The Sun. — London, England, 1839-07-20 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. HIS Majesty the KING of PRUSSIA, 1 having AUTHGRISED - and GUAR ANT EED DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY PREMIUMS, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES), offer many possi bilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BRO FLIERS at HAMBURGH, are NOW SELLING SHARES for the said DISTRIBU TIONS. Perscns desirous to purchase may receive, PREVI OUS to giving any order, the PROSPECTUS and PAR TICULARS, upon addressing, WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH. P.S. The neat DISTRIBUTION contains Portions from 9/. 19s. and upwards, to 10,400/., ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Jut. , :t 20, Will be repeated the New Play, in Five Acts, called TORTESA, TIIE USURER. Tortesa, Mr. Wallack ; Zeppa, Mrs. Henry Vining. After which, the Unparalleled Exercises of THE BEDOUIN ARABS. To conclude with, THE BRIGAND. Alesandro Massaroni, Mr. Wallack. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Under her MAJESTY'S IMMEDIATE PATRONAGE. On Monday next, June 22, the Boys of the Royal Military School will pay their Annual Visit, accompanied by their Ju venile Band, in full uriform. On MONDAY, TUESDAY, and THURSDAY, June 22, 23, and 25, GRAND PROMENADES MUSICALES ET CRAM- PETRES. ExLibitioa of the Extraordinary newly-discovered Light KONIAPHOSTIC, Under the superintendence of Mr. H. Carter. Colossal Panorama, Modelled View of Mount Hecla, by Danson, during the Day, and at Dusk the Terrific Representa tion of an Eruption of that Volcano. Feeding Hour Five o'Clock—Concert at Six. Admission One Shilling. HUM WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO.IIORROW, Morning.-- 9.4 minutes after 9, I Evening 57 minutes after 9. V-4e )4 i j_ 4 10225, 21 4 • I n -ulx, LONDON: SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1839. The only subject of any importance mentioned in the House of Lords last night was Ireland, concerning which the Marquis of DOWNSHIRE, an opponent of Ministers, expressed his satisfaction that the wishes of the LORD LIEUTENANT for no processions on the Uth of July had been attended to, and that there had been no necessity to send troops to the North. Subsequently the Report of Lord RODEN'S Committee was presented, which chiefly recommended the evidence to consideraton. Lord BROUGHAM im mediately gave notice that on the 30th he should call the attention of their Lordships to that part of the evidence relating to the administration of justice. He is to move a prospective resolution, and not a resolu tion criminatory of the Marquis of NOR3IANEY. Some observations were made to the effect that their Lord ships would not be ready to discuss the question at the period mentioned by the Noble Lord, but he persisted in his intention of bringing the subject forward on that day. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, we are happy to see, last night gave up the Collection of Rates Bill, which has deservedly excited opposition in every part of the country. He is to bring in another Bill without the objectionable clauses. The Inland Warehousing or Bonding Bill went through a Committee, after some opposition. Lord SANDON led the attack, and was supported by some other Members for the sea ports. The motion for a Com mittee was carried against them by 102 to 69. The Ecclesiastical and Cathedral Preferments Bill was read a third time and pass Pd. The Metropolitan Police Courts Bill occupied the House for a considerable time in Committee, after Mr. LAw's motion to put it off for six months had been withdrawn. 'The house meets tc•day to discuss it further in Committee. Several mea.ures were carried forward a stage, and at One o'Ciock the House adjourned. We never witnessed faction more regardless of 'all the usual hypocritical decencies with which it masks its conduct than on Thursday night. On a petition being presented in the House of Lords, which grew out of the events of Birmingham, Vis count MELBOURNE took the opportunity of giving their Lordships come information which the Go vernment had received from Birmingham, and for which the Peers had the evening before pressingly asked. It had been previously stated in the other House of Parliament, and was repeated by Lord MELBOURNE, that Government iutended imme diately to institute an inquiry into the subject, and it had been put to Parliament in both Houses not to agitate the question, and weaken the authority of the Magistrates, by untimely discussion. A compliance with that might have been expected front the Conservative Peers. Front the Newspapers which have to bring such subjects lady b e f ore th e public as a matter of business, no mall can expect it, but the Newspapers have been more cautious and less factious than the Peers. The Duke of WELLINGTON (why are we com pelled to couple so illustrious a name with such an unseemly proceeding ?) took the opportunity to at tack the Birmingham Magistrates—to attack the Town Clerk—and to attack the Ministers, who had appointed the Magistrates—on subjects which had no relation to the riots, and which should have been separately discussed, after some notice that they were to be brought forward. The bad example of so illustrious a man found immediate imitators. Lord LYNDHURST ripped up a number of by gone transactions in which the 'Ministers were concerned, and which have a much better de fined relation to the continued exclusion of the Tories from office than to the Birmingham riots. If intemperate speeches on the part of the Ministers may on such occasions be brought for ward as having been a stimulus to outrage, how much more deserving of the consideration of their Lordships would be their fiscal and trade laws, which cause that permanent ill health in society of which the outrage at Birmingham was only one of the symptoms ? Instead of confining himself to the petition which was before the House, Lord LYNDHURST wandered into a host of accusa tions against the Ministers, founded on dif ferent parts of their career, and did what he could, had others imitated his provoking ex ample, to raise up a fierce debate on the character of Whigs and Tories, and on the influences of the conduct of the Legislature, and of the executive Government, over the genius, disposition, character, and feelings of the working population. The Ministers did not imitate the bad example, and contented themselves with merely rebutting the un called-for accusation. If Lord JOHN RUSSELL, as Lord LYNDHURST stated, have acted so as to stimulate the people to outrage, his conduct should not be noticed incidentally, but be made the subject of a solemn inquiry. He should be im peached ; and to make such accusations inciden tally, without following them up, is much more like faction than the dignified conduct of Legis lators. Lord LYNDHUFIST having imitated the Duke, found an imitator in the Earl of RIPON. There was a lower deep than the one into which the Learned Lord sank, and Lord RIPON found it. He went into the questions that were agitated be fore the Privy Council in granting the charter to Birmingham, compared the number of signa tures to the petition for the Charter to the number against it, the amount of rates the subscribers to each petition pail!, the inquiries that had been made on the spot, and entered at large into all the circum stances attending granting the charter, in order, like Lord LYNDHURST, to make out a case against the Ministers. If they had behaved improperly and unworthily, as Lord RIPON said, in grant ing that charter, why did he allow the whole of the Session to go by without bringing the ques tion befor e Parliament and the country ? Why did he, when an outrage had occurred, and in the teeth of Lord MELBOURNE'S recommenda tion, bring forward a number of charges which went to depreciate the 'Magistrates and the Ministers ? It was, at least, ungenerou s to bring such charges at such a time, but party spirit seems to have none of the kindliness and cha rities of ordinary life. Lord RIPON having allowed what he described as gross misconduct in the Nli nisters to be unnoticed for a wh o l e Session, took the opportunity of a riot occurring to blame that grant of a charter with which the riot had no more connection than with the 'Administr at i on of which the Noble Lord wa s for a few we e k s at the head. All this, in our judgment—when so many eyes are watching their LorChhips, when so. many ears are ready to drink in any one word which can be said to their disparagement —for their Lordships' sake, is very much to be deplored. For the sake of the people, who probably can do without the Peers, we should be hypocrites if we said it is to be re gretted. Whatever places the conduct and charac- ter of their.: Lordships fully and fairly before the public, 1 nust be for the national advantage. We are not disposed to extenuate the conduct of i the B;smingham Magistrates, but we must observe 1 that no Magistrates, no civil power, can at all times I pre. ient outrages; if they could, their functions would be much more valuable to society than we deem them to be. Between the performance of their duty and the acts of the people there is a wide difference ; and it is by no means a necessary consequence that they were negligent because the people committed outrages. The London Police, diligent and well organised as it is, has neither wholly repressed out rages nor thieving ; and all that is expected of it is, that it should put down outrages when they arise, and bring thieves to trial. We are not of opinion that the Magistrates were vigilant, and were not conceited and self-sufficient ; at the same time we must remark, that less than an hour and a half elapsed, after the mob began to assemble and indicate their designs, before the mili tary was on the spot, and the rioters driven from the scene of mischief. According to the MAYOR'S letter, the fire and all were completely extinguished before twelve o'clock, or in less than three hours and a half after the first appearance of riot. The rapidity with which it was suppressed is rather creditable to the Magistrates, as the celerity with which the work of destruction was accomplished is a terrible evidence of the power which can be exer cised by a maddened and mischievous people. We have no wish to make light of the riot, but looking at the rapidity with which it was put down, and comparing it to other riots, we can only conclude that the impassioned notices it has called forth from the Peers are much more indications of their own alarm, and of their desire to make a factious handle of it, than of anything serious .or extraordi nary in the riot itself. We publish to-day, as we find it given in the Votes of the House of Commons, the petition which was presented on Thursday night from Messrs. LOVETT and COLLINS by Mr. LEADER, a counterpart of which was presented to the House of Lords. It is admirably drawn up, and de scribes a series of wholly unmerited indignities to which they were subjected in due course of law. They were not injured by individuals, but by the operation of the law itself as made by the Parlia ment, and as administered according to its direction. The Peers contributed to make the law, and one, perhaps more, of them, were parties to those prison regulations by which Messrs. COLLINS and LOVETT suffered. It might have been expected, therefore, that the Peers should have received their petition with consideration and favour, if not with shame. They heard, however, the description of sufferings, of which they are partly the authors, with indifference, and some of their Lordships even laughed, and were justly and properly rebuked by Lord 13RouGHAm for their merriment. In our opinion, men of common humanity and common reflection should have felt seriously ashamed at being the authors, by their injudicious legislation, of such suffering, and should have hastened to atone, as much as possible, for the evil they had caused., But when men become law-makers they seem to put off the ordinary feelings of human nature,' and, with the greatest coolness and the greatest in difference, inflict more misery on their fellow-crea tures than the most brutal of our species inflict on the meanest animals which contribute to the wants of man. A dog compelled to drag a cart through the street, and sometimes unnecessarily kicked and beaten by a brutal master, would excite the com passion of their Lordships and they might even hasten to pass a law to improve the condition of dogs ; but here were two human beings. and one of them well known to be a most intelligent, able, and honest, though possibly on political sub jects a misled man, shut up in a gaol fur nine days, by their Lordships' instrumentality, during which they were treated with much indignity ; and their Lordships heard the recital with indifferenc e and merriment. Such conduct makes, we can assure them, a powerful impression on the classes to which Mr. LoVETT and Mr. COLLINS belong ; and it would surprise no man that the Peers should yet rue the day in which they heard of that peti tion, and neglected to aftard the pet;tioners either consolation or redress. We would advise all unfortunate persons who hold Turnpike Paper to " look sharp," or they will very soon have little but waste paper to look after. They have , been strangely blind to their own interests in not making common cause with the postmasters and innkeepers for the pur pose of procuring a reduction of that heavy taxa tion with which the latter are burthened, and which in no small degree affects their interests also. Had they bestirred themselves as they ought to have done, and backed with the powerful influence which they can command, the application lately made to the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER on this subject, that Right Hon. Financier would not have ventured to meet the just demands of a respectable deputation from a suffering body of his fellow-citizens with the pettish reply, that " he could not legislate for particular interests." What does he mean by particular interests ? Is it not his duty to see that justice be done to all interests ; and is he not actually doing the very thing which he condemns, when he refuses to remedy the evil which he has done to one interest in legislating for another ? What is it that has brought the postmasters, the innkeepers, and the numerous class of persons de pendent on them, to the brink of ruin ? What is it that threatens ruin to all whose livelihood de pends in any way on the continuance of that mode of travelling which universally prevailed till within the last two or three years—what is it that is doing this, but legislating for a"particular interest—namely, the Railway interest ? It is, therefore, absurd as well as unjust in Mr. SPRING RICE to say that no relief is to be given to those who are the victims of a new mode of travelling, which exists only by the patronage of the Legislature, because, forsooth, to afford the desired relief would subject him to the charge of legislating for a particular interest. The truth is, that this is a mere shuffle on the part of the Right Hon. Gentleman—one of those discreditable shifts to which he is rather too much in the habit of resorting when he does not choose to take an unpleasant matter in hand. The parties interested must, therefore, press upon him with vigour and perseverance, or they may be assured that they will be left to their fate. Were there anything preposterous or even unreasonable in their demands, there might be some excuse for the cavalier treatment which they have received ; but when it is remembered that they require only a simple act of justice, which is equally required by a sound view of the public interest, we must say that the country ought not to see quietly a numer ous, highly respectable, and most useful body of tradesmen sacrificed either to a grasping spirit of monopoly on the one hand, or to official caprice and testiness on the other. How stands the case? A very large capital has been invested in the businesses carried on by post masters and innkeepers, who have been burthened with peculiar and heavy taxes. These taxes they have paid without murmuring as long as the profits of their trade afforded them the means of doing so. A plan of travelling which necessarily draws from them the greater part of their customers is adopted, and favoured with extraordinary privileges, by the Le gislature. They see, and everybody sees, that it is impossible for them to compete with the patentees of the new plan. They are content to submit to a great falling off in their business, but in order to give them an only chance of saving them selves from absolute ruin, they pray that the taxes which bear upon them exclusively may be remitted, and that those which they are subject to in common with their privileged rivals, may be so far at l east reduced as to put both parties on a footing of equa lity. Is it not a monstrous injustice that a stage coach should be liable to a duty of a penny per mile for every four passengers it is licensed to carry, even though it go all the way empty, while the rail way carriage pays only a halfpenny per mile for every fou r p assengers actua ll y carr i e d b y it ? Let it, be rem em b ere d a l so, t h at t h e consequences o f this gross inequality in the passenger duty between the two modes of travelling are greatly aggravated by the entire exemption from duty of all passengers conveyed by steam-power employed on water The post-horse duty, the license, the assessed tax on the coachman, are all of them burdens which must be greatly reduced, or rather entirely abo tithed, unless it is wished that every stave-coach in the kingdom should be laid down. This is a consummation to which matters must soon come, it immediate steps are not taken to prevent the breaking up of the existing establishments. What THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1839. in . that case, is to become of the Turnpike mortgagees? There is at this moment, ac cording to the Report of the Select Committee on Turnpike Trusts, a debt of upwards of nine millions due by Turnpike Trusts in England and Wales. This debt, let it also be known on the same authority, is annually increasing, and for this reason : the Trustees not being able to pay the in terest of the money, adopt the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER'S plan, and add it to the princi pal ! This may not be very consolatory intelli gence for the bondholders, but it ought to be a powerful motive for those persons to join the post masters and innkeepers in their application for re lief, for the interests of both parties are intimately connected—they are in fact so bound up together as to be almost identical. The colonisation of Africa ; the state of the French army and navy, and the death of the Sultan MA lIMOUD, respectively occupy the attention of French politicians, but there is nothing especially to interest an English reader in their comments upon these subjects. " Poor Africa'. feelingly ejaculated a Deputy in the Chamber, when the M:nister of Justice, in answer to a complaint that justice was badly administered in the colony, observed that it required time to appoint notaries, lawyers, bailiffs, and the complex and expen sive machinery of French Criminal Courts in the new colony ; and never was ejaculation more natural. If the system of French law be amonc , the boons reserved for Africa, well may those who sympathise with the sufferings of the inhabitants ejaculate their pity for their hard fate. Of course the passport system which virtually converts continental states into vast prisons, whose inhabitants dare not move a step but under the sur veillance of the police and other spies of the Govern ment, will not be overlooked, among the blessings to be conferred by France on the wandering Bedouins and Mauritanian Arabs. To dose a people with lawveranity and priestianity is the ne plus ultra of modern civilization. Marshal SouLT stated the French army to con sist of 300,000 tffective men, which in fifteen days could be augmented to 500,000, without appoint ing an additional officer. France has 160 dispos able battalions of infantry, and 200 squadrons of cavalry ready for the field, exclusive of a sufficient force for effec tual garrison service. She has, also, seamen enough to man forty ships of the line, and fifty frigates. The Semaphore of Marseilles of the 16th inst. con tains a letter from Beyrout, of the 28th ult., which states that HAFIZ PACHA had made a retrograde movement, in consequence of the representation of Marshal SOULT'S Aid-de-camp, Captain CAILLE, and that the Turkish army no longer occupied the Egyptian territory. According to another ac count, the ammunition of HAFIZ PACIIA blew up on the night of the 4th inst., destroying 500 of his troops, and wounding upwards of 1,000. The . Governor of Tripo!i had been assassinated, and the treasury plundered by a Bedouin horde. Letters from Constantinople of the 2d inst. confirm the news of the death of the SULTAN, and the peace'; u l accession of ABDUL MEDJID to the Ottoman thr one , It was supposed that the SULTAN expired, not '4n the 29th but the 27th, and that his death was ke,pt secret for reasons of State. From Madrid the news is of the 11. th, but the accounts received are 50 trivial as to 'or: unworthy of notice. The fellowithr paragraph fror.o. a French journal includes the only intelFgence of any moment f rom Spain : 7 . 'evening the following ac. The Quotidienne gives this count from Catalonia : " News from the best '.4...10rity has reached us. The Count d'Espag,ne, after hp,,i„ g withdrawn from the French frontier, had returned t .o Bergs, where, pretending to fear that he should be P:Aicked, he made great preparations for defence. All on a sudden he has made his columns. march against a - t iainst Manresa. The village of Sanpadon attempted to defend itself; he has caused it to be burnt, .fin• having refused to receive (hurts V. when lie came to Catalonia. " Oa the 4th. Llurch de Copons occupied the suburb of Y l ar.resa. On the 6th, a strong convoy, with ammuni. ti'on and prjectiles set out from 13•2r,ga in that direction. Vabiez, who was on his march to S'ilsona, is said to have proceeded on the tiJi against the Carlist army. On the 9'h, in the morning, the firing against Manresa continued. We shall soon kti•ivv what has passed." The passage which we have printed in italics, shows that the Count d'Espagne perseveres in his system of destruc tion. We doubt, however, of his apply ing it to Manresa. Manresa on the Llobraget is one of the rich, st towns in Catalonia. Its manufactures of woollen cloth furnish clothing for a great psrt of Spain ; important by its posi tion and its population ; placed at the foot of the most rug ged mountains and the most difficult defiles of Catalonia It was, in 1820, the centre of an ultra-apostolic movement in favour of 1..);-.n Carlos, which was first put down by this same Count d'Espagne. The clergy has great Lfluence over the (by no means liberal) inhabitants of Manre.sa..:*.cl methodistical dull plains, where nothing Is heard but the sound of the bells and the noise of the looms.—Le Com merce. The 3loniteur of the 18th has no official part. The King leave; Neuilly and i 3 going to reside at St. Cloud, which has been fitted,;up in great splendour. BOURSE. -PARIS, IHCIcSDAY, J . CLY IS. HALF-PAST TIIREE.-Toe market has been very dull. For the Account the Three per Cents. opened at 79f. 55c., and closed at 791. 85c., a rise cf 10c. The Five per Cents. fr2.rn I 70c., advanced to 1111. 80c., last price, being an advance of 10c. For Money the Three per Cents. are unaltered, and the Five per Cents. are me. higher. The Bank of France have advanced 51. The Laffitte Bank Shares have not varied. Nothing done in the Belgian Five per Cents. The Belgian Bank Shares are 51. lower. The Spanish Active has been stationary at 191, which is a fall of a per cent. The alterations in Rail way Shares are a rise of 201. on the Versailles Left Bank, and 101. on the Strasburg to Bale. The St. Germain, the Versailles Right Bank, and the Havre, are unaltered. For the Account the Belgian Three per Ceats. 721. 10e., and the Portuguese Three per Cents. 211. f irst Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price. French 5 per Cents 4 per Cents lO2 20 ... 1 2 50 ... 102 50 ... 102 50 3 per Cents 79 Si ... 79 65 ... 79 55 ... 79 65 Bank of e'rance 2750 _O5O —.07 4 5 ...2715 Latfitte Back I.ooof. Si: lO5O ...4050 ...1050 —.1050 5,00 J. :',li 5200 —5200 —.5200 —.5200 Belgian Bank 7Bl ... 780 50 ... 780 ... 780 Spauish Ac , ive Nea. olitan 99 8) ... 19 91 ... 99 80 ... 94 ,45 Ronian .. 101% ... 101% ... 10t) ... 101% RAILWAY SHARES. St. C;ermair, Versailles, rt.jl t ,B7 50 ... 6 , 7 5) fB5 /83 L.B. 3:5 ... 370 ... 355 ;:: :170 Havr • Orleans .. 454 50 ... 459 50 ... 452 50 ... 4!.2 50 Strasburg to Bale ... 315 ... 325 ... 315 ... 325 ASPHALTES AND BI fUNIENS. Seystel (English) Galyaniz:d Iron BELk4I. AN le UNDS—BRUSUELS, JULY 17. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild'. Loa;:, 5 per Cent. L IN Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 91% 3 per Cent. 7o,i Loan of City, H 32.4 per Cent Society of Commerce, 4 %per Cent IN Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 74% National Society . —Brussels Papers, July 17. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Viewhts, JULY 9. Five per Cents. Metalliques ........ ... 107% Four per Cents. Three per Cents El.aik Shares .. —.-..... ....... 1,',00 —4ogemeine " Zei ........—. tung. * July 14 ,HAMBURG BORsElsl HALLE, JULT le. Bills. Money. , 1 Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank .hares An 10-Russian Loa , - ~. 1i:7% lON Russi in S per Ceot, lst series, Certificate ...... 14)•.:% 10.2% Inscription, Ist Series.. liu , sian 5 per Cent. Hop , and t:o. 3d and 4th Se •i es Ditto in Certificates _ Dutch A cLial 12eht, 2l pc Cent 5l 54 Ditto - per Cent I 1 Poli,h Bond, New ! icket Anglo. f , ailish Loan, 3 per Cent 71% 71% Norwegiiin Loan, It-31. 4 per Cent...... EXCHANGES ON WINDOM. HAMBURG, JULY 16.-13. 5 1 4.—Tw0 months, 13. 3%. PETFRSBURGII, JULY 5. -11%. 15'.:,ti.i.s, JULY ,:s.—i hrsc in .oths, 2. 2 ,3 4. . PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Buweir,• JULY 12. Bins. Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 4 per cent. 1113% 10,3',8 Pruhtian Engkish Loan, MO, 4 per cait 1(2 1 ;4 1027% kJ:change oil I.ondon, three mont'ks 6 1.1% —Prussian State Gazette. July 13. SUGAR, An Account of all Foreign Sugar Refined, in Bond, in the Port of London an,t the Outports, and to what Places, with the respective Quantities, the 'same has been Exported, from the Ist day of January, 1839, to the latest Period. Londol. Outports. Cwts. Cwts. Russia •••, 1,307 Norway Prussia Germany Holland France Portugal, Azores, and Made.lra ... ll7 43 Spain and the Canaries Gibraltar *: 265 69 Italy Malta lonian Islands Morea and Greek Islands 4 70 Turkey Syria and Palestine Morocco and the Western Coast of Africa 386 49 Cape of Good Hopp .. __ _ . . -- - East India Compai . iy's Territories and .'eylon _ 32 New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and other Australian St.ttlements British North American Colonies British West Indies ... . . 335 409 Foreign West Indies — 8 United States of America Brazils . Chili States of the Rio de la Piata Isles of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, and Man 224 69 Total WILLIAM IRVING, Inspector-General of Imports and Exports. Inspector-General Offt,:e, Custom-house, London, July 5. There are four candidates for the vacant Irish Reprvsentative Peerage—Loi2.3 Duaraven, MuskerrY, Crofton, and Blayney. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF LORDS-THCRSDAY, JULY 18. ELECTORS REMOVAL BILL. MAJORITY-AGAINST, 80. A RCIIBISIMPS. Armagh Canterbury LA M.S. Harrington Harrow by Jersey Mansfield moray ,torton Oxford Potr.b. oke Munster Ripna Roden lt,ssiyn Tankerville iierulam Worwirk Wicklow iscotntrrs. Canterbury De Vesci Port ' Hiwarden Hereford strathallan St. Vincent BisuoPs. Carlisle Exeter BISHOPS. Lincoln London St. Davie 's DUKES. M:ckinghain Dorset Montrose Richmond Rutland Wellington LORDS. Ashburton Bexley Cal t h orpee Cowley De f Asle De Roos Douglas of Douglas Dunsany Ellenborough Farnham FevershAm Fomster Lyndhurst Mot ~,on Montagu !lavensworth • Rayleigh nrsiesttale Saltoun Sinclair Sondes TehterOen Wharnelift Wyn ford MARQUISES. Abercorn Bute Cholmondeley I )ow nsh ire Ormonde Saliz.bury Westmeath EARLS. Airlie Bandon Chichester Dartmouth Delawarr Devon Eldon Falmouth Gall m ay Glengall DUKE. Argyll MARQUISES. Convngham Lanidowne Normanhy EARLS Burlington Charlemont Clarendon Cork Effingham Fingal] Fitz llchester UxUridge FOR. Shrewsbury Kintore Strairn d Sherborne Kinnaird Sefton Lovat Camperdown Sutherland Muce Care riwntt gh Rosebery Metre Errol rlon , urry Hatherton L , velace Thanet Radnor eadfort Crewe Gardner lludie Lan gdale Tavistock Lich tieid Gosford LORDS. De Frevne De 31,nley Denman f , ry Holland Li'ford Me , been Mostyn Poi:iroore Saye and Sele Sea ord Segrave stinley of Harrowden NVrottesley AGAINST Carnarvon Doneraile Exmouth Bradford Leven and Melville Clare Wallace Dalhousie Orkney Mat yhorough Courtouri Bert,ford Sydney Digby Kenyon Downes Thomond Ely Huntley Beaufort De Grey Prudhoe Reay Strangford Sandwich Aberdeen Fit zterald Beverley Londonderry Stuart de Itothsay Sheffield Limerick Haddington Gloucester Eglintfmn Mountcash el Canning Montfort Somerset Scarborough Portman Carrington Br eadAlbane Chichester Belhaven Lynerloch Cowper MOVE Y AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK taVELPOOL COTTON MARKET, FRIDII,—Our market this week has been subj,Tt to change. Saturday and Monday was attended both by an improved demand and better prices ; but as the accounts from Manchester on Wednesday were not in accordance with this position, our holders became less firm, ani evinced a renewed di-position to sell. Consequently, although our present quotations f)r American descriptions are 4i. to id. per lh. above those f Friday last, they are id. to d. below the pricee obtained on Monday. Consumers appear disposed to buy more freely, but not to stock themselves to any extent ; and tor export 'he demand increases. Therefore, we may expect a con 'inuance of steady demand, with little variations in prices. Exporters have takt n 5,450 bales of American ; 500 Surat ; and 50 Bengal. Speculators 3,000 bales American. THE FUNDS. We are again without any arrivals this morning, of im portance, consequently, we expect that very little business will be done in the Funds in the course of the day. The only information of importance by the express from Paris are the numerous failures which have taken place in the commercial community. Not less than 41 bankruptcies were feelared in the first. fortnight in the present month, one of .shich was to the amount of 134,0001. sterling. The Dead Weight concern at present appears to be as a dead letter ; scarce anything more is said about it. It appears, according to the official returns of the exports of bullion front the 11th to the 17th inst., that the precious metals are still going out of the country. Exports of the :hove dates—Silver coin, 41,093 ounces ; Gold coin, 2,730 ounces, and of Gold in bars, 2,172 ounces; but upon h e whole not to that alarming extent as a month or two oast. Most of the silver has gone to the colonies, and the gold still continues to be sent to Hamburg. The Foreign Exchanges were much the same as on last post day, with the exci pion of that upon Holland, on which there was an improvement. The present week has produced two important events— the death cf the Grand Seignior, and the refusal of the Bank Directors to the terms offered for the dead weight, both of which had scarce any effect on the Funds. The settling of the Consol Account passed off with much facility. Mo ney wns also plentitul at the bstikers' during the week, and could be obtained on first-rate bills at a low discount. Consols opened this morning at the leaving off prices, b o e 2 q k u i er f:o ß r it t is he l7 A 2 c o co ; un li t l , di w a it ß h o s n c d a s r 2 ce 4 ly 2B an ; y ß th a i t n i g 1 k 902111, ; M , ot Ex ley' c , Stock 1893- 19(4 ; India Stock 253 254. In tke Foreign Market the prices are nominal ; Spanish Active 18A 198 ; Porturruese 341 35 ; Three per Cents. 21i 22,1; ; Brazilian 774 78/ ; Colombian 321 33 ; Mexican 2.5 i 26} ; Dutch Two. acid-a- Half per Cents. 541 55 ; Five per Cents. 1021 4. PRICES OF STOCK , ' THIS DAY AT ONZ O'CLOCK. Bank Stock — India Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 9.)ye% ' Ditto Bonds *23 26 pm. a per Cent. Cons. 2 South Sea Stock 3 per Cent Old Annuities OO% Ditto Red. " 99r4 Ito New Ditto New 3ya per Cent .......... .99% ail 3 per Cent. Annuitie.. 17.51 New 5 per Cent. Jan. 5, 1860 5.1C% Ditto Small lO 17 pm. Oct. 10, 1859. Ditto Commercial — pm. Jan. 5, 15641 i Ditto Advertised pm. Jan. 5, 18,80 — Bank Stock for Account 190 X, April 5, 1880 lndia Stock for Account Jan. 5, 1870 . —l Consos for Acc0unt......... 921/1 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAI AT ONE O'CLOCK Austrian Bonds —, Peruvian Bonds — Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds — Ditto, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Chilian Bonds Ditto Account Columbian Bonds _ Ditto Account — Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, 1824 32% si i Spanish Bonds — Ditto Account —i Ditto Account. Danish Bonds Ditto Account — ll Del , rrect ... ';reek Bonds —, French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Ditto Bonds, 1825 — --- 4 per cent....... —f. —C. Ditto Account — ------ 3 per cent. —f. —c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent — , ---- Exchange. —f. —c. Ditto Account ......... - Ditto, 6 per Cent... ....... Ditto Account Neapolitan —. Ditto Acc0unt........ ...... PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Company 51 30 Eastern ( ounti,sii Railw a y l6 7% Gosport Junction 5 '79i 8 Brigotoo Oa , lway Colonial Bank Provincial Bank of Ireland Mexican and South American 6% COURSE OF EXCHANGE YESTERDAY. Amsterdam C.F. 12 5,1 4 , tsibrattar ' 48 ;Otto, at sight l2 Z` Leghorn 10 30 Rotterdam 2U. 12 6 Genoa 25 75 12 4 Milan...-. Antwerp... Hamburg... M.B l3 12% Venice 47 A1t0na...... l3 13 i Naples ............ ... .. • 40 Paris, 3 clays' sight OS 30 IPa'er.ao per oz. HO Ditt0....... ........ ...3 Ms. 25 CO Lisbon 544i Marseille,. ... ......... ........ 25 65 Orerto 54 Bourdeaux ri r , a te n r k ,, f t : u i r , t a o h n , ru Mains, ble....3 E x i j .. 5 .1 .1 015 ,i Philadelphiaslßßauehesniyo rAy,r2„; do, , , •V Be ie r r i i i n n a, - etfective ti... 3 M. 1 . ( 1 1 sight 46 Tri:str- ditto io 6 .'PaICE Ok BULLION, per OZ. aNdrlii 37 I Portugal Gold, coin CO 0-0 Cadiz..... , ... :,714 i Foreign Gold, in bars... 3IS 0. 6:liioa ... fiveelon 3 , c V New Dollars - ll 4 !01. 36% Seville ,. - . Silver in Bars 0 5 1.);,, HALI-PAST ONE. The British Market has been steady during the morning with little doing, and to the present hour there is not a feature worth noticing. Lloyd's books this morning ex. hibited several los,,es caused by the late gales. The accounts from Beyrout state that a great number of Jew merchants and Christiansof Damascus, arrive daily in the above town to save themselves from the vengeance of the Muvulruans. Consols remain at the same price as in the early pan of the morning, 924 / for Account ; Money, 92 ; Exche quer Bills, 18 16 16 ; Small, 19 17 : India Bonds, 23 26 ; Bank Stock, 1094 Account ; India Stock, 253. The Foreign Market has been very inactive during the morning. Spanish, nothing done ; Portuguese, 34 35 ; Three per Cents. 22; Colombian, 321 ; Dutch Twc and-a-Ball rer Cents., 544 55. TOTNES.—It is said that Mr. Charles Barry Baldwin is to be the candidate in the Conservative interest for this borough, in opposition to Mr. Blount. Mr. Ellis is appointed Attorney-General in the Duchy Court of Lancaster in the room of Mr. Russell, new Accountant-General in the Court of Chancery, and Mr.. E. Halswell succeeds Mr, Ellis as Queen's Counsel. • The Hereditary Grand Duke of Russia arrived at St. Petershurgh on the sth lust. FIRE AT MANCHESTER. —On Wednesday a. fire broke out in the warehouse of Messrs. Nathan, Lloyd. street, Manchester, by which property to the amount of 13,0001. was totally destroyed. The 'fire was first disco vered by a police-watchman about ten o'clock, but it must then ha t e been ragin for some time inside the building, for by the time he had reached the Town's-yard, which is almost immediate'y aejoinine, to give information to Mr. Rose, the Superinten&nt of the fire-police department, the flames had burst through some portion of the roof, and began to spread towards the buildings, on either side with alarming rapidity. The fire might he said to have been fairly got under by half-past eleven o'clock, though it con tinued to burn rapidly until nearly one o'clock, and was not finally extinguished ut , til the last piece of goods was thrown from a window of the first floor at about twelve o'clock tho following day. The salvage was great considering th rapidity with which the flames spread, hut trifling corn pared with the property destroyed. The iron safe vita got out of the warehouse before the fire had spread to the place where it was fixed, and by this means the wihole of the books have been saved from destruction ; so that it is likely, in the course of a short time, the amount or loss will be more accurately stated.. A consicterable portion of the property is said to be insured. • IMPERIA L PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after 12 o'clock. A message from the Lords brought up several Bills. Mr. B. SMITH brought up the Report of the Commit tee on the Marquis of Cholmondeley's Estate Bill, which was read a third time and passed. Mr. SANFORD presented a petition from the throwsters of Taunton against the Factories Bill. Mr. WILBRAHAM presented a petition from Con gleton against certain parts of the Factories Bill. Mr. BROCKLEHURST presented a petition from Macclesfield against certain parts of the Factory Bill. Mr. LEA DER presented a petition from the parish of St. Pm!. Covent-garden, against the Collection of Rates Bill. On the motion of Mr. F. M A ULE, the Lords' amend ments to the Turnpike Acts Amendment Bill were agreed to. POOR-LAW COMMISSION CONTINUANCE BILL. Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved the Order of the Day for the House resolving itself into a Committee on the Bill. In answer to a question from an HoN. MEMBER. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said the Bill, as it at pre. sent stood, was to end in the next Session of Pat 'lament, nnd not at the end of the present Session. He proposed to continue it till the 16th of August, 1840, and thence. forth to the end of the next Session. Mr. E A STHO PE, before the Bill went into Commit tee, wished to express his regret that the question had not been brought forward at an earlier period—( Hear, hear)--when it might have undergone consideration, with a view to those amendments, which would have been highly salutary. Great misrepresentations existed with reference to this question, which were calculated to do a great deal of mischief. On two occasions he had become mequanited with circumstances is the administration of the Poor-law by the present Commissioners, which had given him great pain. One occurred in the city of Worcester. It had been the practice of certain individuals connected with the paupers of that Ursion to send trifling gifts of tea, &c. to them; this was done with the knowledge and con currence of the Vi&iting Commissioners. But a new Commis siener who was appointed objected to this being continued. The Guardians remonstrated, but in vain, and they even tually unanimously resigned. An order however, was issued positively to enforce the regulation. At Lei cester the Guardians had made a regulation autho rizing the admission of the reporters to the public press to their deliberations. The Commissioners decided that this was improper ; the Guardians remonstrated against this decision, stating that the existing practice had been found to work wsll, and that publicity was most likely to prevent calumnies and fasehoods being circulated against the law. The Commissio;iers then issued positive orders that the practice should be discontinued. The people of the town felt it as a most severe oppression that they were not left to be judges of their own affairs in such a matter as this. If distress should visit that town no one, however he might admire that law, but must admit that it would be totally inapplicable to a manufacturing town, where 20.000 men might be thrown upon the union in one day—therefore he contended it was not decent to dictate to Guardians as to what was the best course to be pursued in their own town. Strongly as he felt that the Commissioners were desirous of doing their dut ) , he could not but think that they occasionally miscalculated it, and he felt that it was exceedingly desirable that the House should come to some decision, leaving greater discretion in the hands of the board of Guardians. Mr. LID DELL, although he had been a Member of the Committee of last year, dissented from many parts of the Report of that Committee. He objected to the continuing the powers of the Commissioners for two years more on the principle that it was part cf that system of centraliza tion which was already extending so rapidly that it endan gered the liberty of the country, arid he also thought the time was now come when they might be permitted to goverit themselves. He could easily im , gine, that at the period the great change took place, a central board might have been necessary, but now that the machinery was organized all over the country he could not see that such a board was any longer requisite however convenient it might be to the Government. The New Poor law had extended its ope ration over the kingdom without reference to the state of the population at the time of its passing, and instead of having 'Dern a eaving, it had in many places proved a bur& n on the Deer-rates. The responsibility ought to be placed in the board of Guardians and not in a central hoard of Com missioners in London. He therefore could not consent to the Bill of the Noble Lord. Great hardship and cruelty had been perpetrated under the abominable bastardy clauses, arid on this point he could refer to cases which had occurred within his own knowledge. The Poor-law had exempted from the bastardy clauses all cases where children had been born before the passing of the Act, but the spirit and letter of that provi.ion had been completely distorted. He believed that great injustice would be committed by the passing of the law, and he felt it his duty to oppose it. He could not help thinking that in upholding the present law he would be sanctioning the perpetration of great injus tice, and continuing a measure which was opposed to his own feelings and that of the people of this country. Mr. BRISCOE intended to give his very sincere sup port to the continuance of the law. The Hon. Member who had last spoken had referred to the great power that had been so unwisely placed in the hands of the Poor-law Commissioners. He believed, on the contrary, that that poser had been, with very few exceptions, most wisely and judiciously exercised, and unless that power h.,d been so conferred, he was convinced that the urovisions of the Act could not have been carried into effect. It was said that the measure was calculated to infringe upon the liberties of the subject, but he denied that it could be viewed in that light.--( Hear.) In no way could the Commissioners exercise their own will and pleasure— they were bound to act according to the provisions of the • Act itself. All their views must be in strict accordance with the Act, and further, the rules and regulations they made, must be submitted to the Secretary of State for the Ilorne Department, for his approval, and every S, , ssion of Parliament they must be laid upon the teble of the House of Commons. He contended, therefore, that the responsi. bility rested upon that House rather than the Poor-law Commissioners, if any unwise or improper laws were framed. There had been a great deal of complaint against the cruelty and injustice of the bastardy clauses. Now it ppeared to him that there was much more ground for complaint under the old law, and it was fre quently his lot, at Quarter Sessions, to hear complaints to that effect. The present law as compared with it was one of humanity and k'indness, because the unfortunate mother and her infant were maintained at the public cost if she had not the means of supporting it otherwise. In fact, the rate-payer was the only party who had a right to complain, but he was reminded by the Noble Lord (J. Russell) that a clause had been introdueed in the Amend ment Act to remedy that ohj,ction. He concurred in the two objections that had been urged by the Hon. Member for Leicester ; but with these exceptions he was in clined to think that the conduct of the Poor-law Commissioners generally was deserving of approbation. The Boards of Guardians were very often di-posed to throw blame upon the CommissionerS for that to which they were themselves liable—especially with respect to their treat ment of the aged poor. A general opinion prevailed that aged persons were not entitled to any relief except within the walls of the workhouse. Now be contended that that was a matter entirely within the powers of the Guardians themselves—he contended they had power to make such an allowance to the aged of both sexes, as they thought ne cessary out of the House. He last year made particular inquiries as to the number of aged pour in the workhouse of the Croy don Union, which consisted of 12 parishes, and he found that they amounted to two, and they were so infirm —so totally unable to assist or take care of themselves that it was a great boon to them to be kept in the house, where they had the benefit of medical advice, and the attendance of a nurse. He had thought it his duty to make these few remarks in consequence of what had fallen from the Hon. Member for Leicester, and he had made out;a case which entitled him to say that the measure was one of the wisest and most beneficial, even to the poor themselves, that the House had ever passed. _ _ Sir E. KNATC Ei BULL thought the more convenient course would have been to have allowed the Order of the Day to be read, and then they might discuss the merits of the Bill on the amendment to be moved by the Hon. Member for Sussex ( Mr. Darby). lie perfectly agreed with the Hon. Member who had just spoken, that much goo=f had resulted from the Biel. Lord JOHN RUSSELL had no objection to the plan proposed by the lion. Baronet. Mr. WILBRAHAM supported the Bill, believing that the poor were far better off under the present than under the old law. Mr. W. ATTWOOD said it was his determin3tion to divide the House upon the furthcr progress of the Bill. fie wished to ask the Noble Lord whether a Report which it was stated in the Report of the Poor Law COM.. miosiuners was intended to be made upon the subject of the continuance of their powers, had been received by him, anti if it had, why it it had not been laid upon the table of tht, House. He wished also to know whether the recom mendation agreed to by the Committee on the subject o'e the Poor laws had been adopted and brought into AC -1 lion, because in the Report of the Commissioners before the House, he found no mention made of these recom mendations, or any steps tiken to carry them into effect. One of the recommendations of that Com mittee was, that the Commissioners should have the power of increasing cr diminishing the size of the Unions that existed in the country ; a further recommen dation was, in consequmce of larger districts being assigned to Relieving Officers than was desirable; that in rural dis tricts not more than eight. districts, containing a population not exceeding 6 000. should he assigned to one officer, and that in towns not more than 10,000 should be confided to the care of one relieving ()E'er. Another recommenda tion was with reference to the districts assigned to medical officers and their remuneration, it being proved before the Committee that the districts apportioned to medical officers were too large. These were all impor taut recommendations, and it was essential that they should be acted upon by the Commissioners, in order to render the ()proration of the Poor-law Bill more easy. lie did not find, however, that in the Report of the Commissioners those rceontmendations had been attended to. He did not mean to ray t tie Commissioners were bound to act of themselves upon ihofie recommend itions, but he thought it was the duty of these who caused the appointment ( f the Cointnittee to call the attention of the Commissioners to those recommen d admits. Mr. HINDLE Y, in reference to the statement which he had made a few nights ago as to the diet in one of the Unions in the neighbourhnod of Margate, wished to ask the Hon. B tronet opposite whether it were true ; and if so, whether he thought that was proper treatment for the poor ? S r E. KNATC H BULL said the Hon. Member was in er - or in stating that the land in the neighbourhood was letting at 3/. an acre. The Hon. Baronet then read a letter from the Chairman of the Union, dated Isle of 'Da net, July 19. 1839, stating that in the summer of 1837 Mr. Hindly visited the workhouse, and expressed himself more satisfied with the establishment than he supposed be could bavc.. , been ; and that the allowance was more than he could eat, and pointing out certain demands which might be made of tbeC ommiszioners. The Hon. Member was requested to enter his came in a book stating these de mands, but he declined, stating that if his constituents were opposed to the measure, and that it any of them should happen to visit the workhouse and find his name there, it would have the effect of injuring him severely.—(Loud laughter.) Mr. HINDLE Y said it was not true that he stated the allowance was more than he could eat---(Laughter)—on the contrary, he made the same observations with respect to the dietary, that he had made in this House. It was true that he expressed his approbation of the general order and cleanliness of the establishment, but he expressed his disapprobation of the food. In order to show whether his statement as to the dietary was Correct or not, he should take an early oppor tunity of moving for a return of the dietary in the well. house in the Isle of Monet. Mr. C. LUSHINGTON wished to draw the attention of the Noble Lord, to a peremptory order issued in March 1833, by the Board of Commissioners, to the Assistant Commissioners, requesting them to insist upon the ap pointment of chaplains to workhouses. He wished to know whether the Poor-law Commissioners had the power to insist upon such appointments. A case was laid before the law-officers, and they declared they had such power, but added that a case was under the consideration of the Court of Queen's Bench. He therefore asked the Noble Lord if he had , ssued instructions to the Poor law Commissioners restraining them from harassing the boards of Guardians with orders for the appointment of chaplains. Mr. WA K LEY said the Hon. Baronet opposite (Sir E. Knatchbull) had contrived by a little finesse to divert the atten tion of the House from the question connected with the dietary of the Thanet workhouse. The Honourable Ba ronet had read a letter which raised a laugh, and he (Mr. Wakley ) thought it was justified.—( Hear.) It would caution Members when they visited workhouses how they should be subdued, and have their moral courage put down by the civilities they were in the habit of receiving. The Hon. Member might not at that time have been able to eat the allowance, but perhaps he had no appetite.—( A laugh.) The Hon. Baronet had not stated what was the dietary, and it was not convenient for the party who had written the letter to let him know that. It was certainly a small allowance, and cal culated to keep down fever. —( Laughter.) It was not an exciting allowance.—(Laughter.) They had no beer—they must drink water, and live upon gruel and all sorts of rubbish.—( Laughter. ) The Hon. Baronet had denied that the rent of land was 3/. but he forgot to state what it was—whether it was 2/. 15s. or not. Every one knew that the Poor-law Bill was a Landlord's Bill, passed in order to depress the labourer to the lowest extent.— (" ) When truth was uttered in the House, there was always a cry of " Oh I" but if falsehoods were uttered by the hour, there would not be an exclamation in the House. He would ask had thellill succeeded, wi , h reference to the declaration that it would raise the amount of wages ? He repeated the statement made by him on a former occasion, that the wages of labourers in the west of England were only 7s. per week, and that they had no collateral advantages whatever. Seeing this state of things, was it desirable that the powers of the Commissioners should continue? Had the Bill gratified its supporters by lowering the rates? It had not succeeded in this respect in half the towns in England, and it had taken away the powers which had been exercised from the reign or Elizabeth to the present time. If the Hon. Member opposite divided the House, he should vote with him, although he should not be sorry to see the Bill renewed for two years, being certain that they would, at the end of that time, never be able to renew it again.—( Hear, hear. ) There was no part of the conduct of the Commissioners which had produced greater discontent than that of letting out the poor in Unions to the lowest medical bidders in point of prac tice.—( Hear, hear.) Would the Commissioners let out their horses to the lowest veterinary surgeon who might send in a tender to take care of them ? Would they even intrust to them the dogs in their kennel? They would not do this, but they had done so thoughtlessly, recklessly, and inhumanly towards the poor. No matter what were the qualifications or the disqualifications of the candidate, the lowest tender was generally received— with no reference to the humanity, or the abilities of the per son chosen. Certain neN regulations had lately, indeed, been issued by the Poor Law Commissioners, but it remained to see if they would be acted upon, and they were by no means perfect. Why should there not be a medical Commissioner ap pointed.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) Yes, there had been already one assistant-commissioner appointed—a medical Gen tleman, and the Noble Lord would bear testimony to his effi ciency and zeal.—( Hear, from Lord John Russell.) A medical Commissioner would be able to see !hat justice was done to the poor on this important subject. There was another point worthy of notice, the Poor-law Commissioners had been in the habit of allowing relieving officers and surgeons, to act as Registrars of Deaths. Observe :-- A. man died through neglect. Who registered the death ? The relieving officer who caused it. Should that be allowed ?—( Hear, hear.) He should vote against the progr, ss of the Bill, as he woulsl against any measure for the continuance of a systemthe most tyrannical ever established Lord JOHN RUSSELL wished to make a few remarks, in consequence of what had fallen from the Hon. Member for Finsbury. The Hon. Member was certainly more quali fied than any other Member to express an opinion on this subject, but for that very reason, he should be cautious in his statements.—( Hear, hear, hear.) The first in tention of the Commissioners had been to give the prefe rence to the lowest tender for medical relief. He (Lord John Russell) had, however, several conferences with them, and the result had been that it was generally circulated that they did not recommend the adoption of the lowest tender in all cases, nor when there were other offers of superior ability. At the same time it was quite impossible in every ease to prevent more regard being paid to economy than sk:11. The medical relief had been much better under the New Law than under the old system, when the paupers were put up to auction to the lowest offer.—( Hear, hear.) The present Bill would have been introduced before, but for the unexpected interruption of the session. —(Ironical cries of " Hear, hear," from the Oppo sition.) Yes, this Bill might certainly have been introduced in preference to all other business, but then the interests of this Empire would have suffered, by Jamaica and Canada be ing neglected. Lord G. SOMERSET would vote in favour of the Bill. He was of opinion that the principle of granting medical relief by tender was most vicious. So abominable did he consider jobbing in physic, that he objected to the very word,.tender. tie could not agree in the recommendatiOn for the appointment of a medical Poor-law CommissiOner, as the medical assistant Commissioner was more strongly against any relaxation of the law than any other witness. The strongest evidence against oft of door relief was that given by Dr. Kay, and he (Lord G. Somerset.) deprecated the appointment of a medical commis sioner, if Dr. Key were to be c insidered as a specimen. Lord WORSLEY said that the rates had decreased in the south of England, and in those districts in which they had not decreased, lie was of opinion that a great increase would have taken place under the old system. He deeply regretted that wages should anywhere be so low as 7s. a week. In the county which he had the honour to represent, they were 15s. a week, but it should be recollected that in Devonshire the labourers were allowed cyder in addition to money. Now he thought it would be better for the labourer if the farmer were to allow less cyder, and more money. He should support this Bill as he Considered it of the greatest importance that this measure should pass during the present Session. The Earl of EUSTON thought the appointment of a medical Commissioner desirable. With regard to Dr.,Kcy. he considered the attack of the Noble Lord to be most uncalled for, as he knew Dr. Key to be one of the most kind-hearted and benevo lent men in existence. Mr. FIELDEN considered the Commissioners incompetent to the proper execution of their functions. He should oppose this measure in every stage, and he hoped the Hon. Member would press his amendment. Me House then divided, when their appeared— For the motion B6 Against it Majority TO BE CONCLUDED IN A SECOND EDITION. SUDDEN DEATH.—Oft Wednesday, as Mr. Reeve ; of Tockenham, who had been summoned on the Jury at the Asszes, was, with other persons, waitit.g in an ante-room at the Courts, he suddenly staggered and fell backward, he was immediately raised un by the bystanders, when life was found to he e xtinct. — Worcestershire Chro nide._[A column daily devoted to the record of " sudden deaths" would not afford room enough for the bare mention of half the number of those awful visitations. They are perhaps unprecedentedly numerous and frequent.] CHELTENHAM ELECTION.—Nobody thinks of asking Mr. Roebuck to stand (unless it be the Tories), and Mr. Roebuck h as no idea o f stand i ng. His chance is infinitely b e t , te , E r x fi a n- mi p ne a r. itl, which he is pled ge d to contest. c F IRE IN OXFORD -STREET. About nine o'clock on Wednesday evening a fire broke out in the shop of Mr Avery, s'aymaker, No. 86, Oxford street, near the Pantheon. The engine from the brigade station in Wells street was on the spot within five minutes after the alarm b e i n g given, as were also two engines from the station in King-street, Regent-street, when, by the united exertions of the firemen, &c., the damage was confined to the shop in which it commenced. The fire originated through the flame from the gas lamp communicating to the curtains and hangings of a window. The premises are insured, but we believe the stock is not. BRUSSELS, JULY 17.—The average prices of Corn last week were—Wheat, 24f. 20c. ; R)e, 12f. Die. per hectolitre. Wheat, therefore, is flee of import duty and cannot be exported. Rye is liable to an import duty of 21f. 50c. per 1,000 kilogrammes, and to an export duty of 25c. per 1,000 kilogrammes. THE WESLEYANS AND MR. O'CONNELL.— The Manchever \Vesleyans met last Monday, and after Mr. O'Connell's letter to them lad been read, passed sundry resolutions, as a rejoinder thereto. In one of these resolutions Mr. O'Connen letter is denounced as " a dishonest attempt to propagate, by means of a controversy with the Wesleyans of Marehest. r. some of the most absurd though dangerous dogmas of Popery." GoonwooD.—The Goodwood Races, &c., will be the occasion of a grander display that, on any former meeting. During the whole of the week users will be laid in the great banquetting hall for from 80 to 100 each ( L a y. The new ball room is now finished, au apart ment of the noblest proportions enriched with sculpture and gilding. There will be accommodation for about 200 domestics, principally servants of the visitors.—Brighton Gazette. GLASGOW COLLEGE.—We have just learned that Government has added two new medical chairs to our University—the one of theory of medicine, and the other of forensic medicine—and has appointed Dr. Andrew Buchanan to th e f ,rmer, and Dr. Robert Cowan to the latter —Glasgow A ryus . EXTENSIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN FINSBURY. —Last night a fire broke out in the extensive and valuable premises occupied by Mr. Phillips and Sons, catinet-makers, upholsterers, and appraisers, situated on the east side of Finsbury Pavement, at the corner of South-place, Finsbury-square. The premises, which are very lofty, arc used by the firm as warehouse and show rooms, and every story in the building was stocked with furniture of every description. A body of the City police arrived in a very short time. In less than 20 minutes the i fi i c l e w, . b s r t i r g e a , d t farnodmfi five 1 0 1 i t t h e e c r r s o . ssc , ne e a t r , r v J t e d ff , 'r e vv y i - t shqu upwardsa, Nraot.f thirty firemen. The fire continued burning till rafter ten o'clock, but be fore eleven it was wholl y subdued. The lower part of th e p remises is burnt out com p letel y , and the property consumed and damaeed is not far short of 1,500/. The cause of the unfortunate event is unknown. REMOVAL OF CONVICTS FROM NEWGATE. —On Wednesday night, at half-past eleven o'clock, twenty-six convicts, strongly goaded, were removed in the large prison van from Newgate for the hulks at Ports mouth.theu n d a A similar y n 1 :t number t previous, o f b e y o ntvhiectss same ti sent w conveyance, aay o on the hulks at Gosport. INORITY-FOR, EARL. Zetland VISCOUNTS. Tlimr, non Falkland Lismore Melbourne Torrington BISHOPS. Eli $.% inchester LORDS. Byron rnlb erne C,ttenham PAIR EVENING EDITION. AYLESBURY ELECTION. [ln a spirit of fairness to Lord Nugent, who con siilers that justice has not been done him in a para graph relative to the electioneering proceedings at Aylesbury which appeared in The Sun of yesterday, we gibe insertion to the following letter addressed by his Lordship to a Contemporary. It would have het n more n accordance with the fair play claimed by b's Lor had he, instead of writing to the Chronicle in the first instance, addressed himself to the Journals whosa reForts he impugns as rartial and inaccurate.] TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE. Sir--I see in the Sun and Globe newspapers of this evening articles commenting upon the course 1 have felt it my duty to pursue with respect to the pending election for Aylesbury. These articles demand an instant answer from me. They are inserted on the authority, of course, of some correspondent. lam far from charging them on the editors of those papers. But they insinu ate facts which I will not suffer to go uncontradicted, and are written in a tone which I will not brook being held respect ing any conduct of mine, by papers professing the same princi ples which I have through life professed and maintained. After the close of the contest for Aylesbury at the last general elec tion, when I opposed unsuccessfully Mr. Praed's return, a paper was given to me sirmed by my committee, and by divers other electors, pledging themselves to support me whenever I should again offer myself to represent them. In answer, I said that hoping for a better result on some other occasion, I would never originate a contest in Aylesbury except when I might feel that there was a fair chance of thereby obtaining success for the cause of Reform ; for that I would not uselessly sub ject my friends to the trouble of a contest, or the poorer of them perhaps to persecution for their votes. A few weeks after, I went to Mr. Charles Cavendish's horse at Latimers, and told him 1 intended to offer myself at some future time, but in order to avoid the possibility of misunderstanding or collision between us, I asked him whether he had any intention of offering one of his own family there; for that, at all events, I could not surrender to any man the claims which I felt that twenty years of eager and faithful representation of the reforming interest in that borough, gave me to the support of the Reformers there. Mr. Charles Cavendish distinctly told me that there was no one of his family not in Parliament to whom Parliament could be an object, and that he had no views whatever on Aylesbury for his son. I appeal. to Mr. Charles Cavendish's recollection for this fact. Ever since that time I have invariably held to everybody the same language respecting my intentions whenever there might b, a tit opportunity at Aylesbury. Some four or five months ago I stated the same fact to a distinguished friend of 31r. Cavendish's, who I am sure would, if required, allow me to appeal to him. . . About a fortnight ago I repeated it to my friend Lord Tavis tock, stating that I felt convinced that no Libetal would have a chance at Aylesbury at a single election, that I should cer tainly not offer myself at a single election, unless there were a prospect of any other Liberal doing so, but that then I certainly would, it it were only to assert the claim I felt I had to be the candidate on the Libcral side. And this declaration of mine I begged Lord Tavistock to repeat to Mr. Cavendish from me. For confir-* oration of this I appeal to Lord Tavistock, who will, I am sure, hear testimony to the correctness of my feeling and conduc t. in every part of thi s t ransact i on . U pon Mr. Praed's death then, in pursuance of my expressed determination never to wantonly originate a contest, which I knew for any Li beral was absolutely h o p e l ess , an d w hi c h cou ld only have the effect of giving trouble a n d di sappo i ntmen t t o one c l ass of Reformers, and risking persecution to others, I did not offer myself. But, when I saw, without any communication with me, a hand-bill from Mr. C. Cavendish's son offering himself as a candidate, and that a contest ,was thus inevitable, I did, in pursuance of my previously-expressed determination not to alluw the claim which I felt I possessed to be abstracted from me, state my intention " to go to the poll if Mr. Cavendish did." This is my case, to which I add no observations, but to which 1 only desire attention. On the very foolish, false, and violent comments of the corres pondent of The Sun and Globe (I say and mean nothing disrespectful of the papers themselves) I do not think it necessary to bestow one word. If my eager sin cerity for the cause of Reform, maintained and shown through life, require any defence now, against the slan der of any anonymous agents, that life has indeed been spent hitherto to little purpose. My whole public life has been a series of personal sacrifices to the cause of Reform. But there are limits to forbearance, beyond which forbearance would be neither manly nor reasonable. The conduct which Mr. Cavendish, in his address, declares that he considers it was his duty to adopt (hut which he whimsically acknowledges he shall not nersist in at the next election)—namely, the retiring rather than injure the Liberal interest in Ayles bury, is a line of conduct of which I have not failed twice to set an example in Marylebone, once at the general election, and once at the single election last year. In Aylesbury the case was different as it re garded me; I had been for years in the field as the candidate in the Reform cause thefe, and the Fne I adopted was what I owed to the cause, to myself, and to my friends. For myself, I felt I had earned a right there to have my claims preferred to those of any other Liberal candidate. And, for my friends, I felt that, till they should tell me they considered another can didate (who never has s er ve d th em , y bet only promises faithful services) to he more deserving of their confidence, 1 should not have been justified in thus abandoning them, nor in believing they would abandon me. July 19. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, N UGEN T. LLOYD'S SHIPPINki.-(THISDAY.) DEAL, JULY 19.—Wind, S.W.—Arrived the Glouces ter, Brooki, from Alatanns. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 19.—Wind, S. W., blowing hard. —Arrived the Everthorpe, Storey, from Quebec. PLYMOUTH, JULT 19.—Strong gales from the S. W.— Arrived the Tweed, Lakeman, from. Quebec ; Hero, Broekinshin, Prince Edward's Island. FALMOUTH, JULY IS.—Wind, S. E. to W. S. W., strong gales and heavy squalls.-off port, the Underwood, Morgan, from Sourabaya. LivEßrooL, JULY 19.—Wind, S. E. to S. W., very fresh.--Off port, the Oscar, from Monte Video ; Fame, do. ; Triton, Pernainbueo ,• 'Mountaineer, Lagtaayra ; Indefa tigable, New York ; Benjamin Hart, Quebec; John, do. ; Juno, Wyburg. Sailed:the Chesney, Alsey, - Tor Charleston. BRISTOL, JULY 19 —Arrived Indus, Jopling, Quebec. PORT TALBOT, JULY 18, 9 A. M.—Wind blowing a gale from the S. E. ; 1 P. M. It has blown a hurricane for up wards of an hour; wind shifted to S. W. 10 P. M. blowing very hard from W. S. W. 10 blowing a gale at S. W, MILFORD, JUNE 18.— Sailed Cheviot, James Quebec. SUNDERLAND, JULY 17. —Arrived the Anna Maria from Stetin. Sailed the Crescent, Crown, for Miramichi. CORK, JULY 17.—Arrived the Childmark, Penny, from Civita ; Urania, Clark, Quebec. SCARBOROUGH, JULY 17. Arrived the Branstuns, Foster, from Riga. MARGATE JULY 19.-01 T Port, the Lady East, Emery, Bombay, COWES, JULY 19 —Arrived, the Sophia Ceilia, —Off Port, the Amiterdam, for Surinam, towed in, with loss of main mnst head, fore top-mast, mizen- mast. boat, and other damage; rresident, Buffington, City Point Rajastan, ARRIVED IN TIIE CIIANNEL.—The Prince of Coburg, Smith, Trinidad. S HUDLAND BAY, JULY 19 —Arrived, the Reaper, Bad. cock, Quebec ; Andicania, Burridge, ditto. OFF THE START, JULY I7.—The John Cree, Boyd, Cal cutta. BRIDPORT, JULY 19.--The Naomi, ef , ro ili m be t c h o e m S e . Hughes, from Lon don to Bristol, was driven on shore this day during a vio elennnttignael, . fearetl, should the gale The Margaret ,, t Taylor,from Tobago to London, has „ e , this moment come on shore. Crew saved. PLYMOUTH, JULY 18.—The Drake, Richard , of Swan aWtOtaalndwii.it,Ck sea, is on shere on the Battery Point, and bilged. Crew saved. SALCOMBE, JULY 17.—1 t is blowing a strong gale from the southward and westward. The Si, Adams, has been driven on shore, but got of without apparent damage. Greater part of the vessels have hen driven from their anchorage, hut arc now riding all well. PORTSNIOUTII, JULY 1 .—lt has blown very hard all day from the S. W.—Several brigs and schooners have broken. up at the Northern Bank. LYNN, JULY 19,—Arrived the Vibelia, Janson, from Konegsberg. KINGSTON, JULY 18. Arrived the Richebucto, Ganston, from Quebec. LLANF.LLY, JULY 19.—Arrived the St. George, Moore, from Malta. LIVERPOOL, JULY 19 —The Falkland, from Dantzic, is on shore on Woodside Pier, with her keel out. PENZANCE. JULY 18.—The George Lockwood, M‘Ken zie, from Quebec. started her anchor at noon to-day, and drove in close to the back of the pier, where she grounded. The sea is making heavy breaches over her, but it is ex pected she will be hove off next tide ; crew landed. The Perseverance, Smith, from Aberavon, to Truro, was totally wrecked near Porthlevin to-day; crew drowned. It has blown a very heavy gale since before day-break this morning from S. S. E.. shittiria in squalls to S. S. W. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. COVENT GARDEN. The market was thronged in every corner. Vegetables and fruit were in abundance, and the demand was in propor, ion. New potatoes Id. to 3d. per pound. French beans Is. Gd. per ls 100. Peas, per sieve. 2s. Gd. to 4s. Currants,. per ditto, ~s. , . lb C . lunen S ul t n- r b a7b s err li i d e e s r to Bs. Gooseberries, per ditto, 3s. to bs. S per d l . ) . uncl A L Onions 15. ditto. Cabbages 93. to Is. per dozen. to Is. per brace. Cherries 4d. to Is. per . n e A xt L en L t . . The de mand Gd. to I s Gd. per pottle. Rhubarb Oci i)u p n er ie b . bundle. Apples • per3s. 6d. sieve.to 7s .Cepleerr Celery is. to T s urn 6 ir t. s 43. per to 10s. per bundle. much as last quoted. Beef 3s. to were to a LE m A od D e E ra N te " The ,s,auspgpi‘l'ioiEsi good, and Cr,,;ApaTrt prices e s A r 4s. ; Mutton . 4 35. '2.d. to , 4s. 2d , . ; Lamb 43. 43 . to ss. 2d. ; Veal. 3s. Bd. to 43 . B d . ; I ork, 3s. to 4s. 103. ; Poultry in large supply, and the demand good, prices unvaried. Turkey Poultr 43. to ss. Gd. ; Fowls, 23. Gd. to 43. Gd. ; Chi c k ens , Is. to 23. G i l. ; Leverets 3s. to ss; Rabbits 10d. to Is. 6d. ; Gees!, 4s. 63. to 6s. Gd. ll u ; N P ( ig ;E eo: F s 06iRi.0 MARKET.to9I. ; Quails Is. 3d. to Is. 6d. ; Eggs 4 s. to s s. 3d. per 120. The Market was well supplied, and a fair business was done. Turbot, ss. to 21s. ; Soles, 9d, to 3s. per pair; good Salmon Is. to Is. 6d. per lb. ; and Lobsters 103. to 3s. each. Beef 7d. to 81,-(1. ; Mutton, 70. to 80. ; Veal, Bd. to 9d. ; Pork, 7d. toeV. Dr. Bowring left London yesterday for B et En, to Le pr esent at the meeting of the Gi rmaii Commercial Lea;zue. The letters received to-day from Stockholm mention the arrival of the Marquis of Anglesea in that city. His Lordship has been visiting several of the l3a:ti ports. Count Matuscewic, so well known to the fashion able circles of London, is, we hear, about to assume the functions of Russian Ambassador to the Court of Stock holm. It was supposed for some time that his Excel. lency would have had the Emcassy either to London or in Paris. ACCIDENT FROM TILE EXPLOSION OF GAS. _Con Thursday evening between eight and nine o'clock , a young woman, named Jane Appleton, in the service of Mr. Watson, baker and confectioner, of Judd-streo, New-road, before lighting the gas in the shop, incautiouslY attempted to adjust souse part of the meter, which she C OO ceived was out of order, and thereby permitted an escoPe - o f gas, which immediately exploded from a candle . Led in her hand, and very severely scorched her.