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TRIAL OF JOHN FRANC S FOR HIGH TREASON. CENTRAL CRDTILNAL COURT. L D CO U RT. (Continued from our Afternooa Edition of yesterday.) On the return of the Jury, The SOLICITOR-GENERAL rose to reply. It new devolved upon him to address a few words to the Jury in reply to the ar guments contained in the eloquent and very excellent address of his Learned Friend. He willingly conceded that this trial, important as it was, must be conducted in the same way as every other Criminal prosecution ; and he was sure that his Learned Friend ( Mr. Clarkson) must have misunderstood his Learned Friend the Attorney-General, if he understood him to say that the burden of the proof dui not rest upon the prosecution. Every man must be preslamed to be innocent till he be proved guilty, and no doubt the burden of proof rests with the prosecution. Yet if the facts against a prisoner be so strong as to require explanation, and the prisoner were unable to explein and clear up the tact, against him, he would say t'iat the inference would be that the prisoner was guilty ; and his Learned Friend said nothing more dean that he should present strong evidence to the Jury ; and if the prisoner were unable to clear up the facts proved against him, he should ask them as men of sense, calmly, but fairly, to give their verdict Upon that evidence. They must upon the evidence say whether the prisoner be guilty or not guilty. The prisoner having left his lodging's on Friday. arid having purchased a pistol, gun powder, arida flint, was found presenting a pistol at her Majesty en the Sunday. On Monday the prisoner was preyed to have ired a pistol at the carriage of her Majesty, arid Colonel Arbuth not deposed that the pistol was pointed direct to the Quern. The soldier also said that the pistol was pointed at the Queen, and Col. Fitzgerald said that he pointed the pistol at the open part of the carriage where the Queen sat. (Jo e, who rode 6or 7 yards behind the carriage, thought that the pistol vas directed at the centre of the hind wheel. Now he diet trot rink that the evidence of the groom on that point, who was riding six or seven yards behind the carriage, should at all effect the evidence of Colonel Arbuthnot, the private soldier, and Colonel Fitz gerald. Then came the tpusstion which had been raised, and which constituted the defence of the prisoner. It was stated, that though he purchased the pistol, presented it on Sunday at the Queen, and on Monday tired it, at the distance of seven f,tt, the act was an innocent one—at any rate was not of the eliaraet. r to constitute the crime with which the prisoner was charged. lie (the Solicitor- General) maintained, t hat the evidence of the soldier who had been eighteen months in the Guards, supported as it was by the testimony of Colonel Arbuthnot and C.dtatel Wild, was enough to lead them to the inference that ishere was a ball or sonic other mischievous material in the pistol. Ills Learned Ft ien I said, " Where was the ball? If the pistol had been lea-led it must have hit some one, or sum: part of the ca,riage." That did not necessarily fuLow ; it woulddr, end - eatirely upon the aim which was taken, whether the ball sheul I hit any part of the equipage. Hut what was the inference, if a pistol were discharged at the Queen at the distance of seven feet? Was not the inference that the pistol was loaded? The Learned Counsel for the defence Aselanned that this was a harmless frolic ; he admitted 1 was a wicked act ; but he asked for a motive. That doctrine of asking for a motive for crime was a most dangerous one. If it were admitted, many crimes would pass unpunished ; and if it were clangorous in ordinary cases, how much more dangerous in such cases as this ? Who could tell the motive of Fieschi? Of his guilt there could be no doubt ; yet who could tell his motive ? What was the motive which the Learned Counsel for the de fence had attributed to the prise ner ? Why, that because a man who two years ago had fired at the Sovereign had been fund mad, and had gratified his morbid love of noto riety, that therefore the prisoner had a desire to gra tify his morbid love of notoriety, %%id) a hope of being aft well provided for as Oxford had been. Could any sene man have acted thus? 11 he had not been protected by Colonel Arbuthnot, who could tell what might have been the consettu2nces from the indignation of the bystanders? Insanity cuss not set up, and yet what sane man would have taken volun tarily upon himself the character of an assassin merely for the sake of a 'morbid love of notoriety. They should look at this as a location of common sense, and looking at it as men of sense, as men of the world, he asked in wile , light could they consider it? It he had been ap }eel-tenth:el on the Standly, where would have been his notoriety, if a pistol without a 1),I1 had been found on him? Wiry, even the wadding of the pistol fired at that distance, ilnig,ht have done serious injury ; hut he did not rest upon that. Ile admitted that there was no direct proof that the pistol was loaded ; but he asked them whether, under all the circumstances they could come to any of ter concinsion than that the pistol was loaded? If they berfltAred that he had a criminal design, they must find him guilty, but if, under all the circumstaucee of the case, they should be of opinion, that he hadmo criminal design, then they must acquit him. They had an impartial duty to perform, net only to the Sovereign, but to the }serene at large ; every mem ber of which was deeply interested in the safety of the So vereign. To their hands he committed the case, satisfied that ehey would execute impartial justice between the Crown and the prisoner at the bar. Chief Justice TINDAL then proceeded to sum up the ca-e, and said that in all cases of high treason the law required the proof of the commission of certain overt acts. In this case, the overt act constituted the treason itself ; it was the shooting, off and discharging a certain pistol, loaded with gunpowder and a bullet, or some other destructive substance, at her Majesty ; and another count charged him with discharging, a certain loaded pistol at her Majesty . If it should appear seise' etory to the Jury that the pistol was loaded with a bulk t, there could be very little doubt as to tire guilty intent of the prisoner ; therefore, the first question to he considered was whether the pistol was loaded with a bullet or any other destructive substance. There was a second question to be considered, which was whether, although the pistol was on'y loaded with gunpowder and wadding, it was fared 33 close to her Majesty, as to be calculated to do her severe bodily harm ; then also an overt act would be made out. If the Jury were satisfied of neither of these positions, Ater verdict must be in favour of the prisoner. (Me I..jarned Jusdge then read his notes of the evidence at length. 7 With regard to the identity of the prisoner there could be no doubt. It was clear that he was the person spoke to by all the wintesses, that he - was seized with the pistol in his possession, which pistol he had recently discharged. The evi dence of the Pearsons was most extraordinary. It was for the Jury to place their own construction •upon the conduct of the prisoner on tire Sunday in presenting to pistol at the Royal ca rria g e, and u p on th e ex. pressions he made use of on that occasion. The questiou, however, would resolve itself ,most entirely intone question of the intention of the prisoner at the bar on the Monday. according to the view they took of his conduct on that, day. They would consider, either that his conduct on the Sunday, betokened that of a man determined to persevere in the perpetration of a horrible crime, or that it was indica tive of a man in a state of desperation who war desirous of be in,' taken into custody. If they were satisfied that the pistol was loaded with ball, or some pther destruct ive substance there would he no eiffi Allay in the ease. If they should be of opinion that the pester was loaded with powder and wadding only, thin they would lin v • to consider whether it was discharged so close to her Majesty as that if the wadding had struck her it would have done her some bough harm, or if it was discharged with the intention of doing her tome bodily harm. If they should be of opinion that such was the case, they must find the prisoner guilty. It was a question not of law but of tact, and was for the Jury alone to determine. If they should feel convinced that he had committed the effence with which he stood charged, it would be their duty to bring in a verdict of guilty, without regard to consequences, but if they should be of opinion that the scales of justice hung even, then they would give the prisoner the benefit of the doubt. The Clerk of the Arraigns—Gentlemen of the Jury, please to col i der your verdict. Tee Jury having consulted for a few minutes in the box, The FOIiEMA N said — lily Lord, I think that we had better retire. Cl ICI Justice TlNDAL—Certainly, Gentlemen. 'FI e Jury then retired at twenty minutes to four o'clock to cinder their verdict, and returned into Court at five minutes after five, and broucht in a verdict of " Guilty on the second and third counts; we think there are:some doubts on the first." Chief Justice TINDAL—Do you find hen guilty of the first overt act, that the pistol was loaded with a bullet ?—We do not. Chief Justice TINDAL—Do you find him guilty on the second overt act, that the pistol was charged with some de structive substivice ? Foreman—We do. Chief Justice Tie:nee—lt is your opinion, therefore, that the pistol was loaded with something else bes des wadding and powder? Foreman—lc is. Chief Justice TINDAL—I wished distinctly to ascertain your opinion on that point. The prisoner, who turned pale when the verdict was deli eered, was called on. The Clerk of the Arraigns—John Francis, you stand con victed of high treason. What have you to say why the Court should r o ot give you judgment to die according to law.—The prisonete who seemed dreadfully affected, returned no answer. Silence was then proclaimed, and the three Judges (Chief Justice Tindal, Mr. Justice Patteson, and Mr. Baron Gurney) having put on their black caps, Chief Justice Tnenat proceeded to pass sentence of death updn the prisoner in the following terms :—John Francis, a Jury of your country have, after a patient investigation, found 3pu guilty of the crime of the deepest and the most detestable nature known to the laws of this country—l mean the crime of high treason ; and for that crime I have now to pass upon you the judgment of the court. It is useless, in your case, to enlarge Upon the nature of your offence, for the heart that could imagine so dreadful a crime must be callous to every con sideration - of virtue and humanity. Any attempt, there fore,' to aggravate the nature of your offence must be -neeeisarily useless. It is only owing to the manifest interposition of that Almighty God, who hath said that he 'will be shield and a protection to those Princes who put their trust in him, that the nation is not at this moment "laffering the , greatest affliction, in conse quence of • your crime. Let me beseech you to apply ourgelf, " for the 'short time - that you have yet to remain in this World, to endeavour, by your contrition and renitence for the dreadful crime which you have com mitted, to, obtain the pardon of that Almighty God, who by his interpesitiens preventedyou from completing the horrid creme which you had i nagined. Pray to that Almighty 'Ming that, as he gravy been pleased to interpose to pre vent the further aggion of your offence, by the com pletion of the crime which you had imagined, ee also Ice will bit pleased to show merry to your soul. It now only remains for me to pass upon you the sentence of the law, which is—that you, Jan Francis, be taken from hence to the place from whence you came, that you be drawn from thence on a hurdle to the place of execution, and that you be hingei by the neck until you be dead ; that your head be afterwards severed from your body, and that your body he di vided into four quarters to be d,sposed of in such manner as to her Majesty shall seem fit; and the Lord have mercy on your soul. At the conesusion of the sentence the prisoner fell fainting back into the arms of the gaolers, and he was led away sobbing most piteously. We observed Mr. O'llrisooll, the talented young artist whose excellent Iteeness of Good we took occasion to notice soiree time age, busily engaged eon taking a sketch of the pri soner and the Court &tring the proceedings, and we have no doubt that a good portrait of the wretched criminal will shortly be presented to the public. THE- WEAT HER IN THE NORTH.—The weather continues all that our northern farmers could desire—copious r. in alternating 'vi h sunshine, and the thermometer folly as high as it is genet a'ly in the middle of July. Under such cir cumstances, ve.;ctation could not but prosper, and the only fear is that its plogess may not be too rapid. Harvest bids fair to 1:e sooner that any yea. since 18 9 6. An early harvest in the highlands is, however, generally the safest and best, as frost is apt to set in and cloud our p.ospeets when reaping is late in the season. The oats and barley crops look fresh and healthy here, and the sheep farmer is equally rejoiced at the condition of his flocks. The wheat crop is certainly not so promising as oats or barley, awl some fiplds where the appearance was de redly unfavourable have been replougheel and sown with oats. —lnrerness Courier. . i n s . o o ffi cers of tip_ Belgian lancers at Lotiva.'n, having:a few dais ago quarrelled over a ga me c f d ominos, went of to fight a duel with their sabres,. when cite of th em was killed by a . atrake from .that of his adversary; which literely clays his skull. .• - SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—It is not the least calamitous symptom of such times as the present, that coarse, ignorant, and un principled men thrust themselves forward to denounce all classes whom a suffering people can. be brought to regard as answerable for their sufferings. Mr. Fer rand thinks proper to p'ace foremost, amongst the causes of the present distress, such migrations as took place a fsw years back tram the agricultural to the manufac turing districts. Now, if this were true, it would seem that so many labourers had been transferred improperly from places where they prospered, to places where they do not prosper—the natural remedy would seem to Le to send them back. But is it a matter of fact that it was found they couli i i prosper where they were ? Is it a matter of fact that to be sent back is the boon they covet ? Neither of these questions can be answered in the affirmative. As regards the first, it would seem to be answered already by Mr. Ferrand's statement (if we could believe that, or any other, statement of Arf. Ferranti), that the southern landlords had saved two mu ,ions and a half 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 had they staid there still ? Does the land supply unlimited funds for prosperous pau per maintenance ? If 2,400,000/. required to be raised by compulsory charity for these labourers while they staid on the land, what sum would require to be raised now, when their number would have been increased, and the cost of subsistence has been augmented ? Would those labourers, who could not find profitable employment on the land in 1837, find comfortable maintenance on it now ? Would they have found 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 wish to remain on, or to return to it ? Ask the man for w horn the Duke of Buckingham subscribed twenty shillings to send him back to Manchester ? Ask the men themselves who have mis s rated to the towns. If we are not misinformed, they arc 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 I , :um] surplus the towns now. That is true, though Mr. Ferranti affirms it. Their sufferings are certain, though Mr. Ferrand bears witness to them. They call loudly for public and private relief, though Mr. Ferrand says so. Relief by way of general taxation, is the worst possible mode, though it cannot be affirmed that public advances to suffering classes are indefensible, under all circumstances. STANDARD.—In the House of Lords last night, Lord Radnor, in moving fur returns of grain entered for home censumption, took occasion to make a long speech upon the present distress, which he of course tried to connect with the Corn-laws. Ile was nnswered shortly by the Duke of Wellington, who, acknow - !edging the extent of the distress, and avowing his sincere sympathy with the sufferings of the people, sated that the Government would pursue ifs present course in endeavouring to mitigate those sufferings, without resorting to extraordinary measures. We would take leave to put to Lord Radnor, and to all others who affect to discover a connexion between the Corn-laws and the existing distress, one or two plain questions :—First, have the sufferers 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 negative. 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 gron ing countries of the Continent ? We are told that our manufacturers are idle, because they cannot exchange the pro !Lice of their labour for the corn of other coun tries ; but we inquire, what substitute for their labour has been found since 1840 ? The people of the Continent have not yet learned to dis• pense with the use of clothing and hardware ; but sur 1 .7 Fthey had contrived to create among themselves, in two or three years, a sufficient substitute for the sup ply h - retofore 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 he cannot find where the demand fur industry has wandered. COCRIER.—Mr. Ferrand brought forward his mo tion on the distress of the country, with a proposition of relief by a vote of one million to be applied in alle viation of the general state of suffering. Conceiving the remedy proposed to be quite inadequate to the object in view, besides its manifest impolicy and injustice in taxing all for the behoof of a part of the population, whereby property would escape that fair proportion of the burden which would have rightfully fallen upon it under the old constitutional Poor-law, we must still join with the general voice in applauding the sterling benevolence of intention of the truly honourable and philanthropic mover. As usual, whenever he rises, he was assailed from the Opposition benches with all the taunts and scurrility which language and action could convey, and the forms of the House admit of. It is one of the peculiar merits of Mr. Ferrand, and happily one leading cause of his great usefulness, that he pos sesses, in a remarkable degree, a coolness of temper which cannot be ruffled, and a moral courage so indomitable that it cannot be shaken. He repelled the foul invectives of his opponents, therefore, with a be coming expression of scorn and contempt. Referring to the accusations launched against him of exciting the suffering people out of doors to violence, by his noble exertions in their behalf within, he, in a burst of in dignant eloquence, asserted the integrity of his own conduct, and denounced the malpractices of that nefa rious nest of agitation, the nearly defunct and bankrupt Anti-Corn-law League. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE DOWNING-STREET, JUNE 16, 1892. The Queen has been graciously pleased to nominate and ap point Colonel Sir Robert Henry Sale, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, serving with the rank of Major-General in Athanistan, to be a Knight Grand Cross of the said Order. \VAR-OFFICE, JUNE 17. Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieut. M. Pipon to be Captain, by put chase, vice Fuller, who retires ; Cornet J. P. Cleaver to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pipon ; Gentle man Cadet J. S. S. Stuart, from the Royal Military College, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Cleaver, June 17. 4th Regiment of Light Drag, ons—Capt. Lord George A. F. Paget, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice C. L. Cumberlege, who exchanges, receiving the difference, June 17. 7th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon• Al. Neale, from the 92d 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 Cornet, by purchase, vice Mayne, whose appointment has been cancelled, by 18. •_d Regiment of Foot—Lieut. 'l'. 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. Adlercron to he Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Crespigny ; 'F. A. Ccflin, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Aldei 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, vice Sinclair, appointed to the 13th Light Dragoons, June 17. GOth Foot—Brevet 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. Warburton, Gent , to be Second Lieutenant, vice Cal laghan, June 17. 92d Foot—W. Bowie. M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Neale, appointed 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 STAFF—Assistant- 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 ; 11. L. Cowen, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Duncan, appointed to the 6th Foot, June 17. ADMIRALTY, JUNE 14. Corps of Royal Marines—H. J. Tribe, Gent., to be Secon Lieutenant. CommissiGn by the Lord-Lieutenant of Derbyshire. Derby Militia—E. Coke, Esq. to be Major, vice, Sitwell, resigned, June 11. CROWN-OFFICE, JUNE 16. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme—John Quincy Harris, of Winchester-house, Southw ark, 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 Alresford, in the county of Southampton, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Conn 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., Che:terfield, Derbyshire. WILLIAM HEADLAND, tailor, Louth, Lincolnshire. BANKRUPTS. ROBERT ROBERTS, grocer, Newtown, Montgomery, to surrelkr July 8 and at 29, eleven, at the Oak Inn, Wehhpool. Drew and Woosnam, Newtown ; Weeks, Cook's court, Lincoln's Ir n, London. JAMES ALFRED WEBB and DAVID WEBB, farmers, Great Marlow, Bucks, June 24th, and July 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington, official assignee, Cole man-street -buildings ; Waller, Finsbury-eireu.. JOHN BRETTARGH, timber dealer, Pendleton, Lanca shire, June 20, and July 19 , at ten, at the Commissione rs ' 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, Bedford-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. H eron, Manchester ; Johnson, Son, and Weather all, Tem p le, London. JOSIAH CUTTELL, clothier, Holmfirth, York s hi re; July 1 at two, and July 29 at ten, at th e Geor g e Hotel, Hud dersfield. • Cornthwaite, Dean's-court, Doctors'-Commons, London; Cornthwaite, Liverpool. JAMES HOPKINS, butcher, Le;ght o n Buzzard, Bedford_ shire, June a anti July 29, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 18, 1842. Whitmore, official assignee, Basingball-street; Stevens, Wil kinson' and Satchel!, Queen-street, Cheapside. JAMES TOMLIN and WILLIAM MAN, merchants, St. Michael's-alley, Cornhill, June 28, at one, and July `;.9, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Businghall-street ; Ellis, Cowper's-court, Cornhill. HENRY ENGLISH, printer, New Broad-street, . City, June 24, and July 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Meggy, Great Tower-street. JOHN STEGGALL, boolveller, 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, at ten, at the Commissioners'-rmme, Leeds. Foden, Leeds; Wagstaff, Son, and Marsh, Warrington ; Sharpe, Field, and Jackson, Bedford-row, London. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. E. Warne, carpenter, Lisle-street, Westminster, July 8, at eleven-E. Hayes, picture dealer, Pickett-street, Strand, July 8, at twelve-W. H. Lamport, silversmith, Plymouth, July 8, at half-past one-J. C. and T. Lucas, lozenge manufacturers, Aldersgate-street, July 11, at twelve-G. Stringer, furnishing I ironmonger, Islington, July 8, at twelve-S. and T. F. Jack son, woolstaplers, Bermondsey, July 11, at eleven-J. Cuisset, jeweller, Blackfricrs-road, July 8, at eleven-J. Page, en graver, Horseferry-road, Westminster, July 12, at one-L. R. 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. Hill, jun. and W. Brookes, merchants. St. Mary-axe, July 8, at one-W. Mor ris, leather dresser, Long-lane, Bermondsey, July 11, at eleven -C. Boyd, sen., 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-11. J. Nixon, upholsterer, Great Portland-street, Oxford-street, July 9, at twelve-W. Hitchcock, linen draper, Regent-street, July 8, at one-J. Maddox and G. Blenkarn, warehousemen, Wading-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, Hunslet, 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, victualler, Worcester, July 21, at twelve, at the Offices of C. Creswell, Worcester-W. Looney, cooper, Whitehaven July 13, at one, at the Black Lion Inn, Whitehaven-T. Peters,: tailor, Cambridge, July 8, at twelve, at the Bull Inn, Cam bridge-A. Buckley, grocer, Newton-moor, Chethire, July 15, at tvi elve, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchesier -J. Cole, woolstapler, Kettering, Northamptonshire, Juiy 15, at twelve, at the George Inn, Kettering-J. Darbyshire and S. Pope, calico printers, Alanehe_ter, 'July 28, at ten, at the Commis sioners'-rooms. Manchester-T. lillership, coal master, Mose ley New Colliery, Staffordshire, July 8, at one, at the Swan Hotel, Wclverfiampten-J. H. Heron, J. S. Heron, J. K Heron, and A. Heron, cotton spinners, Manchester, July 12, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester-P. Walker, cotton spinner, Hindley, Lancashire, July 12, at eleven, at the Town. hall, Preston- 1 . B. Molyneux and P. Witherby, mer chants, Liverpool, July 9, at two. CERTIFICATES-Juts 8. P. Butler, butcher, I:e;;;;;;t73; Priors, Warwickshire—H. C. Churchyard and J. Holmes, woclstaplers, Halifax, York shire—W. .Halliday, innkeeper, Liverpool—S. Lees innkeeper, Manches;er —W. Brain, general shopkeeier, Machen, Men mouthshire—J. Pearce, leather seller, St. John-street. PARTNI:RSHIPS DISSOLVED. C. Dowse and 1 7 1. Atkinson, law stationers, Chancery-lane — W. Bywater and J. Ingham, cloth manufacturers, Smithies, Yorkshire—G. Green and A. Richards, tailors, T(Atenham court-road, London—W, and H. Carass, butchers, Borough bridge, Yorkshi:c—G. Howard, H. Rawsthorne, and Ellston, iron founders, Haslingden, Lancaster—R. A. Ames and R. S. Johnson, linen drapers, Clifton-street, Finsbury— W. Atherton and J. Watson, flint-glass manufacturers, Man chester—W. T. and W. Gyiby, surgeon., East Hetford, Not tingham—J. N. Gardner and A. Middleton, circulating li brary, Warrington, Lancashire—.l. Slack and C. Morton, paint manufacturers, Manchester—R. Durning and J. Martin dale, common brewers, Rainlord. Lancashire—J. Labrey, W. Lal , rev, J. Labrey, and J. Whitlow, tea merchants, Hudders field, Yorkshire—J. C. Watson, R. S. Watson, and W. Frank land, linen drapers, Whitby, Yorkshire (so far as regards R. S. Watson.) SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. ALEXANDER MILLOI and JOHN AIILLOY, graziers, Ashfield, Argyleshi , e, 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 C barobers of Gray and Jameson, Perth. DAVID MARTIN and CO., manufacturers, Glasgow, June 23 and July 14, at two, at Nl.Ewan and Auld's, account ants, Glasgow. JAMES DANIEL, printer, Aberdeen ; June 23 and July 16, at twelve, at the Chambers of A. I'ittendrigh, Aberdeen. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muse-wad° Sugar, computed from the Returns made in the Week ending June 14, 1842, is 375. 10. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Custi ms paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. PRICE OF BREAD. Ihe highest Fri, e of Bre4cl i.. the ALtrovilis is 9d for the 41b. Loaf. Good Bread may be had at 7d. PRICES 0? SEEDS. Per Cwt. i Pei Quartet Sew English Rea Clover...6os 80s St. Fein —s l'Es 50s Old i Use Ditto —s —8 —s Rye Grass —s ‘isFs at s New Foreign Ditto.._...—s 56s l'Ss Pacey Grass —s —a —s 01 1 Di to Di.to —8 —I; —s Linseed, for feeding ~.—s 50s 56s New White ( lover 548 (Ts 65s Dit.o, for sowing .......—s tit s is Old Ditt., Ditto —s a —s• Ditto, for erushicg ....—s Os Its s.ew Tre 0i1.... —s 256 40s I-Itm —s 468 82s Old Ditto —4 20s 343 Canary , —s 48s sis Er folium s —s ...-15' Per Bushel. English Carraway —s 45s 50s' White I%lustard....i Os Od to 13s I d Foreign Ditto —s 46s 50s Brown Ditto . 12s Od to Vis i cl Coriander.... —s 13s 20s,Tares _ 4s Cd to 5, Sr'. PRICE .)./.‘ OIL. Rape Oil. brown, per ton .....»..£46 0 Ditto, refined Linseed Oil ::4 i: Lins,ed Oil Cake at the Mill (per 1000) II 0 Ra,e , ake. per ton 0 0 PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per 1121 b. f own Tallow £2 H 6' Melting Stuff £1 14 0 Yellow Russia White ii U 0 Graves Soap Ditto 0 0 0 Good Drags 0 5 0 PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of nibs Paice of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters) ''s. Si. COAL MARKET. Ships arrived since last marttet day, 55 d. s. d. Holywell Main... l7 PI Walls End Morrison] :7 6 Old Tanficld Ord's Redh eugh . l5 0 Walls End Stewart's 2O 3 TanEleld Moor IS Walls End Caradoc 2O 3 West Wylam Wylam Walls E d tiewic,e arAl C lB 0 Walls End Richardson'sTeesls 9 WE. Braddyll'sHetton Walls End lletton 2O 0 Hartley Walls End Lambton ( 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 to pay an advance on last Friday's rates of 6d to Is per cwt. Ja- maica low dry brown at 60s 6d, mid yellow 62s to 645, good mid 64s 6d, good to fine 65s to 695, St. Lueia fine brown 61s, mid and good mid yellow 62s to 645, Montserrat low mid yellow mixed with some brown samples 61s 6d, mid and good mid yellow 62s to 645, Nevis strong mid grey 62s 6d per cwt ; at auction 150 hhds Barbadoes went briskly—fine yellow at 68s to 68s 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. P. Sugar tended to operate against business to-day. The market closed firmly, and the lowest point for dry brown West India is 60s per cwt. REFINED.--The demand has been extensive for all descrip tions of refined goods this week for home consumption, and prices have further advanced 1 s per cwt. To-day the home 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. MauniTtus.—lmporters have been firm, and the trade have been free purchasers of alldescriptions this week ; the advanced rates previously established have been fully sustainei. This afternoon there was no public sale, and none is de. dared ; privately several parcels were disposed of at an advance of tid per cwt ; low to mid yellow fetched 61s to 645, good to fine 65s to 695, and brown low to mid at 57s to 603 per cwt ; mid yellow sorts were the most in request, and of which the supply is not sufficient for the wants of the trade. BAT INDlA.—White Bengal Sugar has been much inquired for this week, and the supply being small, buyers have been compelled to pay an advance of is to 2s per cwt. This after noon there was no public sale of Bengal ; privately many inqui ries existed, and stiffer rates were paid ; common to good white fetched 66s to 69s ; fine is extremely scarce ; brown sorts fetched 46s to 58s, according to quality. FOREIGN.—The demand continues to increase for white Havannah, and holders generally have more confidence; prices have advanced 6d to Is per cwt. To-day some purchases were made in Havannah at full rates, and holders were firm since this day week : 6,213 boxes Havannah have been received, but the stock is still very deficient of all sorts of Foreign, when compared with former years. AlOLAssEs.—Full rates are required for West India Mo lasses, but the demand has been limited this week. Antigua of tine quality 30s per cwt. Foreign Molasses at 6s 6d to 7s per cwt. West India Tamarinds at 40s per cwt. COCOA.—B. P. 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. Pala at 33s to 345, and Civayaquil 35s to 36s per cwt. COFFEE.—The Coffee duties are at length finallysettled, viz., at 4d per lb for Coffee the produce of all British Planta tions, and at 8d for all kinds of Foreign ; Cape Coffee is also to pay a duty of tid per lb, a majority in the House of Commons refusing to give holders of this description any relief on the.r stocks. Thisafternoon 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 bags Dutch Com pany's Java, 5,402 bales, 41 cases, 91 bags Mocha, 438 bags Manilla Coffee imported from Singapore, and 140 bags Brazil direct, were offer e d a t auct i i n. Cylon ord partly sold at 75 for good ord, 77s 6d t o 79 s 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. , fine mid yellow at 115 s. to 120 s 6d, fine ord SOs to Bls 6d, goof ord 75s so 765 6d, and ord 60s to 70. Jamaica mid fetched 112 s to 123 s 6d, 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 bags less than last year at this time, but of Mocha is 5,336 bales, and of Ceylon 7,24'2 bags larger. Of other East India end Ca; e sorts the stock is 37,092 bags less than in 1841 at this time. _ _ . TEA.—The demand for Tea continues on the increase. Mer chants have manifested firmness, and obtained a further advance of &i.l to Id per lb; inde, d 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 7id, good common Is E.ol to Is 80, but mid and mid blackish leaf rather strong Is 84c1 to Is 90, good strong blackish leaf is 9:3d to Is 100, fine and Pekoe descriptions Is I:dto2s 4d per lb. 'the demand however has been chiefly for good comm• n sorts, the lowest rate for which is now is 8d per lb. Common Twankay has fetched Is 6id to Is 7(1, good common Is 70 to is Bd, and fine Is 8 : 1 4 d to is 911 per lb. Hyson com mon 2s to 2s Id. Company's Congou have been selling at Is 80 per lb cash. The stock of this kind is reduced to 9,203 packages. To. day several purchases were made in Tea, and buyers were compelled to pay stiffer rates; common sound Congou, cash, fetched is 8d to is BAd, good common Is Eid to Is 8 3 / i d ; Twai,kay common and goad common Is 7d to is Bid ; and Company's Ciogou Is 84d, cash. The Tea market closed with a firm aspect. The supply of Tea at market is scanty. The advance on 'lea since the last public sale is 2d per lb. Run, B R ANDY, AND HOLLANDS.— For Leeward Island Rum this week prices have been sustained ; this morning holders asked still' r rates ; proof Leewards at 2s 2d for com mon, and 2s 21id to 2s 3d for good quality. Jamaica at firm rates; good quality 32 per cent over _ioroof, ss; and fine 34 to 36 over, 5 s 4 d to 53 6d per gallon. East India Rum hat met with more attention; Calcutta proof at. the high duty at is 6d to is 61d, and with certificate Is 8d to Is Ild per gallon. Brandy is in an active state ; Cognac first brands of the vintage of 1837, hhds 5s '2d, puns ss; 1838, hhds ss, puns 4s 10d ; 1839, hhds 4s sd, puns 4s 3d ; 1840, hhds 3s 10d, puns 3s 8d ; 1841, hhds 3s 9d. puns 3s 7d per gallon. Geneva common at is lld to 2s. British Corn Spirits at 10s, cash. SricEs.-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 t•Os, good ord 77s to 78s, ord 765, mouldy 72s to 755, broken ends 72s 6d to 755, loose and broken 64s to 65s 6cl ; Ginger went rather lower-mid Bengal II s to 125; Cloves taken in at Is 2d for ord; Pimento went easier, mid dark at lid to 20, ord 2id per lb. INnzco.-From the shippers there has been more inquiry for Eat India this week, and they have taken sonic parcels of Bengal at 4s 6d to 5s per lb. Spanish has brought full prices. RICE.-The market for Bengal Rice has presented a more lively appearance this week, low white at 9s ad to Os 6cl, mid• dling 103. to 10s. 3d, good middling 13s 6d, good and fine lOs 9d to lls, cargo 7s 6d to 8s 6d per cwt, lOs for middling white, and Os to 90 6d fur mixed and broken. Java at Es 9d to lOs 6d for common to good white, and yellow 7s 6d to 8s 6d per cwt. Carolina at 265, 28s and 30s per cwt. Patna 14s to 19s per cwt. Oit.s.- The market for common Fish Oils looks healthy; stiffer rafts have been pad for Southern-common has realised 30/ 105 to 31/, middling 311 lOs to 3:2/, good and fine 32/ 103 to 331 10, ; Cod has fetched 311 lOs to 321; Pale Seal 381, brown 311 to 311 10s, yellow and straw colour 321 to 36/, new pale Seal Oil for arrival 341 per tun ; Sperm at 771 to 79/ for fine British ; Linseed Oil at 32s to 32s 3d per cwt. Rape Oil, pale at 46s 3d to 46s 6d, and brown 45s 9d to 46s per cwt. Cocoa Nut Oil at 40s to 40s 6d for the first sort. Palm at 321 to 32/ 105 for fine, and 30/ to 311 lOs for ord and middling. Olive Oil at 591 to 601 for Gallipoli, 541 to 551 for Spanish, and 5'21 to 531 for Barbary. Southern Whalebone 1331 to 1391 per ton paid. TALLOW.-Holders of Russian Tallow have succeeded in keeping up prices this week. Petersburgh Yellow Candle on the spot at 48s to 48s 3d per cwt ; for delivery in the last three months 49s to 49s 33 per cwt ; South American of common and middling desciiptions at 42s to 44s 6d, good and fine kinds at 45s to 47s 63 per cwt. Town 'fallow at 45s 6d to 465, nett cash. Today P. Y. Candle moved off slowly, and 48s on the spot is the current rate. Fur auction on Friday '216 casks South America are declared. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS, The fallowing ars the results of " A Table of Mortality in the Metropolis' showing the Nu m be r of D e ath s f rom a ll Causes Registered in the week ending June 11, 1842." The Table is issued from the Office of the Registrar-General ; Weekly Average 1838-9 40-1 CAUSES OF DEATH. Total. Four I Four Springs Years Epidemic, Endemic, & Contagious Diseases 142 183 190 Diseases of the lirain, Nerves, and Senses 151 147 149 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... e.).seases of the Hca-t and Blood-vessels Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. ri 6 4 Cnildbed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c 7 9 10 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 8 6 6 Diseases of the Skin, &c 1 I 1 Diseases of Uncertain Seat . 129 99 104 Co!el Age, or Natural Decay 67 63 69 Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intem perance Causes not specified Deaths from all causes . 847 Average Weekly Deaths .. 871 912 Population Average Dent h curl- Nveckly in DisnucTs. meeated Deaths the 1641. 183_'-.t-4.-1. V, eek. Weil—Kensington, St. Gorge r ( Hanover-square ), Westm in- Four Four ster, St. Martin in the Fields, Ye r,.1 Springs. St. James 300,705 135 136 134 North--St. Mary-le-bone, St Pancras, Islinv ton, Hackney 365,660 162 156 163 Central—Saint Giles and Saint George, Strand, Clerkenwell, Holborn, St. Luke, East Lon don, West London, City of London.-- ...... ........ -.373,805 188 179 157 East—Shoreditch,Whiteehapel, Bethnal Green, St. George in the East, Stepney, Poplar 392,493 206 190 199 South—St Saviour, St.. Olave, St. George( Southwark ),Ber mond-ey, Newington, Lam beth, Camberwell, Bother hithe, Greenwich 438,060 221 210 194 Total 1,870,727 912 It is stated that under the term Metropolis are comprised the 32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City of Lon don with and without the walls, the City and Liberties of Westminster, the out-parishes within the B►lls of Mortality and the parishes of St. "larylebone, St. Pancras, Kensington, Fulham, Hammersmith Chapelry), St. Luke (Chelsea), Pad dington, St. Mary (Stoke Newington), St. Leonard (Brom ley), St. Mary-le-bow, Camberwell, Greenwich, St. Nicholas and St. Paul (Deptford), and Wool►vich. The population, as enumerated in 1831, was 1,594,890, and in June 1841, was 1,870,727. The weekly averrge for 1838, 1839, 1840, and 1841, was obtained by dividing the deaths in the four years by 208, and the deaths in the four winters by 52. , . TEMPERATUIcE IN THE WEEKS ENDING June 4. June 11. highest Lowest Daily Mean . General Register Office, June 16, 1812. POLICE IN TELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGII-STREE7'. Yesterday, Charles Wilson, aged 18, Evan Evans, aged 15, and James Finlayson, aged 16 years, very respectably dre4ed, were placed at the bar, charged with attempting to pick pockets. Mr. HARDWICK inquired if any of them were known to the police. A police constable said that Wilson had been tried and convicted of felony at the Old Bailey ; the other two he knew as pickpockets, having seen them on different races and places of public amusement, in company with known thieves. Mr. HARDWICK said he should remand their,, in order to give time for further inquiries to be made about them. Thomas Tollett, the driver of the cabriolet No. 351, ap peared on summons to answer the complaint of the Hon. Frederick Cavendish, for exacting more than his fare. The complainant stated that about four o'clock on Friday afternoon last, he hired the cab, No. 351, at the terminus of the Great residence having just a r r i ve d f rom Wi n d sor , and sidenc e i n S out h- street , Grosvenor square, Western demanded an d rece i ve d 2 s . as hi s f are , was driven hen the his driver r a which was more than he was entitled to, the distance being less than two miles. The defendant alleged that the complainant had made a mis take as to the number, as on Friday afternoon, at four o'clock, he was waiting at London-bridge the arrival of the Margate steam-boat, and on its coming in he got a fare to No. 8, Ches.. tertield-street, May-fair, which he set down a little after five o'clock, so that it was impossible he could have been at the terminus of the Great Western Railway. Ultimately the complainant consented to drop proceedings in the present case, on condition of the defendant paying him back the costs which he was out of pocket, and which he should hand over to the poor-box. The defendant reluctantly consented to this, and the sum mons was dismissed. Mr. Cavendish then stated that he had summcned several cab-drivers lately for overcharge, and he was determined, as he had plenty of time on his hands, and rode about a great deal, to punish every case of overcharg e he met with; and this be was determined to do, if it was only for the good of the public. The fines and costs he invariably gave to the poor. box. LLOYD'S SHIPPING VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.--Charlotte, Newcastle, to Ha vannah, 21st ult., lat. 38, lon. 13; Prince (barque), of Lon don, 25th, lat. 41, lon. 10 ; Adelaide, of London, .for China, Ist inst., lat 46, lon. 12, by the Ann Elizabeth, arrived at Falmouth. Maria, of Milford, for Ilavannah, lat. 50, lon. 9, by the Louisa Maria, arrived off Scilly. Ava (American barque), 26th ult , lat. 46, lon. 39 ; Montague, of Poole, from Hamburgh, 6th inst., lat. 50, lon. 11, by the Trebene, arrived at Cowes. Barque William, of Newfoundland, 7th inst., off the Lizard, by the D. 8., arrived at Co A es. Alice, Liverpool to Jamaica, off Cape Clear ; Farewell, Liverpool to Leghorn, out 10 days, lat. 45, lon. 10, by the Br eeze , ar rived at Cori . Sophia, China to London, 15th Feb., in the Straits of Banca ; Africa, Bombay to Liverpool, 27th March, lat. 29 S., lon. 40 E., by the Gambia, arrived at St. Helena. Lady Bowden, bound to the Clyde, near St. Helena, 12th April, by the Crawford, arrived at St. Helena. Emma, of Waterford, bound down the Mediterranean, 28th ult., off Carthagenia ; Miriam, Malta to Cork, 2d inst., off the Rock of Lisbon ; Maid of Carmarthen, Marseilles to Cork, 9th, lat. 49, lon. 9, by the Zante Packet, arrived at Crookhaven. SOUTH WHALE FISHERY, The following ships, belonging to the port of Havre, were at the Whaling Grounds, South Seas, in January last : Elizabeth, with 1, 0 00 brls I Ferdinand, with 9OO brls Meuse 1,000 I Asia .. Pallas— . 1,100 I Roland BOO Georges 1,000 MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS SUN.—The Money Market, though firm in prices, was ex ceedingly inanimate during the whole of yesterday. The last price of Consols was 91a 911, for the opening ex-dividend ; Reduced, 91 1 4 91i ; Bank Stock 167 168 ; Exchequer 11;11s, Old, 45 47 ; Ditto, New, 40 42 premium. Foreign Securities were without alteration ; Belgian 102 103; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52% 52/ ; the Five per Cents , 101 1011 ; Danish, 801 811 ; and Brazilian, 66 67. Shares were all lower except Brighton, which advanced to 35% 35 ; London and Birmingham 175 177 ; Birmingham and Gloucester, 50 52 ; Great Western, 87 88 ; the Half Shares, 616'2 ; South Western, 61 62 ; North Midland, 63 65; the New Shares, 31 32 ; South Eastern and Dover, 25i 25:4 ; the Scrip, 5a 5/ ; Eastern Counties, 9 91 ; Northern and Eastern, 40 41 ; tslackwail, 9i f 10/. Scarcely any Foreign bills were negotiated on 'Change • the rates, however, were very firm. Hamburgh 13 114 13 ; Amsterdam 12 434 12 5i ; Rotterdam 12 5 ; Antwerp 12 4 ; Frankfort 15114 ; Paris 25f. 75c., 25f. 80c. ; Vienna 9 54 9 54i ; Trieste 955 9 551 ; Lisbon 52/ 53 ; and Madrid 35/ 37. Ihe Bonds were .quoted, Celombian, 253 q 26 ; Peruvian, 17 18; Portuguese Five per Cents., 37 374 ; the Three per Cents., 214 ; Spanish Five per Cents., 22 22/ ; the Throe per Cents, 223 221. Curran, when addressing a Jury on one occasion, observed the effect produced on their minds by the ominous shake of the head which the Judge gave at the conclusion of most of his sentences. At once to relieve them and 'rebuke his Lordship, Curran, with inimitable wit, remarked, " Gentle men of the Jury, his Lordship shakes his head, but yen need tdce no notice whatever of it, for I can assure you there is nothing in it." ACCIDENTS AND SUICIDES IN FRANCE.—It ap pears, by a rece n t stat i st i ca l re turn, that the number of a:ci dental deaths in F rance , d ur i ng the year IS4O, was 6,805, at d that of suicides 2,752, b e i ng only live more than in 1839 ; whereas in that year the number of suicides was 161 more than in 1833. Of the 2,752 suicides above-mentioned, 712 were fe males; of the total number, 20 were under 16 years of age; 132 from 16 to 21 ; 450 from 21 to 30 ; 459 from :30 to 40 ; 610 from 40 to 50 ; 446 from 50 to 60 ; 332 from 60 to 70 ; 153 from 70 to 80 ; and 45 above 80 years of age. A Society with the laudabl e o bj ect o f a ss i st ing, the industrions poor to is in progress of formation in Sali ntry sI provide themselves with coals during the winter months, by contributing small-weekly sums during the spring arid sum mer towards a fund which it is proposed to augment by the voluntary donations of the more wealthy part of th community. Chrortick. LIGHT SOVEREIGNS. The bankers of Perby have given notice that they cannot receive any gold of less than tho 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-sovereigd.—Nottingham Review. Great difficulty has been experienced in this town by holders of sovereign., during the past few days, to get them changed. The same difficulty exits in almost all parts of the empire, in consequence of the Government proclamation, which has mani festly wrought a greet 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 one 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 ar", in reality, worth from 19s. 10d. to 19s. Ild.—Nottingham Review. What have we now? A proclamation, and nothing less, which changes the current value of the coin ; gold sovereigns, it 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 geld 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 Chronicle. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 16. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'Clock. POOR-LAWS. Mr. ROCHE presented a petition from Middleton, in the county of Cork, against the operation of the Poor laws. Mr. BRAMSTON presented a petition from West Ham, praying for the discontitittance of the employment of Assistant Poor-law Commissioners. Sir B. HALL presented a petition from the parish of Marylebone against the Poor-laws ; also another from St. Pancras to the same effect. WITNESSES OATHS. Dr. BOWRING presented a petition from Warrington against the fractice of making oaths. CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. Mr. F. MAIILE presented a petition from the county of Roxburgh against the system of Church patronage. MERSEY CONSERVANCY BILL. Lord SANDON moved that the Committee on the Mersey Conservancy Bill have leave to sit and proceed on Monday. Sir T. ACLAND seconded the motion. Mr. GREENE opposed the appointment of Monday, and proposed Wednesday as being more just to the parties. • After a short conversation, Lord SANDON consented to alter his motion to Wednesday. The motion was then agreed to. POOR-LAWS. Captain PECHELL presented a petition, agreed to at a public meeting in Brighton, against the new Poor-law. Mr. S. CRA WFORD presented a petition from the Guardians of the Rochdale Union, to the same effect. Colonel T. WOOD presented a petition from the Guardians of the Whitechapel Union, to the same effect. Mr. S. WORTLEY presented a petition from a union in Warwickshire against the New Poor-law. Lord ASHLEY presented three petitions from Bolton, Hull, and Rochdale, in favour of the Mines and Collieries Bill. Sir W. JAMES presented a petition in favour of a Ten Hours Factory Bill. NOTICES OF MOTION.—POOR-LAWS. Mr. M. GIBSON gave notice that, on going into Com mittee on the Poor-Law Bill, he would move au instruc tion to the Committee relative to certain clauses of , 1 the Bill. SUDBURY ELECTION. Mr. 13LACRSTONE gave notice that, on the bring ing up of the Report of the Sudbury Disfranchisement Bill, he would move that the Report be re-committed. FCOTCII CHURCH. Mr. FOX MAULE presented a petition from the Lssembly of the Church of Scotland. The petition stated that patronage in the appointment of ministers was opposed to the principles of the Church of Scotland; that in the years 1649 and 1690 the laws referring to this matter were repealed ; that the enactment of 1712 was unanimously regarded as a breach of the set tlement, and an infringement of the rights of the Church ; that the. exercise of patronage had been attended with great injury to religion, and was a fruitful source d . dissension ; and that it was the cause of the present difficulties of the Church. The petitioners, therefore, prayed the House to repeal the Act of Queen Anne relating to this subject, The Hon. Member then proceeded to say, with reference to the notice which he had given to bring this question before the House in the form of an address to her Majesty, that upon further consideration cf the subject, and seeing that his motion would be attended with no further result than a divi sion rejecting the motion—foreseeing, also, that that discussion would not be conducted with satisfac tion to himself, ,owing to the absence of . his Honourable Friend the Member far Leith (Mr. Rutherford), he had resolved not to pursue farther the notice which he had given for Monday, the sth of July, reserv ing to himself, at the same time, -the power, should circumstances rendering it necessary arise, of calling the attention of the House at a future period to the question. He must say that he regretted, the course which the Government had thought it right to pur sue in not tzekins this matter into their own hands. He thought the initiative ought to come from the Go vernment, and being of that opinion he would leave it to the Government fur another year, and if they did not then take it up, he should bringforward some measure on the subject himself. Sir ROBERT PEEL said, after what had been stated by the Right Hon. Gentleman, he must be allowed to say a few words. Her Majesty's Government, if the Hon. Gentleman had brought the subject forward, would not have deprecated discussion ; if such a discussion had taken place, he should have stated the grounds on which the Government had aban doned the hope of doing any good by legislative enact ment at the present time. He was deeply impressed with the importance of the subject, and nothing would be more salsfactory to her Majesty's Go vernment than that the good sense and modera tion of the people of Scotland should afford the means of putting an end to theSe unfortunate differences. Lord J. RUSSELL could not agree with his Right Hon. Friend that the present was a fitting opportunity for the Government to consider the question. He hoped however, that en opportunity would shortly arise, end that during the interim the Government would consider the subject. He was willing to leave the matter in the hands of the Government. Mr. CAMPBELL said he could see no good in casual discussions of the question that could lead to no practical result. He bad abandoned his intention of introducing a Bill, in consequence of technical objections, by which his hands were completely tied up. He was glad that the Hon. Member for Perth had taken the course he had done, and he only regretted that he had not consulted with the clergy of Scotland, before he had given his notice. IRISH TITHE DEFAULTERS. In answer to a question from an Hoil. MEMBER, Lord ELIOT said, the amount of money due from tithe defaulters in Ireland had not been returned, in con sequence of some difficulty in seperating the legal ex penses from the other items. Captain LAYARD asked the Noble Lord, the Secre tary for Ireland, if he had received any official intelli gence of the recent retreat of the military before the people in Ireland ? Lord ELIOT said, he had not received any official information on the subject ; but he had received a private letter, from which he trusted that no serious consequences would result from the move ment. In answer to a second question, the Noble Lord stated that the warrant for the Special Commission re cently appointed, was dated the 10th of June ; that it would be opened at Clonmel on the 28th, before the two Chief Justices of Ireland. He could not say who were to be the Counsel, but the Attorney- General would appear on behalf of the Crown. His Noble Friend the Lord Lieutenant, after due con sideration of the subject, and acting under the advice of the Law Officers of the Crown, had come to a conclusion that a Special Commission, by which prisoners would be tried at Clonmel previous to the Assizes, . would be at tended with salutary effects. Sr H. W. BARRON said that the Commission was to be opened on the 25th of June, and the Assizes were to commence on the 4th of July, so that the country would be put to a considerable expense to hasten the trials by a few days. The Hon. Gentleman was proceeding to make some further observations when he was interrup ted by loud cries of " Order, and " Chair." • The SPEAKER said that the Hon. Gentleman would not he in order in commenting on the reply given to a question put to the Noble Lord the Secretary for Ireland. RELIEF OF THE POOR IN SCOTLAND. Mr. E. ELLICF, jun., said he wished to put a ques tion to the Right Hon. Baronet on a subject of great im portance to Scotland. It would be in the recollection of the House, that towards the close of the last session, in consequence of representations which were made to the House of extreme distress and destitution existing in certain parts of Scotland, the House appointed a Committee to inquire into that distress, and to ascertain how far it might be remedied by means of emigration. He wished •to ask the Right Hon. Baronet whether the attention of the Government had been directed to the evidence taken before that Committee, and whether, taking into consi sideration the actual destitution in many parzs, the in creasing distress throughout Scotland, and the utter insufficiency of the present law for the purpose of affording any general relief, it was the intention of the -Government to recommend any immediate measures to Parliament, or to substitute any general inquiry, with a view of extending the system of compulsory relief to the poor, or of adopting measures for the improvement of the law of Scotland, or of the present administration of it on such a subject ? Sir ROBERT PEEL said her Majesty's Govern ment had . had their attention directed to the pre sent state and practical operation of the law in Scotland with respect to the relief of the poor, and more especially in the large towns and manufacturing districts. But they did not intend to propose any alteration in the laws in the course of the present session, thinking that very serious consideration and full inquiry ought to precede any legislation upon a subject of such immense importance to the best interests of Scotland. At the same time he had no hesitation in stating that his own opinion was, that the law, with respect to the relief of the poor in Scotland, especially in large towns, was at present very defective, and that it was a subject well Worthy of consideration. But, as he had said before, he thought legislation ought not to be attempted with out full deliberation as to its consequences. Mr. E. ELLICE, jun., said the Right Honourable 13aronet had not stated whether . it was the intention of the Government to institute inquiry into the present condition of the law, 43 regarde4 Scotland generally. Sir ROBERT PEEL said, although he .could say nothing as to the; mode of conducting the inquiry, he had no hesitation instating that hei. MAiestv's Govern nt did intend to inquire into the sunject. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet, the Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment, whether it was the intention of the Government to bring forward any measure in t e course of the pre sent Session with respect to the registration of voters ? Sir J. GRAHAM said he would, on Monday next, give an answer to the question. Lord J. RUSSELL inquired whether the Government intended to bring forward any measure with respect to the registration of voters in Ireland ? Sir R. PEEL said he thought it would be-much better first to apply themselves to the subject of English regis tratiou.—(Hear, hear, from the Opposition.) In answer to a question from Dlr. bi. OItBRALL, Sir R. PEEL said if they were unable to proceed wits• the Irish Drainage Bill on Wednesday, there could be no objection to naming an early day subsequently. SOUTHAMPTON ELECTION. Mr. W. 0. STANLEY said he would then proceed t&. nominate the Select Committee to inquire into the par ticulars of the Southampton Election Committee, viz., Mr. Pendarves, Mr. Shiel, Lord Marsham, Lord Barring ton, Mr. Vans, Mr. Vesey, and Mr. Stewart Wortley. Mr. LIDI)ELL said he regretted to take up the time of the House on any subject connected with himself, but he could not help adverting to a circumstance connected ith the Committee appointed by the Hon. and Learned Member for Cork. Ile (Mr. Liddell) came down to breakfast that morning, and for the first time learned that he had been appointed by the Hon. Member for Cork on a Committee of a similar na ture to that j ust moved for by the Honour able Member. That was the first intimation he re ceived of the intention of the Hon. and Learned Gentle man of placing his name on the list. Now, he hoped he could not be charged with neglecting the business of the House, but he really thought it was only fair to any Hon. Member, before he was called upon to give his time and attention to a cont se of proceed ing of somewhat large character—for they knew from experience that Irish election questions were not likely to be of a moment's duration—it. was but fair that some intimation should be given to the Hon. Member who was to be appointed. He had alremly served upon one Election Committee, and foreseeing that this motion would be brought on, he sent in to the Clerk of Committees an intimation that he expected to be exempt from service of a similar character during the course of the present session. He therefore begged leave to decline, with all deference to. the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, his attendance upon the Committee. Mr. HUME said, that he believed the name of the Hon. Gentleman was suggested to his Honourable and Learned Friend, who was not in his piaci?, by the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite. He believed his Hon. - and Learned Fr iend had nothing to do with giving the name, .and no blame, if blame there was, could attach to him. POOII-LAW BILL. Sir JAMES GRAHAM, in rising to move the Order of the Day for the second reading of the Pour-law Bill, said, that as : he had already explained to the Hotte the principles on which this measure rested, he trusted the House would excuse him for not again going over the same ground, and he would, therefore, content himself with moving that this Bill be read a second time. GOLD COINAGE. Mr. C. BULLER said, he did not wish to oppose the Order of the Day being read on any ground connected with the Poor-law, of which he was a supporter, but be wished to call.the attention of the House, to a subject of importance, namely. the recent conduct of Government with regard to gold coin. He knew that, according to the new rules, anti he allowed they were wise ones, it was not admissible for him to make any amendment on the Orders of the Day which was not connected with the subject, but he might move that another order be read in its stead, and he should move that the Order of the Day for going into a Committee of Supply be now taken. He did not wish to do any thing which would interfere with the course of public business, but the subject to which he wished to call the attention of the House was one of urgent importance, and had occupied more of the attention of people out of doors, as being practical and pressing grievance,_ than any other subject— (Hear, hear)—and it was rather discreditabl e to the House, that the question had not been already discussed, and that the Government should on their own authority be allowed to adopt the proceeding they . had without that house discussing the propriety of it. He informed the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, of his intention to bring this subject under the consideration of the House, who informed him that he was not prepared to give any information on the subject. He did not wish to be precluded from bringing forward a subject of such importance ; but if no obstacles were interposed, he had no objection to bring it forward on Monday ; but if otherwise, he should proceed with it now. It would be making a mockery of the rules if they were made use of to prevent a matter of such importance being discussed. Therefore if the Right Hon. Gentlenian wished him not to go on with the subject till Monday he would waive the question—(Cries of " Go on")—otherwis3 he would oppose the order of the day till this subject was brought under discussion. Sir R. PEEL said, that the Hon. Gentleman had not given notice of bringin on this subject. It had been dperfectly open, yesterday , to call the attention of the ouse to the subject, when ho could have given notice. The Honourable Gentleman had not dune so, and on that • ground he (Sir Robert Peel) decidedly objected to the Hon. Gentleman's proceeding with the-matter now. It was a thing quite contrary to the course usually pursued. With respect to Monday, it could on that day be determined whether the course sought to be now pursued was in conformity with the rules of the Hons.!, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, wished to state what had occurred. About two or three minutes ago, the Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. C. Builer) had come over to him (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) and mentioned that he meant to move another Order of the Day than that for the second reading of the Poor-law Amendment Bill, with a view to bringing under discus sion the subject of the gold coinage. He (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) told the Hon. Gentleman that he had not come down to the House with a view to having that subject discussed, consequently , that he could give but very imperfect information on the matter. It was virtually a breach of the Orders of the House to at tempt to introduce this discussion on the Order of the Day. Mr. C. BULLER had distinctly stated in the com mencement of his remarks, that if he would he allowed to bring the question forward on Monday, he was ready to put it off till that day. The reason he had not given notice, was because it was customary to give no tice of amendments, but his intention was simply to oppose the Order of the Day. He would now give notice that on Monday next he shouldbring the subject forward. POOR-LAWS. The Order of the Day was then read for the second reading of the Poor-law Amendment Bi.l, when Colonel WOOD presented a petition against the gene ral principle of the Bill. Captain PECIIELL presented a petition to the same effect from Brighton. The Hon. Member also pre sented a petition from the Guardians of the Poor and parish of Brighton against the Bill. Also petitions from Warrington and other, places against the clause of the Bill abolishing the Gilbert Unions. Mr. LEADER presented a petition from the parish of St. James, Westminster, against the Bill. Mr. B. WOOD presented a petition from St. George the Martyr, Southwark, against the On the motion for the second reading of the Bill being read, Mr. S. CRAWFORD rose to move that the Bill be read a second time that day th.ee months. From the noise made by the large number of mbers who quitted the House, it was impossible to catch the Hon. Member's observations for some mi utes. In the first sentences, that could be caught, he was referring to the ques tion, as one of the most vital to the inte rests of the nation which could come under discussion. He should, therefore, beg the attention of the House while he endeavoured to make out a cause for the motion of which he had given notice. When the Right Hon. Baronet, the Secretary for the Home De parttnent, introduced the Bill into the House, he referred to certain extracts from the speech of Lord Brougham on the occasion of_ his introducing the measure to the House of Lords. Having — done so, he (Mr Sharman Crawford) was at liberty to refer to other extracts from the same speech, in order to show what were the sentiments of the Noble Lord. The Right Hon. Baronet had quoted these paragraphs from the Noble Lord's speech, for the purpose of showing that the Com Mission was not appointed in order to procure uniformity in the administration of the Poor-law. (The Hon. Member then read two passages from the speech referred • to.) He had thus shown, upon this high authority, what was the object contemplated by the Bill. But the Bill itself did not attain that object. The last Report of the Commissioners expressed ve7 different sentiments, and very different determ nations, from those made use of in their formei Reports. It was necessary, then, that he should briefly .refer to the back Reports of the Com missioners to show what were their opinions for merly of the mode of administering relief. In the seventh Annual Report, page 42, the Commissioners stated that all their proceedings bad been directed to a faithful execution of the designs of the Legislature, more pirtieu arly as reg ar d e d their administration of relief ; and they had came to the conclusion that it would be desirable to withdraw all out door relief, from able-bodied people ; and there were cnly seven cases in u hich exceptions were made, and on the whole of these cases the Commissioners remarked, and explained the reason which induced them to de part from the rule they . had laid down. In every other instance, the Commissioners insisted that their views, as before expressed, should be carried out without any limi tation or restriction ; and in a certain manufacturing dis trict where the operatives were only partially employed, the guardians, by their advice, would not afford them any relief, except they consented to enter the Work-honse. But there were cases of a still more 'extraordinary na ture, and to these the attention of the House should be directed. (The Hon. Member then read a statement with respect to the Bridgewater Union.) Now such having, been the proceedings of the Commissioners, he would ask if the system were right ?---(Hear.) He now came to the Eighth Report. It was remarkable that there were views expressed in this Report very different fr.m - i any that had beta expressed in the previous ones on the subject of out-door relief, and he thought the Commissioners should explain why that Report differed from any other. If the Commissioners found that their former precedents were wrong let them ac knowledge themselves in error, but let not the poor be cOerecel. It was a great evil in the present state of the law, that there was no fixed responsibility. In the case of Bridgewater the Commissioners laid the blame on the guardiang: If neither the Commioion nor the guardians were to- be r e spt - ns ibl e 'for the trcatmen of the poor, what security had they against oppression ? In every country there was injury done to the poor man, but especial injury was done to him in those coun tries where the law , of primogeniture and en tail existed. Such laws were an invasion of the natural right of the poor man, and such being the, case, he had a right to come u p on the- 1 and for that support which was otherwise denied him; There were other laws passed for the benefit 0 ' property, which entitled the poor to support and the first and principal of these wa s the Corn-law, if by this law the price of provisions was raised, and the poor man found it more difficult to pro cure them, he had a right to fall back upon the land for relief. The enormous amount of taxes and the profits which were accumulated from labour, also demanded that a fixed fund should be made for the provi sion of the poor. Another important consideration, the vast progress in machinery of late years, and which, though it might ultimately prove beneficial, was in the wea n ' • time deeply injurious, rendered it necessary that the poor man should e have a fund upon which h could fiat back. There were objections made to the ' . operations of a Poor-law. It was said it produce d ' improvidence and sloth, and early marriages, and tit use population, and a want of improvement a n d bad cultivation, and a want of respect for the law. The se were the various charges brought against the Poor -law; bat it was worthy of observation :hat not one of those evils which were attributed to the Poor-laws in this c ountrk . but were found to exist in Ireland, where, ti l l lately, there was no Poor-law in operation.—(Be ar ' hear, hear.) Did these evils arise in that country from the want of a Poor-law ? When they W hy '' to this country, and compared it with Ireland, he thoug a " , it must be admitted that the prosperity of this countri was owing to the influence of a Poor-law ; and at all WI if it was not owing to a Poor-law, it was impossible t ha it ever would have risen to its present s:ate of prospel without the Poor-laws. The state of crime in Engla il at the present day was worthy of considerat ion A remarkable advance in crime, had taken Pla ce since the enactment of the new Poor-law. In the . e ll ' ,. 1834, the total number of offences amounted t ? 15,995, and the total of offences committed since 184' was 20,218. Such hid been the increase in crime gue s t the establishment of the new Poor-law. The object 0 ' the old Poor-law was to prevent a man from falling into th e • lowest stage of destitution by riving him either subsistenee . e l employment. But by the New Poor-law he must be reduLi. to the very last. stage of destitution before he could be ent.,ii;' to relief. It was on this ground that he opposed the pre' , ; : " law. Nor could they say that the poor co u ld he left tol .; . support of charity, as the Vagrancy Act made it a crime el,t , " to seek for charity. He argued that the gro w th of taxidN" -. within the last few years had not been se great as had !II .tated, and in further referring to the most important lawsuri:-,,' had been passed for the relief of the poor, he mentioned nw- ''' Gilbert Act and the Select Vestry Act, by which the inanagf; ment of the poor was vested in a representative board; l ' of approved of this principle, believing that the management_ J..) the poor was best lodged in such hands, as the member.; ;0' these -boards possessed local knowledge. He could e o e . , . 13 4 , ,, reason why the same test should not be applied to the run,not, to the manufacturing districts. He had endeavoured te ll . o f ', plain to the House what seemed to him to be the prinelPle 0 that Bill ; he had endeavoured, also, to call the attention Hon. Members to the proceedings of the Commission e "'„'; They were now called upon to renew that Act and to eont, the power of the Commissioners. He asked them then whet":" t i; with the circumstances before them which he had stated, and, W ' g the 1 roeeedings which he had adopted they would be ti c : b justice to the poor of this country if they continued to plate ';:,, administration of the Poor-law in the hands of there Geierib - 0 sioners? He did not deny but that a Court of Appeal wou' iree of considerable service, but he wou.d not consent to invests ~ Commissioners with the power of making laws. Let the PO I ,' . ment enact such rules as they thought would be proper to govf': the relief of the poor, and let the powers of the Coon 11 : 5 0 1 sioners be limited to ascertaining whether the guardian! ac id according to the law or not. He maintained that relief 510 " in be given to the able-bodied poor without exacting labent. c ), „i return. lie called upon the House to reject a measurivh,o,, • contained so many objectionable principles, and which' c(! ch, tinued in the hands of the Commissioners those powers o h : t o , they had so greatly abused. He did not make this oppositie l the measure from any party considerations. He did not 4 10.1 1/1 that many Hon. Members had supported - the Poor-law origiel b i because they believed it would promote the real interests- of t poor themselves, but he called upon those Hon. Gentleinen.ii look at the real working of the law and not adhere obstinately' .; their former opin'ons. If they telieved the poor had been 1 ' jured, he asked them not to persevere in this system. fiel thankful to the House for the attention which they bad Pe i his remarks, and he would now move that the Bill be - -,. 4 , a second time that day six months. Int; i Captain PECHELL said he rose for the purpose of secondi° the motion. The Right Hon. Baronet, the Secretary of 7, ;% for the Home Department, in introducing the measure, ha“ pra t pressed a hope that the Bill would be received in a ge' - ‘ t a s spirit of charity and benevo:ence. What must have been t , i surprise of the House, after such a communication, to fin d tt : ( 1 1 there was in the Bill no one alleviation of the evils which to t given so much dissatisfaction ? The Right Hon. Barone t g e frankly avowed his intention to abolish the Gilbert Uisioet , 110 , was hostile to the power of t'ae Commissioners, and he t means of interfering with local Acts but by opposing the In' c ' a jeit measure. He should vote against the second reading its Bill, and would take every means in his power to orP° s i ket fu-ther progress. The Right Hon. Gentleman quoted the te r of Parliament; but he did not quote it correctly, because ° t ee was not to be administered, as he stated, at the doors of la , poor, but in some parish near his residence. The Pc'ef: io r, Commissioners tried to interfere with this salutary Pr ° ,7 t i r ct and made rules and regulations which were enough to rn s any man. The Right Hon. Gentleman also said unfa ir t ne e tices took place in the unions under Gilbert's Act, and he ~' ar ,s one case where the Commi.sioners stated that the:Slosrul-or derived emoluments from their situation, by supplying situ i„, with necessaries; but the fact was, that the poor in ths_ice, stance were supplied with fuel at a very moderate l'! . 00 , With respect to the geographical construction of the ne'dis and the consequent result to the relieving officers in the 40, charge of their duties, the greatest contrast existed. b ol a. one class of unions which were scattered throughout the c bad( try, the relieving o ffi cer's whole time was taken up in PO from one union to another. There were a million and e of persons now enjoying their liberty under their own 1 06 and managed their own poor, quite to the satisfaction o , ~t 0 rate-payers. The object of the Government was eviden t ! / ,,,, deal a heavy blow and great discouragement to these tin° ee and to get rid of them. He was only doing his duty w he t ° , of declared that he should give every opposition to those rar t ion the bill that interfered with, or superseded the adtninis tra t he of the Gilbert Unions. It had been frequently show n st r ut Levves Quarter Sessions that the country was pia to expense owing to the committal of persons for offenees,,,,,nce mitted in the union workhouses. Boys much preeeren vs"nd sent to the Lewes Gaol than remaining in the workhool d j t eef so many were the cases that came before the Justices, tba.tii,e,,a at last told the guardians that they were q uite to ,,,ayt of such cases, and begged cf them to brine' n° such before them. It rested with the Right flon. ° B , "" t eer show them that the poor would be better treated ths° ta ro had hitherto been ; and if he could do that he ( CeP e olv Pechell) should not offer such an opposition as he n ° " C o in' sidered it his duty to advance. When the Bill went into ll his mittce, he (Captaaa Pechell) should bring forward e w es statements in detail respecting the arrangements and ell', far of the Gilbert unions showing that there was no near , : i 'dit• any paid officers, and that great discontent would arise tricts where all now was peace and contentment; if 1,1141 could Commissioners were thrust upon the parishes. ow.,, t iere only add that he never had made use of this as a party ten, but He certainly supported the party who brought in the,wiegi?' he had never used this as a party question against the ~o urte, Hon. Baronet. He should continue to pursue tha t honestly and fairly, which he had always followed. Il e , t obe,r. pray before this proceeding was enacted that an inquires° 00s% instituted. He cordially seconded the motion of th e Alember for Rochdale. On the question being put, " 10 the Mr. PA KINGTON rose. He entirely dissented - re f the Hon. n over, and the Hon. and Gallant seconder amendment, and he should most unhesitatingly and e° aced' support the Bill which her Majesty's Ministers had inn'?" to On this subject there had been so much misconcee t° ,ol many good intentions, but in his mind misdirected , 5 " .„ endeavours to excite the passions of the people that 3,ithii opinion it was the duty of any gentleman, who considereboet subject without undue prejudices on the one 'to asty or undue partiality on the other hand, and conscil ar itie s approved of the act, nut to shrink from the de e lad to of those principles in that House. He was extreme' f t O O% moo id perceive the firmness with which her Majesty ' s woe acted in this matter. He had a firm conviction that be o sieg be promoting the true interests of the working classes hf i efee for the second reading of the Bill. The Hon. Me gel e Rochdale had referred to the increase of crime; be ba d d e el° great deal about the origin of the Poor-law, and be ha th e gone so far as to favour them with some observation,' wing: case, which had occurred in Norfolk, of a policemen"' ly t prisoner to a bed-post, though how he made thatc:ljd the subject under discussion he (Mr. Pakington) • Or li ' , possibly conceive. There were, however, two points Inoot;tleff, cular to which the Hon. Gentleman had referred ; as Poor-law Commission, and secondly, the workhouse telt rd to to these two points he would briefly advert. With 14 1 1 ' 0 ,6 1e r the Poor-law Commission, it seemed to him that the , g oeth e , lay in a very narrow compass. The real question wa s roa r-i e , it was possible for the complicated details of the r,,isndfs Amendment Act to be carried out in all parts o: ' s r !, without some central contrclling board.—( Hear, "% j ail° was admitted even by the Hon. Gentleman that snr e the Cer e e i power was indispensably necessary. With respect l e ottle i ,A l inissioners, he did not hesitate to say that thoug h ioo l their acts were open to eavil—( Hear, hear, frem ctrl, thorp)—they had on the whole performed their ct i l ho or, difficult duties with great judgment and ability. -11 re tie°, l s , her Majesty's Government had exercised a sound dis e c otil', the period for which they proposed to continue the f the P o sion. It was essential to the proper administratieo ° that the rowers of the Commissioners should not bel e q,,jee s be renewed from year to year. The recent preeee pose r Easingwold proved the necessity for some controiW;dittli,o; In that union the guardians had actually abandoned 11:es,-thlei They had previously passed a resolution to the e ...a Pv ba i T34 s deserving characters, not having had more than .40 asts . „,v, child, and under twenty-two years of age, were fit " o "rit7,ll,' outdoor relief. N. resolution could be more kar t r - oissr;ar Onn voser` he was persuaded that if the Poor-law would was abolished, the very worst consequences ,the 0., The next subject to which he would allude was that oi rem eee!„ house test, which had been adverted to by the Hon. o der l i v. Rochdale, and he educed abuses which took pie ° art isto4 existing law in suppott of his objection, and he P ate of o t o alluded to three workhouses. But what was test h 4 ;14 workhouses under the old law ? The Hon. Genl7oistseto7 referred to the Reports of Mr. Mottand Mr. Pilking t , ° , l ,,sh Poor-law Commissioners, relative to the ablate!,_der th e 70 .,` place in certain workhouses under the old law. tT. a n,,, law there were frequent instances of management t°2 (l ,,'ee ; e6 sistent with humanity, but no complaints were 1 °", t ee 5 e , 0 1 . . nobody heard of them. The facts that occurredrat th erosetse je Oaks, the Bridgewater, and Hoo unions, vre re ,., 4 l bapneTf r oe!,l proofs that they must come to light when they le"_ o . 3s esi bor es , thought, under all the:circumstances, that the public, the ed . anything like an abuse of the powers intruste d . e ties The outcry against the workhouse h test be worl°so,:f, quite groundless. Some test was requisite, a .. s , be sir „• i j test was the best. Persons in workhouses ine 00 1 cted to some sort of restraint. They we r , e er e ° P .o rst' io haysoouses ; they we re housea to which perso n re c Teet to resort who felt themselves compelled t ou to the aid cf the public for their Irof te° .• were there sure of a good roof over their bea__, li ,„gs _ so k fuel, and of wholesome food—(lronical cheers.) c ol a he many an honest and industrious workman s he! b ee and, therefore, it was necessary that these .p,-,r7ice hue .sons s,. put under some sort of restraint. The o utcry :" 100 1 rc raiscd against the new Poor-laws had proceed and sca stn7. ro pe- - - who had taken no part in their admidstratio?:e_Pr, beat:! : 0 :i suit rather of prejudice than of reason.--i( H .L ' e petrt rJ r Mr. Ferranti.) He that day saw a letter n IL „8,- a ction - gi.ed E. D0idt.4.,,, abusing the Poer-lawss• _ lo w eche' full of insult and a a n ga d in p s r t ej t a n d e ic la e w., ; he had nev r e a r teb :Fheard I E 4O. if making so little attempt at argument. i to th etre ' 1:4