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of certain Acts. Those employed in the administration 'lead of the Government believe that se ---"7.."1!'""141'Re .., ...1 D 0 IST., SATURDAY NIORNI-1:-
i INSTITUTION OF CIVIL EN- .
of the poor-law should be paced more immediatel3 country would thank him or feel ie...., .--,' Peo.l- -• •
Therefore he thought that which they had mew- - .
tinder the control of the House.yakheaudnptirlomthieießdillthwomhichahothueldßhigehthrHouogniltthieutHo Home
GINEERS. ,ed with ‘t-1-eectoutrilsles hSaederteetamr
_ -we, out for them to pursue; or that the House. Sir John Rennie, president, in the chair.
'this board should be differently constructed.
and
sail_ eel" -
late The annual general meeting of the institution was held on ;
'one officer who should be styled president,
,and
Ho
shhl
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member for Montrose (Mr. Hume) had done his duty to the Mr. BROTHERTON said, that in the course of ala
entitled to a seat in the House of Common'.matte'.t
Tuesday evening, the 19th inst., and at the ballot for the I
ha' his
have any more authority in that c .
.., a
li:- 't said be people by withdrawing the motion which he gave for the end session he had supported the Ministry in their _ Pooh%
officers for the ensuing year the following gentlemen were i
_,c01.1, iild eot of last se,sion, and that the people of this country would law Amendment Act, but he considered that t
elected :-Sir John Rennie, president ; W. Cubitt, J. Field, i
propose tb
Friend the President of the Board of.
laughter.) He shouldL. there shouldi hi ,
l ulrl be enabled to si ce allow the Government and its supporters to coalesce for the conduct out of doors had greatly aggravated what
1 -nose of rescuing. the Poonlaw Commissioners who had not he might term the defective working of the ils" J. M. Bendel, and J. Simpson, vice-presidents; J. F. Bate- i
secretaries, one of whom s o . e,°°"ol. e 1,. 1.3
' man, 1. K. Brunel, J. Locke, Sir J. Mackneill, J. Miller, W.
house of Commons, and
~.the
other should not; btlllin wd to cast the blame which they deserved upon their tern. He was glad to find NinotholehLiaorodouhsiadderattaikoeon.
C. Mylne, T. Sopwith, R. Stephenson, G. P. Bidder, and J. ;
;carry the ordinary 11,•w• eherefore it would be the fr eg, , during 1546 ? Did they suppose the people of England the subject of the law o
'ten the treatment which 31r. Day and Mr. Parker had In the township in which he resided there were very few poor,
Cubitt, members, and Captain Coddington and C. Holtzap- '
ffell associates, of the council.
me of the secretar-ms would be able to explain the le,
-poor-rates. On
tOhenrethwe
acsonatragryte,
great
,
of the different ',dicers under the poor-law. He evii or
. mo f tthheei rc hands?overu in e
nt, Whythat he e had a
rumourdtold t the Noble obeen
Lcoi Lord
the
ed consequentlyneighbouring
The report of the council was very satisfactory, as it an-
to state gottierally an outline of the plan which Got re , nounced the institution to be in a most prosperous state in
ired se With respect to the general 'we ,
des .o propose.very
pi
hresided, ufac
rnment had protected a solicitor of the Poor-law heavy. Yet, near the township where e a man -
-f doors during the last few days, to the effect number of poor, and where, of course, the rates were very
every respect, and induced a full conviction that the recently I
I was about being erected, which would in all probability improved premises would be advantageously occupied for the i
as tivey were called,
.he should propose that the ruli ; .m that exposure which a Committee of that tory
by the present commission should still continue in foil e I •ng upon ,
f the members and the profession•generally.
I
-proposed to make a different regulation altogethekt n. Member for Montrose had styled them- borders of the Salford township, and yet the whole o .
• both not because they were men of be assessed at the least at a 1,000/. a year. h was on the
Telford medals were presented to Messrs. Barlow, Snell, ,
administration of the law in Ireland from that of 1. • „ Harding, Williams, Parke, West, and Ritterbandt; arid
that where the poor-rates women -premiums of books to Messrs. Turnbull, Heppe', and Ro- I
The administration of the poor laws in England an - were connected with persons high in the benefit would be given not to the township, where the poor
need the Government that there were per- were most numerous, but to
would therefore be separate. He did not think it tie i
' nd without the doors of that House, who in all probability, not be sixpence in the pound. He thought bertson.
make any further observations with reference to the p Council premiumwiconsisting'of collections of books, of con-
lye proposed for the adoption of the House. The 'the resolutions of the Andover township, and yet the whole benefit should be given to ano-
eplainly if the House neglected its duty, it would be very unfair that the rates should be levied in one
siderable value, were presented to Messrs. Barlow, nnell, and i
,it aside
Harding, in addition to the Telford medals. I
-already been embodied in a Bill which had not, howe
inch pronounced those men guilty of t ,
finally arranged; at an early day it would lw. enkthat
etion of duty, as having oppressed their soleition to remedy defect.
her, and he trusted that the Committee would come to a re-
It was announced in the annual report of last year that I
upon the table of the House. and if it etteio - othe council intended establishing these premiums, and from
with unmitigated satisfaction, for he their value, and the stimulus they offer to the competitors,
sanction, be hoped that the adrenito ...a I
, came to the Government, who had a majority at Lord, he could not say .
.1 as having scandalously neglected their duties; Gtptain HARRIS had. heard the stateesent of the Noble
under the poor-
he union e
int memoirs were given of
h law was as peat or • •s hoped the will produce good would be perfectly satisfactory o eation of 1 it 1y P g communications for the
in his opinion, of great. .0 all parties. 1 le Member for Montrose, had withdrawn his motion, greater than the evils which prevailed present.t . meetings.
. to endeavour to rescue them. As the Hon. Gen. believed that the evil of altering teu
so much infor matron as to • importance, the en . Succ i the deceased members,
by Hon. Members, it the working of a law vi
the
ttoligatireitst
the
ee.' en notice of a motion for Thursday next, to move law. These difficulties were now
• esen twins thn smmittee of the whole House to inquire into the whole where he resided they had w Meesrs. Crane, Devine, Handly, and Winsland.
The report entered fully into a description of the altera-
ehould be always int wet of the Poor-law Commissioners in administering the and fully succeeded in obviating them. .
formation. If • that this resolution proposed t• •of the building during the recess It
ded the Hon. Gentleman, I dare the Mr. B. ESCOTT thought t . , ions o . . appeared that in
Ittlarr
,or-law ; and, proceeded any lion. 31, mber.t were
uggestion upon the subject, heco prepared;ulcould
aconsequence of the resolutions of a general meeting Mr. 'l'.
motion, or -Government to oppose that inquiry; if you do, you are afraid for the Committee woo prove
be taken - • • *
that it • 1'
. ern re grant it, because you are aware of the exposure w
country and if the Noble Lord's statement were to H. Wyatt., architect, was requested to make certain altera-
would receive the most • •would very unsatisfactory wtohetene
tions, and Mr. Grimed undertook their execution. Within
Majenty's Government.- serious considerati g her which awaits those men.-(Cries of
(Cheers )' f the whole of the poor-law, it would be but very the short space of four months these have been completed,
The motion h • b *
eying been put, t maligned won o
doing my best to crush that law, I have been „ . .
" Hear, hear.") For as a fulfilment of the promise hell out last session, of a revi-
e ac wasthat the power coin- and all parts are occupied except the theatre, which is yet
Mr. BANKESin a way most ,
the ri ht ofprincipal works
too damp. The • appeared to be the re-
id said, that had he followed his! I • -
,he should most certainly have pro ,/1/ Ih 11 t them • t f law, where I shall mitted to the Poor-law Commissioner. was bend g
t disgraceful; and I hope the time is not far inefficiently performed. The f d ,
f immediate tn- distant when s a
.mee em in a court o ,
!t1 an have a . modelling of the casement story; putting an entirely new
e repeal of the existing poor-laws. How man r Queen to confer. If they granted such powers, they must ex- foundation beneath, and partly rebuilding the front wall,
n opportunity of vindicating my character from the the House of Commons, or of the House of Lords, or of the
i e felt aspersions which have been cast upon it. . y poor convinced that in consequence of the which has been cased with Caen stone and decorated in
which • great 'reeling
existed in the• exercise of it to no one. the Italian- style, with a portico at the entrance, and
the best mode of settling the question would be at ato re- country against the 4 ete„' have been sacrificed whilst they have been attempting to intro- pect to see it abused. They put it into the hands of men who
, duce their Malthusian doctrians, and who have died of their were reAeonsible for the
the commis-first d
balconies to thean second floors. The ground floor
peal the laws.-(Hear, hear.) When however, 'h
had their sioners and return to the real queslion before them, the law of rooms are thrown together, and decorated with oak pan-
sufferings, rather than perish by the laws which they were Mr. VILLIERS wished the House to abandon e
41 trecol- called epon to administer; how many
and
mava
Attorney
that the present measure had been sanctio'nhave
villages settlement. There was no abuse or evil connected with the netting. The rooms en the first and seeond flours are
if
Generals, and two Solicitor Generela and Y made to communicate with each other by folding doors,
two furniture taken from their cottages; awn
e intlnentir.l persons,
be able tie succeed in his
he could handl-- e in their ment. He would not go further into the tmatter, ex- fbrming suites of rooms for libraries, the whole very
este that i !imber have. been turned into desolate ilderntehsseems; y and *is poor law system which did not spring out of the law of settle-
-uPF • -- i should nothing to be done, but o screen .
t to express a hope that in nominating the appropriately decorated in a style perfectly in accordance
therefore,' • • • •
r(l°'on fur that ohject, and 4 null, disgraceful conduct? Will the people of this country cep.
with the destination of the rooms, and the simplicity that
m his -,-
wishes by i Ye...ion, best secure the re Iti' f h• bsatisfied,and do you think that those who support this law Committee,
cmPe , so it e t
should be adopted in public buildings of such a character.
The have that the opinion impressed by the Hon. Member for Salford,
supp °win's, the n'
ment, more -
earm.ian
whperoorsi proposition of
ther Majesty' i
?stern- will meet their constituents at the next election? . y the Right Honourable Baronet would not suppose
The new theatre is so much enlarged, as to contain nearly
e reco ee d that
would be t7' ve tthe C • 'll there was a strong feeling abroad that the one hundred persons more than the old one; it is now 22
n o emmotee to report upon th Still law, as . listing society in England. Yeee win find but one feeling of disgust general. an i betion met with great obloquy, as you will find if you go into any and reiterated by the Hon. Member for Finsbury, was at all
feet lighted both by da high, well light . _ y and night.
s steel! as the recommendations of her Majesty' '
- ' f bandying
ment
___ pvern. at
length, Thursday the oppression and abuses arise from the system o The thanks of the meeting were unanimously given to Mr.
( Hear, hear.) A great number of com I
wit,- • the'conduct of the Commissioners. It is not my intention abolition of the law of settlement was requisite and that all
Pa i had, nos to address the House at any great as on
'l. 11. Wyatt, the architect, Mr. Grissell, the builder, and
, on these last few days, been forwarded to him '
SU
would take care that one or two gentlemen ejent of the poor-laws. One of those, and the •p
'lli - .11 11 t state what treatment I have received Right Hon. Baronet wou Mr. Manby, the secretary, who superintended the execution
' ewe, was from the constituents of the Noble Lordl:usnteltihhaeel , ight 1 shall have an opportunity of doing so, but I hope the the poor about from one place to another; and he trusted the ,
atontsheewlhanadsowomf me
Commissioners during the last two were placed upon the Committee, who would represent that of the works.
brad of her Majesty's Government. It was a repertrorn a months In August last the Committee of the Andover opinion. In his address, Sir JOHN RENNIE, after alluding to the sti-
scommittee appointed by the guardians ofmulus the profession had received from the number of public
city o ondon Union inquiry publishedthe evidencetakenbefore
Union, to inquire and the c• f - • . • • ' After a few words from Mr. P. BORTRWICK and Mr.
.. report upon the existing pt '-law. them. On reading that evidence I thought it my CHRISTIE, works recently undertaken, and the high position which the
They stated in their report, that they found in the eons Isetion duty to publish two letters in the Times newspaper. institution had obtained from the successful labours of its
the A
Act the most opposite and " ' • ' ' • Sir C. NAPIER moved for a return of the line-of-battle
hat •, . .conflicting opinione which For doing so, Mr. Lewes, one of the Assistant Poor-law Corn- .
The motion was agreed to.
~
various members, impressed on the meeting the necessity of
rin Jeered in the different parishes throughout the ( It' the cni"iuner's thnught himrlf heni•ids in Justice and honour, to ships and frigates cut dovrn for steam block whips, and a ch,PY still further exertions, in order to support the scientific cha-
heeatest diversity, which was most detrimental to the inti 913 of emnmence legal proceedings against me- When I wrote those of the contract of those cut down in merchants' yards. - racter they had earned. Far from being satisfied with what
P.or ; that many of the unions of parishes which hi ;mated
with feelings of li letters, I did so for the purpose of creating those legal proceed- Agreed to. they had done, this feeling should only act as incentive to
Twelve o'clock
rage of, ir .
,by parishes, berality towards the poor, were taken' &an rugs and I find no fault with him for doing so. But on the The House then adjourned, at Half-past , . greater eflbrts ; but by continuing in the same course, they
might arrive at a point as much in advance of the pre'-
other consequence of the uncertainty of the Ait, by 24th of November, the rule was made absolute-this day two till Monday.
who relieved themselves of their just •orden months ago. Three or four days after, I attended a public - - sent day as they were now beyond what had been done
se
Outing their poor upon those parishes which, influeilled by meeting at Leeds, and there charged Mr. Lewes, and the late PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. hu in the time of bmeaton. He then reviewed the progress
,- mane feelings, allowed them to remain; and the - ' f S f the H Department,t 1 t •
y }corn- secretary o State or e home o lose no one
enended that that.
.had been made in railway travelling and steam na-
vigation, and made some valuable remarks upon the
at those provisions should be continued whiw had hour in going before a jury and giving me an opportunity of (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)
USSDAY JAI!. 21.
been previously granted to the poor, without puttinWthem vindicating my character. I dared them-I challenged them TH- - - '
been previously the necessity of proving their titles afresh, and that inforder to that ordeal-but they have shrunk from it. But let me telltncts of marsh lands &c. ; and after glancing at the ins-
The. following petitions for Railways. were presented, an .
the Bills ordered to be brought in to prevent the hardship which would befall the aged, tti h Hdlconsidered • oor, i e House what occurred this week. it myduty, on
, Nlanchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Supply of Surplus
• of science, Ile observed that the present position of civil
and the
infirm,
by a withdrawal of their pensions, the Wednesday last, to move for certain returns with respect to the 11 '' - - , proyements which had taken place in various branches
Committee Water to Manchester, Salford, and Stockport ).
were prepared to recommead an increase In the proceedingsf the Poor-law Commissionersi Kei la, Union •
o e n g .ey ' ' (1" Railway t Maid-
' London, Brighton, and South Coast (Kent o
rates of the parish. That was a reentirely by the wants ot the community, without the en-
commendation whith did w hit•hrheSecretary ofState for theHomeDepartmenthasgranted engineers in Great Britain had been brought about
the board of guardians of the city of London great credit.- in the handsomest manner. By time returns I intend to prove stone, Canterbury, and Tunbridge).
couragement or fostering hand of Royal or Government
( Hea,r, hear.) With reference to the proposition of her MA- that the Poor-law Commissioners have been guilty of a gross Llynvi Valley Extension.
Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (No. 1-Extensioa to Yar- patronage. The president then remarked upon the appoint-
iesty 3 Government upon the proposed altered construction of dereliction of duos, and have committed a fraud upon the • mouth). ment of civil engineers by Government to investigate into
the • • - • •
. thethe merits
Health o
of f various
Towns projects,c oolus,
central jurisdiction for the management of thell Th. day,' ' 1 kplaced •
poor-law, he onse. is at two oeoe , my solicitor in mysssolnii,cha
nhda had beenwhich submitted neihi tatreade t too.
believed that the measure would give general satisfaction.l He hands a letter from Mr. Lewis's solicitor, informing me that North Staffordshire (Churnet Valley Line and Trent Valley
Railway Junction).
thought it quite right that the or should have their iepre- they had this day filed a criminal information against me. Irised as a step in the right direction, and observed that if the
teentatives in Parliament, and same system had been pursued with regard to railways, and
the choice of 'those look upon this as nothing less than an attempt to intimidate me Yeovil,North Staffordshire Alterations and Branches).
representatives, which would fall upen her Majesty's - Member f tit' I-1 There h b t• f these as a o is owe. ere as been time or II
Great Western (Extension of the Berks and antsßailway
Bridport, and Exeter, with Branches.
other important works, so as to have enabled the Legislature
Government, he trusted, would be made with re- parties to have brought this rule to an issue, but they have de-
ference to the from Hunoerford to \Westbury, with a Branch to Devizes).
meter advent
the public would have derived infinitely g. .
most competent persons in all respects leered the proceedings until they had found me within the mWesternb (B I Eti St 'la Brentford, and iecte,
to arrive at correct conclusions respecting many of the pre-
as well in regard to their diligence, judgment, and effect.- walls of this House, fearlessly to discharge my duty. .Now, tages from them than they were likely to do in their pre-
(" And mer " Fwickenham)
Great rene HO tO ' g atri, al es,
cy, from Mr. Ferrand. ) If such persons were what I have to say is this-I demand at the hands of those .
t join the West London Railway
Great Western (Branch Enlargement
o j
i been appointed on these commissions, however talented .in
appointed, he had no doubt that the country would be highly parties who are mixed up in those proceedings against me, that
in-
satisfied with the prowotal of her Majesty's Government. • hly honourable and well in-
sent system, as the naval and military officers who had
their own profession and highly they do not lose one hour in bringing it before a jury. Widening and Enlargement of West London Railway, mit
Branches to Hammersmith, and to join the London and
Mr. ti UME had heard with great satisfaction the announce- -( Hear, hear.) Is it just, is it manly, is it honour-
ment of her Alt • t ' Smith-Western near Lambeth). competent judges.
civil engineers, who alone would be. comp. • t ojes y s Government, that they were deter- able, to deal out oppressive proceedings piecemeal? Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle, and Glasgow, Paisley, Kit.
mined to chagow„ (
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'Neither could he approve of the plan of interfering too much
nwe the rules of the poor-law.-(Cheers.). No Let them meet now face to 'face, like men, in a court of law, tentioned, must, after all, derive their information from
marnock, and Ayr No. 4). public understood their own
Mra was MOr if anxious to support the system than he formerly and if Ido not come out of that ordeal with honour, I will re-with private enterprise. The .
GI ' Paisley,Kilmarnock, and Ayr,
asgow, and Glasgow anddalthough
tents, and when he was appeinted as a member of the sign my seat within these walls, and if these parties do not re-interests much better than any Government, an i 1
Belfast Union (No. 1).
the present system might have some defects, it had hitherto
Committee! to inquire into the conduct of PO3l '
commir . . e c the. t •-.a.v tire with the same honour that I intend to do, they will stand
worked well. Competition had produced talent and employ-
ioners, he certainly had an opinion favour- convicted in the eyes of the country. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr (No. 2).
Glasgow Paisley Kilmarnock, and Ayr (N 0.4).
able '
to them; but when he heard the evidence Mr. ET WALL said that it was his intention to have brought ment for it, and the result had been eminently satisfactory.
that
They had only to compare many of the establishments of Go-
was then adduced, and the evidence of the the question of the Andover union under the consideration f B ''• •parishes- f Blackburn d
Blackburn, Darwen and Bolton Railway Acts Amendment
n (Diversions of Line in the o an
coertmiseioners themselves he could not b• ut consider that they the House, especially as it related to the conduct of the Poor- Go-
vernment with those of private individuals to find that the
'were most seriously inv01ved........( Hear, hear.) And there was law Commissioners; but now that he perceived what course Bolton-in-the-Moors).
Birk • d Cheshire Junction, d Chester
'no wonder that so general a feeli o f'h -tity, or economy of manufacture ; but the moment the coll-
ie, o ostm yto the adminis- the Government were about to adopt, he would take an uppor- Birkenhead, Lancashire, an an
and Birkenhead Railway Purchase or Amalgamation.
trators of that law eheuld latter were preferable, whether as regarded celerity, quan-
have been manifested throughout the tunity of bringing the subject before the country. country, when it was knownl
subservient to Government, the genera energy would be
,as was the case, that each indivi- Colonel SIBTHORP said that he considered the Poor-law Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheehire Junction (Deviation
dual member of the • of Main Line and Chester Branch, &c.). con-
tinental system was followed, and everything rendered
s commission acted entirely upon their own Commissioners were a most useless, expensive, and tyrannical Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Station at Sheffield F
responsibility, while the Act directed that into comparative insignificance. Civil engineers were
noshing should be body, which he would be very glad to see completely done done without thc consent of all.-( Hear, hear.) He had away with. and Branch to the Sheffield Canal). ramped and the public works of this country would dwindle
South-Eastern (North Kent and Bricklayers' Arms Junction). .
given notice of -r addr t should bestablished th lature, in order that public works e on e
from
their _e i < ees o dismiss the commissioners Captain PECHELL considered that some disappointment South-Eastern (North Kent Line). bound to give every assistance in their power to the Legis-
best principles, and the profession should make their services
hooffico ; but ,in consequence of the announce- would ensue when it was known that the Noble Lord did not ment of South-Eastern (Strood to Maidstone).
indispensable by their superior knowledge, and the
r . ltlajeste e Ministers, he would not now intend to take any summary mode of proceeding against the South-Eastern (Croydon and Bromley Branches).
press that 'motion. With reference to the persons to be Poor-law Commissioners, founded on the report of the liberality with which they offered them. The Government
South-Eastern (Maidetone to Chart).
nelnirated ,he would impress upon her Majesty's Govern_ Andover Committee. Could it even be possible that any man and the public would then necessarily apply to them, and
ment, tbo Dundalk and Enniskillen. necessity of appointing persons who should possess who had read the evidence, would be satisfied, when they un- they would then receive the due reward of their exertions.
the. confidence not only of that Houte but also of the people. derstood that the. Noble Lord was prepared to shelter a body of Direct London and Portsmouth.
Unanimous votes of thanks were given to the president,
It "tv ld '
ou require no ordinary amount of prudence on the part men who had acted after such a manner towards CONTROVERTED ELECTIONS. vice-president and other members of council. and to the
eff the Noble Lord to select; proper persons for the discharge of theie own subordinates. Without wishing to follow _ . secretary, for their attention to the interests of the institu •
nhat office. Mr. Speaker has appointed the following Hon.
.Gentlemen
to be members of the General Committee of Elections for the
'Board ce. the was formerly of opinion that Members of the the speech of the Honourable Member for Knaresboroueh,
'Board, to manage the affairs of the poor-law, ought who had no doubt some personal feelings upon the subject, he pre tion, and the meeting was adjurned to Tuesday evening,
not t
however,
ci have a seat in the House of Commons. He was now, could not help •
of a different opinion. He thought that the Secre: sent session :-The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, the Right ,
I) h• • • that •
satisfactory
the
is opinion it would not be February 2, when the following paper was announced to be
read :-. An Account of the method employed in laving the
Itsq William Villiers Stuart, Esq., Joseph Brotherton, Esq., fPhiladelphiad Reading Railway,
yto tire country, in general, if the Poor. law Corn- ' t
tary of State had to,, much business to attend to be able pro missioners were allowed to leave Somerset-house without any d William Miles Fsq permanent way o the an
United States," by W . E. Newton.
pe ly to sup-W.
Members trio Information
the operations of the. law, and to give to Bon censure, dying away as it were like the flame of a'candle. The an 1 •,• 2.
which they might require, from time Government had insisted on carrying the law of :ettlement, •
to lime, upon the various points that mignt be brought under acting on the advice of those whom they considered the best PET ITIONS ON PRIVATE BILLS' LATEST PRICES OF SHARES,
their consideration, either in consequence of their own ()beer- informed. He hoped that it would be a lesson to that and HOUSE OF COMMONS. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM.
(Room o', before Mr. Examiner SMITH. and Mr. As- PANIES' STOCK.
vina tiohns or the. representation of their constituents. He had no future Governments.-(Elear,hear.)
,21.1
et that 'many a time the late Secretary of State for the Sir W. JOLLIFFE said that thelaw of settlement had done sistant•Examiner FRERE ) From ete Official List,
Metra Department had, if !he: wouldj admit the fact, made nothing but introduce confusion. Let them look at the opera- UNOPPOSED LIST. ÜBLISIIED EVERY TUEADAY AND FRIDAY EVENING.
excuses.? rai apologies in order to disguise his real ignorance, thin of the law of settlement in Hackney Union. He had in The following petitions being unopposed, the customary I
LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22
be
whch, had he been acquainted with the facts and the his possession an official letter, a c ipy of which had been laid formal proofs were put in, and the standing orders declared I
..110 arir gi of the case, he would not have made.-( Laughter.) before the board of guardians of that union, and it would give to have been duly complied with:- JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
He should support the motion of her Majesty's Government. at once a positive answer as to the course of the method of relief. London and North-Western Railway, St. Albans, Luton, Dividend Amount
Mr. VERNON SMITH regretted to find that not one It said, "Of course we must give relief, and we are obliged I Dunstable to and Branch. Wawa of Company per of
'word had
Annum. Share.
been said by the Noble Lord with regard to the law do so, in some instances, to hundreds of cases which do not Wolverhampton New Gas Company. -..-
-of settlement. As the subject, however, was to come before belong to us in the 'tfconfusion I • East Lincolnshire Railway (branch from Louth to Lincoln). present state o an( uncertainty £a.d.Xs. d. I the Select Committee,
it was not his intention then to say arising from the late glorious act of Parliament." That was Liskeard and Caradon Railway Act Amendment. tustratasia •• •••••• • • 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 -
'thine. It wa • alw • •
nritshNorth ATlleriCall 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
tahne) , s always with great pain that he differed with a clear sample of several letters written from and to many Cheltenham Waterworks. Paid. 1 Prick
3ounnercial or London Si. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 -
Noble Lord on any public question, but he could not help unions. He could assure the Right Hon. Gentleman of OPPOSED LIST.
entertaining .... 51. per cent 100 0 0 25 0 0 , -
such a feeling when he heird the Noble Lord in- his belief, that in bringing this Bill under the consideration LONDON AND NORTH- WES I'ERN RAILWAY, NE
20 0 0 ' 28
atihmouathiine,ohis intention of. propesine that the law of settlement of the Committee it would not effect the object desired. He PORT PAGNEL, OLNEY, AN teo:.'°nl°dniii3al;:d I.l.'esim-instr , Si. per cent.* too 0 0
b referred to a Sete et
I,ondon Joint-Stock .• • i Si. 6. per cent. 50 00100 0 1 -
25 0 0 710 0 ,
c. Committee, It was his opinion ought immediately to repeal the law, or to make such extensive RAILWAY. D WELLINGBOROUGH
Metropolitan .•..• • • ••
that the Ciowertnnent should deal with that question, and riot alterations as would totally alter its nature. titre. The inefficiency was The petition for this Bill was opposed by one or two land-
a Select
ffi holders, but the allegations were of trifling importance
Committee. He could not understand why they sufficiently proved by the formation of a Committee to delibe- Provincialot Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 I 46x0
•• ••• • • • 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 I -
.
Ditto, New. n
hould refer it to a Select Committee, for •there was nothing rate on it, and he was persuaded that the system of rating This closed Mr. Examiner Stnith's list for to-day. Wational of Ireland • . 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 20 00 ! -
-which they might elicit in that inquiry that could in the least unions would lead to a much better manaeernent. (Room 23, before Mr. Examiner Mow and Mr. Assistant-
Nat. Provncial of Eng.! Si. per cent. ;100 0 0 35 0 0 1 -
guide the in comine ,to a decision With this ques- Mr. RICE said that the Act produce% the greatest injary
Ditto, Xew.• ••••• • • 51. per cent. ' 20 0 0 10 0 0
non every Member in the House was better acquainted to the poor, and injustice to the rate payers. In his own Examiner Gut:NEI-en) Union of Australia •• • • 61. per cent.' 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
m
than with almost any other public question. At the close of neighbourhood many sud The following peti
den and unexpected burdens had UNOPPOSED LIST.
la Union of LOIWIOO. ••• • , 51. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 '-
tions being unopposed, the ctomary ,
kit session, before tire Committee, appointed in the House of been threwn open the parishes. It was not as he formal proofs were put in, and the standing orders declared
Asords, to Investigate the special burdens on land, evidence was thought necessary altogether to repeal the Act of last to have been duly complied with. INSURANCE COMPANIES.
gone into at great length on this subject, and were it not for session, for it was e„tainly a humane Act, but such alterations Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Ashton ' Dividend Amount
the lateness of the hour, he would make Some extracts from it. might be made as would make it opera's kindly to the poor, Canal Purchase.
____._. Annum...... Share.
Name of Company. per of Paid. Pric,
The facts which were then stated,
and
mjtutisetmlyautto proper alteration
no
ltohnegetrawa
made it quite unnocestar •
in his opinion, to submit the matter now to a Select t2o;nmittc?ei should be
e made. There Manchester
.... ies.6ii.prsto 50 001 5 0 0 '
-
And, if he recollected well, the Right Hon. Barone, the parochial system, but such a system as would, no he :was Gainsborough Canal Amalgamation.
Union Railway, ay, and Chesterfield and
ochsteesrtearn,dSLhmefloalellod, and Lincoln shire Railways, and
.e s. d. , ..£ s. d.
S'._•cretar ffl y or the thorns Office had, at the close of hart . •
session, told, do away with the parochial system entirely. 'As Hartlepool West Harbour and Dock Extension. Albion ••••• • • • • • •,• •• V. 105 500 00150 0 0 75
Alliance Zrit. and I. or. 6 per cent. 100 0 01 11 0 0 141 i
given a promise to the eff•ct, that a measure on the subject far as his belief went, nothing could tend rnore, to Hartlepool and Stockton Junction Railway. pitt _
martnew... •• 61. per cent, moo 001 s 0 0 5
tvould be introduced by the Gov • t ft•
- ernottil • Is own opinion improve the character of the industrious poor than te ' old The Windsor Railway petition was postponed in cons e- Atia.s7l'•:' -••
-
was, that union settlements nrend •• 7s. per share 50 ' i•)''
'
, . were perhaps the best medium parochial system. Ile was told that •t e ' f• • • British Counne
..,e
Si.o 0,5 0 0 7!,
1 would destroy quence o the sudden illness of an important witness.
Clcricl,3lcd.B6Gcn•Lit 5 per cent. 100 0 0 ' 210 0 10
they could obtain, if it would not be considered letter to abolish all good feeling between g master
and servant. Would nbt a OPPOSED LIST. 1t...10 0 0 10 0 0
settlements altogether. He believed that no greater better feeling xist between .tounty •• •••••• •• • • • •
109,
matter and servant when they Leeds Central Railway.-This petition was opposed by the crown ...... •• •••• w eo 0 0 50 0 -
6s
curse could be etitailed upon the country than the present were hound by ties of mutual interest? He hoped that the Leeds and Bradford Itailway Company. The station is to tiagle •• •• " -"•••••• 5 • 50 0 0 50 0 51,exct
system of poor laws. There was another subject to white, matter would be entered upon at once, so that an early report be constructed jointly by the Leeds, Dewsbury, and Man- Eng.& Scot. Law ••
...
5)! per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 3
e would refer before he sat down. He wished that the ques- might be received from the Committee, and they might be cheater, Leeds, and Thirso, manchewer and Leeds, and Great Eur°l'ean hue ..... ..
•• ,i.g!'r=t. 20 0 0 All paid. I 2t
lion of rating should be also taken into consideration, along enabled to legislate u:eon it before Easter, and some more effi_ Northern Railway' Companies. The estimated cost was Freemasons .• • .......
G:obe ••••• • • • • 6/. per cent.. 20stoOck.0
- 132 xd
with tim law of settlereent, for he considered that both subjects cient measure be adopted by the House. . 240,000/. The allegations went to impugn the accuracy of , e
C IlialLian •••••• • • • • • • 51. per cent. too 0 0 36 10 0 481
were so intimately connected that they should go together. If , After a few remarks from Mr. FIELDEN, which didinot the plans and sections, insofar as the plans did not contain i'mperiai Fire •••• • • • • d bonus 500 0050 0 0 23,) 4
they did not. take ;ore '. e e citterminate course with regard to both reach the gallery, the sections of the proposed station as deposited before the imperial Life •i,tt:: •.: 12s. 100 0010 0 r, 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 0 -
he foresaw ttret th -Y 'would protra.-A the settlement of these Mr. T. S. DUNCOMBE said that no doubt the labours 30th of November, and omitted all notice of certain public Indemnity 31ar.
ss. 100 0 513
1 31
ions to an ' n .
'quest ,
Law Life- •• • 0 10 0 0 -
definite period, and every species of investi- of the Committee about to inquire into the law of settlement streets and roads. 1 Life - 50 0 0 20 0 VA
,egal and Genera
..
gation should. efterwarde arise, notwithstanding the resolutions ,vould be most valuable, but it appeared to him that any in_ Mr. Carr occupied the remainder of the day. 10s. 25 00,12 10 0 15
which might -esudon Fire ••• • • •
..
10a. 25 0 0112 10 0 15
. ,• tee come to by the present Committee. Ile corn- quiry into the law of settlement involved the question of the Ship ••" "
_ lamed of ,ondon
.... 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0
p the feebleness of the resolutions of the late Corn- law of removal. Ile was told that the Bill passed last year marine • • •••w •• Life 4/. per ct 40 -
znittee app Anted to inquire into the conduct of the Poor-law had a most humane object in view on the part of the House, IRELAND. Wed. InvlidEeCten• ~ • 0 0 20 0 -
Lean Fund- oi. per cent. 20 le 0 210 0 -
Com i• tn 3.9 Loners ; and it some better result did not follow the and for which he for one most strenuously advocated it, as it DenidN, Jww. 20.-The accounts received from the coon- National Lea
.. Cl. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 81.
labour try this morning are frightful. Famine and pestilence are National Li .
~,....... 51. per cent. 50 0 0
s of the proposed Committee, little progrees would be worked all for the poor. He believed that it worked well for 2 0 0 2/. id
call:Wiwi-1 Lit
... Si.p. ct. &bs _
made .in the settlement of this important subject. them in some instances, but only in instances where those wlrlose now ravaging every corner of the land. Human beings „ecei,i,
..
ii ......•
Si.• - 195
',err JOHN PAKINGTON wished to ex the d •administerl thoughtto administer
press e great duty it was to the lawproper huddled together in dozens, and literally rotting in their ' u
Protecior Life• •"• • • oc Per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 245. Od
, 1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 23
seoisfaction he felt at the alterations which were proposed to it honestly.-. (Cheers and laughter.) He had found that in cabins, of fever and dysentery, are to be seen in every parish Provident Life •••• • • • 45. 5000 10 0 4
Pee made in the constitution of the board of Poor-law Corn- Yorkshire magistrates disliked the Bill, but when the Bill and hamlet in three of the provinces. In Ulster the peopie Rock Life•• •••'.' •• •... 5/. per cent. Stock.
- -
missioners, and at the tone of the Noble Lord in bringing the was passed it was done done with the view of relieving the mauu- are not quite so badly off; but even there they are rapidly Royal Exchang.e.•::: . 61. los.
- - 210
subject before the house. che evils of the old poortraw ren factoring population the icuitural populatibn,
more than e agr . 11 6s
approaching the condition of their unfortunate countrymen Sun Fire... •• • •
...., , , _ _
Ditto Life .•• • • 103 ii. pr cnt 100 0 S 615 49
dered it necessary in the south and west. -
that some change should take nlace in the It was intended for the manufacturing towns-for those indivi-
Universal Life •• "•''
central board. He agreed with the Noble Lord,'th td strength in manufacturing elm- In Waterford there are one thousand and thirtyethree ._-_-----
member a some duals who spent their life an . •
coirTISII COMPANIES' PRICES.
of the commission should be h had laid unfortunates in the poor-house and since the Ist of Decem• LIST Or
and he believed that the proposit• ' a Member of that House, ployment, and according to the returns which he had
ber, according t the statement'f DAI k there h
ig o e o r. ac esy, ere have ------------ Dividend Amount
with approbation. -(hear.)- i_ ion was one which would meet on the table of the House, some who had spent 10 years, and Lew'
inwhich had taken le considered that the proceeti 1- 90 1 " ' this manner, were still liable to re- L''"`
togs - a-- , ant even ~..)---in is n seventy-five deaths! and by another guardian's account _
the weekly deaths averaged from 11 and 12 to 16. Name of ContPaa• per of
Annum. Share. Paid. Price.
had exercised a considerable into. vet Committee move', and had been removed in some places. The people
ence in the Hou In Ardmore seventy-live persons have been starved to ---- ---- _ country. He himself was a member e so and the generally were much in favour of it in the ,although X3.d.£ s. d
o that Cornswitt • . ,_ ~ • ° death within the last month, and as many more have died of
he was bound to state, that he agreed with.• ee, and n. was opposed by the gentlemen represtonting tn• rnra, iliatrifttS. .. - . 61. per cent. - 100 0 o onew
the Noble Lord that It a want. In I remora and Dungarvon. Bank of Scotland ••••
the Commissioners had acted with the hest possible • • was due to the manufacturing tewns generally, to say tat 'rho d 6/. per cent. - 100 0 158
landlords-notwithstanding all the blackguardism of Royal Bank of Scotian
and had exercised the soundest neudence in O' Intentions, there had not been one complaint from any of them with re-81. per cent. - 100 0 0 220
tea proceedings. ference to the • 'the leading journal "-are doing their duty nobly by the British Linen company
Of per cent. - too 0 o 167
He could not concur in the re era expressedb hill. All these complaints, with one exception Batik •• •• '
Commercial.
.. 61. per cent. .._ 10 0 0 14/. 9s leer for Northampton, Owe tt,''' ..- y the Hon. Mem- came from the small rural districts They would find it ; people. County meetings, called by the Lieutenants, are in
National Stank pr gent. - 50 0 o 91%
, . e question should be referred to a so with the magistrates in the .neighbourhood of the Hwa
g course of general organieation. On Friday next the County f Scotland 7N L Select Committee, as 'me law of settlement was a subject which Member for Knaresborough. The rural magistrates generad" y Tipperary meets at Nenagh, "To consider the unfortunate sUonels°tnerilliartakr°m•••• •• •• 61, per cent.. - 50 0 0 844
should be
.approaee,aa with tho greatest possible caution and could riot understand the law. The intellects of rural gentle:. State of the Country, and to petition Parliament thereon." NorthofScotlandßank 61. per
cent.cent. -
150 g g 714
consideration.
eri per
His own feeling on the subject, confidently, was men were sometimes very obtuse when their pockets were Limerick, Waterford, Wexford, and Leitrim are prepatin Clydesdale Bank• ••• • •- 10 0 0 1.2334
P . con-
5/. per cent.
N
that the reweit of the labours of that Committee would be a mo. cerned. This was the case in a e to do the same, and in many ' •' 1 - - g • '
Eastern Bank • . • • •• • •
great number of instances. yof the principal towns and / r cent. _ 210 0 4/.98
dificatio-
.• of that law which, more than any other, pressed upon The Hon. Member for Brighton said, that there were 1,450 cities requisitions, having a similar object in view are in Caledonian Bank ••• • •
7it4l ;pcert. _ 50 0 1 71. Os
the 1-.;nouring classes. With regard to the Poor Removal Act persons supported by the ratepayers, and there were other poor course of signature. Edinb.&Glasgow Bank - • perper cent, - 10 0 0 .13/. 7s
tl: last •seseion, he did not concur in the centure passed upon it supported in distant parishes. No doubt these individuals had NON-TILLAGE OF THE LAND. City of Glasgow Bank . sg• cent. 20 0 0 1 0
51. per 0 2,15. (id. Scottish Union Ins Co. ' 1100 0 0 10 0 0 14
by the Hon. Member for Dorsetshire, sod the Hon. Member resided five years at Brighton, and it was quite right that they Among the worst evile of our present unfortunate posi- Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. '..{
10 0 0 tfor Northampton. fie thought it a very good Act, and he should support these individuals. Ile wished that the Govern- tion is the apathy, amounting to despair, which has taken [now. co. of Seetind.• 51 ,p e r cc:hilt .
}2OO 0 0 grt
2,,,i
feoped that the Committee, now proposed, would not depart ment wonld allow the Committee to go at once in medias res, possession of the small farmers. The Tipperary Vindicator North British Imam •• 7 '.i
1 I.,Perr cent.,loo 0 0 10 0 0 22
atroin the principles laid down in it, and would recognise an and say, if the law of settlement should be continued or not, of this day states that from very many districts several taledonian Fire Insur.
16/.. per
cont. 1100 0 0 12 10 0 18
industrial residence in a place as giving a claim to relief. They had discussed the other day the question respecting the miles apart, we learn that farming operations continue in a Edinburgh Life ensur.
~.,g5. „erci 150 0 0 50 0 0 72
Sir G. GllE Y had thought that the Hon. Gentlemen had poor-law guardians refusing relief, and the blame was thrown great measure suspended; and from what we witness our Ediiii. &tilasg. Railway I.‘, ',dr„s.' 12 10 0 All paid. 19,4
htto, 1,4 Shares •• • • ,5,' 'r' 20 0 0 30 0 0
had sufficient
• . Parliamentarye experience to know upon the auditors. Now he believed the small farmers, who selves, we confess we believe these statements to be lite- Edin.,Leith, & Grantn - 0 All 115
t, 50 0 paid. 69% .
h that he assumed, would be delegated to i were guardians, were more to blame than any one, that they rally correct. Small farmers cannot till because they have tlianw & Ayrshlr Rail. 71. per cen
t.
that no power. such as
2.5 0 0 ..111 paid. 16
. If the House wished to place generally took advantage of every opportunity of grinding the not seed, and because they cannot purchase it; large far- wt.:stew& wreenck Ran. 2/. Per cen
25 0 0 All paid. 39% ,
one person of the committee.
-II &Gam k Rail 5/. per cent.
committee, he should but be peor.-( Hear, hear.) There were, no doubt, some humane cure labourers sufficient for th •
iners cannot pro en. purposes, ~e cent. ;25 0 0 All paid. 37
hi '(Sir George Grey) on the
;'idee& Arbro .
th Rail. 6/. per ,
4.4 individual member, and at that moment
he cou;d not say guardians, but they were generally en'effi i cio guardians, who because they cannot gve thein wages and food as he
retofore, Atandard LiteAssi•irnce.l N. per cent. 5
"hat eouree he should adopt if he was so appointed. ' 0001 2 10 0 9
If the looked after the small farmers and saw that they did their '
The entire machinery by which business w heretofore con- 1
CetkitriaLS" 1
liouse agreed to the motion, he should propose a motion to the duty to the poor. It was usual, when the guar- ducted has gone wrong; and we only fear that it most be 'effect, that the committee should inquire into the working of dians were c .mpraine '• d against, to throw the blame • much worse for the future, should not an effort be imunedi- - d Dividend! i
the t though the blame was more generally ately made to have the land cultivated.
Names of I 4 ; Names ot e, 1
1 eor-law Removal Act, and to report especially on the auditors, ,
INDIAN MEAL. . 2 Dividend price. companies. 'l3 per Price, t
uPl3n it to the Ho he thoueht it very necessary that with the former. It was then said that the guardians Companies e = Annum.
• ~ per j e)
a ~,,._.
___ . t use, as , y
but he complained that the franchise was not The Cork aonstitution states that an American gentleman cc 1 Annum.l _
wit, r" ee of the House should have an opportu- were elected,
named Cherri, who arrived at the Victoria Hotel on Sunday, -------1_ w--- a
7 Q rnskin • • enlarged. He would give X
led to •g an inquiry. He confessed he was rather extensive enough. It ought to be e.
'an meal to any amount, required to be
offered to supply Indian . t
entertain the Opinion..fH Member f D •
right- f appeal from the guardians to the petty see- tshtn& Ole 4 1 1 Monmouthsh 100 8/. -
witch, although o the on. or roit- the poor a o
delivered to within three months, wind and weather per. t, , h 97'51.53. pe. - h 100 51. -
indaced
c(nzi, he admitted in some instances that the Act sions.-( Hear, hear.) He would also give the guardians an
mitt* • H loffered the house of BA • ' f . s "'I-14-Z
nutting, at IV:per tons • e ll3l ,ti . _ ointgoinrys
rings, o Barnsley..., 160 -1 . Macclesfield. 100 - -
>rable hardship, d2l. -
been contrar an though its operation had against the auditors to the quarter sessions. The pre. •fulfilment of his contract Neath ••• • • • 100 171. , - a
London, as security for the. t . Basingstoke.. too
yte the inte t• ' • ' appeal -considerably • e the patronage of the
luestion of the Law on
eet n ions of the Legislature.. . The soot measure increase
WRECK OF THE SIBIITS.-(ADDITIONAL . Brknk&Atirg,lso 5/. - Nottingham. 150 12/. - n
as many Hon. Num!
esra dement se as not no easy to deal with Crown. They had already a paid Poor-law Commissioner in
PARTICULARS.) Cromford.... 1001 14/. 'L""' Peak Forest. 78 31. 75 sj
b seemed to law President Dudiey...... Regent's •.- 33 1/. 53. 20
Gentleman opposite (Mr. suppose. The Hon. that House, and they were now to have a Poor-
are sorry to say that the Mel 4/ -
Bank ' BA
vernment had adopted three Bills
es) stated that the late Go- wills ihis secretary, for the purpose only, as far as he could LLYCOTTON, MONDAY,-We .
~ , , Derby • ..., 100 ' Rochdale.... 85 4/. - s
present Government ought t on the subject, arid that the see, of being bedetered.-( Hear.) What salary the president '
inticipation relating to t .
he breaking up co the Sirius has Politer ,e i 6/. - ,„,_ :
elkCh- -33 4/. 55 norOpshirF •• 125 81. - ie
tide literally e•-• 1
o a•!opt some mea • L eht )If proved too true, for she was by this morning's.y ...ewash ... 100 32/ _ nomrset Coal leo 71. inc _ re
and to pies more etre
~, ci to those Acts. To la.‘ nsto Improve, say to get for the badgenng did not appear.-( au, er.
smashed into small -pieces, and not a vestige of her frame. Forth &el
-.3•d 100' 4/, 1 Do.Lk.FdSt 12 61. p. c. - pi it appeared that the difficulties in"( 8". G• Grey) oils was to be the case, they might as well have the superin- GraildJunc , - - ei d&Worc 140 '2Bl
work, hull, rip-gin, or- spars now remain together. The ~ , tn too, 71. __. ‘etffr , . _ hi
Which stood • rand Union •
the way were far from easy i.f solutio i • in tendents of the Customs and the Excise, and the officers of , . es
'7the rock where she went to sa 1001 le los I _ ,Shrewsbury..ll2o 151. _ ti,
oh y object discernible on Ohiniorgnsh . 1721 13% L. - Stourbridge.. I 145 20/. 315
course of last session hail stated what ' his ein the other public departments, as many useful inquiries might occa- '
tof the engine, which has as yet , to
Pieces is the boiler and
of
, Iris:in;
,Sel Brkly , 001 ...... _ 'Strtfrilon Av 79 1/. 10s. -
g(
were with regard' to the Law of Settlement opinions slunally be made of them.-( Hear, hear.) For himself, until There is, however,
waves.
resisted the lashing of the . 150, 12/. - reverts and}
when the House came to consider that part of the , and that he saw or heard more of the Bill, he must look on it as an ex- locality of lit:thi lani
.•
26 I/. 89. - Cli
measure he ' melancholy evidence to point out the unfortunateerstleld. 571 Wye flail.
should be quite ready to express his opinions upon it, anethe pensive and inefficient job. -( Hear. ) .
the wreck, in the vast quantity of broken timber. floating Ke - -
mit Se Awl- 391 7a. ext 5 ;Trut4 Mr-1
50 301. hi
plans which be proposed te, •• s better working; that lie coeld , Sir THOMAS ACLAND felt greatly gratified at the . _ a ridge of high cliffs Lancaster... 47 it ' ' t -
. . los. - I snrs •12,h;
__, Pc see his way through all the difficulties statement which had presented duchy of the Noble Lord, and thought it would be pro- casks, bales, &c. about the shore under ,
Leecle& * ' Livrp ion, 34g. 52214 ,Thainseemeu Ps - I _
little' of he
a to the west t -1 ge . x •Ila of Ballycotton. The body Leicester
themselves, and he hoped that the Committee would present a leo' , (-ea great good, but the point that wanted immediateof nudity; it is Leieitrz, .... 140' 10/. 105 Worcstr 1 „titan() of a female has been washed ashore in a state 78 2/, ' 43 wl
Bill to the House, which would go a great way towards recti- n was the e 4 4/. 52 Birming. litigation w e present law in regard to settlement, as ' • and had been Loughle Nthl sh believed that she was a cabin passenger, a rrowel42 70s, I - wilts& Brks 67 11. -
evils of the present system. Toe question of rating This • as retsw toing forward in every parish in England.
feting the evi g is was not the imenti drowned in her berth, but nothing certain is known on that
mm
uestions which•
was inseparable from the otherq e were corning were the facts of the eaci.ne of the framers of the law, but such
sub'Aboutnearly the same moment the
subject at present.
under the cognisauce of the Committee; unless they inquire into • He hoped the Committee would
the whole quest- body was found, a fine athletic man was swept off the rocks cet
the ,übject, they would in speedily introduced
considered this part of - , .y to meet all objections
and that a Bill would be
1
and drowned. He was stretching out with a pole for a shawl Name
of
.., i Dividend . Amount
his opinion, deal with the whole matter in au Mr. GRIMSDITCH said tohjeceions.
t and `"einPanY. i per j of , Paid. Price.
imperfect way.-( Hear, bear.) refusing to enter the workhouses , at in consequence of the poor then heavy surge carried him awes,
that was floating, en a y
..
d desisted- 1 Annum. ' Share. :
G(
Mr. FERRAND said, when he heard the Right Hon. creased, and the cumbrous uses, mendicancy had greatly in-
machiner of piercing cry, an
the people on shore commenced a oe--'-'-----___www________
from their labours for some time. The boats camo to where
,---
tl' for the Home Department not adopted any efficient m Y Somerset House had conim,;:rclai .. , '4s. d. Xs.d. i wi
Baronet the Secretary of State .
means of remedying h ' drowned, but his body was not found.
e was• •••• • • • St- percent.! Stock. - 77 str
for Montrose this wets glad to find that this board w g the evil. He'East and We
i_
arLAver the eaesiion of fris Hon. Member r , as now to be abolished, and he - ,--- . •W.. pr cent. ; Stock. - , 138 xd art
believe that he was the Late wae glad to tind that the authority was t East C0untry.......'::.. ~
evening, he felt almost inclined to . obe vested in ME Lord H. Bentinck's hds .Normanby by Stowe • Tues., landon * " P. per sh. 1100 0 0 -2) i
Home Deeertment. But did the .of the Crown. He would not, then, trespass
further officers „ ••
'. ee i '• '' •• ••••• •• ' 5/. pr cent. Stock. - 111% ~,„
Secretary of Ste te for the Lome ~ , , . ... t , ss on tke at- i anton ; Wed., Carleton-le-Moreland ; Thurs., Snaworu et. Katharine ... 99)4 , ..;-""
Right Hen. Barone -11 ,
t ett , sow or did the Yoble Lord at t e tention of he now, DLit would reserve auy observations Ise 'Wage; Fri. Gautley ; Sat, , Yawthorre Gorse-11. 6outliarspton ....., ..
••••• : 5 per cent. I Stock. -
, 4/. ner cent.; as 0 0 50 0 0 30 EMI
,

X s. d. £ s. d.
77
Comm 4: rcial .........
, 3/. per cent. Stock.
138 xd
East and West Inclla ... ' 6/. pr cent. , Stock.
21
East Country • • . • • • • ' 11. per sh. 100 0 0
1 ndon .............
31. pr cant. Stock. 111}4
.31- Katharine ........ ' 5 per cent. I Stock. 9934
~,outbaropton • •....... il per cent. ; 59 0 0 5O 0 0 ao

Lord H. Bentinck's hds.. Normanby by Stowe ; Tues.,
Panton Wed., Carleton-le-Moreland ; Thurs., Snarford
Bridge ; Fri. Gautley ; Sat, , Yawthorre Gorse-11.

SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 23, 1M47.

LAW INT FLLI( ENCE. lieve that not only could he .‘1,10..e •.,e e s-rivl-,,-j,!,• se7lence
COURT OF QUEEN'S BE Jan. 22. Kith respm to :he robbery at Mr L :v..,-,i,or s. I,:t to could
The Court proceeded this morning with the special paper. establish other charges of a ram Mir nature . against one or
. more of the prii:oners if the ma,,,drAe were to remand the.
NEWTON V. POODLE AND OTHERS.—LIABILITY OF wtvEs•
case for a week.
This case was part heard on Tuesday last, and thrived its'
Mr. COMAE accordingly ordered the prisoners to be brought
interest from the point, whether the wife could be legally up again this day week.
imprisoned for nonpayment of costs in an action for slander, ; .
in which the verdict had gone against her. I --. ~ - ,
impri_ l lIIARK Erl PI 1.,.; Iv s— ( '-: E6'nE RD A V.)
The wife of the plaintiff in this case had been
soned for non-payment of 3/. 18s. 6d., the costs in an action CORN-EXCECArys B.
for slander, in which a verdict was entered for def,ndaht, The *rivals of English W, at >i ire ;1,11,1aV, hive i•t en
and the present action was brought by the plaintiff, to on a modera e scale ; but the number of samples fnso up
recaver compensation, in damages, for the loss of the society was small. The proposed remission of the duties on Foreign
of his wife and the disbursements which he had made i Corn had considerable influence upon the 1 iheat trade,
to obtain her release from the alleged false imprisonment. I which was in a very dull state. Although very little bb-
siness was transacted in any quality, holders refused to
Mr. AAPtIERTON resumed the arguments, and contended !
that the imprisonment was illegal—that the writ of execu- accept lower prices. In Foreign WheAr, hot. free Ant in
tion was invalid, inasmuch as the with was not liable—that, bond, so little was doing that t!e ra:ss were almost no-
ar•cording to Blackstone and other authorities, one of the pri- , minstl. The conten4,lated use of SaJur :n ,he hrsweries
vileges of wives under English law was, that they were not • and distilleries, caused the sale for t;anev aioi Malt to
liable to be imprisoned in such cases, the husband alone rule heavy, and, to effect sales, loner rates must have been
being responsible. submitted to. Scarcely any Oats were on sh-w, vet the de.
Mr. COWEING appeared for Poodle, one of the defendants, mand was in a sluggish state, at j,,,evions (potation.,
and said that the case was a clear one on behalf, not only of Beans, Peas, and Flour dull, at mil, ero.l currencies.

his own client, but of all the other defendants. The writ of
execution, which was issued by the Court of Common Pleas,
was a perfectly valid one, for the judgment had never
been set aside. On that ground alone he contended that,
the proceedings were perfectly legal. The Learned Counsel
cited a number of precedents, which he contended were ana-
logous. In addition, however, to the judgment never having
been reversed, he urged that the writ of execution was
in accordance with that judgment, and cited several autho-
rities to warrant the legality of the course defendants had
adopted. Thirdly, again, the Act of Parliament of Henry
VIII., on which the case rested, defended his client from all
liability in consequence of the proceedings they had taken.
➢lr. An-lummox replied, and after referring to the cases
cited by counsel for the defendant, which he contended were
not applicable to the case before the Court, denied that
the writ was in conformity with the judgment, and that the
imprisonment was illegal.
The COURT was unanimously of opinion that the Act of
Henry the Eighth gave no exemption to the wife from
arrest, nor did the books cite any cases where the right to
arrest the wife was not recognised.—The judgment in this
demurrer was, therefore, ordered to be entered for defendant.

AUlt I V A LS
Wheat. BartPy. i Oats
4,820 qrs. 2,750 qrs. 150 qrs. 13,250 ,ks
1 ---- 370 and
5,120 2,640 15,730 brls
Malt. 5,220 qrs.
SMITHFIELD.
Although the supply of Beasts on offer was very limited,
we have to report a dull inquiry for th.d. description of stock,
at, in some instances, a trifing depression in value. There
were, in the market, 41 Beasts from abroad. The numbers
of Sheep were small. The few prime old Dcmns on sale pro-
duced full pries: but all other kinds of Sheep declined 2d.
per 81bs. Calves were in short supply, and sluggish inquiry
at late rates. The Pork trade was dull, yet we can notice
no decline in the currencies. Much Cows sold slowly,
at from 161. to 18/. each, including their small Calf;
Per 81bs. to sink the offal.
s. d. e. d. s. d to s. d.
Inferior Beasts • 3 2 3 4 Second quality ditto 4 0 4 2
3econd quality ditto. 3 6 3 8 Coarse-svoolledditto 4 4 4 8
Prime large Oxen.. 310 4 0 Southdown Wethe_ 410 5 2
Prime Scots .•• •... 4 2 4 4 Ditto out of the wool
Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 6 Large /logs ••••• • 3 10 4
Prime small ditto .. 4 8 5 0 Small Porkers .• •• 4 8 5 0
iticklitsr, Calves ..18 0 28 0 . Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 19 0
Inferior Sheep •• . 3 8 310 Lambs 0 0 0 0
SUPPLY AT MARKET.
Peasts. Sheep. Calves.
786 2,390 150
NEWGATE AND LEADEN-a ALL
We had a dull trade here, and prices were not supported.
BOROUGH HOP MARKET.
Although a trifle more money has been obtained for the
best new hops in pockets, the demaiid is far from active,
arising chiefly from the supply being more than adequate to
meet the wants of the brewers: In the middling qualities of
Hops exceedingly little is doing, at late rates. Sussex
pockets, 76s to 87s ; Weald of Kent ditto, 82s to 925; Mid
and East Kent ditto, 90s to 130 s.
COLONIAL.

English • • .• • •
[rich. ........
Foreign

3,100

Pigs
2do

SUGAR.—The market for surgai T has been on the advance,
and the quotations have been about 3s to 4s per cwt. higher
in some descriptions. The supply of West India is not large
and holders are disinclined to press sales.
REFLNED.—Standard lumps have risen also to 67s Gd per
cwt.

EAST INDIA.-7,437 bags Mauritius at auction sold 2s to
2s 6d higher, low yellow 50s, mid 51s 6d to 53s 6d, good fAs
to 55s 6d. There have been good purchases privately
at even fuller rates, and in Bengal 3,624 bags
went is higher by auction. Benares good white at
54s 6d to 555, and mid at 52s 6d to 545, besides private pur-
chases since at dearer rates. There has been about 6,000'
bags China sold at 52s 6d to 53s 6d for mid white, and 50s to
55s fot damp and washed, being rather deficient in strength.
FOREIGN. —Cuba Muscovado has been sold at 51s to
53s 6d, and yellow Cuba at 55s to 60s per cwt. At auction
341 bags Rio sold at 53s to 57s for good and tine yellow, and
at 48s to 52s 6d for low and mid. Havannah white realised
59s 6d to tits for good. Privately 1,800 boxes Havannah
sold at 27s in a foreign ship, ha'f being brown and half yellow.
COFFEE. —The demand has been moderate at full rates for,
British Plantation. In Ceylon, sales of good ord pale native
have been made at 42s to 64s for Plantation, and at 41s for
bulked. Java has been taken in at 38s, and Singapore Java
has been sold at 26s 6d to 28s. Some Madras offered by
auction was taken in at 48s to 50s, and 1,657 bags Sumatra
were taken in at 28s; 2,421 bags C,sta Rica sold at full
rates f.,r the better descriptions, but cheaper for o' her sorts;
good ord 32s 6d to 365, and fine ord at 44s to 48s 6d per
cwt. La Guavra was taker, in at 43 to 47s f r fine tine ord.
RICE. Mid bite Bengal has been sold privately to some
extent at 25s to 265.
SALTPETRE. —There have been sales at scarcely previous
rates.
SPICES.—There has been a moderate business in Pepper,
Ginger. &c, but no large sales by auction have taken place.
R L73l.—The business done has been rather limited, but
prices are steady, and holders firm. Proof East India, 3s 2d
per gallon.
CoTTox.—The quotations are slightly lower than last
week.
TEA. —The demand is moderate. Common Congou 9d to
9d per lb.
TaLLow.—P.Y.C. is sls 9d to 52s per cwt on the spot.