissioners on the South ampton raving trust, which is by far the largest, and embraces nearly one-third of St. Pancras. Th e conten di ng part i es were, what is called the united list, compo se d o f gent l emen o f all shades of political opinion, and the Chartist or Douglas party, who, until the year before last, when they were ousted by the parishioners, had held entire and absolute sway over the funds of this immense district. Wednesday afternoon, at four o'clock, pursuant to the Act of Par liament., the declaration of the state of the poll took pl ace , 794; in th e at the Commissioners'-rooms , Edward -street, Hampstead- roa d, when the Chairman declared th e result robe as follows :---For the united list, proposed yosebdbymrll:lDr.ouFg.lBl3s,ra2i9t9hr majorityit for th e Chartist list, propene ormer, 495. 'fhe announcement was hailed with loud cheers. The Milan Gazette announces that the fourth Seientifie Congress of Italy is to take plate at Padua on the 15th of September, and continue sitting to the 29th, the Em. peror of Austria having given the necessary authorization for the meeting. Learned men of all countries are invited to attend. LIGHT GOLD.—The sovereign panic has caused much inconvenience at Loughborough, no person being willing 'to take a sovereign without deducting sixpence at least. Nt n9ltam Review. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, June 24. • Their Lordships met at Five &Clock. The Slave-trade Abolition Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. The Public-houses Bill passed through Committee, was reported, and ordered to be read a third time on Monday. On the Order of the Day for the third reading of the Liverpool Health of Town and Improvement Bill, The Marquis of SALISBURY moved that the Bill be recommitted, which, after a desultory conversation, in which the Duke of Richmond and Lord Kenyon took part, was agreed to. NEWFOUNDLAND. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from New foundland against the contemplated changes in the con stitution of that colony, and disclaiming the charges made againgt the House of Assembly in the British Par liament, of being too favourable to the Popish party, and inimical to the British connection and the Established Church. To disprove this latter charge, the petitioners stated that the present House of Assembly had on their first meeting elected a Protestant speaker, a Protestant clerk, and several other officers of the Protestant religion. COLLIERIES. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY presented a petition from certain -coal-owners in Northumberland, respecting the employment of children in coal mines. On the part of the petitioners and of himself he denied that any such inhuman practices us were set forth in the Report of the Collieries Commissioners were permitted in their works. The Noble Marquis com plained in very strong terms of the unfairness with which he alleged the Commissioners had gone about collecting evidence. They had communicated only with artful boys and ignorant young girls, and had put all their questions in such a manner as to suggest the answers that would suit their purpose. More than than that, they had ac companied their Report with disgusting and indecent prints, representing things that never took place. The information be received with respect to the Commisfioners was, that they had been, all four of them, connected with the Factory Commission, and many of their proceedings in the Factory Commission had been petitioned against. He did not think that such reports should be strictly relied on. He felt quite convit.ced that those instances cf debauchery and immo desty which had been given were very much exaggerated, espe cially with rrgard to Scotland. He knew it for a fact that there was nothing like immodesty in the collieries in Scotland. It appeared to him that their Lordships were about - to pass a law which would materially affect a mo.t powerful interest noon very incorrect and exaggerated grounds. In the Northern Counties there was no less than 10,328,0001. sterling invested in mining interests. It was pwosed to educate the children until they were 13 years of age, and not to alloW them to enter the names - until they were 13 years old. Why, a hat was to become of them until that time ? bid they not know that the life of the pit lad was by no means a hard one? It was not nearly so laborious as that of the sailor. The pit lad chalked things upon the walls of the pit, and was as happy as the day was long.— ( Laughter.) His life was cheerful and jovial.—(Laughter.) They were not all born to be educated, and if they were edu cated ever so well, they would not be able to meet with employ ment. They would educate themselves whenever they saw the nece,sity for education, but they were not all born to be edu cated. The petitioners prayed that the inquiry might be further pursued, with the view of exposing the exaggerated statements contained in their last report. He bored so toe. He thought the, prayer of the petition was just and reasonable, and that the statements of the Commissioners ought net to he allowed to go forth without their Lordships enabling the ca lumniated parties to give evidence to exculpate themselves.— ( Hear.) There was no body of employers in the kingdom who did more than the owners of coal mines to do justice to those under them, and in every way to promote their happiness and well being. It was all very well for a Nob'e Lord to come down to the other House of Parliament, and make statements upon the authority of some artful boys under thirteen yea's of age ; but he trusted that their Lordships would not legislate upon such statements, but would inquire carefully and judge for themselves. The LORI) CHANCELLOR rose to move the Order of the Day for the third reading of the Copyright Bill, bet The NOBLE Maw:suss continued amidst great laughter. He apologised for having so long occupied the House, and concluded by expressing an anxious desire that .the inquiry should be proceeded with. The Bishop of NORWICH would postpone what he had to say on the subject until the Bill which was before the other House came up to their Lordships. He could not, however, avoid saying, that he could not reccgnise any necessity for the employment of women or children in English or Scotch mines, when he found:to the credit of Ireland that in not one of the collieries in thUt country was there a woman or a child under• sixteen •ears of age employed.—( Hear, hear.) People were in the habit of Calling the country barbarous, and of applying opprobious names to the inhabitants. People spoke of the dark and unenlightened state of the Irish people, but he could wish that the light of their humanity was reflected in the darkness and horrors of our English coal mines. THE SCOTCH CHURCH. Lord BELHAVEN rose to put the question, of which he had given notice, to the Noble Lords opposite who constituted part of her Majesty's. Government. He need not now tell their Lordships that the state of the Church of Scotland was such as every well-wisher of the country must deplore. That Church was the one best suited in' all respects to the feelings and habits of the people of that country. It was now in a state of distraction which was painful to every reflecting mind, and imperiously called for the intervention of Parliament. The question which he i had to put was, whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to take the subject into their serious consideration, with a view to a satisfactory settlement? The Duke of WELLINGTON, in replying to the question of the Noble Baron. would confine himself as much as possible to giving a simple answer. The Government had had the sub ject for a long tirawunder their serious consideration ; had endea voured to discover the means of settling this important and dis • tressing question, but they had found that the parties were not prepared to receive with satisfaction the measure which the Government was disposed to submit to Parliament. All the Members of the Government had the same respect for the Church, and the same conviction of the benefits it had conferred on the people of Scotland, as the Noble Lord himself, and of its being eminently calculated to benefit the people and to ensure their happiness. The Government had given and were giving their istmost attention to the subject, with a view of discovering the means of effecting its satisfactory settlement. The Duke of RICHMOND, from his connexion with that part of the empire, concurred in the sentiments of the Noble Lord who put this question, and Ise heartily agreed with him its saying that a settlement of the existing dispute was most desirable. The conduct of the General Assembly, from whom a petition was to be presented by a Noble Lord on the Ministe rial side of the House, was most extraordinary, and he could not help saying that he wondered how they could reconcile it to their consciences to act so harshly as they d d to clergymen who had really done nothing to offend them, or to violate the laws. Lord BROUGHAM tlfought it would be unbecoming to go into the question before it came fully before the House, consi dering the proceedings then pending before the Court of Session. Lord BELHAVEN thought, if the Government brought in a measure respecting this subject, it would have the effect of putting an end to the unfortunate differences which now existed. When Noble Lords opposite were on his (Lord Bel haven's) side of the House they were anxious to legislate upon this subject. After a few words from the Duke of WELLINGTON, the subject dropped. COPYRIGHT BILL. On the motion that this Bill be read a third time, Lord CAMPBELL rose to call the attention of their Lord ships to the 17th and 23d clauses. The former cause was for the purpose of giving a power to Excise officers to examine books on importation, to prevont piratical editions of wcrks of authors in this country. If this clause were admitted it ap peared to him that the latter clause was wholly unadvisable, as it gave a power to any constable to come into any of their Lord ships' librarica, and if they had a book which they had bought while travelling on the Continent— The LORD CHANCELLOR said he would save the Noble and Learned Lord trouble, and withdraw the clause. The Bill was then read a third time. DISTRESS OF THE COUNTRY.' Lord BROUGHAM gave notice that he should, on Thurs day next, present a petition from the deputation from the ma nufacturing districts relative to the distress in those districts. Lord CLANCARTY presented a petition from a place in Ireland, against the system of National Education in Ireland. SALMON FISHERIES REGULATION (SCOTLAND) BILL. The Earl of ROSEBERY moved the second reading of this Bill, and also that the Bill be referred to a Select Com mittee. The Noble Lord then named the Committee, consist ing of the Duke of Cleveland, Lord Kinnaird, and other Dods. PERPETUATING TESTINIONY BILL. This Bill went through Cemmitiee. P6OR-LAW COMMISSIONERS. Lord MOUNTCASHEL gave notice that he should feel it his duty, on Monday, to bring before their Lordships the conduct of the Poor-law Commissioners, who had not com plied with the order cf their Lordships in presenting to the House an account of the state of the Charities in Ireland, as applicable to the Poor-law. The other Bills on the tahle were then forwarded a stage, and their Lordships adjourned at a quarter past Seven o'Clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 24. The SPEAKER took the' Chair at the usual hour. . Mr. GREENE presented a petition from the Manches ter Union against the Bastardy Clause *f the New Poor law Act. Mr. LITTON presented a petition from a place in the county of Wicklow against the system of National Edu cation in Ireland. Lord BARNARD presented petitions from Mallow and other places, in the county of Cork, to the same effect. Mr. Sergeant JACKSON presented a petition from the county of Kildare, in favour of medical reform in Ireland. Sir C. 13. VERE presented a petiticn from a place in Suffolk, praying that poor -rates should be assessed on the proprietors of tenements, instead of the occupying tenant. Mr. BECKETT presented a petition from a place in the 'West Riding of Yorkshire against the Bill for the better regulation of Labour in Mines and Collieries. Mr. HARDY presented a petition, signed by 60 medi cal practitioners, praying for certain alterations in the Anatomy Act. Mr. LEFROY presented a petition from cei Lain me dical practitioners against the provisions of the Irish Poor-law affecting their profession. NATIONAL DISTRESS. ?Jr; T. DUNCOINIBE presented a petition, signed by the Chairman on behalf of a large public meeting, held at Edinburgh, praying for an inquiry into the causes of the crime and the national misery of the British empire, ROMAN CATHOLIC GRIEVANCES, Mr. SHIEL presented a petition from the Rev. Mr. Wearthy, a Roman Catholic clergyman, of Lancashire, complaining of the treatment of Roman Catholic children, under the New Poor-law, in workhouses, where they are compelled to attend Protestant instruction, and praying that means might be taken to instruct them in the Ro man Catholic religion. POOR-LAW AMENDMENT ACT. An HON. MEMBER on the Opposition benches pre sented a petition from between 4,000 and 5.000 of the inhabitants of Plymouth, against certain clauses of the Poor.law Amendment Act. MINES AND COLLIERIES BILL. Mr. SCOTT presented a petition from 65 triners of the West Riding of Yorkshire, against the Mines and Collieries Bill. Mr. STUART WORTLEY presentei a Eimilur petition. NOTICES OF MOTIONS. LIGHTING OF TOWNS IN. IRELAND. , Mr. LITTON gave notice WO on Thursday nest, lie ANATOMY ACT. Mr. HARDY gave notice that, on Monday next he would call the attention of the House to the working of the Anatomy Act. BRIBERY BILL. Mr. SIIIEL gave notice, that on the House going into Committee on the Bribery Bill, he would move that its operation should extend to intimidation as well as bribery. SYRIA. Dr. BO",VRING gave notice that he should, on Mon day next, ask a question of the Right Hon. Baronet with respect to Syria. IRISH MAGISTRACY. Mr. SHIEL rose for the purpose of putting a question to the Noble Lord, the Secretary for Ireland, relative to the re-appointment of Mr. St. George to the Magistracy of Galway. His Hon. Friend the Member for Perth had put a similar question to the Noble Lord a kw nights ago, and the Honourable Member had now gone to Scotland. The question was, whether it was, in point of fact, true, as stated in the public papers, that Mr. St. George had been restored ? It was stated that lie had some years ago written a letter containing offensive language, to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and ,on an applica cation for his restoration, it was intimated that the pro ceedings of Mr. St. George were very improper, and that it would be impossible to restore him, unless an apology was made for the letter. He believed no distinct answer was given by the Noble Lord on that occasion, but it was stated that the papers had not yet come over from Ireland. His Hon. Friend had now gone to Scotland, and nothing further had taken place on the subject. He (Mr. S.) felt himself justified, therefore, in asking whether an apology had been made, and whether the Noble Lord had any objection to give publicity to the apology, in retractation of a public offence. Lord ELIOT thought The Right Hon. Gentleman had misunderstood him in the answer he made the other evening. He then stated that in 1837 Mr. St. George had had written a letter, couched in disrespectful language, to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He was in consequence removed, and the Lord Chancellor thought very pro perly. Shortly afterwards, the Lord Lieutenant was ap plied to, to reinstate him. He refused to do so, un less Mr. St. George retracted his letter, or made • an apology, or wive some explanation of it. After that the Lord Lieutenant received so many applications from gentlemen of the county of Galway, of all political opinions, that the Lord Chancellor did think himself justified in communicating with Mr. St. George, with a view of obtaining an apology or ex planation. Mr. St. George did give an explanation ; but as he (Lord Eliot) stated before, he thought it did not amount to an apology or retractation. He distinctly stated that before. And he thought the Lord Chancellor was very much influenced in restoring Mr. St. George by the wishes so strongly expressed by the gentlemen of the county. There was no wish whatever, as had been implied in another place, to offer any slight to the Marquis of Clanricarde ; but taking all the circumstances into consideration— that the Magistrates of Galway were of all political opi nions, the Lord Lieutenant did think himself justi fied in viewing the case leniently, especially after he had been suspended for five years. He (Lord Eliot) did not feel justified in laying before the House any of the correspondence.—(Hear, hear.) At the same time, he wished it to be distinctly understood, that no slight was- intended to the then Lord Chancellor of Ireland or the Marquis of Clanricarde. Mr. SHIEL then gave notice that he should move for the papers.—(Loud cheers.) POOR-LAW AMENDMENT BILL. On the Order of the Day for the House going into Committee on the Poor-law Amendment Bill being read, Mr. LAWSON rose to move, pursuant to notice, that it be an instruction to the Committee; that they have power to divide the Bill into two parts. He would feel justified in giving to this Bill what would be called a factious oppos►tion. The Right Hon. Ba ronet had stated that he would introduce the measure at the very earliest period after Easter that public business would allow ; and a measure of such importance as the Poor-law certainly ought not to be introduced at the end of the session. Oa this ground he felt that ho was fully justified in the course which he was pursuing. Sir - J. GRAHAM said the Hon. Member seemed to admit that he had embarked in a factious opposition. The measure was introduced on the 11th of May, and it had now been before the House and the public for a period of six weeks. A very large portion of the mea sure was, indeed, introduced in the last session of Par liament, and many of the principal clauses underwent a protracted discussion. The clause to which the Hon. Gentleman objected was, he believed, that which affected the Gilbert unions. Now the persona affected by the Gilbert Union Acts amounted in all to 400,000, whilst those who are under the operation of the Poor-law Act amounted to fifteen millions. He put it to the House whether they would exclude the whole people of Eng land from the operation of the Act, for the sake of a comparatively small portion of the community. Ile hoped the House would by the division give a decided negative to the motion. Captain PECHELL concurred in what had fallen from the Right Hon. Baronet. However, the Right Hon. Baronet would find that the Hon. Member for Knaresborough (Mr. Ferrand) was not the only person who was determined to offer this Bill the most constant end zealous opposition, and who would take advantage of all the forms which the House permitted to obstruct and protract the discussion of the Bill, in order to compel the Right Hon. Baronet to separate those parts of the Bill which had been urged upon his attention Tor that pur pose, and in doing which the Right Hon. Baronet would exercise a sound discretion. _He would read to the Right Hon. Baronet a resolution on this subject, which had been adopted by the people of Brighton, in public meet ing assembled. It was to this effect—" That the members of this borough be earnestly requested to carry out the recommendation of the Committee to vote against the Poor-law Amendment Bill on every occasion, and to oppose by every possible means which Parliament allows every measure which will have for its object the continuance of the Poor-law Commissioners in power." That resolution was passed last night after the intelli gence received in the borough relative to the divisions that had taken place in that House before going into Committee on the Bill. It would be his justification for following Up those proceedings, and he should not be diverted from the course he proposed to himself, by any insinuations that might be thrown out as to fac tious opposition to the Government. Dr. BOWRING was one of those who certainly did think that the original organisation of this Commission would have established a central control which would have proved of great effeciency and usefulness, not only for the protection of the rate-payers. but of the poor and distressed population. No man had been more strongly impressed than himself with a feeling of the enor mous abuses of the old law,and of the necessity ofapplying something like a remedy to their. He confessed that he watched with extreme anxiety the working of this Commission ; he had had a great desire to ascertain how far it had effected the great objects contemplated by it. The Right Hon. Baronet was aware that on the last oc casion when this measure was discussed, he (Dr. Bow ring) had done every thing to put the desired power into the hands of the Government, and that he opposed and voted against every motion brought forward whieh tended to place any impediment in their way. He agreed with the plan of the Poor-law Commission as originally concocted. He believed that it was framed with a philosophical and enlarged view, and with a real desire to administer to the wants of the suffering, and to protect the rate payers ; he had certainly hoped that the Poor-law Com missioners would have given effect to their peremptory powers in a kind, and generous, and humane spirit. He had occasion to see the working of the Bill in the borough he . had the honour to represent, and he had brought before that House, not one only, but many cases of severe distress. He did not impugn the conduct of the guardians, nor did he bring any accusation' against the proceedings of the Poor-law Commissioners, but he bad thought it his duty to bring under the consideration of the House, a state of things . . which was disgraceful to the state of society and civiliza tion of this country. The investigation then granted was well and kindly meant, but the manner ih which it had been conducted had given the greatest dissatisfaction. Neither the guardians, the rate-payers, nor the poor themselves, were satisfied. The Report which that As sistant Commissioner had made had given general dis satisfaction. A feeling had spread that the interests of truth and justice had not been satisfied by the proceedings of the Poor-law Commissioners. He -had entertained a hope that the • Poor-law Com missioners, knowing that their Assistant-Commissioner had travelled out of his way to impugn tbo statements which had been made relative to the dreadful distress existing in the district —statements which had since been given in evidence statements to the truth of which several Honourable Gentlemen opposite had borne witness—he had hoped that the Poor-law Commissioners would have put a bridle upon this gentleman and would have ordered him fairly and faithfully to state the evidence submitted to him, so as to further the ends of truth and justice. He would confess that he had been disappointed in the Poor-law Commissioners—grievously disappointed. — (Hear, hear, hear) From the manner in which the Commissioners had acted in Bolton and its neighbourhood from the statement of feeling existing towaris them in that neighbourhood, he felt b•und to say, that in that locality, he thought they had acted without discretion or humanity. He was , desirous of fully debating the question. He wished to discuss every clause. He was not desirous to limit the debate, but he could not lend himself to the forms of the House for the purposes of obstruction. — (Cheers.) He was willing to discuss every clause, but it was not fair, nor could it be succes sful to use the forms of the Hous e for the purpose of obstructing pub lic busine ss. He was willin g t o di scuss ev ery clause, and to improve the measure. So far they should have his assistance ; but he could not go with them in that species of op position which was called factious, which availed itself of certain forms of debate for an object which after all must fail, and using an instrument which he did not think on the whole should be employed on an oc casion like that. •Mr. O'CONNELL said, that having voted against the Government upon every motion that had hitherto come forward on that Bill, for-reasons which were ob vious, on account of the state of the Poor-law in Ireland, which point had often been before the House, he wished to state why he should vote with the Government on that motion. - He thought it more expedient that the Bill should be but one Bill, as it. would then come better before the public. They could modify or alter it in Committee, and they would have a more unanimous vote against the third reading. Mr. FIELDEN expressed his determination to oppose the Bill in every stage. They were sent to that House for the purpose of opposing. it, What he wished was, to dispense with the Commissioners, and to make the measure what it ought to be. • Sir 11. W. BARRON would vote against the proposi tion of the Hon. Member for Knaresborough, because he was morally convinced that the Poor Law Bill, when properly considered, would be found to be one of the greatest benefits ever conferred by that House on the people of this country. No measure ever yet brought forward conferred so much advantage both on rich and poor. On the poor, because it would give them independent feelings, and teach them to rely on their own resources.—(Hear, hear.) On the rich beeauSe it was impossible that matters could go on in the same state. they *were for 25 years before the passing of the New Poor-law Act without a total confiscation of the property of the country, and.the pass ing of an agrarian law. But he was glad Hon. Gentle men opposite redeemed the pledges they gave on the hustings respecting the Poor-law, through the disgrace ful agitation of which many of them obtained their seats. But were the gentlemen on the front bench free from that agitation ? They did not, it was true, par ticipate in it, but they permitted - it by their silence — (Hear, hcar)—while their friends and supporters and journals were proclaiming eternal war on the Whigs who introduced the Poor-law.— (Hear.) 'They obtained their majority by means of agitation against the Poor-law, the Corn-law ; and the free trade principles of the Whigs. They talked of agi tation in Ireland.—(Cheeriand laughter.) But the party opposite obtained their majority by agitation on the Corn- laW.—(Cries of " Question.") They obtained it by agitation on. the Poor-law. That was the question. He felt it his duty •to tell- Hon. Members opposite what was the feeling of the people of England. Let them look at the Times, the Morning Post, and the Herald ; those were some of the supporters of the Government. — Although he supported the Poor-law itself, he could not support that dereliction from principle by which Hon. Members opposite had been brought into power. Mr. GRIMSDITCH said it would have been better for the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down to have reserved his warmth for some subject connected with Ireland.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear." from Sir 11. W. Barron.) His only object appeared to, be to have a throw at the Right Hon. Gentleman below (Sir R. Peel). With respect to the motion, he could see no' advantage which could bederived from acceding to it, and as he Was unwilling to offer any factious obstruction to the passing of the Poor-law, he could not give it his support. General JOHNSTONE said, instead of dividing the Bill into two parts, he thought the best plan would be to pass a temporary measure. He thought it would be impossible to go through all the clauses. Mr. LAWSON said as his proposal did not appear to meet with the concurrence of the House, he would not press it to a division. The motion was then withdrawn. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE then rose to move--' That, coloi dering the distressed state of the commercial and industrious classes of this country, together with the advanced period of the session, and the present state of public business, coupled with the fact, that the Poor-law Commission expires on the 31st of the ensuing month, it is the opinion of this House, that there is not now sufficient time to enable Parliament to give that atten tion and deliberation to the important changes in the laa.s for the administration of relief to the poor which the measure introduced by her Majesty's Ministers imperatively demands ; and that it would therefore be more expedient, that measures of a temporary character should be adopted, to meet any inconvenience which the expiring provisions of exist ing laws for the relief of the poor may be deemed to require." In submitting his motion .to the House, he was not actuated by any factious motive, though hr thought that faction, when every thing else had failed, was an extremely useful resource. His object in submitting his motion to tke house was merely to save time. The House had only about five reeks to deliberate upon this important mea ure, which contained sixty-two clauses ; besides this there were be tween forty and fifty notices standing on the paper. He pre sumed that it was the intention to allow the House of Lords some time to discuss the measure, and the least time which they should allow them was a fortnight or three weeks. If that time were allored to the other House, the House of Commons would have only three weeks to discuss the measure. The Bill was introduced last year in the month of February, and the House having been occupied in discussing it until the sth of . . April ; it was postponed on account of Italic business until the present Session. After the anouucements which had been made of a determinatit n to oppose the Bill, he thought it impossible th it it could go through Committee, before the termination of the Commission. It rested entirely with the Opposition, whether the Bill should pass or not; and he put it to the Government, whether it would be worth while to proceed. The object of his motion was to induce the Go verment to continue the Commission for a short period. Though he did not think the Commission at all necessary, he thought there could be no difficulty in continuing it for one year longer. Now, what was the actual state of public busi ness? There were seventeen orders on the paper to-day. Last night the Right Hon. Baronet introduced three Bills, one of which was upon the important subject of prison disci pline. " What had become of the other measures which had been announced in the Queen's Speech— the Bill "for the amendment of the Bankruptcy Court, and the Bill for the amendment of the Ecclesiastical Courts ? The latter Bill, it appeared, was to be brought in and thrown upon the table. They had, indeed , been told that there was a subject of greater importance than that of registration; that the perjury which had taken place in Ireland was unparalleled. It now appeared, however, that the Bill, with respect to Ire . . - land, wai to be postponed. He could not understand why the Bill could not be introduced at an early period of the Session, after the declarations the Noble Lord had made as to its para mount importance. hat was proposed by the Poor-law Not only the continuance of the Commission, but the abolition of the Gibe, t Corporations—the setting aside of all local Acts, and the continuance of the proxy system of voting. It also established a new set of those itinerant nuisances, the — Assistant-Poor-law Commissioners. Was it possible to believe that this Bill could be passed through the House in three weeks? Were they to have no discussion on the estimates that still remained to be voted, on the eight or nine hundred thousand pounds that were to be appropriated to the China war, to the Canadian estimates? Wt re all th 4 se public questions to be set aside, and this objectionable. Bill to be proceeded with? The pub lic mind was not in a fit state to receive this Bill as it was at present presgM on them. The opinion of every ninety-nine men out of a hundred out of that House, was against the Bili. What was the opinion with regard to the Bill expressed in the petition he had presented to the House, signed by three millions of the people? They stated that in England, Ireland, Scotland, and \Vales, thousands of people were dying of actual want, and that they looked with the greatest alarm on the de termination of the Government to continue the Poor-law Bill in operation. He should not now go further into the merits and demerits of the Uhl ; he hoped the House would agree to the motion, and postpone the discussion of the measure till an early period of the next session. This would conciliate the minds of the people; but any a-tempt to push the measure on, he was assured, would only end in defeat and disap pointment. Mr. WALLACE perfectly agreed with the Hon. Member as to the necessity of postponing the present measure, and he believed further, that if it were persevered in, the time of the House, which ()tight to be devoted to the consideration of the distress of the working classes throughout the length and breadth of the land, could not be applied to that purpose. In the part of the country to which he belonged the distress was becoming daily deeper and more gloomy ; nor was there a:ay appearance of improvement in trade; it seemed as if mote aad more of the people were being made destitute for the want of employment and wages. The Right lion. Baronet had told him that he could not give him (Mr. Wallace) an evening to bring this important subject before the House. Individual Members were now deprived of the power of bringing such motions before the House. Tuesdays'had been given up for public business, until their important measures should have been disposed of. No sooner were those measures over, than. the Right Hon. Baronet had proposed that for tie remainder of the session the Tuesdays should be devoted to public businesa. Her Majesty's late Ministers had immediately acceded to the proposition, thus making it clear that the two great parties did not wish to en courage any discussion on the motions of individual Members— that they were desirous that public business only should .be attended to. They had now what he called a Poor-law Parlia ment sitting in King William-street s who were distributing alms to the destitute in England and Scotland. He had en deavoured to discover by what authority these gentlemen re ceived money, :and also upon what principle they distributed relief. He had been unable to discover either. He believed they were actuated by sentiments of humanity, but still the public had a right to know under what authority they col lected the money, and upon what principle they distributed it. If he was shut out from bringing on a discussion on the gene ral state of the country, he would avail himself of the rules of the House in order to force it on. He would move order after order, so as to prevent the public business being carried on, and if five or six Members would stand by him, he would go on until he had forced Parliament to attend to the distresses of the people. He believed the Parliament ought to interfere be tween the people and starvation. If the people were to be suffered to starve, let the Parliament say so. And if there were any source from which they could be relieved, let the Parliament say . so. In this country, it was said, they had a Poor-law that provided for the distressed poor. Did it do so, he would ask ? In his country they had no such law, and the time of Parliament would have been better occupied in pro viding a Poor-law for Scotland, than in amending the Poor law of England. He should support the motion of his Hon. Friend, and adopt the course to which he alluded with regard to the business of the House, if ho was supported by any lion. Member. Sir JAMES GRAHAM requested the attention of the House for a very few moments. He found no reason to com plain of the motion which they were then discussing ; and so far from considering it a factious motion, he looked upon it as a very natural one. He thought it fairly raised a most important question for the deliberate attention of the House. He hoped and believed, however, that if the motion were negatived by a majority, which would leave no doubt as to the opinions of the House, those gentlemen who were opposed to her Ma- , jesty's Government on the question would, as was usual in all de liberative assemblies, feel themselves bound by such a decision. Let him be allowed to -call the attention of the House to what were his feelings upon the matter then under consideration. The Hon. Gentleman had said that it was most desirable to conciliate unanimity in that House upon such a subject as the Poor-law. Ile (Sir James Graham) admitted the im portance of that object ; but he felt that such a consideration should yield to others of a still hi g h er i mportance. No man could bs mere deeply impressed than he was with the widely-spread distress among the working classes in his cow:try. While he made that admission most unequivo cally, he felt that the question of the administration of relief to the poor, was at this moment environed with peculiar difficul ties. •It was, therefore, his duty to consider carefully in what mode these difficulties could be met most safely and most ad vantageously for the public. He had some experience in the matter. He admitted the existing distress, that there were in England and Wales 1,200,000 persons now receiving relief from the poor-rates.—( Hear, hear.) There was not the slightest use in disguising the extent of the evil. He was speaking plainly in the discharge of a painful duty. They were a deli berative assembly—the great council of the nation, and he should betray his trust if he did not speak to them frankly. He admitted distinctly that the distress was wide-spread. He had said 1,200,000 persons were in the receipt of parish relief. Ile had asked himself hew should this difficulty best be met. He had had experience of long periods of distress, uninfluenced by any control similar to that exorcised by the Poor-law Commis sioners. He had had experience of the contrary—of control exercised by them ; and, advising the Crown, he should say, that the difficulties of the present moment were only to be safely met, in the administration of relief, by the continuance of the Poor-law Commissioners in powers such as he asked to be extended to them by this Bill. He de- precated altogether the short continuance - of this power only for a single year. He was convinced that the Commissioners could only encounter the difficulties to be overcome on this subject by the marked countenance of the Legislature. He wasconvinced that the continuance of the Commission for only 12 months, would mark a want of decision in the Legislature with respect to the measure itself, and evince distrust in the persons in whom they ought to confide. It was his conviction that, so curtailed in power and so 'oranded with want of confi dence, the Commissioners could not, with advantage to the public, manage the difficulties they had to deal with. On the other hand by extending their power for the term proposed in that Bill, the Commissioners would be enabled to deal with the difficulties of the present moment. '1 he Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down had said that out of doors, there was a strong feeling against the continuance of the Commission, and that the Commissioners were itinerant nuisances. Now, as for the charge of their being itinerant nuisances, he must say the House was aware of the extent to which distress existed in the manufacturing districts, but in none was the distress felt more severely than in the district around Burnley. He had stated on a former occasion that the Government and Poor-law Commissioners, viewing the peculiar distress of that district, had sent down an Assistant Commissioner, of practical experience and knowledge, to visit that district, and regulate the administration of relief to the poor. From great mismanagement, the admini stration of relief there was involved in great confusion. Sir J. Waltham, from his experience in the northern counties, was thought the fittest person to superintend the administration of relief, and he was accordingly sent. down. Instead of his being considered an itinerant nuisance, his mission, which was of temporary duration, lastinc , only for one month, was attended with the restoratien of order, where confusion had previously existed. He had placed the distribution of relief to the poor upon such an improved footing, that, upon his withdrawal, a wish was generally expressed that some similar superintendence should be continued to be exercised in the district. Under these circumstances, it was hard that gentlemen who were exe cuting a painful duty, should be exposed to such -charges, espe cially when they had not an opportunity ofexplaining.—( Hear, hear.) He would again repeat, that he believed the continu ance of the central control was indispensable for five years; and he entreated and implored the House, under those circutn tiances, not to throw into irretrievable confusion the machinery by which so great a number of persons were relieved. He therefore entreated the House not to decide the question on a single motion. If the Houte agreed with him upon the ne cessity of maintaining the Commission, he asked them by a decisive majority, to negative the motion. Having done that, they would proceed to commit the Bill, and the first clause would raise the question of the continuance of the Commission; and when that was once decided, the remaining chores were all mitigations of tl.e pre:ent system, except the 6th, which referred Ito the abolition of the Gilbert Unions. Upon all those points he was quite prepared to enter upon the discussion of them in , the most amicab'e and conciliatory spirit, and to conciliate the support of those who interested themselves in favour of the poor, whose welfare be oat sincerely and deeply desirous to promote.—( Loud cheers.) But he did not think he would be acting with kindness towards the poor, or doing his duty. if he consented to forego any opportunity of pressing on the Legisla ture the paramount importance of the renewal of the Poor-law Commissionznot for one, but for five years.—( Cheers. ) Mr. HUME said that when the Bight Hon. Gentleman told them that there were 1,200,000 receiving relief horn parochial funds, and probably half that number who could not obtain it, a frightful picture was exhibited before them.—( Hear, hear.) For himself he had always supported the Bill and the Central Commission as a measure essential to the well-being of the .country, because of its tendency to promote a spirit of inde pendence, and habits of economy and prudence amongst the labouring classes.—( Hear, hear.) But after the trial they had of the working of the Bill, he did not thir.k they treated the working classes as they ought.—(Hear.) He thought they might continue the Commission far one year or for two, and commence early next session with the general 13i11 A docu ment was had upon the table of the House—the Report of Mr. Mott upon the , Keightley Union—(" Hear, hear," from Mr. Ferran , t)—to which he entreated the attention of Hon. Gen - tlernen.—( Hear, hear.) He did riot believe that such a state of things as was described in that Report ought to be suffered to continue, and an inquiry ought to be instituted into the facts. FERR A ND—'i hey are - not true.—(Cries of " Order.") Mr. HUME—The Hon. Gentleman says they are not true ; but I believe the Commissioner rather than the Hon. Member. —( Loud cheers.) He (Mr. Hume) heard' the Hon. Member make assertions which he did not support.—( Heir, hear. ) Here was an officer making a Report in execution of his duty, and could he ( Mr. Hume) doubt that Report ?—( Hear, hear. ) , . The Hon. Member would, therefore, excuse him, considering the interruption, for snaking the answer he did. —(Loud cries of " Oh. oh," and " Hear, hear, hear.") It was the first vote he ever gave against the Poor-law Commission, but when he saw the misery and destitution of the country, what could he do ?—( Hear, hear.) If the Hon. Baronet wished to remove the distress of the people let him remove the barriers of the importation of their food.—(Oh, oh ) They might depend upon it the time would come wl.en they would be obliged to do that without favour which they now refused. He had also a greater objection, which was that when they did open their ports it might be too late. In consequence of our rejecting the corn of other'countries, they were led to adopt measures against us which might render them ultimately independent altogether. Ile should oppose the five years period of duration ; he had not altered his opinion as to the principles of the Bill, but he mistrusted its correctness. He would tell them that they never would be able to maintain the Poor-laws and the Corn laws together. There would soon be only two classes of persons in the country, the very rich and the very poor, and he would like to know what advantage they would then derive from their property. The prospects of the country bad never been so gloomy as they were at present ; and there was no probabi'ity of a termination to the sufferings of the people unless they es established free trade in provi'ions. Away with charity. lie wished to see the population of England assume a manly form, instead of requiring to be supported by begging letters. They, might depend upon it that the rich as well as the poor would ultimately feel the distress. Ile called upon them in this state of circumstances to deal out to others that justice which they would have dealt out to themselves. Mr. LIDDELL said he rose to submit a proposition to the House which he believed would, if acceded to, remove all the obstacles to the settlement of this question. The proposition which he had to make was, that her Majesty's Government, in consideration of the late period of the session, would consent to limit the Bill to the first five clauses. By that means the present law would be continued without compromising anyone's opinions, and they might, in the next session, discuss all the clauses of the Bill. He thought that was a very fair propo sition. His proposal was, that they should pass a temporary law, leaving the powers of the Commissioners dependent on the will of Parliament; and they might afterwards consider the' whole subject next session. lie did not deny that great distress now prevailed in the manufacturing districts ; but he could not agree with the Hon. Member for Montrose that a repeal of the Corn-laws would alleviate the evil. It was well known that there was now little or no corn in the ports of northern Europe, so that the nostrum of the lion. Member for Montrose would produce no beneficial . effects for the working classes, while it would disturb the great arrangements which had lately re ceived the sanction of the Legislature. Lord JOHN - RUSSELL said it was for the Government to consider what course they would adopt with regard to the pro position of the Hon. Gentleman. Perhaps the most convenient course would be for the House to consider the first five clauses, and then they would are what work was before them, and be able to see if the House would be disposed to agree to the remainder of the clauses. That, however, was a subject for the Right Hon. , Gentleman to consider and to determine on. What he thought it essential that they should not do, was, that they should not merely renew the power of the Commissioners for a single year—such a course would tend to weaken the authority of the Commissioners. If the House in tended to support the Poor-law he hoped the House would agree to the clauses, and give the time proposed by the Bill, in order to give the Commissioners the authority neces sary for the due execution of their duty. He would say no thing with regard to the proposition of the Hon. Gentleman; but he must give his opinion against the advice of the Hon. Member for Montrose, who said that they ought not to con tinue the authority of the Poor-law Commissioners; because he differed in opinion with the Government on the subject of the Corn-laws. He was sorry that the Hon. Member for Mont rose had introduced the question of the Corn-laws into the discussion, and he regretted still more that the Hon. Gentle. man opposite should have followed the example. He disagreed with the Hon. Gentleman opposite ; and certainly the speech of the Hon. Gentleman held out great temptation to reply ; he, however, wuuldnot yield to the temptation, but he could not agree, that because they had a system of Corn-laws, of which they did not approve, that therefore they should have a bad system of Poor laws. He believed that if they had a good system of Corn-laws there would be fewer persons requiring relief; but he could not agree that because they had a system of Corn-laws of which lie did not approve that therefore they were to have a system of Poor-law relief calculated to foster im prudence, arid to give the labourer relief in the worst possible manner, by giving it in aid of wages. He thought no system of Corn-laws could make it expedient for the House to have a bad system of Poor-laws. He admitted that any system of poor lews would be rendered more difficult of administration on ac count of the distressed state of the country; but if they thought the present system of Poor-laws the best that under existing circumstances could be adopted, they ought to support the mea sure. He should, therefore, oppose the motion of his Hon. Friend, and after the Bill had passed through Committee the House would be able to see if there would be time during the short period the session was likely to last to consider the clauses which did not at present form part of the Bill. Colonel WOOD should vote for the five first clauses as they stood, but lie should wish the Act to be discussed next Session, and that the relief should be fixed by the Act, and not left to the Poor-law Commissioners. Mr. FERR AND rose for the purpose of informing the House that he believed the Poor-law Commissioners, as well as the Assistant Commissioners, were thoroughly prepared to vote black was white if they could only put the public money in their pockets. He also rose for the purpose of defending him self as a member and chairman of the Keightley Board of Guardians, and he hoped he should do so to the satisfaction of the House, and prove that the Repert laid on the table by a paid officer of the Government, was a most false and scandalous Report.—( Herr, hear.) He was not going upon rumour, like the Hon. Member for Bath.—( Hear, hear.) He should bring forward the evidence of Sir J. Walsham. He was there to speak the truth, and he cared not who he might offend by it. The Government of the country were indebted to the deep-rooted hatred which the poor people had for the Poor-law fur its majority in that House.—( Hear, hear.) What hurled the Whigs from power? The fact of standing by the Now Poor-law. The opposing that law had given the Conservative candidates of the North of England their majority, and he was there fearlessly to do his duty. (He then proceeded to read the extracts from Mr. Mott's Report, accusing the Board of Guardians of violating the instructions of the Commissioners.) Mr. gat, himself, said the Board of Guardians were acting in opposition to the orders of So merset House. He found that Sir John Walsham, in his Re port, by way of introduction to the Report of Mr. Mott, stated that the Settle poor had more than doubled since February, 1837. It would be in the recollection of the House that in a speech which he had made a short time ago, he took upon him self to defend the chairman of the Board of Guardians in his own neighbourhood, against the attack of Mr. Mott. It had been stated by Mr. Molt that he had introduced tens of thou sands of poor persons from the south of England into the parem of Bingley. The fact we s, that the surplus population of the county of Lancashirewas caused by thousands of the poor of the south of England being turned off their parishes and sent to Lan eashi re, and this gentleman emiloyed numbers of them in his rail ls. What said Mr. Mott? He begged the attention of the Hon. Member for Montrose. He said the guardians conducted their business in a very satisfactory manner. Sir J. Walsham said the guardians disposed of their business in a business-like manner ; but he was not inclined to argu t in favour of the proceedings as regarded a more systematic disposition of out door relief. He (Mr. Ferrand) had only received Mr. Mott's Report yesterday morning, and he sent it down immediately by the last night's post, and he had every reason to believe that an extraordinary meeting would be held on Monday to refute the charges brought against. the Board of Guardians in that Report. He (Mr. Ferrand) had given notice of a mo tion that evening, for the purpose of obtaining sumo informa tion as to certain proceedings sehic'a had taken place within the last ten slays in Settle union workhouse. That was no party question. It was one of life or death—a question by which was to be decided the point whether or not the working classes were to be united in decided hostility to the in titutions of the country. The people of England wet e not I so forgetful of the principles of their ancestcrs, as to render it necessary that Commissioners should be the dispensers of cha rity to their distressed fellow-countrymen. In the month.of July, 1839, the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Department, had made a speech in which he seemed to censure the principle of refusing, under all circum stances, cut.door relief ; and the Right Hon. Baronet stated that the law, in that resct, had been capriciously applied . 'The Right H pe on. Bar met also stated, on that occasion, that unless the Board of Guardians in Cumberland were to be left unfettered, he would not answer for the consequences during' io a the ensuing winter. Neither, unless his Board of Guardians viere left unfettered, would he (Mr. Ferrand) be responsible rot for the consequences du-ing the coming winter.—(Hear . ) He then read from a speech of Sir R. Peel in 1839, his opinion e. as to the propriety of continuing the Poor-law Bill, and the . size of unions. It was public opinion that carried the Right Hon. Baronet into power, and if he braved the public opinion of the North of England, he believed that his Ministry would .• net last two years. When it was first introduced it was said that it worked well ; but it worked well by saving the merley of the rate-payers, and that was no test of the constitutional prin ciple. The whole Conservative press of the North, the ehole daily press of this Metropolis, and the weekly press through out the country, were taking a tone upon this law that must shake any man, however popular ; and if the Right BC"' Baronet Pursued his present course, he would give Lim onlY two years to destroy the influence he had acquired. The Ri g ht Hon. Baronet (the Secretary of State) had attacked him rather warmly for the exciting character of his speeches ; but h ad not the Right Ilonourable Baronet himself been a memb er of the Reform Ministry, who did all in their power le influence the people? The party he belonged to had never influenced the minds of the people—had never threatene d th e House of Peers —they took their stand upon constitutional • principles.—( Sir Robert Peel here rose and quitted the House.) The Right Hon. Baronet had quitted the House s,e4- 1 miuute too soon:.— Laughter. He could refer to more of the flight Hon. Baronet's opinions. The New Poor-le r A te had dried up the springs of charity. It had taught the rich to forget their duty to the poor. The love of idleness wag at natural to man. There was no man who would not live With" ,Tod out labour if he could ; and the reproach upon the poorer c-sssel that they were idle would apply as well to those who cruthe it them in the dust.—( Hear, hear.) The Right Honourable Baronet might find persons to support him in paesing set this bad law, although they had broken faith with their tuents, and foresworn the solemn promises they had made a ;ti the hustings. But a day of reckoning would come, old E n glist: 3 /0 feeling would revive, and when the agitation that com mence e ,is ten ye ars ago had subsided, the English people would pass 11 solemn judgment open this measure and its promoters. e Colonel 'l'. WOOD sail the time had now come, when th House must decide whether this law was to be contin ued or not. He had thought it his duty to examine into the workil of the law, and he had found that it was advantageous W parties—to the poor, and to those who supported the poor; and, above all things, advantageous to the rising generation. Ilef begged to bear his testimony to the practical good wor king the present system. Mr. S. WORTLEY was not one of those who would Xer any unfair opeositien to the Bill, but he certainly should 0 1 1 ,, ° it, and that decidedly end firmly. On the present occasio n, '— should feel it his duty to vote in favour of the motion o f the Hon. Member for Finsbury (Mr. T. Duncombe). Mr. WA K LEY was surprised to hear the sentiments that fell from the Hun. arid Gallant Member for Middlesex (‘-e Wood). If it had not been for the support which his 14°; Friend behind him ( alr. Hume) had given to this laiserria,io would have been Member for the county of Middlesex. Gallant Colonel would share that Hon. Gentleman's fate at the next election. With respect to the conduct of the Right 1 4 ° 11 ; Baronet in this matter, he saw the difficulty in which h e e ,‘, a ; placed in this matter, and he ceted like a cautious and a n'st General accordingly. The Right Hon. Baronet thought 11:3,1 by the vote the Government gave now they would be OE e hereafter, and he was right ; but he warned the Right 140nt- Baronet against concluding that he wculd be able to carri the law, although he might be backed by a large majority of 11l House. ' - hay had starving thousands, they would soon llac:f starving millions; were they prepared to pass this Act .? coercion for the poor—for it was an Act of coracie h n t He asked the Right Honourable Baronet if he thought ts the if this law were enforced it would be calculated to ens ure peace and safety of the country ? He hoped the Right 14°1,e; Baronet did rot think so, for if such was the opinion of t .• - Right Hon. Baronet, then no man had ever formed more 1,0 t: correct or erroneous conclusions than the Right Hon. Barli r. What harm could be done by adopting the motion of his LA' o Wakley's) lion. Colleague? He (Mr. Wakley) had er.,, asked to take advantage of the forms of the House in opness this Bill to the last, so that the Commission should die a nat°',., t death at the end of the month, but considering the pre tin awful state of the country, the amount of distress existing 3, likely to exist, he now expressed himself ready to yield to rho suggestion of hie Hon. Colleague, and to consent to the co, tinuauce of the Commission for another year. He did not 01.'3_ sent to this arrangement without unwillingness, but still l e ': would consent to it. The Right Hon. Baronet had spoken of a factious opposition. That was not a just remark on the Pall to the Right Hon. Baronet. The Government had no nee' • complain of the manner in which they had been treated 1,11, that House—( Hear, hear) —they had never experienced aavf thing but a perfectly fair and candid opposition, and on mere the Opposition had given the Governin;as its support. The question was ono of great f , t f tional importance affecting as it did the sa. f i t and comforts of millions of the poor of this country; an t d : i to was in the power of the House to do anything calcula.e eot conciliate the suffering people, it was their duty to take ,t'i„se, course, instead of carrying out, their own theoretical prinei to the uttermost. He hoped, therefore, that the Right 11. g-) Gentleman would take the proposidon of his (Mr. Virab e L s t Hon. Colleague into his serious consideration.. eel— to hoped that they might not divide on the question to-nigo!llout qrder that the Right Hon. Gentleman might have twe nt y ass hours more for consideration. The Right Hon. Baronet little aware of the feeling in the House and of the still strong,.' feeling out of doors in regard to this most important subje c a . 6 (Hear, hear.) Allusion had been made to the Report of r r . ;‘ ,. Mott, and although admiting the statements made hY,7 Mott to be exactly true, he thought some censure neign"o, some points attach to the guardians of the Keightley lk` ( 101; yet he saw infinitely more to censure in the spirit in whic h o °, Report had been drawn up than in anything that had ° be/ done by the Board of Guardians. Were they legislatina . o , : . , would ask, with an understanding that the destitute pco r e at a right to relief ?—(Cheers. ) Had the destitute poor a rk , to relief?—( Cheers.) Mr. ROEBUCK—No. t °l n,4 • Mr. WAKLEY—The Hon. and Learned Member fo r ' - di ete s 2 denied their right. I\ ow he (Mr. Wakley) would saY'" sr; every man who denied that right, however fit he might be, p e i be a legislator in that House was unfit to carry out the P ee " - law—( Hear, hear)—because it showed that his mind vw s erf." sate .0 constructed that he was incapable of carrying it out in r „ t oe', spirit.—(Hear.) Now what did Mr. Commissioner Mott e,„Jaki this point. What said this perambulating luminary, wh o - tioea dered up and down the country, for the purpose of instrne, Boards of Guardians in their duty of informing A . lagi'v tr o ble? how wrong they were in ordering relief—of :Sowing , fee Lords that they knew nothing of their duties to the poor_, l o re aristocracy of the kingdom was sinking itself to the lowe' ff ; s t of degradation and infamy by consenting, in order to c , seeming saving of a few pence, to be insulted by the hire" „el, of the Government in every union in England. Relief, l'e ro i s 6 was generally confined to the paymert of rent to 211 al'rf :Or• 4 extent. This might, or might not be true. If tru e, he ' t t ees ~ Wakley) did not approve of the practice. In the this..., The paupers insolently claim relief as a right. o rs, that was the statement of one of the Poor-law Corninis.4°ister and put upon the table by a Minister of the Crown , th e Whi sai d for the Home Department. A Poor-lava Commissioner gad that the paupers insolently demanded relief as a right . e are they that right under the Act of Elizabei h? For nearly 2 0 " t ) t , tif they had that right, and did they take that right fro m the 00 the Poor-law Amendment Act ?—( Hear.) If not, tWe ll r igo r principle was it' that they acted? If the paupers had !f e w, to be relieved, No man was accountable for starving "e: s re" (Hear, hear.) If they had no right to relief, who 10011:,.. sponsible in law for starving them ? The paupers in° o ,l in claimed relief as aright Was that man to be continnpoor the Commission ? He (Mr. Wakley) for one, if the f thar law Commission was to be continued, and the agen t ° o' Commission, who had dared to make that statement and 9 0011 it to the House of Commons —said, if there were no other g r j r d for refusing co continue the Commission for a period r; oe f. years, that was sufficient, unless such a man was distal con" He, for one, would offer his unflinching opposition to it! s od tinuance, for he could conceive nothing more monstretifoot unjust--nothing, in fact, more guilty than for a bired d 'r o w of the Government to dare to say that the poor man h s .fi e d in lently demanded relief as a right. Now, what did he f it the last part of the Report? tie would read the w hole °f tt. —" Two Magistrates afterwards attended the meeting 'wood, Board of Guardians, Messrs. Ellice and Gree l n n 00 to whom I stated the complaints made." 1 . „or preceding paragraph he stated that the reeletesiet officer had been repeatedly summoned fo r 0' relief in several cases. In the last paragraph the relle"-Zeitlye firer was stated to complain of being summoned. I f t e lof of held relief was he not to be summoned? He complain ..,,se grievance, and Mr. Mott seemed to interfere for the ntr o e le, preventing the Magistrates granting the summons. ' e ar ol , l " them look to this. Could any one conceive a more 01° ,0 , 91' course of proceeding? Mr. Mott said, " two Magisl r :', so le ' tended the meeting of guardians, to whom I stated tha' s . s ole; plaints had been made by the relieving officer of his ben;' bat moved. They said that the clerk had granted s urnnion - Vd, tb i !, they always told the relieving officer that relief rested wliseiCh Board of Guardians." The Magistrates told ti" !,° officer, therefore, " You have nothing to fear from 1 1 . 3 ' we d wA. too, was in a district where the law was as little under, sit the , the Magistrates as the guardians. This was the of t was laid with so much eclat on the table of the House eio, mons. If there was anything to stamp the Comull'`r t hisO to , disgrace it was this. The very parties who carried on t was e d . were obnoxious to any Poor-law, and their only Ale' osile, e e get rid of giving relief to the destitute. If the poor relief lie was called insolent. This stamped, in his ( 1 opinion, more odiously the character of Mr. Mot t thal which bad been thrown out against the Keightley 1-Tn°oolitas. could discover nothing which related to the Board d eo I s sawja. , so bad as this. Now if that was the spirit, in which w e/ , n o carried, out the Right Hon. Baronet might delle r '..,e; it that the screw might be turned too tight upon a hu r Zi l t There was more distress in the country at this In ix ' o3 , in on ; any man could imagine. He (Mr. Wakley) was f iter S° o habit of meeting tradesmen, farmers, and all classes rd and since he had been in public life he had never hea r „ s ae to equal the statements of the public distress. Every`.traceo, complaining of want of business. There were ae°P or e at o „ ing the country, seeking employment, willing to wages they would give them. lie had himself a st" a t $ 0 ,1 6 , few miles from town, about ten miles from L a o s n k ci e :: :: 7 o t it ° bout l e r there had Leen a scene more painful than it was l' e ' see king kos e scribe. The poor people came acroesahe country, d ri o t w e to work, without a farthing in their pockets. Thee' h a eionel et at work in the field half an hour before they buy bread; they were utterly incapable of wo,: r i :7arid e e oi sustenance as they went on. They slept in the oa for houses, and some of them did not take their Clothes t o bey „co: . I together. But the statement they made was, thaL eaa , be .r ae rather die than go into a union workhouse.--(",, t he n 0 0 Now he said that they had made by their Poor-la,, be haW he houses houses of torture. As he had already s tate? 6 be; his desire to go into the general question at that ~g a olrne r_ o e e er• hoped the Right Hon. Baronet would adopt the pr e oar tolla te e Hon. Colleague for continuing the Commissioo on s h N o es p l e; t i ; He was exceedingly hostile lied he proposition, ee%t et te the Commission would have a natural deaan ". p e rona It was a physical impossibility for the flight I!° , n tber efer:', o l3 get the Bill through by the end of next moat . % c o rotet7 o o hoped he would take the proposition to renew 1 . 00 ,0; , f oe for one year. If the country considered that t',: eo „ regr og a good one and salutary he would express his r ' es unn the, he would offer no hostility to the meaeure. in_ ef i e et ca seat he entreated the Right Hon. Baronet tat. it se s o o; t he proposition of his Hon. Colleague. Ile thougntee9. e Il e the most rational under all the e i s curnsta T ; g e ar.) .t no t m ost reasonable to submit to the Ho use ' ( it, i t , h s t owa o o. e arnestly implored the Government to recoil l e i!' c o 'i t be adhere to the determination expressed b y the tour Gentleman ; and he hoped that he wou ld in ositioonlorr.4s evening state his willingness to accede to the Pt preen t Ye s Mr. ' COCHRANE said he should not have rolhio, tool, ti— the House if he did not think it incumbent npo o p l . : m en , p p u e b e l t ic to ex th p i l s an ß at il ir ofitehewcaosuseuserrlrmiseirditetnhttaetiliti...oiri jainepe_ani7lairio.tist.o had confined themselves to observations upon q uest•' la and had not entered into the discussion of o tt r i fi e w b sl e l o ' ti the r i , a c t i :: concerned the people in general. Every b u t t fl oe la two objects—one, relief, speedy and effecttleal. at re l i ef _ rat ite j the least important, seemed to him to b . ene rclr 3 blesf e offered in such a manner as to coil forth t h e oa tbo t SW or t", bothos a lthe e vt h p r o a o rg r gi . vueu Ie argument, ntd, tt appeared hhaetr teht t ee o i vfihersirn.:4ot,hitie.hloiif..;ho.lt:A.idbeerfhil,_e p . a .., se