The Sun. — London, England, 1845-02-04 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. num TSB DAILY PAPERS Or YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—.As the Parliamentary session ap rosn*n, rumours of a more liberal policy in the s:en', ss: Ireland become rife. This and other trr*cehr I , ss important matters of national interest • ve_blio curiosity—to ascertain the reality 0i a( only on surmise—to a pitch higher 4?-ns.-.i.eneently manifested. The Royal Speech, at . of Parliament to-morrow, is therefore the, 4-.)lni:t.'N,,fsrd which the public anxiety is directed. Thal oScial programme of the Government policy will indicate, if it do not explain, the course which lilinistecs mean to pursue with reference to some of the great questions concerning which men have been speculating and disputing in the dark during the last six months. The few short sentences comprised in the Speech from the Throne will shed light upon the darkness. In proportion as that revelation of the future tends to raise or depress the classes who have endeavoured to force an illiberal and restrictive policy on the Go vernment, will be the predominance of satisfaction or of discor.ten in the public mind. The Irish Tories have recently exhibited increased anxiety and Cerm. The Anti-National Education party, which comprises the liigh-Churchmen, both clerical and laical, have deemed it necessary to assume a bold front, and to protest in a decisive tbne, and in most exulicst language, against the system of education which the state sanctions and supports—because the only one of which the Roman Catholic popeletion can avail itself. We alluded lately to the marifesto of the nine Bishops of the Irish Church, in which they record their decided hostility to the Government plan of education, and appeal to the clergy and laity for their support and aid in counteracting the Anti-Protestant effects of that system. Such an appeal could not be made in vain. The Irish clergy in several districts have responded to the call. Addresses have been drawn up and signed by a considerable number of the Irish clergy, and presented to the Archbishop of Armagh. In these addresses the clergy deplore the necessity which is laid upon them thus publicly to condemn the conduct of the Government. But, seeing no ether alternative, they determine to make com mon cause with the Heads of their Church; and promise to employ their influence to counteract the dangers with which the policy of the State threatens' the Protestant Church of Ireland. The Church has induced the influential members of its communion to unite with it in this movement against the Government. The leaders of the Orange and Tory party met on Thursday lest ie Dublin, and agreed upon an address to the Archbishop of A ^magh. In this document they pledge themselves to em ploy every means to induce her Majesty's Mi nisters to abandon the National System of Educa tion ; and to adopt, in its stead, one in consonance with the views of the Clergy of the Pro testant Established Church. This address is signed by seventeen Peers of Parlia nent, and by twenty eight of the Irish Tory Members of the House of Commons. The Archbishop has replied in grateful terms to the address ; from which he predicates suc cess in his efforts to attain the object so dear to his heart, and to that of every true Protestant. What ever may be thought of the sentiments embodied in these documents, there can be no question that the combined movement whence they einanatemust Freatly embarrass Ministers in preparing and bring sng before Parliament any measures of liberal edu cational policy for the Roman Catholic population of Ireland. If an assault so formidable is threa tened upon the existing National System of Educa tion in that coantry, the same hostile influences will be brought to bear against any plans for pro pitiating the Roman Catholic ppulation. If the Irish Tories thus object to things that are, they will et - more strongly oppose further proofs of liberality . I If the Government contemplate an increase of the means now possessed for educating the Catholic clergy, or in any other way endeavour to raise their personal character, and thus extend their social in fluence, they must prepare themselves for a deter mined and cc.nbined opposition from their own friends. The present High-Church demonstration against the Government system of education is evi• dently prompted by apprehensions—whether with or without cause we have yet no means of knowing—that Sir R. Peel has become impressed with the necessity of conciliating the Irish people ; and that he can only do this by concessions on a comprehensive scale. The tactics of the Tories are therefore distinguished by boldness. They have determined on a decla ration of war. Instead of waiting for fur slier provocations, they have chosen the Govern ment system of education as a cams Lehi; and demand its unconditional surrender as the terms of yeace. It is obvious that if the Government yield to this demand, it cannot propose any new scheme of Irish ?Tilley, conceived in the same spirit, or having the same tendency ; for it would be abandoned by those on whose votes official existence is dependent. Even if the Go vernment determine to take its stand on the National System of Education, and to defend it against those who have banded for its destruction, there will be en in disposition to provoke the Irish Protestant party by further concessions to the Roman Catholics in that country. Thus, the real purpose of the confederation will be answered. It may fail of getting the education of the Catholic people into the hands of the Church ; but they will succeed in preventing further incursions of a liberal policy into what they manifestly regard as their established, rightful possessions. STANDARD.—The Morning Herald gives an account of the Ministerial arrangements—and we have reason to believe that the account is not only correct in its details, but complete, as regards the arrangements at present determined on. The appointmeata speak for themselves—as meny of them as have been guessed at, have met with universal approba on, and the others are certainly as free from all objection. In this, as in most other respects, the Government appears to satisfy the wishes of the reasonable men of all parties. We do not indeed remember the eve of a Parliamentary session so promising of a calm and useful Parliamentary year as the present. The Whig party has absolutely disappeared from the scene, and even the Radicals have contracted their force within a very minute circle, and seem to be improving in good sense, as their numbers di minish. It is symptomatic of the public confidence in the Government and the Parliament, that men scarcely speak, or think, or write of anything con nected with the progress of legislation. On this day, the last day of the recess, the Morning Chronicle, the great Whig organ, entertains its readers with dis sertations on the state of the Conservative party in France, and upon the proper boundaries to be:ma.intained between the two great branches of the profession of the law--eonnsel and attorneys. The pendulous Times discusses harbours of refuge in an article nearly all borrowed, not to say pirated, from a morning Contemporary. The Herald exposes misre presentations of the neve official arrangements, and the Post engages in a controversy with Lord John Russell upon the taxation of machinery and the Malthusian theory. These matters are all very well, but we believe that never before on the eve of a session were the public journals occupied by sub jects so miscellaneous and so little connected with the conflict of Parliamentary parties. These in dications of a quiet and useful session may be, however, fallacious ; there is no knowing what may tarn up ; another " Who is the traitor ?" case— or another " Mr. Stockdale's case" may turn up to consume the public time—and experience shows that the House of Commons always engages with such cases the more earnestly, the more trum pery. they are. Meanwhile, the enemies of the Administration affect much apprehension of Sir Robert Peel's unsupported position, as they affect to consider the situation of the Premier since Lord Stanley's removal to the House of Lords and Mr. (xladstone's retirement. This tenderness to wards a political adversary is no doubt amiable —but is it not a little too sensitive ? No one will underrate the value of such allies in debate as Lord Stanley and Ms. Gladstone, but is the session of 1835 forgotten—that session when, altogether unaided y Lord Stanley, and deriving little help from Mr. Gladstone—then a very young man—Sir Robert Peel was able to fight his battle single-handed against a majority, and not only to fight the battle, but confessedly to gain the victory, as far as the 17 debate was concerned ? 'Will he be less able maintain his ground with a majority of more than one hundred at his back, with thehelp and seconds as Sir W Follett, Sir J. Graham, and many , others who could not render him, in 1833, the assist ance which they is, that all tis cannow afford. The truth, how ever,debaters to support asupposed necessity for a corps of Ministry is absurd, except in What has extreme cases. Sir Robert Peel to defend that he cannot defends i •what proposition has the ie cannot Premier to make • th a t himself make with full force and effect ?loet, however, the mere exertion of staneing and speaking should ' be thought too much for single Minister, l e t us in the name of common Se e be an swere d remember who ord Pal- N are the persons to in erston, Lord J. Russell, Mr. Macaula y. there is not a Conservative Club or a Conse rvati ve why, Operative Society in the United kin gdom , t hat w ould not produce half-a-dozen better speakers than any of the three, whatever these Whigs may be as writers, and even in that their pre tensions are not very high; and how ca n it be doubted that of the more than font hundred gentlemen by whom Sir Robert Peel Is supported, forty, at the very lowest estimate, era qualified to make better debaters than Lord Pal merston, Lord John Russell, and Mr. Macaulay ? It ha been we knew the practice (mare particularly of Conservative Administrations) to get through the public business in the House of Commons as much as possible in a business-like way, and that that House has in consequence lost much PA told character of a theatre of oratorical dip play. This is on the whole a great improvement ; but out of it has grown a system of mono poly among the few men who unite some ac quaintance with official forms to the smallest , pos sible amount a talent as speakers. Now this, as far 1 as it goes, is perhaps rather convenient than other wise, but the thing becomes ridiculous when we are t )1d that, of more than four hundred Members of the House, not more than half•a-dozen are compe tent to support a Minister. The next session, if we are not mistaken, will tell a different story ; or rather a week will not pass, before it shall be seen that Sir Robert Peel eau rally an efficient body of debaters. THE LAW OF SETTLEMENT. M the request of several of our readers, we repub lish the follow 4, which appeared in Ths Sun about P month ago : TO THE SOCIETY OF CLERKS OF THE UNIONS OF THE NORTHERN DISTRIC OF ENGLAND. In complying with your request Oar` I should furnish in detail toe plan of national poor-law relief suggested by me at our meetings during the past year, in order that its bearings might be considered with reference t the suggested Bill, as introduced into the House of Com mons at the close of the last session by Sir James Gra ham, intituled " A Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Parochial Settlement, and to the Re moval of the Poor;" I am fully aware of the great re sponsi',)ility and difficulties attendant on the course of any one attempting an alteration of existing laws, or opposing sealed opinions and fixed prejudices. I will premise that it has now become a ma7 - ..isa of our consti tution that no poot person in England shall exist in want for a longer period than his requirements shell become known to the proper authorities for the relief of the poor. To trace down the laws of settlement and relief from Henry the Eighth to the present time, which I at first contemplated (and which laws have made this maxim), is rendered unnecessary by the able report which since your request I have had placed in my hands from a Committee appointed by the town council of the borough of Leicester. It were a work of supererogation again to travel over ground so weil occupied by that report; and I proceed to the statement of facts connected with our union of Stockport, and to. the plan suggested, which has been so favourably received by a body of gentlemen connected as you are with a population of several mil lions, and with the principal manufacturing districts of the north of England. Linder the laws so ably traced by the Leicester re port, the borough of Stockport has grown up from a small ville, and become a populous manufacturing dis - trict, containing 60,000 inhabitants. For the purposes of the poor-laws it is divided into five districts or townships, eaeli maintaining its own poor—namely, Stockport, Heaton Norris, Brinnington, Cheadle Bulkeley, and Cheadle Moseley. Stockport being the township originally located, has become built up, and the population has extended into the adjacent townships of Heaton Norris, Brinnington, Cheadle Belkeley, and Chr Moseley, Stockport township has the largest amount of poor, and Ceom its local po- it:on and from giving the name to the district, it has also the disadvantage of paying for all casual paupc:s ; its neighbouring townships receive all the advantages of the trade of Stockport, without any of the disadvantages. The poor-laws have been intended as a national ar rangement, and have become part of our constitution ; but the method devised by our ancestors to carry these laws into operation, was through the medium of arbi trary local divisions called parishes. These parishes have in many cases been sub-divided into smaller arbi trary divisions called townships ; and by the Poor-law Amendment Act these parishes and townships have been united into larger districts called unions ; but in these unions the relief of the poor of each township is kept strictly separate, and each township is exclusively charged with the expenditure caused by the relief of its own particular paupers. By thus localising the charges of maintaining Vie poor whether in parishes or townships, much asisery has bee and still is caused. Boards of guardians will act e different principles : some pauperise whole districts others depopulate them. Landowners cause the Ruch population to migrate. Manufacturers, in time of com mercial distress, send back again this originally agri cultural surplus population. Local authorities, as it were, shoulder the miserable wretch requiring relief ouz of their locality; and struggles in each district are con tinually carried on through the medium of assistant overseers, relieving officers, removal officers, magistrates clerks, attorneys, and barristers-at-law, in reference to pauper settlements; which struggles entail an enormous expense on the parishioners; and all this to prevent the necessity of a few shillings being given in time of need to a pauper by one set of local authorities called over seers, which according to law declared through all the mazes of legal technicality, ought to be given by the • overseers of another locality. And as the relief in dis puted cases is generally given unwillingly (it may be said as a general rule, with great parsimony), miserable is the wretch who awaits the decision of a parish law suit. to ascertain by what parish his necessary relief must be given. What is the real remedy? Is it by destroying all settlements but that of birth? or by changing the birth settlement by a settlement to be acquired from time to time by a five years' residence in any other parish? This would merely continue the evils of the present system; nay, if possible, it would aggravate them. It would cause the landowner to pull down every cottage on his estate not absolutely required for his own labourer. It would be a premium for cruelty. It would confer different settlements by the mere result of the accident of birth, on different members of the same family—(a family of eight children might each have a different birth-settlement); and lastly, by this legislative altera tion of existing settlements, in would cause one town ship to grin that which it would cause another township to lose; and this without any sufficient reason, without eompeasation in any way. The present law of settlement is well ascertained. There are no difficulties now, save those as to the facts, and those which arise from technicalities. Remove the technical objections as soon as possible. This may be done; but the facts, in case of dispute, will always have to be settled by evidence, and this therefore you cannot settle by Act of Parliathent. Not one appeal in ten at the present day is decided on the merits. But few set tlements are disputed en a difference of opinion as to what the merits are; technical objections, and those only, are the questions decided by the courts. And I hold it t 2 be a disgrace to our Legislature, and to the parCes who expound the Acts of the Legislature, that every advantage is given in our courts of law to tech nical objections. The rule of the courts of law is not, Is the prisoner guilty ? or, Is the pauper really settled ? but, Ic the commitment technically worded, or the examinations a perfect specimen of special pleading ? If after hearing a long, learned, and elaborate address from counsel, proving that according to law certain words omitted ought to have been inserted in commit ment or order of removal, the Court of Queen's Bench or quarter sessions, agreeing in opinion with the advo cate, were to send the commitment or order back to the magistrate for correction, or correct it by one of its own officers, there would be no premium for technical objections—jnstice would be done ; but much business would be abolished, and criminals would not escape, nor parishes be mulcted, as they do and aro at present. What, then, is the real remedy, the humane and Christian-like remedy, fur the evils of the present sys tem ? It is to make the relief of the poor purely na tional—to make every part of England where a pc man may reside really and truly his home—to preve. removal officers by law separating him from the pia where his happiest days have been spent—to make t , relieving officer the real messenger of charity—to relied distress when and as soon as it arises—and to banish for ever those insane struggles and legal fights to decide from which local purse the necessary relief must be abstracted. And how is this to be done ? By abolishing the poor's-rate altogether, and placing the relief of the poor upon the Consolidated Fund. The army and navy are kept out of this fund, and why should not the poor ? The poor are caused by distress, agricultural and com merciaL In times of distress the Legislature is always appealed to, and professes to he able to give a remedy ; and surely for the purposes o: this letter wo may take it for granted, that the Legislature is more or less answer able for the continuance of distress. It All be granted that no individual township can in itself have any power to cause, avert, or prevent national distress. Stockport cannot cause or prevent distress as regards Heaton- Norris, nor the converse. No one township, therefore, ought to be detrimented by local distress. The law of settlement was caused by a desire to prevent hordes of beggars from rambling across the country, and maraud ing without warrant. The destruction of it in the pre sent day would prevent them from rambling in the same way with warrant, accompanied by official parties, at immense expense to the parishes concerned. To such a comprehensive plan as a general abolish ment of the poors'-rate, and with it the law of settle ment, I know there will be a horde of objectors. The parish officer's occupation, who ferrets out settlements, would be gone, and he is generally the clever man in each union. His hostility would be roused against any such plan. The removal officer, who journeys with paupers from Land's End to Scotland, would be dis pensed with; would his evidence be in favour of such a plan ? The magistrate's clerk, who receives now very large fees for the examinations and removal orders, would find his fees diminished; and he is a person of no slight influenoe. The attorney-at-law, who conducts the appeals and sessions business incident thereon, would be minus his bill ; and I am not one to underrate the inflaence which the attorneys have in this country. The barrister-at-law, who only receives a fee after the case is fairly launched in court, would have no appeal busi ness. And let any one attend the Yorkshire sessions for ono appeal-day, and see the entry of settlement appeals at Pontefract, and then ask if the barristers, as a class, can be sufficiently patriotic to abandon settlement liti gation? I do not mean to say all the before-mentioned in dividuals will oppose a comprehensive measure beneficial to their country. There are individuals at all times ready to come out from their class, and advocate views detrimental to wltoitlheiprrecdloasmsininateter and it may ts. Butinfaicrllasy b se e s el inferred that all those classes will oppose a general and cor , i r ite r l , :e a rty ways subject. ofo b . view several ° s: eetlg to an alteration. I will endeavour to deal with toss which I can anti cipate. Ist. It will be said, how can you make it a national charge, and at the same time have local • al a distribution of the relief ? 2d. At present, the comparative expense to some townships light, and why should they lose the present advantage ? • ' • • The full A 0404 which a&a reality t h e only ow E SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4, 1845. at a time, on a stone with a stone roller. When used, in case it be too dry, moisten it with some water, or the before-mentioned liquors.—The Builder. is placed first and will first be replied to ; as, if that can be el' spesed of, none other need be feared. That pauperism is a national evil, not a local one, few will dispute. That no local district, arbitrarily formed by a brook or accidental mere stone can have any effect in the prevention of pauperism or its causes, will h- by few denied. The propriety of a national charge re fore results; and now comes the question how ml administration of them can be free from injustice. It may be done by a staff of officers comprisin , mt one-half of the officers already employed. The ise and Customs are managed by able and compete „par sons. The army and navy are paid by properly ap pointed parties. Every department of Government has efficient management ; and there is no reason why administration of the poor-laws should not be a de vent of Government, and be equally well managed. unions remaining as at present, and changed as In stances may require (usefulness alone being the de). the folloviing officers would be requisite:—A paid airman, a clerk, the relieving officers, the governor, .ee surgeons, the taskmaster, the schoolmaster, the nurse, the porter. The fullowing would be dispensed with :—The auditor, the removal officer, the assistant overseer and settlement officer, the collector of poors'-r: •e, the treasurer. The chairman would be the general officer of a dis trict comprising at the least five unions. He would be able to attend to five unions, leaving Saturday and Sunday at his own disposal. He would be removeable at pleasure by the head department from one district to another district ; and as he would be a superior officer, he would efficiently control the clerks, the relies ieg officers the surgeons, and other officers of each an:on under kiis superintendence. The duties Of the suigeet and relieving officers and clerk would remain as they al a at present ; and this paid chairman would be in place of the present board. Now as under a general system, statistics would be everything, this paid chair n would be sufficiently controlled -Ist. As to the grar ling sufficient relief ; and, 2d. As to an effectual check upon the expenditure. The local authorities, the coroner, the magistrates, and the public press, would be ample means to ensure suffi cient relief being granted to distress ; more ample than what is ensured at present ; because, with a local board of guardians (irresponsible as it is), its local influence has power over local authorities, over the coroner, the ma gistrates, and the press—a power and influence which a peid officer would not possess. The proposed plan would, therefore, not lose in comparison with the pre sent system. Any alteration, therefore, must be in favour of sufficient relief being immediately granted to distress. And now as to the second head:—An effectual check upon the expenditure would arise from the authorities in the head office, or Government department. If a paid chairman's district presented an unfavourable compari son with the results arising from the statistics of relief in similarly situated districts, information would be re quested ; if not satisfactory, the chairman would be re moved to another district, and some other chairman tried with his district. If a chairman proved himself incompetent, the statist:es of office or the complaints of the local authorities would disCiarge him. And now as to the saving. This in a national point of view I cannot exactly determine, but I can at once determine it as regards my own union. It is as follows: — The entire cost of the anion establishment at present is As follows: — Clerk Relieving officers.. r 320 Surgeons Governor Ta..zmaster, School master, Nurse, and Porter Espoir, 10, Cont. G. S. Hand, Coast of Africa. Eurydice, 26, Captain G. Elliot, North America. Excellent, Captain Sir T. Hastings, Knt., Portsmouth. Experiment, 1, st. v. Lieut.-Com. J. Harper, Lake Huron. Fanny, ten. to St. Vincent, Sec. Master G. Allen, Portsmouth. Fantome, 16, Co.amander, Sir F. W. Nicholson, Chatham. Fearless, st., Commander W. L. Sheringham, Portsmouth. Ferret, 6, Commander J. Oake, Coast of Africa. Firebrand, st. v., Cant. J. Hope, Devonport. Firefly, 2, steamer, Captain F. N. Beechey, surveying Ireland. Fisguard, 42, Captain J. A. Duntze, Pacific. Flamer, Lieut.-Commander C. J. Postle, Mediterranean. Fly, 18, Captain F. B. Blackwood, East Indies. Flying Fish, 12, Com. Robert Harris, cruising. Formidable, 84, Vice-Admiral Sir E. W. C. R. Owen, K.C.8., Cant. G. F. Rich, Mediterranean. Fox, 42, Captain Sir H. M. Blackwood, Bart., on passage to MILITARY STATIONS. (From the United Service Magazine for February.) Regiments and Corps Troops or Service Companies. China. Frolic, 16, Commander C. B. Hamilton, Valparaiso. Geyser, 6, steamer, Commander Carpenter, Mediterranean. Gleaner, 2, steamer, Sec. Master H. Hill, Bermuda. Gorgon, 6, steamer, Captain C. Hotham, Monte Video. Growler, 6, steamer, Commander Buckle, Coast of Africa. Hazard, 18, Commander C. Bell, East Indies. Hecate, 4, steamer, Commander J. P. Bower, Ireland. Hecla, steam-vessel, Commander J. Duffill, Mediterranean. Helena, 16, Commander Sir C. Rickets, Cape of Good Hope. Hermes, 2, steamer, Lieut.-Com. W. Carr, West Indies. Heroine, 6, Lieut.-Corn. H. R. Foote, Coast of Africa. Hyacinth, 18, Commander F. Scott, West Indies. Hydra, 4, Commander H. B. Young, Coast of Africa. Illustrious, 72, Vice-Admiral Sir C. Adam, K. C. 8., Captain J. E. Erskine, North America. Imaum, rec. ship, Commodore A. R. Sharpe, C. 8., Jamaica. Inconstant, 36, Capt. C. H. Fremantle, IA est Indies. Iris, 26, Captain G. R. Mundy, China. Jasper, at., Master-Commander E. Rose, Pembroke. Lark, 4, sur. v., Lieut.-Cora. G. B. Lawrence, West Indies. Larne, 18, Commander J. W. D. Brisbane, Coast of Africa. Lightning, 2, st., Mast. J. E. Petley, particular service. Lily, 16, Cora. C. J. F. Newton, Portsmouth. Locust, 3, et. v., Lieut.-Corn. H. Eden, Mediterranean. Lucifer, st. sure. v., Com. Frazer, Ireland. Lynx, 3, Lieut.-Commander J. T. Nott, Ireland. Mastiff, 2, surv. v., Master-Corn. Thomas, Woolwich. Medea, 4, steamer, Commander Warden, Mediterranean. Medina, 2, at., Master-Com. Smithett (acting), Liverpool. Medusa, 2, at., Lieut. -Commander J. G. Raymond, Liverpool. Mercury, tender, Second Master J. Scarlett, Portsmouth. Merlin, 2, st., Lieut.-Commander E. Keane, Liverpool. Meteor, 2, at., Lieut.-Com. G. Battler, Ireland. Minden, 20, hospital ship, Alast.-Com. P. Wellington, China. Modeste, 18, Corn. T. Baiilie, Pacific. Mohawk, Com. W. N. Fowell, Lake Ontario, Canada. Monkey, 1, at. v., Second Master W. Bryant (act. ), Woolwich. Montreal, Lieut.-Com. J. Tyssen, Lake Erie, Canada. Mutine, 12, Com. R. B. Crawford, Cape of Good Hope. Nautilus, 10, tender to Victoria and Albert, Lieut.• Com. W. Robson, Portsmouth. Nereus, store-ship, Master-Com. F. W. Bateman, Valparaiso. Netley, 8, tender to Caledonia, Second Master F. H. May, Devonport. North Star, 26, Captain Sir J. E. Home, Bart., East Indies. Ocean, 80, Captain Richard Arthur, C. 8., Sheerness. Orestes, 18, Com. E. St. Leger Cannon, Mediterranean. Osprey, 12, Commander F. Patten, East Indies.' Otter, at. v., Lieutenant-Commander E. Wylde, Holyhead. Pantaloon, 10, Corn. E. Wilson (act.), Coast of Africa. Penelope, at., 24, Commodore W. Jones, Coast of Africa. Perseus, receiving ship, Lieut.-Commander Greet, off Tower. Persian, 16, Commander H. Coryton, Devonport. Philomel. 6, Corn. B. J. Sullivan, razils. Pickle, 2, Lieut.-Commander J. A. Bainbridge, West Indies. Pigmy, 1, steam-vessel, Lieut.-Com. C. Autridge, Pembroke. Pike, 1, steamer, Lieut.-Corn. A. Boyter, Portpatrick. Pilot, 16, Corn. W. H. Jervis, East Indies. Pique, 36, Capt. Hon. M. Stopford, West Indies. Plover, sur.-vessel, Capt. R. Collinson, C. 8., China. Pluto, 2, Lieut.-Commander W. P. Crozier, Ireland. Poictiers, 72, Capt. Sup. W. H. Shirreff, Chatham. Polyphemus, 1, at., Lieut.-Com. T. Spark, Mediterranean. Porcup'ne. st., v., Captain Bullock, Deptford. Princess Alice, Mast. Corn. Smithett (act.), Dover. Prometheus, st. sloop, Commander J. Hay, Coast of Africa. Prospero, 1, st., Sec. Mas. P. Rundle (act.), reserve packet, Pembroke. Racer, 16, Com. A. Reed, Rio de Janeiro. Racehorse, 18, Commander G. J. Hay, Plymouth. Ranger, 6, Commander James Anderson, Devonport. Rapid, 10, Lieut. S. Apthorp, Coast of Africa. Rattler, 6, at. v. Corn. H. Smith, Woolwich. Raven, 4, Lieut.-Com. J. Stephen, Sheerness. Redwing, steamer, Corn. T. Bevis, Liverpool. Resistance, tr. s., Corn. C. G. C. Patey, particular service. Rhadamanthus 2, st., Mast.-Com. Laen , Woolwich. Ringdove, 16, Com. Sir W. Daniell, Knt., Coast of Africa. Romney, depot, Lieut.-Corn., R. M'Clure, Havannab. Rose, 18, Corn. 11. W. Pelly, West Indies. Royal Sovereign, Capt.-Sup. Sir W. Pell, Pembroke. Royalist, Lieut.-Com. G. Ogle, East Indies. St. Vincent, 120, Admiral Sir Charles Rowley, 8art.,G.C.8., G. C. H.; Captain R. F. Rowley, Portsmouth. Salamander, 4, at., Cons. A. S. Hamond, Pacific. Samarang, 26, Capt. Sir E. Belcher, C. 8., China. San Josef, 110, Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Pym, K.C.8., Capt. H. M. Dixon, Devonport. Sapphire, troop ship, Mas.-Com. J. R. Fittock, China. Sappho, 16, Corn. Hon. George Hope, Cape of Good Hope. Satellite, 18, Commander R. H. B. Rowley, China. Scout, 18, Com. Hon. J. R. Drummond, Mediterranean. Scylla, 16, Commander R. Sharpe North America. Seaflower, 6, cutter, Com. N. Robilliard, Portsmouth. Sealark, 18, Corn. T. L. Gooch, Coast of Africa. Serpent, 16, Commander W. Nevill, East Indies. Shearwater, 2, steam-vessel, Commander C. Robinson, sur veying Coast of Scotland. Skylark, 4, Lieut.-Commander G. Morris, Sheerness. Snake, 16, Com. Hon. W. B. Devereux, Mediterranean. Snipe, 2, Lieut.-Cora. G. Raymond, p rticalar service. Sparrow, 6, ketch, Corn. H. C. Otter, Portsmouth. Spartan, 26, Captain the Hon. C. G. J. B. Elliot, W. Indies. Spider, 6, Lieut.-Corn. R. E. Pym, Brazils. Spiteful, steamer, 6, Com. W. Maitland, East Indica. Sprightly, 1, steamer, Master-Com. Mooi (act.), Holyhead. Star, 10, Com. R. J. W. Dunlop, Coast of Africa. Stromboli, 6, Com. the Hon. E. Plunkett, Cork. Superb, 84, Capt. A. L. Corry, Devonport. Swallow, 1, at., Master-Com. R. Sherlock (acting), Dover. Sydenham, at., Lieut.-Com. D. R. Mapleton, Mediterranean. Sylph, 2, tender to Caledonia. Sylvia, 6, Lieut. Tumour, tender to Seaflower, Portsmouth. Talbot, 26, Capt. Sir T. Thompson, Pacific. Tartarus, steam vessel, Captain J. Wolfe (act.), Ireland. Thalia, 42, Capt. C. Hope, Pacific. Thunder, 6, surveying vessel, Corn. E. Barnett, Bahamrs. Thunderbolt, 6, steamer, Corn. G. N. Broke, C. of G. Hope. Tortoise, 12, guard-ship, Com. 0 Morrell, Ascension. Trafalgar, 12u, Capt. W. F. Martin, Vice-Adm. Sir J. C. White, K.C.8., Sheerness. Tyne, 26, Capt. W. N. Glascock, Mediterranean. Urgent, 2, steam-vessel, Master-Corn. J. Emerson, Liverpool. Vestal, 26, Capt. C. Talbot, Cape of Good Hope. Victoria and Albert, yacht, Captain Lord. A. Fitzclarence. Portsmouth. Victory, 104, Rear-Admiral H. Parker, C. 8., Captain G. Moubray, Portsmouth. Vindictive, 50, Capt. M. Seymour, Portsmouth. Viper, 6, Lieut.-Com. J. Carter, Brazils. Virago, 6, st.-ves., Corn. G. G. Otway, Mediterranean. Vixen, 6, steam-vessel, Com. G. Giffard, China. Volage, 26, Captain Sir W. Dickson, Bart., Devonpert. Volcano, 2, steamer, Lieut.-Corn. E. C. Miller, Mediterranean Warspite, 50, Capt. W. P. Wallis, Mediterranean. Wasp, 16, Corn. S. H. Usher, Coast of Africa. Waterwitch, 10, T. F. Birch, Coast of Africa. Widgeon, 1, steamer, Lieut.-Corn. T. S. Striven, Dover. Wildfire, 1, steamer, Licut.-Com. A. Darby, Weymouth. William and Mary, yacht, Commodore Sir F. Collier, Knt., C. 8., K. C. H., Woolwich. Winchester, 52, Rear-Admiral the Hon. J. Percy, Captain C. Eden, Cape of Good Hope. Wolf, 18, Commander A. Vvner (act.), China. Wolverine, 16, Corn. W. J. Clifford, China. Young Hebe, Lieut.-Corn. W. T. Bate, China. Zephyr, 1, at., Lieut.-Com. Jas. Smail, Holyhead. Auditor. . X 25 P z,moval officer BO 'Expenses of removal incidental : n h d arges Law expenses Collectors and Assis tant Overseers Treasurer 4O Assessing property • 342 £99S 648 The average expenditure of our union is )00/. The saving would be 2,6481., or nearly one-six • the whole expenditure. Surely such a saving alone, especially when combined with greater efficiency and humanity, ought to be suffi ' . -, ait to call for the change. i'ut it is impossible to say what t'ie exact saving - .ld be to the community at large. The poord-rate g entirely abolished, the losses incurred in collection, misery caused by distraint warrants, the peculations local officers, the large amount of bookkeeping at :ese2it required, and the difficulties attendant on the ~uperintencling the collection of the rate, would be avoided. I cannot estimate these as regards the com munity at large at less than 20 per cent. As to the numerous objections which may be raised against the abandonment of poors'-rates on account of the county rates and other charges, which at present are paid from these sources ; such objections are best an swered by stating that the inclination of the Legislature has been already evinced to throw these payments on the Consolidated Fund. One-hal' of the criminal prose cutions is now paid by the Government ; andcrime being a national curse, prevention ought tube a national car-'and expense. It is already deemed right for the county,; to pay half, it must be equally right Co pay the whole. These objections I will not further notice—their answer is ob vious if they are raised. The 2d objection :—That at present the comparative expense to some townships is light, and why should they lose their present adv: Ztage ? The answer to this is, that every township will par ticipate in the national advantage derived from a more systematic relief and cure of pauperism. It cannot cost the lightly-charged-at-present township more than it does at present ; whereas, it will h) a great and season able relief to the heavily-at-present-charged township. The present advantage of the lightly-charged township is merely an advantage when compared with another township more heavily charged ; and the inequality of such local charges is a very great blot upon the pre sent system. Efficiency, economy, and humanity will all be served by abolishing settlements ; and the general taxes of the country are the only proper sources from whence relief for national evils should be taken. In Ireland and Scotland difficulties in poor-law relief and management exist; and why? Because there is no national cure for national distress. Would not the pro posed plan enable the Government to avoid all the dif ficulties of the present system? Ireland and Scotland are integral portions of the kingdom, and ought to be equally dealt with, as regards pauperism. it i- Not being a financier, s not part of my duty to show the " ways and means;' but a national tax for pcor-law purposes, I apprehend, would have all the difficulties of the present system, and be little or ro improvement. The only improvement in that case being the more systematic giving of relief. The same staff of offieers for collecting such a tax would have to be kept up. The whole charge should therefore be placed upon the " ways and means" of the country; and the land owners would reap a rich reward for their support to this measure, by their entire f-eedom from poors -rates. Tne poor man would, l'o:)m his consumption of taxed ariieles, be indirectly paying towards the national purse, from which in case of want his relief would be supplied; and as regards the fairness or unfa;rness of legislative taxation, I am quite prepared to leave that question to be decided by the Legislature, acted upon as it may be by our freo constitut'on. If parties will first ascertain the cheapest most humane, and efficacious method of dealing with pa - ism, they may depend upon it that method will b - best for their future interests ; and that the qu'- iof greater or less expenditure to their own local)., will, when compared with ultimate results, sink int.,, utter insignificance. I have now stated the suggested plan, I think suffi ciently for the purposes of your request ; I have had - 14derabla experience in poor-law affairs, and am con -!ed that few plans could be devised worse for the Jayers than the present law and practice of settle at. But when .treating a malady, cure it. This _a only be done by a complete change ; and if this sketch is at all instrumental in such a result, it will " e a gratifying recollection that I have been in the slightest degree instrumental therein. It may be added, that this letter has been laid before a Committee of the Stockport Board of Guardians, and received its unanimous approval. I have the honour to be, yours faithfully, HENRY COPPOCK, Clark to the Stockport Union. Stockport, November 16, 1844. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Feb. 3. (Sittings at Nisi Fritts, before the LORD CHIEF BARON and Special Juries.) THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. TOPLIS. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that a verdict for 1001., on the second count of this information, had been con sented to by Mr. C. B. Robinson, on behalf of defendant. At the same time, he wished it to be understood that this consent was not the result of a compromise. The Crown could claim the full penalties, and it was resolved to enforce them. THE ATTORNEY - GENERAL V. TOPLI9, JON. The SOLICOOR-GENERAL said that Mr. Robinson had consented to another verdict for 100/. on the second count of this information. TUE ATToPNEY-GENERAL V. DESMOND. The SOLICITOIi-GENERAL said that Mr. Robinson had again consented to another verdict of 1001. on the second count of this information. The jury in the first case was sworn in the other two, as their juries had not been summoned for to-day. We have already reported the proceedings against Mr. John Toplis, of Bermondsey street. It is out of those trans actions that these informations arose against the several parties concerned in them. Manchester, Nov. 16, 1844. At a meeting of the Society of Clerks of Union for the Northern District of England, John Latham, Esq., in the chair, the above letter, being read and approved, was ordered to be referred to a special Committee, con sisting of Mr. Gardiner (Manchester), Mr. Latham (Chorlton-upon-Medlock), Mr. Woodhouse (Bolton), and Mr. Coppock (Stockport), with instructions to print the same, and forward copies to the clerks of the Society, with a view that the same should be laid before their boards of guardians, for their consideration. JOHN LATHAM, Chairman. Nov. 22, 18 4 4. NER GARDINER. JOHN LATHAM. Approved on reference, ORIENTAL METHOD OF MAKING SCAGLIOLA. The greatest attention is paid to the art of manu facturin? scagliola, or imitation marble, by the natives of the East Indies, who, for their finer cements, which are capable of receiving a most exquisite polish, use ghee (butter in its oily state), oils, jaggery, and other to us expensive ingredients. At Madras fifteen bushels of pit sand well sifted are added to fifteen bushels of stone lime; this is slaked in the common manner, and so laid two or three days together. Twenty pounds of coarse sugar or molasses is dissolved in water, and the mortar is sprinkled with the liquor, wbich is then beat up together and well incorporated, and after wards let to lie in a heap. A peck of gram (similar in nature to our coarse gray pea) is then boiled to a jelly, and the liquor strained and preserved. A peck of mirabolans is also boiled, and the liquor set aside ; the three waters are then added together. The mortar beaten up, and, when too dry, sprinkled with this liquor, proves remarkably good for laying bricks or stone, keeping some of the liquor always at hand for the workman to wet his bricks with. For very s' ong work tow is incorporated with the mortar. Of this the natives make many architectural orna ments, such as columns, arched work and imagery, besides using it for common building purposes. For finer works, to every half bushel the white of five or six eggs and four ounces of ghee, or ordinary slted butter, and a pint of butter-milk beaten t Nell together ; mix a little of the mortar with thi! , ghee, butter-milk, and white of eggs be so nil then soften the rest well with plain fresh wr. and so mia all together, *ad let it be ground, a troy, -fall [The order was forwarded to the gaoler of Stafford gaol last night, and the prisoners will of course be at once liberated.] POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSIOIV-HO VSE. Charles King, the servant of Mr. Barnard, of the house of Barnard, Dimsdale, and Co., bankers, of Nos. 49 and 50, Cornhill, was brought before the Lord Mayor, by James Bradley, one of the officers of the Mansion house, charged upon suspicion of having stolen several bottles of wine and spirits, the property o: his master. Mr. Bozon appeared for the prisoner. Bradley produced a basket, in which eleven bottles, containing wine and spirits, were deposited. Mr. John Barnard stated that he charged the prisoner, who was the only male servant in the house, with having taken a basket, containing, to the best of his belief, wine and liquors, his property, off the premises that morning, without his authority. Upon one of the bottles witness said he discovered the name of a foreign house with which he dealt. In conse quence of information which he received relative to the prisoner, he went to a house in Birchin-lane, where he saw a basket, which he perceived was like one on his premises. He then returned, and asked the pri soner where the basket was; to which the prisoner replied that he knew nothing about it, declaring, at the same time, that he had not taken any basket whatever off the premises, either on that day or the day before. Henry Wild, a young man in the employment of the agent of the Parcels Delivery Company, at No. 14, Birchin-lane, deposed that the prisoner cared that morning, and brought the basket produced with him. At the prisoner's request witness wrote the direction, the prisoner stating that he could not write large hand. It was "Mrs. Aust, 68, Guildford-street, Russell-square." Mrs. Ann Nicholson deposed that she was governess to the daughter of the prosecutor. She kept the key of the cellaret. On Sunday she gave the key of the cellaret to the prisoner to get some wine oat. He got the wine out, and gave back the keys. The keys of the wine-cellar usually hung in the cellaret, and on that morning the cellaret drawer in which they were kept was found unlocked. Mary Key, cook to the prosecutor, deposed that she saw the pi isoner after eleven o'clock in the morn ing take the basket along Birchin-lane while she was talking to a person in the street. She knew the basket to be the one which she had observed a day or two before lying upon a hamper on her master's premises. The LORD MAYOR—Prisoner, do you wish to say anything? The prisoner—Why, 1 do not exactly wish, Sir. The basket belongs to Mr. Barnard. I am sorry for taking it out of the house, but the bot tles and what's in them is all trine. I have 501. a year independent, and I am not beholden to Mr. Bar nard, but he allows me liberally. The LORD MAYOR—I wish to ask you a question or two, but you need not answer them if you think your case may be prejudiced thereby. The prisoner —Oh, i'll answer any question ; I've nothing to conceal. The LORD Mavon—Where did you receive these bottles ? The prisoner—Why, my Lord, you see they belong to me, and I am not a Romen Catholic, and not obliged to confess to you. The LORD MAYOR—How did they happen to come out of Mr. Barnard's house ? The prisoner—l know I paid for them all. lam independent, my Lord. The LORD MAYOR—Pray, what wine is this (hold ing up a bottle) ? The prisoner—lts a sweet wine. The LORD MAYOR—No, it happens to be a bottle of spirits—brandy, perhaps ? The pi ironer —Yes, my Lord, it is brandy ; very good brandy. The LORD MAYOR—Now that I smell it again it appears to me to be whisky ? The prisoner —Yes, my Lord, it is whisky—Scotch whisky. The LORD Maros—How did you happen to mis take it for sweet wine ? The prisoner— All I know is that I paid for it certainly. It is all mine, but the basket is Mr. Barnard's. Bradley, the Mansion-house officer, deposed that, at the desire of Mr. Barnard, he took the prisoner into custody. Upon being taken to Birchin-lane, the prisoner denied all knowledge of the basket, but was identified by the young man who wrote the ad dress on the card which was fastened to the basket. The prisoner —Yes, yes, I am the man, the very man. The LORD MAYOR—It is my duty to commit you for trial. The prisoner —I am sorry for it indeed, my Lord; I am willing to obey you, but it is a hard case upon me. Mr. Barnard has been a very good master to me—he is a very good gentleman. lam a man of very few words, but all the bottles are mine. The prisoner was then committed for trial. It is believed that he obtained his situation by means of a fictitious character. A lad, named John .Dorking, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged under the new Act with having run away from a ship in which he bad been engaged. Isaac Sandwell, the owner of a ship agency and register-office, stated that, as agent for the East Lon don Union, he had bound the prisoner to the captain of a vessel, and registered and enrolled him, under the new Act, for tour years, on the 24th of January. After, however, having received a regular fit-out and some money from the captain, he took to his heels, and, by deserting, put the owners to great incon venience. The defendant—My Lord, I left the ship on ac count of the scarcity of provisions, after being on board two months. The complainant asked why the prisoner had not made the complaint before he was registered. Mr. Roberts, one of the officers of the East London Union, stated that the guardians had fitted out the prisoner at an expense of Si., and that the prisoner, upon returning from the vessel, acknowledged that the only ground of complaint he had was, that he did not like the service. The LORD MAYOR said he would deal with the case under the Apprentices' Act, and sentence the prisoner to a month's imprisonment and hard labour ; and if, upon the return of the captain to England, it might be considered advisable to allow the prisoner to serve, a discharge should be sent for him to the prison. Ist Life-Guards I d 0...... ....... Royal Horse-Gds•.•• lit Dragoon-Gds 2d d 0... 3d de 4th do nth do 6th do •..• 7th do Dragoons ..... 2d do 3d Light do 4.h do ....... 6th Dragoons 7th Hussars ....... Bth do 9th Lancers 10th Hussars ... •...• 11th Hussars 12th Lancers 13th Light Dragoons l 14th do 15th Hussars 16th Lancers 17th do Gren. Gds. lit bat ---... _ __ 2d bat 3d bat Coldstream f Ist bat Regent's Park Hvde Park W indsor Canterbury Longford ~,, Ballincollig ..... ... Cahir Manchester York Cape of Good Hope Dublin ... Edinburgh Bengal llpswich Brighton Birmingham ... Dublin 1 — G;;rds 2d bat Scots Fusi- Ist bat tier Gds. 2d bat Ist F00t... 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Ceylon Rifle Regiment Ceylon Cape Mounted Riflemen ...... Cape of Good Hope Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment...... Canada St. Helena Regiment ............ St. Helena Royal Newfoundland Companies Newfoundland Royal Malta Fencibles ..... Malta. NAVAL STATIONS. (From the United Service Jiagazine for February.) Acheron, st. 2, Lieut.-Com. Aplin, Mediterranean. Acorn, 16, C o mmander J. E. Bingham, Devonport. Actaeon, 26, Capt. George Mansel, Devonport. Adder, 1, at., Master-Com. J. Hammond (act.), Pembroke. Advice, 1, at. tug, Lieut.-Commander C. A. Petch, Pembroke African, st., Master-Commander J. King (act. ), Sheerness. Agincourt, 72, Rear-Admiral Sir T. J. Cochrane, Knight, Captain H. W. Bruce, China Division, East Indies. Aigle, 24, Capt. Lord C. E. Paget, Mediterranean. Alban, 1, st. ves., Lieut.-Commander F. Lowe, Cork. Albatross, 16, Commander R. Yorke, Coast of Africa. Albert, st., Lieut.-Commander 0. Cumberland, Coast of Africa. Albion, 90, Captain N. Lockyer, C. 8., Devonport. Alecto, st., Lieut.-Commander W. Hoseason, Mediterranean. Alert, 6, Commander C. J. Bosanquet, Coast of Africa. Alfred,so, Commander J. B. Purvis, Rio de Janeiro. Alligator, 26, tr. sh., Master-Commander J. N. King, China Amazon, 42, Rear-Admiral Sir H. Pigot, K.C.H. ; Capt. James J. Stopfurd, Cork. America, 50, Capt. Hon. John Gordon, South America. Anson, 71, convict-hulk, Coen. F. R. Coghlan, Hobart Town. Apollo, 8, tr., Commander W. Maclean, Chatham. Ardent, at., Commander J. Russell, Coast of Africa. Asp, 1, at., Lieut.-Com. W. W. Oke, Portpetrick. Basilisk, 6, Lieut.-Com. H. S. Hunt (act. ), Pacific. Beacon, 6, star. vet., Com. T. Graves, Mediterranean. Beaver, st., Lieut.-Corn. R. Mudge, Dover. Bee, st., tender for the use o: students on board the Excellent, and at the Naval College, Portsmouth. Belvidera, 38, Capt. Hon. G. Grey, Mediterranean. Bittern, 16, Commander E. Peel, Cape of Good Hope. Black Eagle, at. yes., Master Corn. S. B. Cook (act.), Woolwich. Blazer, 3. st. yes., Captain J. Washington, Harwich. Bonetta, 3, Coin. T. S. Brock, Mediterranean. Bramble, 10, Lieut.-Com. C. B. Yule, East Indies. Caledonia. 120, Admiral Sir David Mike, G. C. A., Capt. A. Milne, Plymouth. Cambrian, 36, Commodore H. D. Clads, ..8., passage house. Carysfort, 26, Capt. Lord George Paulec 'acific. Castor, 36, Capt. C. Graham, China. Ceylon, Rear-Admiral Sir L. Cu- , But.. Lieut. R. Curtis, receiving ship, Malta. Charon, steamer, Second Mast E. C. , :ter (act.), Dover. Cleopatra, 26, Capt. C. Wpi! !ape of ood Hope. Collingwood. dO, Rear- Adm: Sir G. Seymour, G.C.H., Capt. R. Smart, K. H., F -c• Columbia, steamer, Lieut.-C .P. F. S'.ortland.N. America. Comet, steamer, Lieut. Cor:-..17. Prettyman, Portsmouth. Comus, 111, Cosa. T. S. TI Chatham. Confianee, 2, steamer, Sec. J. Jag'.: (act.), Devoupost. Conway, 26, Capt. W. Kel , (act.), Cc aof Good Hope. Cormorant, 6, steamer, Co._ . oi. T. Gori'on, Pacific. Crescent, 42, reo. sh., Lt.-Cosa. W. G. Heinswortb. Rio de Janeiro. Cruizer, 15, Com. E. G. Tanshawe, China. Cuckoo, at., Lieut.-Com. A. Parks, We mouth. Curacoa, 24, Captain Sir T. S. Pasley, Bart., Brazils. Cyclops, 6, st. Captain W. F. Lapidge , Ireland. Cygnet, 10, st., H. Layton, Coast of Africa. Drehlus, 16, Captain P. M'Qubae, East Indies. Daphne, 18, Captain J. J. Onslow, Pacific. Daring, 12, Corn. H. J. Matson, Davenport. Dasher, at., Muter-Corn. R. White (act . ) , We y mouth . Dee, 2, at., Master-Com. T. Driver , par ticular service. Devastation, 6, at., Coin. W. H. Kitchen , Mediterranean. Dido, 18, Captain Hon. H. Kappa] , Cha tham. Dolphin, 3, Lieut.-Corn. W. O'B. Hoare, rio de Janeiro. Doterel, st., Mas.-Com. J. Grey (act.), Holyhead. Dover, at., Master E. Lytle (act.), Dover. Driver, 6, et., Com. C. 0. Haves, East Indies. Dublin, 50, Rear-Admiral R. Thomas, Capt. J. J. Tucker, Pacific. Dwarf, at., Lieut.-Com. W. C. Chamberlain, Portsmouth. Eagle, 50, Capt. B. Martin, C. 8., Chatbarn. Eclair, st. vas., Corn. W. G. B. Estccurt, Coast of Africa. Electra, 18, Corn. A. Darley, West Indies. Emerald, ten. to St. Vincent, :iee. Mast. H. D. Beach, Ports mouth. XyPieglei 12, Cow T. P. Thant* cslignir, rHE STRIKE OF THE PITMEN IN THE STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERIES. JUDGES' CHAMBERS, SERGEANTS' INN, FEB. 3. (Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.) DISCHARGE OF FOUR OF THE PRISONERS UPON A WRIT OF lIABEAS CORP CS. Yesterday the application which was made to dis charge John Williams, John Poynter, John Harding, and William Sillitoe, alias Salmon, four of the men who had been brought up in custody from Stafford Gaol, upon a writ of habeas corpus, on Saturday last, to be dis charged out of custody, on the ground of an informality in the warrant of commitment, and which was partly heard on Saturday before Mr. Justice Coleridge, the further consideration of which was adjourned, was again resumed before Mr. Justice VV4;htraan. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Huddlestone appeared for the prisoners. The prisoners, previous to the strike, had been em ployed by the prosecutor, Joseph Mitcheson, a person who is called in the county of Stafford, a " buckey," that is, a sort of middle man between the workmen and the proprietors of pits, who undertake to work certain portions of land and produce certain quantities of coal at a given . price. It follows, then, that the object of these men is to obtain labour at the smallest possible rate ; and we are assured that it is to this pernicious system that the discontent that has lately prevailed amongst the pitmen is to be attributed. In the present case, the prisoners had been engaged by the prosecutor Mitcheson, to work at the Millfield• gate pit, belon g ing to Mr. Sparrow, at Langton, and i n consequence of the strike the four prisoners were charged before Harvey, Esq., a magistrate for this county, by their em ployer Mitcheson, f)r absenting themselves from work, and were sentenced to two months' imprisonment, with hard labour in Stafford gaol. Mr. Bodkin, in addition to the objections urged by him on Saturday before Mr. Justice Coleridge to the legality of the warrant of commitment, contended that the return to the writ of habeas corpus, which set forth the warrant, was bad, inasmuch as that it did not appear upon the face of the return and the warrant that the pri soners were present at the time the oath was adminis tered to the :prosecutor, which he contended ought to have been set forth. Mr. Justice Wizhttnan, without &ling upon the Learned Counsel to go into the other points, held the ob jection to be good and fatal to the conviction, and made an order for the primers' discharge out 91 cu 4,94. C3rk Boyle Hull Cork QUEEN• SQUARE. THE CHARGE OF SHOPLIFTING AGAINST SIR JOHN OSBORN'S DAUGHTER.—Yesterday, shortly after the dis posal of the night charges, an elderly gentlemen entered the Court, by the private door, and addressed Mr. Bond on the subject of the charge of shoplifting preferred against Miss Elizabeth Osborn, the daughter of Sir John Osborn, on Saturday last, a full report of which appeared in our last. The gentleman, who represented himself to be an old friend of the lady's family, expressed himself apprehen sive that her friends were not acquainted with her unfor tunate situation. Mr. BOND called the clerk, and inquired whether the lady had had any communication with her friends ? The second clerk replied, that the prisoner had written two letters, one of which was addressed to Lady Oborn, and the other to a friend. They had been given to a messenger to convey immediately, and there was no doubt that they had been receiNed, as he had been in formed that a lady and gentleman, who were stated to be Sit John and Lady Osborn, accompanied by a friend, had come to the office in their carriage, at a very late hour on Saturday night, and had inquired the address of Mr. Burrell, the sitting magistrate. The gentleman inquired whether there was any op portunity of alleviating the lady's condition ? Mr. Bonn observed that he was not acquainted with the regulations of the prison. But if magistrates or go vernors of prisons were to endeavour to ameliorate the condition of a respectable person they would be imme diately assailed on all sides, for making distinctions between the rich and poor. After a slight pause, the gentleman admitted that to a certain extent such distinctions were improper. He deeply regretted the situation in which the lady was placed ; it was a most painful one for her family. He understood that she had been found with some groats, rice, and other things upon her ? The clerk said that such was the fact. The gentleman said he had no doubt that she had pur chased those things to give to some poor family. She was in the habit of visiting the poor and relieving them. The gentleman, after observing that the accused was strange in her manners, inquired the way to Tothill fields prison, and, on being directed, observed that he would go there at once. It was, he repeated, a very painful and distressing affair. The gentlemen then left the Court, and on his return, in about three quarters of an hour, informed the magis trate that Lady Osborn and the professional adviser of the family were with Miss Osborn, and that Mr. Hum phries had been engaged to conduct the defence. Mr. BOND thought she was in vory good hands. The gentlemen then withirew. We understand that Lady Osborn, who is, as may be conceived, in a very di.:tressed state, was with her daughter for some hours yesterday, at the prison. Much excitement prevailed in the neighbourhood of the Court during the day with respect to this ease, and it appeared to be the general impression that some at tempt would be made to procure the lady's liberation on bail. Mr. Burrell came to the Court in the course of the afternoon, and was engaged for some time in private conversation with Mr. Bond and the clerks ; but no ap plication was made to him here on the subject of bail. Whether a request of that nature has ben made to him elsewhere, it is of course impossible for us to say, MACKINTOSH OF MACKINTOSIL—The birth of a daughter and heiress to the present respected represen tative of this ancient family has diffused great satisfac tion and rejoicing in the north.—At Inverness, imme diately on the arrival of the news, it as resolved to commemorate the event that day, by a public dinner in the Caledonian llotel. Parties came forward with the utmost alacrity, and, notwithstanding the shortness of time for preparation, an excellent dinner was provided. The chair was taken by C. Mackintosh, Esq., of Abe rarder, and Colonel Mackintosh, of Farr, acted as croupier. The infant heiress is the first lineal descendant in the line of the chiefs of Mackintosh since the year 1704, when ',Killian, the twenti.sth chief; succeeded to his father. For more then a century cousins have succeeding cousins, nephews their uncles, 4Q,—Cak donian Mercury, NEW ROYAL EXG TAE PROPOSAL FOR COVERIN C G H O A VER WHOLE OF THE OPEN AREA. The m em orial signed by Messrs. Rothschild, Messrs. Baring, Messrs. Heath and Co., I‘lessr3. lluth and Co., and several other merchants and brokers, and posing that the whole of the open area of th's splendid building should be covered over, was considered at rav ed the Gresham Committe on Fr: da y lest, It that the area should 1? cov ered with a skylig." and that some provision should be made to check the currents of air from the arched dom. Nays in weather. a The memorial was discussed at great length, IT we are informed that it was resolved to direct the clerk to communicate to the memorialists that in tu month of September, stormy 1838, before the Gresham Conl: mittee took any steps whatever as to the erecting': new building, they applied, by circular, to most theirof the leading merchants and brokers, requesting ~ opinion as to whether the New Exclange should li.),F; covered hall or partially open, as in the oricrinel xl e . change of Mi.. Thomas Gresham, and in the one r k cently destroyed ; that, besides, the Committee took . .every oppoi tunitv, by personal inquiry, of aseer t e . . l t; ing the wishes of their fellow citizens on the suh.le%e, that the result of the circular, and of these inclb e was, that a large mr-lority wished the Exchange n oise partially open as heretofore, alleging the great _,, in the Bourse at Prris, and the necessity for venttil._ Lion of the most free kind, as their reasons for . o _ ll .. they That in consequence of this deterinnatile7t directed a part of the merchants' area to e.: ..'. uncovered, as before ; but that for greater shelter tnie? further directed that the covered space s hould b e ace creased from one-half (the prop ortion of the the covered in the late building) to two-thirds; teat wed architect of the present edifice had strictly folloons out those instructions ; and that, for these reas sal. the Committee could not comply with the iner a l i te e h That with regard to currents of eir the Conl i the had directed such inner doors to be put becka the at the same time draughts,north and south entrances as might od o e'ro the should not interfere with the extensive aces of Exchange as a thoroughfare to all the otherneieb°' streets—the Bank, the Stock Exchange, antesthe ih, important public and private buildings of ne g Providing that 50%f bourhood. t _. l The • impression in the City seems to be fastidious tea t merchants have become more tender an d ered than their forefathers were, and that though a on, cov ered y es Exchange might be agreeable at this on, that in summer it would be quite intolerable. ------- va - DESTRUCTIVE FIRE A r t 1— TINGHA23I. NOTTINGHAM, MONDAY. inOrDigbe lt re l : itt i m r entable fire, for which n—o MONDAY.—Yesterday origin e sll 9 00 de red, and which, lamentable as it may apPear 1 st 0 re to be the work of an incendiary, occurret 00 the village of Lenton, a large suburb of theNotting totl. opposite e side of the park, about one inqe from jo de n flames succeeded in their frightful ravag es o dic° stroying all within their reach before their destr power could be stayed. a larg e . The building which has been destroyed wasiotoe, t b actory, belongin. , to Mr. Peter Coxon, of ew,, 0 lo ge having been erected about twelve months since a'' for the expense. It was fitted up with new machines w iros manufacture of lace, and adjoined a splendid was tbrel factory, worked by Mr. Pegg, of Lenton. it 03 0eteu stories vir high, with machinery in each floor, and c,°,loe/‘ en with every requisite for work. At nine ° t o 50 Saturday evening, the usual custom of seeiegfoul s was adhered to by the son of Mr. Coxon , "' I V () lesie l l little fire in the grates, which it is the custoo3.' , Th a keep the rooms warm fur work in the rae rti ii ir o rar l : night, however, the fires were lower thanesus-,to ached' is certain no danger was to be apprehend trek a ciaa .4.t half-past two, Smith, the watchinan uf the t be f fie‘ bourhood heard a dog barking inside .0 0iu s ' tort', and on going up a nd making au `fotorior. _i_on, found flames were raging is t A l t e ctlt „To He proceeded to Mr. Coxon's house, "" itee , ' f posite the factory, and Cooper, - a couldl P ° l l ,oo f° 4 (county constabulary) was sent to Ne tti t silts, engines. About four o'clock a large eng ine 10 17 wit h po s t the do' rom the Nottingham Fire Brigade , but the roof had fallen in twenty minutes af ter wa lls tr a , covery of the fire, and nothing but the b, s 7, s y tb A r ° ,' e s mained standing. Water was, however, eoPi e ",:the uaLc. on to the blazing beams, and by prompt rueal.i'„ iron '„* . b. were prevented from spreading to the adjeialti° were eb• tory of Mr. Pegg. Copious supplies oche wa ter ie o f p i tamed from the engine of Mr. Pegg• ~,,w ii°u lev a st° men assisted to the utmost, and the large e t b e ir b e e Lenton, amounting to several thousands, le' c r i te d t e od although the cold was most intense, and v l'oo o lo utmost to save the property. This is a geenaellea' y neighbourly action, and well testifies that e d g erm' derstanding which exists between m aster ir tr ic . „lo 4l man and man—in this densely populated ° w as 'the _ The machinery contained in the building doted log alone at 1,500/., of which only 550/. was la s The b u do cfs Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Fire-00,1'041r in g was quite new, and cost- several bu n " ' s 1,0 O f) ; erecting, but its exact worth is not kneali', a tp- f in, All day on Sunday en_ wds of people ViEl t ! 0 P l- t ho the roads being lined withlanxious sight-see° fell t4) ,„95 , 1 the morning all the walls but the front on eo d : "" g ground, leaving the latter standing , a hr e o re - seli t . t _ ll ll O with the window-frames burnt out, an ' d l'ea lil spectacle of great desolation. We uud er , stfin era b f ic iel e° whole of the property of Mr. Coxou w''',..i.epar y ' , the building, and that it will prove no ' oce • to him. (0 re' Not the least sacrifice of life or limb ocwontoi The in one instance, which, although of litt le foii iti VI gards the severing of friendly ties a buw.Latioo' op' tionship, yet it is not u-dnteresting.tui w fo - t to Pr og ini poor dog who gave the alarm being t.1 e 1,; to th e _,j his ranging about the factory, fell a ilev* -- lor ereP ‘he element. w ere d o" A This day (Monday) the workmen wile ;j o g ,:geli, - ,1 on Sunday continued their labours in cl e libe bi'isr I mass which had been mingled together. u . er i, O i t oes• rafters still smoked, and heaps of 03_,a'cLillothe,„rarslife: with stones, beams, window-glass, an' 'late aPr, a3 pr e t b' ' of destruction, presented a most des°' - w itb ' - i ' - ‘l 9 , The machinery had been lately set on, to re o tsw,,,' ments at a great expense, and were abou . the W og r ingenious owner for his labour, catastrophe occurred. Mr. Pegls b there being no wind, escaped uninjured' fe:etorl, r; 0 113 the St. F r A a I IIe C T R LI A 4, S -.......-----..--..-- .fliOetgc ST. office of the Institution, The . g .. he annual general meeting of the trustees e- 0 b e lw , , t rci", t ipper i- , o p, po l io Fitzroy square, on Thursday, the 30th , r. 'il l et i,l 0 : deposits,transactions. Russell, Esq., Vice-Presitletit in the erlP,4lo,osif 1,0.; NaNlGoisn's,,ll3o,,A;,---:-,:abd:ioiittie: oilcotilt,,,, ber of deposits during the last year iv 3s . ne r oe , o s e ,: r tli sum deposited 46,5871. 16s Id., being 3 ! 1- n rew,h %,0 0 f November, el )1 t°4ljisle ' s • 7ll- h i 11 : ° I 1 I ° .tie.tifeee'lsil "I 1; sumsa3 m amounted . n r t l e e o c d d e i . time, the new Act, materiallyaltering l'' t oe . la rs d oe rr i j e lowed by Govern ' number , of new accounts opened in illeounts "' t "to g , i s ,, ? ;,13, and the number of re-opened licenageisellAci/A;.10 determinationtvpoe d 1.1 02c f :e r 3n o t4 m m 3 e : t depositors 'l 3 a d u . , be e i n 11524:7,0.:5 otaberailp Fyn ,o , lir of 0: Abei 0 depositors the full interest allowed I"),inubt° s'e -r, fE O ' pe prosperous state of the accounts. th.ep(733aninniutintee, had tile - tj'il'l A cl if f s Po ol Pete r ; BONDED WAREHOUSES IN -11`live- ~,a ii f t_ recently copied a paragraph from 5 ~i or s ?„ o rti g ,ie announcing that several Liverpool hr i ' l ' este r, IP or 1,0, 0 1 mined to open establishments in gen e s poS. 3l . boae li ili e avail themselves of the facilities for the 0 1 0 01 0 t hai gr e produce, which will be afforded nosyhy.,,,th lesrleces Pod bonded warehouses in the town. b e fl ea 0 n ool, ,r following three firms have already eP e f ive r rV —namely, Messrs. Corrie and Ce . ' cl ncl Oliv e re London; Messrs. T. and H. Littledalo, as r , of 00 6 4 01 i pool; and Messrs. Bushby, Son, end " s e tbe f q,iv err4 ' We understand also, that, in addition , t l9 OO , to e st er '. 4 1% two first-rate houses in London, a nd g a neb e d, 0 5 c 0 1 have signified their intention to are ioulate.ororijos blishments. These proceedings 2re:scesaw.efteo.lllll readers will readily perceive, to exe ro..._, 0 b _ 4 ,- ;„, influence upon the success of the boldedoecin%e tilliife.),so I .I,oP 0 1 ' • town ; and, as they are fortunately ~., e r, , 0 best vo to y; policy of the Liverpool warehouse.,uthe do el 41 1 .ji t o compelled the corporation to sacranct., t he tit f ar e of the new fire-proof warehouse,e'rrou i's; t pa: 3 7 t ii4 lest they should compete too por don bt g r tn ice property of that kind, we have un. in this p" will be made in the bonding of Pu'dids. 1 • 9 Ap k the present year.— Manche., ter Guar ....-- 0 t l l a TigrTl° ril' d e, .11' [ADVERTISEMENT.] CoNs-• Atc 's tr o r ,- bo p e i TRAORDINARY CAFE DY 11° 1 ' 1 " ° _,I to re° ie vee L f QINTMENT.—Mary Gilnaore, ag7oidioga sth' 1 1. r r daughter of Mr. Ifenry Gilmore.. ocon ettiPft • the ver.i"6 ler street, Shoreditch, was in ec° tii ci 3 consumption, and considered past _ f r golir r o t 01 1 1, ( a last resource, large qutities 0 , er eri._,, r ,si n i i , a t the et though the day i n to " Shand tev 0. 49 o tt" ment was rubbed twice a , no . s a is , e „ e t . ~, side, which was imbibed into the In ej i , e ase 0 0 been i i r i i s w ere fee d) cod 3, e t s he of re th m is ed sore palpable to the eye. D ie , w as er fe ntic r.ll rected, and the young perseatedicine .2,44, 0 three months. Sold by ererY onoortii, N r 131 1 ,.0 the Establishment of Professor til s ° O P 4 , where advice may be had grnt is " ,he ga r 'f,acif s* Will be married ~.Easter,:. t he . y eythbeardv,i!ie fatalnolied to tilo,,eottreiic , shortly afte'A s hip ~ r e l 5 oil We are enabled to state, tb ilt t. to tb e c idett il* Rawdon Ilastings. Here at'Y , t he A) 11 state, al, ing daughter of the late eneral et to f go Earl of Moira, K.G.--C n mbri Oi l re gt to ), o LORD STANLEY.---:We fro,_ s ligh t Eat Lord Stanley is suffering &en' ______,/ ~. I BO? TIIS' svie ll ' til° 0# G r eco ye, On the 29th ult , at Park—terrace, tofrieas' Higham, Esq., of son.' a Ilottie, V A O On the 29th ult., at 13Iackwoo DI IV 1 Bradshaw Smith, of a datig,liter. rk..3, worgover 0 itrifiliii.",hurchp , t wig , neras L' ,gei, On the Ist inst., at St. 1 3 „. ja , /cal l Tones, barrister -at-law, to /la c late W. Freud, Esq. tt jklbef i, , - COW ° 00 1" .-- OD the Ist inst., p/FP'ough - o f r , ,A e „st daub'rtll-12" ' late of the 58th Reginlet 1 ~. r tt , e.,‘o/1(151.(c.,,,jt.ji; at Brighton, _.,,,Dter 0 , / On the 29th ult., C" ',°_,,ieacc, :::,...:-<;_---0,-iy;c• i Broughton, Esq., of 1.3e11.7,---___.--itl4lloe,secotoif —..............------,.!-----;-fstt,,d, by ,„.?, c o Lontion.: Printisd alla I_,'2l?„ir Lit'll,f'6,oi, No. 112, Strgnd, P.r"l-r',,,t ae, e`,,Li. str,-vl, in th , Frec"`," bra 4, Ir. - laid(ll64o,TtleAsYl ;/