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IMP. 10. A.-1 TAAL - lAMtN T. - HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 11. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'Clock. GUARANTEE SOCIETY BILL. Mr. GREENE brought up the Report on the Guaran tee Society Bill. SOUTH METROPOLITAN -GAS BILL. Mr. GREENE brought up the Report on the South Metropolitan Gas Bill. SUDBUB,Y IMPROVEMENT BILL• Mr. GRIMSDITCH presented a petition from certain ithabitants of Sudbury against the Sudbury Improve ruent Bill, and the petitioners prayed to be heard by Counsel against the Bill. ' Ordered to be referred to the Committee on the Bill. ABOLITION OF TITHES. An lION. MEMBER presented a petition from Wilt shire, praying for the abolition of tithes. Sir J. HAN MER presented a petition from Kin4ston upon-Hull, praying: that the proposed alteration in the timber duties might not be postponed until 10th October. Sir J. EASTHOPE presented a petition from the cotfee-house keepers of the metropolis, praying for a re moval of the prohibition on the importation of foreign sugar. DISFRANCHISEMENT OF BRIGHTON. Mr. ROEBUCK said he had to present a petition of si very novel character. It was from certain of the in habitants of Brighton, and the petitioners prayed that they might be deprived of the privilege of send ing Members to Parliament. They stated, that in consequence of the possession of that privilege, their town had for the last month been one continued scene of drunkenness, and that vice and immorality had been much encouraged in consequence. They appealed to the police returns in confirmation of the truth of that statement, and requested the House to ask the opinion of both their Members tat the subject. THE FRANCHISE AND THE INCOME-TAX. The HoN. and LEARNED GENTLEMAN also presented a petition from an individual praying that all persons contributing to the Income-tax should be entitled to the franchise. DROGHEDA HARBOUR BILL. The Report on the Drogheda harbour Bill was brought up. TIMER DUTIES. Sir H. DOUGLAS presented a petition from New Brunswick against the proposed alteration in the timber duties. TURNPIKE TRUST BILL. Mr. BECKET DMNISON presented a petition from Lancaster against the Turnpike Trust Bill. Mr. PACKINGTON presented a petition to the same effect from Droitwich. Lord SANDON -presented a petition from the Cham ber of Commerce in. the City of St. John's, New Bruns wick, against any alteration in the timber duties ; also a petition from a place in Yorkshire, praying the House to pass a law to limit the hours of labour in factories to ten hours a-day for five days in the week, and eight on the Saturday. Mr. J. YOUNG presented a petition praying for an alteration in the law of marriage in Ireland. Sir J. HAN/JURY presented a petition from New Brunswick, apinst any alteration in the timber duties. "NATIONAL EDUCATION-IRELAND, Captain JONES presented a petition from London derry against the system of National Education in Ire land, and in. favour of the Church Education system. INCOME-TAX. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition, signed by the Chairman on behalf of the delegates of the following trades, ass embledatthe Old Bailey—Masons, basket-mak ers, shoes nakers, silversmiths, carpenters, paper-stainers, and smitJ la,' in which they stated that they saw with regret the imposition of additional taxation, instead of reducing the taxes on the people ; that the new taxes would have the effect of giving employment to foreigners, and would ultimately be paid by the working classes ; and praying the House not to pass the Income-tax. DEPORTATION OF LABOURERS INTO THE WEST INDIES. Mr. T. DUNCOM.BE presented a petition signed by numerous manufacturers and merchants, assembled in pOblic meeting at the King's Arms, Philip-lane London, against the importation of foreign labourers' into the West India Colonies. Mr. M. PHILIPS; presented a petition from the Law Association of Manchester, praying that the duty on solicitors' certificates should be repealed. METROPOLITAN BRIDGES. Mr. HUME presented a petition, which he con sidered of great importance, and he had hoped to have presented it in the presence of some of her Ma jesty's Ministers. It would be recollected that on the 29th June, 1815, that House passed a resolution for the purpose of erecting a monument to commemorate the splendid victory of Waterloo. On the day following Lord Castlereagh said he had given directions for the accomplishment of the wishes of the House. These directions were never carried out. In the followingyear, 1316, a Bill was passed for the purpose of changing the name of the bridge called Waterloo-bridge, which was 'then called the Strand-bridge. This was all that was done with respect to the recommendation of the House of Commons. The petitioner's prayed that the bridge might be opened to the public, thus making it 'A worthy monument of the victory of Waterloo. The pe titioners also prayed that the other bridges, Vauxhall and Southwark, might be also opened to the public. lie (Mr. Mune) thought. it was a subject well worthy of the attention of her Majesty's Ministers. NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYNE ELECTION. Sir JOHN YARI)E BULLER, on the part of the Select Committee appointed to try anal determine the merits of the petition complaining of the undue election of J. Q. Harris, Esq., had to report that the Committed had determined that John Quincey Harris, Esq. was not duly elected to serve in the present Parliament, and that the last election, so far as John Quincey Harris, Esq., was concerned, was a void election. He had further to inform the House, that ,the Committee had come to the following resolution :—That John Quincey Harris, Esq., was, by his agents, guilty of bribery at the last election for the borough of Newcastle-under- Lyne. The lion. Baronet then read the names of the various persons proved to have received sums of money ; sunongst them were Pollington 51., Harrison 3/.; &c. From the evidence adduced before the Committee, it appeared that these acts of bribery had been committed without the knowledge of John Quincey Harris, Esq. It appeared that for several years past bad practices had existed at the elections for Newcastle-under-Lyne, by giving electors what was called trial and market money. SLAVE TRADE. Captain PECHELL postponed the return he had ninved for, respecting vessels engaged in the Slave Trade, till the 2d of June. PRINTING AND STATIONERY. lIUME moved for the accounts of the expense of the public printing and stationery, which, in the whole, he stated amounted to 200,0001. yearly. An Hum. MEMBER obtained a return of the contract prices for supplying provisions to the navy from 1835 to 1841. _ GRAND JURY OF DONEGAL. Lord CLEMENTS said, seeing the Noble Lord the Secretary for Ireland in his place, he begged to ask him a question with respect to the Secretary of the Grand Jury of the county of Donegal. That individual, had in September last, been found guilty of forgery before her Majesty's Court of Exchequer. The case had been' brought under the notice of her Majesty's Attorney- General for Ireland,• and he wished to know whether The Government intended to prosecute the individual for the offence. Lord ELIOT replied, in a tone which made the answer very difficult to be understood; but, us far as we could learn, his reply was in effect that he had written to the Attorney-General of Ireland upon the subject, .and the opinion of that officer was that any attempt to convict would fail. Lord CLEMENTS was aware that the Noble Lord was waious to do his best in this matter, but he was not quite so sure respecting the other authorities in Ire land. The present was really an extraordinary case.— (Cries of " Order ' order.") 'The question he wished to . task the Noble Lord was with respect to the decision of the Chief Remembrances, whether he would have any objection to lay before the House the Report of the Grand Jury of the County of Donegal on the subject. Lord ELIOT, as we understood, said it was impossible, under the existing circumstances of the case, to furnish those papers. . Lord CLEMENTS then desired to know from the N - oble Lord, whether the Secretary to the Grand Jury of the county .of Donegal had been dismissed, or if it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to do anything towards his dismissal. Mr. SHAW said that the Government had no power to interfere, as the Secretary was not their officer. There could have been no conviction, as the individual referred t, had never been ttied for forgery. • THE NATIONAL PETITION. Mr. T. DUN COD IBE said that when he had had the honour of bring : l' l ,g - under the consideration of the. House the:Nationa; I Petition, an Lion. and Learned Gen-. tleman (Mr. Roebuck) had stated to the house that that petition had beent, drawn up by a cowardly and malig-. narit demagogue--I(Cries of " Order, order")—and that he Would name that individual were not the rep tile beneath his co ntempt. Now he (Mr. Duncombe) wished to ask the II on. and Learned Gentlemen whether he had ascertained the real authors of that petition, and if liehad, whether h a intended those terms to apply to those individuals ? The SPEAKER. :said that he thought the question which was put by th a Hop. Member was most irregular. Mr. T. DUNCOIII3E wished to observe, in explana tion of the cote. to he had taken, that, very offensive tf:tans had been u sed against parties who were not pre sent to defend the mselvesl, and the statements made, by which many chart - , eters were maligned, had gone forth to the puhltc.--(Cl:ie. - 4 of " Order.") The SPEAKEIi: again interfered, and stated that the lion. Gentleman was o zt of order. BRIBERY . AT ELECTIONS- Lord JOHN RUSSELL raid that it certainly ap peared tf.i . him desirable, for tile regularity of their pro ceedings, that such question s s iNcitild not be allowed to be. put ; ,and he was happy to find the. Speaker had inter fered on that occasion. lie wi, tied to ask a question himself of the Hou. and Learned Gentleman the Mem ber for Bath, which would be in 7rder. The Hon. and Learned Member had a notice on the papc.r for to-night for naming the Members on the Select Com-' inittee to inquire intu certain Plection proceedings. The inquiry was a most important one. Upon that in-. quiry the Honourable and Learned: Gentleman proposed to i'ound a Bill. of Indemnity . for the protection of witnesses, which would requiro the sanction of the other House of Parliament. The at lbject was therefore' one of great importance. . The question which he wished to put to the Honours Me and Learned Gentleman .ytr& this, whether. h a meant t o b r i ng on his tgetiOn, appointing the. Commitee, at an early ItotO that evening ? It was . t manifestly desirable that the,subject should be brought, ..under the notice of ;NM. .• • " the House at a time when there would be a. lull attend- he should state that he beieved it necessary rend should have that relief found for him at his own ante of Members, and when it would be deliberately ;to reappoint this Commission. He would, with the per- i house, and the guardians were' subjected to a penalty of considered. • mission of the House, state, in a few words, the o p inion I 51. it they did not provide relief. The Right Ho _ .. Mr: ROEBUCK said that he was most anxious to given by the Duke of Wellington in the House of I nourab le Baronet then read the clause to this of _ . . -9(1 of the administra- I feet. and which provided that employment should consult the wishes of the House on the subject of the Lords. He said he disapprove , motion. The appointment of the Committee would ne- tion which did not differ under circumstances. cessarily be a difficult and an invidious task ; and he There were twelve hundred parishes in the country, all would bring the matter before the House in any way differing in their character. It was impossible for Par they might think desirable. Perhaps the Noble Lord lament to frame any law that could apply to those which would himself state the time at- which he wished the were so various in their character, and hence it had motion should be submitted to the House. became absolutely necessary that such an appointment Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that he thought it would as a Central Board should be made, with the power to he convenient that the Right Hon. Baronet opposite control the whole parishes in the land, and to should state the time wheat he thought the House could adopt such remedies as would secure the same properly entertain the question. administration of the power throughout the country. Sir R. PEEL said that he had already stated that it He contended that the Commission was appointed, and was his intention to move on Friday the adjournment was still necessary, for two objects—that it should secure of the House until the Friday following. The Hon. and diversity of operation where the circumstances were diffe- Learned Gentleman, the Member for Bath, would rent, and that it should prevent diversity of operation where thus be limited either to this day, the day after, the circumstances were not different. Further he would say, or to Friday in bringing forward his motion. For his that some such body was indispensably necessary, unless part, he had no objection - that any day should be selected they then could show that, for all the various circumstances by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman which would meet of this great community, one universal scheme of relief the wishes of the House. The Right Hon. Baronet, after for the poor could be made applicable by the Legislature. a short pause, said that he had given the Hon. and The principle of local administration was in conformity Learned Member for Bath precedence on Friday. with the principle defined by law. One portion of the body Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said, that when the Commit- was composed 'of persons chosen by the rate-payers ; tee was moved for, he should propose the following the other of Magistrates appointed by the Crown, runendment:—That each - Member should subscribe the and controlled by a central authority, emanating following declarations:4 do solemnly declare that I from the Crown itself. That was the original have never been guilty, by myself or my agents, scheme and plan of the enactment, and he saw of any . acts of bribery or corruption, for the purpose of nothing in the subsequent working of the mea procuring et seat in Parliament—that I have never paid, sure which led him to doubt of the wisdom, policy, or promised to pay, any sum of money, beyond the legal and necessity of the principle of that enactment. On the expenses of my last or previous election—(Laughter)— contrary, experience had demonstrated that the mea and that I have never been privy to, or assisted in, any sure was necessary ; and, believing it to be so, corrupt practices for the purpose of returning any Mem- he most strenuously proposed to Parliament the continu ber to the House of Commons.—(Hear, and laughter.) ante of the Commission for the time he had mentioned. Sir R. PEEL said that when he made the proposition They would allow him to ask, if they did away with this that the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath should Commission, what were their intentions with respect have precedence on Friday, he did not anticipate any to controlling the administration of relief ? If they went discussion that would postpone the consideration of the back to the old system: they would find - a local board. tariff., He was clearly of opinion that it was of great im- In the whole history of the - Poor-law they would not portance that the Committee should be so constituted as find the local administration uncontrolled by authority. to command general confidence. In his whole Parlia- From the time of Queen Elizabeth, down to the Act by mentary career he never recollected an instance Which the great change had been introduced, the when it was of more importance than at the pre- local Magistracy controlled the administration of re sent moment that such a course should be adopted. lief. If they went back to the old system, they He hoped that some arrangement would be made, and it must necessarily change the boards of guardians. was with that hope he gave up Friday next. But the Those were now partiy composed of rate-payers and amendment of the Hon. Member opened a new field of partly of Magistrates, who were, ex officio, members of discussion, and he would be likely to lose a whole day in the Board. If they restored them to their control they reference to public business.—(Hear, hear.) must change the form of the Boards of Guardians, Mr. DUNCOMBE said he only wished dial those who and they would thus go back step by step until they had were to try the facts should go into the Court with clean returned to the system which the Act of 1834 had de hands.—(Hear, hear.) Whenever the Committee was Glared to be intolerable. - He had now stated enough moved for, he would move his amendment.--(Cries of to show the grounds to upon which Commo thioought " Yon cannot.") Lit necessary to adhere the Central ssn, Mr. ROEBUCK said that if it were the desire of the He had already stated the opinion of Lord Brougham House, lie would go on now.—(Cries of "Go on, go on.") with regard to the existence of the Commission, and he Then, if the House were determined that he should go shoold now state that Noble Lord's opinion with respect on, it must understand that the responsibility of any to the character of the persons of whom it ought invidious discussion was not to rest on his shoulders. to be composed. He said, " However widely I Mr. S. WORTLEY (amidst cries of " Order, order,") may differ from an individual on party subjects, yet if said that it would lead to a very serious discussion if the individual be a man of firm mind, of extensive the Hon. and Learned Gentleman were to go on now, experience as to the working of the Poor-law, and would interfere with a very important measure, the if he be a man whom I can trust for his temper, one of intention with regard to which it was desirable the the prime requisites in such a work, that man I shall public should be acquainted with. • choose before any of those with whom I agree in politics." Lord J. RUSSELL said that unless there was a That was the rule laid down by Lord Brougham. general consent of the House he did not think the sub- And‘what had been the practice of Lord Grey's Go iect ought to be discussed on a different day..from that on vernment ? Why, they had selected parties which it wah fixed to be brought on, and unless there to carry out the law from among their po was some reason to the contrary he 'thought that it lineal opponents.—(Hear.) They had selected Mr. should be deferred till to-morrow or Friday. Frankland Lewis, whom they had placed at the Mr. ROEBUCK was understood to say that Friday head of the Commission, and who was opposed to would be the best day. them in politics. Again what was the course pur- Mr. MACKINNON hoped that the discussion would sued by the present Government ? Since they had bo postponed till Friday, for their arrangement as to the acceded to office, did they make their • selections names of the Committee. solely from among their own supporters ? They did Sir R. PEEL said, that there might be no delay in ap- not ; but they had adhered strictly to the rule laid pointing the Committee, he should waive his right to down at the first formation of the Commis precedence on Friday. sion ; they had exercised their honest judgments POOR-LAWS. with respect to the appointment of those Sir J. GRAHAM rose to move for leave to bring i n gentlemen whom they thought, upon the whole, the Poor-law Continuance Bill. He said, since the to possess most of the requisites that were commencement of the session, the attention of desirable ; they had exercised the patronage of the House had been directed to various sub- the Crown, in conformity with those principles jects, involving the interests of large classes which had been: laid down by their predecessors. They of, the community, and in expressing opinions had already made an appointment which he believed the on those topics much animosity and angry feeling House would consider unexceptionable.—(Hear, hear, had been excited. But with respect to the hear.) He had thus endeavoured to show , important subject which it was now his duty first, the necesssity of a Commission ; he had to' bring under the consideration of the H o use, uext slightly touched on its composition ; and he certainly though it involved the interests of a very numerous class did think that the Commission, as at present of society, yet it was the class of the poor and needy, composed—composed of two gentlemen differ and destitute, and no angry passions need be excited in ing in opinion—was so formed as to command the discussion to which he then invited them. On the con- the confidence of the House, and the approbation trary, the subject appealed to the compassion, and kinder of the country. No difficulty, therefore, he hoped would feelings, of every gentleman he addressed, and he hoped arise respecting the composition of the Commission. the House would entertain it in the genuine spirit He should next pass on from the Commission itself to of bharity, benevolence, and good-will. He need the question of the Asscatant -Commissioners, On the not enter into a history of the Poor-laws ;it had first introduction of the measure, from the novelty of its always been a distinguished boast of their policy that arrangements, it was thought necessary that nine Com throughout England and Wales the law had made pro- missioners should be appointed ; but, although nine was visions for the poor and needy, and had taken precautions the number originally intended, it was found indis that none should perish of want, or that the sick, the . pensably necessary to add considerably to that number. aged and infirm, should be deprived of proper care. He believed the number had amounted to somewhere From an early period of the reign of Elizabeth up to near thirteen or fourteen, but that number had after within the last fifteen years, no material alteration had wards been reduced, and at the present moment there taken place in the machinery for affording relief. There were only ten Assistant-Commissioners employed. It had been an annual appointment by the .Magis- was his intention in the Bill which he asked leave to trates of an overseer, to whom the care of introduce to adhere to the original limit, and to fix nine the poor had been entrusted—the power of con- as the number of Assistant-Commissioners for England trol over' those overseers being vested in the and Wales ; his view of the matter being that, with a Magistrates. Until the year 1819 this machinery considerably enlarged experience of the Board of Guar had continued unaltered ;under that system the annual diens, the services of tbe Commissioners were not so ne sum required for the relief of the poor rapidly increased, eessary ; and that their visits might be less frequent, as and although the attention of the Legislature ha.] stinting rather the character of visits for special purposes been frequently directed to the subject, little of ' than of visits in order to direct the general proceedings. a remedial nature had been suggested—(Hear)— He would not on the present occasion dwell further upon until the year 1819, when Mr. Sturges Bourne, whose the subject of the Commissioners or Assistant-Commis name he could not mention without offering a passing sioners ; and he would pass on to the next point, one of tribute of respect to him, as a man who had made an considerable importance, namely, the power of the effort to remedy a great public grievance, when, as he Central Commissioners to issue general orders. When had said -Mr. Sturges Bourne introduced ' a Bill vesting, the subject was last under discussion, he confessed instead of in the hands of the overseers, in the hands of that he had a strong opinion that the original Act made a select body appointed by the magistracy, the it necessary that general rules should be passed by the power of granting relief. That power, h owe ver, Commons, subject to the veto of the Secretary of State, was still continued under the control f the ma- by which the Crown had the power of reversing those gistracy. That measure, however, had been only rules. He did think that, by passing special orders and partly adopted, and some remedy was required not passing general rules, the spirit, if not the letter of for the increasing evil. This increase in the charge for the original enactment had been obeyed. But he was the maintenance of the poor was but a small portion of hound to say that, since he had had access to official in the evil. Coincident with that increase, there had arisen formation on the subject, he was of opinion that, until a frightful system, utterly destructive of the independ- the unions throughout England were formed, it would be ence of the labourer—(Hear, hear)—a system o f impossible, with advantage, to issue general orders. affording relief in aid of wages, by which the employer Since lie had succeeded to the office he now filled, it ap shifted the burden of paying the labourer to the shoulders pe ered to him and the Commissioners that the time had of others who did not derive any profit from his labour. arrived when general orders as to Poor-law administra- SO matters stood until 1831. In that year, by the Go • tion might be issued. It was his intention to lay on the vernment of Lord Grey, a Commission was appointed spe- table of the House the Report of the Poor-law Commission chilly to inquire into the subject of the relief of the poor ; for the presentyear, which contained several orders embrac and when he considered the abuses which were pointed ing all the topics on which general orders were necessary. out in the Report of the Commission, he thought all If he obtained permission to introduce the Bill, that gentlemen whom he had the honour of addressing measure would contain all the relief that was intended would agree with him, when he stated that for the destitute. 'With respect to prohibitory orders, he was not exaggerating the importance of various alterations had from time to time been made, that Report in the least, that no public document a nd much error existed as to g rittin g out-door relief. had ever exposed a system of more alarming evil, or In England and Wales, in the quarter ending March 31, of greater abuse, than had been exposed in that Report.. 1842, 1,072,000 persons had received parish relief, and At the time when it was presented, it commanded great oat of that number 513,860 were relieved out of the attention, and a direct remedy for such evils threaten- workhouse, and only 159,000 were relieved in the work ing property and the peace of the country, was house. This might be attributed to the caution which generally demanded. That Government, upon con- the Commissioners had shown in selecting the places sidering the Report, did not hesitate to endeavour where the prohibitory order was to be enforced. A to apply a remedy. They brought forward, painful case had just occurred in the Stourbridge Union, on their responsibility as a Government, a mea- and which from temporary circumstances it was necessary sure founded on that Report. After ample to suspend the order, and doing so had produced the discussion, much debate, and full consideration, the best effects, as the temporary distress was removed, and measure, with some modifications, was passed the labourers had now returned to their work. So far into a law. That law was now upon our from the rule against out of door relief being inflexible, statute-book ; that was the law which, at the pre- there were to the rule litself seven exceptions, in which sent time, regulated the relief of the poor in England. the Board of Coiarditiris had the power of suspending it. and Wales. With the exception of one portion of the The Board of Guardians had power of granting out-of statute, the enactments were of a permanent character. door relief, first, in all cases of urgent necessity ; se- It was thought expedient at the time when that statute condly, in cases of sickness and accident ; thirdly, for passed into a law to limit the duration of the Commission defraying the expenses of the burial of any person related to the period of five years, and the end of the next to the person so receiving relief ; fourthly, to a widow session, after the expiration of five years. Two years within the first six months of her widowhood ; fifthly, to ago, a Bill was introduced_ by the then Government :t widow having any legitimate child ; sixthly, to the wife for the prolongation of the term, which passed into and family of a person:confined in it:gaol or a lunatic asylum; a law. Last year a similar course was pursued, and and seventh, to the wife and family of any person in the the Commission was prolonged until the 31st of July I service of her Majesty, as a soldier or a sailor. The in the present year, when its powers would expire. The Hon. Member for Finsbury had pointed out the confi first question, therefore, to which it was his duty to direct dence which lie had in' the 'local authorities. In those the attention of the House was, the question whether it seven cases the local authorities had power to grant out would be expedient to prolong the duration of the Com- door relief, but the powers were not restricted to these mission, and if it were expedient, for what length of seven cases, for even in cases not specified, there was an time Now it was, upon mature reflection, the articleenabling the Board of Guardians to ffepart from intention of her Majesty's servants to propose to the regulations of the prohibitory order if, within fifteen the House that the Commission should be renewed days, they report to the Poor-law Commissioner the fact for a period of five years, and also until the expiration of their having so departed from those regulations, and of next Session of Parliament, after the expiration of the the reason for inducing them to do so. The Poor-law five years.—(Cheers from both sides of the House.) That Commissioners, had, moreover, in certain of the menu was the time for which it was originally appointed, and no facturing distri cts, it: which they had not deemed it ex circumstances which had since intervened, had shaken pcdicnt to issue the prohibitory order, issued an out-of his belief in the slightest degree that the existence and door relief order, to enable the Board of Guar the full authority of that Commission was as requisite at diens to grant out-of-door relief, provided one the present time. as when the original measure first half of that relief was given in kind, and that no became law.—(" Hear, hear," and ironical cheers able - bodied person sh o u ld receive relief who was in the from Mr. Wakley.) As the Hon. Member for Finsbury employment of any other person, and that such cheered, perhaps he would allow him very shortly to person should be set to worts by the guardians out state the reasons why he entertained that opinion. It of the workhouse, subject to the approval of the Com had been said that the professed object and intention of missioners, and under the superintendence of an officer, the appointment of the Commission was to secure and that subject to a condition which he consi ; uniformity in the mode of administering the law, dered indispensable— that a person receiving relief He must be permitted to say that that was an entire should not be in the employment of any other indi , misrepresentation of the motives for which the Commis- vidual. The out-door labour test had been adopted by sion had been formed. If the House would permit him— the Commissioners. He would now leave th e q uestion tin. he could no t so we ll ex p ress hi s v i e ws of the reasons of • general rules, and would proceed to state that after which led to the original appointment of the Commission, the best consideration which her Majesty's Governme nt and which in his opinion p m P° ade its continuance neces- could give to the subject, they had come to the de , sary, he could not so well express those reasons as in the cision that it was expedient t o abolish ex p ressl y words of one who was th en his colleague, and who, at and in terms , t he Gilbert Unions.—(Hear, hear.) t officer time this measure w as i n t ro d uce d, was the first In a former discussion lie had stated to the House his law of the Crown, the Lord Chancellor of Eng- own opinion that. the original Act abolished the Gilbert land—if the House would give him leave he Unions ;he believed that taking the clauses together _would read his opinion, which was remarkable that object was accomplished. But to prevent all mis for its perspicuity and accuracy. He (Sir takes upon the subject , he propo sed to introduce a clause James Graham) did not know if he h e ld the same plainly and expressly abolishing these unions. On what opinion now as the Noble Lord, but the reasons then grounds did he rest this proposal ? In the first place, given for the appointment of this Commission lie (Sir he begged to state to the House that out of a community J. Graham) confessed were good reasons for the re-ap- of sixteen million persons there were now under the C mission now. Th e N - - oration of the Gilbert Unions a number of persons not be given within five miles of the labLuier's residence. Now let it be observed that it must be near the place of residence—the pauper was not to receive distant work, nor was he to change his residence to obtain employ ment five miles off. Instead of the man going to the employment; the employment must come to him. If the employer moved to six miles off, the guardians were obliged to see that he provided for the labourer a suit able residence within the lawful distance of the place of employment ; and there was also a clause by which it was provided that, tinder certain circumstances, the guardians might agree with the employer, that the parish should pay one-half of the wages and the employer the ether half. There was nothing in the Act to prevent the guardian and the manufacturer being the same person ; there was nothing to prevent him, as guardian, making a bargain on the part of the parish with himself as the employer. The rule under the Act was to give in-door relief to the aged and impotent, and out door relief to the able-bodied poor. The rule of the new law was, to give to the old and impotent, that is to aged persons of sixty years and upwards, relief out of the workhouse, and to apply the test of the workhouse to the able-bodied.—(Hear, hear.) He would only say further, that it was the intention of the Government to propOse the repeal of the Gilbert Act, and to leave it to the House to say which principle was the best. As to the Local Acts it was not intended to alter the present law. It had been decided by the Court of Queen's Bench that the law is that when a governing body is constituted under a Local Act, the Commissioners under the new law cannot interfere with the body except only as to the mode of administering relief ; in which respect, tke Commissioners have the same power, as the law now stands, as they have in any other parish. So competent were they under the present law, that it was not the intention of the Government to interfere with the choice of the governing body under the laical Acts, but at the same time to exercise a complete control over the mode of administering relief. It was, however, in tended to limit the power of adding to the goveining body under Local Acts, as it was liable to great abuses. One of the most importait clauses which he intended to introduce into the Bill, was one which had been fully discussed in the,last session of Parliament, and related to the important question of education. He had the ad vantage in bringing in the Bill in the present session of having ascertained what was the opinion of the House upon this point in the last Parliament. It was their intention to propose a clause for the purpose of liiniting the appli cation of the power of the Commission in large districts. They proposed that there should be a maximum distance of 15 miles from the further point of one union to an other. For the appointment of this school a majority of the board would be necessary. This limitation would comprise the Metropolitan districts, and in the neigh bourhood of Manchester, and four or five miles round the principal manufuctuting and commercial towns in Eng land the limitation would also operate. He had been in duced to make this limitation for various reasons, first of all that the limitation would enable the experiment to thrive - in the most densely populated places. In the first Bill the provision for the education of the poor gave great dissatisaction, on account of the children being removed twenty or thirty miles from their pa rents or natural guardians ; but narrowing the li mitation would place it in the power of the children's relatives, on Sundays or holidays, tovisit their children at the establishments, tbuS giving them the pleasure and advantage of more or less superintending them. At the same time, in adding this provision, they intended to act up to the recommendation made in the last session of Parliament, which he hoped the House would consider salutary—viz., that of introducing the mode adopted at the school at Norwood in schools of this description. These schools when established would be subject to the control of the Central Committee of Education, and they, would be inspected by the Com mittee on Education, and the ComMittee would have the power of calling for any information respecting them they might require. He thought that that would be a prudent advance in the education of the poor. He thought that nothing could be more conducive to the fu ture advantage in life of the poor than a system of sound education, conducted under such superintendence as he had mentioned. With respect to the casual poor, he proposed that the relief given to them should be charged on the funds of the union. He had next to state to the House the provision which was intended to meet objections that had been frequently urged against the existing law. It was applicable especially to unions in the north of England, which were of large size. It had been felt, and rightly. so, as a grievance that where a family applied for relief, before the case was decided on, the head of the family should .go before the Board of Guardians, and where the. Board assembled at the extremity of the Union the necessity of the attending there on the part of the head of the family lost to him a day's work. It was proposed, then, that power should be given to the Board of Guardians where any parish union should be distant more than -- miles (the blank to be filled up in Committee) from the place of meeting of the Board of Guardians, to appoint a local committee to receive applications and report on the cases. He had proposed also one other alteration in the existing law. It appeared to him on the whole very desirable not to encumber the Bill with any interference with the law of settlement ; and he was satisfied that that law would upon its own merits command the most serious consideration of the Legislature. Bat he did not think it would he expedient in the Bill he asked leave to introduce to raise that important question. At the same time there was one case, of such crying hard ship that although it•was connected with the law of settlement, its urgency had induced her Majesty's Ministers to endeavour to apply to it an immediate remedy ; he alluded to the case isf those who being re sident in a parish or a union without a settlement, but to which they had for years given the bentffit of their industry .to the advantage of the in habitants and the ratepayers of that union, but who still, under the pressure of sickness, were denied any relief except on the condition that,* if they received a shilling, they and their families should be removed. He had reason to know that at this very moment, under the threat of an immediate removal, in districts where very great • distress prevailed, parties who were out of work, not having any settlement, were debarred from any relief whatever, from the fear that if they applied for relief the application would lead to their subsequent re moval and consequent ruin. He did not propose to go the whole length, upon that occasion, of dealing with such cases of destitution, bat he did propose that in cases of sickness, persons becoming chargeable were to be re lieved where they were resident, and should not be re moved, or should not be liable to removal, until they had been chargeable for forty days upon the Union.—(Hear.) Those were the principal provisions of the Bill he asked leave to introduce, with one farther addition. He pro.: posed to make one other material alteration with respect to the law of bastardy. On the passing of the Poor-law Amendment Act through the other House of Parliament a clause was introduced which gave the power of appeal before the Quarter Sessions, and the Quarter Sessions only. That remedy was found very soon to be inopera tive, and the further remedy was given of an application, not to the Quarter Sessions, but to the Pettit Sessions. But still no sufficient remedy was given against fugitive parties. It constantly happened that the sons of wealthy yeomen, or independent labourers, allowe w d er th e ei s r u c p l p d o ld rt r e e d n hsec:nweshtafrae theyr mtTs who had a family to fy gotthbeeii their t oo o nwt t nr h i b e t no t r i tOoarni ofe u there was no remedy in such cases. He thought in a moral point of view, and in an equitable point of view, he was bound to go to this extent, that where there was a return of nullu bone there should be a power of impri soning the father for three months. This certainly in volved a most important principle, it was a de cided change, but upon the best deliberation lie could give to the subject, it was the best he could adopt. There was another circumstance of f l o( N )t e in n g ior of e equality. great importance to w hich he wished to advert, and that Was with respec INttoitb esthrpeeleeeet to that, he e ie prßopotiorsded to of Guardians. N ow', place the Is; e p e r sr proposed e o occupiers c t p a i t e n r so personon the sameshould have than four proxies. He declared to the House most sin cerely that nothing should have induced him to be responsible for a Bill of this description, if, in his con science and judgment, he was not convinced that the measure would be found to be conducive to the comforts of the sick, the aged, and the infirm. lie would say more, he believed it would be equally conducive to the independence and welfare of the working classes. That was his sincere and most decided opinion, and he hoped that in the discussion that might take place, the greatest temper and discretion would be shown. The Right Hon. Baronet concluded by moving for leave to bring in the Bill. Mr. DUNCOMBE said he did not rise to offer the slightest opposition to the measure, but merely to ex- 1 Press his sincere regret at the statements he had heard from the Right Hon.. Baronet. It was with extreme re gret he had heard that the Right Hon. Baronet intended to continue for six years—(" Five, five")—for five years and a Session of Parliament, which made it almost six— a measure that was so offensive and obnoxious to the public at large. He did not wish to go hack to the old system, and the control of Magistrates, but he wished to have the Board of Guardians properly elected, and to give them a full discretionary power. From the Govern ment having refused inquiry into the Gilbert Corporations. it was supposed it was their inten thin to suppress them. He was sorry to find that such was the intention ; and with regard to that suppression, he should feel it his duty to offer it every opposition, and throw every impediment in its way that the forms of the House would allow him. It would be a gross breach of faith towards these Corpora tions to abolish them without obtaining the consent of two-thirds of the Board of Guardians, according to Act of Parliament, Mr. LIDDELL asked the Right Hon. Baronet whether the Local Committee, appointed by the clause to which' he referred, was for general or for limited and special purposes ? Sir J. GRAHAM waa understood to reply, that the Committee would be appointed to hear cases, and make a repOrt of theni to the Board of Guardians. Mr. WAKLEY said lie had often found that there pointment of the Corn, .oble Lord then said, " one part of the country requires one mode of treat ment, and another the application of a different mode. The agricultural districts require very different treatment to that employed hi the manufacturing and commercial . neighbourhoods." The circumstances of an agricultural parish being different from Another, rendered one course inapplicable to both. Now, if it was necessary to have dif ,ferent modes applied to various cases, it must be .presumed that a discretionary power should be lodged somewhere. That hand which possessed this power, felt its way. and formed its course according to the obstacles which might come. This was his opinion why this discretionary power should be given, which was `also given in the graphic description of the Com mission given in the speech from which he had quoted, and it was for these reasons and others ope; exceeding 155,000, and the inconvenience arising from the scattered locality of these unions had increased in a great degree. But besides this he must state to the House his deliberate conviction that the Gilbert Act, and the Poor-law Amendment Act, stood upon two opposite principles which could not co-exist. He knew that some persons said, " Gilbertize all the unions ; abo lish your present law, and make the Gilbert Act univer sal in its operation."--(Cheers from Mr. Wakley.) It would be for the House to decide which principle it would adopt, but it might be proved to demonstration that the two principles wer l / 4 .! diametrically opposed to each other, and were so decidedly at variance, that the Legislature must choose between them What was the principle of the Gilbert Union ? The principle of the Gilbert Union rya', that every able-bodied man seeking was no agreement between the clauses of Bills brought into that House, and the kind and merciful tone of the speech that introduced them. The Right Hon. Baronet had expressed himself in a most benevolent manner to war& the poor, and had expressed his conviction that if the measure were carried into effect, it would prove a benefit to the poorer classes throughout the 'kingdom. He had always objected to the principle of the Poor-law Amendment Act, and no alternative in the details of the measure could ever reconcile him to the principle.— (Cheers.) The principle of the Bill was to take from the rate-payers the management of their own funds, and to transfer that management to the Board ut Somerset House, making that Board the scape-goat for all the cruelties practised in the ma nagement of the poor throughout EVand. It was -not dealing fairly by the public to propose to continue the Commission for live years. It was evident that there was Ho intention on the part of the Government to dis continue the Commission, and why did they not say so at i once. It was eltar they liked the Poor-law Commission so well that they intended to render it perpetual, and if so it would be more manly to state it at once, in Order that the public might know the monster they had to deal with.--(Cheers.) What would the constituents of Hon. Gentlemen opposite say?—(Cheers.) He should like to see them facing their Constituents—(Loud cheers.) They should recollect the language they had held at.the hus tings.— (Continued cheering.) They knew that it was owing more to the Anti Poor-law cry than to any other that so many of them had obtained seats in that House —(Loud cheers)—and now there they sat as mute as mice. —(Cheers and laughter.) He thought some of the proposals of the Bill good, but he believed, with the ex ception of the alteration in the bastardy clause, that all the proposals had been contained in the Bill of last year, the progress of which had been obstructed so resolutely by Hon. Gentlemen opposite.—(Cheers.) Ho should propose, as an amendment, that the duration of the Com mission should be limited to two years only.—(Hear, hear, hear.) Notwithstanding all that had been said, he (Mr. Wakley) was convinced that it had been stated in that House, when the Bill was first introduced, that the Commission had been appointed for the purpose of introducing uniformity of system. They had now 400 unions, and while, in many of them, they had issued an order prohibiting out of doer relief, in upwards of 100 no such order had been issued. The real object was, to deprive the .rate-payers of the power over their own funds, and of forcing them to ap ply to Somerset House, for permission to appro priate their own funds. He said it was a com plete subversion of that principle of liberty which , had been in existence in this country, that the manage ment of their own funds should not remain in the hands of the people. The principle of the Bill was op posed to every principle of justice with regard to the go vernment of the poor. But if the people did not like the Bill to be made perpetual, he hoped they would pour in petitions, and make the Administration acquainted with their feelings on the subject. , If the people were quies cent or indifferent on this occasion, the next step would be, that at the end of five years the Bill would be made binding. He protested against the Bill, and especially against the continuance of the Commission, and would oppose it at every stage. Mr. SHAW wished to know whether the Bill was to make any change in the • Com Mission with respect to Ireland. Sir J. GRAHAM said, that, it was not intended to make an alteration with regard to England which would not apply to Ireland. Capt. PECHELL said that the Right Hon. Baronet was very candid, and he would be equally candid. The Right Hon. Baronet had denounced the Gilbert Unions, and he should, therefore, oppose the Bill in every stage. When the Gilbert Unions were once destroyed, those unions which were under Local Act, would be next at tacked.—(Cheers.) The Right Hon. Gentleman was an able General, and he was going to defeat them in detail. —(Cheers and laughter.) Hon. Gentlemen might be sure that they were mistaken, if they supposed that pro visions would not be introduced into the forthcoming Bill to do away with the Local Acts. • Mr. FON. Ai.A.ULE said he must declahn all intention of making any recriminatory remarks on this subject. So far as he could at present judge, the statement of the Right Hun. Gentleman was highly satisfactory. He appeared to have studied the question with fairness and calmness. The question, he thought, was not one which at the present time ought to be met by any factious op position. The time was one of great distress, and if fac tion were allowed to enter into the debate, advantage might be taken of it to excite ill feelings in the minds of the poor.L(Hear.) He entirely approved of the amend meats proposed by the Right Hon. Baronet. The edu cation clauses especially he viewed with great satisfac tion. Upon the whole, he felt perfectly satisfied with the manner in which the Right Hon. Gentleman had brought forward the question. Mr. S. WORTLEY said he would not enter into the different points of the speech of the Right Hon. Gentle man. One of his strongest motives for rising on that occasion was to express the pleasure he felt at hearing the argument against uniformity of practice. The Right Hon. Baronet quoted passages from the orations of Lord Brougham—orations of great ability and perspicuity. But these were entirely inconsistent with his argument, and as completely inconsistent with the principles upon which the Poor-law Commission had acted for years past, as could possibly be. It was impossible to administer the law with uniformity in the various districts of the country. lie thought the best way to administer the law was to adapt it to circumstances. Unless this were done his firm conviction was that it would never work with advantage to the country. In the district with which he was connected, the present system was in operation, and it gave satisfaction to no one class of the population. Neither rate-payer nor pauper was satisfied with the system, and unless they placed the Poor-law on a different footing, they never would achieve the object they had in view. Mr. FERRAND would not have risen to address the House had it not been fur the taunt the Honourable Member for Finsbury had thrown out against Hon. Members on that (the Ministerial) side of the House, The Honourable Member accused Honourable Mem bers on that side of the House with being de ceivers. He (Mr. Ferrand) was sure that Honourable Gentlemen on his side the House had not changed their opinions. He thought., therefore, it unfair for him to throw out the taunt,and then take up his hat, and leave the House. The Right lion. Baronet had said that the Local Acts. were not to be interfered with. That was a great bles sing to those districts which possessed those Acts.-- ( - Hear, hear.) Now he wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet whether he would allow to the numerous towns and districts which did not possess thoSe blessings, an op portunity of attaining similar Acts to keep them out of the power of the Commissioners ? • Mr. GILL also put a question to the Right Holt Ba ronet as to whether he meant to confine the interference of the Commissioners, in the case of Local Acts, to unions pith a constituency under 20,000. Sir J. GRAHAM again referred to, the decision of Lord Denman, by which the Commissioners were pre cluded from interfering with parishes under Local Acts only as respected the constitution- of the governing body. Mr. BORTHWICK said that when the Right Hon. Baronet had applied, some six or eight months ago, to this House for time and confidence on this subject, he (Mr. Borthwick) voted for granting the Right Hon. Baronet that time and confidence, for it appeared to him . that the Government were entitled to both. But., as far as he could perceive every principle of the proposed measure was the same as the principle of the present one. There was the same centralization of power and the same inter ference of the local Magistracy in the administration of relief. He should examine, carefully, the measure in its progresS, and wherever he could he would give it his sup port, and wherever he should be obliged to oppose it, he. trusted his opposition would be tempered with the spirit of calmness whiCh the Right Hon. Baronet had exhi bited in introducing the subject. Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD could not think of letting the Bill be introduced without stating his opposi tion to the principle on which it was founded, which was the same in effect as the principle of the former measure. General JOHNSTONE asked at what time the second reading of the Bill would take place, as that would be the proper time, in his opinion, for urging any objection to the measure. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that the second reading would bz. about Monday se'night, or Friday fortnight. Mr. HARDY had always opposed the Poor-law Amendment Act, which he considered oppressive in its enactments; and he should feel it his duty to oppose the measure of the Right lion. Baronet, which he thought could not, and ought not, to give satisfaction to the country. Mr. GRIMSDITCH said that in his opinion the Nm missioners should be placed in the position of tenants from year to year, in order that they might be more completely under the control of Parliament. In the large towns of the country, such as Liverpool and Manchester, it would be impossible, in his opinion, to. carry out the principle of centralization. Mr. MUNTZ was confident that a good deal of injury was created by the interference of the Commissioners in towns which had local Acts.' He hoped the Right Hon. Baronet would reconsider that part of the measure. He was also of opinion that the paupers of the present day were not as the paupers of former times, but were of a totally different class. Ile hoped the Right Hon. Ba ronet would see the evil of interfering with the local Acts. Lord SANDON said, that in the larger towns the business of the poor wai; best conducted by the local guardians, and he, therefore, thought that it would he unwise to interfere with them. He thought that some modification of the Commission would be necessary, but at present he was of opinion that it should be continued for as short a period as possible.—(Cheers.) Mr. TURNER suggested that the Government should get the best information from the different overseers, so that it would have a proper test as to the returns made to the House. _ _ _ Sir J. GRAHAM said that, in answer to the question of the Hon. Member behind him, he thought that the power should be left with the Commissioners, and not in the hands of those who may have influence in the large towns. Afters few words from Mr.GRIMSDITCH, in expla nation, and Sir J. GRAHAM, leave was given to bring in the Bill. The Bill was afterwards read a first time, and ordered to he read a second time on Monday se'nnight. The Committee on the Designs Copyright Bill was postponed till Monday week, Mr. G. BANKES moved for a return of the net amount of duty on stones not particularly enumerated or described, nor otherwise charged with duty, for the year 1841.—Agreed to. Mr. C. BULLER gave notice that he should, to morrow, present a petition from Henry Warburton, Esq., praying for an inquiry into the circumstances attendiii the election of the borough of Bridport, and the alleged compromise relative to the return. H e s h ou ld further give notice that, on Friday, he wou ld make a motion, in compliance with the prayer of the petition. The other Orders of the Day were then' disposed of, and the House adjourned at Eight &Clock. MORLEY ERNSTEIN, MR. JAMES'S NEW NOVEL.— We arc requested to state that Mr. J ames ' s new Novel, " Morley Ernstein," is this day published by Messrs. Saunders and Otley, Conduit-street, Hanover-square, of whom may be had—the New Edition of Mr Lodge's " Peerage and Baro netage." Mr. Garston's new Work. on Greece. A new edition o f th e " Language of Flowers," and the following new works of fiction : " The Herberts," by the Author of "Elphinstone." Major Michel's " Trevor Hastinges, or the Field of Tewkes bury" and " Softness," - a Novel, .by the Author of " Hardness." The Vigie de r (hest, a Saint-Malo journal, gives a report current there of several English boats having been captured near Granville, for oyster-dredging within the French limits. The oysters taken by these boats are said to have been sold for 4,000 f. for the benefit of the hospital, PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) TUESDAY, MAY 10. CUSTOMS ACTS. Order for Committee read ; Motion made and Question pro posed,—" That Mt. Speaker do now leave the Chair:"— Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " That " to the end of the Question, in order to add the words " there be laid before this House any additmnal details which may have been supplied by Mr. Meek to the Government, relative to the impor:ation of Agricultural Produce, Salt Provisions, &c. or any passage or passages which may have been suppressed, omitting the names of any parties front whom information may have been received,"--(Major Vivian),—instead thereof : Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question :"—The House divided : ItIAJORIT Y— AYES, 219. Acland, Sir Thomas Ferrand, W. B. Hiles, P. W. S. Actand, T. D. Filmier, Sir E Milnes, It. M. A'Court, Captain Ffo:liott, Joh , ' Mordaunt, Sir J. Ackers, James Flower, Sir James Morgan, Octavius • Acton, Colonel Follett, Sir W. W. Morgan, C. Adderlev, C. B. Forbes, William Mundy, E. 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Wyndham, Colonel Egerton, Sir P. G. Marshatn, Viscount Yorke, Hon. E. T. Eliot, Lord Martin, C. W. f Young, John Escott, Bichkam Mart" G. EL Estcourt, 'l'. G. B. Master, T. W. C. Farnham, E. B. bias erman, John Fellowes, Edward Maunsell, T. P. .NORITY—NOES, Ferguson, Colonel Ferguson, Sir IC A. kitzroy, Lord C. Fox, Chatles Richarj French, F. Gibson, T. M. Gill, Thomas Gordon, Lord F. Gore, Robert Granger, T. C. Greenaway, C. drey, Sir G. Hall, Sir B. Hatton, Captain V. Hay; Sir A. L. Hayter, W. G. Heathcote, G. J. Heneage, E. Henley, J. W. Heron, Sir R. Hill, Lord Alarm; HoBond; Robert Howard, C. W. G. Howard, Lord Howard, E G. Howard, .P. H. Howard, H. lintoota, Lord Hume, Joseph Humphery, J. Johnstone Alex. Knight, F. Winn Labouehere, H. Langston J. H. J Leader, J. T. Listowel, Earl of Macaulay, T. B. M‘Taggart, John Maher, V. Mangles, B. U. Marjoribanks, S. Marshall, W. Martin ' Joint Miles, W. Mitcalfe, Henry Morris, David Muntz, G. F Murphy, F. S. Murray, A. Norreys,"Sir D. O'Brien, %V. Smith O'Connell, 4 J. MI Acheson, Viscount Aldain, William Archbold, R. Bagge, Wm. liankes, George Bannerman, A. Barclay, David Baring, F. P. Baskerville, T. B. M. Bell, John Bellew, tt. In. Berkeley, C. Berkeley, G. Bernal, R. Blackstone W. S. Blake, Sir Valentine Bodkin, J. J. Bowring, Dr. Brotherton, J. Buck, Lewis W. ulkeley, Sir R. B.W. Buller, E. Busfeild, W.; Byng, George Cavendish, Hon. C. Cayley, E. S. Chapman, Benjamin Chetwode, Sir John Childers, J. W. Clements, Lord Cobden, Richard Coßome, W. Ridley Colville, C. R. Cowper, Hon W. Craig, W. Gibson Curteis, IL B. Dawnay, Hon. W. D..nnistoun, J. Dickinson. F. H. Drax, J. S W. E Duff, James Duncan, Lord Duncan, George Dinicombe, T. S. Dundas, Admiral Dundas, F. EaS , hope,- Sir John Ebringtou, Viscount Ellice, E. Ellis, Wynn Esmonde, Sir T. Evans, William STR TELLERS. Fremantle. Sir T. Baring, H. B. 152. Ogle, S. C. H. Palmer, R. Parker, John Pechell, Captain Philips, G. It. Plumridge, Captain Pryse, I Pulsford, It bert Pusey, Pnilip Rawdun; J. D. Reddington, T. N. Roche, E. R. Rumb E. Rundle, John Russell, Lord John Seholefield, J. Scrope, G. P. Seymour, Lord Shell, R. L Smith, r.enjamin Smith, Ve,uon Somerville, Sir W. Stanstield, W. It. Stanton, W. H. Strutt, Edwa'd Stuart, W. Vi liers Talbot, C. R. M. Tancred, H. W. Thor nely, Thomas Trail'. George Trollope, Sir John Troubridge, Sir T. Tufnell, Henry Turner, E Villiers, Charles P. Vivian, J. H. Vyvyan, Sir R. Wall, B. Ward, 11,G. Watson, W. H. Wawn, John IL'. White, Henry Williams, Win. Wilshere, W. Wilmington, Sir 1 Wool, Benjamin Weod, C. Wood, G. W. TELLERS. Vivian, C. C. Wmley, Lord WBERRY HILL. The sale yesterdAy was exceedingly w,ll attended, and pro duced the sum of 1,9201. Tire fillowing are the principal : Lot 10. A miniature portrait of Robert Carr, Earl of Somer set, in his latter time the favourite of King James 1., in water colours, by Hoskins, and highly tinisheii--141. l4s. Garmeati. Lot 11. A beautiful miniature of Richard Cromwell, the Protector, by Cooper ; a remarkably fine specimen of this artist's talent and power of expression-261. 53. Smith, Bond-street. Lot 14. An exquisite in : niatare in water colours, by Isaac Oliver, of S,r Anthony Shirley, Amba.sador froin the Suphy of Persia to King .larnes 1. ; the dress is half Engish and half Persian; richly and beautifully paioted-17/. 17s. •Lot 17. A ditto, of Sir Kenelm Digby, by Peter Oliver, most exquisitely painted in water colours ; the dress and collar are beautiful specimensof this'rnaster's great art; in a fine gold case-16f. 16s. Emanuel. Lo: 22. The head of our Saviour, a truly splendid siecitnen, by Carlo Dolci, in a frame of silver gilt, enriched Kith chased silver cherubim and seraphim, inscribed" Non itnea vuluntis sed tua fiat"-341. 12s. Bevan. Lot 24. A splendid enaniel, by Zineke, after Vanloo, of Ethelreda Harrison, the wife of . Charles Viscount Townsend, in a curious frame of enamel, richly painted with flowers is re lief-441.25. Browne. Lot 28. Two extremely beautiful miniature portraits of the Duchess of Cleveland and Portsmouth, exquisitely finished, and very petite-211. Lot 29. A splendid enamel miniature portrait, by Zincke, of Sir Edward Walpole, fatherof Maria Duchess of Gloucester, in a fine gold case-_l2l. 12s. Baldwin. Lot 32. A fine enamel miniature, by Zincke, of Sir Robert Walpole, 1744; the portrait was taken two years previous to S r Robert's death, and is considered a faithful likeness of that great statesman ; it is in a fine gold frame, enrich«l with enamel oak leaves, in excellent taste-27i. 03. tkl. Lot 38. A minature portrait of King James 1., by Isaac Oliver, in water colours, exquisitely painted, and most elabo rately finished-181. 103. Colnaghi. Lot 39. A splendid enamel portrait of King Charles 1., by Petitot ; a rare and beautiftil, specimen of this unrivalled artist, in a richly chased frame-651. 2s. Forster. Lot 40. A ditto ditto of King Charles II , by Petitot, in a case as a locket, enamelled blue, a very fine specimen of art ; the locket is enamelled on gold, and by a foreign artist ; it was purchased by Horace 'Walpole of an old gentl, woman to whom the Kingpresented it when he stood godfather to her in Hol land-781.155. Russell. Lot 41. A very rare and beautiful enamel minature of King 'Lames 11., when Duke of York, by Petitot, an equally fine specimen of this artist ; it was presented by the Duke to his mistress, Mrs. Godfrey, and purchased at the sale of the pro perty of Mrs. Dunch, her daughter-781. 15s. Forster. Lot 42. A miniature of Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, by Isaac Oliver, in water colours—l3l. 13s. Sarman. Lot 44. A ditto, by Petitot, of Mrs. Godfrey, the mistress of James 11., in a richly chased frame-141. 14s. Luxmo re . Lot 46. A ditto ditto of Frances, wife of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex; most beautifully painted-1 1/. II s. Garman. Lot 49. A very fine enamel miniature portrait of Admiral Churchill, the brother of John Duke of Marlborough, by Boit —l3l. 13s. Rodd. Lot 51. A matchless enamel miniature of Cowley, the poet, by Zincke, from Sir Peter Lely's celebrated portrait. Lot 62. A splendid enamel miniature, by Petitot, of Hen rietta Duchess of Orleans, in a fine gold frame, u iih a looking glass at its back; it is considered one of the finest specimens of this unrivalled miniature painter, and was icing in the posses sion of Zincke, who kept it as a study, and was purchased from him. by Mr. Walpole-1311. 53. Forster. Lot 53. A beautiful miniature on enamel, by Petitot, of Catherine Henriette D'Augennes, Comtesse D'Olonne, as Diana—a character very different from that gi , en of her in Bussey's Histoire Amoureuse des Gaules ; it is set in a beauti ful frame, enriched by flowers, enamelled in relief by Giles Legare de Chaumont, en Bassini, who was ftmous for his works of exquisite beauty and rarity-1411. 15s. Colnaghi. Lot 55. A ditto ditto of Anne of Austria, Queen of Louis XIII:, by ditto-441. 2. Smith. Lot 56. A ditto ditto of Mary of Austria, Queen of Louis XIV., by ditto--211. Zell. Lot 57. A ditto of Madame De Montespan, mistress of Louis XIV., by ditto- 7 311. Ws. Foster. _ _ Lot 61. A ditto of Mrs. Middleton, a celebrated beauty in the reign of Charles IL, by ditto-571. 15s. Smith, Bond-street. Lot 65. A ditto ditto of Catherine of Aragon, Queen of I-lenry VIII., by llolbein, and a very fine specimen of this master--501. Ss. Lot 71. A very fine miniature of Oliver Cromwell, ena melled by Boit, after Cooper, a beautiful specimen -.-271. 6s. Baldwin. Lot 75. A miniature of Lucius Carey, the famous Lord Faulkland, by Hoskins, a very fine specimen -231. 2s. Smith. Lot 79. A beautiful ditto by Zincke, of James Brydges, first Duke of Chandos, in this artist's best style— 241. 2s. Roth!. Lot 80. A very fine ditto of Thomas Howard, Duke of Nor folk, by Sir Antonio More, the unfortunate Nobleman who was beheaded in the time of Elizabeth for favouring the cause of Mary Queen of Scots-37/..165. Lord Northwick. Lot 85. A truly beautiful original portrait of Isaac Oliver, the celebrated artist, painted by himself; it is the chef d'ceuvre of that incomparable miniature painter.--211. Sf 11. Lot 86. An equally fine ditto of Waller, the poet, by Cooper —l9/. 19s. Lot 69. A splendid original miniature, by Clinksted, re presenting the story of Salmacis and Hermaphroditus -12/. Is. 6d. Lot 90. A very dne enamel, a whole-length figure of Venus, copied by Zincke, from a celebrated picture at Houghton by Annibale Caracci, in a gold frame, enamelled blue-221. Is. Lot 91. A beautiful miniature portrait of Rembrandt, by Oed Lens,l724-16/. 16s. _ _ Lot. 92. A lovely miniature, a full-length of the Lady Mary Wortley llontagu, in the et.aracter of a shepherdess, after Jarvis, by Oed Lens-171. 17s. Thorn. Lot. 94. Two valuable miniatures, in one frame, by Hol bein, remarkably fine ; one a portrait o f Ki ng L ou i s XII., of France, and the other of Sir John Gage, Knight-211. Rodd. _ Lot. 98. A remarkably fine miniature portrait of George Monke, Duke of Albemarle, by Samu , .l Cooper-171. 17s. Lot. 99. An equally fine portrait of Thomas Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton, the Lod Treasurer, by Samuel Cooper-- 101.10 s. Russell. OLYMPIC.—Mr. C. Baker, the indefatigable stage manager of this theatre, we perceive, takes his Benefit this evening, when lie will be .supported by T. Matthew•, the best clown of the day, and will present a series of other attractions that cannot fail to draw a crowded house,; ELECTION COMMITTEES. LIME REGIS. The Committee met at the usual hour. The vute of George King, ~hich was adj.lirned from YO" terday, was struck off the poll of the sitt.rr Member. Two other votes were also struck off, leaving the sitt in g Member in a majority of two or three. - - NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYNE—CLOSE OF THIS INQUIRY. The Committee met at one o'clock, Sir J. Y. Buller in t he . Chair. The ro o m w a s i mme di a t e ly c l eare d, a nd at half - p alt three o'clock the parties were admitted, when the Chairtogl said, that the Committee had come to the following.r o4 , tions:—" That J o h n Q u i nce y H arr i s , E sq ., was not ‘L ti n 'f elected to serve in the present Parliament for the borottilL' i;— , Newcastle - under-Lyre . That the last election, as as regarded the election of John Quincey Harris .wa i a void election. That John Q. Harris was, by his agent: guilty of bribery at the last election for - the borough of N e castle-under- Lyne. That, several persons had received varioui sums for their votes ; a n d th a t ver y o bj ec ti ona ble practi er prevailed of distributing m one y un d er th e nam e of mark ets ,-, money, and other gratuities, to the voters of the said borough t The CHAIRMAN informed the pa r ti e s that he would rer the resolutions to the House in the evening. LAW INT.Ii LLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, May 11. • The Lord Chancellor, Lord brougtunn, Lord Cot t en ' ham, Lord Campbell, and the Judges sat in the. House , Lords to-day, to hear writs of error. PIIIPPS V. ACKERS. The argument 3 in this part-heard case, which curve before their Lordships upon a writ of error, were sumod and concluded to-day. Their L9rdships reserved their judgment. SIR F. BURDETT V. DOE. • This case also came before their Lordships upon / I , t , of error. The principal question in the ease related I t ' the validity of the execution of a power of appointnie ll , The arguments not having concluded at four o'clock , I ' l further consideration of the case was adjourned till ttr morrow (this day). COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCE, May IL. SAUTER. V. KLOSS. had The plaintiff in this case was a journeyman baker, who been in the employ of the defendant, a master baker. of defendant had given the plaintiff into custody en a charg e a l embezzlement, on which he had been tried. at the Cou to Criminal Court, and acquitted. He had brought this aetil o recover damagt.s from the defendant for having so given in charge. The defendant pleaded a justification. l The case for the prosecution h av i ng be e n clo s ed, s evera , nesses were exami t ed on th e pe l t of the d e f en d an t, f o r the it, pose of showing th a t th e r e was reasona bl e groun d o f susPicli-0 against the plaintiff, quite sufficient to justify the giving n in charge. Lord DENMA N having summed up the evidence, the retired, and after a lengthened absence returned a verdict the defendant. Mr. Thesiger and Mr. James appeared for the plaintiff , $11 ,. a Mr. Platt for the defendant. CUORT OF COMMON PLEAS, May 1 1, t y The Court was engaged the whole morning in trying ho l part-heard ease of Walton v. Bateman and others, which occupied the Court the whole of yesterday. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT; OLD COURT. Jahn Groves, 15, labourer, W 23 indicted for felOnioudy tering a lorg , d order for the delivery of goods, with jute ° t bo defraud John Benjamin Nevill and others, well knowing same to be forged. soi The prosecutors are drapers residing in Maiden-lane , iir c the forged order in question purported to come from one o', , customers, and directed them to send by the bearer, thehe soner, a quantity of pocket handkerchiefs and stockings• o es young man to whom the order was presented immediately that it was forged, and gave the prisoner into custody. , bees prisoner said in his defence that the order had given to him by another boy, who was to pay him for his troll The Jury found the prisoner guilty.— Sentence deferred. The prisoner had been previously convicted. 1E4 4 Maria If illiams, alias Maria Wood, a r e s pectable 1 0 1 1 A,, woman, was charg e d wi th s t ea li ng pl ate to th e v a lue of n'"": the property of James Holden, Esq., her master. A da d g The robbery w as committed in a very singular and a r manner. It appeared that the prisoner was cook to Of VI secutor, and in the mout h o f O cto b er i n l ast year snecattlr warning to leave. On th e 20 t h o f t h at mont h t h e .prose and his wile were from home, and on their return theY,7 o o covered that the draw ers in their bed..reom had ,bind forced forced open, and that a number of s il ver articles, cf coffee ewers, tea-pots, salvers, forks, spoons, Oa and other articles to the value altogether of more, three hundred pounds had been stolen, and that the pr had also absconded. It was then ascertained that in the c3j - els of the same day the prisoner left the house in a hacker,' a jo• carrying with her a heavy hoi, and it appeared that , h e ' e iler .ceeded to Dublin where she went to the house of a J e w go d named Bennett, and represented herself to him as a wid' w be ing stated that her husband had left her some plate, and th& t e was in difficulties she was anxious to dispose of it. . 5 %, anti, dressed very elegantly in mourning, with a widow's esiV ol dreo Mr. Bennett having no suspicion purchased of her tvo r our an, and twenty ounces of sliver plate for which he paid ir e , w allies te T oi gh raiseh ' p ft r ssncoeonreearn money ,' ounce . and ;uheen sold y afterwardsahpeprr here ae said quantityttti C t 'ol;:le ' w b s e eni e , Ide t e r : 111 : ; the prosecutor arriving. and being confrento witb denied knowledge of him, anti declared she had ne ier bt to him before in her life. The prisoner was then bre4,o - and on her way thither she made a statement " . t r, c er mount to a confession of the robbery, and asked the • ° whether it would be better for her to plead Guilty. 'The Jury found the prisoner Guilty. BenO ti The COURT ordered the plate in the possession of to be given up to the prosemter. qteali r 'll William Harris, 19, was indicted for a burglary an - - in gold four silver spoons ; six gold ring-, five brooches, and s, and silver money, the property of Jemima Jane I‘ l 1 7, 0 0 ck Air. Lilley conducted the prosecution, and peared ior the p: ironer. e in Dpri- It appeared in evid, : nce that the prosecutor. reF- 1 s p t on mark-road, Camberwell, and au the 25th of Ap ii n after she w leaving her house securely fastened. The prisoner , a fter been observed watching about the premises, waq s hortly th e wards seen to cl;mb over the gerden-gate, and go IT 40 . sfeeet dour, arid ,pen it with a key and go in. The nog :o a l suspected that something was wrung, and an alarm was ; and the prisoner ran off, but. he was pursued and ta k e great part of the stolen property was found in his possessien Verdict—Guilty. Sentence, ten years' transportation; • '1 he RECORDER took his seat upon the bench at five o P o o and in the course of the evening the Grand Jury (1 0.0 ..0 Court with a number of bills, and among others they ret f ., lo a true bill against Daniel Good, for the murder of Jane P',,e/. mherwise Good. and &Omit Mary Good, as an accessaq;le the fact. Both the indictments are very voluminous, al s o tain no less titan thirty-two counts. A.true bill was ' l ' Goo, turned against Daniel Good for felony, and against garY; for felony. A bill was likewi , e returned against lll ., c r ae! Gamble for felony, and against Thomas Cooper, for the l" - of the policeman Daley. POLICE IN TELLIGENCE•- iL BOR 0 CI G H. STREET. ,Are Thomas Adams and Charles Blisin, t;ctfasTionablY --- young men, were placed at the bar, charged as follows Police constable, No. 113, of the ('division , stated thatiotii. five o'clock he saw the p. isomers, and anrther young man a tiog, custody, in company together in Regent-street, and sor t , tl.em, watched and saw Blain attempt to pick the poc -e , three different persons, the two others cove t ing him fr °l Thei servation; but they did not succeed in getting anything. pied' then went into Oxford-stteet, and at the corner of s itle street, “rosvenor-square, witness, from the opposit e o l of the way, saw Adams lift up a gentleman's l' ° t, c and Blain, as it appeared to him, took something ou .. , tr efr they all three then ran away together down Boo° of but presently returned into Oxford-street, when wittles: e ft , ceeded in securing the prisoners; their companion, h° l p' effected his escape. On tearching Adams,. a silk pocke t kerchief was found on him. The prisoners were remanded until Monday next. CLEI?KEIV WELL. EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—In the afternoon of Ye Inspector Pritchard of the N division, assisted by two r. men, brought before the Magistrates a very genteelly - „at young man, with a very melancholy expression of countele charged on suspicion of being concerned in the robberie s " - have lately taken place on the Hornsey-road. The Inspector proceeded to say, that he received the ing letter through the Post-office, which the prisoner i . o tri ]edged to have been sent by him. It was addressed 4r; Inspector on duty in the Clerkenwell Police-station," 011 , , May, 1842, and ran thus:— 41 Of St R,—Most likely my rem sins will be found near Wood. I have experienced so many diMculties and frig Ls tside litr I have no to live another day. I am the Ode& numerous and respectable family—the sooner I leave tb e ,„l o ;, the better. The gay will live on and continue to be gLi4l, that is quite immaterial to me. I have been living on P, l long that life is quite a burthen to me. My body may b e °Pk' to the hospital to defray all the expense attending me' corpse will be found near Hornsey-wood. " GEORGE !, HOPS 4 At half.past eight this morning, N 256, on parsing 0 0 4 Hornsey-wood, according to instruction, found the Ar, d! !; , , sitting on the decayed trunk of a tree, with his head reship!, his knees. When the policeman first. saw him he thoe4o,l l r : was dying, and asked him had he taken poison; be repa nega' ive. and was taken to the station-house. ".1r 0 0 Otir A man who had been recently robbed of a watch o t Hornsey-road came forward, but said the prisoner was 11 person who robbed him. who P ol The Inspector stated there were two other p ers ons : 4 0 heen robbed on the same road, a n d w h ose attetulw"o would obtain. Mr. Coomar. &led the prison er several questions, get no satisfactory answer. He sail he had been three in London ; that he was the eldest of 14 children; ths' t been married, but his wife was now dead ; that his fat near Suffolk ; that he lodged lately in Prince's-Street, 11 ,%/ve ' ton. He would no t, h owever, g i ve t h e num b er of °toil; dence ; and when questioned and threatened to be sent son, said his nam e was El m o re , and t hat hi s family A Norwich. He would not, however, tell his business 0 don, how he employed his time, or why he came here. He was remanded until to-morrow. .#66 0 5 6 BIRTHS. On the 9th inst., at Sandwell, the Countess of of a son. On the 9th inst., in Devonshire-street, Portland- , Lacon, of a on and heir. On the 9th inst., at Stoke Newington, Mrs. of a daughter. On the Bth inst., at Little Strawberry-hill, Tw , the wife of Captain Hughes Hazlett, R.N., of a dauglr e o On the 6th inst., at Bishopsgate-street without, MO' Frith, of a daughter. On the Itith inst. at King-street, Portman-square, of ' of Joseph Jennings, Esq , of a daughter. !Or On the 9th ult., at Madeira, the lady of Arcbib a d , hours Ross, M.D., of a son. MARRIED. t he R A J At Nenbury, Berkshire, on the 10th inst., by itich A d Richard 'Milliken, Andrew, second son of the La e ' - o rc v7 '. Milliken, Esq., cf Dublin, to Georgiana Charlotte, .0 daughter of John Alexander, Esq ,of the former Plac e ' 1 i O , On the 9th inst., at Llanbeblig Church, Carney/ 4 1 1 Wales, George Johnstone, Esq., of B angor , to Mary 40 0.." daughter of Edward Rumsay Williams, E s q.; o f Carl's' Ji /ED. 10 ° On the 6th inst., at York-crescent, Clifton, Brist ol, t • ; 4 1 Coate Hely Ilutehinson, Captain, R.N. tha Pr • On the 4th inst., at Chatham, Major Laurie , of Marines. At Lower Heyford Recto r y, A nne , wife of the Il e-. Faithful]. L e On the 3d ult., at Madeira, Sir Alexander W ellesley Bart. > 4,r. Londoi Printed ..nd Published by MURDO Y strao I\o. 112, ! .. ..rat),?.. at 711 r Sub (Mice, No. 1 r 2 ;02. the County of Middl esex , Th urs d a y, MaY lialf l t 4111 4 Cl'" ei; 43,d THE 8 - UN. 1 iONDON:__TUESDAY MORNINCT,___ISI4N 12, E 1842. E\ L~~ gt iart pailptterr'finer,44,ter rter `~~ k sI~ th