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INIPEittAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OP LORDS, July 5. Their Lordships re-assembled for Parliamentary business at Firße, ft . ..lock, when the LORD CIiAN , :ELLoa took his seat on the'atoolsack. MOROCCO. The Earl of MINTO said he role for the purpose of Tutting the question, of which he had given notice, respecting *the geaval force to the coast of Morocco. lie understood the rneion of this country between France and INforoci,o had been rejected, and, though he deeply regretted it, he was not surprised that such s.hould be the case, beteatsee he did not think they had placed themselves in such a position as to afford to any weak State that *entrance of their seepert which symptoms of preparation on their part wneltt afford. Zile independence of Meroeco could not be an object of indif erence to that [lime, for there were jeattitions on the coast that empire which would be most iejurious and dangerous to the interests of this country if they fell into the hands of any other State, and a place of imp or t ance i n th e ne i g hb o u r h oo d o f slim coast. ;he island of Minorca would be placed in jeopardy. tie would have felt less anxiety iin this subject if he 'cesuld find anywhere in this country the means of making e display of strength on that coast. But the naval force of the country was so reduced, that he did not know where his Noble Friend opposite could look for the means of producing an impression theme. Negotiations were good, but it was necessary they should be backed by some forrese. MHear, hear)—and he had the highest authority in that ouse, that of the Noble Duke opposite, for such an opin on. Ina debate on the 14th of August, 183 e, on the state of theie commercial relations, the Noble Duke said he considered the state of those relations was owing, in a great degree, to the ex tensive weakness and tottering condition of their n ava l esta blishment; and, further on, he said he considered the naval force of the,eountry to be in too feetee and tottering a condition to answer the purpose intended, of giving protection to their commercial interests in all parts of the globe. Ste+ was the language of the Noble Duke in the year 1838, at a time as hen they had eighteen sail of the line in commission in every part of the world, besides a reserve at home of four or five ships of the line ; bet it was far different new, though it was quite Obvious eftre were questions pending, not only with regard to Morocco, but with regard to the Oregon and Texas. The present Government had succeeded to a fleet of twenty ships of the line. They were justified in making some reduc tion in that number, because there had not been of late the same necessity for keeping up a great naval force as had pre viously existed. But they had made reductions to a degree which before had never been known or dreamt of. At the pre ssent moment there was not in commission a single ship of the line, except those employed as flag-ships for admirals. There were nine ships of the line only in commission at the present moment. Of these, two were in the Last Indies, one in the West Indies; and there were three guard-ships. In the Mediter ranean fleet User-owes only one iihip of the line, and that was the flag ship; and there was the Albion, which had recently been employed as the flag ship at Cork. The navy of England consisted of only nine ships of the line, and that at a time when the state of affairs abroad was such as necessarily to create the . greatest anxiety. H e did not say there was any danger of war bet the manner in which the solution of the questions at present pending would be brought about, would depend greatly ujithe respect i n w hi c h we were held, and that respect w he increased by o ur k eep i ng up a respectable naval force, He pod his Noble Friend would tell them that he had re ps:success to appeal to. Considering the present state of the French fleet, we ought to have have an increase beet in the Mediterranean. We ought not to abdi cafe the command of the Mediterranean entirely to Feanee, but still to maintain our power in that sea. Not only had his Noble Friend reduced the number of the ships of the line, but he had also reduced the number of smaller vessels.—( Hear, hear.) He besought their Lordships to recollect all that had been said on former occasions as to the necessity of keeping a reserve at home for the protection of our own kbores. He had not any apprehension of any attack on our own shores, but he regretted the reductions which had taken place in the naval force in the Mediteranean. He could not see without uneasiness the command of the naval force destined by France to act against Morocco confided to the Prince de Joinville. would re frain from saying anything reflecting on the character or con duct of his Royal Highness, but their Lordships could not but recollect what had passed on a. former occasion, and knowing 'the sentiments which had recently been expressed by his Royal Hi s, he saw his app o i n t men t w i t h regret. T he Nerll7 Earl concluded by putting the question of which he had given notice, namely, If it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to adopt any, and whist. measures to send to the coast of Morocco or else where euch naval force as may suffice for the protection of Brit'sh interests ? The Earl of HADDINGTON was prepared to answer the question of which the Noble Earl had given notice as to the sending a British force to Morocco. The Earl of MiNTO had yesterday given notice of his was p*iota in the exact terms in which he had put it, and it so inserted in the votes. He had understood that the Secretary of &site would communicate his motion to his Noble Friend. Lord BROUGHAM—Read, read. The Earl of MINTO then read the notice from the votes in the precise words in which he had put the question. The Earl of HADDINGTON had not read the votes. Rut he woeld take the Noble Earl's question in the terms giverf—Morocco or elsewhere. They had heard the speech of the Noble Earl with which he thought proper to introduce the (motion. The practice of making long speeches in putting questions was a most inconvenient one, and one to which the Noble Earl was very partial. He was about to reply te the Noble Earl's question, not to his speech. had he had any idea that the Noble Earl was ab 00.... to put a question respecting the distribution of the *mile force of the British navy, he should have thought it necessary to refresh his memory as to details before he came down to answer that statement. lie never was more taken by surprise in his life than by the long speech, the omstibus relates, connected with the British navy, "that had been made by the Noble Earl. He thought the Noble Earl ought to have waited for the presence of his Noble Friend the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, as his speech involved so much of diplomacy. The Noble Earl complained of the Go vernment leaving only one ship of the line in the 'Mediterra nean. At the time that step was taken there was not the slightest chance of the occurrences taking place which had been lately threatened. It was not supposed by the British Government, that because the French chose to have a sailing squadron in the Mediterranean, that therefore this country was to follow their example. The Noble Earl abotild recollect, too, that the M e dit erranean was not a distant sea. In answ er t o the questiun of the Noble Earl, he begged to state that her Majesty's Government had sent to Morocco such forces as they thought the circumstances required, and if it was necessary, it was in their power to add to that force. With re epect to elsewhere, he begged to state that the Govern merit had such forces in every station as they had thought right for the preservation of British interests. They had greatly increased their force on the Coast of Africa. Ships had been sent sir, and others had been or dered there, and nothing would have prevented them from sending them out before but the necessity of having a force in Ireland. He thought that he had proved that the statement of the Noble Earl that Ministers had neglected British interests, in all parts of the world, was totally without founda tion. As he had stated before, the Government had sent such forces to Morocco as they thought the circumstances re quired, and that they would add to these forces if necessary. lie trust d, however, that the anticipated events in Morocco would not take place. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. A Message from the Commons, consisting of Sir George leeet, and other Members, brought up the Bank Charter Bill, the Prisons' Discipline (Scotland) Bill), the Linen Misnufac tures s Ireland) Bill, the Education of the Poor Bill, the Edinbuiesti, Leith, and Granton Bill, and several other Bills. The Marquis of Londonderry, the Earl of R ose h ery , an d Lord Ca-npbell, ro se simultaneously to address the House, The Marquis of LONDONDERRY appealed to the Lord Chancellor whetter he had not a right to address their Lordships on the subject which had just been under dis_ cession. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that, as the irregularity had begun, he. did not know where it toss to termin a t e , The Earl of lADDINGTON hoped that this would he borne ; n mind in future. 'I hey often hail Noble Lords tieilig to speak five or six times when there was no enestioti before the Muse, and sometimes when there was s question. ' - aet !Marquis of LONDONDERRY said he begged in move that the Noble Earl's returns be printed.— (Laughter. ) He way surprised to see the extreme sensitivenc.s of the Noble Earl with regerd to the force in the Mediteteatiean. After the Acar statement *Wlikh the* had heard fermi the Noble Lord the Ste, retary ,sf Mate, for Foreign , Affairs on a. previeeis oreacton—after the Peels nations which hail_bie,e made, he thought it was high!y erect to re - open toe subj ect . T he Nettle Farl (Aberdeen ) had publie affairs, not only with Credit to hirnsele .vantage to the reentry, lie thoeeht that it was lint ieetioe the Noble Earl to make their! Fetharks..("• Move.") B esse Earl of MIN TO said the. noble Marquis had made his 'ep -ech upon an intittatine that he was abiut to move. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said he would with craw his motion, --(Laughter.) 'lie Marsrltl of LANSDOWNE said that the motion had been made, and it could not now be withdrawn. mute The LORD CHANCE LLOR said no motion had been , and he conll tint pet a nonentity.—( Laughter, and trite; of " Qeestion. eteestion.") Lord CAMPlttisl: rose to move the ordi e of the day for 'go'ne into feemmittee on the Law of Libel Act Amendment when and the judge was baund to sit silently and hear it. Well, then he offers in evidence some vague rumours ; he is told the court cannot receive it, and the jury find a verdict. of ac quittal. Such wooed be the effect of his Nob'e Fr,erd's Bill. When a man was vilified, was he not to appear in a court of justice, was not that the height of injustice, and what was the answer to this ? Why, that the Attorney-General will con duct his defence. This was one of the principles of his Noble Friend's Bill. He was sure, if their Lordships considered the subject, notwithstanding all the praises of his Noble Friend of his own Bill, they would feel assured that it was impossible to pass the Bill consistently v ith a due regard to justice. Under the provisions of the Bill the whole of the Royal Family might be libelled with impunity, and under it the character and conduct of a foreign sovereign might be put in issue in the courts of this country. such were the consequences of his Noble Friend's Bill, that he felt called upon to propose that the 'rhe Earl of RosforßY said, before the order of the day `as read, he wished to state lhat, in con?etinence nt leaving town, he `X nt)lct not be able to act as a Member of the Secret Committee: nn the Post -office. The fluke r:f wEI.I.INGTON then prop() ed that the Cobh Earl's name should be withdrawn, and that that of the Ea,t of Auekland should be substituted. Lord BaOUGHAM said his Noble. Kinsman would, no doubt,"he alt excellent member of the Committee; but. his aprointtnent nnu#tl htt a deviation from the principle laid down, inasmnc.ll Aft Pt,. Was formerly a Cabinet Minister. Lord CA,MPI3ELL said that objection would equally apply to his Noble and Learned Friend.— (Great laughter.) 'pm name of Lord Auckland was then added to the Corn- Malec, Bill should be read a third time that day three months. Lord BROUGHAM iurported the third reading of the Bill. Ile must confess that he was not a little alarmed when his Noble Friend rose from the Woolsack to aclre - is the House immediately af , or his Noble Friend who had moved the third reading of the Bill. But his Noble and Learned Friend on the Woolsack had relieved him of much of his anxiety by the ar guments he had wed, fur they' rather made for his Noble and Learned Friend (Lord Campbell) than a2ainst him.—( Hear, hear.) The appeal to the law by his Noble Friend might have done a fete years ago, but it would be of no avail now. As the law now stool, his Ni;ble Friend behind him ( Lord Camp bell, and his Noble Friend at the table ( Lori Monteagle), might join together to libel him ( Lord Brougham)—they m'glit give as much evidence against him as they pleased, he being out of Court. Such was the law as it now stood, but by the law as it was now proposed, no such thing could happe n , because the Attorney-General would prosecute the patties, and would rebut the libel by proving its falsehood. The Noble and Learned Lord having most humorously described the manner in Khich a defence was got up to a charge of libel, observed that it w as always assumed that the truth could be BANK CHARTER BILL, "thi the motion of ►he Duke of WELLINGTON, the Bank Charter Bill ►sae read a first t►me and ordered to be printed, the Noble Duke stating that he would take the second reading o►► Tuesday neat. _ PUBLIC HEALTH. The Marquis of NORMANBY gave notice that, en this day week, he ,hould move a humble aldress to her Majesty on the lanat9ry condition of the people. LAW OF LIBEL. tord CAMPBELL moved the order of the day for the Third reading of the Law of Libel Act Amendment Bill. He said the time had at last arrived when their Lordships had to take into consideration this important Bill. He had hoped that their Lordships would have agreed to it, as being founded on the same principles as the Act of last session, but he had the mortification of understan•ling that it was to be opposed in quarters entitled to the highest respect. In the Plll of last session their Lordship dealt with the subject of private de famation, and caused a Bill with the double object of pr.,teet lag private character and punishing slanderers. Ile had the sat' lion of stating that that Bill worked well. In conse quenW of more stringent enactments, more than one slanderous weekly paper had been dropped, and frivolous prosecutions against other journals had been checked. The great principle of that Bill was that it admitted the plea of the truth of a fact as a justification on a charge of libel. This plea had been here tofore excluded, both before the jury and after the verdict, as a plea for the mitigation of punishment. Nay, it was con sidered an aggravation of the offence, for the maxim arose, - the greater the truth the greater the libel. Their Lordships were shocked at such a doctrine, and enacted, that if a dekaOarit proved a thing ,to be true, and that he published it At. the public good, he should be entitled to an acquittal. But this twin(p4e applied only to pri v ate ca ses and acti ons between imlirldtiali. With regard to Government prosecutions, the old IgsVegutill prevailed. His Noble and Learned Friend (Lord "rolegik r aff, 'he letter which he had addressed to Sir James 0 . ...--/, ta. ,_ . defect in the law. He (Lord ra u e m , 00 .... , , - seat one, but he Campb e l l , Pained or ~ thou it,maorcitenowledesi it - to he Pr tions, k,„„ ez P e dlent to 4,,,, - 1 --- ,,"''.7 sitably afterwards be eis . 1 t i ,;i , • i„. ---wingythat it re rr ea l t .ilinotezeo.up:iinibeeig":oitdtsidt n to ot p , ... _ . i ion ..... . the _.,„Rfirereign was a puove ones. 1 a w a ha l er e e s a o r d ea seditiou s 4. . " l 'Oto to ap p i B Tient stated certain specific , low e vide nce to be atm. h oc ra- lbotight Y; t But shm9hstrous ' , tent . to fl ow a.,ls Noble and L -- fllKooti of these facts ould b e eon P_! n elple that the truthonrd:/ pee a ekue in 1-....__, -01 ' WMCh . der d • 3 Ma n assert 1 al e immaterial. th e objections f h • ecl that troops were being i Bill, which woul d re being year, not h a ve earned Fr e t , re equally a pplied I " t o t h e 13 . 11 0 4 Or la.. proved, while under the present law it was impossible to do it. He had known juries, over and ever again, l revailed upon to give verdicts against the truth of the case. The law, as' it at present existed, exposed juries to the arts and stratagems and declamations of counsel. The Government, as the law now stood, always went into Court with a stain upon it. Let their Lordships look to the case of Sir Arthur Piggot. He charged the Lords of the Admiralty with sending over troops in nmea worthy ships, and if that prosecution had been proceeded with, if it had gone to trial, it would have been impossible, as the law now stood, for them to have defeated the slanderer, and have proved the truth of the libel, as the evidence that would have been offered for that purpose would have been re jected. He was some time ago counsel in a case against the c:ergy of Durham, he did all he could to procure a verdict, li e got the jury to take three or four hours to consider their ver dict ; they at last found a special verdict, rather for than against him, and the detendant was never brought up for judg ment. If the law had been in the state in which it was now proposed to place it, - the case need not have occupied ten minutes. If there was any one principle in English law which was clear and understandable, it was that whatever tended to keep the public opinion with the law, avid against the criminal, was wholesome, and that whatever tended to set it against the prosecutor, and against the law, was to be deplored. Never had he seen any man brought up for judgment in such a case without public s)mpathy . being in his favour. The object of this Bill was not to make public libel defensible, but only to provide that the cafe should be left with the jury, Ills Noble and Learned Friend said there ought to be an ex ception in the Bill with respect to foreign Princes. With re spect to the Sovereign of this country, the reason fur the cxecp obvious. As, according to the laws of this country, -;mneachable, it would be perfectly incon - There was not one of 'o the present sent abroad in transport ships that were not seaworthy, he might state that without any sed,itioue motiees bi• : r out an wish to stir up disaffeetion AtflAitAg thZ soldiers. He might be ac tneted byte patei'elle *lsla to promote the welfare of their defenders In Scribe: Or, suppose it had been stated that the army of the Noble Duke in Spain was not ,proberly ittitipllid with pro'si sinus, in conseouenee of _otter fault of the Commissariat, would they not snots the defendant to show that what h- stated was nersfeetly true, as in doing so he must be assisting the leaders of the army in this country ? Or, suppose th , charge Wel made against the Queen's Mlnislees of rechiVing foreign Powers, hie ought lo be alto*Cd le pioare the truth of that stares-dent, since th'e atteniet tb do so would only cover him With confusion. Nri tsbuld suppose another case—that of a person of Whom it was published that he erred leteeas in the Pest-Alec ,• would it not bc monetreSe at the defendant rltotald not be allowed to prt•:e ‘.V; truth ? The prevent prac tice was most in j tilel;iiis to lam individual, if acted upon; and their LOrdships must consider it as if it were acted Iva, be , . cause it possibly might be at the pleasure of the Attetricys General. It was injurious to the individual, beeles'e all hints cent, praiseworthy person might be tOnitiettel Of a crime, whereas he ought to be etwardeal S eled it Was also most inju rims, to the public:, betanee paserlo would be apprehentiVe stating facts which might be necessary:, 0 7 httre the truth could net be proved at live that, or after coatittion, it operated it favour of the defendant; Where the libel was fel'n'l l hail been shown by Mr. Sterlaie, one of the len , tinininissioners, they, reels! hot believe the charge Ali false where evidence of the falsity was not ad rattled, and punishment ateSt be awarded as if the facts were true. It might t!r- laid, that though the facts were true, the publicatir.t: Was wrong, and that the press ought hot to meddle with such subjects. They might say, as a Learned Chief Justice, in the sister islend said, that the Houses of Parlia.tnetit were the ;dente where these maters were tiS be canvassed: Ever if that were so, the law of England was defective in this respect—that they would provide no remedy for wilful ca lumny. They plectsti in the same situation the person who stated whet sag true from laudable motives, end the person why sealed what was false with the worst intentions. Then they departed from all analogy With regard to the law of libel, for in other rases then allowed the circumstances to be given in eeidences but nOt with regard to libel. For instance, in a case If assault, all that led to the assault might be given in evidence. The defendant might even give in evidence that he was libelled by the prosecutor, and that being se provoked, he laid a horsewhip on his back. After the Bill of last year, how incongruous was the law if they refetttd this Bill ? Under the law of last sear, in a prosecution for private defamation, the truth might he eititen in evidence, but if the Attorney- General filed sit eX officio information, and called the yrivate defers etien a seditious libel, the truth could not bit given in evidence,--(Cries of " Hear, hear). It seemed to him thet, in this way, they brought great scandal on the administration of justice. He believed there was one authority against him, for whom he had the sincerest respect. lie was afraid the Bill was not approved of by the Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, one of the most zealous, steady, and enlightened friends of liberty that ever blessed this coun try.—(Dear, hear.) But he must remind his Noble and Iseeteted Friend, that he stood alone in thinking the truth should be excluded. All those who were examined before the Committee on this subject, with the exeeption of his Noble and Learned Friend were of opinion that the truth should be ad. milted as an ingredient. His Noble and Learned Friend be hind him, and the late Chief Bacon of the Exchequer, whose memory he should always regard with respect and affection, were of opinion that the truth should be admitted. He was afraid that his Noble and Learned Friend on the Woolsack was opposed to the 13iil ; and he admitted that the majority of the puisne judges were against it. He entertained the very highest respect for the opinions of those venerable magistrates, but he must confess, that he would much rather ask them how the law is, than how it ought to be.—( Hear, hear.) The con stant practice of any system blinded the most acute to its defeats; and there was a difficulty in throwing aside an old system, with which persons had became thoroughly acquainted and adopting a new one. It was but right to say that those same Judges had, with one exception, given it as their opinion that the Bill for allowing counsel to pri soners was unjust and unnecessary ; although now, he believed, they all admitted that it was a splendid improvement of the law. His Noble and Learned Friend would also recollect that the Judges almost unanimously opposed the mitigation of the penal code. When the Bill was brought in making forgery no longer a capital crime, the majority of the Judges foretold that it would be followed by a vast increase in the crime of forgery, and by the deitruction of commercial credit. They had been equally hostile, equally unanimous, and equally zealous against the Bill of last year, which had been adopted unanimously by their Lordships, and all but unanimously by the other House of Parliament. Now, with regard to the exclusion of the truth in cases of libel, it should be remembered that it was only judge-made laws. There was no Act of Parliament, there was no imme morial usage to be pleaded in support of the practice. All the decisions on the subject were fluctuating and contradictory. It was only in 1792, that it had been declared to be law. In the reign of Charles 11., Judge Pemberton had allowed the truth to be given in evidence in a case of libel, on a charge that Sir Edmundbury Godfrey had killed himself. In 1702, in the case of the King v. Fuller. which was a prose cution, for a seditious libel, Lord Holt had urged the defendant to give evidence of the truth of the libels. "If your state ments are true," said Lord Holt, addressing the 'defendant, " bring forward your witnesses, and I will hear them." The first case in which evidence of the truth was excluded,.was the case of the King v. Franklin, tried before Chief Justice Wrenne in 1731. In 1777, on the trial of Horne Tooke, before Lord Mansfield, the defendant was permitted to give evidence of the truth of his statements. His case broke down, and so the pro secutors had reason to rejoice that the evidence had been ad mitted. It was not until Mr. Fox's Libel Bill was passing through that House, that the judges gave it as their opinion that the truth could not be admitted. Yet, en that very occa sion, they declared one thing to be law, which the Parliament, in that very Bill, declared to be not law. He trusted, there fore, their Lordships would not hesitate to adopt this improve ment, and complete the law of last year. There was one ex ception made by the Bill, and only one ; and that was in con formity with the maxim of the law, which declared that the Sovereign could do no wrong. He therefore excluded from the operation of the Bill all personal attacks on the Sove reign. With regard to the procedure to be adopted, he proposed that as it was in many cases of public libel impossible to separate matters of fact from matters of com ment, so as to enable a justification to be pleaded, as in cases of private libel; that, in these cases of public libel, the defendant should give notice to the prosecutor of his intention to prove the truth of his assertions, and that the facts should go to the jury, who, if they should be of opinion that the facts were un true, or that the defendant had been influenced by bad motives, woul I find him:guilty. The judges, although they disapproved of the principle, admitted that this was the best method of carry ing it out. The law had been almost forgotten, in consequence of the mildness of the executive administration, bnt the law still remained, and might be revived at any time. He trusted their Lordship% would pass this measure, for he considered that Englishmen ought to hold their rights by law, and not by the forbearance of the public prosecutor. The LORD CHANCELLOR opposed the measure as one calculated to do great evil. It was sufficient to refer to the opinion of the judges to know that the law of England excluded evidence of the truth in these cases, and he imagined that those learned persons had declared what the law always had been, and not merely what it 'Was at the time they had declared it. In an action for damages, the defendant might plead the truth as justification, and the judge state to the jury the nature of the libel, the nature of the justification, and told them if they were of opinion the justification had been mode out, they must acquit the defendant. If the prose cution was by indictment, by the late measure justification could also be pleaded. In these cases the functions of the judge and of the jury were clearly defined. The object of pul , lic libels was to incite to a breach of the public peace, or to bring the Government into contempt. It was no defence uj such conduct that the libels were true—that would possibly only increase their evil effects. Now if the course proposed by this Bill were to be adopted, if only one fact alleged could he proved true, it would be competent to the jury to find the defendant not guilty, at their caprice and discretion. Their imaginations might be influenced by an artful address, and if only one part Were proved it would be competent to them to ret4rtt a terdir:t of acquittal. It was putting in the hands of inries an uncontrolled power, which might lead to great abuses in the administration of ju , tice. Notice would be given in every ut , e in order to secure the opportunity of making an in flammatory address to the jury. Parties prosecuted for these seditious libels generally were persons who fancied themselves orators, and defended themselves, and how did they defend themselves? Why generally by a repetition of the calumnies. Now the judge could interrupt him, and prevent his going on, but would that be the case if this Bill were to become law ? Why, a party might come into a c urt of justice and repeat the charge, and the judges could not interfere in any way. fhe party said he should offer evidence of the truth of the charge, . •-.... Lord DENMAN thought that so Ireportant a change in the Government the propriety of extending the period to twelve la* ought not to have been proposed without much more con- calendar months. sideration. The Bill of last year was referred to a Committee, . Sir J. GRAHAM said he thought the Hon. Member for and repeatedly, discussed by epeiloris of the greatest eepe- Finshery was eight in his vierk of the case; and he should there eiemee In catch titattet). The piesent Bill *as breught fore agree to his proposition; and mode thee the weed " six" be for Ward as a corollary to it, but it had not received the same omitted, and the word " twelve" itiSerted. consideration. There was a specific off e n c e • the offence of Mr. S. CRAWFORD begged sincerely to thank the flight • sedition. His Noble an d L earne d Friends a ppeared to havts urn Baronet for this concession, which was a most humane confined their attention to one single heatteet of sedition, end , Ana Duet one, and. would be sure to command the approval of that ene of tee lean imerseanee; Yoity or 'Are the ,ledelee , e • elo every public newspaper, reniareing on the copeeet ,or tee ee-e: S'e'elseeeT W.OIiTLET Owed the toilottlig arm& Government, was at the 'tierce of the ate'remenit f'de the men's „lh hee, to itiVetitAe pear'; , or " time beinze, but that (linnet- Wes pesse , no A ttorney- months;' also, after the word " child'' to acid ;thyi; Geeerel teeld be Atiiptd enough to institute a prosecution, "or at any time thereafter, upon satisfactory proof that the man enerely because the Government would be inconvenienced by alleged to be the father of such child has admitted the truth of newspaper remarks, and if he did the jury would give such allegation." The clause as it stood would induce many heir Verdict *.?Cr the defendant. In the year letle men to gite at allowartee to the woman for six or twelve the, hiorniny Chrome* Was prostatted foe reflecting on Months, in order to prevent her making any applieseitt egeiest king tleorge the third ; With reference to the Government of i him, emit it would be too late ; and at the expiration of the Ireland'; Mr. Pei.ry defended hirriself en the ground Of the sta or tvtelee termites discontinue the alldwaece, while the right to discuss the th easeres of the boie r nin e rit, and the elatise as it tidw stood siddld eecitidit her froth every, tereedv. jury acquitted the defendant. Now was not the crime of Sir JAMES GRAHAM was still opinioh that there should sedition a Crime in itself? Had they not seen people rising be some limitation of the time for the protection of the accueed tip in arms and rushing to the destruction of their neighbours' man. lives and property ?—(Hear, hear.) He pot that case because Mr. T. EGERTON said that the argument of his Hon. it arose out of re.-"t ptemeielltigs.—( Hear, hear.) Th e a t- F r i en d (Mr. Stuart Wortley) had n o t b een met b y the Right tacking et titan's character tended to a breach of the peace, Hon. Baronet. The argument of his Hon. Friend completely by kading him, as Dr. Franklin expressed it, to resort to the removed the objection, that an extension of the time would be liberty of the cudgel.—(Laughter.) lie admitted that some unjust to the man. Could not the Right Hon. Gentleman advantage had arisen from the Bill of last year, by improving introduce words at the end of the clause, that the woman the respectability of the press but he did not think a sufficient should not be excluded from proceeding again s t th e man a ft e r time had elapsed to enable them to say that it conferred eery the expiration of twelve months on producing proof of the pay great benefit: Whitt he chiefly complained of was that this ment of money during that time ? thenge *s, proposed without sufficient consideration and de- Mr. ESCOTT was strongly opposed to the antendrisent liberation. of his Hon. Friend (Mr. S. Wortley), as it would bring back Lord CAMPBELL replied. He said it seemed they many of the evils of the old law. were now called on to reverse the unanimous decision of last Sir .LAMES GRAHAM was sorry that his lion. Friend year; every argument used against the present Bill would apply had thought it his duty to charge him with having introeeiced exactly as much to the Act of last year. His Noble and an illusory measure. That charge coming from a quareer so Learned Friend acknowledged that this Act, as far as it had respectable, rendered it the more painful ; and he must, there been tes'ed, had been found to work well. lie concluded that fore, give it his firm denial. The clauses to which the lion. nothing could be more unsatisfactory than the ascertaining, by Gentleman had referred had been framed with an honest spirit, affidavit, the truth or falsehood of statements in a and he would always be ready to enter into a discussion as to criminal information. The Noble and Learned Lord their merits. With respect to the amendment of the Hon. had alluded to th e case of the Duke of Brunswick. Member for Yorkshire, he must say that he could not give it Wetted not the convictions in that case have been much more his support, in consequence of the ambiguity of its terms. Be satisfactory, if there had been an opportunity of showing their fore he sat down, he would express a hope that his Hon. Friend utter falsehood? When the King of Hanover wes assail e d by the Member for Oxfordshire, would not adhere to the opinion charges of a similar character, he boldly appeared in the wit- which he had expressed. ness-box and denied the truth of those statements. Under Mr. HENLEY said, he had spoken of the Bill, and not of the circumstances, and after the declaration of his Noble Friend the conduct of the Government with respect to it. on the Woolsack, supported as he had been by the Chief After a few words from Captain Routs, Mr. Morris, Sir Justice, he much apprehended the fate of this Bill. They Walter James, and Mr. Borthwiek, might overwhelm by a great majority the decision of last sea- Sir J. GRAHAM repeated that he had conceded the ex sion—they had the opportunity of doing so ; but it tension of the time to twelve months, and he would now so far must not be supposed that all those who were absent accede to th e p r oposition of his lion. Friend as to agree to the —( There were not more than two or three Peers on the addition of these words to the clause--" that the putative father Opposition benches)—were indifferent to this Bill.— shad be liable, after the twelve months, upon proof of the (Laughter.) His Noble Friend ( Lord Cottenham) was ab- payment of money within twelve months after the birth of sent in consequence of believing that the Bill was perfectly the child."—( Hear, hear.) secure.—(Laughter.) lie could not believe that the Noble Mr. S. WORTLEY expressed himself satisfied—(Bear, Lord on the Woolsack could be so grossly inconsistent as to hear)—and withdrew his amendment. oppose the Bill. There was his Noble Friend (Lord The clause, as amended, was then agreed to. Brougham), who had spoken so strongly in favour of the Bill On clause 3 being read, —he could not be supposed to be indifferent to the Bill. Mr. B. DENISON thought that the power of appeal, The LORD CHANCELLOR—He prefers something else which this clause conferred upon the putative father was un to the Bill.—( Laughter.) wise and improper, and entailed great hardship on the poor Lord CAMPBELL said he did not think his Noble and woman who sought to establish her claim against the father Learned Friend was one of those " whose god is their belly"— of her child. He therefore proposed that in bastardy cases (Laughter)—for on any public question, he knew he was ready three magistrates instead of two should be present when the to sacrifice every sensual gratification. But even now he would female came forward in the first instance, and that their adjudi divide the House, though he should stand alone, in order to cation should be final. The power of appeal, as granted by the see twee many would remain consistent. clause, would render, in most instances, the whole intentions of Their Lordships then divided ; the numbers were— tie Legislature nugatory. For the third reading Against it Majority against the Bill —3o Mr. DENISON intimated that he had withdrawn the SEES OF ST. ASAPH AND BANGOR. amendment, but The Earl of HADDINTON reported to the House the deci- Colonel WOOD, in the most earnest manner,intreated that !ion of the Committee appointed to inquire into precedents as he would not do so. He considered the power of appeal as to the doubt raised upon this Bill, whether it did not require entailing the greatest hardship on the unfortunate female. the consent of her Majesty in order to be brought in and dis- Sir J. GRAHAM said he thought two justices would be cussed in Parliament. The Committee stated, as the result of sufficient ; and it might be inconvenient, and in some instances, the inquiries, that the Bill was one that does so require the con- almost impossible, to procure the attendance of more. The sent of the Crown. power of appeal could be discussed at a future time. The Bills on the table were forwarded a stage, and the House Mr. DENISON withdrew his amendment. adjourned. Mr. BORTHWICK suggested that the allowance made by the father to the mother of the child should not be paid by him to her, as the contact might be dangerous.—(Laughter. ) The sum allocated by the magistrate should be paid to some third person for her—an overseer or other parochial official. Mr. ESCOTT said all the compassion seemed to be for the woman, but his experience in these matters—( Great laughter) —led him to think that the putative father was frequently as deserving of compassion. He did not approve of the principle of sending the putative father of the chile to the House of Cor rection, if he were not able to pay the sum prescribed by the magistrates. Sir J. GRAHAM said the provision, however hard it might seem to some Hon. Members, was found to be absolutely ne cessary. In fact, without the terror of imprisonment which this clause held out, one of the main principles of the measure could not be carried out. The clause as amended was then agreed to. Clause 4 was then proposed. Mr. B. DENISON proposed to omit the words from the clause which gave the power of appeal from the decision of the magistrates in cases of bastardy. Mr. BORTH WICK supported the amendment. He trusted her Majesty's Government would take the subject into their consideration. Mr. T. EGERTON believed that if the provision giving the power of appeal were allowed to remain in the Bill that it would be nugatory and ineffective. Mr. HAWES thought the power of appeal ought not to be taken away. Sir J. GRAHAM said this was a very important clause, and he would recommend the Committee to be cautious in coming to a decision upon it. lie thought the power of appeal ought to be retained, as it would act as a preventive to injustice. Mr. WAKLEY could not see why the appeal should only be on one side. After a few words from Sir J. GRAHAM, Mr. B. ESCOTT said the reason the appeal was only one sided was, that the penalties were all on one side. Mr. WAKLEY said the penalties were not on one side, as the woman had to bear the burden of the maintenance of the child. He thought the appeal ought to be made In favour of the woman as well as of the man. Mr. STUART WORTLEY was of a different opinion. To give the kppeal to the woman would lead to much injustice and hardship. Mr. CRIPPS thought that if they were to give the female the power of appeal the provision would be inoperative, inas much as in all such cases as these the female was in humble circumstances, and had not the means of carrying on an appeal. Mr. S. CRAWFORD supported the amendment of the Hon. Member for Yorkshire. Mr. LIDDELL thought it would be impolitic to extend cases. of appeals to Quarter Sessions. Sir J. GRAHAM said that after the fullest consideration of the subject he was of opinion that the clause, as it stood, ought to be retained. Sir J. GRAHAM said that after the fullest consideration, he was strongly disposed to let this clause stand over. Mr. WAKLEY strongly urged the propriety of giving the right of appeal to the woman, who was the victim of injustice, as well as to the man, who was the most powerful person and the oppressor.—( Hear, hear.) In his own experience as a Coroner, he. knew that one effect of this law was child murder, now in creasing to a horrible extent.—( Hear.) He had seen many cases in which such cases were clearly proved, to the horror and disgust of the jury. These murders were effected generally, in a way to render discovery impossible. The effect of this Bill would be as bad in this respect as the one it proposed to amend. Why should the House not take away from women the temptation to commit so horrible a crime ?—( Hear.) He trusted that the Right Hon. Baronet, who had treated this subject with great ability and fairness, would place the woman on an equal footing with the man. Mr. B. DENISON, statementwork h ouse, of p the oor and penniless, o after go hearing out of thet he Co roner for Middlesex, said that the remedy which that Hon. Gen tleman suggested was very inadequate. Indeed, he would ask, how could avail th herse l fewoman , c om i ng of such a remedy ? Mr. WARBURTON thought that the clause was f r amed in an oversight of what was the nature of a court of appeal. He thought that the decision in the first instance should be final. Mr. WAKLEY said that he had not advocated the appeal clause. He only said that the woman should be placed on an equal footing with the man. lie knew that the appeal would be from Noodle to Noodle.—( A laugh.) Bust Noodle might act with more caution in the presence of lawyers, and he might gather up a little sense from their arguments, if he had none in himself.—( Hear and a laugh.) lie knew that magistrates were not appointed for their fitness, but through the influence of their friends, who being unable to do any good with them at home, found employment for them in dealing with the poor. Sir J. GRAHAM considered the clause sufficiently difficult in itself, without being embarrassed with extraneous conside rations. From the returns which he had received from all parts of the ceuntry, he did not think that the bastardy clauses had increased infanticide, or that the crime had increased. The feeling of shame and the desire of concealment were mostly the motives that occasioned it.— ( Hear, hear.) lie would throw out for the consideration of the Committee. that at the end of the clause there was a proviso, which seemed to press with some hardship upon the women ; and he would put it to the Committee whether the omission of that proviso, thereby leav ing to the woman the right of appeal, would not be such a com promise as might meet the views of those who wished for a more express amendment. Mr. STUART WORTLEY thought the question was too difficult to be discussed in an assembly like this. What he wished was, to prevent vexatious appeals, and he would sug gest that his Right Hon. Friend should consider this point. Mr. WAKLEY was satisfied with the concession made by the Right Hon. Gentleman (Sir Graham). But he cau tioned him net to be misled by the returns of the coroners, for in most of the cases there was no possibility of returning a di rect verdict of wilful murder. Mr. B. DENISON said that he had no objection to the omission of the proviso. But what he complained of was, that where the man appealed against the decision made in favour of the woman, she had no means to avail herself of the judg ment, as she could not go to the expense of resisting the ap peal. It would be a different thing if the parish were bound to support the judgment in her favour. Mr. CRIPPS said that he and his brother magistrates had made every possible inquiry into the subject of infanticide, and they came to the conclusion that tee crime had not increased under the new poor-law, but that, on the contrary, the morals of the people had improved, and the crime had decreased in their district. He only spoke of his own district, and, of course, did not deny that what the Hen. Member for Finsbury had stated was the fact in his district. After a few words from Mr. ESCOTT, Sir J. GRAHAM hoped that the Committee would pro ceed to divide, but with this understanding, that if the appeal were struck out, he would retain the proviso. arr. BORTHWICK (who sp o k e am idst loud cries of `° Di vide, divide,") recommend e d t h e G over nment to withdraw the clause and reconsider it.—('Th e interruption co ntinu ing , with laughter, and cries of " Oh; oh"e—He would move that the Chairman report progress. —( Oh, oh.) The CHAIRMAN asked who seconded the motion, to which no answer was given, and Mr. BORTHWICK proceeded to address the House, but at last gave way to the repeated cries of " Divide, divide." Strangers m ere then ordered to withdraw, and the Committee divided, when there appeared-- For the amendment ... Against. it ............................................ 84 Majority Mr. BORTHWICK said he was auxioue to prevent the money payable by the putative father being handed over to her directly from the person who had already been too successful against her virtue. The Meuse did not provide for this, and in his opinioneit ought to d o so . He trusted the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir James Graham) would take this matter into his serious consideration, with a view of engrafting on some future clause of the etill a provision to the effect he had stated. Sir J. GRAHAM said a few words, which, from the low tone in which he spoke, we could not very clearly hear, but we understood their intent to be that the suggestion should have his consideration. In answer to a question from Sir H. DOUGLAS, Sir J. GRAHAM said he agreed with hint in opinion that the father should not he allowed to go sc ot free when the woman became chargeable to the parish, or liable to punish ment for crime. lie would have words introduced into the clause which should authorise a proper hold upon the man. The matter would require to be well considered, and whatever was inserted mutt be most cautiously worded. In a future HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 5. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. Mr. FERRAND presented a petition from an individual in Lancashire, against the New Poor-law Bill. The petitioncr attributed to this law the existence of Chartism, Rebeccaism, and the Anti-Corn.law League. Mr. EWART presented a petition from the wood sawyers of Paisley, praying for protection against the use of machinery in their trade. Lord ASHLEY presented a_petition (we did not hear from what place), signed by 2,400 petnns, against the Truck System. After an interval of a quarter of an hoar, during which no business was done, _ Lord SANDO SI moved that the Secret Committee of Poet. office Inquiry might have leave to sit, notwithstanding the ad journment of the House.—Ordered. ACCIDENT AT BOLTON. Mr. FERR AND, seeing the Right Hon. Baronet, the Se cretary of State for the Home Department in his place, begged leave to draw his attention to a dreadful accident that took place in the town of Bolton, on Monday last ; by the bursting of a steam boiler in a factory one man was killed, and three or _four seriously injured. We understood the Hon. Member to say, that some mismanagement of the machinery was the cause of the accident, and that the man who had lost his life had only that morning come into the employment, with the nature of which he was unacquainted. As there were in spectors of railways, he wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet whether the Government had no power to prevent such fearful accidents in factories ? Sir J. GRAHAM said that the Government had no control over factories such as that which was exercised over railways through the inspectors. MEDICAL REFORM. Mr. D. BARCLAY begged to ask the Right Hon. Baro. net whether he had abandoned his intentions respecting medical reform, or intended to carry through his Bill this session ? Sir J. GRAHAM said he would lay the Bill on the table in the course of this session. In answer to a question from Mr. BELLEW, Sir J. GRAHAM said that it was his intention, during the present session, to lay on the table of the House a Bill to amend the law of settlement in Scotland and Ireland. He should not, however, proceed with it this session. Captain PECHELL gave notice that, on Tuesday week, he should call the attention of the House to the claims of the lunatic officers in Hasler Hospital. The Committee on the Joint-stock Companies Bill was postponed till twelve o'clock on Wednesday next. The Committee on the Canal Companies Bill was postponed till Monday. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. THOR NEL Y a new writ was ordered for the borough of Birmingham, in the room of Joshua Schole field, EN., deceased. POOR-LAW.—COMMITTEE. Sir J. GRAHAM moved the order of the day for the House resolving itself into a Committee of the whole House upon the Poor-law Amendment Bill. The order having been read by the Clerk, Mr. HAWES claimed to take advantage of that opportunity to present a petition from the rated inhabitants of St. Mary's, Lambeth, agreed at a meeting in vestry assembled, praying that the Poor-law Amendment Bill may not pass into a law, and that all plurality of voting may be abolished. Mr. JOHN FIELDEN said he would also take advantage of the opportunity to present a petition for the repeal of the poor-law from the Board of Guardians of the Todmorden union—the union in which he himself resided. They stated that the poor-law was brought first into operation in that dis trict at the point of the bayonet—that it could not be intro duced even until the preselice of the soldiery had been obtained.—( Hear, hear.) It had been said, most wickedly and most untruly, that he (Mr. Fielders) had been instrumental in stiring up dissatisfaction against the Bill, and encouraging riots to oppose it ; but every one who knew him, knew that he had never taken part in or approved of any illegal conduct in his life—( Hear, hear)—and that he had no more to do with those riots than any other Hon. Gentleman in that House. It was right the House should know that some of the guardians who signed this petition had originally been in favour of this new poor-law, and were anxious to have it intro duced into the district ; but since they had had practical expe rience of its operation, they had become thoroughly disgusted with it, and now petitioned most earnestly for its repeal. On the motion of the Hon. Member the petition was then read at length by the Clerk at the table. Sir JOHN WALSH presented a petition from the inhabi tants of St. Pancras against the 58th clause of the Bill, re latiog to parishes now managed und er llobhouse's Act. . . On the reading of the order of the day for the Committee on the Poor-law Amendment Act, Mr. BORTHWICK jumped up suddenly, and said " Mr. Speaker," and then ;as suddenly sat down amidst shouts of laughter, which were continued during a discussion carried on between the Hon. Member and Col. tsibthorp. In the meantime the Speaker left the chair, and the House went into Committee, Mr. GaaENE in the Chair, On the question that clause I stand part of the Bill, Colonel SIBTHORP rose to move his amendment to the effect that the office and powers of the Poor-law Commissioners be abolished. After a discussion, much interrupted by bursts of laughter, the Gallant Colonel was informed by the Chairman. that he could not bring his motion on on the present question. Mr. BORTHWICK, who rose amidst renewed laughter, said he supposed at least that he was entitled, upon this ques tion, to show why clause I should not stand part of the Bill.— ( Hear, hear.) He expressed a hope that his Hon. and Gallant Friend would pers.e%ere in his motion, as he would never have a be'ter opportunity of doing so. The real mean ing of the propo3al which had been made by the Right Hon. Gentleman to his ( Mr. Borthwick's) Hon. and Gallant Friend, to postpone this motion, was that it should be abandoned. There had been too much postponement with regard to that question already. Mr. TA TTON EGERTON said in his opinion the lion. and Gallant Member for Lincoln ( Colonel Sibthorp) was too late to bring forward the amendment of which he had giv en notice. lie should have moved his resolution on the order of the day being read for going into Committee. lie (Mr. Eger ton) was as great an opponent as any in that House of many of the provisions of the. Poor-law, but after the division of last night he thought the best thing they could now do was, to exert their best efforts to modify the various harsh clauses of the Pill in Committee. Colonel SIBTIIORP said he was in the hands of the Chair man, and whatever that worthy and excellent gentleman told him to do, he should do.—( Laughter.) The Chairman of the Committee said the only thing now competent to the lion. and Gallant Officer to do was, to ne gative the clause. Clause 1 was then agreed to amidst great laughter. On clause 2 being imposed, Mr. FERRAND said he felt bound to express his opinion that his lion. and Gallant Friend (Colonel Sibthorp) had not bren fairly used, either by the House or the Government. He ( Mr. Ferrand) had distinctly put the question to the Right lion. Baronet (Sir James Graham) last night, whether his Hon. and Gallant Friend could out his amendment that night, and the answer made by the Right lion. Baronet was, that he could do so. It appeared to him ( Mr. Ferranti) that his Hon. and Gallant Friend had been regularly done.—(Great laugh ter.) He was satisfied that throughout the whole House there an intention not to give a fair hearing to the opponents of the Bill, and he should, therefore, advise his lion. and Gal lant Friend riot to waste his time iu bringing forward a mo tion which would not be listened to, but leave it to the coun try to decide upon the conduct both of that House and of the Government. _ _ _ Sir J. GrtAHAM said he would assure his Hon. and Gal lant Friend (Colonel Sibthorp) he had no intention or desire whatever to hinder him bringing forward his motion ; and whenever the opportunity presented •itself for him to do so, every attention should be given by him to his Hon. Friend's arguments and opinions. Col. SIBTFIORP said the Right Hon. Gentleman had not treated him with common candour—he had almost said with common decency.—(Laughter.) The Gallant Colonel then, raising his voice to its highest pitch, and stretching forth his arm, said " I have often before declared I had confidence in this Government; but I now declare I can never have con fidence more."—(Shouts of laughter. ) Mr. T. DUNCO2IIIIE suggested that the time allowed to unhappy females to name the father of the child—namely, six hardly long enough. He strongly urged on the M 0 14 tip... , ... ..., stage he would be prepared with an instruction, in order to effect the amendment desired, and the necessity of which he clearly saw.—( Hear, hear. ) After a long and desultory conversation upon verbal amend ments, the clause was agreed to. On clause 6 being proposed, Mr. HENLEY suggested that some modification should be nude in it by the Government, as it was of a most stringent character. Sir JAMES GRAHAM agreed to omit certain words -allery), the e d ffe c e r t ie o s f .o w fe h a, ic aH h . e w ar o , u h ld ea b r e ., g ) reatly ti aictelltirgtM the (Inaudible in the lenses 7, it, 9, and . a — gre : c . d .'9 to, at si fr JO, without dlseilssidri: On clause II being proposed; pow h e i rgi et ti , which e teh C il‘isliro.n\e\r' illegitimateY s, N of N a E pp L r ls en l t S ic o i b n j g ectedto the children, tbheomtsicehromraoi districts.properlyre exercised by the poor-law guardians in it Sir HOWARTJ DOUGLAS said he had received from his constituents instructions to object to this clause, on the same groands as those stated by the last speaker—tamely, that the gtiardiana upon the spot were the best judges of what ought t , ./ he done for these Unhappy children. Sir C. NAPIER, on behalf of the parish of Marylebone, also objected to this power being vested It: the Central Com missioners. Two other Hon. 'Members, whsse names we could net learn, also strongly opposed the clause. Sir J. GRAHAM said he might be wrong in having pro owed the clause, but no oPC, he was happy to nnd, impugned his motive in doing so. He Wes afraid that in those local boards of guardians, local interests Wolld be, consulted at the sapense of the persons about to be bound atit: Under the MintSrs and Celleries Act, certain restrictions were Imposed against binding yoUtlg children to miners and colliers, and he thought that, in the present Bill, the same restrictive power should be exercised. It could not be denied diet in local boards of guardians there might be a natural though selfish &steel to economise, even at the expese of the poor little helpless childrett whom they might be willing to bind into a distant, and, perhaps, incommodious situation, in order to rid themselves, and their district of the probable expense of providing for them in future. What he wished to impose was not any Unnecessary or unfair restriction on the board of guardians, but only to ' give to the Poor-law Commissioners a power over the appointments - of the board, which would tend towards the benefit of the poor apprentices. He had been accused of endeavouring to increase the powers of the Poor-law Commissioners, and giving them an arbitrary control over the poor. He did not think he lay open to this charge, as he had been always most anxious- to give the Commissioners only such power as would counteract the, perhaps, too par simonious tendency or neglect of the boards of guardians. Mr. CHRISTOPHER hoped the Right lion. Baronet would not withdraw the clause, which he considered one of thc most useful in the whole Bill. He believed that one of the greatest evils of the present measure was its neglect of proper provisions for parochial apprentices. He thought that a power vested in the Poor-law Commissioners was absolutely neces sary in order to protect poor apprentices, and have them pro perly bound and properly treated. Colonel WOOD would not wish to restrict the powers of the Poor-law Commissioners ; but he thought the imposition of this duty upon them was unnecessary. For there was no provision in the clause to prevent what the Right Hon. Gentle man considered so great an evil—viz. the binding out of ap prentices in distant parishes. Sir JAMES GRAHAM rose and said, lie attached consi derable importance to the penalty which would be enacted in this clause, and which he trusted would prevent the abuses re garding apprentices which existed in the present measure. Mr. DUNCOMBE objected to the large powers conferred on the Poor-law Commissioners by the provisions of this clause. They were useless besides, for how could the Com missioners at Somerset House be supposed to know what would be moat beneficial to a child in a remote part of the kingdom ? Surely those who lived en the spot, and who were fathers of families themselves, ought to be the best judges. Sir J. GRAHAM said that in order to meet the objections of the Hon. Gentleman, and of other Hon. Members who might be disposed to agree with him, he would amend the clause, so that it would give the Commissioners power only to prescribe the terms and conditions of the binding. Mr. DUNCOMBE was opposed to all increase of power to the Commissioners, and thought in whatever shape it was con ferred upon them, it must be looked upon with alarm. Colonel SIBTHORP expressed himself to a similar effect. He looked upon the power the Poor-law Commissioners at present possessed with feelings of jealousy and alarm. Mr. WAKLEY hoped the clause weuld not be altered or amended. Nothing was more desirable than that there should be some °niers, who would be responsible for the proper treatment of those helpless creatures—parochial apprentices. Their condition at present was one of absolute slavery. For this reason alone he would give the clause his most unqualified and ar dent support. The present law did not provide a sufficient protec tion for the ill treatment and neglect of these poor creatures. The masters at present, in most instances, sought them only for the purpose of making money by them, and, provided they could effect this object, they cared little about the means Parish apprentices were, in many instances, employed from five in the morning until nine at night, and, in addition to this, they were frequently badly fed, badly clothed, and badly lodged. And what redress had these children? It might be said they could go before a magistrate. Why, he (Mr. Wakley) had on more than one occasion, attempted to interfere with police magistrates on be half of these poor creatures, but his applications had not only been treated with neglect but with contempt. To be sure the overseer went to the house of the master, and when he did, he was ushered into the best parlour, and the boy was brought in in his holiday suit, and before his master and mistress, and with the fear of the birch rod before his eyes, answered those queries which the overseer put to him.—( Hear hear.) " Have you any complaint to make, my dear? Don't be afraid to speak." Of course the poor child said " Na, Sir," and thus terminated this little farce. The overseer went away, and the boy re turned to his drudgery.—( Hear, hear.) Under these circum stances, he thought it absolately necessary that there should be some restrictive and unprejudiced influence exercised in the binding of these poor children. The House was bound to look to them ; they were the orphans of the State; anti he felt grateful to the Government for introducing the present clause. Lord J. MANNERS said that he had heard enough to con vince him that the Poor-law Commissioners had exercised the power for the benefit, and not for the oppression, of those who were not able to defend themselves. lie should give his cordial support to the clause. Mr. COLQUHOUN wished to know whether the Com missioners would be empowered to limit the hours of labour for children. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said there was no dif ficulty at all about this, as the Commissioners could insert clauses in the indentures of apprenticeship, limiting the hours of ldbour for the children. Mr. HAMILTON supported the clause. Mr. ESCOTT said, that if they gave the Commissioners the power of limiting the hours of labour for children to a cer tain time, they would be adopting a principle which the House had already refused to sanction in the Factory Bill. Mr. S. CRAWFORD opposed the clause. After a few words from Mr. P. BORTHWICK, the Com mittee divided— For the clause Against it Alajority — 128 Clause 12 was then proposed, and after a short discussion, agreed to. On clause 13 being proposed, which regulates the number of votes each rate-payer shalt possess, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved an amendment, the effect of which was to abolish the system of p l urality voting, and to Place the owner of property and the rate-payer, and all rate payers, on the same tooting ; namely, to give each party one vote. Sir J. GRAHAM defended the present system, and said that he was fortified in his opinion by a recent decision to which the Legislature had come on this vary subject. This kind of voting had been sanctioned by the Legislature in the last session: of Parliament in the Irish Pour-law Bill. He did not think it would be consistent with justice that the occupier o f property rated at 1001. a year should be placed an the same footing, with respect to voting, as the occupier of property rated at 5001. The Committee then divided. The numbers were_ For the amendment ......... Against it . . _ _ Majority for the clause The clause was then ordered to stand part of the Bill. On the reading of clause 14, Mr. HAWES said that the rate-payers ought to have the ower of impeaching proxies in the election of guardians, and _e suggested to the Right Hon. Gentleman (Sir J. Graham) :o introduce a proviso to that effect. Ho was himself prepared with such a proviso. Sir JA 11ES GRAHAM recommended the Hon. Gentleman to bring forward his proviso, as a distinct clause, at a future stage, or to be added at the end of the Bill. Mr. HAWES would act upon the suggestion of the lion. Baronet, and gave notice that ho would propose the clause on bringing up the report. Mr. HINDLEY admitted that the clause, as introduced by the Right Hon. Baronet was a great improvement in the Bill. Captain PECHELL would admit that this was a very use ful modification of the Bill. But neither this clause, nor the one proposed by the Hon. Member for Finsbury would meet his views, and he would move that the clause should be omitted altogether. Mr. T. DUNCONIBE admitted that the clause was a great improvement; but he was opposed to the system of proxies altogether, except it were in the case of female rate-payers.— ( A laugh.) He had received communications from Gravesend, showing the abuses to which the system was liable. The owners of property were very few ; but the collector of the rents held the whole of the proxies, and thus had the nomi nation of the guardians for the two great parishes of which that union consisted. He would not object to the clause if the latter part of it, which gave such a power to the collectors of rents, were omitted. Mr. HINDLEY suggested that the proxies should be re newed every six months. Mr. HAWES thought that the time allowed for notices should be extended to more than fourteen days. Sir J. GRAHAM thought that it would lead to much incon venience to give a greater time than was necessary fur due in quiry and the detection of fraud. Mr. WAWN moved an amendment for the omission of the words in brackets, which gave power to stewards and land-agents to hold proxies. On this aniend►nent the Committee divided, For the amendment Against it Majority The clause was then agreed to. On the reading of the fifteenth clause relative to the annual election of guardians, Mr. STUART WORTLEY said that he had received a letter from a gentleman, a member of one of the largest boards of guardians in the kingdom, suggesting several alterations in the mode of electing guardians. lie did not mean to propose any amendment, but pressed upon his Right Him. Friend to consider the recommendations of his correspondent. On the 16th clause being proposed, Mr. S. CRAWFORD proposed that it be omitted. The Committee divided, when there appeared— For the omission of the dame 45 Against its omission ......... Majority The clause was then agreed to. Clauses 17, 18, and 19 were agreed to, after which Sir J. GRAHAM moved that the Chairman should report progress, and ask leave to sit again on Thursday at half-past four o'clock. 157 The Militia Ballot Suspension 13i11 went through Com mittee. The Vagrants Removal Bill went through Committee. The Stock in Trade Bill went through Committee. The Turnpike Acts Continuance went through Omn mittee. The Customs Duties (Isle of Man) Bill was read a third time, and passed. The Assessed Compositions Bill was read a second time, and was ordered to be committed on Monday aext. REGISTRY OF SEAMEN. Mr. S. HERBERT obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend and consolidate the laws relating to merchant-seamen, and for keeping a register of seamen. The Bill was brought ►n and read a first time. THE IRISH CHURCH. . Mr. P. BUTLER moved for a return of vacancies which had recently arisen in the Established Church of Ireland, and of the nmes of the partied appointed to fill them. ------- Lord ELIOT said if the Hon. Member would produce any instance of improper appointment, or any proof of miscon duct on the part of those appointed, he would not object to the return. But this not having been dome, and knowing that it could not be done, he felt it his duty to resist the motion. Mr. BUTLER persisting in his motion, the gallery was cleared for a diTlsiany but no division took place, and the motion was negatived. _ . KNACKERS' VARtlg. Mr. COWPER obtained leave to bring in d Bill to amend the Act 26 G eo . 111., f or t h e regu l at i on of yard* kept for slaughtering horses. CONTROVERTED ELECTIONS. Lord G. SOMERSET itsked leave to bring in a Bill to r A ~p;,;;e trial of conteOttfted elections of Members of • Pai 'lament, Lord MAHON suygested that at this late period of the ses sititi, the precedent of the last and the previous year had better be followed by the House agreeing to a temporary Bill. Next session they might advantageously discuss a permanent mea sure, and whenever they did so, he (Lord Mahon) should urge upon the House to part with its jurisdiction ; and, failing in his imdeaveurs to accomplish that, he should propose a dimi lititiott to three of the number of Members sitting on a Con troverted Election Committee. Sir R. PIEL said he thought the time was come when the House would decide whether it would retain in its own hands the jurisdiction regarding controverted elections. He thought there till it just jealousy on the part of the majority of Hon. Members against any invasion of their privileges. He con sidered there was a tendency on the part of the courts of law to treat them lightly; and far his part he wished this House to retain all the privileges and powers it at present possessed. He was in favour of the proposition of the Noble Lord for making the Bill perm anent. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill, which was read a first time. The House adjourned at a Quarter to One o'clock. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WAR.OFFICE, Joxr, 26, 1844. _ _ MEatoßArrnUM.•--Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to permit the under-mentioned regiments to bear, in addition to any other badges or devices heretofore granted, the follow ing distinctions, in commemoration of their services during the second campaign in Affghanistan, in the year 1842, namely, 3d Light Dragoons, 9th Foot, 13th Foot, 31st Foet, " Cabool, 1842 ; ' 41st Foot, Ghuznec and Caboel, 1842." Her Majesty has likewise been graciously pleased to permit the 16th Lancers, the 39th and 40th Regiments, to bear the word "Maharajpore," and the 9th Lancers, the 3d and bOth Regi ments, the word " Punniar," in commemoration of the dis tinguished gallantry displayed by those corps in the actions fought at the abovenamed places, respectively, on the 29th of December, 1813. WAR-OFFICE, Juur 5. 3d Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant I. R. Warner to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Nugent, who retires ' • Cornet C. P. Coote to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vi ce Warner ; F. A. Oakes, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase. vice Coote, July 5. 17th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant H. R. Boucherett to be Captain, by purchase, vice Broadley, who retires ; Cornet S. Le Hunt Hobson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bouche rctt, July 5 ; Cornet N. M. Innes to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Taylor, who retires, July tl. 12th Regiment of Foot—Ensign G. 11. M. Johnston to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Butcher, who retires; C. Mait land, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Johnston, July 5. 23d Foot—Sergeant-Major C. Grant, Grenadier Guards, to be Quartermaster, vice G. Moore, who retires upon half-pay, July 5, .13d Foot—Captain H. N. Phillips, from 53d Foot, to be Captain, vice Havelock, who exchanges, July 5. 46th Foot—Captain G. P. Mansel, from the 53d Foot, to be Captain, vice Clarke. who exchanges, July 5. 48th Foot—Lieutenant G. S. Tidy to be Captain, without purchase, vice Hall, deceased; Ensign W. F. Wyndowe to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Tidy; Sergeant-Major J. Mancor to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Wyndowe, July 5. 53d Foot—Capt. C. F. Havelock, from 43d Foot, to be Captain, vice Phillips, who exchanges ; Capt. W. H. H. F. Clarke, from the 46th Foot, to be Captain, vice Mansel, who exchanges, July 5. 60th Foot—G. Warburton, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Roche, who retires; Lieut. J. F. Jones to be Adjutant, vice Mitchell, who resigns the Adjutantcy only, July 5. 88th Foot—Ensign S. Dunning to be Adjutant, vice Max well, who resigns the Adjutantcy only, July 1. Rifle Brigade--Second Lieut. A. Lautour to be First Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Dawson, who retires ; J. C. Nichol!, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lautour, July 5. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Ensign J. N. Holmes to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mortimer, who retires ; S. Peel, Gent., t o b e E ns i gn, b y purc h ase, vice Holmes, July 5. UNATTACHED.—Lieutenant G. Man, from the 54th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, July 5. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JULY 3. Royal Regiment of Artillery—First Lieutenant P. R. Cocks to be Second Captain, vice Caddy, retired on half-pay ; Second Lieutenant W. F. Lock to be First Lieutenant, vice Cocks, June 9. MEMORANDUM.—The dates of promotion of the under mentioned officers have been altered as follow, vis.—Second Captain G. D. Warburton, May 28; First Lieutenant the Hon. W. Kennedy, May 28; Quartermaster-Sergeant Alex ander Steele to be Quartermaster, vice Fortune, retired on full-pay, July 1. ADMIRALTY, JULY 3. Corps of Royal Marines.—Gentleman Cadet F. C. Knight to be Second Lieutenant. WHITEHALL, JULY 4. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Shand, of Edin burgh, Gent., to be a Master Extra or di nar y i n th e Hi g h Ceurt of Cancery, in that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Scotland. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. SIMEON HARTLF.Y SPENCE, maltster, Leeds. BANKRUPTS. THOMAS HENRY SKELTON, stationer, Southampton, to surrender July 13, at one, and Aug. 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Basinghall street, Landon ' • Cox, Pinners'-hall, Old Br oa d- stree t. FRANCIS STOKES, importer, London-wall, July 16, at two, and August 16, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Lawrence and Plews, Bucklersbury. PETER TANSLEY, straw-plait dealer, St. John-street, July 16, at half-past one, and August 16, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Ba singball-street ; Hurst, Milk-street, Cheapside. MICHAEL CAS ANAS, wine merchant, Fenchurch street, July 19, at half-past one, and August 16, at twelve at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee, King's Arms-yard, Moorgate-street ; Sole, Alderraanbury. JOHN RAMSAY, cbeesemonger, Chapel-street, Somers'- town, July 13, at half-past one, and August 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chamber s ; Dods and Linklaters, Leadenhall-street. THOMAS JAMES MAINE, innbolder, Newland -street, Eaton-square, Pimlico, July 12, at half-past twelve, and Aug. 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard -street; Wade and Pen nington, Frederick' s -pl ace Old Jewry; Wade, Baldock, Herts. THOMAS HINDM ASH, grocer, Hartlepool, Durham, July 11, at eleven, and Aug. 26, at two, at the Newcastle-upon- Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle upon-Tyne ; Wilson and Turnbull, Hartlepool. FREDERICK PLANK, perfumer, Plymouth, July 24 and Aug. 15, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hertzel, official assignee ; Lockyer and Bulled, Plymouth; Surr, Lombard -street, London; Moore, Exeter. JOHN VERNON, licensei victualler, Monks Coppenhall, Cheshire, July 17 and Aug. 14, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee; Froggatt, Clif ford's Inn, London ; Latham, Sandbaeh. RICHARD LODGE, innkeeper, Thornhill, Yorkshire, July 19, and Aug. 7, at e l even , a t th e Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee; Wigglesworkßidsdale, and Crad dock, Gray's Inn-square ; Cronhelm, Leeds. NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY. _ _ J. Jenner, shoemaker, Brixton, Surrey. H. W. Thomas, innkeeper, Andover. S. W. Morris, law-writer, Carey-street, Chancery-lane. G. Watson, undertaker, Weston-street, Somers'-town. J. R. Chapman, schoolmaster, Ferry-hill, Durham. J. Whinier, baker, Hereford-street, Landport, Foams. T. C. Fletcher, schoolmaster, Ilkeston, Derbyshire. S. Jefferys, malteter, Arnold, Nottinghamshire. J. Bennett, licensed victualler, Nottingham. S. Wheatley, farmer, Unstone, Derbyshire. R. Hollier, stonemason, Birmingham. J.'Downing, butcher, Thorne, Yorkshire. J..C. Adams, fish-cumr, Great Yarmouth. J. Falshaw, farmer, Bradford, Yorkshire. E. Stevens, builder, Stanbridge, Bedfordshire. A. Jacobs, dealer in jewellery, Princess-st., Ratcliffe-highway, J. Howgate, tanner, Pudsey, Yorkshire. G. Livesey, dealer in ale, Chorlcy, Lancashire. H. Cornish, butcher, Woolwich. C. Clifford, plumber, Norman -street, St. Luke's. G. Haigh, beer retailer, Broad Ing Bottom, Yorkshire. W. Claringbold, barman, Lower Edmonton. J. Anbury, shoemaker, Clay-lane, Berkshi re . T. Raymond, builder, Bishop's-road, Paddington. T. Hamp, farmer, Wood Ham, Buckinghamshire. M. Nicholson, linen-draper, Bedlington, Durham. H. R. Woed, philosophical instrument-maker, Islington. J. D. Magee, cabinet-maker, Ely, Cambridgeshire. A. Longland, butcher, Northampton. L. J. Randall, broker Cambridge-road, Bethnal-green. W. Smith, auctioneer, Wilmington-street, Clerkenwell. R. Nash, Great Yarmouth. • A. G. Hamilton, agent, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. C. Harding, schoolmaster, Wakefield-street, Gray's Inn-lane. Gi Robinson, boot maker, Althorpe, Lincolnshire. R. M'Gregur, coach-wheel maker, Manchester. S. B. Parsons, York-road, Lambeth. T. S. Dear, baker, Bow-street. Covent-garden. J. Mash, coal dealer, Hoxton Old Town. J. Williams, silk dealer, Sclater-street, Bethnal-green. G. Brown, blacksmith, Malden, Essex. J. Drake, boot maker, Halifax, Yorkshire. J. Cottee, cabinet maker, Maldon, Essex. J. Brown, hackney driver, Liverpool. M. May, silk velvet manufacturer, Fuller-street, Bethnal-green. H. Cosins, furniture broker, Water-st., Arundel-st., Strand. F. Newenhaen, artist, Soho-square. T. Rogers, tailor, New North-street, Red Lion-square. J. Bastin, blacksmith, Liverpool. G. Bristow, sen. , carpenter, Little George-street, Bermondsey. J. Oakes, traveller, Liverpool. J. Drinkhall, porter, Manchester. J: R. Miller, estate agent, Liverpool. W. Roffey, dancing master, Elm. lane, Bayswater. It. Allcoek, Harrison• street, Gray's Inn-road. J. F. Redshaw, upholsterer, Great Portland-street. C. Pashley, plumber, Rayleigh, Essex. J. Faithfull, gardener, Grove-end-road, St. John's-wood. W. and G. S. Scoble, bakers, Topsham, Devonshire. R. Wellicombe, butcher, Church-street, Camberwell. S. Gale, Boston-street, Dorset-square. G. Heffill, tailor, Chenies-street, Bedford-square. W. Childs, grocer, Bury St. E4mund's, Suffolk. T. C. thick, surgeon, Islip, Oxfordshire. J. Ellard, furrier, Charlotte-street, Blackfriars-road. J. 13. Harwood, master mariner, Bistern-place, Poplar. G. Brodie, otherwise G. Wild, comedian, Craven-buildings, Drury-lane. E. P. Owen, Llan Aber, Merionethshire. A. Macpherson, accountant, Albany-road, Camberwell. SECOND NOTICES. F. Wymer, steward of a steam ship, Southampton, July 1 1 , at half-Tait two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. _ _ Garnham, butcher, London-road, July 11, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. W. Young, cowkeeper, Monyers-street, Hoxton, July 11, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. E M. Danels, schoolmistress, Albion-terrace, Wandsworth road, July 11, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. T. Mathew, labourer, Coychurch, Glamorganshire, July 9, at one, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee. R. Cripps, shoe maker, Miserden, Gloucestershire, July 10, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acramans official assignee. H. B. Glover, clerk, Great Bland-street, Dover-street, July 11, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. J. Hennessey, Upper Weedon, Northamptonshire, July 12, at eleven, at the Court of 4anirruptcy, 11011,_ official anignec. R. Davies, Customs' landing waiter, Liverpol, July 9, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, of assignee. J. Huntington licensed victualler, Liverpo o l, J u ly 11, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee. E. Maitland, licensed victualler, Liverpool, July 11, at one, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee. J. Enoch, jun , upholsterer, Leamington Priors, Warwick shire, July 12, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Va)py, official assignee. T. Dale, provision dealer, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, July 1 1 : at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee. J. Marchant, jun., schoolmaster, Hollingbourne, Kent, JOY. 9, at one, at the Court o f Bankruptcy. Edwards, officia , assignee. M. Edmonds, plumber, Meadow-place, South Lambeth, July 9, at one, at the Cocrt of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official I assignee. T. Knight, blacksmith, Wivelsfield, Sussex, July 9, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. J. Samway, brewer, Yalding, Kent, July 9, A one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee. J. Doughty, stage coachman, Cambridge, July 9, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. W. Mace, victualler, Worcester, July 11, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee. t B. B. Wilson, surgeon, Kendal, Westmorela n d, July 99 a t eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wa:clei' official assignee. _ DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. 11. Champion, furrier, Friday-street, City, July 26, at two- - E. Whitmore, J. Weds, J. Wg Ils, jun., and F. Whitmore , bankers, Lombard-street, City, July 26, at half-past twelve--• H. W. Brand, cook, Little Stanhope -street, Mayfair, July 2 6 ' at eleren—H. Goertz, upholsterer, New Windsor, Berkshire , July 26, at two. In the Country. W. Smithson, linen-draper, Thirsk, Yorkshire, July 29, 1° eleven, at the Leeds District Court—J. Dixon, linen-drape r , Sheffield, July 31, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court---J -13roadhead, woollen-cloth manufacturer, Almondbury, York shire, July 29, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—P. r f• 13. Hembrough, worsted manufacturer, Wakefield, Yorkshire, July 29, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—J. Johnson , miller, Anston, Yorkshire, July 29, at eleven, at ;the Leeds District Court—E. Brittan, victualler, Bath , ' July 26, a t twelve, at the Bristol District Court-1. Lonsdale, Sheffield, July 31, at eleven, at the Leeds District Cousl! G. Harker, farmer, Sunderlandwick, Yorkshire, July 27. n" g• -ocer, eleven, at the Leeds District Court—W. Dawson, moner scrivener, Wakefield, Yorkshire, July 27, at eleven, at * lO Leeds District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. G. F. Squires, plumber, Poplar, July 26—P. Cattaneo and J. Cattaneo, watch-makers, Reigate, Surrey, July 29--a l ' Anston, watch-maker, Berkeley-square, July 29—H. Thole , linen-draper, Kensington, July 26—J. Foakes, market-ger" dener, Mitcham, Surrey, July 26-1. Montefiore and J. Bat' row, merchants, George-street, Mansion-house, City, Jail 27—W. 13r.,wn, auctioneer, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire , July 26—W. Lynn, hotel-keeper, Liverpool, July 26—R. II I ; chardson, gambroon manufacturer, Manchester, July 26.- - "' Leicester, printer, Manchester, J u ly 26—C. ohnson, dealer, Rochdale, Lancashire, July 26—S. Jones, jeweller,. Cheapside, July 26—C. Paralow, tailor, Blackman-street, Southwark, July 26—R. Turner, fancy coth-manufactur er, Almondbury, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, July 26. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Mercer, jun.; and J. B. Edwards, attorneys, Ramsgate" J. Swift and T. Swift, cloth merchants, Huddersfield, Yelt" shire—B. Rosselloty and C. W. de Bernardy, accountants ,. Warwick-street, Charing-cross—W. N. Heald and F. Parsons,' druggists, Maldon, Essex—S. Wells and R. Wells, grocers? Kennirighall, Norfolk—J. Clark and T. Clark, clothiers, Trowbridge, Wiltshire—H. Cunliffe, H. Ratcliffe, W. Dixon' and J. Briggs, engravers to calico-printers, Accrington, Len" cashire, as far as regards W. Dixon—C. Mason and G. Adan, curriers, Cross-street, Bermondsey New-town—J. B. Gull' ner and S. Matthews, butchers, Munster-street, Regent: park—J. S. Welch and F. G. Gwynne, print-sellers, °`' James's-street, Piccadilly—T. M. Lee and J. J. Lee, att° l ' neys, Leeds—E. Whitling and E. Cleasby, wine-merchant' Edgeware-road—G. R. Tempany and W. Waggett, Holles-street, Cavendish-square—G. Chambers, Ben., W. 6 ' Chambers, and G. Chambers, jun., grocers, Portsea, as far el regards G. Chambers, sen.—B. D. Gall and W. Al len, air, mists and druggists, Woodbridge, Suffolk—G. W. Moore an d A. Williams, Customhouse agents, Lower Thames-street- -- T. Berry and J. Berry, nankeen-manufacturers Manchester- - " J. Ewart, C. Lamport, and T. H. M'Connel, commission' merchants, Manchester. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. JOHN DUNLOP, farmer, Tarbolton, Ayrshire, July 9 an d 30, at twelve, at the Black Bull Inn, Mauchline. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, fo r the week ending July 2, 1844, is 345. lid. per cwt., exclasill of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the inv . portation thereof into Great Biltain. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) CLE RKEIV WELL. Thomas North, a fashionably-dressed young Plan, clerk ytg Mr. Bragg, a stockbroker in Throgmorton- street, 13ank , charged with threatening to murder his father, MA J ob North, residing at 13, Judd-street, Islington. Mr. Combo appeared as solicitor for the defendant. Led Mr. GREENWOOD, at the instance of the father, sugges' to the son the propriety of expressing his regret for his 1 0 i 5 ; conduct, with a view of preventing exposure of fanwi matters. The son (contemptuously)—l will listen to no suck 111 " rangement. GREENWOOD—Then let the case be proceeded with , The son (to his father)—Go on ; why don't you go 0ff 7 ,,,. The father deposed that, on Saturday last, a dispute curred between the defendant and his mother; after lin': the most violent language, the defendant pulled out a poekieer knife, opened it, and swore ho would stab her. The nlot' l retreated in alarm, but the prisoner flung the open kulrit.at her, fortunately, however, she escaped without injury. ness ran up stairs, and not wishing to call in the P begged of his son to beg his mother's pardon, but he answered, " I'd see you d—d first." Witness said he w o uld feel it his duty to acquaint Mr. Bragg, his employer, of his conduct , upon which the defendant with an oath exclaimed, " If you. do, I'll murder you." He had, on a previous occasion, threat ened to run a sword-cane through witness's body. Witness feared he would carry his threat into execution. Mr. GREENwooD—What have you to say to this? Th e , son (with the greatest composure of manner) —I would n ot wish to take away the man's life. Why, let him continue 10 live; I have no objection to it, but he must let me alone. I have been living with him for eighteen months, and p ale him for my maintnance. I owe him nothing. The father—Yes, lie owes me rent. The son—l want my boxes. I will have nothing more t ° do with you. The father—You can have the boxes by paying the rent. Mr. GREENwoup put an end to this disgTaceful scene bV ordering the defendant to find two sureties in 50!. to keep the peace, which not being forthcoming, lie was locked up. - - = ADVERTISEMENT.—A M AN ' S H AND S MASHED nc- MACHINERY CURED BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PlLLS.—James Watkin, an engineer, residing in Castle" street, Borough, had his hand and wrist broken by_. * steam-engine, was e i g h t months at the hospital, `. b er,,', they proposed to amputate i t, which the patient WOW' not submit to. S evera l pieces of bone came away. he' sides the formation of three abscesses on the back of the' hand. The wrist was perfectly useless, as likewise the elbow joint, which had become quite contracted. f it this deplorable state he commenced the use of these traordinary medicines, which effected a perfect cure 1 ' about nin e weeks. Sold at Professor Holloway's B.e t :i hlishment, 244, S tran d (where adv i ce may be . gratis), an d b y a l most all vendors of medicine throu g h out the civilised world. T - ) 1* ect NEWLY IN VE N TED S PECTA CLES, Deafness iley- Telescope s , Opera Glasses, &c., 39, Albemarle-street,Pi c : eadil ly. Deafness A coust i c Instruments—lnvisible Ire'c' Conductors when fixed in the cav ity o f th e ears are o° t perceptible, they enable individuals at an advanced .g(?' and of forty and fifty years' standing, of extreme cleat' ness, instantly to join in general conversation, and tg catch the sound of a distant low speaker at church , theatre, &c.—lt pcurs the conversation into the ears to such an extent that in most severe cases deafness canne,! be observed. Al so or i g i na l Ear Cornets, Fren e' German, and Spanish Artificial Ears and Improved hear' ing Trumpets of every description. Immediately the Newly Invented Spectacles are p l ace d b e f ore i mper fect vision that mist and dullness which appear before tb° eyes is removed, every object becomes clear and distinct: so that the most aged d e f ect i ve s i ght becomes bright a nd brilliant, and is brought to its youthful, natural, and ori : - ginal state. Also Achromatic Waistcoat Telescopes and Opera Glasses. Every kind of Telescopes of larger sii e j with increasing power s , f or Sh oot i ng, Sea purposes, e n' upon stand for astronomical observations, with the cele brated Lenses of the most clear, transparent brilliancy the powers are so great and the Lenses so bright an d brilliant, that minute objects at an extraordinary distance are brought completely under the eyes.—Sportsmen, Ton' rists, and sea-side visitors will indeed have a great treat; Cautiar.—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians an d Aurists, are not in an y way connected with a person o f i ; die same name i n th e i r i mme di ate ne i g hb our h oo d ; in any part of the country. To prevent mistakes be cautious, and obser ve , —O n l y to b e h a d at 39, Albemarle- street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel. of SIX POUNDS of TEA, #. and up war d s , sent, carr i age free, .it. part of the Kingdom, at the Wholesale Price, on receipt of a ro' - tance, or Post-office order. Black, 2a. Bd., 38., 3s. 4d., 3s. Rd., 45., 4s. 4d., 4s. Bd., Ss. Green, 3s. 4d., 3s. Bd., 4 8., 4s. 4d., bs., Is. 4d. 65., 762 Coffee, 9d„ Is. Is. 2d., Is. 4d., Is., Gd., 18.8 d., Is. 10(1., 20. 0 1‘.. G. T. MANSELL an d CO., Wholesale Tea Dealers, 2, B „,. L ab is LEIZSBURY, CIIEAPSIDE. Agencies will be given to resP"` parties BIRTHS. On the 2d inst., at Li n t on - place, Countess Cornwall i s , 0f $ daughter. On the 27th of Ju ne , a t H ast i ngs, the wife of Dr. Duke l3l. a son. On the 28th ult., at Fitzroy-square, Dirs. Henry Swale' of a daughter. On the Ist inst., at W enn i ngton Hall, Lancashire, the lady of W. A. F. Saundrrs, Esq., of a daughter. On the 2d inst., at Lan g l ey L o d ge, Lew i sham, t h e lady °f the Rev. S. E. Forster, of a son. On the 4th inst., at Carlton-villas, Maida-vale, the lady of I. M. de Leon, Esq., of a son. On the 3d inst., in Friday-street, Mrs. Frederick Shut e, °f a daughter. S. On the 2(1 inst., at Grove-place, North Brixton, Mrs' James Fletcher, of a son. On the 4th inst., at Norwood-hill, Surrey, Mrs. Bo gert Wrench, of a son. MARRIED. -, ille , On the 18th ult., at St. P ancras Churc h , John IS°' ,„, chic:A son of John Willi ng Warren, Esq., of the Grov-_ Kentish -town, t o Zill a R osal i a, youngest daughter o f Georg ° Houghton, Esq., of Kentish -town. r I nes On the 2(1 inst., at Christ Chu rc h, Marylebone, 0° Radford, Esq., to Ch ar k t te Ell a, youngest daug hter of tha late R. Richards, Esq. _______..- DIED. Early this morning, at his residence, Blackheath, Ca Pt aiii Henry Sturrock, aged 71. On the sth ult , at Cobourg, Upper Canada, Frederick, Be could son of J. Hodgson, of Kennington. On the 24th ult., at Marseilles, John, the eldest surviving son of John Montgomery, Esq., Benvarden, Ireland. henry On the 29th ult., at th e C ottage , C ro yd o n, Mr- Wright, surveyor, aged 85. - --- ___ _ _ _ __ Go t --- -- London: Printed and Published by MURDO Y (Y — UN l'at No. 112, Strand, P r i n t er , a t Th e S u n Offi' ce No. - o f Strand. in the Preciiot of the Savoy, in the CotallY liddlosex ) Saturday, July G, 1844. - - GRA D tils sun, At Sena, p ' 'are --Fore Star Ofllce NIATII e Le st , , ad " Be, 0 died, the Y effect w I 3 Pr.... ~~ 'IO of c 11 * di e sip 7: l i s - tat., • u .stil s ith I , ured - i' s ""60 ty la or f4rl `,1 0 ) • for te ' te oP ;, 01 u ipL to sp for the 8 an l ..!! 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