The Sun.
London, England, 1838-07-16 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS. Julx 14.
(Continued fr-orn our First Edition of Saturday )
IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT BILL.
Mr. HUME was 01 epinion that some portion of pav should be allotted
to creditors where officers forgot to perform their engagements. It was
true, that in some cases it might press hard on the officer, but then the
tradesman ought also to be protected.
Sir E. CODRINGTON observed, that it was on the ground of pro.
tection to the public service that he had put the case.
Sir HENRY HA RDINGE said if a military officer incurred a debt
for necessary equipments the Comrnander.in.Chief would compel that
officer to pay for them, He agreed with the Gallant Admiral opposite
(Sir E. Codrington) that it was necessary to protect the persons of
officers —akar, hear.)
Sir J. GRAHAM said that as far as his recollection served him,
what the Right Hon. and Gallant Officer near him had stated was the prac
fiee with respect to the army seas the practice with respect to the navy.
Even on fall pay the Admiralty would take measures to secure the pay-
ment by the naval officers of their honorary debts.
Admiral A DA M made a similar statement.
Sir E CODIIINGTON said the Army Office never interfered with
the private debts of its officers. But at the Admiralty, on the mere ipsc
dixit of some underworkiog individuals, officers, without even being
confronted with their accusers, had been scratched off the Navy List.
This was a system which he (Sir Edward Codrington) had long been
endeavouring to destroy, and he had given a notice to bring the subject
forward.
Admiral ADAM thought this was not the proper time to introduce the
question. On the fitting occasion he would be quite ready to discuss it.
Sir E. CODRINGTON said when he had brought the subject for-
ward before, no one connected with the Admiralty was present.
The Clause was then agreed to.
Clauses 5,6, 7, were also agreed to.
On Clause 8, Mr. HUME said he could not see why there was
any necessity for calling in an attorney.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said this provision which had been
introduced by the other House of Parliament was necessary to carry out
the provisions of the Bill.
Mr. HUME waived his objection, and the clause was agreed to.
Clauses 0 and 10 were agreed to.
On clause 11 being proposed,
Mr. HUME said he thought there was great vagueness in it, which
would lead Sheriffs' officers to execute warrants as they pleased. Only
a few days ago a man had died in consequence of the manner in which
a warrant hart been executed. That was what he must call a legal
murder.--(A laugh.)
After a few words from the ATTORNEY.GENER AL,
The clause was agreed to.
Clauses 12 to 21 inclusive were agreed to after a few verbal alterations.
On clause 22 being read,
Mr. HUSIE said the clause now before the House chewed the total
inadequacy of the Bill. They imprisoned a mats to get possession of
his property, and they now sought to maintain a Court to get possession
of property which the debtor had not. Imprisonment for debt merely
should never take place in a free country.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL hoped the Hon. Member would offer
no factious opposition to the passing of the Bill.
The clause, as well as the otter clauses up to 32, were then agreed to,
without observation.
Clauses up to 84 were then agreed to.
On clause fis being read,
Mr. SHEPHERD moved an amendment to the effect that the judg-
ment should not be in force for more than three years after the discharge
of the debtor.
Mr. WARBURTON hoped the Hon. Member would allow the Bill
to go forth with all its imperfections, and let the responsibilities rest with
the other House, which had passed, and the Government which had
sanctioned, it. He was satisfied that the law of debtor and creditor
would not be allowed to remain in the state its which the present Bill
would place it, and that some efficient change would, ere that period,
take place.
The ATTORNEY. GENERAL would not consent to the amendment
of the Hon. Member. He hoped the Bill would be allowed to pass in
its present form.
Mr:- D. W. HARVEY, if he rightly understood the observations of
the Attorney-General, presumed that they had little to do in the way of
Miberating upon the various clauses of the Bill.—(Hear, hear.) The
Mouse of Lords had sent the Bill down to them to accept it or not, but
with an intimation that they would consent to no alterations. If
that House did not like the Bill, as it stood, " they might lump
it."--(Hear, hear, and laughter.) He was not inclined to look
so unfavourably at the Bill as the Honourable Member fur Bridport ; and
it appeared to him that the Bill was susceptible of much improvement.
There were two or three manifest advantages gained by the Bill, and
therefore he would rather see the Bill passed in its present objectionable
shape than rejected altogether.
Mr. EgTCOURT hoped the Right Hon. the Attorney-General
would consider the amendment of the Hon. Member, which he cordially
supported. He thoUght the Bill was one which ought not to be hastily
abandoned ; at the same time he trusted that the House would never
waive its constitutional right of amendment in any measure sent down
from the other House.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL denied that the Bill had not come
down in the most constitutional shape, giving to the Members of that
House every tight they think proper to exercise in the way of
amendment.
Mr. HUME objected to a judgment being allowed to hang over an in-
solvent, which would prevent his ever being able to re-establish himself
in business.
Mr. A. YATES hoped the I-lon. Member would withdraw his amend.
ment. It would be better to take the Bill for the good it would certainly
do, than reject it altogether.
Mr. FRESHFIELD objected to the amendment. It would effect an
alteration in the existing law, because in the Insolvent Debtors' Court
there were at the present moment between 100,000 and 200,000 judg-
ments which were liable to be enforced at any time. If there was any
one provision of the Bill which was more worthy of the support of that
House than another, it was the clause which it was now attempted to
alter.
The amendment was then by leave withdrawn, and the clause
agreed to.
The remaining clauses were then agreed to, and
The House resumed.
LOAN SOCIETIES (IRELAND) BILL.
This Bill went through Committee, with some verbal amendments.
DUBLIN POLICE BILL.
The Dublin Police Bill was read a third time and passed on the mo-
tion of Lord Morpeth.
The Revenue Department Securities Bill went through Committee.
The County Treasurers (Ireland) Bill passed through Committee.
INSANE PERSONS (ENGLAND) BILL.
On the motion of Lord ASHLEY this Bill went through Committee.
COUNTY OF CLARE ADVANCES BILL.
The Report of the Committee on this Bill was brought up.
The Report on the Land Tax Commissioners Names Bill was pre..
sented.
The House then adjourned.

TA LLETRAND.—The following anecdotes are from
a little literary and political autobiography by M. Heiberg, a Dane, who
was for twenty years an attache to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in
France. In speaking of the zeal necessary in the service of the bureaux,
Prince Talleyrand humorously and wittily said, " I think zeal and
activity in the public service should exist in the reverse ratio with the
importance of the places occupied. Thus it is highly proper for me as
the Minister to possess little zeal; you, M. Roux, chef de division, must
have a little more than I ; you, M. Challaye, in your capacity of
copyist, you have need of a great deal of zeal and activity; and as to a
Larson de bureau, he never can have enough." M. Heiberg entering
one evening the apartment of the Minister, expecting to find him quite
alone, was surprised to see him seated at his writing table, and near him
M. Labesnardiere, his Secretary and confidant. lie was about to re.
tire, but the Minister bade him stay. The surprise of M. Heiberg
was still greater, when he heard M. Labesnardicre dictating and Talley_
rand writing to the dictation of his secretary. The fact was, the Prince
was obliged every second or third day to make a report to the Emperor
in his own hand writing, and in order to save himself the trouble of
collecting the necessary information, he found it shorter and less trouble-
some to have the report dictated to him by his confidential secretary.
On one occasion, when Talleyrand was in vain seeking one of his secre-
taries, M. Heiberg volunteered his services. The Minister accepted
his offer, and told him to take a magnificent sheet of paper and write a
letter for him to the Empress Josephine. While he was preparing to
write, Talleyrand went to his writing table and began to examine his
papers; after a short interval he said, " Well l is the letter finished ?"
" Your Excellency has not told me what to write." " Simple man!" re-
plied the Prince; " in writing to a lady one always commences with
speaking of her wit, beauty, and grace—the rest is for the postscript."
THE Nuw MARRIAGE ACT.—The proportion of
marriages entered into at the offices of Superintendent Registrars is only
one in 125, or eight in 1,000. In the great manufacturing towns of
Sheffield dnd Leeds not one such marriage has taken place ; but in two
rural districts, Stoke Damerel and Tendrlng, 19 have been entered into.
Not being acquainted with the moral or social state of these districts, we
arc unable to recount for this striking disproportion. It happens that,
while the registered places of worship are far apart, the offices of the
Superintendent Registrars are situated in convenient territorial di-
•isions ; and yet civil contract marriages have token place in only 190
out of above 600 districts. It is not desirable, perhaps, that this
description of marriages should increase. It does not, however,
follow, that the parties whose union is not sanctioned by any religious
ceremony will on that account be likely to perform the duties which
they undertake in a looser manner than those who resort to the altar of
the Established Church, or to the non-conformist form. Marriage is
purely a civil contract in Scotland, and yet we apprehend its obligations
are regarded as binding and sacred, and are fulfilled with as much fide.
lity as in England. It is more sat isfactor y, we should conceive, that out
of every 1,000 marriages there should be the insignificant proportion of
C in which the contract is simply a civil obligation, than that the clergy
should be called on to listen, at the foot of the a:tar, to protests by parties
who have submitted, on compulsion to a religious ceremony, for the
forms .f which they entertain no respect.—Doncaster Gazette.

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at i . n
Friday afternoon a most respectable jury was em-
pannellei before Mr. Payne, the City Coroner, at the Bull Tavern,
Bishopsgate-street, to investigate the circumstances attending the death
of an East India indigo merchant, named Brandt, residing at No. 3,
St. Nelms's-place, Bishopagate. From the evidence produced, it ap-
peared that the unfortunate gentleman was 32 years of age, and had
been married about 15 months to a lady of great personal attractions
about twelve years his junior. A short time since deceased and his
lady left the metropolis for a tour through Scotland, from which
diet On the day following the deceased called at
by a steam-pat, •
he arrived in London, accompanied by her, on 'Wednesday last,
an order for a chest of medicine, which he stated was to go
‘a.ilTrioga'creand which, among ether things, contained a pint of prussic
the house of Mr. Beale, a surgeon, residing in Bishopsgate,
acid. It was ordered to be sent to his residence packed up with tow,
which was accordingly done. A short period after gaining possession of
the chest he conveyed it to his counting house, and demolished it with
a hatchet, and then took a great quantity of prussic acid. Shortly after
he had perpetrated this horrid act he was discovered prostrate on the
state. Medical assistance was called in, but before any
you be not
i:liffg:rde.d, the vital spark had fled. On examination of the
s -el tAned that two-thirds of the contents of the phial
prussic acid was gone. Thus the unfortunate gentleman
s'ite't:then sufficient to kill fifty or sixty people. The Jury, after
temper o bSetialvkoiidneed" b'y allil means. A sulky
rAtartied a verdict of "'Temporary Insanity."
1 s r
• •
matt is bail enough ; what, then, must be a sulky woman, end that
woman a wife: a constant inniate, a companion day and night: only
think of the delight of sitting at the same table and sleeping in the same
bed, for a weck, and not exchange a word all the while' Very bad to
be se ()Mktg fir such a length of time; but this is far better than sulks.
jr you have your eyes and look sharp you will discover symptoms of this
boiletitie'tq'Adto:riitt:oeht'is:l)Put(i'tieieltelYtrif'lli'teaxl the' family ttif.,na t'sitssi'Si,lila°3,:;ttello'sAlpri
respect,
,cpate:r h:a:tisei., i towardsatgi'tilri yonotolulterrsne'
i!ef::;:ft 'a vt uit
yout' maya'd
her- Sulki-
ness arises from capricious displeasure,displeasure not founded in reason.
The party takes offence unjustifiably; as unable to frame a complaint,
and therefore expresses displeasure by silence. The remedy for sulki-
ness is to suffer it to take its full swing; but it is better not to have
the disease in your house; and to be married to it little short of
madness.—Cobbett.

A NGLING.—A cuccums!ance which has not oc-
curred in the memory' of the 01.:ect angler who frequents the banks of
the river Don, took Id:ice on Friday the 29th ult. Mr. John Armitage,
of the steam mill, Doncaster, caught a roach of the extraordinary
weight of stb. 2oz. The appearance of such a fish has astonished all
who have been favoured with a sight of it.—Doncasfer Gazette,

PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS; !
AssutzANcE comPAAIKs,;&e. &c. &c.

LONDON, Pal is/A Y, JULY 13
Number M.:Wend Pete
of per CANAL S. • pa
Shares. Annum. e4id• Share
1,766 7 pet cent. Ashton and Oldham.... Average 971.1*. sh. 135
1.082 41. Afi,hy. .;(._l.c-Zouch .........Avcragell.sii. 65
1,2 M Basingstoke lOO/.c h. 5
1,005 5/. Brecknock sett Abergav only 150,. sl. 100
2,000 1-16 sh. 91 (is. Birmingham, 1-16th strati? ..... -Si/. & 711. 2.10
110) llittO and I.,:verpool J inlet... ,'-9/. sh. 100 pd 241
6110 3/. Bridgewater and Taunton -.RV. sh. all rd 64
400 41 Cheliner and Illachwater 1(03. oh, 102
500 iel c wentry '.O/.311. 715
4,515 Croydon ,. I. sh. 3
2,060: 4/. Os. Dudley lOO/.5h. .83
6111 110. Derby .. 100/. sh. 133
29,0400 4 per cent, ihmune and 51,yne
3,575: 31. Ellesmere and Chester Average 133/. sh. 77
231 461. Erowash 1001.0 n. 700
1,237 281. Forth and Clyde Average 440.1.:C5. eh. 5601
11,5040) 121. Grand Junetic.r. , l+ol sh. 202
2,M01 11. Grand Ihrion 1011/.oh 25
1.50(1 Grand Surrey
120,000/. 41. per cent. Dltro (el,tional) Loan 110/ 70
3 '196 Grand Western
690 131. 12s. id. G'ena rrtarlihi.re, Average cost 1721. MP. 11, 230
749 10t. Grantham 150/. oh. 202
6,238 21. Os. liividers6c id Average .57/. Ils. 6cl. sh. 37
100 Kensington IC' oh all pd. 10
2 c_W; 11. ss. Kennet ;nd Avon, Average 39/. 185.109. oh. 25
2,8971 241. Leeds and Liverpool 100/. sh. 61e:
5151 131. Leicester l4O/. oh. 920
1,897 6/. Os. Leicester an) Northampton... Aver c3l. 10s. 95
2.400 10/. !Monmouthshire 100/.sh. 200
150 10/. Melton Mowhray 1001. eh. 200
500 251. Mersey and Irweli lOO/. sh. 565
3.01)0 1/. 10s. Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd. 52
247 17/. Neath
2,400 5/. Peak Forest A vth.ge about 781. oh. 04
1,418 Its. Regent's (or London) Aver. 33/. 161.8 d. oh, 15:
5,6(19 61. per cent. i:ochdale Average 8.51, oh. I 1
500 81. Shropshire 1251. oh. 138
800 91. 10s. Semerset Coal 150/. sh. 1511
3,600/. 41 par cent Ditto I ock Fund Stock l2/. IN. sh. 111
700 40/. Stafford and Worcester l4O/. sh. 710
500 91. Shrewsbury
300 9/. Stnurbridge
3.647 2/. Os. Stratford-on-Avon ...Average 791. 9s. tot sh. 40
533 15/. Swansea 100/. oh. .250
3,762 11. 15s. Severn and Wye and Railway ...Av 3.5/. oh. 35
1,600/ea. 521. 10a. Trent and (Mersey, 1 share 100/. sh. 580
8.1 19 Thames :,n.I Medway... Aver. 191. Ss. 20. sh. 2
1,000:h•I 161.
Warwick a.sd Birmingham I 00/. sh 281
1,000,107.
060 lat. Warwick and Napton lOO/. sh. 200
6,000 41.0 x. ANJrcest,r and Birmingham... Av. 764.85. sh. 79)
5,000 255. Wilts an, Berks .. Average 67/. 10s. Bd. sh. 23
800 31. V., 5 :ley and Essington 1251. sh 75
126 Wisbeach . 105/. sh. 4a
110.1 It. %Vey and Arm, llO/. sh. 221
D Or.',K S.
MOO& I
1,06:,01, s 3 p. sCommercial . .001. sh. 56
498,66711. 6 per et. Fast India Stock 114
3,2,,,9,31011. 555. p.c t. London i stock 61:
Ditto Bonds llll
1,350,000/. 4il. p. ct. West India stock 1041
2,209 2/. 19s. Bristol
68,3241. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll3
1,352,752 5 percent. St. Katharine Otock 103
5011,000 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds lO2
91..,.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years lOOl
2.500 ...... Deptford Pie, '2Ol. s.h. 201. pd 11
BI(N)GES.

1,1500 ICs. Hammersm tl• 5Ol. sh. 22;
7,231 Southwark, Old Av. 63/. 2s. Bd. sh. 2
1,700 1/. lbs. Ditto, New, of 74 per cent. 5O/. sh. 14
5,000 Waterloo
5,000 18s. Bd. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/. 6O/. pd 19
5,000 16s. 4d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd 171
10,000!. 5/. per cent. Ditto Itouds llB
5,848 17s Vauxhall Avttrage 70/. 10s. 3d. sh. 22
ASSURANCE COSIPANIES.
2,000 3/10s Albion 500/. sh. 50/. pd 89

50,000 S 5 pa
per cent./ Alliance, & Foreign 1001. sh. 10f/. pd 11,
1_ and 15s. •
50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marius 100/. sh. Si. pd 61
24,000 11. per sh. Atl•ir 5Ol. sh. 5/. pd 141
1,200 }sh. Si. Birmingham fire •,501. sh. 55/. pd 1074
20,000 41. per cent. British Fire 2501. sh. 50!. pd 40
12,000 11. per cent. ftritill) Commercial 504 sh. 5/. pd 5;
5,000 St. per cent. Clerical, Medi, al, &c. Life, ICOLsh. 2/10s lid 4
4,000 2/ les County lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 404
20,000 ss. Eagle
s 5 per cent./
Zany 3N bs. j
Economic !Ale lOOO/. sh. 250/. pd 375
2,271 /225. per cent. European Lit., pOl. sh. all pd 22
50,000 2s. Ditto, New 2O/. sh. 2/. pd 11
1,000,008/. 71. per ct. Globe Stock 1434
20,000 51* Guardian lOO/. sh. 271/ pd 35
40,000 Rs. Rd. Hope
2,400 51. 73. 6d. Imperial Fire 5001. sh. 50/. pd 127
7,500 9s. Imperial Life 100/. sh. 10/. pd 01
13,455 V. per cent. Indemnity ➢l:arine 100/. sh. 8/. pd 23
2,020 3/ 10s Keat Fire 501. A. all lid 82
3/. Ditto Life 79

10,100 163; Law Life 1001. sh. 101. pd 25;
5.00 u 10s. London, Fir:: 251. sh. 12/. 10s. pd 10
3,900 10s. London, Ship 25i. sh. 121. 10s. pd 16
1,000,0001. ... ..... Minerva Life 100/. sh.
30,000 hi. per cent. Palladium Lite 501. sh. 2/. pd 218 s Od
50,000 41. per cent. Protector Fite 2O/. sh. 21. pd 17,0 d
2.500 IL Provident Lite lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 20
100,000 ss. Rock Life 10/. sh. 11. pd 6,1
649,2201 51. per cent. Royal Exchange Stock... 225;
6,000 5 per cent. University Lite lOO/. sh. Si. pd 5+
50,000 4 per cent. United tiingdom Life 1001. sh. 51. pd 7;
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