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abruptness of the change. If 15 years had been the time appointed for carrying the intended change into effect, that would have been inu.h batter than to have fixed - it for 1835. That would have afforded sufficient time for returning from a bad to a good system. A friend of his, a gentleman extensively connected with an important county in England,and who was veryintimately acquaintedwith all matters relating to the poor, expressed a precisely similar opinion to that which he had ex pressed, when last year examined before a committee of that house ; and such, he was satisfied, was the opi nion generally entertained by those who bad paid at tention to the subject. He most sincerely thanked the noble lord for the measure, but felt it his duty to ex press his apprehensions that evil would result from a too rapid transition from the present to the proposed allowance system. Lord ALTHORP said that the speech of the ho nourable gentleman, the member for Essex, had given him the greatest satisfaction, because the hon. mem ber had taken_ the same view of the measure, as a whole, as that which was taken by his Majesty's Go vernment—namely, that it would, if properly adminis tered, effect a great improvement in the condition of the poor. He ( Lord Althorp) was perfectly aware that there would be difficulties attendant on the ab ruptness of the transition from the present state of things to the intended allowance system ; but the hon. gentleman must be aware that government bad made every possible provision to prevent, as far as practicable, the anticipated evils ; and, therefore, he (Lord Althorp) hoped that the only objection which the hon. member had advanced against the measure would be removed. It had been stated, on a former occasion, by a noble lord whom he (Lord Althorp) did not see in his place, that the bill conferred too much power on the overseers of the poor as regarded the administering of relief. He did not see that this objection was well-founded ; for not only had the overseers always had extensive powers, but they were liable to an action at law if they refused to give re lief when applied for. The noble lord was therefore wrong in the view which he had taken of this case. The hon. member for Berkshire thought that the bill had not been improved in going through the commit tee, but that it had been completely cut to pieces in its progress. He (Lord Althorp) was of a different opinion. He thought that the bill, as a whole, had been improved in committee. Another hon. member bad contended that the measure was not popular, and grounded his argument on the fact that petitions had been presented against it. It was certainly true that a number of petitions had been presented against the bill, not however against the measure as a whole, but mostly against particular parts of it. It was also a fact, which hon. members ought to recollect, that the petitions which had been got up against the bill were for the most part from the metropolis. He was sa tisfied that, in the country, the measure was popular. At all events, in almost all the country newspapers which he had seen, it was spoken of in the most fa vourable manner As bad been stated by the hon. member for Essex, the great object of the bill was the benefit of the poor. But it would be productive of great benefit to the farmers also. If they should have to pay a little more in the shape of wages to'their la bourers, they would have the satisfaction of fi n d ing that their work would not only be more cheerfully performed, but that it would be done well. On these grounds he trusted that the house would support the measure. Mr. BLAMIRE hoped that the noble lord would consent to take out the bastardy clause before the third reading of the bill. It would operate most in juriously as_ it now stood. After a short desultory conversation, in which Mr. LEWIS, Mr. MILES, and Mr. CLAY took a part, but which was carried on in so low a tone of voice as to be inaudible in the gallery, Mr. HAL COMB objected to the 44th clause, on the ground that it made it imperative on the commis sioners to administer relief. He thought it would be better to vest in their hands a discretionary power. The clause as it now stood would have an injurious effect on many poor fishermen on the coast of Hampshire. If the overseers should have no discretionary power to afrokd relief, they would be excluded from the partici pation in any of the'benefits the measure was intended to confer on the poor. He wished to impress on the house• that clause 12 was at variance with clause 44 ; for the former gave the power in question to overseers, while the latter refused it. The 10th clause was also of r iui•objectionable nature. = Lord ALTHORP—That clause is withdrawn. • Mr. HAL COMB—Do I understand the noble lord to Say that the clause is withdrawn ? - Lord ALTHORP—It is. -Mr. HALCOMII---Then I beg the noble lord's par don, and will 113 t trespass further upon the attention of the house. • In answer to a question from Mr. JERVIS, LOrd : .ALTHORP said that it would be inconve. nient to . incdrporate the elansds which the noble lord (Lord Darlington) proposed with the then clauses of this bill, but that he ( Lord A.) approved of the principle of the noble lord's proposition, and intended to bring in a sepatate bill to carry it into effect. As it was one of the questions on which, on a division on it, the numbers were nearly equal, he had no doubt that such a bill would meet with the support of the house. • The amendment was then agreed to. After a desultory conversation as to the period at which the several amendments should be brought for ward, the clauses up to E were agreed to. Clause F was, as we understood, taken out. On clause G being proposed, Mr. L ANGDALE said that it would be highly expedient that ( some words should be introduced by which, in cases where Roman Catholics or other dis senting parents died in the workhouse, leaving orphans, and should express a wish to that effect, it should be competent on the godfather and godmother to have such children brought up in the religious faith of their parents. • Lord AL THORP was quite aware that this feeling did so exist, and h'2. should not wish to counteract it, and . he should, therefore, not oppose the insertion of the, words suggested by his hon. friend. His feeling, hoWever, was, that children left under such circum stances might be considered in general rather as the children- of the public ; and as to the religious creed of the parents so dying, it was, in many cases, difficult to ascertain it. In the .cases suggested, however, by the hon. member, such difficulty, of course, would not Words to the effect desired were accordingly in serted, and the clause, as amended, was agreed to. On clause H being proposed, Mr. MILES moved, as an amendment, that words should be inserted as a provision, that " where the putative father of a bastard could not be found person.. ally, it should be deemed sufficient that the notice upon him should be served at his last place of residence." The amendment, however, was, as far as we could ascertain from the conversational line of the discus sion, withdrawn, and the clause was agreed to. Clauses up to N were agreed to. On clause 0 being proposed, Mr. JE R S moved that it should be altogether omitted. His objections against it were two-fold ; first, because it protected the commissioners in any action which might be brought against them ; and secondly, because it condemned the suing party, if he failed in his action, in treble costs. Lord A LT HORP said the whole question was, whether they would allow actions to be brought against the commissioners acting as a board ; as indi -duals they were not protected. As to the treble costs the intimation of an intention to inflict them was tan • tamount to saying that there should be no action •brought. He thought that if the proposed protection were not afforded the Board, its efficiency would be much injured, if not wholly destroy e d. If they were not protected by these treble costs, they would be open to any frivolous and vexatious actions which any cowl -try attorney might choose to bring against them. He 81 ;ould, therefore, decidedly oppose the insertion of any such provision as that proposed. Mr. G. F. YOUNG thought that it would be un reasonable to exempt the commissioners from liability to action, and, at the s ame ti me , to a ll ow them treble costs. PEASEMr. had thought the clause went too far. He no objection to granting full costs. . Mr. TOOKE was also fopinion that full costs would be amp l y sufficient. o The ATTORNEY -GENERAL said that treble , costs were in this case merely nominal, the liability b e i n g full costs, as between attorney and client. • The amendment was then agreed to. Clauses P, Q, and R, were also agreed to. • Mr. JERVIS moved a cl ause to allow non-paro chial places, not villages or townships, to nominate • overseers. did not object t o t h e prinpciple of L the clause ord ALTHORP use ; b u t thought its introduction i n t hi s par ticular p art of the b ill unw i se , an d not fair to viduals ' w h ose property would he peculiarly affected by it. Howeve r desirable the clause may be as a .4eparate one, he was of opinion that its introduction here would operate injuriously. • Mr. L I TTL ETON hoped the clause would not be pressed upon the house. If it came before them in a separate and substantive shape, he would be happy to support it. Mr. POLLOCK thought the introduction of the clause just now very objectionable, as much because of the property likely to be affected by it, as that it was brought up at the tail of a report—brought up, too, almost without notice, and certainly without a notice which could extend to the country. Mr. JERVIS withdrew the clause, saying that he would avail himself of an early opportunity to bring it forward next session. Mr. P. SCROPE moved an amendment, to the effect that costs of indictments brought against over seers should be chargeable on the poor-rates. Lord ALTHORP said that in cases of great ne cessity provision was already made against the neglect of overseers, and that if death ensued through such ne glect the overseer was liable to be indicted for murder. Sir T. FR E MANTL E was of opinion that by the present bill the country paupers were entirely at the mercy of the vestry, and that they should not be left without some appeal, which an application to the ma gistrates, under the former system, stood in the place of. Lord ALTHORP answered that it was the intent of the bill to compel relief in extreme cases. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL thought the only effect of allowing costs in such cases would be to swell the lists of crimes in the calendar, and but tend to en courage frivolous prosecutions. Mr. P. SCROPE replied that the law of Eliza beth empowered magistrates to enforce overseers to grant relief where necessary, whilst the present bill did not. Clause negatived. Mr. B A INE S moved a clause, that no house liable to less than 2s. 6d. in the pound should be subject to the bill. In many manufacturing districts, such as Manchester, there would be no occasion for the inter ference of the commissioners, as the poor laws are well administered. Instead of the rates being from ss. to Iss. in the pound, as was the case in many agricultural parishes, they were scarcely one-eighth part of the rental. He was aware that the adoption of his clause would withdraw one- fourth of the popu lation of England from the control of the commis sioners, but he thought that they would have enough to do in managing the other three-fourths. There was this great distinction between manufacturing towns and agricultural parishes—that while the poor rates had increased enormously in the latter, the in crease was not great in the former. He did not think, therefore, that there could be any objection to putting them on a different footing. So far from thinking that this clause would destroy the bill, he was sure it would give it a more favourable trial ; and that the great end of the measure would rather be ad vanced than retarded by it. The clause was then brought up and read a first time. Lord ALTHORP said that the hon. gentleman had brought forward his clause as an amendment, but he ( Lord Althorp) did not think that it was any amend ment at all. The clause destroyed one of the great advantages of the bill—namely, that of uniformity in the administration of the poor laws. He (Lord Al thorp) could see no ground for its adoption. ( Hear.) It might be true that in some manufacturing towns the poor rates amounted only to 2s. 6d. in the pound, but how did they' know that the poor in those parishes were managed so as to raise their condition? ( Hear.) He believed that the poor in many of those towns were in an extremely wretched condition. If they agreed to the clause, they would indeed be legislating 1 as people who were indifferent to improve the condi tion of the people, and only wished to save the pockets of the rate-payers. ( Hear, hear.) He should, on these grounds, think it his duty to oppose the clause. I After a few words from Mr. LANGDALE, the 1 clause was negatived without a division. Mr. TOOKE then rose to move the addition of a clause to subject extra-parochial places to the poor rates. This was an evil of which the commissioners had taken no notice, but he thought it was well de- I serving of attention. Mr. - POLLOCK wished to state what the opera. tion of this clause would be. The first effect of. i would be to diminish the value of extra-parochial pro perty by ten, twenty, or even thirty per cent. The greater part of Gray's Inn, for instance, which was extra-parochial, was not the property of the Society, but the property of individuals who had purchased it, in expectation that the increased value which they had, in consequence of their being parochial, should con tinue. The larger part of the Inner Temple and of the Middle Temple were in the hands of persons who had purchased leases for one or more lives. These per sons received fair interest for the money which they had expended, and they had a right to continue to receive it. The extra-parochial places were no burden to the neighbouring 'parishes ; but if they were, they should not be made to pay rates in parishes to which they did not belong, but they should be compelled to provide for all cases of poverty within their bounds. He would put the case of Gray's Inn, to show the hardship of the clause. In that Inn there was property to the value of 20,000/. a year. Now, he would ask if it would be fair to subject that property to a rate of 3s. or 4s. in the pound, merely because the neighbouring parishes were assessed to that amount ? ( Hear, hear.) What would be said of it, if a general rate of 3s. or 4s. in the pound were laid on property all over the kingdom for the support of the poor ? Would it not be said to be monstrous, and a confiscation of the rights of pro perty ? He thought it would, and that the same principle applied to extra-parochial places. The adoption of such a clause would not be an act of jus tice on the part of the house ; for it would subject this property to the operation which had grown up before the Poor Laws were contemplated. The case had already been decided by the verdict of a jury, in the case of St. Andrew's parish, and he hoped they would not do such an act of unfairness, as to upset that verdict by the adoption of this clause. Mr. L ITTL E TON thought that the hon. member for Truro had not taken the large view of the subject which he ought. He considered that the bill of which the hon. member for Chester had given notice for next session, would put the subject on a proper footing. He should be extremely happy to vote for the remedy proposed by the hon. member for Chester. The other went far beyond it. ( A laugh.) Mr. TOOK explained. The gallery was then cleared for a division, but none took place. The clause was withdrawn. Colonel WOOD proposed a clause to the effect, that separate visiters ought to be appointed to sepa rate counties, for the purpose of examining into the state of matters. Lord AL T HORP could not see that the clause was at all necessary. It was not necessary to have se parate visiters to separate counties. As be had first said, he (Lord Althorp) did not think this was neces sary ; but if it were, he did not think the mode pro posed by the hon. gentleman would accomplish the object he had in view. The clause was then withdrawn. Mr. HODGE S moved a clause giving to the mayor and corporations jurisdiction over cities, towns, and burghs. Lord ALTHORP had not yet had time to look at the clause with the requisite attention. The clause was then negatived without a division. Mr. C A YLE Y moved the following clause :—Thas from and after the passing of this act no settlement be acquired or completed by occupying a tenement, unless such tenement shall have been assessed, or have been liable to be assessed, to the poor rate for one year, during the occupancy of the party claiming the settlement. Lord ALTHORP did not think that the occupier would gain a settlement in towns, unless the tenement he occupied was worth ten pounds, and therefore he did not see any advantage that could be gained by the clause. In the country settlement was gained by oc cupancy alone. The gallery was then cleared for a division, but none took place, the clause having been withdrawn, Sir HENRY WILLOUGHBY proposed to in troduce a clause enacting that the powers of the com missioners should not be exercised in any parish main taining its own poor in which relief is confined to the aged, the orphan, the maimed, the lame, the blind, the idiot, the lunatic, and those who suffer from sick ness, accident, or infirmity, and in which no relief is given to the able-bodied man or woman, except in cases of sickness, or as an equivalent for real labour per formed, and that the overseers of every such parish should annually' forward their accounts to the central commissioners. . ' Lord ALTHO RP considered the clause would too greatly interfere w!th the principle of the bill and the salutary control to be exercised by the commis sioners. •The clause was then negatived without a division. Lord AL THORP proposed the omission of the 566 clause, which having been originally intended to work with those which had been withdrawn, was now use.les,,or might perhaps prove worse by injuring the free working of the bill.—Agreed to. • ;The bill, with its amendments, was then ordered to be engrossed, and to be read a third time on Tues day next. Lord ALTHORP intimated that on Monday he should move that the third reading of the bill should have precedence of all other business on the following day. MERCHANT SEAMEN'S REGISTRATION BILL. Sir JAMES GRAHAM moved the order of the day for the further consideration of this bill. The house then went into committee. The Ist and 2d clauses were agreed to. On clause 3 being proposed, which requires the captains of vessels, on leaving port, to furnish the agreements made between them and the sailors, Mr. G. F. YOUNG opposed it % Sir J. GRAHAM supported the clause. Mr. O'CONNELL said the clause had been greatly objected to by the Chambers of Commerce of Belfast and Dublin, the ground of objection being, that ships were cleared out from those ports without the full complement of crews, which were generally taken in at other harbours, sometimes at Holyhead, sometimes elsewhere, and it was, therefore, manifestly impossible that the captain should furnish such a list as that here required at the time of leaving port. It was true that the captains were empowered to make the ' return to the consul or vice-consul of the first foreign port they came to ; but still if this person failed to re gister, or send the return home, it was not he, but the captain, who was liable for the neglect. Sir J. GRAHAM said that the object of the clause was to put an end to an abuse which sailors had very frequently suffered by ; namely, that captains arriving at their foreign destination trumped up a quarrel with, and dismissed their sailors there, in order to get the ship worked home by foreign sailors at a cheaper rate than they could purchase the services of the crew they had brought out. In this way the country had lost many a valuable sailor who had been disgusted by such treatment. Mr. G. F. YOUNG indignantly denied the truth of so scandalous an imputation upon our shipowners ; on the contrary, it was the sailors, who, when in a foreign port, escaped from the ships, and secreted themselves, in order to force better terms—sometimes double wages—from their employers for the home ward voyage. Admiral FL E MING supported the clause. Mr. G. F. YOUNG then moved as air amend ment, that the word " either" should be inserted in the 53d line between " shall" and " cause." The house then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it . 35 Majority The clause was then agreed to. The committee then proceeded at considerable length to discuss the other clauses of the bill. On arriving at the 11th clause, the house resumed, the CHAIRMAN reported progress, and asked leave to sit again on Wednesday. -12 POSTAGE ACTS. The house then went into committee on the postage acts. Mr. VERNON SMITH moved a resolution to the effect that a postage of 2d. should be laid on every paper going to and coming from foreign countries, till arrangements were made for a mutual transmission of letters between them and this country.—This was agreed to. — Mr. V. SMITH, in reply to Lord Lowther, said that the privileges of the Post-office clerks in sending and receiving foreign letters would be abolished by the Postmaster-General. A resolution that the Postmaster-General be autho rised to forward through the post certain unstamped papers on payment of such sums as may be from time to time agreed on. was passed. The house next went into a committee of supply, and agreed to make good whatever sum shall be granted as compensation money to the seamen and marines who were engaged in the battle ot Navarin. GENERAL MORENO—THE DEATH OF MR. BOYD. Mr. O'D WYE R then brought forward a motion hat an humble address be presented to his Majesty for a return of all the persons in the suite of Don Carlos, who had lately arrived in this country, and for a copy of the correspondence which passed between the go vernment and the authorities of Spain, relative to the seizure and the assassination of Mr. Boyd. The hon. member having made a slight allusion to the unfortunate death of Mr. Boyd, said that he be lievod that if prompt steps were taken by the govern ment, they might obtain the possession of a letter of Gen. Moreno, which had been written by Mr. Boyd, to induce him to land at Malaga. He considered that the government ought to adopt some prompt measures at the present time, when the writer of that letter was in this country. They ought to do so as an atonemment to the family of the murdered Englishman, and to the outraged honour of the country. The circumstances which attended this transaction had been lately ren dered so familiar by the public papers, that he did not feel called upon to enter into any details, more espe cially at that advanced hour of the night. The most material statement that he was instructed to make was that there was within the reach of the government a letter in the hand-writing of General Moreno, inviting the landing of the party with which Mr. Boyd had connected himself. He (Mr. O'Dwyer) had been told by an individual, who was intimately acquainted with the whole facts of this transaction, that the pre.. cise words were these—" We burn with joy, to aid you in the glorious constitutional cause." The noble lord ( Palmerston) intimated some dissent, but he be lieved that that letter was within reach of some per sons, by whom it would be readily given up (as we understood). He trusted that on a matter which had created so much interest, the noble lord woulkgive such explanations as would be satisfactory to the house, and show that every step had been taken which the honour of the country required. The hon. mem ber concluded by reading his motion. "`-' Lord PALM ER STON said that he had no objec tion to the motion of the hon. gentleman, but he should merely suggest that the documents called for should be the correspondence which had passed between the Foreign-office and the Minister of Madrid, and also the British Consul at Malaga. As these papers, when produced, would give a much better explanation than he could, he should abstain from going at length into the circumstances of this unfortunate transaction. The hon. member was misinformed in supposing that there was in his office, or in the possession of any one over whom he had control, a letter written by General Moreno to General Torrejos and Mr. Boyd, inviting them to come into Spain. He believed there were several gentlemen then present who were well ac quainted with all the circumstances of that unfortunate occurrence. General Torrijos and other Spaniards with whom Mr. Boyd connected himself, went from this country to attempt to forward their political ob jects in Spain. They went first to Gibraltar, and re mained for some time concealed in that fortress. The Government of Spain, having discovered this fact, made representations to the British Government, that they ought to take some measures, which their al liance made it incumbent upon them to take, in order to prevent the garrison of Gibraltar being converted into a place for the support and concealment of the enemies of Spain. ( Hear, hear.) The Governor of Gibraltar then made inquiries in order to exer cise the power which he possessed of sending the party of Spaniards out of the garrison. He was, however, unsuccessful. His inability to discover the party was most - unfortunate, for if the persons had been found they would have been placed in a British ship and carried Out of Gibraltar, whereby they would not have been able to make that expedition which termi nated so distressingly. He believed that they were' induced to make a landing near Malaga, in conse quence of receiving a communication which led them to believe that they would be joined by certain persons on their landing. That was his belief, but he stated' it only as such. They were seized and carried as prisoners to Malaga, and the governor sent a despatch to the Ministry of Madrid to inform them of the cap ture. In live days he received orders to put all the prisoners to death. Among them was this unfortu nate British subjects, Mr. Boyd. The British Consul did all in his power to obtain the release of Mr. Boyd, and failing in that, to get a respite from Moreno, in order that in the ; interim he might make such representations as would produce an extension of mercy to the unhappy Englishman. He, however, as was well known, had no success. He (Lord Palmerston) believed that the sentence with re gard to the Spaniards was according to the law enforced in Spam ; and that the sentence with re- gard to Mr. Boyd was conformable with the law of nations. If he knowingly went with tliis batid to Spain, and landed for the purpose of exciting an in surrection against the authorities of the Count, he (Lord P.) was afraid, and he spoke not on his own opinion, but on that of individnals who were conversant with such questions, that the Spanish govern vent had a right to adopt the measure which they did. , He was quite sure that, from the• rapidity with which the exe cution followed the 'seizure, it was impossible.. for Mr. Mark, the Malaga Consul, and for the Commissioner at Madrid, to have exerted themselves more effectually. With respect to`iheronduct of the British government, all that was known here at the time was, that Mr. Boyd had been seized in the act of exciting a war in Spain. As his life could not be saved, all that could be done was to demand explanations from the Spanish govern ment, and to ascertain whether in point of fact this government had a right to call for atonement. The papers which would be laid apon the table would show what had been done upon the subject. Mr. O'DW YE R begged t o ask whether the Bri tish government had now authorised any one to bring that person—he alluded to the murder of Mr. Boyd— to justice ? Lord PALMERSTON—I have given directions that that question should be referred to the law officers of the Crown. I think it will be satisfactory to every one that that question should be put (hear, hear); but I must say that I have very little doubt as to what will be the issue. An HoN. MEMBER, whose name we could not learn, said that he could corroborate the hon. gentle man as to the words which it was confidently stated were used by Moreno in his letter. They were, " I burn to join you in your glorious enterprise in the con stitutional cause." He knew. (as we understood) that a person was ready to put this letter into the hands of the noble lord. Mr. O'CONNELL said this was a very serious question. It was whether the law of nations should protect- the man who had murdered a British subject, and who was in our jurisdiction. That man invited Mr. Boyd to land in Spain, and then became his exe cutioner. If he had been a British subject there would have been no question of the law. He, however, hoped that the law was not so deficient as to allow of the escape of this murderer from the hands of justice. He could not persuade himself that there was not a mode of punishing him. Lord PALMERSTON said it must be asked whe ther Boyd, at the time of his seizure, was or was not engaged in an enterprise against the country which afterwards sentenced him to death. With regard to the stratagem which had been made use of to induce him to land, he feared that such stratagems, however they might be deserving of reprobation, were not unexampled in the history of war. He did not think that that fact could alter in any way the relation of the two parties. Mr. O'CONNELL said the case here arose whe ther the instrument who committed the murder was covered by his government. It was a question which certainly ought to be put into a judicial train of in quiry ; a British subject having been murdered by the foulest of devices. It was said that the man who wrote that letter had recently put into the papers a vindication of his atrocious conduct. It was an in sult to the country—it was an insult to the majesty of of the throne, which was bound to give protection to its subjects. Mr. HUTT trusted that if there were any means by which a dastardly coward like this could be brought to that justice, which his crimes deserved, that the noble lord would not fail to employ those means. The motion, as amended, was then agreed to. The other orders of the day were disposed • of, and the house adjourned at a quarter past three. DIVISIONS in the HOUSE of COMMONS. LIST OF THE MINORITY Of 149, Tellers includeed, who, on the 20th of June, voted against the second reading of Mr. G. W. Wood's B for abolishing all Tests of Religion in the Universities Agnew, Sir A. Guimston, Lord Apsley, Lord Halcomb, J. Arbuthnot, Hon. H. Ha'ford, 11. Archdall, General Halse, J. Ashley, Lord Hanmer, Sir J. Ashley, Hon. H. Hamner, H. Attwood, M. Harcourt, G. G. Bankes, W. Hardinge, Sir H. Baring, A. Hardy, J. Baring, H. B. H iwkes, T. Baring, F. Hay, Sir J. Bell, M . Hayes, sir E. Be , hell, R. Henniker, Lord Blackstone, W. S. Herbert, Hon. S. Boling, W. Herries, J. C. Bruce, Lord E, Hill, Sir R. Brudenell, Lord :lope, Sir A. Bulkeley,Sirß.B.W. Hope, H. l'. Burrell, Sir (7. M. Hotham, Lord Calcraft, G. H. Hughes, H. Campbell, Sir H. Ingham, R. Cartwright, W. R. Inglis, Sir R. H. Castlereagh, Visa. Irton, S. Chandos, Marquis of Jermyn, Earl Chapman, A. Kerrison, Sir E. Chet wynd, W. Knatchbull, S r E. Clive, Visct. Lefroy, I Jr. T. Clive, R. H. Lewis, 'l'. F. Co'e, Lord Lincoln, Earl or Cole, Hon. A. Lopez, Sir R. Conolly, E. M. Lowther, Viscount Copeland, W. Lowther, C. H. Corry, H. L. Lyall, G. Cripps, J. Lygon, Colonel Daly, J. Mandeville, Vise. Dare, R. W. H. Manners, Lord R. outfield, T. Marryatt, Sir J. l)ugdale, NV. S. Marsland, 'I. Eastnor, Viscouns Maxwell, J. Egerto . u, T. Maxwell, H. Fancourt, C. S. J. Meynell, H. Finch, G. Miles, W. Foley, E. T. Muller ' W. H. Foley, J. H. H. MI I s , John Forbes, Viscount Murray, Sir G. Forrester, Han. C. Neale, Sir H. Fox, S. L. Neeld, J. Fremantle, Sir T. Nicholl,. J. Galway, J. M. - Norreys, Lord Gladstone, W. E Ossulton, Lord Gladstone, T. Palmer, R. Godson, R. Patten. W. Gordon, Hon. W. Peel, Sir R. Peel, Colonel J. Pentuddock, J Perceval, Colon 1 Phillipps, C. M. Pigot, FL Pluniptre, J. P. Pollock, F. Price, R. Rae, 7-ir William Reid, Sir J. It. Ross, C. Ryle, J. Si'liderson, It. Sandor., Viscouut Scarlett, Sir James Shaw, Sheppard, T. Sinclair, G. SomertiCt, Lord G. Stanley, E. St° ruri ',Wit, V iscoun' Taylor, M. A. _ Thompson, Ald. Townley, R. 6.1 Trevor, Hon. G. R Tullamore, Lord Tyrrell, Sir J. Tyrell, Vernon, G. Viscount Vyvvan, Sir R. Wall B. Wal;h, Sir J. B. Wel . by, G. E. Whitmore, T. C. Williams, T. I'. Willoughby, Sir H. Wood, Colonel T. Wynn, ut. Hon. C. Yorke, Captain Young, J. TI:LLRES. Goulburn, H. Estcourt, T. G. B. PAIRED OFF. Balfour, J. tiateson, Sir R. Darlington, Earl of Houldsworth, T. Jones, T. Newark, Lord LIST OF THE MINORITY Of 13, who, on the 25th of June, in Committee on the Highway Bill, voted with Mr. Parrott against the clause which subjects parishes to statute labour for turnpike roads, which allows the commutation of such labour for a money payment, and which gives a discretionary power to Magistrates to apply an unlimited portion of the assessments to such roads. Buckingham, J. S. Ilindley, B. CaYleY, E S. Hutt, W. Curteis, Captain Lister, E. C. D av i es , Colonel O'Connor, F. Harland, W. C. Potter, It. For the clause, 23 ; against it, 13. being only one more than the number tute a House, at eight o'clock in the e Rippon, C. Seholefield, J. Staveley, T. K. TELLER. Parrott, J. In the House. 41 necessary to consti ening. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JUNE 5, 1834. The King was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Humphrey le Fleming . Senhouse, Esq., Captain in the Royal Navy, Knight C,ommander of th• Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order. CROWN-OFFICE, JUNE 27. HEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. CITY OF EDINBURGH.-The Right Hon. James Aber crombie, Master and Worker of his Majesty's Mint. WAR-OFFICE, JUNE 27. Ist Regiment of Life Guards—Cornet and Sub-Lieut. Hon. P. A. Gordon to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Parry,' deceased, June 18 ; Lieut. A. W. Bailey, from half-pay 19th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet and Sub- Lieutenant, vice Gordon, June 27. 6th Regiment of Dragoons—Lieut. Herbert Mansel, from the 30th Foot, to be Adjutant and Lieutenant, vice Sillery, who exchanges June 27. 10th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Capt. W. Houstoun, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Alexander Viscount Fincastle, who exchanges, receiving the differ ence, June 27. 13th Light Dragoons—Captain Sir A. T. C. Campbell, Bart., from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain vice C. Wetherall, who exchanges, receiving the difference, June 27. 15th Light Dragoons—Lieut. E. Wakefield to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Tait, w h o re ti res ; C ornet R. Bell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wakefield; H. W. S. Lowndes, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Bell, June 27. Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Captain Hon. W. H. Beresford, from the 72d Foot, to be Lieute nant and Captain, vice Kemmis, who exchanges, June 27. Ist Regiment of Foot—Ensign W. H. Bridges to be Lieutenant, by, purchase, vice Cooke, who retires, June 27 ; E. R. Wetherall, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bridges, Jtine 27. 12th not—Lieut. H. Darley, from the 70th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Rogers, who exchanges, June 27. 29th Foot--Lieut. 11. Phillpotts, to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Champain, who retires ; Ensign J. 0. Lucas, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Phillpotts ; F. W. Jerningham, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lu cm, June 27. 30th Foot—Lieut. C. Sillery,from the 6th Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Mansel, who exchanges, June 27. 44th Foot—A. H. Ferryman, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gordon, who retires, June 27. 45th Foot—Lieut. S. G. Dalgety, from the 95th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Metcalfe, who exchanges, June 27. 47th Foot—Ensign A. Mitchell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lloyd, who retires ; A. J. Gulstan, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mitchell, June 27. 6 5th Foot—W. S. Cook, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase vice Parke, who retires, June 27. 70th Foot—Lieut. R. N. Rogers, from the 12th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice barley, who exchanges, June 27. 66th Foot—Lieut. W. L. Dames to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hoare, who 'retires Ensign G. L. Dames to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dames ; Gentleman Cadet J. B. Ilobhouse, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dames, June 27. 723 Foot—Capt: T. A. -Kenunii, from the Ist or Gre nadier Foot Guards, to be Captain, vice Beresford, who exchanges, June 27. 73d Foot—Ensign W. L. Y. Baker to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Langford, who retires ; Gentleman Ca det G. Wardlaw, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Baker, June 27. BSth Foot—Lieut. J. Gells to be Captain, without pur chase, vice Spencer, deceased, June 13 ; Gentleman Ca det T. M. Haultain, from the Royal .Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, June 27. 95th Foot—Lieut. G. M. Metcalfe, from the 45th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Dalgety, who exchanges, June 27. BANKRUPTS GEORGE CANNELL DAVY, linen-draper, New Church -street, Lisson Grove, to surrender July 9, at one, and Aug. 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street, official as signee ; Dimmock, Pancras-lane, Cheapside. JOHN TAYLOR and SAMUEL TAYLOR, com ' mission agents, Castleton Moor, Lancashire, July 15 and Aug. 8, at ten, at the Commissioner'-rooms, Manchester. Denison, Humphrys, and Cunliffe, Manchester ; Walms ley, Keightlev, and P ar ki n , Ch ancery-lane, L on d on. RALFH MOSS and ISAAC If RUNT, silk-manu facturer, Leek, Staffordshire, July 10 and Aug. 8, at two, at the Roebuck Hotel, Newcastle-under-Lyme. Milliard, Leek ; Cutten, Ironmonger-lane, London. THOMAS FRANKLIN, currier, Walsall, Stafford shire, July 17 and Aug. 8, at twelve, at the Lion Hotel, Wolverhampton. Healey, Walsall ; Turner, Bloomsbury square, London. RICHARD BENNETT, draper, Worcester, July 11, at two, and August 8, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gibson, Basinghall-street, official assignee ; Ashurst, Bridge-street, Blackfriars. JOHN HENRY BIELEFELD, toyman, St. Mar tin's-lane, July 7 and August 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Sheppard, Lepard, and Williams, Cloak lane ; Johnson, Bassinghall-street, official assignee. CHARLES FREDERICK ELDERTON, wax bleacher, Parson's Green, Fulham, July 7, at two, and Aug. 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Wey mouth, Old Jewry, or Clark, St. Swithin s-lane, Lom bard-street, official assignee. WILLIAM and FRANCIS FINCHER, paper-manu facturers, Ivy Bridge, Devonshire, July 15, and Aug. 8, lit eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, Ab church-lane, official assignee ; Bennett and Paul, Bucklers bury, London. JA3IES PLlMPTON,merehant,Finsbury-square, July 8, and Aug. 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street, official assig nee ; Cranch, Billiter-square. JOHN COR3IIE, earthenware manufacturer, Bursden, Staffordshire, July 10, and August 8, at eleven, at the Roebuck Hotel, Newcastle-under-Lyme. Fenton, New castle-under-Lyme ; Barber, Fetter-lane, London. NICHOLA:S TRAFFORD, dealer in brawn, Oxford, July 4, and August 8, at seven, at the house of ilary Bartram, under the Town Hall, Oxford. L oo k er , Ox ford ; Flexney, New Bosworth-court, London. HENRY 'LEACH, and GEORGE LEACH, iron mongers, Romsey, Southampton, July 9, and August 8, at twelve, at the George In n , S o uth am pt on . Walker, Southampton - street, Bloomsbury - square, London ; Deacon, Southampton. THOMAS SHARPLES, ironmonger, Liverpool, July 15, and August 8, at eleven, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Blackstock, Bunce, and Vincent, Temple, London ; Brabner, Liverpool. JACOB NEWBERY; scrivener, Reading, Berkshire, July 8, at half-past eleven, and August 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Ford, Great Queen-street, Lin coln's Inn-fields ; Whitmore, Basinghalf-street, official assignee. DIVIDENDS. J. F. Throgmcrton, insurance -broker, Guildford-street, July 18, at 12, at the Court of Bankruptcy—J. D. Metcalf, jeweller, Regent-street, July 11, at 12, at the Court of Bankruptcy—R. Widowfield, jun., chymist, Park-place, Kennington-cross, Surrey, July 18, at 11, at the Court of Bankruptcy—T. Warland, silk-manufacturer, Steward street, Spitalfields, July 18, at ten, at the Court of Bank ruptcy—J. Webster and G. M. Simpson, merchants, Tower-street, July 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy—C. Gell and T. Carman;lead-merchants, Totten ham-court-road, July 18, at ten, at the Court of Bank ruptcy—W. Tipler, currier, Banbury, Oxfordshire, July 18, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy—R. Smart, builder, Upper Southampton-street, Pentonville, July 18, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy—T. Rice, mason, Old Bromp ton, July 18, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy—J. Farmer, chymist, Putney, Surrey, July 19, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy—W. Pymar, tobacco-manufacturer, Newgate-street, July 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy—J. Cash, tailor, Liverpool, July 18, at eleven, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool—R. C. Statics, book seller, Chelmsford, Essex. July 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy—W. Barnfield, jun., wine -merchant, Mark lane, July 21, at half-past twelve, at the Court s of Bank ruptcy—T. Harrison, woollen-drape r , Princes-place,-Com mercial-road, July 21, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. CERTIFICATES-JULY 18. J. Chilton, boarding-housekeeper, Trinity-terrace, Southwark, Surrey—R. Merry, jun., coal-merchant, Nor wich—J. Wigan, scrivener, Bristol—T. Harcourt, brass founder, Great Sutton-street, Clerkenwell. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. R. Thicknesse and T. Woodcock, bankers, Wigan, Lan cashire—E. Newman and J. Winter, grocers, Old Fish street—W. Sant, J. Leslie, J. Willson, and J. Edwards, Eastern Wharf, Adelphi--J. Leslie and J. Willson, Eastern Wharf, Adelphi, coal-merchants--W. Willis and W. Soddy, soap-manufacturers, Kent-street, Spitalfields-- S. Smyth and E. Westoby, milliners, Great Castle-street, Caven dish-square—S. Bennett and F. Shrimpton, tea-dealers, Bath—J. Dawson and A. Shepherd, coffee-house-keepers, Red Lion-street, Whitechapel--J. Dodgson and J. Smith, dealers, Liverpool—R. and G. Eckley, livery-stable keepers, Bristol—G. Greenwood and J. Phelps, linen drapers, Walworth, Surrey—T. and J. Scott, spirit-mer chants, Leeds—J. Stevens and J. Snow, fishmongers, Beaumont-street, Marylebone—J. and G. C. Ayling, hatters, Portsea—E. H. Patter, A. Dammler, and F. Giesler, merchants, Old Jewry--R. Gainsford, H. Fenton, and T. Nicholson, silver-platers, Sheffield—G. W. and T. Homerston, plumbers, Shaftesbury-terrace, Pimlico. FINSBURY ELECTION. (From our Second Edition of last night). Mr. BABBAGE continued—After sixteen years spent in designing a machine for the benefit of the navy, he had not received a single shilling, or even thanks. (Cheers.) He thanked the electors for hearing him so patiently, and felt no doubt that he would be the member for the Borough on Tuesday next. Mr. DUNCOMBE then addressed the electors. He stood there as the friend and supporter of civil and religious liberty. In supporting the Reform Bill, he never considered it a final measure. He voted against the clause for the division of counties. If he was re turned, he should endeavour to get that obnoxious clause excluded from the Reform Bill, which made it imperative upon every person to pay all the taxes be fore he was entitled to a vote. He was favourable to the Dissenters, and thought it the height of injustice that persons of one persuasion should pay for the sup port of another. ( Cheers.) He had been accused with being a government candidate. All that he had to say to that charge was, that he had nothing to do with the government, and was in no way connected with it. He had been asked why he supported Sir J. Hobhouse ? He did so because, although he thought him mistaken, yet he believed him honest. (Great confusion.) If he should be returned, and he did not fulfil all he had promised, if he was called upon, he would instantly resign the trust that had been reposed in him. (Cheers.) Mr. WAKLEY came forward amid great cheering, which lasted several minutes. One of the candidates, in his opinion, stood in a most disgraceful situation, for could it be believed that it were necessary after he had been three several sessions in Parliament, to go through all his Parliamentary life in order to induce the electors to elect "him. ( Great confusion.) He de tested Tories, but every man had a right to obtain the suffrages of the electors if he could. As he was a little bit of phrenologist, he had surveyed Mr. Pow nall's head, and he was sure that he was an honest and conscientious man. Of Mr. Babbage, if he was so great and learned a man as he was stated to be; it was a pity that he was not occupying the chair at Cam-. bridge. Mr. Duncombe had come like a rat-catcher with the ticket upon his back—he came there stating' that he was the late member for Hertford. He did not know upon what principles he came there, without it was as a Whig. The government did not much like him ( Mr. W. ), because he was the poor man's friend, and they had done all they could to keep him out of Par liament, but he would promise them he would be there, and that very shortly too. ( Laughter.) Mr. Dun combe was a great nominee, ant' was, of course, sup ported by the truckling government press. What would the meeting think of a letter that was written by Lord Althorp to Lord Brougham, stating that there was to be a meeting for the purpose of consider ing whether government should declare itself hostile to the Times, or endeavour to make friends: That letter was sent to the Times, under the signature of Veritas. That letter was dated on the 19th of June, hence the commencement of the present contest. (Great cheering.) What had' Mr. Duncombe done when in Parliament—had he endeavoured to lessen the pension list ? No. He had no doubt what the result of the election would be, but had Mr. Babbage given up, he should not have been so certain of it. He was ' tire that should be elected, and if he 'aft', the ! lectors would always find him d o lis du v and show cowluct inyarlia Lent. ( Great cheering.) Mr. DuNcomaP., in explanation, said, that he lad been instrumental in removing several pensions from the pension -list when he was in Parliament. The Returning Officer then took the show of hands, which he declared to be in favour of Thomas Wakley, Esq., amid great and long continued cheering. A poll was then demanded in behalf of Mr.' Dun combe, Mr. Pownall, and -Mr. Babbage, which was ordered to be taken on Monday and Tuesday next. We cannot close our report without stating that the greatest credit was due to the persons who had the ' superintendence of the arrangement. The erection . of the hustings reflected the greatest credit upon Mr. Suckling. COURT OF CHANCERY, JUNE 27. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. BRENTWOOD SCHOOL. This was an appeal from a decision of his Honour the Master of the Rolls. Sir Anthony Brown con veyed certain lands and tenements in Essex to trus tees, in trust, to establish a grammar school at Brent wood, and also the tithes of the parish of Dagenham to the master of such school, in trust, to pay the yearly sum of 40s. to five poor folks of Dagenham and its vi cinity. Sir Anthony Brown died without declaring the rules and ordinances which were to be observed in the school and at the almshouse, and his son Wigton Brown, obtained a decree, made about 1570, by eop— sent, by which the then Bishop of London, the DOM. of St. Paul's, and Sir Anthony's heir, were empowered to draw up regulations and rules. The rules were accordingly drawn up, one of which required the mas ter personally to attend to the teaching of the boys; and it was also provided that, in case the master should neglect his duties, the rents and profits of the lands and the tithes should be for a time received by the trustees. The patronage of the school was now vested in a gentleman of the name of Towers. who appointed one of his sons master, who, it was contended, had not, in accordance with the rules, per sonally attended to the teaching of the boys. At the request of Mr. Towers the matter had come before the Charity Commissioners, on whose recommendation the present information had been filed, it being alleged that the tithes of Dagenham, which were now consi derable, were absolutely intended for the benefit of the poor of Dagenham, and not for the benefit of the mas ter of the school. His Honour the Master of the Rolls, before whom the matter had come, had directed a reference to be made to the master for the purpose of ascertaining the amount of the property, and for ap- , proving of a scheme for the application of the surplus funds. The present was an appeal from that decision, His LORDSHIP postponed his judgment, and advised the parties to come to some arrangement. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JUNE 27. (Sittings after Term before Lord DENMAN and a Special Jury.) ROGERS V. BRIGSTOCKE AND OTHERS. , ___ _ This action was brought by the plaintiff, an attorney residing in Carmarthen, against the proprietors of the IVelslanan newspaper for the publication of an alleged libel. The article which was made the subject of the action was a squib at the expense of the plaintiff. It purpo:ted to be a colloquy between a certain attorney and his borough patron. The objectionable part was the f )Ilowing six lines or epigram : T iey tell me IL, thou best of men, T le prince of liars are; Hoe came it then when Austin got your conscience in a vice You d—d our Corporation in a trice ? Nay, softly! gentle Johnny ! in my troth, You quite forget I was not on my oath." Sir JAMES SCARLETT, who conducted the plaintiff's case, described his client to be injured by the above words, which charged him with mendacity and perjury. Witnesses proved that they, in common with others at Carmarthen, understood the R. in the epigram to mean Rogers. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, for the defendants, said this was an action brought by a greedy attorney for costs. The lines were no more thian ijesf, and if the cause had been tried at Carmarthen, the plaintiff would have been laughed out of Court. Verdict for the defendant. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JUNE 27. (Sittings at Guildhall before the' Loab CHIEF JUSTICE and a Common Jury.) MURRAY V. MOUTRIE. This was.an action brought by the plaintiff, a sailor, against the defendant, the Captain of a South Sea whaler, to re.do - ver compensation for an assault and imprisonment'While on board. The Jury - found for the plaintiff—Damages 501. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS, JUNE 27. (Before F. CONST, Esq. and a Bench of Magistrates.) James Stewart, a young man respectably dressed, and of good address, although of great volubility of tongue, was indicted for stealing, on Wednesday last, a hat and umbrella, the property of H. J. Perry, Esq. Mr. Perry on Wednesday last was attending a com mittee of the House of Commons, when, through some information he had given to him, he detected the pri soner taking and walking off With the articles named, when he arrested him, and requested that they might be returned. They were returned, and the prisoner suffered to depart. Shortly after this the prisoner took the hat of another gentleman, named Shoosmith, when the police interfered, and hoped that the witness would not look over the matter, as eight or tett hats had been stolen in the House of Commons within a few days, as well as several in the Courts of Law. The Jury having found the prisoner Guilty, The COURT sentenced him to be transported for the term of seven years. COMMON COUNCIL. A Court of Common Council was held yesterday, at Guildhall, for the purpose of proceeding in the dis cussion on the Reports of the Committee respecting the election of Aldermen, and the Reports of the Com mittee of the whole Court, which had been printed and circulated amongst the members for some time. The Court met at ten o'clock. Mr. Deputy Noon, the Chairman of the first-named Committee, after a very able speech; concluded by moving a resolution, " That the Court agree with the Committee in their opinion expressed in the Report, viz.—That the Court of Aldermen is, in all cases of appeal, and in questions between party and party, as well as in matters of a public nature, an open Court ; but that matters of po lice, and those appertaining to the conservative juris diction, are in that Court discussed' and disposed of in private." Mr. STEVENS moved as an amendment, _ " That the consideration of the above Report be suspended, and that the Report of the Committee of the whole Court, in relation to municipal institutions, be now taken into consideration." The amendment was negatived by a majority of four. The Court then proceeded in the consideration of the first report, and the motion submitted by Mr. vhich De put} Wood, When Mr. WILLIAMS proposed the followir amendment :—" That it is the opinion of this Co , . 1 ;,1 Hesstlmt the in Courtpublic, o f exceptA Aldermen rm that en part should which, conduct rela t t i, h on, e g i i r ,atfnoo b d : talhi sziii: preservation of the.- public peace .and the preve ntim ' i and detection of crime,. it may be necessary to c, induct in private." Sir P. Laurie, Mr. E. Taylor, Mr. R. Tay Mr. I'ritchard, supported the amendment i after a long discussion, and a proposal to substitute' another amendment, was finally agreed ' Court then adjourned. , A letter from Rome, dated the 13th inst an t fo states, that Torloni's house has j" . ust received a pr i- vilege r the establishment of ster -n-coaches b etween that city and Naples. l\ D IN OF I IE KRARsit.'s NEW ; WORK-- T EAYEsiiA, this time, when th e O ttoman i y Empire is so obvou-,, on the ve rge o f di ssolution, a work portraying, with the graphi c v i gour of thorough ° knowledge, the manners and habits of Turks of many different classes, possesses a claim to far more attention than usually belongs to even the cleverest of novels. W e have no doubt that " Avesha," will do more to inform the public mind respecting this strange, but most picturesque people, than even our author could have affected by a book of travels. Mr. Morier spent much of the earlier period of his life in the Tuikish dominions, and his representations of Ottoma, n odes of thought and feeling have that nan eless l‘hich at once conveys to every mind the conviction that they are not only intc;resting but true."—Qu,- terTy Review, June 1834.