The Sun. — London, England, 1847-05-18 00:00:00

~ 4~' /' MAY 18, 1847. fwerr—c - .cs• ‘••••••••, were present, all spoke with indignati in which the poor wt-re treated under Poor-law Commissioners,and one of th 4 stated that the country was coming of feudal slavery, and he was glad members of the I3,nch were unanimc the conduct which the Comm tnwarrlq the Door. He also had a THE SUN, LONDON, TUE ;on of the manner Ito impose upon them a vassalage. The Poor the sanction of the law Commissioners .themselves said tohfat destitution, back sent crime, which was the result back to the times was repugnant to the feelings of human nature. The ,ad to find that the II , n. Member for Bath was constrained too the 43d of sous in deprecating fur Ireland it was necessary to go back t would, tissioners pursued Elizabeth. As many Members of Parliamentguardians, t t u e t p io re n - , e number of extracts no doubt, refer to the conduct of the poor-law towards the poor.conduct. e wcu , • 011 - k which he had culled from country newspapers during the he would not dwell upon their , union, prison which gave_ an account of the however, allude to the Long Town union—( years 1842 and 1343, manner in which large numbers of persons were sent tea The Hon. Member deprecated the state ot li Zi r t ' prison for merely disobeying the ord ers o f t e e p oo r- And these were the . foultiscl4.a,tiohn)rs the p w u h r i p c o h se re o p t o e r r t u s s e h • i e h r g e law Commitsiners, but he would not take up the time used against him h i i n ch he had not further alluded to of the House by reading them, be old stating that they him, reports to w had especial reference to Sussex, Hampshire, Essex, than to state that SirshJoowhendt‘hVaatlt,nignhmaamte,siwnerheisslereeppiohrgt Sent, Surrey, and London, and also with respect to the upon the same union,fourteen beds, and when he laid similar Andover, Rtdbridge, and Sevenoaks Unions. The treat- the Home Secretary, Sir James ment of the poor in the Blything Union so exasperated fects before in thirteen otrheHouse, rned we d p oem eyes, and smote his breast, that the working classes in that vicinity that they were on Grahhialtu, gs could occur. The report stated, that from their way to the union (which was protected by police) 1 with pickaxes in their ha,. , when they were met by a the such day the law was enforced, in 1838, to the time in tothientleartfeerMe,inyiest clergyman, who said. ad , .-,sing one, " Honest man!" i which it was made a resident poor law, commissioners " Honest !" He replied, " the law won't allow us to be h \ Itaeard said,never tue it. for Ot the he .i Governmentr in g this, Minis honest when we curve" poor we are treated like felons.. what was the ease ? When did they enter the Houk He, however, dissuaded them fr-on their purpose. This 0 eain ? not for four years—not till May, 1846—not occurred as far back as in 1342. And her Majesteiles \ until he himself came down to the house, and asked the Government said, after all that had occurred, thactoi-n3. Government to insist that an Assistant Poor-law Com law worked well, and they screened the P. were the next visits paid. They were made at intervals missioners against publie inquiry and publi)coir,n:dai:nation, missioner should visit Bingley, Now, let them see what ten months, thirteen months, fourteen months, and aided and a , sisted Liietn in oppressing o th poor ; f.e . , whenever aly thing was said against the P or-taw Com- iof ante Lis was a state of things of State existing, missions rs, the Noble Lord rose with great chivalry and o f eighteen months, i 1-, and this , was the conduct pursued defended them ; and when the latoS began to be by men in the receipt of public money to the amount of for the Horn.' Department (Sir J. Graham) a lime sveeeeable with resp ec t to the law, the Noble thirteen or fourteen hund red a y ear. Before he con- Lord got up and protested against any alteration i n t h e eluded, he would say, that if the thoveroment were to law, and his sentiments were loudly cheered. " Unifor- attempt to enforce the powers of this poor-law, they practice wa s, no doubt, a grand principle ; but i would have a r e b e lli on i n a wee k. They could not en miry of it was one which had bee n tested and had been found 1 force it against tba rich, it was the poor alone whom fallacious. Now h e ( dr. Ferrand ) had seen the they could so oppress. They should become the pro bodies of persons who had been starved to death tectore, instead of the oppreeeors ef the poor, for there by this law. He once attended a jury, who did not exist a more loyal, a more patient, a more obe• felt desirous to return a verdict of " wilful murder " (Lent, a more industrious class upon the face of the globe. against the relieving officer, and the coroner agreed with And what they could have done to merit such treatment. them, because it was well known to them that the man neither he nor any man could fathom. They had borne had refused to afford the woman who had died relief ; I their misery for thirteen years, let them depend but when the man was taxed with this, he drew the upon it the day of reckoning was at hand. printe I instructions of the Poor - law Commissioners from they had trampled upon them, they had deprived them his pocket and threw them on the table, and in the most of their dearest rights, and they could not now appeal to insulting manner snapped his fingers at the jury. them with that generous confidence which they could Sir GEORGE GREY—What was the nature of those have done before they inoculated the laws of England instructions? with the accursed principles of Malthus. They would Mr. FERRAND said he had not got a copy of them, have no right to appeal to them for allegiance when they but they were to the effect, that the man was not to go a refused them protection. He would conclude by moving yard out of his parish for the purpose of dispensing re- that the Bill be read that day six months. lief. The woman lived on the other side of a brook. Mr. WAKLEY seconded the motion. abobt ten yards out of the parish, but she had often re- easy to Mr. ROEBUCK—The Hon. Gentleman . might do ceived relief from the same officer ; he, however, was much mischief and effect little good. It was very l the toor only in the habit of visiting that part of his die. talk about the 43d of Elizabeth, thetyr : anything of the three subjecth It was quite evi triet once a week. Then the auditors had caused lew Commissioners, and rights,inalienable. ann :ithout under the greatest dissatisfaction to the board of guardians, standing Eliza- Every post brought him letters setting lorth the • • tof it, so much so that he would evils which the auditors caused. The relieving h• heuiteignoran ;fent the Hon. Gentleman had never read the 43d of het , was_ q thin that that he had not ever opened the pages of officer of Dudley had brought an action against the l tshYe an n ct that contained it. Nothing was so easy as to guardians of the poor, for treating the inmates ot i ' ra nt about what one did not understand , and nothing so the unien to "plum. pudding" on Christmas - day. It easy to obtain popularity by a sham affectation of a de 1843, the Hon Gentleman the Mem ber for Finsbury vetedness to the came of the people. Now he should (Mr. Wakley) came down to the Hous e, and made a prove the ignorance of the Hon. Member. He would rove that the 43d of Elizabeth had not been d i parted house were s a starved, that th e y were living on carrion horrible and startling statement , t h a t it was currently reported that the pi 7 or in the Andover Union Work- P from. lii the time of Elizabeth the con ven t s were p u t ancrfiehtina for the possessio n of the bones which they 1 itown ; the Act to which he alluded sprung from the were employed in grinding for the purpose of manure. 1-ie suppression of these religious houses, for they had been in now clime t,is t 7 —and carer ehe asked—ehere were the the habit of maintaining a certain number of poor around 1 Poor:law Commisioners who bad caused all this cruelty them. They came. to the door of the monastery, and and I - nisei,' ? The Government said that they were to they received relief proportioned to their wants ; and be dismiss d from their offices, but the G o ver nment they might tails as they liked about the Reformation, and ware still prepared en a state of despair) t , defend no Popery," and all that sort of thing—they might do them. Why did they do so ? Was it because very well to be let off as cannon against one another they believed that the charges which had been made —but they could not controvert the fact of the immense sateintt them were untrue ? Could they deny the good which they conferred on the districts where the) state of things which existed in the Andover Union, or were founded. However, after their suppression, a the at ttements which he had made that night, could they (lumber of sturdy beggars wandered over the country — believe that the voice of the people throughout the such are the words of the Act—and for these it was coantry would have been raised aeetinst them if they had necessary to provide. From hence sprung the 43d 01 no:: been guilty of all that had been. imputed to them ? Elizabeth, which enacted that churchwardens shou ld What did th e Right Hon. Baronet say in introducing-be appointed. whose duty it would be to set to work the present Bill ? Did he say that they mutt adopt such children as had been deserted by their parents, an " uniformity of practice ? " No ; that the operation of also all such persons as were maimed or infirm, or who of the measure must vary with the circumstances of the had no means to support themselves. They heard a district of the country te which it was applied. Was great deal of the rights of the poor, but what he desired " uniformity of practice " still to be the principle of the was the rights of the industrious poor against the lazy measure ? poor. These latter braved the authorities of the parish, Sir G. GREY—I died not say so. they came into the vestry, they demanded relief, and the Mr. FERRAND—Then is it now to vary? But did the p or farmer was frightened out of his wits, because, if Government think that men had not the same love for he rsfased, his stacks were fired, his cattle were houghed, their wives and children in one part of the county as and he himself stood in terror of his life. The local in another, that concessions were to be made in favour ;tutherities ware totally unable to deal with this growing of the northern part of that county, in consequence of the mischief ; they said, let us unite a number of violence which ti,. y had manifested towards the Parishes, and let us put the authority at a distance measure, He called upon them, therefore, to say from us. Let there be a central board in how the measure was to vary ? They had no London, to whom an appeal can be made. And now right .to pass such a law ; and, what was more, what is the meaning of all this talk about inaliena ble the people of this country would not tolerate a varying right? He remembered reading a poem in his boyhood, law under which the greatest tyranny might be inflicted " The Country Justice," he thought it was by Dyer, in upon them. In some parts of the county they said which these petty feuds were happily painted, for the that no relief wes to be given except in the workhouse, poet described a woman lying-in in a cart, while two but he had heard a Secretary of State state that the parishes were fighting almost which of them should re p ople might have relief out of the workhouse. There- ceive and maintain her.—(Hear, hear.) The advantage tore, ,ha said, let them have a law clearly defined, in of this law then was the ct ntral authority it was what order that the poet' might know how they would be all deeired; but as soon as three men are selected, as soon atleeted, and what cruelties they might anticipate would as they enter Somerset-house they are marked out, and , be practised upon them, instead of leaving the matter there is not a trading politician who does not point his in ,ho hands of an irresponsible board. He had read ringer at them in reproach ; and then the Hon. Member the defence which had been mate of' the Poor-law Cum- comes forward and talks ef the people of England, much miseioners, but it did not deserve the name which had after the fashion of the three tailors in Tooley-street. been .applitel to it. as it was nothing more th a n a n Depend upon it they would never have heard of these expizrte statement: it amounted to this, that after evils were it not for the appointment of these three ' tairtvea year. of oppression of the poor they had beet, Commissioners. With one or two exceptions, those who enabled to save 1,000,0001. a year, of which the poor spoke so loud about the poor-law were those who were had been robb.el, in order that the commissioners might most opposed to giving political rights. Some test was be enabled to make this boast. They might have saved absolutely necessary in order to enable a distinction to tho rates in the south of Englund, where incen- ne made be:liven the idle and the industrious poor. diarism was rife, and in those districts from Phis test was found in the poor house test, and which the poor had been driven, to the manor- nothing was easier than to find persons who factoring - districts, to equalise wages, or to were ready to find fault with this test, upon escape persecution by becoming inmates of the gaols, all such popularity-hunting opponents of that but in the north of England the very converse had oc- test he would put the stamp of canting hypocrites. It curred. The guardians of Wakefield, thinking th a t it was considered by the law that that man who was con would be no use to petition the House on the subject of tent to come to the poor-house and receive relief was a the poor law, as Parliam-nt had delegated its pow ( re n- man deserving of relief. Now, a great deal had been three Commissioners, petitioned the board, and urged said about the inalienable rights of the poor to relief that the Wakefield Union should be ab _dished, as it conferred on them by the 43 d of Elizabeth. The Hon. had been tsroductive of the grea te s t ev il , as the poor- Member hail quoted from Coke and Blackstone, but it rates had increased 10,306/. in three years.—(Hear.) was his (Mr. Roebuck's) opinion that the Hun. Member That was the way they diminished the expenditure.— did not know which of those great writers first wrote (hear, hear.) We had also returns from the unions ire upon the subject. Now, what was the meaning of in his part of the country, but it was sufficient to state that alienable rights? If they were defined, as the Hon. they had increased, and were increasing.—(Hear.) Then Member said, by an Act of Parliament, then those what wes the other cost of this unconstitutional measure rights could be altered or removed by another Act, and 1 during the last 13 years ? First, they had had the re- the Act abolishing those inalienable rights would be the bellien in Wales, fearful outbreaks in the north of Eng- law of the land, as well as that which conferred this land, incendiarism rife in the south, and a fearful amount inalienable right. Tree inalienable right spoken of was of ceneeal t nents of childbirth, in order that they might a right to relief, but a relief to be given only by labour. escape the treatment which they could not fail to expo- It was his habit day after day to go into th . habitations rience in the unions. They had had to establish rural of his poorer countrymen, and it was his firm opinion police in different parts of the country, to call on' that there were thousands of the people of this country - 10,000 pensioners, t , have geols enlarged and new one- inc roe clad, worse fed, and worse housed than those who erected ; the essions i n th e north of England were he'd were taken under the protection of the po r-law, net every seven weeks, instead of every twelve weeks, and withstanding. the Hon. Member for Finsbury (Mr. winter sessions were obliged to be held, which was rather Wekley) had ventured to call the poor-houses a den. an unusual occurrence, and Mr. Justice Coleridge had A poor man said that he was unable to support himself, stated at the last York as- z , s that crime was rapidly in• he came to the state exchequer, and was told that if he creasing o,er the whole c.untry. Then they were going to came into the poor-house his wants would be provided for. build barracks in Birmi ng h am , in order that they m i g h t But then came in the pathos of the novelist and the poet, be . enabled to dispatch th e m ilit ar y to any part at a short who said what a hardship it was to separate the wife notice in order to keep the people in a state of despotism. ,aem the husband and the children. Why, that was a ConSideration had caused this? Why, the tyranny thing occurring every day in the life of tne soldier and practised upon the people by the Poor-law Commissioner, the sailor, and even the experience of Irish Members for they had the people discontented in the north, in the would add another chapter to the patriotic pathos of south, and east districts ; and the peace was only main novelists, for in most cases they were compelled to tained by the presence of the military and police. Work- leave their wives and children in Ireland, but no lion. houses had been erected under the protection of a midi- Member: were in the habit of standing up in th a t House t a u- guard, and they had greater distress in this and in a burst of patriotic enthusiasm calling p u bli c country than they had had since the time of the French attention to their distressing situation.—(Laughter.) Thvelution. These were the penalties they were called fie was quite aware that this workhouse test was a very upon to pay. And ho w lo n g did the y think the p eo p le unp palar term, and then just at the close of the seventh Wcriiel submit to this state of things? they were going to session of Parliament it was a very enticing subject to lay hold of. He knew well the risk which attended the let the Poor law Commissioners " down easil y ," but did they think that the people were nos sufficiently course he was taking upon this subject, but as he had aware that this would be a great question at the commenced his political carter so he inten4ed to con next general election ? The Whigs had stood tinue it in spite . of all opposition to the contrary. It pretty firmly to the declarations made by them at the was a matter of absolute necessity that a test should be last general election. But what was the conduct of the prov ided for the able bodied poor. Now, with respect Late Government ? Whet was their conduct with Cam- to the Poor-law Commissioners, he must say with bridge when the poor-law was made the rallying my, regret that they had not acted according to the law. :Ind when they came to the House and betrayed them ? rhey had quailed before another power. The Times He could name a borough where two candidates took i newspaper was the great point of all the opposition to at turns to do the pathetic on the new poor-law—or e this measure, and the Honourable Member for Knares was returned to the Homo, and continued his oosition borough was but a faint shadow , a sort of will o' - to the poor-la v, and the otner was reject e d, buttee sub (he-wisp, of that journal—(Laughter)—and every sequently obtained a seat in that House, and now sup- thump upon that red box, every parenthesis, every ported the lave—(Heer, hear.) He challenged any one to accent in the speech of the lion. Member was nothing say that the law had not only proved a great failure, but a but a bad imitation of the Times newspaper. The arti bitter curse upon the country, and the remedy was the cles of the Times newspaper were, however, written by same cruel and unconete ational system under another a gentleman conversant with the subject upon which he form. In the first clause tour Cabinet Ministers were to wrote, and acute enough to see that the Commissioners be pledged to maintain this law against all opposition ; were n ot ada p ted to carr y out the p rovisions of a g ood and 'in the sixth clause two commissioners and the and wholesome law. And this was the real cause of the president we-e empowered to use any powers vested in bad working of the measure—the Government had the Whole body. By the eleventh they were empowered chosen persons to carry out the measure who were unfit to summon witnesses, and also to make rules, and to for the task. Then the 43d of Elizabeth stated that alter them. Bit was the Right Hon. Baronet inclined work should he provided for the able-bodied poor; but to sign an orcet to separate a man from his wife, and his• it had been said that bones were given to the paupers to children from their Parents? Was he going to sanction crush. Now was there not in the different classes of all the tyranny which had been practised during th e society many persons employed in trades and callings past 13 years? If so , w h at r i g ht h a d he to do so? A which, it' they were set to by the Commissioners, would poor man had as inalienable a right to relief as the have raised such a storm as nothing could have crushed? Right Hon, baronet had to his own property. Lord What was the trade of a nightman ?—(Laughter)—or Brougham pared to test :he i T f z,• hal admitted that this was so. Was he pre- the type-founder, whose life was destroyed by the small dear to him t things which entered into his s -stem r eetaure upon those who were near and iron was with . ) , o the -= ,- .•,t, what right had he to inflict its paint er ' tortures upon the afflicted . as he was disease consequent Right Hon. Baronet'h Per man ? And let him tell the upon the pursuit of his calling,—or the collier, mustas the of his wife and childreant a poor man was just as fond working many fathoms under ground in about of his. But whatßight lion. Baronet was two feet of space, in obtaining the coals net Minisfter who was thee position o f a C a bi- whi c h made the cheerful Christmas fire ? What were all the poor man, for no compelledother - to act th us towar d s t h ese b u t as different species of that labour which was prior and tuable to obtain w or k, e- n'Trene than that h e was the co mm on lot of humanity, and by which man was to responsibility upon her Majesty. By t t 1 1. 1 1 :y threw the ' obtain his livelihood. Yet what a cry had been raised the Queen, by the advice of the Priey counXiah clause about the employment of the poor at Andover, while all powered to alter the rules ; but the four W-;.s. em- the great mass of the enjoyments of society in general Council. The ai l.:e t. had il been overlooked. Was it to be said for a moment Minister; were Members of the Privy t sh a u t ul t a he b idle vagabond at the ate of the industrious man Ministers rare, therefore, responsible. Then they we re r e i l e u h itled to say "Gige me of your substance, for to apnoint inspectors. From that tyre:. ey to w h om i you are rich were they to appeal ? Their app eals mi ta ht be kepi, right to ma ?:_ The industrious ma n w o uld h a ve a batik from . ..he Sovereign. He conte nded that ihe House m y family say have tl a "il4 an d children, I support .had no right to pess the present Bill. Locke, and a num- I idle vagabond,: be Yt et a i n ti d tle w d hy should J o h n Thomes, the her of high authorities, were opposed to the principle ! money?" But how was this t° John my hard-earned which was here contended for. I,;)rdiVinfOrd thought that vagabond, to be distinguished from)tin Thomas, , the idle duetrious man? w John Smith, the in powers which were here given to the Poor-law Commas - • by, what more nat him work? sinners were such as could not be exercised by even the' in a shed, o n said, the • wer Sovereign Lord Abinger had also strongly expressed word: , or e set to himself upon this question. It was their bounden duty I Not so. however,Aht bus buildings were well built anelaven. ventilated. ut, then, said the Hon. Membern` well to set the present matter it rest, He would read a letter which he ha I received from n working man. (The Hon. tinsbury, it was a gaol, and the Well, he it, or be it not, a I dress was for a prison Member here read the letter in . i - dross. pr-son dress,all questtoe, which strong y say wae that the drees such as it " he deprecated the working of the poor-law.) Cooke and could 'd was, was muchwarmer , than Blackston agreed with him on this subject. .Judge tnuch be tier an doors ; but because • far . E . wiefee( ) wha also of the opinion which he expressed, and honest man out of it was of ' , Toy colour and uniform, then it was a prison • It's i Brougham himself admitted this right - a brown or k. , ------ Ar--41-1144 Note - what could be more absurd than to have ft - -- te - ....- per to relief. And they had no right dress. ~.~:._.. question depending upon the colour or cut of a coat. For so this question really was, for if the colour had been red and the dress uniform, then it would not be called a prison dress. But now the real question was— what was to be done for the poor of England? Let the lion. Members for Knaresboiough and Finsbury bring forward some measure upon the subject themselves. 4ily fancy a Bill drawn up by the Hon. Member for Knaresborough. What would he (Mr. Roebuck) give to see an Act for the poor drawn up by the Hon. Member for Knareshorough. If that Hon. Member would only be kind enough (for there was no doubt that he had some spark of kindly feeling in him) to bring in such a measure, he (Mr. Roebuck) would undertake to route him and his Bill out of the door in a very few minutes. A specimen of legislative confusion had arisen lately in all the hurly burly of a Committee appointed to inquire into the Law of S-ttlement Mr. P. BORTHWICIL—The law of settlement has nothing to do with the poor-law. Jr.N ROEBUCK—That was now one of the bad effects of speaking on a subject upon which the person was unacquainted, and showed the rashness with which Fools rushed in where angels dared to tread." The Burgage Tenure (Scotland) Bill and the Crown Char ters (Scotland) Bill went through Committee. The Drainage of Lands Bill was postponed till Friday. SEDUCTION AND PROST BILLITUTION SUPPRES SION Mr. SPOONER moved that this Bill be read a first time. Mr. C. BERKELEY objected to the Bill being proceeded with at that late hour of the night, and if the Hon. Member persisted in his motion, he would move as an amendment that the House do now adjourn. Colonel SIBTHORP suggested to his Noble Friend op posite, that the object of the Bill might be attained by the in troduction of a clause in the Health of Towns Bill. The House then divided, when the numbers were— He believed, in saying this, that he was speaking the senti- aunts of the people of this country. The rational part of the people, and the rational part of the labouring population. agreed with him. He did not maintain the argument that men were equally entitled to re lief, whether honest or dishonest ; for when they told a man that he might obtain relief—that he quid de mand it, whether able or unable to obtain work, he considered that the glory of this country would depart; but when they told him that it was the last resource of an honest man, whea he was wholly unable to support himself, that it was aid in the se ason of prod, and only on that occasion they would stand as the lords of the human grad. But if a man, were in a condition to say, " I ask, and you shall gitie,? instead of e dignified popu lation, they would have a craving, subservient, subjected pope lation—a miserable race of cringing sltves, instead of a raco of up:hoi honour o h u t r a t n o dthonestthose men—( ho woul would comprisee ar y b , believed inasmuch a as wasi the t 3 • me 4 m rs lo t d rs ut wouldy of tie h a l . nation i o seats t o maintainin that hat such House; b a character atchtiesr must among be e our people, and, therefore, be asked them to maintain this great measure ot relief, to give to the deserving poor, and not to give to the undeserving poor, that to which they were not entitled. Those who had hitherto been entrusted frith the carrying out of the law, had not had that stedfastness of mind which was necessary for the proper carrying out of the law ; and, therefore, he entrusted the Noble Lor to let no personal feeling- enter into 'a matter which affected so vast a number of the industrious classes, and to give them a commis sion free from, and, consequently , above, all suspicion. Mr. BANKES was rather surprised that the Hon. and Learned Gentleman should treat the opinions of the Hon. Member for Knaresberough (Mr. Ferrand), so lightly , when he himself was no great liNathority upon pub lic matters of this kind ; but when he taunted the Hon. Gentleman wished not to br in g i n a Bill as expres sive°, his views; he mere l y re p eated the taunt which the Noble Lord a,t the head of the Government had thrown out at the Hon. and Learned Gentleman the other night.--( A laugh.) The only difference in the new Commission would be , that it would be the same as of old, with the addition of more . viewed i t ; a constitutional light, and it was well to do so at the outset. He fear:id the Noble Lord, who he admitted was op. pressed by business, had act had time to look into this Bill For the amendment................. f ,.... ,. Against it .„ Majority against adjournment —ss Another division took place immediately after ? en Ow motion that this debate be now adjourned, Fir the amendment Against it.,..,, Majority for pon - ad j aurnmeßt , ....... _ bi When we were admitted we found Colonel SIBTHORP addressing the House. He asked what hindered thp chief officer* of the City ef irdlq4 sweeping out the soil impirity ficim the metropolis. What aided that great Act, the Health of Towns' Bill. The City must be pure—no doubt pure. He sun Tested object of this IDatli shotild '0 met clauke . in the Heilth . of Towns Bill. 11e thought it would be better in the hands of the Government. He moved that the Bill should be read this gay six months. On Mr. NEWDEGATE expressed himself surprised that Hon. Gentlemen would not allow this Bill to be tested by a Com mittee. Sir GEORGE GREY hoped the Bill would be allowed to be read a first time. It was an unusual thing to oppose it op the First reading, Air. C. BERKELY agreed with the gallant Colonel (Sib thorp) that the Bill ought to be handed over to the Govern ment, and certainly should not be discussed at that hour of the night. He moved that the House do now adjourn. Mr. FORBES was surprised that Hon. Gentlemen should meet this Bill at the very earliest stage, and oppose the first reading. He trusted that, out of respect to the feeling of the country, expressed at different meetings, and in courtesy to the Government, the House would allow it to proceed. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and The House adjourned at a Quarter to Two o'clock. • and into others which had been recently introduced with the sanction of the Government. For instance, the Health of Towns Bill and other Bills, which would create a number of new offices, but the Health of Towns Bill had been proved to be an useless measure, and that it would in terfere with private rights and private property, and the Noble Lord had not been able to dine with his constituents until he had told them that the city of London would be exempted from the operation of the Bill, and subsequently he had ex cluded other metropolitan di,triets.—( Hear, hear.) The new Prison Bill, which was of this kind of measure, would create a number of new officers who would supersede those who bad been entrusted with the government of the poor in their respcc tive localities for many years.—( Hear, hem) Swift in his " Advice to Servants," said, " spend all your master's income, because the more you cause him to spend, the more he will be respected"—(Laughter) — and the Noble Lord seemed to act upon this principle, and to get rid of any surplus by creating new offices to spend it upon. Thus he had pre pared two new placemen in connexion with this Bill, shortly after the proposition to appoint a new railway commission t.ati been submitted to the House.—(Hear.) He (Mr. Bankes) had always considered that the body which had the manage ment of the poor should be represented by one member of the body in that House; but do not let two of the present body be so elevated, because the nation was dissatisfied with them. Why not have two of the Lords of the Treasury, two of the Lords of the Admiralty, or two of the Board of Ordnance?— (Laughter.) He conld not, therefore, for these reasons sup port the Bill. He objected to the making of laws by the Commissioners, in their own chambers, and considered that the Ecclesiastical Commissioners had failed to give satisfaction in this respect, notwithstanding the Attorney. General hod quoted that body as an instance of success in the forming of general rules. He saw no reason, therefore, why any alteration in the laws relating to the poor should not come under the revision of the House.—( near, hear. ) He did not think it would be even approved of in this House to make measures without due consideration of the circum stances of these measures. The great benefit of this measure. asserted by the advocates of the measure was, that it would unite all classes ; but the present law, did not effect that object. The petition he presented was in conformity with these views. If they persisted they would render the measure most unpopular. He would propose the second read ing of the Bill. Sir G. GREY said that he would trouble the House with a few observations on what had fallen from the Hon. Gentleman. The Hon. Gentleman said that his greatest difficulty was founded on the amount of new patronage which this Bill bestowed on the Government. His patriotism had drawn him away from the sanatory considerations attached to the Bill. But he could assure the Hon. Member IRISH POOR-LAW BILL. HOUSE OF LORDS. —MAY 14. List of Division in the House of Lords on the motion to agree to Lord Monteagle's Amendment for Limiting the Duration of the Irish Poor-law Bill. 0111VTENT. DUKE. EARLS. BARONS. Richmond Mountcashell Abinger MABQtaSES. Itanfurly Berwick Downshira Bosse Bolton Ormonde Stradbroke Castlemaine LABIA. Winchilsea Colchester Bathurst Roden De Ros Dartmouth Burlington Northwick Clare Wicklow Rayleigh , Desart Redesdale Ellenborough viscottNTS. Clancarty Southampton Fitzwilliam Stanley Enniskillen Combermere Templemore Leven ARCHBISHOP. Tenterden Lonsdale Dublin Wrottesley Lucan BISHOP. Blayncy Malmesbury Gloucester Boston NON-CONTENT. . DUKES. EARLS. . BARONS. Bedford I - . Galley:ay Cottenham St. Albans Ripon Erskine MARQUISES. St. Germans Foley Lansdowne Shaftesbury Hastings Conyngham Glasgow Montfort Northampton Waldegrave Strafford Clanricarde Yarborough Sudeley Camden Zetland Wharncliffe Citolmondeley Harewood Kianaird Morley Manners EARLS. :VISCOUNT. Kenyon Auckland Sydney Mostyn Chichester BARONS. BISHOPS. Clarendon Beaumont Pe terborough Ciao william Byron Lichfield Devon Bruce Lincoln Ducie Camoys Worcester Fortescue Campbell Hereford Granville Carrington St. Asaph Grey Colborne Ely that the patronage of the Crown would, in a pe cuniary, as well as official point of view, be dimi nished instead of any thing else, for several offices which had before existed, were now abolished, and of this he was anxious to inform the Hon. Member, in order to allay his anxieties ; because he seemed to think that we had better go on with filth and fever, rather than create a few new officers, PAIRS. Earl of Charley'lle Bishop of Durham . Earl of Orf rd Lord P .rtman 'Viscount Lake. Earl of Denbigh Marquis of Ailsa. Lord Beauvale Earl of Erne Lord Vivian Earl of Orkney Earl of Ilchester Marquis of Exeter Earl Spencer Earl of Munster Viscount Clifden Earl of Bradford Lord Dinorben Marquis of Abercorn Lord Dacre Lord Wa!singhans Earl of Sheffield Bishop of Chester Bishop of Exeter Duke of Newca s tle Marquis of Headfort Earl of Lime r i c k Earl Verulam Lord Sondes Lord Glenelg Marquis of Anglesey Viscount Beresford Lord De Lisle Lord Crewe Marquis of Ely Earl of Leicester Lori Ashburton Earl Minto Earl Delawarr Earl Fitzhardinge Earl Digby Bishop of Salisbury Earl of Eldon Earl Camperdown Duke of Manchester Marquis of Winchester Lord Wynford Lord Lilford Earl of Cardigan Duke of Norfolk Earl of Tankerville Earl Cornwallis Lord Saltoun Earl of Fingall Lord Willoughby d'Eresby Bishop of London Earl of Wilton Duke of Roxburgh Duke of Beaufort Lord Langdale Earl Nelson Earl of Effingham Earl of Somers Lord Lyttelton Viscount Canterbury Bishop of Rochester Marquis of Ailesbury Earl of Ellesmere Earlof Warwick Bishop of Oxford Earl of Longford Bishop of St. David's Lord Brougham Earl Craven . _ _ Lord Middleton Earl of Sefton who are to inspect the health of towns. The same objec tions, however, did not extend to the Prisons' Bill. But he was surprised that the Hon. Gentleman did not support the measure, seeing so few points of difference existed between ' them. He (Mr. Bankes) supported the Act of 1834. He was also in favour of a central authority, and considered that they should be represented in that House. Holding such opinions, he was surprised that he had not voted for the Govern ment, instead of for the Member for Knaresborough.— ( Hear, hear.) Her Majesty's Government had come to the opinion that it was better to have a responsible body re presented in that House, than have them suffer from the im perfect vindications of the officers of the Crown. They were also told that it was too late in the session to intro duce such a Bill. He was very happy to hear that it was late in the session ; but he would ask, looking back on the mode in which the last three months had been spent, was it possible that it could have been introduced earlier ? however, the Hon. Gentleman had told them to withdraw the Bill, and that there was plenty of time to introduce another.—( Hear, hear.) But whether it be late or early his Noble Friend near him, had stated in the early part of tke session, the principles on which the measure had been founded, so that there hail been plenty of time for consideration. Colonel SIBTHORP said that. if the Hon. Member for Knaresborough divided the House upon his amendment, he would be very happy to vote with him. The Bill did nothing more than change the names of parties, and they had no inti mation of what was to be the salary of the president or in spectors—whom he would rather call spies—nor even of their number. When once a Bill received the second reading in that House, it might be considered a. booked—(Laughter.) A few Members attended the Committee This was known to every Member, even of one year's standing in the House; he, therefore, protested against the Bill, which was one got up at the latter end of the session ; it was an oil captandum measure, such as was the Health of Towns Bill, for the Government only desired to have the people say— " See what luminous fellows we are."—(Loud laughter.) He had seen so many strange things go on—( Laughter)—that he believed Government patronage was only intended for the purpose of giving rise to a host of needy expectations— (Laughter.) He (Colonel Sibthorp) knew a good deal of life —( Great laughter)—he heard out of dours a great deal of hard times, and a scarcity of money, and, as an Hon Friend re minded him, of Exchequer bills at a discount.—(Hear, hear. ) And they were to have a Commis sinner. Was he a guardian to sit down with a fellow—a Government inspector or spy— (Great laughter)—who came down to see what they did— ( Roars of laughter)—a fellow who would talk to him— (Laughter)—and say, " I'm your inspector. If you disobey me, woe betide you." Ale! what a fellow, sent down in Government pay—a Whew dressed in Government livery.— ( Roars of laughter.) He (Colonel Sibthorp) had a sort of honest pride—(Hear, hear',—that as a poor-law guardian, and as a Member of that House, he was above the fellows that Government might send down to ru!e them. He considered that the Bill which the Government now attempted to bring before them, was another of a piece with th, Health of Towns Bill, which exempted London and St. Giles's, and Marylebone ; but ;he Noble Lord at the head of the Government told them that to touch on London was dangerous ground.—( Laughter. ) The Ministry dined there—( Continued laughter)—and therefore the city of London was holy ground. He should support the motion of his Hon. Friend Mr. Ferrand, because he was one of those persons much wanted in that House. He was an honest man. Lord Favez sham Duke of Buccleuch Viscount Strangtord Lord Gardner Duke of Cleveland Bishop of Ripon Earl of liaddington Earl Bowls Lord Gage Lord Churchill Earl of Kinnoul Earl Howe Earl Egmont Viscount Falkland Duke of"Mentrose Marquis of Westminster _..... List of Peers who did not vote either way for Lord Mont eagle's Amendment on the 6th inst., but who voted on Friday last, either in persun or by proxy, or who paired off in favour of the Marquis of Lansdowne's motion for the Bill to be permanent. DUKE. Chichester BISHOP. Buccleuch Cornwallis Salisbury MARQUISES. VISCOUNT. LORDS. Camden Melbourne Arundell ChOhnOndell BISHOPS. De Mauley EAR London Denman Howe Lincoln Hastings Denbigh Rochester Cloward de Walden Fitzhardlnge Worcester Willoughby de Broke h Wincester Leicester Walsingham Sefton Chester Sherborne Onslow Ely Alvanley Beauchamp Oxford Gardner Lindsey Ripon Petre Mount Edgcumbe Peterborough Strathallan Powis St. Asaph The proxies of the Earl of Abingdon and Lord Bavning were, through a mistake, not extered. If proxies had been called for, there ware entered for the Government 62, and 44 against, the majority would consequently have been 30. NEW ZEALAND, The following is an extract from the letter of an officer who has come home in her Majesty's steam vessel Driver:— " Portsmouth, May 14. " We left New Zealand on tha 28th of January, and have had a good passage of 107 days, considering the great distance and various climates to be passed through. We came by Cape Horn, and have the honour, I be lieve, of being the first steam vessel which has circum navigated the globe. We stopped six days at Rio de Janeiro, and have a mail from Rio de la Plate; I do not know the p4rticulars. " I arrive in better health than I had any reason ever to expect. The climate of New Zealand has been of essential service, not only to me, but to all our officers and crew. _ " The colony was gradually progressing towards im provement under the able and judicious management of Governor Grey. The natives were peaceably inclined. fleki and about 200 of his followers went to the Bay of Islands to remove the bones of their forefathers, or those of some old heathen chief; but the Governor bad his eye on him, and to Heki's astonishment he found her Majesty's steam• vessel Driver, with the Governor acd 200 men, waiting for him. As Governor Grey most pro perly did not visit Heki he went away with his fol lowers quite chopfallen. Rangahiti in the south was in the hills. Mr. CHRISTIE moved the adjournment of the debate, which was agreed to. LOAN DISCOUNT BILL. Mr. SPOONER wished to know when the Government were prepared to take the Loan Discount Bill for the third reading. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER proposed to take it for Thursday next. Mr. WAKLEY said that the country expected a very different poor-law from that which had been introduced, and he thought, therefore, that time should ibe given for an expression of feeling upon the subject. He considered that the Loan Discount Bill should be taken first, and the Poor-law Bill afterwards. • Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that with regard to the Loan Discount Bill, it was desirable to get it through the House before the Whitsun holidays. He believed that no opposition was offered to the Bill on principle, however much might be objected to it in detail, and he should therefore wish to take it as early as possible. SCOTCH REGISTRATION BILL. In answer to a question from Mr. Oswald relative to the Registration (Scotland) Bill. The LORD ADVOCATE said that the Bill would be brought forward at an early period. Mr. LOCKHART regretted that in accordance with the universally expressed opinion of the Scottish people, the Bill was not given np altogether. Mr. FOX MAULE trusted it would not be given up, be cause when he recollected the Prisons Bill, which he had him self introduced, he feared that the only objection which existed was on account of a little expense. Mr. FORBES said that great opposition was manifested to the mea , ure in the county which he represented. Mr. F. MACKENZIE regretted that it was the intention of lion. Gentlemen opposite to go on with the 1)i I. He would not deny that the present system of legislation in Scotland was imperfect, but he did maintain that a far less cum bersome, and a far less expensive system could be di.- cuvered. He should, therefore, move that this Bill be committed that day six months. The galleries were then cleared for a division, but none took place, and, on our return to the gallery, we found Mr. C. BRUCE, protestirig against the principle of the Bill as it at present stood. He thought this Bill had been brought out at an unseasonable hour, and the further discussion upon it ought, therefore, to be postponed. Lord J RUSSELL said he would consent to take the disdis cussion upon the Bill oils the 31st of May, if there was time Mr. i F on o o a n ßE M , ?n l d i a A y c foll K o E w ‘; in z g iE was for d o i ng so , after disposing of the Irish Poor-law, which would th en h ave come d own f rom t h e L or d s . Should it happe n there wou ld not b e t i me , h e wou ld p ro pose to take the glad the Noble Lord had m a d e t h at eunce in ducement for hi m tos withdraw because it afforded a sufficient thdravv his amendment. The Bill th en went through Committee. " The natives in the neighbourhood of Auckland and Wellington were actively employed on the roads, and squaring stones for buildings, bridges, &c. A native police bas been established, and is a most effective force; savings' banks have been established, and the deposits, European and native, were considerable. The revenue had likewise been on the increase; in fact, the character of the natives in a few years will be quite changed. They supply both Auckland and Wellington with potatoes, onions, Indian corn, fish, and poultry; also, firewood. 1 The natives are asking for resident magistrates to live amongst them; they cheerfully submit to English laws in preference to their own. Several cases were lately tried at Auckland, and decided in their favour; this has given them the greatest confidence in the Governor. In another case, a native was fined twenty-five sovereigns for property removed from a coasting vessel. I have seen him pay down the cash. He was himself the owner of a small vessel. " In the district of Wakani, in Cook's Straits, the na tives have now large fields of wheat, Indian corn, pota toes, onions, and other vegetables, and pigs , which have been valued at 4,000/. Sheep farming wa s on the in crease about th e Straits and Middle Island. Most ex cellent beef and mutton was to be purchased at Welling ton at 6d. per lb. " I regret to say that Governor Grey bad been un well, he was suffering from something like ague or the hay fever; and the spear wound in his thigh was occa sionally painful. He was, however, able (with his lady) to go on board her Majesty's ship Driver, and pay her , captain and officers a farewell visit, previous to their de parture for England. ~ The Inflexible steamer arrived at Auckland on the 25th of January, she had touched the ground in Sydney harbour, and damaged her forefoot. The Castor frigate was at Auckland ; the Calliope and Racehorse at Wel lingt,)n and Cook's Strait s . Reuparaha, the celebrated chief of Porirua, was still a prisoner on board her Ma k sty's ship Calliope. It was rumoured that he would be liberated, as no direct charge could be brought against him; should he be liberated, it will be on con dition that he gives up all claim to Middle Island, an 3 that some of the neighbouring chiefs will be responsible for his future conduct." _____ --ter CORN FROM AUSTRIA.—The Austrian Observer of the Bth instant publishes an Imperial decree, prohibiting the Px port of corn from the Austrian dominions for five Math II GREENOCK. -- Yesterday (Thursday) there was launched from the building-yard of Messrs. Robert Steele and Co., the eminent ship-builders of this town, one of the four new steamers that were to be built in the Clyde for the British and North American Steam Packet Company (Cu nard's line). This noble vessel is 1,826 tons, new measure ment, and is about two or three hundred tons larger than any other in the splendid fleet belonging to the same com pany. The length of keel and fore rake is 41 feet, and breadth of beam 38 feet.--North British Mail. lk , . " ss r . -__ ~ i~ ,„ . c SDAY MORNINO,_ INTELLIGENCE. Ponrsatourir, Max 16.—The Prince Callimaki, the Turk ish Ambassador, and M. Zohrab, Ottoman Consul-General, visited this port yesterday. The illustrious visitors put up, at the Railway Hotel, Gosport, where, atter the inspection cf sundry objects of interest on both sides of the harbour, they dined, and left by the last train for London. The Driver steam-sloop, Captain Hayes, having coaled, left the harbour yesterday afternoon and proceeded to Wool wich to be paid off. She took with her the officers and crow of the Atnphion screw steam-frigate, who have been navigating the Odin during her " relief service." When the Driver left Rio commodore Herbert's squadron in the River Plate were all well ; the Brews and marines still ashore, pro tecting British property—consequently there are no cruizers to prevent the clove traffic, and slaves were being landed in thousands along the unwatched parts of the coast with the most commercial coolness. $h reports that the Inflexible ststm-sloop, Command e r H oseason , h a d run f rom th e Capp to Vert Jaason, Sydney, a distance of 6,392 miles, it; it . s days 0 hours. The St. Vincent, 120, Captt,i-.; Milne, ilag of Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart, 4 l,ses - i i; sails yesterday, and made the ne cessa7.7 Pi-eplirltions for going to Spitbewl tills day. The Cen t* steatllifrigate of s•4ohol'sQ V;wer, Master-Commander H. Davy, got her steam Hp thismorning to take her out, and took her in tc7 quarter before twelve. Urfortunately, before sha steamer could get suLient way on her to give her fl proper command over the St. Vincent's Illetioßk the 'tatter took a sheer to starboard, i n i.r x :ingtp piintaract which the steamer re"^ -- :; • :kottivalatx..thr2Vg 13,road on her port, which w4g alsqq her lee how ; aT the same time the starboard hawser snapped, and alter a vain attempt to recover her proper pc, sition the steamer was compelled to cast off aAt t Nothar, on account of her drifting so near the ?,17;, - i.s, being pnly about thirty feet from the CoA'ei-house watch-house. In the mean time, Shree•rdecser, syittt only her jib set, was rapidly seggine to leeward towsrila the beach near the Quebec I.Tote - 1, Every exertion was made to get the ship Under canyass 4 but !Afore the topsails could be got on her it was evident the wind was not suitable to enable her. 4* W ther Point. The starboard anchor was imingclialety let go, but the scope was too small for the ani.:hor to bring her up, and she drifted ; breatleiile on, to the beach, but whether she toncbert the ground or not we will not trust our own eyes to determine, as the opinion of the multitude was divided at to whether the did or not. She certainly appeared in bang a little. By the most skilful exertion; of the officers on board she was immediately ezricated from her dangerous position. Warps were immediately run out to the nearest buoys, and she was got thereby further into the harbour channel, whence, at a quarter to two, she was hauled, with the assistance of her jib and foretopmast staysail, back to her moorings off Stony Steps, having slipped her cable opposite the Quebec Hotel, the occupants of which were much frightened in consequence of be:ng bailed to get out of the house at a time when it ,appeared very possible the ship would strike and crush it. The hotel was deserted accord ingly until the danger was past. The Queen, 110, was nearly being the destruction of the Quebec, in a somewhat similar manner, when she left this harbour last. A. very experienced harbour pilot, Mr. Davis ' as well as Mr. Brown, the master attendant; Mr. Bellamy, his assistant; and the experienced master of the St. Vincent, Mr. Biddlecome, were on board and exerted themselves to the utmost. To attempt to describe the excitement caused by this affair would be a work of no ordinary difficulty. It seemed as though the inhabitants of the three towns had suddenly fallen from the clouds upon the beach on either side of the harbour, so instantaneously was the shore peopled with anxious crowds. Nor was the bustle confined to the shore; the boats of the ship, on the first alarm, were lowered and manned, and others from the other ships quickly joined to carry out hawsers and render assistance. Great credit ,:se to the officers, who, by their skilful and judi ciorc rliiections, eitricated the ship from her dangerous posit ion. The Fairy Royzd yacht was taken on to the graving slip yes:erday morning to be fitted with a new three-fan screw. The opportunity was taken at low water to examine the state of her bottom, in reference to Mr. Hay's composition, applied to it two months since, when not the slightest symptom of weed or vegetable matter could be discovered en it, whilst the painted streak in imitation of copper had the seed of the barnacle freely deposited on it. This result was very satisfactory to Commander Crispin, but for whose warm re commendation and strenuous exertions this composition would never have been applied to the bottA;m of the Fairy. The Commander-in-Chief and a number of scientific officers made an inspection of the bottom of the vessel, and it was the general opinion that the application was a good one, although Mr. Owen, the chief metallurgist of Chatham dock yard, was of opinion that the inspection was premature, and that to juigs of the effects or value of the application it should have been on twelve months. So far as present appearances went, however, the opinion was general that the application was of service to iron vessels. It remains now to be seen whether the red lead applied to other iron vessels will have equally beneficial effects in preventing the adhesion of rubbish. The following are the promotions and appointments for the past week:— PROMOTIONS. Captain—E. W. Hoare, to the rank of Rear-Admiral. Mates—Edward Scroggs (1845), Henry Augustus Claver ing (1845), Edward Scott (1845), and Augustus Chetham Strode (1845), to the rank of Lieutenant. The following Mates passed for Lieutenants in navigation on Tuesday :—Messrs. Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornbv, Arthur Braithwaite Warre, George William Rice, Stapleton John Greville, George Hope Mansell, and Francis James D'Aguilar. APPOINTMENTS. Rear-Admiral—Sir Charles Napier, K.C.8., to command pro tern. in the Tagus, and to hoist his flag in the St. Vin cent, 120, at Spithead. Captain—The Hon. Frederick Thomas Pelham, to the Odin steam-frigate. Commanders—Joseph M. Langtry and Frederick Adam Ellis, to the Coast Guard Service. Lieutenants—John Stephens, Thomas Miller, and John E. F. Risk, to the Caledonia; Belfield Woolcombe, to be Flag-Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Superintendent Sir John Louis Bart.; P. G. Nettleton, to the Apollo. Master—Edward Williams, to the Dragon. Chaplains—The Rev. George Ross Lewin, M.A., to the Victory; Peter P. Smith, to the Howe. Second Masters—G. R. Barnes, to Dart ; Robert Wheatland, to Cockatrice; Joseph H. Mallard, to Apollo. Naval Instructor—John N. Laverty, to the Howe. Assistant- Surgeons—Dr. Archibald Armstrong, Frederick Manger, and Henry Mathias, to the Caledonia, William Cal• hane, and James Wood, to Plymouth Hospital. Clerks—H. H. Gilbert (in charge), to the San Joseph re ceiving ship at Devonport ; Alexander Jeffreys (in charge), the Dart; Edward 0. Hayes, to the Dragon; T. W. Neame, to the Terrible. Midshipmen—John Osmond, to Avenger ; John J. Barnard, to Excellent; G. J. Bartellot, Thomas Green, and Arthur Bayley, to the Howe; Yallaney Robinson, to the Dart, Wil liam Graham, to the Caledonia. Masters' Assistants—Sydney Ayling, to the Avenger; E. C. Ball, to the Bulldog; W. B. Shillabeer, to the Howe; Charles Kenny, to the Athol. Naval Cadets—Philip H. Saunders, G. G. Wallace, and R. 11. G. Helps, to the Howe; Theodore B. Hollingworth, William Harvey, Henry Machel, J. W. Lambe, J. S. Rey nell, W. H. Goold, G. B. Clayhill, and C. E. Slaughter, to the Caledonia; W. J. S. M. Molyneux, to the Avenger; Nowell Salmon, to the Dragon ; James G. P. Kemp, to the Dasher steam-vessel. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. L•snox, MAT 17.—Wind S.S.W., fresh gale, and cloudy. BRISTOL, MAY 15 Arrd. Britannia, Simmons, Barba does; Emerald, Dugdale, Demerara; George, Nichols. St. Vincent ; 16th, Lucy, Cherry, Antigua. Sid. lath, Bor derer, Madeira and Demerara. JERSEY, MAY 15.—Sid. Olive Branch, Bahia. SCILLY, MAY 14.—Wind S.W. by S.—Sld. 9th, Betsey, Matanzas. DEAL, MAY 15.—Wind S.S.W. to S.W., moderate.—Arrd. 11th, Franklin, Meinke, New York, for Hamburgh ; 14th, Swea, Astrom, Bahia, for Copenhagen; Vrow Johanna, Van der Hoeven, Matanzas, for Amsterdam ; 15th, John Williams, Morgan, South Sea Islands ; Hamlet, Wilson, Sydney, N.S.W.; James Rae, Pernambuco ; 16th, Simon Taylor, Brown, China; Viscount Sandon, China; Ranger, Rae, Per nambuco; Forrester, M'Arthur, Tobago ; Grecian, Lang ford, Bombay. Sld. 15th, Highbury, and 16th, Hector, Jamaica. Arrd. from the River, Nautilus, Falkland Islands; Mary Bibby, Madeira; and Nevis, Spencer, Richebucto. PLYMOUTH, MAY 15.—Wind S.S.W.—SId. Chorister, Cadiz and Monte Video. _ _ FALMOUTH. MAY 16.—Wind S.S.W.—Sid. 15. Duchess of Leinster, Penang and Singapore. COWES, MAY 16.—Wind S.W.—And. Emily, I%lataneas. OFF THE LIZARD, MAY 11.—Constitution, Joy, Philadel phia for Havre; Zealous, Richards. Charleston for London. GREENOCK, MAY 15.—Arrd. Hallyards, Potts, Grenada; Vermont, Percy, New York; 10th, Francis, Elliott, St. Kitt's 14th, Clydesdale, M‘Farlane, Trinidad. Sld. 15th, Quebec, for Quebec. .—A WATERFORD MAY 14.—Wind S. to S.Wrrd. 13th. Lady Bagot, Williams. New Orleans; Alert, New York. LIVERPOOL, MAT 15 AND 16.—Arrd. 14th, Enterprise, Wright, Port Philip ; Mauritius, Beech, Bombay; Syria, Simonds, ditto; Mary, Jones, Maranham ; Isabel, Griffith, Antigua; Joseph Christal, Coed, La Guayra ; Rockshire, Evans, New Orleans; Caledonia, Bond, Savannah; Thetis, Hall, Charleston; Silva Rich, Hinks, Baltimore; John de Walfe, Reid, New York ; Queen, Gillies, ditto ; 15th, Mal colm, Monte Video; Lydia, Jones, Antigua; Ottawa, Dry man, Mobile; Marchioness of Bute, Kenny, ditto; Iler manie, Welch, Baltimore; 16th, Charles Watton, Baker, ditto; Calliope, Scott, New Orleans. Off port, Alecto, Bar badoes ; Valiant, Sir C. Napier; Carlota, and Ganges. A great number of barrels of flour or tallow were passed 28th ult., in lat. 43 lon. 44, by the Isabel, arrived here. DUBLIN, MAY 15.—Wind S.W.—Sid. John Knox, Bar badoes ; Undaunted and Gipsy, New York; Elliot, Quebec. BELFAST, MAY 15.—Wind S.—Arrd. 14, Antwerp, Ro binson, Norfolk, V. 15, Royal Sailor, ditto ; Mary, Norris. New York. Sld. 12, Glenroy, St. Thomas's. 14, Dana, Havannah ; Mary, ditto; Vandalier, New York. 15, Yes pasian, Cuba; Trenton, Havannah ; Omota, Picton. NEWRY, MAY 13.—Apollo, Carter, New York. LIMERICK, MAY 15.—Wind W.—Arrd. 13, Eleanor, Groves, Baltimore. Sld. 13, Linden, Quebec; Swallow, ditto; Horatio, New York. The Vesta, Draper, sailed hence 22d April for Quebec, and has put back to Turbeck R oa d s. CORK, MAY .—The Mary and Eleanor, of Cardig 9 a t n h , abandoned, with four feet water in her hold, waspassed, inst., lat. 33, long. 15, and a ship's mast following day, by the Agitator, arrd. here. SLIGO, MAY 12.—Arrd. Adario, New York and Lisbon. ABERDEEN, MAY 11.—Sld. Brilliant, Quebec. DUNDEE MAY 13.—The Altna Keith sloop, of Pittenweem, was found on her beam ends at the mouth of the river to-day ; master drowned. LIERNA, MAY 12.—The Heroine, Walker, Aberdeen to Quebec, passed through the Frith yesterday, putting back with loss of mainmast and bulwarks, and one man over board. THANKS OF THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT TO A BRITISH SHIPMASTER. The Admiralty has forwarded a dispatch to Lloyd's, in closing copy of a letter received by the Secretary of Stiee for Foreign Affairs, from Count do Jarnac, the French Minister at this Court, directing him to request that the acknowledg ments of the French Goverment may be conveyed to Capt. Andrew Davidson, commanding the English brig Earl of Newborough, of Wcneworth, for the services which he ren dered to the crew of the French brig Jeuno Chevalier, on the occasion of that vessel taking fire. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 16.—Wind S.S.E. to W.—Sld. Luetor et Emerge, Boston, U.S. OFF THE WtanT, MAY 15.—Oriental Queen, Mauritius; Neptune, Leigh, Havannah, for Copenhagen ; Gladiator, Bunting, New York. DECREE OF THE JUN FA OF OPORTO.—TONNAGE 1) IiES. Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade, Whitehall, 15th May, 1847. Sir,—l am directed by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade to acquaint you, for the information of the committee for managing the affairs of Lloyd's, and the merchants trading with Oporto, that the Junta has published a decree exempting vessels that may enter or leave that port before the end of July next, with cargoes, from the payment of tonnage dues.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) J. MACGREGPE4 W. Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Baron ALDERSON.) The Court was occupied all the morning with cases of petty larceny, which were destitute of any interest whatever. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. The Hon. George Percy Sydney Smythe, M.P., 68, Henley street, accompanied by Lord Manners, A. D. R. Cochrane, Esq., M.P. for Bridport, and H. J. Baillie, Esq., M.P. for In verness-shire, appeared before Mr. Bingham, in answer to a summons charging him with inciting Lord Viscount Pol lington to commit a breach of the peace by fighting a duel. In consequence of his Parliamentary duties Viscount Pol lington was not able to be in attendance, but Mr. BINGHAM thought that the justice. of the case would be met if he called upon the hon, defendant to find bail, himself in 500/., and two sureties in the like sum, to keep the peace for twelve menthe towards all her Majesty's subjects, .Hail was immediately offered and accepted .when the par ties thanked the Magistrate and retired. Thoma s Kerne and Citaths Kerne, two respectably-dressed young men, were placed before Mr. Bingham, charged with Creating A diatvabance and assaulting Edward To wers , a t c h eating 1 1 .4 fit eoiree-house, Bath-street, New-road. It appeared Iftwn the evidence, that on the previous morning between the hours of one and two, the defendants, accompanied by two others, not in cuctody, entered the complainant's house and called for tin Abundant supply of coffee, bread, butter, and egg.,, which, after being supplied with, they refused to pay for nuless they were served with a further quantity. Com plainant doubting the honesty of their intentions roused to serve them, and said if they left the house in a quiet manner, he would let them go wit bout paving. The prisoners' companions took the hint and made off as fast as they could: but the prisoners refused t o go , an d sa id they would see the com d—d first, and they would stop as long as they liked. As an earnest of their intentions, they began to tear up the tables and break the cups and saucers. Complainant remonstrated with them, and did all he could to get them to leave the place, but instead of taking his advice they knocked him down and kicked him several times. They were pro ceeding to further acts of violence, when the arrival of a police-constable put an end to their pranks, by conveying them to " durance vile." The prisoners, who denied the charge, were fined 10s. each or coven days to the House of-Correction, for the assault, in addition to 14s. Od. for the damage done to complainant's property. T WATT E S. MWonald, a ship joiner, was brought up for final examination, charged with the wilful murder of his wife, Agnes M•Donald. The facts of the case have been so recently before the public, both in the police•reports and the proceedings at the coroner's inquest, that it will suffice to state that the exa mination of several witnesses proved that the deceased and her husband were addicted to drinking, and that M'Donald had been frequently seen to kick and beat his wife. On Saturday, the, Bth inst., a quarrel took place between them, and the man beat and kicked his wife in so savage a manner that she had to be removed to the London Hospital, where she subsequently died from the effects of the injuries she had received. The additional evidence this day was that of the prisoner's son, a lad about eight years of age, who on the former exa mination was not admitted to give evidence, but by direction of the magistrate had in the interim been placed in th• workhoueo, under the instruction of the chaplain. The poor little fellow seemed quite unconscious of the affecting position in which he was placed. The substance of his tes timony was, that on the evening in question his father hit his mother on the nose; that she afterwards fell down, when Ile jumped upon her, and kicked her several times. Mr. Nash, the house-surgeon at the London Hospital, also icposed that on the morning the deceased died she said it was her husband that did it. He described the appearances presented on the post mortem examination. The body was covered with blood and bruises, the cartilage of the nose separated, the legs much bruised, the vessels of the brain were much congested, her bowels were ruptured, and two of her ribs were broken. The prisoner, who said nothing in his defence, was fully committed on the capital charge. WORSHIP STREET. Yesterday morning, Hayward, a warrant officer of the court, addressing Mr. Broughton, the sitting Magistrate, said that he had obeyed his instructions in making the necessary in. gulrifts respecting the melancholy case which was brought before his notice a few days since by Mr. Coast, a relieving ellicer of the parish of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, and had, found that it had not been in the slightest degree exagge rated. The particulars thereof are as follow : Mr. Coast, in appealing to Mr. Broughton, said he did so on behalf of an unfortunate individual named llsrshall, who had lately become a bankrupt, ano his wife. Upon viiitirg then he found that they were both lying upon a sick bed, Marshall being laid up with the rheumatic gout and other wise seriously ill; and his wife, who was lying by his side, quite blind and labouring under a spasmodic affection. Thcre was no other furniture in the room but the bed and bed stead, which had been sent to them by some kind neigh bours, their own, notwithstanding their dreadfully afflicted state, having been taken from under them, under, the fiat of bankruptcy, and they were thus left with nothing Gut the • bare walls and the flooring. Mr. BooncriToN, in alluding to the circumstances con nected with this almost unparalleled case of crhelty, said that he felt confident that no body of creditors would have sanctioned such a proceeding, and it was a case, he hoped, that would come before the public. He should order a sovereign from the poor-box to be immediately sent to the unhappy individuals. It was stated that Mrs. Marshall had given birth to no fewer than twenty-four children, several of whom are, how ever, dead, and the others have families of their own. MARKET NEWS.-(YESTERDAY. ) . CORN EXCHANGE. During last week the arrivals of English Wheat for ear market, coastwise as well as by land carriage and sample, were on a very limited scale; those of all other articles Of home produce, including Flour, unusually small. The r e " ceipts from Ireland and Scotland were extremely limited. From abroad, however, the imports of Wheat, Barley, Oat", and Flour were liberal; those of other grain very uniz" portant. Fresh up to-day the supply of Wheat from Essex , Kent, Cambridgeshire, &c., was extremely small, hence the show of samples of both red and white was smaller than on many previous market days. This falling off in the aren't , together with the large attendance of both " It and country buyers, caused the holders of all kinds of Wheat to be very firm, and the trade must be considered very brisk, at an advance in the quotations paid on Monday last, of from FIVE to SIX SHILLINGS Pan QUARTER, at which amount of improvement the whole of the supply was cleared off. The best samples of English White sold freely at front one hundred and nine to one hundred and sixteen shillings ? II quarter ! This is the highest point of value realised for a long series of years, and there is every prospect of a fuel ° rise in the quotations. Although the imports of Foreign Wheat last week were upwards 0f12,000 quarters, the quantL i t i of that description of grain on offer was small, owing to fair e " b. , cargoes having been taken afloat for the French and BOP*" markets. The trade was again very brisk, at an impr ove' resent on last Monday's rates of from FIVE to SIX 3 111L112"r " . PER QUARTER, and very few parcels were unsold at the close of business. We had a large quantity of foreign Barley on show, but that of home growth was trifling. All kinds corn' mended a very steady inquiry, at fully, but at nothing quotable beyond, last week's currencies. The show of Malt was limited, while the demand for that article was veil steady at, in some instances, is per quarter more money. Upwards of 34,000 quarters of Foreign Oats came in week; and the supply on offer to-day was good; yet the trade was very steady, at fully the late advances in the quotations. Very few Beans were on show. Most kinds sold readily, at late rates. Peas moved off firmly, at eS" treme prices. Indian Corn was held at 2s per quarter more money. The Flour trade was firm, but we can notice no further improvement in value. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier.. •• •• 80s to 84 S Red, New .... 95s tolC6s Oats—Yorkshire and „., Ditto,Whlte, New 104 s 116 s Lincolnsh., Feed. 321 ."" Norfolk and Lin- Potato ...... 383 41. coin, Red..... 90s 983 Youghal and Cork, Ditto, White •• • • 953 1013 Black .• •• 301 Irish, Red• •••• • • • —5 —5 Cork, White .•• .. 303 .„„ Ditto, White ••• —s —5 Scotch, Feed. .... 370 Rye—Old ••••• • • • —5 s Beans—Tick . .. 473 •," New... ••••• • • • • • 605 635 Pigeons.. . . 501 - - .. RAW Barley—Grinding..... 45s 48s Peas-Grey 535 •;,„. Malting . ........ 581 60s Maple... Chevalier .• • • 60s 61s White ........... 585 ...°"" Slelt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers 605 folk •.• • • • 73s 75s Flour—Town-made 75 7 Brown .•• • • • 75s 77s Suffolk .•• • • • 645 5 Kingston and Ware 75s 80s Stockta & Norfolk 645 '— SMITHFIELD. The imports of live stock into London last We W ere as follows : From whence. Oxen. Cows. Sheep. Lambs. Cal ced. 110 ' ... 319 ... 570 ... Rotterdam Hamburgh l6 ... 8 ... llarlingen Flushing — ... 405 Antwerp •Po' Total -. 190 431 1,108 4 195 d At Hull and the various other outports about 1,100 bea of Beasts, Sheep, and Calves have been landed in excellent condition.. There were in the market about 700 Oxen a _ Cows, 300 Sheep, and 30 Calves, mostly from Ho lland, an which met a very active demand at improved currencies' Notwithstanding the arrivals of beasts from our own distri, e _. t* fresh up this morning, were seasonably extensive, and el e t: cellent quality, an unusual degree of excitement prevailed 1.. h a tt the demand for all kinds of fat stock. This mus t be rr_. buted in a great measure to the large number o f buyers : attendance from Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds , W:_!,d field, Bristol, and elsewhere, the whole of whom Parcu•—nd largely for those localities. The Beef trade was ve r y brisk, at the quotations advanced over those obtained on .‘londanyolf; of from sixpence to eightpenre per Sibs, and at which a of improvement a total clearance was speedily made. uus'i comparison of prices, we perceive, that Beef is now sellingand Is 4d to Is 6d, Mutton Is 6d to 2s, Lamb Bd, Veal Bchdig Pork, 4d per 81bs more money than at the correspon period in 1846 ! and this immense amount of improies-veee'ini has taken place in the face of full average supp l , re d Norfolk, Suffolk, Es homehreds, and sex, and Cambridsho ges r t hi horns e fra r ecei the about 1,000 Scots, ; ro eons , western and midland districts , 800 Herefords , rue i, s , v oid &c. ; from other parts of England, 500 of various kinds: from Scotland 250 horned and. polled Scots—the remise ... 7i of the Bullock supply being mostly derived from abroad the neighbourhood of the metropolis. With Sheep were but moderately supplied. As most of the butebersAinely very short of supply, the Mutton trade was exc ee " brisk, at an advance on last week's currencies of fully • freer, per 81bs, the primest old Downs in the wool sellingB 5 d per it' 6s 4.1 per Slbs, those out of the wool produc in g e b a d been blbs. At the close of the market a total ele aranc effected. From the Isle of IVight 230 Lambs tole hand ; and the receipts from other quarters wer e _ as rably good. Still, however, the Lamb trade _l, extremely brisk, at a further rise in value of fully 4d P 8 81bs., the primest Down qualities realising, without dliT.l culty, 6s. Bd. per 81bs. There was a large business doing la came fresh to Calves, the supply of which was moderate, at a rise in value of 4d per Sibs. The Pork trade was very firm, and the quo tations advanced from 2d to 4d per 81bs., with a fair average number of Pigs on sale. Per albs. to sink the offal. s. d. to s. d. 1. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts-. 4 0 4 6 Second quality ditto 5 0 5 4 Second quality ~.. 4 8 410 Coarse-woolled ditto 5 6 510 Prime large Oxen• • 5 0 5 2 Southdown Wether 6 0 6_4 Prime Scots • • 5 2 5 4 Ditto out of the wool Large coarse Calves 4 8 5 2 Large Hogs •• • • 4 0 4 S Prime small ditto .. 5 4 5 6 Small Porkers .... 410 a 4 4 uckling Calves -21 0 32 0 Quarter old Pigs ..19 0 23 Inferior Sheep • • 4 2 4 6 Lambs .......... b 8 6 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs. 3,253 20,370 131 310 NEVTGA.TE AND LEADENHALL. The arrivals of Meat from Scotland and all part of Eng' land have been unusually limited during the past week ; but with that slaughtered in the metropolis we have been fairly supplied. Still, however, the gener al demand has ruled very firm, at an advance in the prices of Beef of from 2d to 4d ; of Veal 2d, and of Por k from 2d to 4d p er 81bs.; those of Mutton and Lamb being steadily supported. About 9 00 carcases of foreign meat have been disposed of. At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. 11. d. to '- Beef, inferior. ••• .• 3 6 3 8 Mutton, inferior 4 0 4 --m iddling •• • 310 4 n middling.. 4 6 4 prime large 4 0 4 2 prime .• •• 4 10 6 prime small.. 4 2 4 4 Pork, 1arge........ 4 4 51 ........ 5 0 V eal 4 13 Lamb. s :5 4 7to 6s 4d BOROUGH HOP MARKET. The plantation accounts being favourable, we have still to report a very inactive demand for all kinds of Hops; yet last week's prices are steadily supported in.every instance :-•-• Sussex Pockets, 31 18s to 41 8s ; NV l e s ald to o 6 f i K io en s t ditto, 41 53 to Si; Mid and East Kent ditto, 41 s rim BOROUGH AND SPITAL LS. 290 tons, chiefly from Holla nd. The The imports of potatoes in the past awrreievkalshacovasebtweeinseahboavuet prices; but all other kinds are a dull in q uiry, at barely late been small. The best qualities are in fair request, at full rat es.—York Reds, 240 s to 260 s per t on ; Ditto, Regents, 2403 to 280 s ; Ditto, Shams, 200 s to 220 s ; Lincoln and m Cabridge shire Regents, 200 s to 280 s ; Ditto, Kidn e y s, Ditch, 140 s to 180 s. WOOL. 200 s tO 220 a; Since this day se'nnight the imports of Wo ol have con- L sisted of 936 bales from Port Philip, 10,0 00 ditto from ean ceston, 334 ditto from Odessa, and 300 ditto from variousoo° other quarters. The public sales, at which about 13, packages have been offered, have been brought to a close- The best qualities were mostly disposed of at full prices, the middling and inferior kinds declined from Id to 1 d p" pound. In the private contract market exceedingly little business is doing. The consumers of Tallow are still unwilling to TALLOW. other i t td O he c er k r ah a re l t t icc h ul o e sn u although the used aaste ss b ut l o o bo n s t e hi y tiug M thes a as r a k rt e eh t ehiisgstheo.acskiewirs, elaoslot,hnildelooothilt; for any great reduction. Rough Fat is 2s 80 per 81b5. get into EPSOM RACES.—The influence of the wind, sun' and dust, on these occasions, is frequently a source of ser i , i4 es inconvenience to persons o f d e li cate com plexion. should ever be provided with Rowland's Kalydor, which will be found gratefully refreshing to the complexion, disp elling the cloud of languor and relaxation, allaying all irritability and heat, and immediately affording the pleasing sensat.! attendant on restored elasticity and healthful stat e of t: skin. As a protector and preserver of the hair, Rowlatil" Macassar Oil will be found alike efficacious, guarding it f r°m/ . the injurious operation of the sun and dust. Beware of Sp r , rious Imitations. The only genuine articles have the Surd "Rowland's" preceding the name of the article on the wrappe r of each." Time Hor CROP.—The showers which we have_haavil in the past week, with somewhat warmer weather, proved b_. s o proved highly beneficial to every kind of have o ta ma o de good ho, partaking of the genial influence, I progress, a d b n u e l i we of perceive s t o h n at no th t they v a i r n e g n r o eq t y ai e r t e all t h p i o s led,the backw • 'SHIP.—The opera tionA aziooeTairilEynas TitAsisusual.—Canterbury-iaTLa;TICjouSrnfaLEASI British and North American Royal Mail Steam-ship Com pany's new steamer the America, the first of the Royal mail steam-ships for the New York line, was launched on Thursday ! last, the 13th inst., from the yard of Messrs. R. Steele and Co., Greenock. She is unquestionably the finest steamer afloat. The Niagara and Europa will also be lauched shortly ---Liverpool Albion. THE MURDERS AT MIRFIELD. APPREHENSION OF ANOTHER OF THE SUPPOSED MUR DERERS. —HUDDERSFIELD, FRIDAY.—The murders of Mr. Wraith, his %% ife, and servant girl. at the village of Mirfield, which are almost unequalled in England's calendar of crimethrill. for atrocity and cruelty, have produced the mo r t 4 sensation throughout the county. The unfortunate creatures sacrificed were (excepting the servant girl) between seventy and eighty years of age. They were much respected, being inhabited. and inoffensive people. The house which they and where the horrid crime was perpetrated, stands in a somewhat secluded spot, about one hundred and fifty yards from the public road, and no other building near for some two hundred yards. Mr. Wraith is known to have possessed a considerable sum of money in the house, which cannot now be found, leaving no doubt that plunder was the object of the murderers, for it is pretty evident that more than one was engaged in the bloody affair. The hor rible appearance of the sufferers can never be effaced from the memory of those who saw them. The skull of each was beaten to pieces, the jaws driven in, throats cut, the arms of the two females fractured, and the fingers broken to pieces, as if the arms and hands had in vain been raised to protect the head from the fearful blows of the inhuman wretches. The sight was most horrifying. In places where the bodies lay were pools of blood, in which the teeth and brains of the deceased were lying. Amongst the first to enter the house after the discovery of the murder was Mr. Kennel, the land lord of the King's Head, at Mirfield, who states the drawers and boxes in the house were open and had been ransacked, and the blinds had been drawn down and pinned together, to prevent persons looking in. The mother of the poor servant girl, Caroline Ellis, on hearing of their shocking fate swooned, and died the following day. On Friday, Mr. Superintendent Green apprehended an Iris'rman named Patrick Reid ;who was:seen, in company with M'Cabe (already in custody), near the house at the time the murder must have been going on. Marks of blood were found on his clothes, and the police are in possession of circumstances which will in a great measure be the means of unravelling the mystery that at present exists. Both the prisoners are imprisoned at Dewsbury Lock-up, in charge of four police constables. MURDER OF A WOMAN BY HER HUSBAND AT BIRMINGHAM. On Friday evening an inquest was held at the Grand Turk, on Ludgate-hill, on the body of Margaret Leonard, about 41) years of age, wife of a man named Peter Leonard, a paper hawker, and residing in Tanter-street, who died in consequence of injuries received from being thrown down stairs by her husband, on the morning of Saturday last. They had for a long time past been in the habit of having quarrels, which often resulted in blows, one or both being generally in a state of intoxication; and from the evidence it will be seen that this was unhappily the cause of the quarrel in the present instance, which resulted in the death of the woman. The husband himself was present in custody, and cross-examined one or two of the witnesses. He did not appear much concerned as to the result of the investi gation ; but when any portion of the evidence was parti cularly against him he became agitated, and trembled very much. The excitement created by the event became very great in the neighbourhood of Tanter-street, when it was known that the death of the woman had taken place; and towards the close of the investigation the room was crowded by persons anxious to hear the pro ceeding. The first witness called was Mary May, wife of James May, comb-maker, and residing nearly oppo-' site the house of deceased in Tanter,treet. She knew the deceased, Margaret Leonard, who, she believed, was quite well on the morning of Saturday last. About half past seven o'clock that morning witness saw deceased and her husband come home together, and go into the house, both of them appearing to be intoxicated, as might be inferred from their staggering walk. On going in they shut the door after them. Witness heard loud talking between them, the husband cursing the wife, calling her bad names, and order ing her to get up front the floor, where she was lying, to fetch some coal and make him breakfast. She answered, " I will, Peter." After this, witness went on with her employ ment, and did not hear any more, until the husband himself came over to her door, about ten minutes past eight, when he said, " Will you corns over to my house, and help to gat Mar garet out of the cellar? for I've shoved her d at o e vv atel e 3 g r ,, e a ; lo b , u ig t passion is the devil " Witness went ove a r a with a neighbour, of which the man Mrs. Forty, who had immediately, asked. On looking towards the cellar, clown the stairs said his wife had fallen, they found the door shut; but having got a light, they discovaetred the unfortunate woman the two lower steps, and her lying with her legs and feet . o body stretched outwards, with the head doubled up under the right shoulder. her f ac e was covered all over with clotted bl o od, and there were al so two pools of blood on the cellar floor. Leonard himself was asked i i t e o an he d lp d h ie er ;,, up bu s t ta w ir i s t , ne b s u! lie said, "No, let the dirt y • with th assistance of Mrs. Forty an anot ier neighbour who came in, h a d the deceased removed up stairs, where they laid her down by thin fire-place, and washed her, being all this time in an insensible state and speechless, but groaning heavily, and making a noise; blood was streaming , also, from both ears. Witness and the other neighbour w i s hed to put the deceased into bed, but he r liusband said he would not allow her to go into a bed of his, and when they wanted to put the pillow below her head he refused. using words equally indecent with the above. H e was still drunk, but soberer than when he went into the house. Other evidence proved the determined purpose with which apparently the prisoner had sought to murder the unfortunate woman, and his heartless indifference to her agonies. The jury, after a consultation of about ten mi. „ u tes, returned with a verdict finding Peter Leonard Guilty of" Wilful murder. NUMEROUS ROBBERIES.—On Saturday information was received of the following robberies: —From M r . Hes ' j ‘et hi n the Edgware-road, a purse, containing thirteen so vereigns ; from the office of the terminus of the railway, B r ightnn, the property of the Brighton Railway Company, 029/. 2s. 4d; from the billy-boy Sarah, lying off the Rose and Crown-stairs, Shad Thames, the property of William Wake, a silver watch, No. 951, chain and seals; from Mr. Goodfellow's, the Waterm an ' s A rms, L ower Shadwell, several silver spoons, a quantity of tobacco, sugar, and clothes, be longing to lodgers; from Mr. Howell's, the Haad-in-hand, Holborn, 60/. in gold; from the Thatched House Tavern, 9, Red Lion-street, Holborn, a quantity of silver plate and linen, marked "T. IL I."; from Mr. Brown, of South ampton, in a house in Leman's-pond, Southwark, 27 sove reigns, six 5/. and four 101. Bank of England notes; and from Mrs. Gullives, 51, Trafalgar-square, Walworth, 50 so vereig-iis and 106. in sil ver , an d a quan ti ty o f p l ate , mar k e d "S. A. 6." BIRTHS. On the 10th inst., at Hillhead House, Pollockshaws, Mrs Alexander Broadfoot, of a son, who survived only two days. On the 10th inst., at Park-hill, Frome, the lady of Thomas E. Marsh, Esq., of a son. On the 11th inst., at Maida-vale, Paddington, Mrs. George Flint, of a son. On the 13th inst., at Sutton-place, Hackney, the lady of George Blaxland, Esq., of a son. On the 13th inst., in Bryanston-street, Portman-s4 the wife of J. Humpage, Esq., of a son. On the 13th inst., in Norfolk-street, Strand, Mrs. Law rence Levy, of a daughter. On the 13th inst., in Manchester-square, Mrs. W. Hake s * of a son. On the 13th inst., at Compton Castle, Somerset, the la (1 of George Singer, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 13th inst., at Dartford, Henry, son of Mr. l ' Bl3l Hubble, Northfleet, to Barbara Kettlewell, second daughter of the late Mr. James Hards, Dartford. On the 13th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, Mr. C. T. Wood, of Drury-lane, to Martha, youngest daughter a Mr. Thomas Coggan, of Fulhan— DIED. On the 17th of March, at the Cape of Goed Hope, on board the Gloriana, Martha Eliza Coster, the wife ot Lieutenant Coster, 14th Light Dragoons, aged 23. On the 12th inst., Ann, daughter of the la te Bryan Cor coran, of Mark-lane, aged 65. of On the 12th inst., at Herne - hill , Mrs. Simpson, relict the late T. Simpson, Esq., aged 86. On the 12th inst. at Brighton, Mary, relict of t he late Manning, Esq., M.P . On the 13th inst., at Totnee, Devon, J. Blower, - - _ Leann: Printed and Published by ?SURD° YOUNG, of Ns. /it Strand, Printer, at The San Office, N 0.112, Strand, In the of the 13eyoy, .in the Count" of Dilddlesea. hiQudets a"V 1647. .