The Sun. — London, England, 1847-04-17 00:00:00

t THE SUN : LONDON, SATURDAY_ EVENING, APRIL' 17, 1847. 0011114 S of A. year or two, build up a measure upon the twenty years ago. It was his (Mr. P. Sceope'e) belief, experience which they would thus be enabled to gain. that it oug ht t o h ave been introduced a hundred years It appeared to him that this Bill was at variance with ago. A poor-law tor Ireland was no new measure, for the object it professed to have in view. It was wished in 1640 a Bill had been passed for that country which to stimulate the o wners an d occupiers of land to embark was nearly altogether the counterpart of the Act of th e ir capital in the improvement of the agriculture of the Elisabeth, but it had never been carried out inconse y and the employm ent of the p eo p le. It professed quence of the oppo sition of the landowners, and he si "i -gnition, and yet its provisions were not cerely trusted that the Government wou ld now remed y :: encouragetr emigration, a a nature calculated to make emigration a beneficial the defect. m easure to the people, nor was it at all likely to improve , Colonel VERNER would not have risen at all, but or facilitate the collection of the poor-rates in Ireland. for the observations of the Hon. Baronet below him, hut That such would be result of this r as h exp e ri men t be he could not help observing - , that if this law were passed, was assured. It looked, iu fact, more like the reckless and he had no doubt whatever but that it would proceedings of gamblers than the cool and sagacious pass that House,tha o t r itthawould union be - that, either. reso l u tions of statesmen. It was exceedingly singular altogether ineffective , that, while their affairs were in a prosperous state, tween the two countr i es would continue no l onger . no measure of this kind was contemplated, but as soon It was t rue Ireland had occupied a good deal of th e se these affairs got into a state of confusion, then they , attent ion of Parliament forced this Pleasure upon the House. He would give was not to be wondered at when they considered the his decided opposition to the Bill. state of the sister kingdom, and the magnitude of the Mr. F. FRENCH wished to call the attention of the' measures which had been propound e d f or h er rel i ef. Noble Lord at the head of the Government, and o f the - The outcry th e people of this, country had raised Bight Hon. Baronet beside him, to certain comrn unica- against the landlords of Ireland wa s mos t un j ust an d !ions which he had received of the lamentable state o f most nndeserving, and he was surpri s ed to see t h at t h e some of the districts in Ireland. He found t hat, in the House of late had evinced a disposition to join in it. workhouse of Castlecarey, the master, the matron, and The landlords were the true friend s of I re l an d ; an d the surgeon, had died of the workhouse fever instead of introducing measures calculated to harrass which prevailed among its thousand inmates. them, Government ought to do all in their power to He had now called the attention of the House to the assist them. In many respects the measure before the state of things which existed, and he hoped some atten- House pressed most unjustly upon the landholders of Lion would be paid to it by the Right Hon. Baronet the Ireland, and he very much feared that it would eventually lead to the repeal of the union. Home Secretary. Sir E. COLEBROOKE said, perhaps he might be O up R several S . MESfSroAmGEtheF Bills, . allowed to say a few words in justification of the Messengers brought T HE L i vote he had given in opposition to the Government on which were ordered to be laid on the table, Viscount JOCELY N wished to offer afew words. ; thi s quest i on . H e f e l t conv i nce d t h at if t h e fi rs t c l ause He believed that it was one of the most important mea- ! of this Bill could be successfully carried out, it would su res ever intro duced, and one w h ich he could I tend to advance the happiness of a large portion of the l oo k upon without som e de g r ee of appre- i Irish people. lie had no personal knowledge of Ireland, not look lie wished that the amendments and al- 1 and all he knew of that country in connexion with this terations which had been made might be the means I - question was gleaned from documents and returns which of m aking it operate without danger to Ireland; still he had been laid before the House ; and the result of his thought it would have been wiser if the Government had 1 examination of these returns and documents had led hiss introduced a temporary measure to meet the evils, ! to think that this law could never be carried out in Ire instead of bringing in a misuse of a permanent i land. He felt convinced that out-door relief could not character, during a time et excitement like the present. work successfully, because in Ireland there were not the He was at a Liss to understand how they wereno come same resources and machinery ler carrying out such a to any conclusion as to what might be the effect of the system as was to be found in this country. So far from calamity upon the people,—(Hear, hear.) He felt that out-door relief tending to benefit the really poor and this measure had not so fair a consideration as destitute man in Ireland, it would rather tend to increase so grave a question demanded. He did feel the evils and sufferings that were now going on in that they were legislating permanently for what Ireland. Looking, then, at the almost improbability might be only a temporary calamity. No Minister at least for a short time, of carrying out this law in Ire ought to pass a measure inflicting the right of out- land, and believing that at the present moment, and door relief without being at the same time pre- under existing circumstances, it was calculated to in pared to show that there could be a test im - crease the distress and sufferin g s of Ire l an d , he fe lt re posed to prevent the abuse of the right. They luctantly constrained to oppose the Government on that might be told that the poor law test might be applied, occasion. but that would be bringing them back to a pauper Mr. ADDERLEY said the whole rating system of workhouse test, which had inflicted so many Ireland was looked upon almost as a farce. The rates grievances already. In this change about to be in sear an ear d bo it re w a aa ve h r i y gh lar t g im e e pr t o t p la o t m r s ti o on e t ti to the w totalaa doneassestso effected there would be a great in crease of pauperism. m He hoped that in 1847, when the law was under re- remove this painful state of things; whether this Bill consideration, the evils which had hitherto attended its would attain that object he would not venture to say, iottitaiLd be remedied. He recollected that an but if it were carried he felt convinced that it would gogn7tMember, on a former occasion, urged it upon the never be successfully carried into effect. Government to carry through a poor-law measure Mr. C. P. VILLIERS said the Bill was considered by pari passes with the measure of the temporary the people of this country to be the only remedy for the relief. Now, he was of opinion that the far-sighted evils of Ireland, and he thought great credit was due to p e ople of this island could not be better employed than her Majesty's Government for having persevered with it. in bringing out the capabilities of Ireland. He would It was a well known tact that one- third of the copulation not now enter iato the question whether all kinds of Ireland were always iu a state of starvation, and when of property ought to be subject to a rate. they remembered that the population was on an increase He wished to impress upon the Government the neces- without any prospect of an increase in the supply or pro sity of calling upon mortgagees, annuitants, and others, duction of food, no time ought to be lost to provide for to contribute their far share towards the support of the such another visitation as the one the country was people, as proposed by this Bill. No doubt now suffering under. That provision, then, he many . of the proprietors of land, if they had thought was made by the Bill, because it held imagined that such a burden as this would be out the principle that the land should always imposed upon them would not have entered into arrange- be responsible for the support of the poor. ments with others, for the purpose of raising money This measure would now announce to the people of upon their property; but that was no reason why the Ireland that there was no further necessity for crime land should not contribute to the support of the poor. and mendicity in that country. The condition of the He considered that no able-bodied labourer, who sunk peasantry of Ireland was, that they endeavoured by into distress, should be denied out-door relief, because bidding high rents for lands to endeavour to ward off a temporary aid might enable him to get work again in a state of destitution ; and the consequence was non pay short period. He sincerely thanked the Noble Lord for ments of rents, and all the outrages attending and fol the spirit is which he had brought forward his measures lowing the exercise of the rights of property. This with respect to Ireland. At no time had Ireland measure would now tell the people of that country that offered so ample a field for the labours of a courageous they need not starve. The House had last session Minister, and he trusted that this measure, in thrown out a coercion Bill, introduced by the late Go conjunction with oth e rs, would redound mate- vernment, because they believed that that measure did rially to the advantage of that unhappy country. not go to the root of the evil ; and it was, therefore, He said that the present moment was one to introduce a the duty cf this House to adopt other and milder mea most efficient system o f l eg i s la t ion for Ireland. There sures than had yet been resorted to by the Government were many Gentlemen who thought badly of the of this country. He thought the present measure landlords of Ireland; he wasnot there to defend that class; was one well calculated to promote the same end but if they would consult the report of the Commission, as was sought by the measure of last session. they would find it stated that many of the cherges vis e the protection of life and property. A great ob against the landlords of Ireland were exaggerated. jection had been made to the establishment of a system However hateful the landlords of Ireland might be of out door relief in Ireland. Why, did not a system of to this country, it was through them that they out-door relief' already exist in that country ? What must assist the suffering people of that country. did that large amount of mendicity mean if it did not The landlord s only were in a position to give out to mean a system of out-door rein f ? What was the wide the poor people that assistance which tins country spre id evil of retaining possession of land without pay wished to extend to them ; and, therefore, it should be mg rent fir the same, but another system of out door the aim of the Legislature to put them in such a position relief ? The present measure proposed only to legalise that their good qualities could be exercised while their that which was now obtained by fraud and terror, by bad ones could not be brought into play. Mueit had been upwards of 2,000,000 of vagrants, and place restrictions said of the evils of the union of Ireland to this country, and a check upon that demoralising system. He thought and many stated that that union would be that when the m -enure was pissed, all parties in Ireland fatal to Ireland. Such a statement was incorrect. would feel it to be their bounden duty and int rest to but he thought that if the union was fatal to the one put their shoulders to the task. and endeavour to i eve country it would be fatal to the other ; for England relied themselves and their country froei the ruin which would greatly for her prosperity on the well being of Ireland. otherwise overwhelm them. But it was said that the Mr. TRELAWNY said, that as emigration was people oF Ireland were indolent and imprudent ;it surely paid for out of the coffers of the State, it then was not the duty of this country to find was only another mode of out-door relief. He industry and provident habits for the peeple? By this would be against a poor-law, were he not assured that the measure, however, the House would say the people must wandering paupers did much more injury to property not starve, and the rich, and the landlords of the country than any poor•law could effect. He wanted to know must do their utmost to train them in habits of industry. whether there was any intention to tax personal pro- From the paining of this measure, it was his firm opinion, perty for the relief of the poor of Ireland. As yet no would be dated a new and successful era in the history intimation to that effect had h :on given ; hut he trusted of that country. The measure was imperatively called it would be done in the course of the present debate. for, and ;he people must be relieved from the fear of He agreed in the main with the Bill, as he thought it starvation. The measure was also one of justice to the sound and just in the whole, and therefore he would people of this country, who were called upon to make not oppose it. greet sacrifices in order to meet the present distress of Sir W. JAMES wished to offer a few words on the Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) measure under the consideration of the House. He had Mr. MORGAN J. O'CONNELL thought that a hoped that a system of emigration would have been in- system of well regulated emigration, or industrial ern troduced, but the statement of the Noble Lord at the ployment of the people of the country, would be attended head of the Government had done much to damp their with great success, and form valuable adjuncts to this expectations in that respect. Now one word regarding measure. This Bill had been exposed to great danger the measure before the House. He agreed in the main by the clause which had been proposed by the Noble with the excellent observations of the Noble Lord, the Lord the Member for Lynn, and which was only de- Member for Lynn, that it was a measure which was feated by a very small majority, and if rumour imperatively required, but they ought to beware that were true, there were strong reasons for the evils pointed out by the excellent Prelate the Arch- supposing that a vigorous effort would be made bishop of Dublin, in the other House, did not arise.— in another place in favour of the insertion of (Cries of " Order, order.") lie thought that this mea • that clause. The object of that clause was to throw the sure ought to be accompanied with another measure, burden of the poor's rates upon the tenant, and the argu giving some relief to land, from the great pressure to ments were founded upon the specious plea of assimilat which it was subject. ing the poor law of the two countries. It was, however, Mr. P. SC ROPE said he regretted the many altera- one thing to legislate for the two countries upon the tions which had been made in the Bill during its course same principles, but it was quite another thing to make through the House ; alterations which had been hailed details of legislation the same in both countries; and he, by the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn ; all of them as an Irish Member, begged to say that he was heartily • concessions in favour of the landlords of Ireland. One glad that the good sense of the House had led it to re of these concessions was an alteration in the second jest the obnoxious clause. Although he was not one to clause, limiting the authorising of out-door relief only join in animadversions on Irish landlords, yet he must in case the workhouse was full. Another concession was say that there was some truth mixed up in the false alle the; immense increaseof ex- officio mem b ers o f t h e b oar d of gat i ons made aga i nst them. He believed that at all guardians. Applicants would, before they can receive re- events they took a very short-sighted view of their o wn lief, be obliged to give up thei r f arms , and operating ha i nterests. The curse of Ireland was the want of a com on 300,0( oor 400,000 individ ua l s , wou ld have a must mercial spirit among the people. They did not look upon disastrous effect. There was another proposal of a most - the relations of landlord and tenant in a proper light— infamous kind which would h a v e th e effect, h e believed, namely, as a gain for each. They took a c o n trar y of throwing the whole of the rates upon the tenants, a n d vi ew . They believed what was' the landlord's gain was the Bill would in consequence, it was asserted, become their loss. practically inopentive, and theref o re ought to b e re - Sir J. WALSH said he would rem in d the House th a t b o e f ro a r e the When jected by the House. Then there was the clause with the present me e asu r r c e am wa e s totally. louse. differe nt il nhe respect to the leases, which would again have the eff ct to that which se y of throwing the whole of the weight — an unknown were about to institut e suc h an extens i ve system of out weight—upon the tenant, which would be excessively door relief, they were bound to see that the proper oppressive at a future period. Something had been al- checks were placed in crder to guard against the abuses leged in a pamphlet published by the Archbishop of which otherwise would arise. It was, then, in conse- Dublin, which went entirely upon an assumption, for there quence of the extension of the principle of out-door was not the slightest ground of proof to support the elle- relief that those with whom he acted felt themselves gations to which the conclusions of the author led. bound to take the course they did. The apathy with The author of this pamphlet asserted, that in the first which this question of such transcendent importance place a poor-law never could be levied upon Ireland; arid was attended to was a curious illustration of the state of if it were levied it would, secondly, be so burdensome a- parties in the House. All the great political economists to be a greater evil than a benefit, so that it could never were against a sys tem of out-door relief. be carried into effect; and, thirdly, even if it were to An HoN. MEMBER—No, no ; Mr. Macculloch is in be carried into effect as its directors desired, the result favour of it. would be a destruction altogether of the poorer classes. Sir J. WALSH was not aware of the fact, but all the Bat this was all assumption, and the assertion that there others held the opinion which he had stated, and among could be no relief to the able-bodied poor; tor, if it were others th e present Archbishop of Dublin. The present aft irded it would altegether destroy the rents of the Bill, in rov T is h m e n re s, introduced differences the English h to were were the someml lands, was equally groundless. For his oen part, he poor-law into Irela nd. g believed that the imposition of a sound poor-law w ou ld be sure, but its main features be influential in improving the rental of Ireland. The which had been in operation for the last tri e rt a y t ye ars e el t a h i w n e Noble Lord the Member for Lynn (Lord G. Bentinek) England. Now, were they able to come befor had asserted that the rental of Ireland was upwards of Irish people, and say we recommend you a law 17,000,0001., and other authorities, among whom Mr. which had been found without fault or blem- Senior. had estimated it at _13,0Q0;009/., while others ish ? NV hy, what was _ the fact ? Why, they again had stated that it was no more th at , found some of the bitterest oppont nts of the mea -6,000 0001. Between these several accounts there was sure were in favour of its being enacted in Ireland. The a sufficient margin, and take it as they would the rental pr sent was a moment which he considered far too dans constituted a tolerably extensive fund, and one whieh gerous to introduce such a tremendous change as must - would not be easily exhausted. At any rate, it would he Billow the enact ment of this law. The whole history of sufficient for the present, and there would be suffi , dent the Irish people was of one who had the mere neces• to give an opportunity for bringing the pour-law into series of life, and who were contented to go on i n • effective action. Th e n ther; was a third allegation, that creasing and multiplying without an endeavour to ob the impositio n of such a law would demoralise the Irish tain anything better, and that when that ";necessary" peasantry. But what ground was there for this asser- failed, the whole population were thrown into destitution. Sion? The Irish pea s trustworthy, 41'.1-11 had invariably shown himself It was the greatest mistake in the world to suppose that wherever hi s eve r es could be brought into play, and where his tr uth this poor-law would compel landlords—quasi landlords at had been said that an I r ishman relied upon; and although —to find employment for those who at present they had long as he had a loaf of bread left would never work so no inducement to employ, as the cultivation of the land l mi f e t i, and that they were was in not in any way te be trusted, the majority of cases in the hands of the occupiers, been shown to be the case, where Irisnhowever, had never and the greater proportion of the labour would to the impulses of their own good ;a m en had been left continue to be employed by them. It was absurd the benevolent Mr. Foster had gone arn7ne ; and when to imagine that landlords would put occu men, who were in urgent distress , g the fisher-- piers in their land, and provide crops and lent them money, they had invariably baened had labourers for them. The public mind ought, therefore, to go out, and bad done so with considerablensurceeady been lent to be disabused of this notion. After all he had heard, and had brought in such a quantity of fish as had peesos: he confessed that his opinions as to holicy of the measure remained unchanged. Out-door relief would diced 800 per cent. on the money which h ad It was I entail far too great expe' se upon the land. It would be to them, and which had honourably been repaid. 1 e ntail that the proprietors of land would be over evident that the Irish people were alwaya ready Na mu u re nlik i el to avail themselves daisy advantage that.could be thrown 1 landlords , Eda.r_adieted of it, unlikely would three destroyfor all timethe existing toe om t. not effect much good. But he in their their way, and had evinced the utmost readiness to llt certaini3 an w il n i cit exert themselves to procure a subsistence for themselves 1 cerely trusht"tbuh:asitnit would not aecomplish all the mis land their families ; in all cases where they had been put chief that -as ob ject m wa is s re to pr a e ff s o e n r d t a o t i u o t n . to task work, no men had excelled them in the results Mr. S. CRAW,' -which had arisen from their labours. In England they of' the Bill to say, the able th ti at D it said " w a - had always shown themselves ready to undertake work i door relief to .which English labourers would not touch. Such was I only to be afforded when the out-door relief was workhouses the case in America, and in the latter country the poor ito hold them. Out-door relief was 0 were too full lexpetritted Irish had aha-lu-ely made lip a fund of ! of the measure, and by no means its of the exce p tio ns . AVE ,v. 344 he relief of their distressed fellow-country - I th e H orn. Baro net who had • s general object. If just addressed the II p .... :: , ...3,, . (mid conclude with reading a letter i would refer to the blue books containing evidence °11" t 1 ". - .. , 1) - le, written in the year 1831, which .the state of Ireland, be would find tint the present on - . if prOphi".,44 ' 4IW If some sufficient previ.ien was I condition of Ireland was caused by the WA . tot tr 4410 giai the poor. that the whole foundation lords whom he had stood up to defend. ' , pri l 4,lty . - to ;yid be broken up. That prophecy had and instesd of preventing the sub-division of the land, I pot.. a y coma re p ass . But it had been alleged that this they had from time to time done all in their power to ra hid beva too suddenly and too frankly intrAueed I i promote it ; and it had been let and under-let, until the . UM 4 ouglat 4)11370 bettil tatroduc‘d real occupation could not afford to pay the :en: winch ' r v ~~ . was exacted ; and the people had been reduced to a subsistence upon the potato. The pre:ent landlords of Ireland were responsible for the acts of their predeces sors, and they could not expect to escape. All the property he had in the world was in laud in Ireland, so that he could not be accused of partiality ; and he was content to make his land responsible for the support of the poor when they required parochial aid. He believed, however, that the Bill would stimulate land lords to find employment for the people, and that far less pauperism would exist than some Hon. Members seemed to anticipate. He, however, objected to two of the clauses of the Bill, first, the increase in the number of ex-officio guardians, because they would interfere with, and necessarily influence the conduct of, those better fitted, by application, to discharge the duties of the office; and, next, to the extreme limitation of out-door relief in cases of extreme distress, so that a person who rented a quarter of an acre could not receive aid, even in the utmost urgency, unless lie relinquished it and came into the workhouse with his family if there was room for him—when perhaps a little aid might enable him to retain his land, and prevent him from seeking aid for the future; but, as a whole, he entirely concurred in the measure, and believed sincerely that it would redound to the advantage of Ireland. Sir GEORGE GREY wished to offer a few observa tions to the House now that the Bill had reached its last stage. It was a source of great gratification to him that the question had not been made one of party—(Hear) —and that they had all entered into its discussion with the sole object of promoting by the best means the prosperity of Ireland.—(hear, hear.) The Hon. Baronet (Sir J. Walsh) had alluded to the small number of Members who were present, but he (Sir G. Grey) attributed this to an anxiety on the part of those not present, to have the Bill pissed, without any further delay, into a law, and to the ample dis cussions which had taken place in full houses on the whole of its provisions. And in its last stage in that House, it gave him great pleasure to bear his testimon3 to the temperate spirit in which it had been discussed, even by those who were wholly opposed to it. The general favour with which the Bill had been received, and the way the opposition had been conducted, rendered it unnecessary for him to enter at any length into a de fence of it. He entirely concurred in the sentiments expressed by the Honourable Gentleman, the Member for Wolverhampton (Mr. C. Villiers)—(Hear, hear) —and the Noble Lord, the Member for Lynn and the Hon. Baronet did not object to the principle of the Bill ; they simply had some apprehension as to the effect of the measure, in which he confessed he partici pated, owing to the difficulty which all social measures had had to encounter in Ireland. Bnt he anticipated the best results from it, and that it would have a can trary effect to that which those who opposed it seemed to anticipate. Some said that this was not the time in which a measure of the kind could be most effectively carried out. If they expected that the present state of things in Ireland would soon pass away, they would have been wrong in passing the measure as a permanent one ; but when he considered the failure of the potato crop, and the permanent condition of Ireland—when they had thus pressed upon them the real condition of Ire land, the absolute necessity for such a measure as this became more than ever manifest.—(Hear, hear.) He thought, therefore, that they were called upon to provide —not simply a temporary measure, like the Bill for the Relief of the Destitute Poor—but a permanent measure, which had for its object the permanent improvement of the people of that country, and b prevent, as far as practicable, a recurrence of those periods of extreme distress, which had swept away thousands by the disea.,e which it had engendered. The, Hon. Gentleman said that out-door relief would prove injurious in Ireland. They should consider the relative position of that coun try and England, and that a few hours' sail, and for a few pence, the poor of that country could come here and obtain that out-door relief which was denied them in their own country.—(Hear, hear.) He was in the habit of receiving from Liverpool and from parts of South Wales every day representations complain. ing of the hardships to which the ratepayers of those places were subject in consequence of the continual arrival of large numbers of destitute Irish for whom no provision had been made. 90,000 had come over to Liverpool within the last few months, 30,000 had emigrated to America, and 60,000 remained to be sup ported out of the rates. From South Wales similar complaints had been received, and therefore he thought that under the circumstances less could not have been done in justice to the people of this country, and in justice to the people of Ireland, than the passim of such a measure as this.—(Hear, hear.) But some Hon. Gen tleman enquired how out-door relief would provide employment for the people. True, out-door relief alone would not afford employment, but he had great hope that the Bill would create a stimulus for employ ment as the proprietors of land and others would rather provide employment for the poor than pay high poor'a rates to keep them in indolence. The proprietors of land would not, during the operation of the Bill, be content to sit down in apathy to watch the course of events, as they would he roused to make vigorous exertions to provide employ ment for those who stood in need of it. Even the dis cussior.s which had taken place had tended in that direc tion. The Hon. Gentleman the Member for 'Wolver hampton, had alluded to an address agreed to ia Wexford by a considerable number of influential persons, calling upon those who had it in their power, to promote em ployment, emigr :lion, fisheries, draining of land, &c., in order to place the people out of a position to need rs lief as paupers Tee address was well worthy the attention of the House—(Hear, hear)—and he trusted it would re ceive a hearty response, in other parts of the country. If they acted in the spirit pointed out in the address, the gloomy anticipations which some entertained with respect to the Bill would not be realised. It was in the exertions of all classes in Ireland for one common purpose—the regeneration of their country—aided by the measures which the Govern ment had brought forward and intended to propose for the purpose of developing the resources of the country. and to provide employment for the people, that they must mainly depend for the promotion of that state of things in Ireland which they all wished so ardently to see. In conclusion, he trusted that the measures intro duced by her Majesty's Government would have the effect of laying the foundation of a better social system— would insure that co-operation and mutual support which was so necessary in carrying out the great work of ame lieration—would be the harbinger of the dawn of is brighter day for Ireland—end would put an end to the lamentable scenes which were at present to be witnessed in that unhappy country. With that hope he trusted that the Bill would soon become the law of the land, and that it would be carried out in the same spirit which in fluenced those who introduced it. Lord GEORGE BENTINCK thought it right to no tice the assertion that had been made by the Hon. Mem ber for Kerry. In perfect good humour he was bound to say, that the clause be proposed to introduce into the Bill when it was in Committee bad taken the House by surprise. Now such a statement was not in accordance with the facts of the case, for he intimated his intention of proposing the clause on the 11th of March, and it was published three times succes,ively in the daily papers of London, and did not come on for discussion till the 29th of March. This being the case, he denied that he could be justly charged, as he had been in Ire land, with a felonious intention of imposing upon the occupiers of Ireland, in a stealthy manner, any burden they were not entitled to bear. There could be nothing more unjust than to say that he wished to exempt the landlords of Ireland from their responsibilities. He was not connected either in a close or a distaut manner with the land of Ireland, and he did not believe that this clause would have the effect of im posing upon the occupiers any improper liability. The second clause, which he proposed, with regard to the landlords of the 5/. tenements, which amounted to 76,029 in Ireland, making it imperative on them to pay the pour rates on that property, ought, he thought, to have freed him from such a charge. He thought it un just, therefore, that the charge of feloniously attempt ing to impose an undue burden on the occupiers of the land of Ireland, or one which it was not right and proper for them to bear, should be made against him ; and he merely rose to disclaim such an ' intention, and to state that, whether he had been right or wrong in the views he had entertained, he was in fluenced throughout dl these discussions by the best feelings to primate, to the utmost of his judgment, the good of the people of Ireland. Mr. LABOUCHERE thought that the Noble Lord had fully cleared himself of the imputation which had been made against him with regard to the clauses re ferred to. He happened to be in Ireland since the Bill was last under discussion, and there could be no doubt but the clause had created considerable apprehension. He had no doubt that, if it had been carried, the difficul ties of her Majesty's Government would have been greatly increased, and it would be impossible to carry the Bill into effect. As the Bill had been just now so ably and so fully treated by his Right Hon. Friend (the Home Secretary). He would not take up their time at greater length at present, but sincerely hoped that the anticipation which that Right Hon. Gentleman expressed, would be realized, and that it would lay the foundation of a better state of things for that country. Mr. GOULBURN was of opinion that the Bill would depend very much, for its successful operation, on the way in which boards of guardians administered it ; and the Government should take special care that every facility should be extended to those bodies to smooth the difficulties with which the measure was surrounded, With regard to the clause proposed by the Noble Lord (Bentinck) he thought it would have the effect of imposing a check upon the undue administration of relief. It was with that view that he supported it, and he had nor yet heard anything to shake that opinion. He thought that from the moment the law passed, the Government should be prepared to carry it into operation in all its dtails, and to resist the improper claims which would be advanced by many for relief. It was the fashion to attack the Irish landlords in that House, but if they themselves were assailed by crowds of people suffering from famine, they might form some idea of the difficulties to which the landed gentry of Ireland were subject d. If the Government would not take care that the law was enforced in a proper manner, it would be found that instead of affording relief, it would only exaggerate the miseries of the people. He was, there fore, of opinion that the boards of guardians should be protected from imposition, and that the difficulties with which the operation of the Bill would be accompanied, should be as far as possible removed. _ Lord JOHN RUSSELL agreed with nearly all that had been said by the Right Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down. He agreed with him, that the Govern client should protect the boards of guardians, not only in granting relief, but also in refusing it to those who might not b e p roper o bj ects f or rece i v i ng it....._ (Hear . hear-) He regretted, however, to see that many o f t h ose who addressed themselves to the consideration o f t hi s subject, seemed' from the views th ey expressed, and the line of argument they fol lowed to naisund.:rs:and the natur e of the law altogether. It had been represented by some, and in the speech of the Archbishop of Dublin it hui beta Pproseuted, that the labouring poor of Ireland had no ch , ice but to ac cent such wages as the farmers chose to give them, or to apply to the boards of guardians and demand relief from them. Now every one knew that that was not the way in which the poor law would be administered in Ireland. If the labourer was in a position to procure wages from the farmer, he lost all claim to relief from the board of guardians. He could Not come to them and say, "It is true, I have been offered work, but I prefer idleness; it is true that I can get a subsistence with work, but I prefer a scanty subsistence with idleness." With regard to what the Hon. Member for Rochdale had said, namely, that this law should be guarded by very string-nt provisions, he thought it was so when they said that there should be no relief to the able bodied labourer, except in the workhouse when there was room, and if there was not room in the workhouse, an application should be made to the Puor-law Commis sioners, who should give an order for a limited time, and during that time the able-bodied labourer should be supported by food. He did say that they had taken very strong precautions against those abuses, from which they knew every poor-law was in some degree in separable. He entirely agreed with the Right Hon. Gentleman who had last spoken that in the administra tion of this law it should be rigidly enforced, and that those who acted fairly and honestly in the administra tion of the law had a right to the fullest support on the part of the Government. There were likewise ques tions as to the support of those persons who, in the ad ministration of this law, might resort to intimidation, and who might become obnoxious to, and threatened by, those who would wish a more lax and improvident system. He entirely agreed that without that support they could not expect a man to be firm in the administration of the law, if his life and person were not properly protected by the executive Government.—(Hear, hear.) He could easily admit that it would not be fair to say of a man that he had deserted his duty by giving improvident relief, and thus abu.ing the law, unless they gave him some security that in doing that duty he would be supported. He did not agree with the Right Hon. Gentleman, or the Noble Lord, whose proposal formed a leading subject of dis cussion on the third reading of the Bill—that the clause then proposed by him did not impose an additional burden ou the country. He could not think that the case of Ireland was exactly similar (as the Noble Lord supposed it to be) to the case of England. The Noble Lord admitted that any additional burden—any new county rate which might be imposed on tenants would, from the beginning or the year sew, to tiny pora.n about to enter upon the occupation of a farm, be a sub ject of contract with the landlord, and that the tenant would calculate what was to be the burden he would have to pay and regulate his terms so that the burden and the rent would not be disproportinate to the produce of his farm. The Noble Lord said that the landlord and the tenant would agree together upon the terms as to what portion of the burden would fall upon the land lord and what portion would fall upon the tenant, and he did not think it probable that the whole burden would fall upon the landlord by the diminution of rent. He (Lord J. Russell) could not see, considering what was the state of society in Ireland, that such would be the case. His opinion was that although it was a great alleviation of these clauses that they would not come into operation with regard to such tenants till the year 1849, still his (Lord J. Rus sell's) opinion was that the operation of these clauses would be in a reduction from the rent, which would be enforced as against the landlord. In the great desire to hold land—he would not say what might be the tastes and habits of the people 50 years hence, but only what had been the taste hitherto—they had a strong convic tion that in holding land, they held the means of living. The tenant would most probably find himself obliged to pay an additional rent, equal to one-half of the rate—that would be an additional burden upon him, and it would not be merely an injury, for it would act as an iuducement to him to look more cautiously after the ad ministration of the law. When the Right Hon Gentle. man called on the Government fairly to support those who had the administration of the law, he thought that the executive Government, on the other hand, might fairly express a hope that Parliament would not make the collection of the poor-rate more difficult, and that they would not make the poor. law—always a matter of difficulty—liable to greater ones in the administration of it, and in the collection of the rate. He had so far de livered his opinion to the House, and he would not detain them any further than to say, that after the debate they had had in that House, after many gentlemen who had resided in Ireland had had, an opportunity of giving an opinion, that the Bill was to be considered as passed by general consent, and that no further opposition would be given to a measure so necessary to the welfare of Ireland. Mr. DISRAELI said that if he did not misapprehend the Noble Lord, he understood him to say that the ar gument used by the Noble Lord might be good with re spect to Ireland, but not with regard to England. Lord J. RUSSELL begged pardon. He said that it was a very good argument as applied to England, but not as applied to Ireland. Mr. DISRAELI said that he had misapprehended the Noble Lord, in company with all those who sat round him. He was very glad that he had given the Noble Lord the opportunity of correcting that misap prehension. He understood him to say now, that the view of his Noble Friend the Member for Lynn would he good as applied to England, but that with regard to Ireland there was a difference which rendered it no • thing. He thought that he would not for a moment contend—no man would have sufficient confidence in himself to contend, that there was not a great difference between the states of England and Ireland ' - but the Secretary of State had already confessed to the House that he himself supported the Bill without any very great confidence in its producing the effect which they all desired. The Secretary of State voted for the Bill, and yet his apprehension of the whole question was that it was a great experiment ; and if it were a great expe riment, was it at all unreasonable in the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn, reasoning from such facts as political experience authorised, sh,mld propose a measure more cartain in its effects. If the Noble Lord did argue upon'the position of affairs in England, in making that proposition, was it sufficient that t!;e Noble Lord the First Minister should rise and say that there was a difference between the state of Ireland and the state of England (which no one disputed) and that therefore he must not refer to the instance of England. It was the best instance they had g. , t, and though imperfect, it was the only in stance to which they could refer under the circum stances. Her Majesty's Ministers themselves admitte d that they were offering a remedial measure to the House, in which they had not implicit confidence. It was, therefore, clearly not only justifiable, but extremely ne cessary that, in discussing any public measure, they should refer to any past example they could adduce for their guidance. The measure of the Noble Lord had been spoken of harshly in that House, and with some degree of contumely by the Hon. Member for Kerry, and certainly in terms of disrespect and dislike. The Hon. Member had no doubt received from his consti tuents since the discussion on the first night some in structions upon the subject. The opposition to these measures had been shown in a spirit of moderation and modesty when they were first brought forward, but it appeared that a very different tone of feeling now ex isted, as shown in the debate of that evening. His Noble Friend had deprecated the legislative experiment of the Government, and had brought forward a clause—a re solution of a much more certain nature which would remove the burden from the smaller tenants, and at the same time offered a stimulus to the superior ones, which would make all classes com bine together to carry the law into operation. The Government proposed that no man whose tenure was under 41. per annum, should be rated for the main tenance of the poor. The Noble Lord had proposed that the lowest tenure to be rated, should be any one under 51. The measure which was proposed by the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn would have been beneficent in its nature to the people of Ireland, arid was at least as much entitled to a trial as the experimental legislation of her Majesty's Government. Ile thought that nothing could bring political economy into greater discredit than the uncertainty of the present legislation, which was not of a fixed character, instead of having a Government who would not swerve from their course of the utility of which they were convinced, and which they were deter mined to pursues—(Hear, hear.) Sir G. GREY wished to say one word in explanation. The Hun. Member had referred to some expression of his, which he considered to imply a want of confidence in the measure before the House. He did not intend to express any doubt whatever as to its beneficial result to the people of Ireland. Mr. WILLIAM FITZMAURICE then rose, but for some time was inaudible in the gallery. He had endeavoured to give the Government every sup port in his power as far as the present measure was con cerned, still he thought it was not as perfect as it ought to be. Now the amendment he would propose would be to place in connexion with every union in Ireland, farms of 100 acres each, in order to carry forward industrial arrangement; also that the unions should be increased to the extent of 200. The effect of this system would be, that landlords would be obliged to employ the peo ple at remunerating wages; else they would seek em ployment on the union farms. The system, if agreed to. he believed would be a self-supporting system. A great deal had been said during the pro gress of this debate ab .ut the drainage of lands in Ireland, but on that he cautioned the House as to how they proceeded, as the attempts of this kind hi therto made had failed. Attacks had been made by some Hon. Members in that House on his brother, as to the treatment of those employed on his property in Ireland, but in answer to that he would inform the House that instructions had been given to his agents to attend to every matter connected with his tenants, and the result was, that not one person on the property had ap plied for employment on the public.works.—( Hear.) This brought him to the question of absenteeism. Now the real cause of this was the want of security to life and property in Ireland, and the indolence of the pea santry. His grandfather had sunk 200,0001. in the linen trade, and failed, because of the bad habits of the people. At the present moment his own brother's life was threatened if he set his foot in Ireland. It was such proceedings as these that occasioned absenteeism, and caused the landed proprietors of that country to live elsewhere. The Hon. Member here read extracts from the criminal returns of the county of Tipperary, to show the dreadful state of things which prevailed there. That the House might be aware of what an aggravated her o n m eck, then attached it to beam, kicked the t ub away into assault a w h n a s u , s e h e in might ae s t t e o l w l n t , h em and t t h n a n t y s t o o m o k e m a en w and left a t h r d woman s h u e s r p e o n n d t e h d e for firer. v e broke an, placed her on a tub, fastened a rope round ? A shilling and two th ink was the sum taken away i ltr matter this in pe nce and a ri ng ; an d for this Pa Andmi minutes , t w e eh, what t he d u l d cut s t he her H d o o u w s n e occurrence. Within such atrocities were of every d a y expecthutn boasurbarivrtoyphriaedtorbees wn,cmolmduallytt:tiln. sAconuanctroyuldwthheerye a fay.' n2i2es of Nenagh, and close to his brother's pro- Paq') s gNntleman—a magistrate requested Eople of his labourers to go from one fi,ld to another ; they re fuse 1, he sent his steward to remonstrate, and the re sult was that they broke the steward's skull and de manded his dismissal, threatening that if their demand was not acceded to they would murder himself in the morning. Then, with respect to the fisheries in Ire land ; these might be rendered very productive, but no capitalist would embark his capital in the promotion of them. He (Captain Fitzmaurice) had spoken to a per son who fished an extensive portion of the west coast of England, and asked him why he did not try the west of Ireland. That person replied that he had done so, but that his boats and nets had been cut adrift the first night. If the Government gave security to life and property in Ireland, they would find persons to reside in th, country, but until that were done, the miseries of that country would not be in any degree alleviated. The secret of Ireland's success, was to be found in one mony syllable—the spade—and only by encouraging the culti vation of the soil, and inducing proprietors to reside upon their estates, could they add to the prosperity of Ireland. Sir G. GREY then proposed the following amend ments, which were agreed to : In clause 2, line 14, after the word " the," insert " Workhouse or ;" same line, after the word " Union," insert "as the case may be." Line 15, after the word " disease," insert "is or." Clause 9, line 36, after the word " next," insert the words " after the passing of this Act." Clause 11, line 36, leave out the words "chargeable to," and after the word " expenses," insert "incurred for the relief of the poor." At the end of clause 13, insert the following proviso : "Provided always, and be it enacted, that all expenses incurred in aid of the emigration of any occupier and his family, under the provisions of this Act, shall be charged to the electoral division to which such occupier and his family would have been chargeable, if they had become destitute and had received relief from the guar dians of any union; and no expenses incurred in aid of the emigration of any occupier and his family, or any destitute poor person, under the provisions of this Act, or any of the Acts for the relief of the destitute poor in Ireland, shall be deemed to be expenses incurred for the relief of the poor." Clause 26, line 40, after the word "disallowance," insert "or reduction;" in the same line, leave out the words "by this Act declared to be illegal." (School for the North and South Dublin Unions.) And whereas it is expedient that the guardians of the pool. of the North Dublin and South Dubli❑ u❑ions should be enabled to join in the occupation and main tenance of a school for the education of the children re ceiving relief in the workhouses of the said unions : Be it exacted, that the poor-law commissioners be empow ered to hire or purchase land, not exceeding statute acres, and to erect thereon a suitable building, according to a plan approved by them, and sealed with their seal, to be used and occupied as a school for the reception, maintenance, and education of children not above the age of fifteen years, being inmates of one or other of the workhouses of the North Dublin and South Dublin unions ; and the guardians of each of the said unions shall contribute to the cost of hiring or purchasing such land, and of erecting such build ing, and of upholding, repairing, or altering the same, in the proportion which the net annual value of the one union bears to the net annual value of the other, and shall contribute in the same proportion to defray the expenses of furnishing and fitting up the said school, nod providing all articles, implements, and requisites, for the common use of the inmates thereof, and to the salaries and ether emoluments of the paid officers to be appointed as hereinafter is provided; but the mainte nance of the children belonging to each union, which the guardians of such union shall direct and send to be educated in such school, shall be at the separate cost of the union, and the proportion of the cost of maintenance to be charged on each union shall be calculated, and shall be defrayed by the guardians of the union, in such manner as the Poor law Commissioners shall direct: provided that the guardians of each union shall not be entitled to send to be maintained and educated in such school, a number of children exceeding that proportion of the whole number to be at one time maintained in the said school, which agrees with the proportion borne by the net annual value of the union to the net annual of both unions, except with the con'ent of the Poor-law Commissioners in that behalf first had and obtained. (Board of Management for conducting the School.) And be it enacted, that the management of the said school shall be conducted by a Board of Management, consisting of so many members of the respective boards of guardians of the North Dublin and South Dublin Unions, as the Poor-law Commissioners shall by order under their seal direct, and such members shall be chosen by the guardians of the said unions, in such proportions, and at such times and in such manner as the Commis sioners shall direct; and the chairman of each of the said unions shall be an ex-officio member of the said board of management ; and the said board of management shall meet, three members thereof being present to form a board, and shall exercise their functions and perform their duties in accordance with the rules and regulations issued by the Poor-law Commissioners for their guidance and control ; and it shall be lawful for the Poor-law Commissioners to authorise and direct the said board of management to appoint paid officers for the superintendence of the said school, of such de scription and with such qualifications and salaries as the said Commissioners shall deem fitting and expedient. and to prescribe the duties to be performed by the said officers respectively; and every such paid officer shalt be subject in all respects to the control of the Poor-•law Commissioners and the Board of Management, in the same manner as other paid officers appointed under the Acts now in force for the relief of the poor are subject to the control of the Poor-law Commissioners and the guardians of the union whereof they are officers, and shall be liable to removal in the same manner. On the amendments being agreed to. Mr. GRI )GAN said that - he - had given notice of two additional clauses, because the authorities of Liverpool had intimated that they intended to appeal against the imposit.ons which had been placed upon them. He un derstood that the proposition of clauses, by way of rider, at the present moment, was irregular, but as there were at the present time 40,00 , 1 destitute poor requiring; sub sistence in Dublin, he thought that some. mea-ure was necessary to settle the mode of settlement in Ireland. The SIT AKER—The Hon. Member was clearly ir regular in bringing forward such clauses in the present stage. Sir G. GREY said that the law of settlement was of too much importance to be settled by clauses introduced as riders on a 8.11 about to be read a third time and passed. The subject would have the anxious attention of the Government and would be arranged in a future measure. The clauses were then withdrawn. The Bill was read, with the amendments, a third time and passed. LANDLORD PROPERTY (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL, that ibis Bill be read a third time, Colonel RAWDON, in moving a sentence at the end of clause 4, " for erecting and making corn-mills, wi.h the necessary buildings and K ater-courses, for perma nently improving the lands in Ireland," said that the evi dence of Mr. Trevillian, who had been much maligned, had fully proved the necessity for these works, and he only wished that he had had the benefit of his presence, for he had shown that the mill power in the Channel Wands had been of infinit, service to the inhabitants, and he wanted to know why the Government had de- Sir G. GREY said that the words had originally s p u a b r j te ec d t. from their most deliberate int entions on this Mr. THORNELY said that prior to the year 1842, t w he is y h h s ad or afterwards been b b e e rs e . n opposed the importation ana th w e or fi t r h st h t a i d mede rt y was only when the Right Irish formed i r struck s m ghr e a ; o in p e u m a t in te deference ft Ireland,heh a r e e d e i e n l :at invariably di t u a h t bi e tl o b t e h r ey for fo l: parted from the established rule. He thought that the erection of mills should be left to private enter- M t that enter prise, and not be trusted to Government supervision. intro duced Hon. Baronethi measure the Mr. FITZSTEPHEN FRENCH did not think that the reply of the Right lion. Baronet was any answer to the motion of his lion. and' Gallant Friend. The clause itself would be found most desirable for the west of Ireland. He did, however, think with his Hon. Friend behind him, that it would be a useless expenditure of money to erect mills of this kind. What they wanted were erections of a different character. The House divided, when there appeared— For the motion 31 Against it Majority —69 Lord GEORGE BENTINCK moved that:a portion of the advances be appropriated to the erection of farm houses. Sir G. GREY said that it would be better to appro priate the money for the permanent improvement of the land. After a few words from Mr. S. CRAWFORD and Mr. F. FRENCH, the House divided, when there appeared,— For the amendment 3O Against it B6 Majority against the amendment —56 Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD then moved that 35th and 45th clauses be expunged, as he considetad that they would place too much power in the hands of the proprietors, and would prove most injurious to the tenants. Mr. HINDLEY seconded the motion. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL for IRELAND said the clauses had been framed for the express purpose of leading to the improvement of the land, and that their expulsion would mati , rially vitiate the object of the Bill. Mr. S. CRAW/I( fRD said he would • not divide the house on his proposition, and begged, therefore, to withdraw it. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. LUNATIC ASYLUMS BILL. POOR RELIEF SUPE RVISION (IRELAND) No. 2 wasT hoirsdßerielldptao.,sbeedretcheziovuegdhonCoAmtomnidtateye., and the report BILL. Mr. GREEN E re p orted progress, and the report was tchlaenusreessuomfedth. e Bill were all agree d to. The 00 M AR A c Gt MA ULS for EG GREY renderingE y obtained i n tr oleavedef fective uc e introduced o at b h r ue in is g lelr i v n toic a e B aomi i 1 l etnh t d o e The Dublin Improvement was then read a second o li r ( d Tt e i h s r time. ee ed to be brought u p on Monday. Bill aCmhl‘seetir'lrracie GEORGE h E and Greenwich Out - Pensioners. F. the laws relating to Highways. The Bill was read a first time. The House then adjourned at Half-past Twelve o'clock. A CENTRAL POLICE-BTATION.---A police-station on a very extensive scale is now being erected in King street, Westminster, for the A division of police, in the place of the miserable hole in Gardener's-lane. It will include a residence for the Superintendent, ooachhouse and stabling for the crinsinal vans, and the other offices and cells for the prisoners : It occupies a considerable space of ground. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DOWXING-STREET, APRIL 16, 1847. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles Justin MacCarthy, Esq., to be Auditor and Accountant-General and Controller of Revenue for the Island of Ceylon. CROWN-OFFICE, APRIL 15. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIA.• RENT. County of Somerset (Eastern Division)—William Pinney, Esq., of Somerton £rleigh, in the county of Somerset, in the room of William Gore Lamtton, Esq., deceased. WAR-OFFICE, Aritit, 16. 7th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Charles Alexander Wrottesley, from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice John James Whyte, who exchanges; Major Arthur Shirley to be Lieutenant- Colonel, by purchase, vice Wrottesley, who retires ; Brevet Major Gervase Parker Bushe, to be Major, by pur chase, vice Shirley; Lieutenant Sir William Russell, Bart., to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bushe; April 16. Lieu tenant Charles Bowles, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Haleyar, who retires, April 17. Cornet Alfred Sartoris, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sir W. Russell, April 16. Cornet William Dascon Bushe to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Bowles, April 17. Edward Grogan, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Sartoris, April 16. 13th Light Dragoons—Randall iVilmer Hatfield, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Dimsdale, appointed to 16th Light Dragoons, April 16. 16th Light Dragoons—Cornet Thomas Robert Charles Dimsdale, from 13th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Feliowes, who retires, April 16. Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieut. Thomas James Parker to be Adjutant, vice Windham, who resigns the Adjutancy only, April 16. 13th Foot.—Quartermaster Sergeant Bryan Hanraban to be Quartermaster, vice Mark Sheridan, who retires upon half-pay, April 16. 23d Foot.—Captain George Warren, from half-pay 3d West India Regiment, to be Captain, vice Baker, deceased; Lieutenant William Pitcairn Campbell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Warren, who retires; Second Lieutenant Agassiz to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Campbell ; Richard Milford, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Agassiz, April 16. 67th Foot—Ensign Daniel Thompson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Adair, who retires ; Henry Leslie Hunt, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Thompson, April 16. 3d West India Regiment—Quartermaster Sergeant Hors ley to be Quartermaster, vice William Wakefield, who re tires upon half-pay, April 16. BREVET.—Captain George Warren, of 23d Foot, to be Major in the Army, July 22, 1830; Brevet Major George Warren, of tht• 23d Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, Nov. 9, 1846. MIMORAIMU3L—The Christian names of Ensign Whit tool., of the 4LI, r...t, ard. George Frodorick Tod, and not George Frederick Foot, as previously stated. The Christian names of Ensign M'Gregor, of 69th Foot, are Alexander Edgar, and not Alexander Edward, as previously stated. • Erratum in the Gazette of 23d March, 1847. 17th Foot—For Colour• Sergeant George Palmer, to be Ensign, vice King, appointed to 22d Foot, read Colour- Sergeant " Richard Pilmer," to be Ensign, vice King, ap pointed to the 22d Foot. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire and of the City of Bristol: Royal Gloucestershire Regiment of Hussar Yeomanry— William Osborne Maclaine, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Sawyer, resittned, April 12. CIRCUITS OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RELIEF OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS. SUMMER CIRCUITS, 1847.—(Betbre WILLIAM Jomx LAW, Esq., Commissioner.) Norfolk—At Norfolk Castle, Tuesday, June 29. At the City of Norwich—On the same day, instead of Wed nesday, June 30, as heretofore appointed. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. John Davis, tailor, ‘Vedmore, Somerset. BANKRUP rs. Robert A. Stace, upholsterer, Sandgate, Kent, to surrender April 23, at twelve, and May 28, at half- past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin lane ; Waller, Finsbury circus. Henry Knight, brewer, Reading, April '23. at half-past twelve, and May 28, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Holmes, Great James street, Bedford-row; Clarke, Reading. David Heard. sen., carpenter, Barking, Essex, April 22, at three, and May 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings; Buchanan, Basinghall-street. George Berryman, licensed victualler, Staines, April 27, at two, and. June 1, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jury; Stroughill, Coleman-street; Richings, Staines. Sarah James and Thomas Herbert, grocers, Brynmaur, Llanelly, Brecon, April 30 and Juie 1, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Leman, Bristol. Charles Elstone, linen-draper, Guildford, Surrey, May 3 and June 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gra ham, official assignee; Jones, Sise-lane, Bucklersbury. Meyer Abraham Seckel and Hillery John Banerman, watch manufacturers, Duke-street, Aldgate, City, May 1, at one, and June 5, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Sydney, Liverpool street. Alexander White Battersby, joiner, Liverpool, April 27, and May 14, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool; Chester and Co., Staple Inn, London ; Tyrer, Liverpool. John Featherstone, butcher, Goole, Yorkshire, April 27 and May 18, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, offi cial assignee, Leeds ; Williamson and Co., Great James -street, Bedford-row ; England, Howden, Yorkshire ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. Henry Hodgkins, shoemaker, Birmingham, April 27 and May 18, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Hodgson, Bir mingham.. Nicholas Temperley, coal merchant, King William-street, City, April 27, at half-past one, and ➢fay 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Henderson, ildansell-street, Goodman's fields. Francis William Gerish, iron founder, East-road, City road, April 29, at eleven, and June 7, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers; Adams, George-street, Mansion. house. Henry Butcher, butcher, Lamb's Conduit-street, April 23, at two, and June 1, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane; Oldknow, Chapel street, Bed ford-row. John Ellis, ale and porter merchant, Bristol, April 29, at twelve, and May 27, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Bishop, Lincoln's Inn fields; Henderson, Bristol. John David Symes, coal-dealer, Axminster, April 29, at one, and May 19, at eleven, a , the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter; Stogdon, Exeter; Ked dell and Co., Lime-street, London. Robert Sword, draper, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, April 26, at eleven, and June 3, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Dis trict Court." Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-"Tyne; Harle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Chisholme, llall, and Gibson, Lincoln's Inn-fields. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. J. Coles, tobacconist, Strand—first div. of 9d. in the pound, on Saturday, April 17, and two subsequent Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane, City. Thomas Thompson, grocer, Brighton—first div. of 3s. in the pound, on Saturday, April 17, and two subsequent Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane, City. G. Bradbury, ironmonger, Bishopsgate-street—first div. of 14s. in the pound, on Saturday, April 17, and three subse quent Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch lane, City. J. K. ilullen, tailor, Peterborough—first div. of 4s. 4d. in the pound, on Saturday, April 17, and two sn'isequent Satur days, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. W. L. Collins, brewer, Wood-street, Westminster —first die. of ls. 2d. in the pound. on Saturday, April 17, and two subsequent Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frede rick-place, Old Jewry. G. Whitehead. printer , Fleet-street—second div. of 2s.,ni pound . the pound, and first and second div. of 3s. 6d, i n the p on new proofs, on Saturday, April 17, and two subsequent Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. J. Challen, brewer, o.liliam, Southampton—first die. of h. in the pound, on Saturday, April 17, and two subsequent Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. J. BotCherby, coal owner, Darlington, Durham —first div. of 2s. 6d. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Waklev, Newcastle-upon •Tyne. 11. Hushes, linendraper, Manchester—first div. of 20s. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. J. Roberts and 11. Hughes, linendrapers, Manchester— final div. of ls. 2 1 4,d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. G. H. Openshaw, power loom cloth manufacturer, Over Darwen, Lancashire—first div. of 88.9 d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. T. Rogers, dentist, Bradford, Yorkshire —first div. of 2s. 2d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. J. Broadbent, woollen manufacturer, Saddleworth, York shire—first div. of 7d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. J. Brett, grocer, Spilsby, Lincolnshire—first div. of 2s. 6d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Ky naston, Hull. D. W. Acraman, W. E. Acraman, A. J. Acraman, W. Morgan, T. Holroyd, and J. N. Franklyn, ship builders, Bristol—first div. of 2s. 6d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Hutton, Bristol. DIVIDENDS. _ _ At the Court of Bankruptcy , of kruriptaersy,BoaasdinAgibaayll7-, at st a r t ee t t w . aye— W. Parnall, clothier, Bldocn, r2Foinsevß, Hampshire, May 10, at oneerkshire,, May 10, twelve -111. J. Stone, grocer, Abi M. J. Dyke, innkeeper, -K ~. Essex, May 8, Deptford, May 10, at half-past E. J. Howe, china dealer, twelve—C. Proctor, wine merchan, With am, Bury St. Edmunds, at eleven—W. Cooper, haberdasher,d May 7, at twelve -- J. and J. Mott, cneesem , ongers Broad- Gass, raper, Colchester, May 8, at twelve—T. Gammage 7, at eleven—J. Mott, cheese atoxelfeovredrish—irSe: Broad street, BloomsburY , 1,. monger, Broad - street,d gueiroodmraspbeurrsy, ' C M h a a r y l b 1 7 1; y , provision dealer, Alan- Pritchet and J. May 7, at twel P ve past twelve—J. Wray, furrier, se w . —J•-Bo' ddington, at m chester, May 7, 7, at half-past eleven. ington-causeway, hay_,ln the Country. Rhyl, NV. Burns, draper, Flintehire, May 7, at twelv e , at t h e Liverpool District Court—W. Maw, builder, Birkenhead, , the may 10, at eleven, at the Liverpool District C ourt — J. Smith, licensed victualler, Liverpool, May 11, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court—B. Hornby, innkeeper, Hoylake, Cheshire, May 7, at twelve, at the Liverpool Dis trict Court—C. M. Wilkinson, wine merchant, Ulverstone, Lancashire, May 11, at twelve, at th e M anchester District Court—P. Calliet, leather dealer, Manchester, May 11, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—T. Lupton, flax spinner, Leeds, May 13, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—M. Illingworth, W. Smith, and J. Wright, worsted spinners, Bradford, Yorkshire, May 13, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—J. Wood, coach proprietor, Manchester, May 11, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. J. Stone, grocer, Abingdon, Berkshire,May 10—J. Goulty, mast maker, Stangate, Lambeth, May 11—E. Cook, tailor, Dursley, Gloucestershire, May 7—W. Bookless, ironfounder, Liverpool, May 7—W. Skinner, licensed victualler, Burslem, Sta&rdshire, May 11—J Terry, licensed victualler, Wych street, Strand, May 7—W. Giles, boardinghouse keeper, Brighton, May 7—E. J. Tweed, victualler, Cambridge, May 7, J. Bickerton, hat manufacturer, Castle -street, Southwark, May 7—J. Rogers, scrivener, Bromyard, Herefordshire, May 7—J. A. T. Mathews, glass merchant, Great Dover road, Newington, May 7—C. F. Smyrk, builder, Lavinia grove, Wharf road, May 7—T. Clarke, licensed victualler, Cheltenham, May 7 dv I. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Mussen and J. Nunneley, brewers, Burton-upon-Trent —P. ;Nevins and R. J. Lawton, estate agents, Manchester — P. Vine and E. H. Langley, haberdashers, Liverpool—J. Contenein and H. Clarl , , lithographers, Pancras-lane, Queen street,_ Cheapide—R. Green and L, Whitaker, brewerN )sal- ford—H. Blake and S. A. King, dressmakers, Junction -ter race, Edgware-road—E. Bates and J. Walkington, stock brokers, Leeds—W. Lane and C. N. Wilcox, commission agents, G. , ae:3church-stree6-4 and D. Camp. builders, Oka" hunt, Hertfordshire—T. F. Chilver and W. Brown, al ) " thecaries, New Burlington-street—W. Williamson, B. W" liamson, and W. Gaskill, hat manufacturers, Stockp o rt -- k s° far as regards W. Gaskill)—F. M. Hitchcock, B. Maunder, and W. M. Hitchock, woollen manufacturers, South MOO ° • and Exwick, Devonshire (so far as regards F. M. Hitchcock) —J. Barton and G. Smalltield, proprietors of the Leicester" shire Mercury, Leicester—E. L. Jamasland F. G. Wa l l! stationers, Queen-street, Cheapside—T. l'astaley and C„.,' iY'd, Plevius, builders, Birmingham—N. Bruce and G. " printers, Farringdon street—J. Mills and 13. Chaval . colliers, Sedgley, Staffordshire—J. Allen J. Cookson, an u r!. Coulthard, chemical manufacturers, Heworth, Durhana--`" Stephen and B. W. Hutchinson, attorneys, Furnival's Holborn. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Murdoch Maclaine, Argyll, April 20 and May 11, at olle , at the Argyll Arms Hotel, Inverary. James M'Comish, Lieutenant, R.N., Crieff, April 21 all May 12, at two, at the Drummond Arms Hotel, Crier. . 23 Thomas Farquhar, F,hawl manufacturer Glasgow, Strobe and May 14, at twelve, at the chambers of Messrs. and Douglas, Glasgow. • PRICE OF SUGAR. pllted The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, coin. A „ r il 13. from the returns made in the week ending 4--- 1847, is 335. 4d. cwt. April ro LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Aprill6. MANN V. STEPHENS. were r e. The arguments in this part-heard appeal motion sumed and concluded to-day, and His Lordship postponed his judgment. MOSELEY V. ALSTON—THE NARROW V. THE BROAD sff- - Sir FITZROY KELLY opened an appeal in this case from t" decision of the Vice-Chancellor of England overruling g o 'd murrer put by the defendant to the plaintiff's bill, but not concluded when the Court rose. 011 An application was made this morning by Mr. Bothell, if. behalf of the respondents, the plaintiffs in the Court beltut to postpone the hearing of the appeal to a future daft his Lordship refused to great the application. VIOE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, Aprill6. 1, 4 (Before the VICE-CwANCELLOR of ENGLAND). . ,s. His Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England, after dor-r,. ing of the unopposed causes and petitions, and t he _ causes on his paper, proceeded to hear the further argues in the part heard motion for an injunction in " Mo" ; Alston." Sir FiTznoy KELLY, on behalf of the defendant s, t he sumed his arguments against granting the injunction; course of which od The VICE-CHANCELLOR inquired whether the ()slot— it t,- Birmingham Railway Company, in their corporate car ic- i r r had been served with notice of the application for the junction; and, upon being answered in the negative!,,t. Honour ordered the motion to stand over till Tuesday 11 "" „ RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS' .q MANCHESTER, Aram 16. t tiog t !'" 1 : STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Amber ate, No ham, and Boston, :%-Bristol and Exeter, New, Lancashire (late B. and P.), New (scrip), -Flee t B u 4 Preston, and West Riding Junction, %-liUdderSfiel birskt . Manchester Railway and Canal, 1% c.-Leeds and T N. Preferentials, %S-Leeds, Dewsbury, and Mancheeter4oo), London and North-Western (Manchester and Birreiog u ri. 68-Ditto, Quarters (B), 5%-Elv and Huntingdon, ir Ditto, New, % - Manchester and Leeds, 32/. Shares ( 1 %• tension), 1 3 i-Ditto, Fifths (late W. R. U ), I c' .;.‘ chester and Southampton, 18s. 6d.-North British, sion, %-North Staffordshire, 2%-North-Western , 1 "( A), ham Alliance, % c.-Shrewsbury and Birmingban i gin itir %-Ditto, (B), i dis.-Shropshire Union, 19-16 e.-"l'f"k o ri• Eastern and Dover 36-Ditto, No. 4 I' South • shire, 4-Wharfdafe, I , h c. LEEDS, APRIL 16. Note" , ~,„ STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aninergaic, '4 . • ham, and Boston, I Is. 6d. dis.-East Lancashire, . 04 e", p.-Ditto, New Scrip, 14s. p.-East and West I-000121N -Great Northern, 12s. 6d. dis.-Leeds and Devisba r rjo?„' - ' v.-Leeds and Thirsk, dis.-Ditto, New, I% Ditto, Preference, 20s. p. -Malton and Driffield Jn" or' - ' 2s. 6d. p.-Manchester and Leeds, 321. Shares • ( fl ial e tensions), 365. p.-Ditto, West Riding Union, ‘'gtkl: Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 3 5 . Di 4,174: land, Preference, 2 1 ,4 p.-Newcastle and Berwick , c. p.-Ditto, New, 2% p.-North British, Quartell,„ 00: Carlisle Branch), 14 p.-Ditto, Extension (sor i k u ntiS S p.-North Staffordshire, 2 1 4 p.-Northern "" Union, 425. dis.-North- Western, 18s. dis. SHEFFIELD, APRIL 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Eastern CD , __gar , : York Extension, dis.-Great Northern, % d, ls t ," e faelclP chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Grimsby and 0 " s i, di , ' . 61. dis.-Ditto, 20/. Shares, 435. dis.-Ditto, Doc ks, giding -Ditto •(Sheffield and Lincoln), 46e. dis.-We st , Union, 255. 6d. p.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Midhuidl to GLASGOW, APRIL 15. b a y STOCK EXCIIANGK-The sales are-Direct Bor n Ce ntra Madras, 3s. 9d.-East Indian, 65.-East Lothian naweg, 518.-Edinburgh and Perth (New Co.), 575.-P, i . t i t 215.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 60 3 / 4 -- 44- c i Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 7 L-Glasgow, Dumfries, 5n0......gan -51. Ss.-Glasgow and Greenock, Preference, 3 2 '• on, chester and Southampton, 245.-Scottish Grand 20s. 6d.-Wishaw and Coltness, 49%. MARKET INTELLIGENCE . (From the London New Price Current of April 16.) , for . So s. the market was in an inactive site raw Sugar of all descriptions, and prices agai n went `.; In • the supply being more than adequate for the detnanu• '.13 ,1 West India the purchases made were trifling in all sorts, ‘t did not exceed 160 lilid, , , &c., although there were sellers ' a further reduction in prices. REFINED.—To-day there was no desire evinced to opars,l, in refined goods by the home trade, but standard lumps con ,-4 easily be obtained at 63s 6d, and brown lumps at 62 s to e '''' per cwt. Crushed is in a dull state, and first qualityssa be obtained at 355. MALIitITIUS.—The demand has further increased for 51 1 1 1 descriptions, grocers and refiners operating with Lo u .% caution by private treaty, although there are sellers ev' re rather under former rates. At auction, 1,292 bags We nearly all taken in. deli amounting EAST INDIA.— This afternoon four parcels of Bengal— ti- amounting to 5,613 bags were submitted to pu blic coroP_..e o f Lion ; the chief part sold, but at a decline on for mer ralv" 6d per cwt. ted to MoLAssEs.—There has been little desire manifes,,oglr operate in West India; prices still tend downwards , 531 1 5 pot there is not a large quantity on offer. Bengal Treacle, la much wanted. There is at present but a small supP'Yi bas ' the low and middling qualities of honey a 11) , •en done, but the better sorts have been bought "Atli tion. Of all kinds arrivals are shortly expected. r // lr6 FOIIEIGN.—TiIiS afternoon 1,200 tons of Jaya Sligl i , e P ot disposed of for Holland; but, at present, the prices P l '' transpired. „, a tion COFFEE.--This afternoon Coffee met with little 0 / I 'i pu l ),; . good des or from exp.,rters or the home trade by private treaty; s ' st fall lie sale 247 bags of Plantation Ceylon, however, sold rates. Cocoa.—Business to a small extent only trao r acted in West India, and prices have still], as b ee lDWA ra a c 1 0 . 7 4 ,0 i 0 tendency. a At public sale, 55 bags of Trinidad wereir;,oool grey..t f Foreign .'i r e°nitnmonetdawrikthreldit,talendatatethtsioosh,for old 11 , u n ,,pellr s to be more desire to sell at 44s to 47s per cwt. d there ' 1 . Ric ET . o-day East India Rice was much sli d pr.! 7 - vately, and prices advanced 3d per cwt; at public so bags of Bengal were sold, and 1,602 bags of 31adras;„:entien, :' , PICES.---'lO-day Cassia Lignea met with littlrowrts ra tes; ' and 500 boxes at pl.blic sale were sold at rathe r 16 casks 27 •cl and bags of Cloves were taken in. ~ o btaln e SPID.ITS.—AIt hough Leeward Island Ruin can . 5 11 eV' twe in dean tie 9, at funtier reduced terms, still the purchases have . furtheraci tremely limited. East India is heas'Y of disposal, ein,...„0 declined in value. Demarara met with bate atte,n7re'beea there is a desire to sell. In Jamaica so trifling D_t ta tion 6 o the purchases, that it is ditlicult to give accurate gnu the tendency of prices is, however, still downvv 3 ar s t : 9 , Ill: Brandy the market has a dull appearance for all ell. GOO stock is on the increase, and there is a desire to seli , he cie: is little wanted for exportation, and prices are o c n ___,":, s na dine. For British Corn Spirits the demand is a t_Tlri3l3; HS is the value of English nett cash; Scotch re , lOs 6d tolls. Gin is in good demand. fur th er ! on COCHINEAL—AIthough there are sellers at it. , au ti , duction in the value, still the trade operated vilt . '" 3 5 bag; by private treaty in black and silvers. At audio buyers A t of Teneriffe were offered, but a part only found p, r ed 89 fall on former rates of 2d per lb. FRurT.—At public sale this week have been ~° , :ie - r - l or t ° . bs 30 crtls Currants part damaged Patras, very s :__, A, bLII , fine quality 50s to 56s ; of the former very littlev,:_ , __7."o r eelc a the latter briskly. Cephalonia damaged 50 3 to '''l7'srl.' • rna Raisins ida layers, damaged 38s to 425. Red Smy , Figs in cases 345, damaged 31s. Muscatels .bunches fis, 11 0 36s to 395. a very inferior parcel, 335, Eleme RaiSiaS damaged. in cAs4 OILS.—The demand has week, and prices have risen a ent have been made at 225 e_l delivery purchases to a Nr ex h t ingtroov6eddpefrorevrLtinseiesclrOf,i)lrv4.r7A upon reduced terms, still few contractsprices _ re 00 D . to 26s 9d. per cwt. Althoug Ra There are now few orders for Olive Oil, and pp . :, ~,uote4 , decline. Prices remain much the same as previou _!Y i sl l , -c o . coo, desc for Palm Oil, but the home demand is good. . . 1 ," pesee (1 have Oil c b a e n e been : o°libcthafFe lower rates have been accepted. Seal has been spt i rrs uc i a 11 . 1 in. Southern is little wanted. No further a-- a d c os.- taken place in the value of Sperm, but a good denalin _______ --- - - - te rd# Mr. Martin V. de Ponte had an interviewY e3- with Earl Grey at ,....____ Coloni al -=.. • On the 10th , inst., On the t 4th inst , W. Andrew ' BIRTHS. ' 9 414 of Crewker a a t t P .B o l o a l c e k the lady of John Hussey/ n i e s • E o , o q m .: e o r s f e a t , s o o f n a . 'daughter. heath- park, the wife of ge r / AtOn Dthaevrilisb, 14th inst., at Felth am-hill, Middlesex, the ladi William Shedieh2. Esq. , of a 5". Devonshire, the lady of John Henry Ley, 944 Jun., of Treehill, of a .'° l 2:______.---------- MARRIED. : tb o On the 13th inst., •at til'e Brh Embassy, at Paris , -. 4 ,, Right Hon. Lord Keane, to i, , ouisa, second daughter of 5' '. Benvon, Esq., of Denston Hall, near Newmarket. ,-,./1 Ou the 13th inst., at Antony, Cornwall, Edward 1-,'",fit Bisehopp, Esq., to Mary, only d au g hter of Rear-Adotir Taylor, of the Brazilian Navy. DIED. T/xtb• On th 12h inst. at Westover, Isle of Wight, Louisa Pu l 0 the lady e t of Sir Ric ' hard Simeon, Bart., to whom sh e if married in 1813. On the 2d inst., at St. Germain, near Paris, Amy 41be4r. tine Hutchinson, aged 74. T., .401 0 On the 12th inst., Mary Ann, the wi fe of Mr. e-J Taylor, of Barbican, aged 33. rd a' °- On the 12th inst., Marion Craig, wife of Edict), derton, Esq., of Brixton, Surrey. o f the On the 13th inst., at Hampton-court, Anne, daughter fto late Lieutenant-General Sir Joseph Mac Lean, Le• U " ° Royal Artillery. it ca r ' On the 13th inst. , Edward Thon gs, printer, Ris ae..- Covent-garden, agc(l 36. aclur • e 9 4 ' On the 13th inst., in 1-larley-street, William M au rgn the 13th 5 i eon, aged 6. ge ld Onst., at the Vicarage, Watford, Major Robert Capel, Rifle Brigade a d4O On the 14th inst., in Prince's-place, Sertfiog. Hudson an, aged 21. MI.'S John the 14th inst., Mr. John R ice, of pgaddingtoll' St. Marylebone, aged 83. M ' age . ton, t of both, reli c On the 14th inst., in Highbury-place, Eliza d h the late Thomas Wilson , Esq. , ag ed 85. Edsf sr On the 15th inst., at the Law n, South Lambeth, , Heseltine, Esq., of the Stock Exchange aged 65. • . re. !if. 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