The Sun. — London, England, 1842-06-18 00:00:00

Jul(' sal l uir►', be Goverii. ht 111. PePlu enliven. the P re otks? l y ne alimen t .spect ii) ,h bet!: ;II re, tAll. , , ediclt Could I° ishecljut4' be, wet/ icily aid we' • aie yr , rge the guardians were to be responsible for the treatment of the poor, what security bed they against oppression ? In every country there was injury done to the pour null hut especial injury was done to him ill those coun tries where the law of primogeniture and Oil s tail existed. Such laws were an invasion of the natural right of the poor man, and such being tee • ca s?, he had a right to come tiros the land , for that support which was otherwise denied him. There were other laws passed for the benefit of Prt tperty, w hi c h ent i t l e d t h e poor to support ; u n'i the first anti principal of these was the Corn-law, if by this law the price of provisions cvas ra ised, and the poor man found it more difficult to pro cure them, he had a right to fall back upon the l and for relief. The enormous amount of ta Nen and the profits which were accumulated from labour, also ',emended that a fixed fund should be made for the previ sion of the poor. Another imp, rttinteoneideration, the vast 111:;nrogress in machinery of late years, and which, thorn 01 ': i t Might ultimately prove beneficial, was in the meeo tinre doily injurious, rendered it necessary that the P"r man should halve a fund upon which he fall back. There were objections made to the ss,„9l3erations of a Poor-law. It was said -it produe . esd ~.I„;improvidence and sloth, and early marriages, ana it popttlation, and a want f improveent and ud-caltivation, and a want of respe o ct for the law. These I,,:saWere the various charges brought against the Poor-lays; butit was worthy of observation :hat not one of those evils which but were attributed to the Poor-laws in this country, bwere found to exist in Ireland, where, till °' I Y, there was no Poor-law in operation.—(llear, f . ° ar, hear) Did these evils arise in that country r°lll - the want o f a P oor -l aw ? Wh en th e y looks " t his country, and compared it with Ireland, he thought it ems, he Cl os admitted that the prosperity of this coutury 7 ° wing to the influence of a Poor-law ;and at all events „, It 1, Was not owing to a Peor-law, it woe impossible that l e . ',ever would have risen to its present slate of prosperity Ite'"huut the Poor-laws. The state of crime in England .%! the present day was worthy of consideration • ti r eMarkable advance in crime had taken place 7 1 7'e the enactment of' the new Poor-law. In the year 4 34 , the total number of offences amounted to ' 995 , and the total of offences committed since 1841 ti_ ll3 20,218 . S uc h h a d b een th e i ncrease i n cr i me s i nce I.4'e est ehlishment of the new Poor-law. The object of 1 0 4 °ld Poor-law was to prevent a man from falling into the s oi 7:: lt stage of destitution by giving him either subsistence or i t a n wr r e h' i u i :' i f :ent- But by the New Pcior-law he must be reduced s o very last stage of destitution befere he could be entitled It was on this ground that he opposed the present s u „„ • could they sav that the poor could he left to the • to%T°rt of charit as the'Vagrancy Act made it a crime even win:l e e k for charity . He argued that the growth of taxation s ty • u the last few rears had not been se great as had been li. t i e h d ' and in further referring to the most important laws that ii i ," v en passed for the relief of the poor, be mentioned the lnpproevretc:kcit and the Select Vestry Act, by which the manage ee" of the poor was vested in a representative board; he 46 0f this principle, believing that the management of thewas possess lodged in such hands, as the members of ~e a -e boards ed local knowledge. He ' could see no whs the same test should not be applied to the rural as „Leine m anufacturing districts. He had endeavoured to ex lhat t? th e House what seemed to him to be the principle of 8111 ; he had endeavoured, also, to call the attention of e m embers t o th e procee di ngs o f t h e C omm i ss ioners. f g Y were now called upon to renew that Act and to continue • *iv. P 4 iwer of the Commissioners. He asked them then whether, ge"the c ircumstances before them which lie h•td stated, and with jo ai l Tn eeedings which he had adopted they would be doing ack ee to the i.oor of this country if they continued to place the ,of pees ? of the Poor-law in the hands of these Commis , ot t2i e T a? He did not deny but that a Court of Appeal would be `toareiderable service, but he vvou.d not consent to invest three roellitrreissioners with the power of making laws. Let the Perlis the enact such rules as they thought would be proper to govern sit,nerelief of the poor, and :et the powers of the Commis oecorr_. be-limited to ascertaining whether the guardians acted b e °nig to the law or not. He maintained that relief should tnt !iven to the able-bodied poor without exacting labour in eo st r i t He called upon the House to reject a measure which ti,4l l l . ed so many objectionable principles, and which con- C l oin the hands of the Commissioners thoe powers which fL e Y had so greatly abused. He (lid not make this opp o siti on t o thonlaature from any party considerations. He did not doubt tI li so -! 4 :aSS Hon. Alembers had supported the Pi-or-law originally n on - c trey believed it would promote the real interests of th e thetriselves, but he called upon those Hon. Gentlemen to ihtl,trat the rea l working of the law, and not adhere obstinately to jots ,' I•Urmer opinions. If they telieved the poor had been iii ti:uhe ask e d t h em not to persevere in this system. He was On r itl"mi 1 to th e H ouse for the attention which they had paid to '47:1 ! r emarks . an d h e would now move that the Bill be read !.. e , i ntid time th at d ay s i x months. oL v- plain Pr.CHELL said he rose for the purpose of seconding fo b ',.,-I, flia lion. The Right H on . B aronet, t h e Secretary of State „, e Ile - Home Department, i n i ntro d uc i ng the measure, had ex • ' s ee:tied e hope that the Bill would be received in a general tinof charity and benevolence. What must 'nave been the trith of the House, after such a communication, to find that .7 re was in the Bill no one alleviation of the evils which had i'''en'tsci much dissatisfaction ? The Right lion. Paronet had :atlkly , aeowed his intention to abolish the Gilbert Uuions. He , 48, bostile to the power of tlee Commissioners, and he saw no 'deans of interfering with local Acts but by opposing the present 4lure. He should vote against the stcond reading of the , and would take every means in his power to oppose its j r .lber progress. The Right Hon. Gentleman quoted the Act o i - i • Arlisment, but be did not quote it cor r e c tly, b ecause re li ef ) o T f int - to'be administered, as he stated, a t t h e d oors o f t h e (; • T * but in some parish near his residence. The Poor-law tZarttisioners tried to interfere with this salutary provision, ae r Z!de rules and regulations which were enough to distract The Right Hon. Gentleman also said unfair prac exile *ll, place in the unions under Gilbert's Act, and he knew sierk,StaZerhere "the Commission e rs s t a t e d that the guardians with ti,-,,,Neluments from their situ a t ion , b y supp l y i ng t h e poor l o t atieo -e sseries ; but the fact was, that the poor in that in with. ,: v. u.re supplied with fuel at a very moderate price. audStheespecato the geographical construetion of the unions, tht. Curisequent result to the relievino officers in the of their d • tr 's , es, 0 , uties, the greatest contrast existed. In the Y, Th e .iletons which were scattered throughout the court teriweaseroeollie.ovullig_ officer's whole time was taken up in going toPt!r another. There were a million h. and n a a h nt a s lf tilt444gerth:n"lng their liberty uhndert satisfaction of the dea ls i p kt s ysrl. heir own poo f r, ti qui G te nv t e o rn t m e ent was evidently to vu ltlio, e avY blow aw ject 0 g et great discouragement to these unions, 11 eluted th gr'sof them. He was only doing his duty when he e bill thatt he should give every opposi!ion to those parts of tissf th e Gilt interfered with, or superseded the administration - "'wes ess'Ort Unions. It had been frequently shown at the * a s pe ns 'quarter s • ro e ose Sessions that the country was put to great te oseet ~ ng to the committal of persons • for offences coin et to „ toe union workhouses. Boys much preferred being wi te tt , 14e Lewes Gaol than remaining in the workhouse ; and 1,1 4t; %j o t; re the cases that came before the Justices, that they • the guardians that they were quite tired :17 (41 ber„ ""ea, and begged of them to bring no more -s e e, -ere i t theta eo, drill . It rested with the Right Hon. Baronet to P e , h poor would be better treated than they o c i'aels) 141 1 ° been ; and if he could do that he (Captain i, e . P atl Otild not offer such an opposition as he now con sti'ee,- i " duty to advance. When the Bill went into Com % ,taeut • in aptain Pechell) should bring forward all his kri tht detail respecting the arrangements and expenses yrt s o tri„, Plittesa ions showing that there was no necessity far l aw ed. curs, and that great discontent would arise in dis ook, earoZ all ; __near was peace and contentment, if the Poor thiituners were thrust upon the parishes. He could as 1 4, i4 iti we never had made use of this as a party question. Is o gsd oev Y allpported the party who brought in the 13111, but hotapstriutert,itt.sedthisas party . question against the Right. 411. y • s.nd He should continue to pursue that course 4 11 s t • 14 toe, 11 ...' 4111 3.', which he had always followtd. He did eaj o l ttlteo . - I '4 Proceedi ng was enacte d t h at an i nqu i ry s h ou l d be f cordially seconded the motion of the Hon. a l p °r Rochdale. 1 101 1 1 ,1 t.)AZestion being put, ne e p IN GTON rose. He entirely dissented from the to TON the Hon. and Gallant seconder of the r t th A na tie should most unhesitatingly and cordially l' eo bio 5 e 4 3 . 111 which her Majesty's Ministers had introduced. .there had been so much misconception, so I, 4l ,_atia rs t_'-entions, but in his mind misdirected, so many t u soj et 'ut4 titsus,Fxcite the passions of the people that in his , iti3 O :" duty of any gentleman, who considered this ` l ,t nadae prejudices on the one hand, tit thoved o tniality on the other hand, and conscientiously ihr Wipe . . t he act, not to shrink from the declaration e iv. ' 14 4tple • sok( . th, - 6 ain that House. He was extremely glad to I n tid o Ti ntless with which her Majesty's Ministers f ar ,artfu ti • -.tatt ers He had a firm conviction that he would I ,"lthe true interests of the working classes by voting q reit - e t stio„ t eak _ g in of the Bill. The Hon. Member for ha s d eal eh o . ' hall "'erred to the increase of crime; he had said a e sse so its . I .lt the origin of the Poor-law, and he had even 11, tt % ," l.l lth 11 :1 feivour them with some observations . on the Lt occurred in Norfolk, of a policeman chaining a kk,titflgoct li d - ,-pust, though how he made that apply to part 'Y tondo de r discussion he ( Mr. Pakington) could not fa bri c 1 ° ?N t h 71 . There were, however, two points in parti i4, n os ""fCa e o re '''L'e Hon. Gentleman had referred ; first, the livo''' i „7' 4 , 3l o4, and secondly, the workhouse test; and Y he would briefly advert. With regard t o o ss a t r . onitnission, it seemed to him that the question R 1 0, L 74 ikosihilerrr, compass. The real question was whether otiT o rl itaes es t or the complicated details of the Poor-law a t ,`et to be carried out in all parts of England, ach e . k cent h Itaed ra controlling board.—( Hear, hear.) It s aL ar eaen.b s , atintij orse .0a Hon. Gentleman that some central so, suer s h nstusly necessary With respect to the Corn lets gni n o s h • • ) we re hesitate r to say that though some . of l i tte s d:°they h s•7 l, to cavil—( Hear, hear, from Colonel Sob qn the whole performed their delicate and ,lesty's ,duti " 11 i;reat judgment and ability. He thought is„, n od - 0 ‘.2 f °vern aunt had exercised a sound discretion in t the v'lla essential I t r whi ch thesy proposed to continue the Commis- Oree o ower," to the proper administration of the law sie r , wed f rom "e Commissioners should not be required to later, wed ! p rev __,Year to yettr. The recent proceedings at tik h l ty h uoio o th y !' tile necessity for some controlling power. ehieteia pr e , ii ; guardians had actually abandoned their duty. elu u .,:',"Y passed a resolution to the effect, that t i ,tte4tal etid;"ers, net having had more than one bastard t ellef ri,,,tWentY•tVVO years of age, were . fit objects for o''‘s " 1-`0 resolution could be more improper ;anti ch L y ri st s h o *ti e Loletl, th that if the Poor-law Commission t v ilbje tt t e 7 . 1 "1 worst consequences would ensue. e Ni p est, wh i which he would allude was that of the work -441..ua1e, ea had been 111 Ng 'lli h e ad a dverted to by the Hon. Member for ad,, 4 uced abuses which took place under the ref 411 h th ree m'PPort of his objection, and he particularly e %les workho "e d t under th "es' But what was the state of some t!• ke ß e O old law? The Hon. Gentleman here ettlittirsiert;annlivitelsoriiirnhtns:of Mr. Mottand Mr. Pintington, asistant pis rs, relative to the abeses which took patent to were fro an uses under the old law. Under the old hunianit t instances of management totally incon the_ Y, but no complaints were made, because ltes sh e ard of :‘,013 t h e ' Ilria gew. T. The facts that occurred at the Seven ii ee kh, at th, y a s t t er, and Lloo unions, were in themselves t',,thi,sr,,,iltlder all t u i; • e Prae to light when they did happen. Ile pltyos, Ik, an eoircumstauceotha.t the public was safe from . ck " Abuse of th kt o lltcry agaits e Powers intrusted to the.authori tetWs_ 44 41e 5 , . t the workhouse test he conodered as ~i a th e is s s s. sorne test was requisite, and the workhouse t o ts , .to t. sor r e sts__. Persons in workhouses must be sub- Iv o se,r7thoter,,estraint.. They were not "re a who felt th which persons were obliged there ,emselves compel le to have recourse al4l, and sure sure of publi c for their support. They el? so I°,l.nholes() good roof over their head , of plenty of •l• atnd:iansedufitrait7us( isrvZkietnalacrihcett, r u s l d )— n , n t i e n n g m s in w a h n i c d h , noesw eis.othrnari:niat.ws necessary that these persons should be l i : a n d eoutery which had been tali kt sZt the proceeded from persons speedy aei eot p r , sseee t their admin - stration, and was the re iilellut than of reason.-- ( Hear, hear, from i NtAli." 4 ‘ eY, abat' day saw a letter in the newspapers, using the Poor -laws. It via= a tette, t at ' te 4(hoe; hasi never seen a production isg ai e_l4 at argument. He had heard speeches eat to, lao, addressed rather to theprejudices of the people out of doors than to the reasoning faculties of Members of the House. He trusted the questton would be dis cussed with calmness and argument, without any appeal to ro.e.. judice. He considered the establishment of educational dis tricts as of questionable policy. It would lead to great ex pense, and he thought it unfair that illegitimate children aban doned by their parents should receive a better education than honest parents had it in their power to bestow. He thought the organization of district committees most judicious, and he was glad to find the Government had adopte.. treasures for the regulation of apprenticeships. He also was of ( - pinion that it was most important that the Gilbert Unions should not be allowed to interfere pith the unity of action which was so de sirable for the G ood working of the Poor-laws. There were two omissions in the Bill, however, which he regretted. 1 he one was of a clause authorising the boards of guardians to trake arrangements for the payment of the county-rates, by means of which the office of high-constable might he abolished, and the other was the omission of a clause for regulating the rating of small tenements. HO was much obliged to the House for the indulgence with which they had heard his remarks. He had not adverted to the saving of expense under the new system ; previously the amount of rates had been ruinous. However, the saving of expense was not the object of the law ; it was to restore ha bits of industry and independence to the British peasantry ; and this object the Poor -law vas greatly calculated to advance. He believed, on the whole, that it was founded on sound and wholesome principlea, and he would not be deterred by any unpopularity from supporting the Bill now before the House. General JOHNSTONE said that upon no question was there such contradiction of opinion as on that now before the House. Much had been said of the uniformity of the system. But the Hon. Member gave up that point. The present law had set one man egainst another to an extent beyond any measure that had ever been passed. It bad created a hatted between employer and employed. His chief objection to the measure was the unconstitutional power which it gave the Com missioners. He should be glad to know of what use the As sistant Commissioners were at all? One part of the measure had been totally overlooked by the Hon. Member who had just sat down, namely, the great difficulty the poor had under the present law of obtaining medical relief. He (Genet al J. ) knew an instance of a man having to walk twenty-nine miles backwards and forwards for medical relief. No medical roan saw him till the third day. and on the fourth he was dead. Another objection to the law was, that the vicious poor and virtuous were treated alike. With respect to what had been said relative to the saving of expense under the present system he had to observe that, during three years previous to the passing of the present law the poor-rates were diminishing, and during the last three years they were increasing in every district. As to the difficulty of getting the guardians to attend, a day's loss was of much consequence to the farmer, and if his attendance as a guardian was so required he ought to be paid. With respect to the Commissioners, if they had been of any utility, there was no ground for continuing their power so long as was now proposed. In some of the items of the Bill now before the House they did not go far enough. With respect to the bastardy clause, he must say he saw no reason why the father should not be compelled to summit the mother of the child during the time she was incapable of supporting herself. He was opposed to the workhouse test, which had been so much relied on by the Hon. Gentleman opposite, and he must object to the second reading of this Bill as long as the extraor dinary and unlimited power of the Commissioners was con tinued. Colonel SIBTHORP objected to the Bill, on the grounds that it entailed heavy expense, and useless expense on the country, without in any wise, though it had had a trial of eight years, bettering the condition of the poor. There were several clauses its the present Bill upon which, when in Com mittee, he would take the sense of the House. He regretted that he should find himself obliged to support the motion of the Hon. Member for Rochdale (Mr. S. Crawford). Mr. GIUMSDITCH regretted to find such a Bill as the present emanating from the ConServative side of the House. He knew that in every part of the country this law, as now administered under the directisn of the central power, which sat at Somerset House, was condemned by the great mass of the po ople. Upon a careful revision of the present Bill, he found that it was nothing more nor less than the Bid of the Noble Lord the Member for the city of London ( Lord John Russell), which had been introduced. It was, to be sale, dressed out differently. He did not know why the Commission was to be continued for five years longer ; that meant that it was to be perpetual, and if so, the people of this ccurory would be up in arms against it. —( Hear, hear.) The prin ciples on which this law were based were unconstitutional. Why should the Commissioners have the power of a veto given to them in all eas es ? To e Ri g h t H on . G ent l eman , i n the -Vac cination Bill he introduced, treated the Commission as per petual. and he opposed it on that ground. He was of opinion that the powers of the Commissioners ought to be annihilated. heir power was despotic and tyrannical, and ought not to be permitted in any free country. He trusted the Right Hon. Baronet would apply his rnastar-mind to the subject, and make himself acquainted with the evil, of the present system. The unions at present. were too extensive, and he hoped they would be smaller. In-petters ought, in his opinion, to be introduced to superintend the working of the law, and who would make returns to the Secretary of State. These appeared to him to be wise regulations, and would, he felt persuaded, he beneficial if introduced. The Hon. Gentleman then referred to the principles promulgated by Malthus, and adopted by Lord Brougham, and said that the principles were unknown to the early legislation of England en the subject. From the time of Elizabeth to William she Third the laws relating to the poor operated in the most beneficial manner, but in the latter reign, end in subsequent ones, Acts were passed to which the evils rf the Poor-law system might be traced. Then came the present law, and he contended that it was quite inapplicable to the people of this country. Why should the people, if reduced to a situation which would demand relief, obtain it only on tl e condition of being deprived of their homes, and having their goods and chattels sequestrated ?—( Hear, hear.) It was ins possible for the Commissit ners who presided over the execu tion of the law to enter fully into the wants anti wishes of the poor. He should feel it his duty, therefore, however unwil ling to differ from the Government, to vote against the second reading of the Bill. Sir C. NAPIER said that there were some things in the new Poorsiaw of which he approved, and others of which he as strongly disapproved. He objected, in the first place, to the powers of the Commissioners. He did not see why an ex pensive allowance should be made to those gentleman, for car rying out a law among a class into whose wants they could Lot enter. He objected to the principle of refusing, in alt cases, out-door relief. He could only say, that in the union in which he was a guardian, they had felt it their duty to grant out-door allowances to aged men and women, and they had not found that any loss to the parish funds had thereby been incurred. Again, they had not insisted on compeliing parties to recrea-e themselves beyond the walls of the workhouse. He did not think it politic to create among the people a feeling that the workhouses, which should be a refuge for the destitute, were in reality but state-prisons. He also objected to the bastardy clause. He did not think that it had had the effect of di,coc raging immorality ; while it appeared to him to be cruel and unwise, to charge unfortunate women with the whole of the trouble of bringing up their illegitimate children. In his opinion, it was unwise to compel a mother to reside in a workhouse with her child. It would be far better, he thought, to allow. the mother to leave the workhouse and seek employment elsewhere, which would enable her to contribute towards the support of her offspring. The present clause, which prevented her from leaving the workhouse without her child, was cruel, oppressive, and unwise. With respect to the Gilbert Unions, he had understoad that they had given great satisfaction ; and why, theta, not let well alone ? He did not see any reason why the Right Hon. Baronet should lay ! banes on those Unions. There were parts of that measure, lie should repeat, of which he approved ; but considering it as a whole, he felt it to be his duty to vote against the second read ing of the Bill. Mr. FERRAND said that the people of this country were ! all but unanimous in their opposition to the Pill. He would tell the Hou-e that in the north of England the law was carried out with a cruelty and oppression which was a disgrace to Englishmen. He challenged the Right Hon. Baronet, who was the father of the present measure, to show that the old Poor-law had been inefficient, and that the manner in which it had been executed necessitated tl e appointment of Com missioners at Somerset House. That law had protected the poor, and had given general satisfaction ; and he called upon the Government to assign any reason why they should sub stitute in its stead a measure which was repugnant to the Con stitution of this country. In the south of England, no duutt, the old law had been abused ; but if properly executed it would have answered every purpose which a Poor-law should accomplish. ( He quoted an extract from a Report of Dr. Kay, show ing the contrast between the labourers of the north and those of the south.) He had thus proved that the old Poor-law was well administered by the proprietors of the north of England, but was neglected and abused by the proprietors of the south of England. He thought, therefore, it was a mighty system of oppression that the poor of the north should be punished for the sins both of omission and commission of the proprietors of the south. The Commissioners found they could not carry out the New Poor-laws unless they removed the surplus popula tion, as it was called, from the south of England, and he was sorry that the claim of the poor to a share in the soil of the country should have been treated so lightly. They had a con stitutional right to it, and he hoped it would never be forgot ten. But many of the poor of the south of England clung with natural affection to the homes of their birth, and the Pour law Commissioners actually recommended that they should he driven from their homes by starvation.—(Oh, oh !) Oh, oh ' he would read part of a Report from an Assistant-Commissioner. In short he recommends it. It was a Repots dated Man chester, July 22d, 1835, in which he says, N cessity must drive some of the present population fom their homes." He would now read them a letter from a manufacturer in the north of England, who had been in constant communication with the Poor-law Commissioners. It was front Mr. Greg to Mr. E. Chadwick, the Secretary of the Poor-law Comis sion, expressing a wish to open a correspondence with him on the question of procuring a supply of labourers from the south of England for the north. No Report had ever been made of the number of the poor kidnapped in this manner; and he was thus in the dark as to it, but he thought he could prove enough to call for the interference of the House. The communication specified an immense number of different descriptions of labourers that would be required ; and it was this he de nounced, that the manufacturers of the north should haira entered into a conspiracy with the Poor-law Commissioners to absorb the surplus population of the south. The Right Hon. Baronet might think he had not given sufficient prools of what he had stated; he, therefore, quoted another letter from Ashworth, to E. Chadwick, Esq., giving an account of the state of a family of four persons, who had migrated from Buckinghamshire. Another letter stated that employment could he furnished to twenty thousand of the poor of the south ; that was, there was a proposal to kidnap that number, and was that the way in which to treat the poor of England?—(oh, oh.)• He should be glad if any Hon. Gentleman would give him an opportunity of answering a speech of his, in which he would maintain that this was not the case. Another letter to Mr. Chadwick stated that twelve stout girls and boys had been tent to Stalybridge, and considered that too many hands could not be forwarded. He would not have trespassed on tae attention of the House, if he had not thought that an awful responsibility attached to him, and as a Member of that House, he was going to hold up to public reprobation a publicservant of the Government for be guiling and selling into the most oppressive slavery those poor deceived and miserable wretches. Dr. Kay, an Assistant Poor.law Commissioner, had published a work called the " Moral and Physical Condition of the Workin g Classes em ployed in the Cotton Manufacture of Manchester." In this work he dwells on the degrading and depreciating influence arising from his ceaseless and monstrous employment. And this was the condition into which Dr. Kay became a mid agent to beguile the labourers of the south from their green fields and fresh air. ('The Honourable Gentleman read some further extracts, describing the debased condition of the manu facturing classes, their low diet, and inconvenient dwellings. The Hon. Member then went on to quote from Dr. Key's book, in which the Learned Gentleman spoke of the manufac turing population as being frequently th e vict i ms o f inflam matory demagogues.—(Cries of "bh, oh," ch eers , an d loud laughter.) He knew what that cheer meant, but he would challenge any Hon. Member to lay his finger on a single word which lie (Mr. Ferrand) had ever uttered, either in pub lic or private, except to inculcate loyalty to the Queen and obe (Hence to the laws.—(Cheers and laughter.) He would say to Hon. Members opposite, " Go, and do likewise."—( Shouts of laughter.) Such were the opinions of Dr. Kay before he became an agent for transporting the poor from the south to the north. After he had become an Assistant Poor-law Com missioner, he painted the blessings of the condition of the manufacturers' labourers in the most glowing colours. Would the House give these Commissioners power for five years longer? Would the Commissioners come to the bar, and say that the labouring population of the south were beguiled? Would they express their sorrow for lending themselves to the system of kidnapping the poor from the south to the north ? Where, he would ask the Right lion. Baronet, were the poor who had already been passed to the north ? Could he render any account of them to the poor relations immured in the bastiles in the south ? if he could not render an account of 1N hat had become of these poor the people of England would not submit to this measure much longer. The laws of God had been trampled on, and His word scoffed at by the New Poor-law, which denied the authority of the Bible. From the moment the Poor-law had become the law of the land the trade of the districts to which these wretches had been passed had deca)ed daily. These wretches hrd been passed from the sough of England, not for their own lonefit, but to save the pockets of th - e rate payers. Saving of rates was the burden of the song of the Poor-law Commissioners. When the law wit, first brought forward it was declared by Lord Brougham that there was no intention to carry it out in an oppressive manner, and that it was not intended to separate man and wife, or parent and child. He (Mr. Ferrand) knew that these oppa , ed to the law felt as sirt.ingly as he did on the uhject. Ile would ask the Right Hon. karonet, it the Commissioners had been able to carry the law into force in the north ? They had not. They could not. The mass of the population would prevent it. In his own union ii had been attempted to be carried out in the most monstrous and unjustifiable manner. It was a large manufacturing district in a state of deep distress, and yet the Poor-law Commissioners, in order to carry out their absurd ideas, had prohibited out-door relief. If the Guardians t tempted to carry out that order, a worse state of ruin would in stantly ensue. They would have to summon the poor by thou sands for nun-payment of rates, and incarcerate them in the county gaols, which would have to be made larger. They de ducted from the relief granted by the Board of Guardians to the paupers the amount due from them for summonses for non payment of poor-rates. Was it not monstrous that persons of 70 or 80, or 90 years of age, shoulei be torn from their homes and placed in a union workhouse, at the will of these three Commissioners. How would the Right Honourabte Baronet carry the Poor-law out? In his (Mr. Ferranti's) neighbourhood, the relieving officer was obliged to go about the country escorted by a troop of cavalry. The men of the north had always done their duty by the poor—they challenged any man to produce an instance of their having be. hayed ill to the poor whilst they were permitted to have the management of their own affairs—and all they asked was to be permitted to continue as they had hitherto gone on. It was not twelve months since they had all appeared on the hustings before their constituents. At that election how many of them had expressed their utter detestation of the new Poor-law, and pledged themselves to resist it to the uttermost. —( Opeosii ion cheers.) Were they determined to stand true to their prin ciples and professions. Th e e l ec t ors o f E ng l an d were easily I satisfied. f they performed one twentieth part of what they had promised, the Bill would not be carried.—(Cheers.) lie saw the Hon. Member for Montrose shake his head. He hoped that those who were opposed to the new Poor-law were not di, • posed to vote that black was white. He trusted they would not. desert their pledges ; if they remained true to them this till would no longer disgrace the Statute-hook of England. The poor would be properly treated, and not be delivered over to the tyrants ofe•omerset House. If the motion were likely to lead to debate, he would with. draw it. On an intimation from Sir R. PEEL, we understood that the motion was withdrawn. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. In answer io a question from Captain PEC HELL, .Sir ROBERT PEEL said that the public business would commence at Half -past Four on Monday. The House then adjourned at a Quarter to One o'Clock. . . Sir J. GRAHAM said that the Hon. Gentleman who hail just sat down had asked if any Member would, after the state . ments he had made, venture to press the second reading of the Bill upon the attention of the House? Notwithstanding that. challenge, he (Sir J. Graham) was preparsd to press the se cond reading of the Bill. With respect to the observations of the Hon. Member, in which he alluded with a sneer to the benevolence of Dr. Kay, he (Sir J. Graham) must say that a more ti my charitable and accomplished gentleman, and one more fitted to discharge his duties than Dr. Kay, he had never Isianro. As to what had been stated about the power of the Poor-law Commissioners, and their mode of using it in issuing prohibitory orders, he must say, that if he wished for any test by which to try the discretion of those functionaries, he would take the manlier in which they issued those prohibitory orders, and abstained from them as the case seemed to require. The Right lion Barouet here proceeded to quote at considerable iength the Report. of Mr. Mott, showing the mismanagement that had characterized the mode of giving relief to the poor, and the neceS4ty of applying a remedy, and then went on ts, show the jobs which had been committed under the sanction of the Guardians in various Unions, and particularly in the Union of Keightley, where, according to a resolution in the minute-book of the Guardians, the trials of settlement cares were to be given in rotation to the attorneys of the town. The consequence was that the law expenses for the last yi ar in that union were upwards of 5001. He had not in tei ded to rise on the present occasion, but having heard so unjust an attack upon Dr. Kay, as the Hon. Member for Knares borough had made, he could not sit by wit bout rising in defence of that gentleman's character. But to return to the subject before the House, who were the lion. Members that proposed and seconded the rejection of the Bill ? One was an Irish Gent. eman (Mr. S. Crawford), who could not have set-is the working of the measure, and who being Member for the oniy large town in England (Rochdale) which was not under the operation of the Poor-law, could not be practically conver sant with it. The other gentleman was the Horn and Gallant Mem her for Brighton (Captain Pechell), which was under the operation of a local act. On the o her hand those were the most ardent supporters of the law, who were connected with places where it was in full operation. The real question now was, whether the Commission was to be continued, or not; for the other parts of the Bill were mitigations of the existing law.—( hear, hear, hear.) When lion. Gentlemen proposed a substitution for the Commission, the substitute they siig. ' Bested was som e thi ng very lik e w h at they would do away with. The Honourable Member for Rosh dale proposed an ambulatory Commission, which was the existing Commission without the name, and the Hon Member for ;Macclesfield proposed district Commissioners.— ( Hear, hear.) There were four reasons on which he justified ; the continuance clam Commision. The first was that relief was given gradually and safely; the second, that what was found to be injurious in one union might be remedied by them in the different unions throughbut the country ; the third reason was, that. if anything illegal was done, relief might be had from the Supreme Courts of law ; and the fourth, and strongest reason was, that recourse should be had to the local ; Alagistrates, which would let in all the abuses of the old s)s tem, of which an illustration was afforded by the recent pro- eeedings in the Keightley Union. He had troubled the House at greater lerigth than he intended, but after the calmest and ; fullest consideration of the subject he came to the conclusion that the original enactment w as r i g ht i n th e ma i n , d believing it to be right - he was regardless of the censures that might be passed on him and on his motives ; but he did not. think he would be doing his duty if he did not urge upon the House the second reading of the Bill.—(Cheers.) Mr. FE.R RAND, in explanation said, that he pledged him self that the report of the Assistant-Commissioner with regard to the Ktrightley Union was false. Mr. S. WORTLEY did not think it necessary to detain the House for any length of time, and for this reason, that the main point was whether the Commission was to be continued. He was determined to maintain the opinions he expressed upon the hustings, and he would be belying his convictions if he be lieved the night Hon. Gentleman, or the Commissioners, or Assistant-Commissioners, were what they were sometimes re presented to be—demons and tyrants.—(Laughter.) He eel - tainly differed will them in opinion upon the subject of the Poor-law, but with regard to the continuance of the Commis sion, he held it to be impracticable and impossible to remove the central Commission at present, and if he voted for the se cond reading he did so in an abstract sense. But that did not prevent him: from evincing a general hostility to the Bill. He, therefore, supported the continuance of the Commission only while a necessity for it existed ; but they should not forget the g ' rouro's of its institution, and that it was es t a bli s h e d on l y f or specific. purposes. He should not, therefore, be considered as supporting the Commission as a permanent institution, lint only so long as the exigency for working out the purposes in which it originated existed. With regard to the Bill before the House, he admitted there were improvements on the existing law ; and one very considerable imp ro v e me n t w a s th e afford ing temporary relief to families under certain circumstances. . - These were, however, but matters of deta►l. The principal question before them ,vas, whether it was a ivisable to agree to the second reading of the Bill, taking it as a whole. Of the powers of the Commissioners he could not app►ove ; and he could not but express at the same time his dis- approbation of the manner in which those gentle men had constructed the unions. Many of the unions were too large; and this had been found to be a source of great inconvenience. lie earnestly wished that the House, taking into account the inapplicability of the measure, would le-consider the whole question. He thought that they should take into consideraf on the propriety of intrusting the execution of the Poor-law to the local authorities. The principle of ,elf government was one of the most valuable principles of the social condition of England. 'I hey might, under the authority of the Commissioners, gain greater uniformity in the adminis tration of the Poor. law ; but that advantage would, in his opinion, be too dearly purchased by the loss of those habits o self-government which had become familiar to the people of this country. He did not say that they should at once get rid of the new system • but he thought they should endeavour gradually to ret urn t o ;he old principle of entrusting the administration of poor-rates to those who, by their posi tion, were best acquainted with the wants of the poor. Colonel W COD (Brecon) was one of those who would wish to see the Bill divided into two parts. He would be glad to find the Government propose that the authority of the Com missioners should be continued for a limited time; and he thought they should afterwards consider, in the next session of Parliament, the propriety of introducing many alterations into the present system. lie disapproved of the principle of making the casual poor chargeable to all the unions, instead . . . ot making them chargeable to the parish in which they were living. - - _ . Mr. LIDDEL thought that the House should not at once put an end to the authority of the Ccmnnssioners. He thought such a proceeding would be impolitic ; but, at the same time, he could not vote for so long a duration of the Commission as had been proposed by the Government. He should not, how ever, vote against the second reading of the Bill, as he believed it might be materially improved in Committee. The principle that the workhouse shouid be taken as the test of destitution was not, he thought, applicable to the manufacturing ohs tricts. In periods of deep and general distress, such as the I,resent, relief should be given out of the workhouse to de-,. serving objects. It appeared to him that a greater degree of discretion should be placed in the bands of the local boards; and he did not wish to see the entire administration of rsliet under the immediate control of Commissioners resid- ing at a distance from the scene of distress. lie had expected t.h3t his friends now in power would not have sanctioned the present system of Peor.laws, and he was sorry to find that he had been disappointed. Unless the Bill were materially altered, he should certainly feel it his duty to vote against the third reading. He was decidedly opposed to the lower as sumed by the Government of at once, and arbitrarily, abolish ing the Gilbert Unions. • Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House di vided, when there appeared,— Fisr the'second reading Against it Majority for the second reading -199 The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be com mitted on Monday. FOREST OF DEAN. The Report on the Forest of Dean Ecclesiastical Districts (Advance of Money) Bill was reported after a short discussion, .11r. Home withdrawing his opposition to the bringing up of the Report, upon an understanding from the Right Hon. Ba ronet, at the head of the Government, that the next stage should be taken at an early hour, and full opportunity given to discuss it. On the motion for the third reading of the Dean Forest Poor Bill, Mr. G. BERKELEY moved that the Bill he read a third time that day six months, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved that the debate should be adjourned. Atter a few words from Mr. HUME and the Earl of LINCOLN, Mr. G. BERKELEY suggested to the lion. Member for Finsbury to withdraw his motion for adjourning the debate. Mr. T. Duticombe acceded to this suggestion; the motitin was withdrawn, and the House divided, when there appeared— For the third reading of the Bill Against it ... 2l Majority in favour of the third reading The Bill was then read a third time, and passed ASSESSED TAXES BILL. The Assessed Taxes Bill was then read• a third time, and passed. tJORIT V-NOES, Ferrand, Flolliot, John Fitrroy, Captain Fleming, J. Forbes, William I.remantle, Sir r. Fuller. A. E.- Gaskell, James Miltses Gladstone, W. E. Glad tone, T. Glyhne, Sir S. It. Godson, R. Gordon, Hon. W. Gore, Montague Gore, W. R. 0. Gomburn, Henry Gr_ham, Sir James Grant, Sir A. C. Greene, T. Grimschtch, Thomas Grogan, E.tward Hamilton, W. J. Hampden, Renn siarcourt, G. G. Hardy, John Hawkes, T. Hepburn, Sir T. B. Herbert, Hon. S. Hervey, Lord A. Hiner, J. H. Hodgson, Richard tiohnes W. A'Court !Ape, Hun. C. Hope, Alexander Houldsworth, T. Howard, Lord Hughes, W. B. Hussey, Thomas Ingestre, Lord Irton, S. Irving, John Jollitle, Sir W. Jones, Theobald Kemble, Henry Knatchbuli, Sir E. Las, son, Andrew Lefty)+, Anthony Legh, G. C. Lincoln, Earl of Litton, Ec ward Lockhart, William Lygon, lion. Gen. MacKenzie, W. F. Mackinnon, W. A. Maclean, D PAIHE U OFF. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 18, 1842 FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DOWNING-STREET, JuneE 16, 1842. The Queen has been graciously pleased to nominate and ap point Colonel Sir Robert Henry Sale, Knight Commander of , the Mo s t H onoura bl e Mili tary Order f the Bath, serving with the rank of Alajor-General in Affghanistan, to be a Knight Grand Cross of the said Order. WAR-OFFICE, JUNE 17. lst Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieut. M. Pipon to be Captain, by put chase, vice Fuller, who retires ; Cornet .1. P. Cleaver to be Lie u t enan t, b y purc h ase, vice Pipon ; Gentle man Cadet J. S. S. Stuart, from the Royal Military College, to he Cornet, by purchase, vine C'eaver, Jane 17. 4th Regiment of Light Drageons—Capt. Lord George A. F. .-Paget, f rom h a lf- pay U nattached, to b e Capta i n, vice C. I . Cumberlege, who exchanges, receiving the difference, June 17. 7th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon M. Neale, from the 921 Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Bea van, promoted to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, June 17. 13th Regiment of Light Dragoens—Assistant- Surgeon J. Sinclair, from the 39th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Clark, promoted to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class. June 17. 16th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Cornet and Adjutant P. Dynon to have the rank of Lieutenant, June 16 ; Cornet A. Need to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gwynne, who retires ; J. T. Waller, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Need, June 17 ' • W. Morris, Gent., to be C orne t, by p urc h ase , vice : Alayne, whose appointment has been cancelled, by 18. 2d Regiment of Foot—Lieut. T. Addison to be Adjutant, vice Simmons, promoted in the Royal Canadian Regiment, April 8. 6th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon W. Duncan, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Jackson, deceased, June 17. 20th Foot—Lieutenant G. B. C. Crespigny to be Captain, by purchase, vice M'Call, who retires; Ensign J. G. L. Adlereron to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Crespigny ; 'l'. A. Coffin, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Aldo - cron, June 17. 37th Foot —Lieutenant E. T. Seward to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Grignon, who retires ; Ensign R. P. Harrison to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Seward; W. J. Bazalgette, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Harrison, June 17. 39th Foot—H. Armstrong, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, rice Sinclair, appointed to the 13th Light Dragoons, June 17. 60th Foot—tirevet Lieut.-Col. W. T. Cockburn to be Lieutenant • Colonel, without purchase, vice Markham, deceased; Capt. J. S. Wilford to be Major, vice Cockburn ; First Lieut. J. K. Mackenzie to be Captain, vice Wilford; Second Lieut. F. M. Callaghan to be First Lieutenant, vice Mackenzie, April 23 ; J. Wai burton, Gent , to be Second Lieutenant, vice Cal laghan, June 17. 92d Foot—W. Bowie. M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Neale, appo sited to the 7th Light Dragoons, June 17. 2d West India Regiment—E. T. Smith, Gent., to be En sign, without purchase, vice Orde, deceased, June 17. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Lieut. w. Driberg, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet Major C. Wallett, who retires upon full pay ; Second Lieut. J. B. Kersteman to be First Lieutenant, vice Driberg ; G. T. Dawson, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice Kersteman, June 17. HOSPITAL STA I' F—ASSiStallt- Surgeon J. Clark, M.D., from the 13th Light Dragoons, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice West, appointed to the 99th Foot; H. L. Cowen, Gent., .to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Duncan, j appointed to the 6th Foot, June 17. ADMIRALTY, JUNE 14. Corps of Royal Marines—H. J. Tribe, Ger.t., to be Sec= Lieutenant. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Derbyshire. Derby Militia—E. Coke, Esq. to be Major, vice Sitwell, reiigneu, June 11. CROWN-OFFICE, JUNE 16. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme—John Quincy Harris,t.f Winchester-house, Southwark, in the county of Surrey, and of Brenchley, in the county of Kent, Esq. WHITEHALL, JUNE 11. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry Bourne, of Wigton, in the county of Cumberland, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. 'WHITEHALL, JUNE 14. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Markham Carter, of New AlreJurd, in the county of Southampton, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. EDWARD HILTON and NATHANIEL WALSH, paper manufacturers, Manchester. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. JAMES ROBERTS, licensed victualler, Berwick-street, Soho. GEORGE HIBBERT, jun., thesterfield, Derbyshire. WILLIAM HEADLANii , tailor, Louth, Lincolnshire. BANKRUPTS. ROBERT ROBERTS, grocer, Newtown, Montgomery, to surrender July 8 and at 29, eleven, at the Oak Intl, R'el-hp col. Dtew and Woosmim, Newtown ; Weeks, Cook's court, Lincoln's It n, London. JAMES ALFRED WEBB and DAVID WEBB, farreere, Great Marlow, Bucks, June 24th, a n d J u ly 29, at e l even , at :.he Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington, official assignee, Cole. man-street-buildir,gs ; Waller, Finsbury-circus. JOHN BRETTARGId, timber dealer, Pendleton, I aura shire, June 20, and July 19, at ten, at the Commissioners'.. rooms, Manchester. Foster, Manchester; Nethersole. Essex street, Strand, London. ROBERT INSOLL, coach maker, Brighton, June 24 and July 29, at one, at the Town-hall, Brighton. Williams, Alfred place, Bedtord-square ' London. JOSEPH BRADBURY and RALPH BRADBURY, cotton-spinners, Oldham, July 4, at ten, and 29, at twelve, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. J. and W. Heron, Alsnchester ; Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Templ e , L on d on . :JOSIAH CUTTELL, clothier, Holmfirth, Yorkshite ; July 1 at two, and July 29 at ten, at the George lintel, Hud dersfield. Cornthwaite, Dean's -court, Doctors'-Commons, London; Cornthwaite, Liverpool. JAMES HOPKINS, butcher, Leighton Buzzard, Bedford shire, June 24 and July 29, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Stevens, Wil kinson, and Satchell, Queen -street, Cheapside. JAMES TOMLIN and WILLIAM MAN, merchants, Si. Michael's-alley, Cornhill, June 28, at one, and July at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Blisinghall-street ; Ellis. Cooper's-court, Cornhill. hENRY ENGLISH, printer, New Broad-street. City, .Tone 24, and July 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Juhnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Meggy, Great I'o,-(r-street. JOH N STEG GALL, bookseller, Guildford-street, June 28, at half-past eleven, and July 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gibson, official-assignee, Basinghall-street ; Noreutt, Queen-square, Bloomsbury. WILLIAM SMITH, Leeds, June 28, at four, and July 29, et ten, at the Commissioners'-rot.ms, Leeds. Poden, Leeds; Wegstaff, Son, and Marsh, Warrington ; Sharpe, Field, and Jackson, Bedford-row, London. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basitighall-street. E. Warne, carpenter, Lisle-street, Westminster, July 8, at , eleven —E. Hayes, picture deal e r, Pi c k e tt- s t ree t, St ran d, July 8, at twelve—NV. IL Lamport, silversmith, Plymouth, July at halt-past one—J. C. anti I'. Lucas, lozenge manufacturer,, Aldersgate-street, July 11, at twelve—G. Stringer, furnishing ironmonger, Islington, July 8, at twelve—S. and T. F. Jack son, woolstaplet s, Bermondsey. July 11, at eleven—J. Cuisset, jeweller, Blackfriars-road, July 8, at eleven—J. Page, en graver, Ilorselcrrv-road, Wesiminster, July 12, at one—L. It. Beale, packer, Marshal -street, Golden-square, July 12, at twelve--J. and W. Field, wine brokers, Mincing-lane, July 8, at two—W. J. Duckham, hosier, Little Love-lane, Wood street. Cheapside, July 12, at eleven—T. Ilill, jun. and W. Brookes, me:chants, St. INlarv-axe, July 8, at one—W. Alor ris, leather dresser, Long-lane, Bermondsey, July 11, at eleven —C. lio)d, son-, picture dealer, Kensington-gravel-pits, July 12, at two—J. Bowser, timber merchant, Milton-street, Dorset-square, July 8, at twelve—W. R. Piggott, carpet ware houseman, Goldsmith-street, Wood-street, July 9, at two—H. J. Nixon, uphol'terer, Great Portland -street, Oxford-street, July 9, at twelve—W. Hitchcock, linen draper, Regent-street, July 8, atone—J. Maddox and G. Blenkarn, warehousemen, Watling-street, July 8, at twelve. In the Country. E• S. Webster, draper, Birmingham, July 9, at one, at the Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham—R. P. Busk, machine maker, Hutislet, Yorkshire, July 8, at one, at the Commissioners . - rooms, Leeds—J. R. Berry, wine merchant, Cambridge, July , 11, at twelve, at the Hoop Hotel, Cambridge—T. Clent, I victualler, Worcester, July 21, at twelve, at the Offices of C. Creswell, Worcester—W. Looney, cooper, Whitehaven, July 13, at one, a t t h e Bl ac k Li on Inn, Whitehaven---T. Peters, tailor, Cambridge, July 8, at twelve, at the Bull Inn, Cam bridge —A. Buckley, grocer, Newton-moor, Cheshire, July 15, at twelve, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manehester—J. Cole, wonlstapler, Kettering, Northamptonshire, July lb, at twelve, at the George Inn, Kettering—J. Darbyshire and S. Pope, calico printers, Alanchester, July 28, at ten, at the Commis , shiners -ro. rns. Manchester—T. I%lillership, coal master, Mose ley New C o lli ery , S ta ff or d s hi re, July 8, at one, at the Swan 1 Hotel, Wolverliamptnn—J. H. Heron, J. S. Heron, J. K. Heron, and A. Heron, cotton spinners, Manchester, July 12, at. eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester—l'. Walker, cotton spinner, 11indley, Lancashire, July 12, at eleven, at the Town-hall, Preston— r . 13. Molyneux and P. Witherby, mer chants, Liverpool, Jul? , 9, at two. CER FIFICA TES—JULY 8. P. Butler, butcher, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire—ll. C. Churchyard and J. Holmes, wonlstaplers, Ilalifax, York shire—W. Halliday, innkeeper, Liverpool—S. Lees, innkeeper, Manchester—W. Brain, general shopkeel.er, 11Iaehen, Aloft mouthshire—J. Pearey, leather seller, St. John -street. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. C. Dowse and 11. Atkinson, law stationers, Chancerv-lane— W. Bywater and J. Ingham, cloth manufacturers, Smithies, Ye! ksure--.G. Green and .1. Richards, tailors, Tottenham- court-road, London—NV, and If. Carass, butchers, Borough bridge, Yorkshire—G, Howard, 11. Rawsthorne, and Ellston, iron founders, llaslingden, Lancaster —It. A. Ames :.nd R. S. Johnson, linen drapers, Clifton-street, Finsbury— W. Atherton and J. Watson, flint-glass manufacturers, Alan chester—W. T. and W. Gylby, surgeons, East Retford, Not tingham—J. N. Gardner and A. 'Middleton, circulating li brary, Warrington, Lancashire—J. Slack and C. Morton, paini manufaeturers,lllanchester—R. burning and J. Alartin dale, common brewers, itainford. Lancashire—J. Labrey, W. LalTev, J. Labrey, and .1. Whitlow, tea merchants, Hudders field, Yorkshire—J. C. Watson, It. S. Watson, and W. Frank land, linen drapers, Whitby, Yoikshire (so far as regards It. S. Watson.) SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. ALEXANDER MILLOY and JOHN iMILLOY, graziers, As',field, Argyleshire, June 24 and July 13, at one, at the Argyle Hotel, Inverary. WILLIAM MUIR, Wright, Perth, June 23 and July 14, at twelve, at the Chambers of Gray and Jameson, Perth. DAVID MARTIN and CO., manufacturers, Glasgow, June 23 andJely 14, at two, at M.Ewan and Auld's, account ants, Glasgow. JAMES DANIEL, printer, Aberdeen, June 23 and July 16, Lt twelve, at the Chambers of A. Pittendrigh, Aberdeen. MERCANTILE MARINE. Sir CHARLES NAPIER moved for a, - : -. Select Committee to inquire into the state of the Mercantile Marine, with a view to ascertain whether our seamen are o, the increase or de crease, ar:d whether the Registration Bill is effective or not." PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or .Muscovado Sugar, computed from tae Returns made in the Week ending June 14, 1842, is 375. a. per cwt., exclu,ive of the Duties of Customs paid or pa} able thrreon on the importation thereof into Great Britaiu. LIGHTS AT TURK'S ISLAND.—A letter from the Commissioners of Customs at Bermuda, states that the lights erected near Turk's Island by the West India Steam Packet Company, were on and after the '2oth of April last, to have been discontinued; with the exception of that which is situated on the north-east end of Grand Turk. ELoremENT.—At Henry-street police-office, Dub lin, on Alonday, a man named Murphy, was charged by a most respectable widow lady, Mrs. Kennedy, with having aided and abetted the complainant's daughter in an elopement with a 51r. John Devereux. It appeared that Mrs. Kennedy, who is sister-in-law of Sir John Kennedy, of Johnstown Castle, in tile county of Kildare, resided with her three daughters, who are co-heiresses of the late Mr. James Kennedy, at Peamount ; that the youngest daughter, Miss Anne Kennedy, aged fiftee n years, who, together with her si s t ers , i s a war d in Chancery, became enamoured of Mr. John Devereux, and the passion b e i n g r eciprocated, an elopement was the result. 'rho loving pair have for the present e l u d e d d etect i on. Th e M ag i strates decided on committing Murphy to prison, to abide his trial for participation in the crime. ;7;ii - xe .the year 1800, the ancient ecclesiastical (ace of Itur,a)Qean has b,en revived in eighteen English din rct4!,l, WirPshire brderendrnt. LIGHT SOVEREIGNS. The bankers of Derby . have given notice that they cannot receive any gold of less than the full standard value, from and after the 10th day of June, without a charge of 6d. on each light sovereign, and 3d. on each half-sovereagd.—Nottinghom Review. Great difficulty has been experienced in this town by holders of sovereigns, during the past few days, to get them changed. The same difficulty exists in almost all parts of the empire, in consequence of the Government proclamation, which has mani festly wrought a great injustice. The deficiency in the weight of the light sovereigns is, however, much less than was at first supposed, not in fact so much as one half. We are informed that several lots of sovereigns have been very carefully weighed, and that the greatest deficiency on any ore lot was eight shillings per cent., which is not quite a penny a piece. This ought to be generally known, as certain persons in this town are buying up , sovereigns at the rate of 19s. 6d., which are, in reality, worth from 19s. 10d. to 19s. ltd.—Nottingham Review. What have we now? A proclamation, and nothing less, which changes the current value of the coin; gold sovereigns. is seems, are not one in a hundred worth twenty shillings; for a half-sovereign think yourself well off if you can realise nine shillings and sixpence. You who carry on your business by means of the gold coinage, are liable at every step to have your reckonings questioned, your coin depreciated, and every one you deal with converted into something worse than a Govern ment collector, demanding a shilling on every sovereign you produce.—Leamington Chroniee. THE MARKETS-YESTERDAY. CORN EXCHANGE. This week's arrivals have been moderate of all kinds of grain. Wheat dull at Monday's prices. Barley firm in value. Very little done in Beans and Peas. Oats sold slowly, but well maintained former terms. The home trade still con tinues slack. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Fetes and Proceed:rgs of the House of Commons. ) TUURSDAy, JUNE 16. C II RATES. Motion made, and Question put, " That leave be given to bring in a Bill to abulish Church Rates, and make o her pro visions fir the maintenance of Churches and Chapels in Eng land and Wales :"—( Sir John lasthupe :)—The House s,dam, William Poniard, E. (5. Bernal, ph Brotherton, .1. Busteild, W illiam t live, E. B. Cola:001x, Sir T. Craig, W CrowtOrd, tv' S. Currie, Itaikes Dolmeny, Lunt Curteis, H. B. Divert, E. Duncan, Viscount Duixon, George Duncombe, T. S. Dundas, David Ebrington, Viscount El'ice,ltt. Don. E. Ellice, E. Ellis, Wynn Etvart, W. Ferguson, Colonel Fitzroy, Lord Charles Gibson, 'F. M. Grey, Sir G. Hall, Sir B. liastie, A. NORITY-AYFS, 80. Hawes, B. I'rotheroe, Edward Hay, Sir A. nice, E. B. Heathcoat, J. Rundle, J. Hill, Lord A. M. C. Scale, Sir J. H. Hindley, Charles Sheil, B L Hutt, W. Sinai), R. Vernon Johnson, General Somerville, Sir W. Johnsto.•e, A. Stanley, W. 0. Labottchere, H. Strutt, Edward Leader, J. I'. Stuart, Lord James Macauley, T. B. Stuart, Villiers M'Taggart, J. Thornely, Thomas Marjoribanks, S. Troubridge, Sir' . Marsland, 11 Villiers, Charles 2. Maule, Hon. f•ox Vivian, John 1!. Mitcalfe, Henry Vivian, Captain Morris, David Walker, R. Morrison, James Wallace, It , Murphy, F. S. . Ward, H. 0 OConnell, D. Wemyss, J. C. Ogle, S. C. H. Wood, B. Ord, W. Wood, C. Paget, F. Wortley, Lord Palmerston, Visct. Wyse, Thomas Parker, John Pechell, Captain Philips, G. Phillipps, Sir R. P. TELLERS. F.asthope, John Philips, M. Allix, John Peter Antrobus, Edward ArKwtight, George Astell, William Bailey, Joseph Bailite, Colonel H. Baring \V. B . 162. M'Geachy, F. A. Mainwaring, Manners, Lard J. Alarsham, Viscount Martin, C. W. .sterman, John Meynell, IL Miles, P. S. Morgan, Octavius Moody, E. Miller Murray, C. R. S. Nevibe, Ralph Nichoil, J. Northland. Lord O'Brien, A S. Packe, C. W. Patten, Wilson Peel, Hon. Sir II Pringle, A. Pusev, P. Reid, Sir John R. 11$enittos, It RoHeston, I. Pose, Sir George Russell, .1. 1) Sandon, Lord Scarlett, It C. Scott, Hon. F. Shaw, I.'n.derick Sheppard, 'l' Silithorp, Colonel Smythe, Ho . G. somer.et, Lord U. Sotheron, 'l'. E. Stanley, Lora Stuart, H. Sturt, H. C. Sutton, Hon. li. 11l Taylor, T. E. Thornhill, George Trotter, J. Tumor, Christopher Vere, Sit C B. Verner, Colonel Verro, , G. H Vesev, Han.T. Walsh, Sir John NVelby, G. E. Wilbraham, Hon. It Wood, Colonel 'l. Woitley, Hon I S Young, John TELLERS. Inglis, Sir Y.. H. Knight, H. G. Baring, H. B BatesCiVl, 1 - toTrt Beresturd, Major Thackstone, w . S. Bodkin, W. IL Bali( hi, Be. ial) Z raoiston, 'l' W. Pro.ke, ,r A B. Bruce, Lord E. Buck,'L. W. Buller. Sir J. Y. Bui.bur, Thomas Burrell, Sir C M. Carnegie ' Cwptaln Chelsea, Viscount Chetwoie, Sir John Cho:mondeley, Christopher, ti. A. Chute, W. L. W. Clayton, 11,R. Lott, Sir George ochrane, A. Cockburn, Sir G, Collett, W. li.._ Compt;m, - - :.rry, Right lion ti, Couitenay, Viscount Cripps, W. llauser, lion. G. George Dawni*, W. 11. Ocenison, Ls. Dier.inson, I. Doug,las, Sir 11. I witt s las, Sir C. I)ouglai J. 1) S. I)tti.conle, Ho, A. Dancombe, llu te, George Fitcn R. J E;ertiin, W T. t.gerton, Sir P. Eliot, 1.0,1 Vitilyn, Viscount Esco.t, F;ickhani Eztcourt, I'. (La Fa-nhata, E. B. . teilden, FOR AGAINST. Wall, C. Baring—Guildford Hodgson, ltd.—lterwtek-on-Tweed Tuf.,ll,Henry—Devonport Nor t eys, tord__uxfordshire Forster, Al.—Berwick-on Tweed J , celyn, Vi,count L)1 , 11 Dund.t., Admiral—i;reenwich Powell, Colonel- -Cardiganshira liyng, George Middlesex Sanderson, Richard—Colchester DISTRESS, MANUPACTURII MINORITY of Eight ( Tellers included . (4.11 r. Fen and's Moth Ainsworth, Peter Fleathcoat, John TELL/T.119. Blake, M. .1. I His. ley, C arles I Ferranti, W. B. Crawtbrd, W. S. Johnson, General Duncombe, S. DISTRIC 1 S. ) who vote,i in favour SPIRIT et the Y UIiLIC JOURNALS. FROM TJtE EVENING PAYERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.---It is not the least calamitous symptom of such times as the present, that coarse, ignor. ut, and un principled men thrust themselves forward to denounce all classes vt born a suffering people can be brought to regard as answerable for their sufferings, Mr. Fur rand thinks proper to p:ace foremost, amongst the causes of the present distress, suck migrations as took place a few years hack from the agricultural to the manufac turing districts. Now, if this were true, it would seem that so many labourers had been transferred improper4y from places w here they prospered, 'to places where they d o not prover—the natural remedy would seem to be to send them back. But is it a matter of fact that it was found they could prosper where they were ? Is it a matter of fact that to to sent bock is the boon they covet ? Neither of these questions can be answered in the affirmative. As regards the first, it would scene to be answered already by Mr. Ferrand's statement (if we could believe that, or any other, statement of Mr. Feri and), that the southern landlords had saved two millions and a haff . by the transfer of their labourers. If this were true, those labourers must have been living upon the land as paupers. Would their condition have been much better than it is, had they staid there still ? Does the land supply unlimited funds for prosperous pal per maintenance t If 2,400,0001. required to be rids, a by compulsory charity for these labourers sv bile they stain On the land, what sum would require. to be raised' now, when their number would have been increased, and the cost of sulisistence has been augmented ? Would those labourers, who could not fi n d profitable employment on the land in 1837, fi n d comfortable maintenance on it no. ? Would they ha ve f ound such maintenance even under the old Poor-law ? Ask Captain Swing's vete rans of 1830. 1)o those who cannot find work on the land u.rish to remain on, or to return to it ? Ask the man for whom the Duke of Buckingham subscribed twentj shilliegs to send him back to Manchester ? Ask the men themselves who have mil,rated to the towns. If we are net misinformed, they are even now unwilling• to be sent back again. It is, however, certain that those whose numbers were found surplus on the land five years ago, are f mid surplus in. the towns now. That is true, though Mr. Ferrund affirms it. Their sufferings are certain, though Mr. Ferrand b ears witness to them. They call loudly for public an d pr i vate relief, though Mr. Ferran(' says so. Belief by way of general taxation, though it cannot be affirmed is the worst possible mode, that publie advances to suffering classes are indefensible, under all circumstances. STANDARD.—In the House of Lords last night, Lord Radnor, in moving for returns of grain entered for home consumption, took Occasion to make a long speech upon the present distress, which he of course tried to connect with the Corn-laws. Ile was answered shortly by the Duke of Welliegton, who, acknow ledging the extent of the distress, and avowing his sincere sympathy • with the sufferings of the people, siated that the Government would pursue its present course in endeavouring to mitigate those sufferings, without resorting to extraordinary measures. We would take leave to put to Lord Radnor, and to nil others who affect to discover a connexion between the Corwlaws and the existing distress, one or two plain questions :—First, have the suflerers from the present. depression the means of buying corn, even were it for sale at a fourth of its present price ? This ques tion, we presume, must be answered in the negativ e. Secondly, if the want of money, arising from want of employment, which afflicts so many of the people arises from the Corn-laws, how does it happen that the same, or even a worse, degree of distress is felt in the corn growing countries of the Continent ? We are told that our manufacturers are idle, because.they cannot exchange the pro lace of their labour for the corn of other coon tries ; but we inquire, what substitute flit- their labour has been found since 1840 ? Thu people of the Continent have not yet learned to dis • pease with the use of clothing and hardware ; but, surely if they had contrived to create among themselves, l a' i lti° i u t flit' Under the in two or three years, a sufficient substitute for the sup ply heretofore received from England, their condition must, from the operation of such a stimulus to industry, be one of unexampled prosperity. • here then is Lord Radnor's difficulty. He has discovered that British in dustry is paralysed by the Corn-laws, but be cannot find where the demand for industry has wandered. COU tali:Po—Mr. Ferranti brou a i t il l'o ji r t ia ic r e d i li t iir ig - , tion on tile distress of the country, with a proposition of relief by a vote of one million to he applied in idle liewburden vialion of the general state of suffering. Conceivihnegnt..6ll; remedy proposed to be quite inadequate to the °W e i i„ property:\r‘tv.il 1 1 : h ) : ) . % ; s : o i t w e d uo e l l d s u ) elil(tilisc:eacm.isvic. have rig e f i i . i g e t s i i hi t i t : at i i . i m i t t lf P la i ), ( ) , i r i i f t . c ap ii lr e loep p no n lr l: tp i i l : l old constitutional Poor-law, we must still i)in with the be was assailed general voice in applauding the sterling benevolence of intention of the truly honourable and philanthropic action could convey, filr'i'LeriheA(s)p;soulsiatlio whenever benches h v e vit r h ise a s il the taunts and scurrility which language and and the forms of the house admit of. It is one of the peculiar merits of Mr. Ferranti, and h app il y (ne leading cause of his great usefulness, that h e pos _ launched l i u against, sf, contempt. R e f errhig t . „ him of e xc i t i ng tb si.'sses, in a remarkable degree, a coolness of temper which cannot be ruffled, and a moral cour age a ., indomitable that it cannot be shaken. lie repell e d t h e foul invectives of his opponents, therefore, will, a b,,.. t, thee) i.in4 accusations expression oft' ' suffering. people out of doors to violence, by his noble exertion, exertions in their behalf within, he, in a burst o f in dignant eloquence, asserted the integrity of hi s own t . i ra ii e , i ) i u d s u i c le t, st ii I,i)(tf agitation, hteht;lernarall) defunct ctie es andof bankrupt that nefa p, Anti-Corn-law League. sto7state that Mr. " Tiun His- To it N Y E L I'' A TO F N L 'I L L T. I ' I 'L Colburn, of Great Marlborough street, has this day published . The Manceuvring Mother," a no vel, . by the authoress of •"file History of a Flirt," :3 vols., winch can now. be had at ail the libraries. Mr. Colbu n has also just published the fiillow ing new works of fiction •-1. The Lotter .! of Life, by the N T v l e f E a re l. tT T requestedllo Rf:S Countess of Illessington, 3 vols.-2. P ass i o n Cud Principle, edited by Capt. Ck am i er , 3 voN,.-3. Lady Anne Granard, or Keeping up Appearances, by L.E. L., 3 vol 9. —4. Fascination, a Tale, edited by Mrs. Gore, 3 cols.-5. The School fir Wives, by the . anthoress of " Temptation," 3 vols.—and 6. The Man of Fortune, by Mrs. Gore, 3 vols. The London correspondent, of the Dublin mail saN-s " The report gains currency that Lord De Grey means very speedily to retire from the government of Ireland. The Dok.. of fluccleitch,_it is supposed, will be Earl De Grey's successor." SMITHFIELD. The supply of beasts was moderate; of sheep, lambs, calves, and pigs plentiful • trade in beef and pork much the same as on Monday. Other articles met with a heavy demand, and prices wt re s“niewhat lower. Beasts, 405 ; Sheep and Lambs, 11,190 ; Pigs, 319 ; Calves, 566. Beef, 3s. to 4s. 6d. ' • Mutton, 3s. 2d. to 4s . 4d. ; Veal,3 s . t o 4 s . Bd. ; P or k, 2s. 2d . to 49. 2d. ; Lamb, ss. to 6s. COLONIAL MARKET. Prices firm, and a fair business done by the home trade ; but for export there were few orders. TEA MARKET. Prices firm, and a fair business done. Congou, Is. Bd. cash. TALLOW MARKET. The market firm, and a fair business done at 48s. 3d. on the spot, and 495. 3d. for delivery in the last three mouths of the year. Common amid PRICE OF BREAD. 'lnc toghes' priLe 01 , re i .he ALtrorAls is 9d for the 41b, Lear. Gvcd Bread may he had at 76d. PINGED (31 SEEDS. Per Cwt. Sew English Rev Clover-60s 81St St. Fein ..... ...„. —s ifs 1'..1., Old I it". Duo —s s—s Rye Gra55;.......„....,,.._. :y s ... New Foreign Ditto.— —s :As 78s Paccy Orass s Si ..-s 01.1 Di to Ditto —s s—s Linseed, fur feed. g ...—s tot Ult. New White ( 'over 548 t't 65s Dit o, for sowing .......—s toe t ,4 , Old Ditt, Ditto —s s—s Ditto, for erusho,g ....—s it, :2s •ew Tre 0i1... —B 2tl 40s Hers, ..... ............ s 46s ~ , ,es Old Ditto s :20s 1.4 s Cana') ...„....... ....... „..—s 45 5.e. Jr folium q —s —s Per 'Label. English Carraway —s 4Ss 56s White Muct.rd....:oB Od to )3, i d Foreign Ditto s 4611 508 Brown Ditto l2s Od to I. u Coriander —,s 138 20s Tares ............ ...... . 4s Cd to 5. 3 , PRICE ../F OIL. Rape Oil, brown, per ton ................................X46 fl Ditto ' refined Linseed Oil Z.4 .: Lins:ed Oil Cake at tiro Mill (per 10.1 u) ll 0 Iti,e ake. per ton t; 0 PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per 1121 h. Town Tallow £2 8 6' Melting Stuff... ..l 14 0 Yellow Russia White ii t) C Graves So.sp Ditto 0 0 0 Good Dregs 0 :,i 0 PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of tslbs Pace of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters) ~...'.a. B'. COAL MARKET. Ships arrived since last marset day, 55 . d. ~, ‘ l. Holywell Main l7 0 Wails End M0rri50n1......... :7 6 Old Tanfield ......... ....., l3 ( Walls End Russell's rletton to it Ord i s Redheugh ~ )5 0 Walls End Stewart's ..- ..... ‘2 , ! 3 1 anfleld Moor IS . Walls End Caradoc 2O 0 WeSt Wylam Wylam Walls 11 d rewicee and C IS 0 Walls End Richardsatt's'feesls 9 WE. BraddylPsHattott Walls End Hetton `..4.1 0 Hartley Walls End Larnhton (From the London New Price Current of June 17.) SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation Sugar still wears a healthy appearance; the trade have been compelled its pay an advance on last Friday's rates of Yid to Is per cwt. Ja maica low dry brown at 60s 6d, mist yellow 62s to 64 , 5, Roost Mid 64s 6d, good to fine 65s to 695, St. Lucia tine brown 61s, mid s pd good mid yellow 62s to 645, Montserrat low mid yellow mixed with some brown samples 6ls 6d, mid and good mid yellow 62s to 645, Nevis strong mid grey 62s 6,1 per cot ; at auction 150 hhds Barbadoes went briskly—tine yellow at 68s to 6&s 6d, good 66s to 67s 6d, mid 63s 6d to 65s 6d, and low 6256 d per cwt. The small and indifferent show of B. I'. Sugar tended to operate against business to-day. The market closed firmly, and the lowest point for dry brown West India is 61..4 per co t. REFINED.--The demand has been extensive for all descrip tions of refined goods this week for home consumption, and prices have further advanced Is per cwt. To-day the house trade purchased freely, paying 83s 6d for standard, and 82s to 83s for brown grocery lumps, and at the close of business few goods were left unsold. AlAusirrws.—lmporters have been firm, and the trade have been free purchasers of all descriptions this week ; the advanced sates previously established have been fully sustained. This afternoon there etas no public sale, and none is de. dared ; privately several parcels were disposed of at an advance of 6d per cwt ; low to mid yellow fetched 61s to 645, good to Sine 65s to 695, and brown low to mid at 57s to 60s per cwt ; and yellow sorts were the most in request, and of which the suppiy is not sufficient for the wants of the trade. LAST INDlA.—White Bengal Sugar has been much inquired for this wtek, and the supply being small, buyers have beets compelled to pay an advance of Is to 2s per VA t. This eftvr noon there was no public sale of Bengal; privately many inqui ries existed, and stiffer rates were paid ; common to good white retched 66s to 695; fine is extremely scarce; brown sorts fetched 48s to 58s, according to quality. FOREIGN.—The demand continues to increase for white -. . .. .. Pei Quarts! Havannah, and holders generally havo more confidence; prices have advanced tid to Is per cwt. To-day some purchases were made in Ilavannah at full rates. and holders were firm since this day week : 13,213 boxes Havannah have been received, but the stock is still very deficient of all sorts of Foreign, when compared with former years. MOLASSES.—FuII rates are required for West India Mo lasses, but the demand has been limited this week. Antigtl4 of fine quality 30s per cwt. Foreign Molasses at 6s 6d to is per cwt. West India Tamarinds at 40s per cwt. Cocoa.-13. I'. has secured a fair sale, and holders are firmer ; Trinidad 3.5 s to 39s for mid to good red, and fine 42s per cwt. Para at 33s to 345, and Guayaquil 35s to 36s per cwt. COFIEE.—The Coffee duties are .at length finally settled, viz., at 4d per lit for Coffee the produce of all British Planta. tions, and at Sd for all kinds of Foreign ; Cape Coffee is also to pay a duty of &l pet lb, a majority in the House of Commons teiusing to give holders of this description any relief on their stocks. This afternoon the demand was limited for all kinds of Coffee for home consumption, and shippers operated with much caution, having declined for 9d. sorts, but other kinds brought steady rates, a large quantity being pressed for sale; 1,842 bags Ceylon, 50 casks West India, 2,395 hags Dutch Com pany's Java, 5,402 bales, 41 cases, 91 bags Mocha, 438 bags Coffer imported from Singapore, and 140 bags Brazil direct, were offered at auction. Ceylon ord partly sold at 75 for good ord, 77s 6d to 79s for fine, and 30s for triage, being former rates. Java chiefly found buyers, but rather below the previous currency ; fine ord yellow went at 49s to 545, and good ord pale 45s 6d to 475. On Mocha, however, the decline amounted to 5s per cwt, but nearly the whole sold, viz., tine mid yellow at 1153. to 120 s 6d, fine ord 80s to 81s 6d, geoa ord 75s Co 76s 6d, and ord 60s to 70. Jamaica mid fetched 1 12s to 123 s (id, and low mid 103 s. Manilla fine ord taken at 48s per cwt. The stock of West India Coffee is 320 casks and 655 brls and ba;s less than last year at this time, but of Mocha is 5,336 bales, and of Ceylon 7,242 bags larger. Of other East India and Cale sorts the stock is 37,092 bags less than in 1841 at this time. TEA.—The demand for Tea continues on the increase. Rler chants have manifested firmness, and obtained a further advance of id to Id per lb; indeed the quantity of Tea on the market has not been adequate for the wants of the trade, who are get ting bare of stock. Congou common and low common sound at Is 7d to Is 7d, good common Is 8d to Is Bd, but mid and mid blackish leaf rather strong Is Bid to Is 91d, good strong blackish leaf is 9 1 cIto is 101 d, fine and Pekoe descriptions Is lld to tts 4d per lb. 'I he demand however has been chiefly for good common sorts, the lowest rate for which is now Is 8d per lb. Common Twankay has fetched Is 64d to Is 7d, good common Is 71d to Is Bd, and fine is Bid to Is 9id per lb. Dyson com mon 2s to 2s Id. Company's Congou have been selling at I, eld per lb cash. The stock of this kind is reduced to 9,203 packages. To-day several purchases were wade in Tea, and buyers were compelled to pay stiffer rates; common sound Congou, cash, fetched Is 8d to Is Bid, good common Is 81d t 4 Is B:!.id ; Twankay common and goed common Is 7d to Is Bid ; and Company's Congou Is Bid, cash. The Tea market closed with a firm aspect. The supply of Tea at market is scanty. 'i lie advance on 'lea since the last public sale is 2d per lb. HUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—For Leeward Island Rum this week prices have been sustained ; this morning holders asked stiffer rates ; proof Leewards at 2s 2d for com mon. and 2s 2d to 2s 3d for good quality. Jamaica at firm rates ; good quality 32 per cent over proof, 5s ; and tine 34 to 36 over, 5s 4d to 5s 6d per gallon. East India Rum has met with more attention; Calcutta proof at the high duty at Is Gd to Is 61d, and with certificate is 8(1 to Is lld per gallon. Brandy is in an active state ; Cognac first brands of the vintage of 1837, hhds 5s 2d, puns 5s ; 1838, hhds bs, puns 4s /Od ; 1839, hhds 4s sd, puns 4s :3d ; 1840. hhds 3s 10d, puns 3s &1; 1841, hhds 3s 9d. puns 3s 7d per gallon. Geneva common at Is lld to 2s. British Corn Spirits at 10s, cash. SPICES.—This afternoon 1,003 pkgs Cassia Lignea. 300 bags Pimento, 20 bags Cloves, and 1,129 bags East India Ginger were offered at auction ; Cassia Lignea was all disposed of with spirit, and at an advance on the rates of the last auc tion of 5s to 8s per cwt—good mid 945, mid quality 90s 6d to 91s, low mid 87s to 89:, good ord 77s to 7bs, ord ids, mouldy 72s to 755, broken ends 72s 6(1 to 7.55, loose and broken 64s to 65s Gd; Ginger went rather lower—mid Bengal 11s to 12s; Cloves taken in at Is 2d for ord; Pimento went easier, mid dark at 2?,-(1 to 2Zd, ord `4(l per lb. INnico.—From the shippers there has been more inquiry for East India this week, and they have taken some parcels cf Bengal at 4s 6d to 5s per lb. Spanish has brought full prices. BICE.—The market for Bengal Rice has presented a more lively appearance this week, low white at 9s ad to 9s 6d, mid. dling lOs. to 10s. 3d, good middling 13s 6d, good and tine lOs 9d to I Is, cargo 7s Gd to 8s Gd per cwt, 108 for middling white, and 9s to 9s 6d for mixed and broken. Java at 8s 93 to lOs 6d for common to good white, and yellow 7s 6d to 8s Gd per cwt. Carolina at 265, 28s and 30s per cwt. Patna 14s to 19s per cwt.. Orr.s.— The market for common Fish Oils looks healthy ; stiffer rates have been paid for Southern—common has realised 50/ lOs to 31/, middling 311 lOs to 3°/, good and fine 32/10s to 331 10i ; Cod has fetched 311 10s to 32/; Pale Seal 381, brown 311 to 31! 10s, yellow and straw colour 321 to 364 new vale Seal Oil for arrival 34/ per tun ; Sperm at 771 to 791 for tine British ; Linseed Oil at 32s to 32s 3d per cwt. Rape Oil, pale at 46s 3d to 46s 6d, and brown 459 9tl to 46e per ewt. Cocoa Nut Oil at 40s to 40s 6d for the first sort. palm at 32/ to 321 lOs for fine, and 301 to 311 lOs for ord and middliniz. Olive Oil at 591 to 60/ for Gallipoli, 54/ to 551 for Spanish, and 52/ to 531 fur Barbary. Southern Whalebone 1331 to 1391 per ton paid. TALLOW.—Holders of Russian Tallow have succeeded in keeping up prices this %,eek. Petersburgh Yellow Candle on the spot at 48s to 48s 3d per cwt ; for delivery inthe last three months 49s to 49s 3d per cwt ; South American of common arid middling descriptions at 42s to 44s 6d, good and fine kinds at 453 to 473 63 rer cot. Town 'fallow at 45s 641 to 48s, 1 nett cash. To-day P. Y. Candle moved off slowly, and 48s un the spot is the current rate. For auction on Friday 216 casks South America are declared. Rear-Admiral Griffitli,6 dittj at his Villa, at Barnes °lnman on TutAlai', in his 73;1 THE QUEEN DOWAGER. PORTSMOUTII, WEDNESDAY EVENINC.—A few minutes after four o'clock this afternoon the Volcano steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander C. .1. Featherstone, came into the harbour with the Royal Standard flying, having on board her Majesty th e Q ueen D owager , t h e i r Serene Highnesses the Duke and Duchess, a n d th e he r editary Prince of Saxe Meiningen, the Earl of Denbigh, Earl Howe, and several other members of the Royal suite. As the steamer proceeded up the barb:Air, the yards of the St. Vincent and Victory were manned, anti they each fired a Royal salute. The Port Admiral, 'ir Edward Codrington, and the Admiral Superintendent, the Hon. D. P. Bouverie, and the Commander-in-Chief k 1 the district, Major-General Sir Hercules Pakenham, immediately went en board the Volcano to pay their respects to her A'ajesty, and to reeeiye her commands. In the expectation that her 'Majesty would land, a guard of honour was drawn up at the King's stairs, where a great number of persons bad congregated to met t her liajesty upoa landing. Her Majesty, however, instead of landing, proceeded on hoard the St. Vincent, accompanied by the Duke and. Duchess and the Prince of Saxe Meiningen, Earl Howe, and others of the Royal suite, and by Adinual4 Sir E. Codringtoe rnd Bouverie, and by General Sir 11. Pakenham. After going over and inspecting every part of this splendid ship, the Royal party neat went on board the Victory, the vessel in which the gallant Nelson fought his last action, and received his death wound. As her Majesty was a consic:erable time on board these two ships, it was too late for her to land, and she therefore west on board the Volcano, in which she was conveyed to Ride, where, at the Pier Hotel, dinner had been ordered for the Royal party, and where her Majesty remained for the night. SOUTHASIPToN, WEDNESDAY Eva NlNG.—lirr Majeety the Quern Dowager arrived by railway at one o'clock to-day, and proceeded, attended by Lord Howe and her Soils, to the Royal Pier, for embarkation on board the Volcano. While her Majesty was standing sin the Pier, Captain Lewis, Commander of the Braganca Peninsula Company's steam-ship, resolved upon complimenting her Majesty with a Royal Salute trom the Bragauza. Her Majesty seemed flattered with the attention paid her, but her pleasure was sadly damped by a distressing accident that occurred to G. Ilex, the gunner of the Braganca, who, at the second or third gun, was in the act of ramming -home the cartridge, when, from the gun not being thoroughly sponged out previous to putting, in the cartridge, the charge ignited, and shattered the poor fellow's right arm in a dreadffil manner, the bone being splintered into more than twerey pieces, the jaw being shattered also, and several of the teeth broken, tier Majesty evinced the greatest possible affliction at the dis tressing event, and desired that the best surgical assistance should be instantly obtained, and that her Alajetty should be made acquainted with the result, The patient was immedi ately conveyed to the residence of Mr. J. Wiblin, Boyle street, who happened fortunately to be present, and under his skilful attention the arm was set in such a position as to render it possible that the limb might be saved, but at seven o'clock this evening, when Captain Lewis visited him, great apprehensions were entertained, we regret to say, t, at in the course el the night the limb will require to be amputated. '1 he poor feilow has a wife and family. Her Majesty felt the pier at two o'clock tor Ryde. lirDE, THURSDAY AFTENNOON.—This morning her Ma jesty, accompanied by the Duke and Duchess and the Prince of Saxe Meiningen, &e , embarked on board the Volcano, and proceeded for a trip to the back of the island, going out by the eastern passage. It is thought she will go round the is.and, and return by the 'Needles passage. A public meeting ul the inhabitants of Ryde was held tc-day at the Town-hall, which was must numerously attended, and at which it was unanimously agreed to present a loyal address to her Majesty, wilieh will bo presented to her Majesty either this evening, upon her return from her trip, sir to-morrow morning. it is understood that her Majesty will return to. morrow. Several residences are spoken of in the 'island as having been selected by lier 3lajesty for her occupation, among other, Version Castle has been named ; but at present thin is mere conjecture, as nothing in this respect has yet been decided upon. filer Majesty, up to this hour (five o'clock), has not yet returned, but is momentarily expected. It is understood that she would land for a short time at Veatner. Her Ma jesty and the Duke and Duchess and the Prince of Saxe Meirlingen have expressed themselves much gratified at their visit to the Sr. Vincent end Victory. LADIES' DRESSES. The following are some of the dresses wore ;;;. her Majesty's Drawing-room on Thoisday:-- HER MAJESTY, A white net dress over white satin, elegantly trimmed with silver blonde and blue flowers, the body and s'eeves splendidly ornan.eated with dia:Londs and silver bior,de ; train of white Irish pophin richly btocsdcd in blue and silver, trirom..d with silver blonde and flowers, and lined with white satin. Head- dress, feathers, diamonds, and lappets. 11. H.H. THE Dt. CHESS OF KENT. Court tire Fs, ro;opt:sed of a train of rub white and gold brocaded satin (spitalfields' manufacture), trimmed with blonde, and white and gold ribbon ; body and sleeves of the same, ornamented with blonde and bouquets or diamonds ; dress of .rich white satin, with a blonde tubber striped in gold, arid bouquets of mixed velvet leaves end iiiamonds. Head-dress of velvet leaves asd diamonds, with a plows of leather:, Duerr s:ss or BEA VFORT.— Coitume de Cour, comprised of a train of vert de p,mme crape .iver rich green silk, it - tanned a la Duchesse, with rich chef d'Espagne, body and sleevs i of the same, vvith herthe and tritnming for the sletrve, in handsome silver lace; skirt, a la Duchesse, in white tulle, looped up vs itla flowers on each sine, over rich silk slip. Ilead.dress, magni ficent diamonds and feathers, lappets of superb silver lace. VISCoIMTESS GA LwAr.—White arid gold dress, violet satin train (Spitalfields' manufacture). Bead-drew, leathers and diamonds. COUNTESS BELMORE._Court dress, composed of a rich white satin dross, elegantly trimmed with blontle and ribb n ; train and body of rich white moire, brocaded, in blue ; hotly and sleeves richly ornamented n ith blonde and diamonds. }lead dress, plume of feathers, blonde lappets, and dianitmds. MESSRS. WIGNEI"S BANK RUPTCY. BRIGHTON, JUNE lti.—PurAlan( to adjournment from yes terdav, tho Commissioners under this fiat (Mes-rs. Merrifield. \V. icttrte, and C. Cooper), met. this afternoon at one o'clock. and delivered their derision as to the rasing of tire bankrupts. rreviously to doing this, the bankrupts were desired, in the usual manner, to empty their pockets; upon which Mr. J. N. Wigney stated that his pockets were empty, and Mr. Clement Wigrey placed 3s. upon the table. lhe watches of the bank rupts and their wives had been presiously given up. Mr. AIEnutFIELD (the senior Commissioner) then cbserv r el, that the usual course on such occasions as the present ass to return the watches to the bankrupts, unless that course were objected to by the creditors. Mr. Hallett (euu of the assignees) tbeteupou stat e, that the as,ignees saw nothing ;n the conduct of Mr. or Mrs. Cle ment Wigney to justify them in witbinildina their watches; and the creditors assenting, the watches and the 3s. were re turned to I .llr. C. Wignev. With regard to thi., other bankrupt (Mr. I. N. Wiguey), Mr. Haiku stated that the assignees did not recommend that his watch be returned. One of the creditors, Ward Capps, coach-proprietor, expressed an objection to the return of the watches to 31r. 1. Wigney, whereupon The COMMISSIONERS stated that they must be retained by the assignees for the ber.efit of the creditors. 1 1 .1 r. MERRIFIELD then delivered art elaborate decision of the Commissioners, to the effect that in their opinion the bankrupts had complied with the Bankrupt Law to the utmost of their power, and the assignees not pessing :or a postpone ment of the final examination, the Commissioners decided that they did not feel justified in refusing to allow them to pass. The bankrupts accordingly passed their final examination. The assignees are understood to have instituted a suit in equity against the executors of the late lir. W. Wigney, father of the bankrupts, to recover the amount. of the liabilities of the batik at. the time of his death, and which his executors failed to discharge, paying the whole of his property to legatees, and leaving the bank debts to be liquidated by the money of subse quent depositors. Upon the success of this suit will depend whether the amount of the dividend will be about 10s. in the pound, or, as was expressed by Air. James in the yesterday's examination, a mockery of a dividend. PUBLIC SALES. By :‘le,srs. DANIEL SMITH and SON, at the Mart. The freehold estate of Bereley, in the parish of East Alcon, near he village and church, between Dioxford and Peterstield, comprising a mansion of a hanthome modern elevation, with a panel colonnade on the south front, standing OR a tine emi nence, overlooking a picturesque country, with walled garden, good stabling, anti other appendages, placed nearly in tt►e cen tre cf the property, which comprises, in a ring -fence, about 4tk acres, disposed in ornamental lawns, encircling this re sidence, and two capital stock farms, consisting of arable, pas ture, and water-meadow, interspersed with plantations, farm liou,e, keeper's cottage, and excellent agricultural buildings of all kinds-13,700!. . . A v aluable *state, c6mptising Hubbard's and Newhouse Farms, in the parish of Hillingdon, containing about 163 acres, in a eomplete•eirig-fence, and tyre, parcels of meadow land, in the parishes of Hillingdon and her, near Uxbridge, part equal in value to freehold, being cops hold of inheritance, at a small fixed fine, and the remainder leafehold for three good lives, under the Bishop of London, with two of the lives in sured-8,500/. A cepyhuld meadow, about a quarter of a mile north-west. Nand from the preceding lot ; it is known asWheole's Meadow, and containe 7a. 20p. —420/. By Mr. HENRY BROWN. A family residence, situate on the west side of North Brix ton, the third house south from St. Michael's Church, let at 60/. per annum ; a lease will be granted direct from the free holder for a term of 85 years from Midsummer, 1'640, at. a ground-rent of 101. as per annum-530/. A ditto, being the fourth house south from the church—MO!. A residence, situate No. 7, Park -_resent, North Brixton, in the rear of the preceding lots, let at 421. per annum ; a leas• will be granted for a term of 51 years from Lady-day, 184 i, at a ground-rent of 6/.. 1 I s. per annum-3601. A ditto, No. 8. ditto-3701. A ditto, No. 9-36(7 A ditto, No. 10-360/. A ditto, No. 11-360/. A -ditto, No. THE EAUTHQUAKE IN ST. DOMINGO. FURTHER PARTICULARS. (From the New Fork Journal qf Commerce of May 30.) On comparing the accounts recently received from Hayti of the shocks of an earthquake felt there, with the accounts of one in Louisiana, we find many marks characteristic of a eau. nexion between the two. Both occurred on the same day, tke ith instant. The latter took place at three o'clock, and lasted hotllree pdr‘i)nc(•i7al4"o' one two or three seconds, giving cause, during this short period, to that commotion which caused the waters of the lake, at ()It t . a ti b lf o a n i t r : e, l s e ,et a m a ir n . s mee t t re t e t ‘ a o r o u g a e l h r f t Catahoulu, to rise, during the space of two minutes more than six feet. Accounts of the fornte r state, that although shocks a i w: e fu n l.. wore txspiievreieonc.celdocaktoijottieervioa,losrodiunigin)gyettlitehae.t early v. to 'ait in t f l ( r t r e i a ' lolaciiiceoururgroelii t a i it a ih t tei l i t et a ii l ai f , - .: p er a e s ni t ene ti o , z r7 o ,i.s e oi l a o nh e ao k )u p ,m .t a i an i. nd ( d t i l: three minutes, during which tune its effect, ne‘ •o s tin o e f x s io ii n nila be r tl i T l ee e_ n perhaps to prevent our inferring that these shock e e enough 1 a l e t a lC ' w n. t ti , c e al t ,4e . t there l‘iea meanwhile nomena have occurred at some of the other West India Islands, or in South America, at th e (from the Boston cn o'er .sante date. of Jun e 1.) Captain York, of the sc h ooner 1 ndeper : d ence , at Now York, states that on the ith th e shock ked . of an earthquak e w a s felt a t Ponce. The hou ses roc he and so grea t was th e mot i on o f tire earth, that cas k s of " ing sad h avoc . The 'gand molasses rolled akout, inak the street s , i nvo ki no tiu inhabitants, in great terror, rushed into st ruet ion. The i ,v ir patron saints to, save then from tie s loe,: wcs felt at three p_ m., and lasted about three minutes. INDIA AND on the tßit MAIL.—The extra mail from Calcutt a was to l eave C a l cu tt a b y th e I n di a s t eamer h of April, and may be now daily expected, having been out 47 days. The last mail sent. by this route left Cal cutta on the 10th of January, audrearhed this country on the 27th of February, making 46 days, including some lost. of time at the coaling stations. The dates from Calcutta will be about eight days later than by the last Oberland Mail, and may probably bring some news from that city, and iron] China. From Bombay or Atrghanistaa, however, no later accuunts caa bp-exprcted.