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London, England, 1841-03-20 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 164.1.

STANTON LACEY HOUSE, SHROPSHIRE.
TrO BE LET, READY FURNISHED,
with immediate Possession, an excllent MANSION
HOUSE, with extensive Pleasure Grounds, Walled Garden
Weil s'oeked with choice Fruit Trees, Hot-house and Green-
house Coach house, Stables, and Out-buildings complete,
beautifully situated, within one mile of Ludlow. Adjoining,
and belonging to the Mansion, is above 50 Acres of fertile
Meadow Land, the whole or any part of which the. Tenant
may be accommodated with. _ _ _

Per further puticuiars apply to Mr. Humphrey Salwey, So-
licitor, Ludlow.

TO BE SOLD, pursuant to an•ORDER of
the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in certain
Causes, of LIVESEY v. LIVESEY, with the approbation of
JOHN Enarum) DownEswer,t, Esq., one of the Alaste:s of
the said Court, at the Clarendon Rooms, South John-street,
Liverpool, on WEDNESDAY, the 24th day of March instant,
between the hours of One and Two o'clock in the Afternoon,
A FRFEHOLD HOUSE and PREMISES. The Pre-
mise; are in the occupation of Mr. Grapell, Bookseller, situate
No. 46, Church-street, Liverpool. The House is three stories
in height, and contains a frontage of 27 feet, and in depth, in..
eluding the yard at the back, 115 feet, and comprises—On the
Ground Floor, a good shop, with private entrance, sta'rcase,
kitchen, and scullery. On the First Floor, good drawing and
dining rooms, with two small bed rooms over the kitchen and
scullery. On the Second Floor, three bed rooms in front, and
two small ones. The yard at the back of the house opens
into Brookes'a-alley, and contains a stable, privy, ash-pit, and
coal store. The Pre.nises also contain good celtarage.
. .

Printed Particulars may be had (gratis) at the Master's
Office, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane ; of Messrs.
Grane and S: n, Solicitors, 23, Bedford-row ; of Mr. W. W.
Hastings, so'•citor, 3, Ilarpur-street, Red Lion-square ; of
Mr. Samuel Vyson, solicitor, 28, Tokenkouse-yard, Lothbury ;
and of Mr. E. Gustard, solicitor, 3, Berkeley-square, Lon-
don ; and of :..lessrs. Winstanleyand Sons, Auctioneers, Liver-
pool. GRA NE and SON, Plaintiff's Solicitors,
23, Bedford-row.

PROMOTER LIF.
ANNUITY COMPAP
friars, London. Established in

11111. EC
W.Goodenou;:hHayter,Esq., M.P.I
Charles Johnston, Esq.

John i'owgocd Kernbte, Esq.
John G. Shaw Lefevre, F.R.S.

'E ASSURANCE and
NY, 9, Chatham Place, Black-
, 1826.
:TOSS.

Robert Palk, Esq.
John Louis Prevost, Esq.
Samuel Smith, Esq.
Le Marchant Thomas, Esq.

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A division of the profits will take place quinquennially.
Bonuses accrue after three annual premiums shad have been
paid ; and parties can receive their bonuses in a present sum,
or Lave them applied in augmentation of their Policies, or in
reduction of their future Premiums.

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Assurers may contract to pay their Premiums either in one
sum, in a given number of payments, in annual, half-yearly, or
quarterly payments, or on the ascending or descending scale.
Officers in the Army and Navy, when in active service, Per-.
sons afflicted with chronic and other diseases, and such as are
going beyond the limitsnof Europe, are also Assured at Mode-
rate Rates.
Policy 10alders have a right to attend the General Meetings,
at which the Auditors report annually the state of the Com-
pany's affairs.
Prospectuses, and all necessary information, may be obtained
at the Office.

MICHAEL SAWARD, Secretary.

LUPE MAL PAR LIADIENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, Meßcit 19

The Earl of SHAFTESBURY took li3 teat on the Wool-
sack E hortly after five o'clock.

The Mutiny, and the Marine Mutiny Bills-were scwrally
read a second tire, and ordered to be committed on Mon.
ear
L..cr.l FOLEY presented a petition against ecitzin
raqt cf the Poor. law Amendment
The Duke of ARGYLL tresentcd a petition from the
Synod of A gyll, prayisg for the total abolition of pa-
tronage in the Church of Scotland; Dl-to similar petitions
from; the Gaeii Claret, meeting in Hope-3tteet, Glas-
gow, and front Dundee.
The haggis of NORMANBY presented a pct.fon
from the Town-Council cf Hull in favour of the
principle of tae Drainage Bill. He might men-
tion that lie hoped they would ha enabled to proceed
with the 8.11 in Cuininittee next week, the Bill having
been I: 0 'N. divided into two.

Lcrd ELLENBOROUGII—ThIy only su3pendeil
proceeding v.,th the Bill in order that they might get on

The Earl of BANDON presented 12 peti•ions from
parishes in the county olCork against any alteration in the

The Earl of CLARE preseaA a peti..ion from Car-
nai vJti, rgainst the uni:m of the dioceses of Pangor and St.
Asaph.

NEWFOUNDLAND,

The Earl of ABERDEEN „bad a peftion to present
to whica he heggel to ca 1 the atteation of the Noble
Lords opposi c, pat ticularly ef the 1,7,ab1e Miirquitlataly.
at the_ Lead el the. -Cr eileiraartinent. it te,atid‘to
tl.e colony of Ne f ,undlead. He had brought the sub-
ject before thmr Lordships in 1839; he hat'.. presented a
petition which truly set forth that the colony was the
most distracted and unfortunate colony of any under the
dominion of this country; but, bad as it was then, it had
now become much worse. He was coevinced that the
only hope there was' of any improvement in the stare of
that c' deny must he obtained by means of Pariiamentary
-y. The inquiries promised and made by official
persons weee v holly me:css—the - evils were cf such
magnitude that they could only be redressed by an in-
quiry by that or the o her House of Parliament. The great
evil consisted in the abuse of the Constituii in wanted to
the Colony in 1831.32. The Huuse of Assembly was
constituted ia such a manner that it was wholly impossible
they could aischarge any legislative duties with any bene-
ficial result to the colony. , It consisted of fifteen
triemb re one of whom was in the condition of a menial
servant, reel ivhng only ten pound a-year c f wages.
Such were the gentlemen in the House of Assembly,
some of whom might have accompanied the Noble Mare
quis upon a shoctusg excursion and carried his baggage.
It was a burlesque that these parsons should bare the
control of all the funds in the colony, what ha]
been the result ? Why, that the expenses and burthens
of tl.e eclonies had bee% inmeese 1 to a great degree
and the Gov( reor had found it impcssitle to ca-ry the
law into eff:et In the list Gazette was an answer cf the
Governor of the colony to an Address of the House of
Asseenbli. He presumed, in consequence of the out-
rages comaAted et the late election!, the Geverner
had stigmatised them in some • prociametions, arid
that tie House of. Assembly had rcqufred him
to lay t dere them t e ieformation• upon v,luch the pre-
ceedings we eso dcsctihed. The answer of the Gover-
nor was : " The scar.d.lous events which occurrel at two
elections during the recess, the ferocious conduct of
the mob at Comberme-e, by which the election
was rende.e I abortive, and the necessity cf the in-
terfereaee cf the unitary, are matte's of note-
riety. I consi ler the documents laid before the House
are sufficiently demonstrative of the evils which exist, end
under (lest ng circumstances, I must deny compliance
with the aldress, beliesing that no g )oi could possibly
arise to the community, by a publication of all the repre-
sentathons I have received." Tt at was the year the general
election ought to have taken al 'cue but the Gore nor went on
to say, "so convinced was I of the absolute necessity cf an
am.eidment cf t' e eleecion law ti a. I av tit myself or this
opportunity to state, that should unhappily no legislative
enactment he made to secure tranuithty at future e'en-
tiona, I shell nit undertake the responsibility of issuing
proclemaions or writs for the election cf a new Howe of
Assembly, or make myself respoesible for the serious con-
sequence., the confusion and bloodsi.e I so likely to ensue
the:elixirs under the present system ; but referring the
whole riff-dr to the Supreme Government, I shall, as in
duty bound, follow such instructions as I may rcceve."
Ti e Governer was so cosy:need that something shoul I be
done to preveet the recurrence of those outrages, and to
pre t,et the voters in the free exercise of the franchise that
he declared it, his answer to the address that he would not
wire-non another House of Assembly or issue new writs, which
he was bound to do eccerding to law—in this yew,
wi-es the House of Assembly agreed upon acme
mei-
sune which would so alter the elsc:oial law of the
C• Imyas to remedy the evils that existed. The Noble
Earl had some other petitions of a similar description
to reeent, which attributed all the evils that di'-
turbed and affeetel the Colony t) the conduct of
the llouse el Assenibly and their immediste aeiv it tr. The
entioners prayed for an alteration in the present system of
representation, and f m a bitter protection to the voters.
TI e Marquis of N ORMANB Y sail if hi, Noble Friend
bad referred to an earlier period of the Session, and bad
read the opening speech of the Governor, he would sea
that there was ne reeestiv to bavo a Perliamentery
Committee of I; qeiry, for the Governor informed the
House of Assembly i-i that sin ech, that the whole subject
was under the consideration of -the Government at home.
Gevirnor Preston bad also, in his answer to the
Address, preset upon the Legislature of the Colony
to take, into consideration an amendment of the
law of election, so as to afford protection to the
voters —( Hear, hear, hear.) The Colonial Session
was not yet concluded, and although the of Assembly
had not atken any
steps in fnrtbet mice of the objects re-
commended to them by the Governor, yet the session was
still proceeding. and it was not advisable for the Padia-
meet to interfere until it was ascertained what
might be done before its close. —( Hear, hear.)
Tee Governor was by law justified in the
ni hholdisg the issue of the writs cf a new election until
he should receive instructions from the Government et
home. His Noble Friend had referred to a former peti-
tion presented upon the subject, but a contrary one had
else b en laid before the House, which state I the finances
.of the country to be in the most deplorable condition,
the cutrehes to be excessive and unrestrained, and the
fisheries in a state of progressive decay. The matt:r had
been referred to tl.e Geve!nor, and his repent thereon was
in a greet degree satisfactory, and shovel that the stets-
ments, of the petitioners were exceedingly exaggerated as
regarded the alleged outrages—that the floaters of the cc-
luny were by no tr. e sr.s in the unsatisf ictory state represented,
and thst here wanevery hope that the fisheries would re-
vive. He (Lord N.) was of opinion with the Government
that if his. recommendation were not attended to, some
measure must be taken by the Government at home
te reume ly the existing cv:la. He Lai not a very
sanguine expectation that the House of Assembly would
take any effe.teal steps this Session, teeing that they
had allowed so much of it to elapse without turning their
attention to the subject ; yet he hoped that his Noble
Friend would suspend further proceedings upon the petition
now presented, and leave the matter for the time in the
hands of the Government,

The petition was then laid on the table.
POOR-LAWS (IRELAND).
Mr. Nicholls, PJor-law Contrniisbner for Ireland, was
then called to tLe La-, upon the O.dcr of the Day, to be
ex:noir:el '

In answer to the Earl of GLENG A LL, •
Me. N;citolli said that be was not in Dublin in March,
1839. He had no rceollceti ,n whether or not upon
his z.rrival in Dublin he made inquiry as to the ap-
pont.bent of Mr. Butler, but bad no doubt that he must
have don,' In answcr to other questiJns the witness,
who was very imperfectly heard in the Reporters' Ga!-
tleat into a detail of the system upon which the mi.
mates of correspondence were kept in the office the
Poor-law Commisti Ters Duhi n.

appointment of Assistant-
etnan were to ba an insolvent,
By the Duke of WELLINGTON--He considered
, even if he were the tw-
ice)
ri
umimrs
vo,lr;reeesvpons decided
ce ftdoi
nrvgatral: z a n
phes, of as Archbishop, be would think him totally unfit
for the situation of returning officer in any Ur ion. lie
Was not in Dublin when the correspondence upon this af-
fair was commenced. Mr. Earle was the party responsible
for the duties of the office in his absence, or the Secret,rv.
Mr. Re's," had nothing to do with the office. He was
nothing to du with the ap-
pointment C,maissioner in the Dublin district, under
nothing to do with the
tt'aadppointment, and told any
appointment had been confirmed, he had been
0(.0M,
one that
,ttEhm.taactrnlittefboah;
trebaxultrt.lthißef
eulritcal dde
ric7liehteher
that
;silty of an it regularity. Every act done under the Com-
mission—every letter that was written or rocelved—aad
every interview hal on office businesi—was eitered on the
registry of the Board. Any error in that must have been
unintentional. He was nut responsible fir any error in the
copying of the letters, or ,ho entries in the registry.
tic wats clearly rzspol:sfule fir the due executim of the
Act of Parliament. The minutes and registry required
mte:iansuebtnees
of
upon kp
every act accuratelyw founded. There was not
as
kept, aed contained a
eommi3iioncrs, and the
r
a sing!e -act of the Comntissiencra that was net supported
by docereeniary evidence.
By- the Marquis of NORMA N By.- He believed a
-etww h ereich ; o e
tby the
copy of the minutes to which he referred was in London.
He had not the slightest recoll: ction how the Commission-
ers obtained the ilformat;on respecting Mr. Butler, be-
sides what was stated in the letter to Mr. Bagwell.
Lord it ED ESDA LE asked if any inquhies we:-e now
making a; to character.
Witrers did net know.

Lord REDE SDAL E.—Do you not think that the
charaetef- of your Assistant-CommisEimcr ia ir.v,ilved in
tye charcter which he has given you cf Mr. Bodes ?
He says that Mr. Butler was a gentleman, residing in
C!onmell, and lately reirel from business, end thet he
had kno,.n hilt for twenty-seven years. Now if it be
true that he -was at that time in i Eolvent, and
that his character and conduct had hen sac's as they era
now represente;!, (13 you cot think the veracity cf your
Assivant-Connriiisioin r is questionable, and that such a
person is net fit to hold such en office ?
Witness thought Cult a person who tra-?e a f..lse state-
ment was not fit tobe an Assistant- Commiisioner.—( Hear. )
Lord REDESDA LE—And yet you have made no
inquiry ?

Mr. Nicholls begged leave to read a letter ahich
he had received upon the subject from Mr. Phelan, and
cotter some discussion, in which the Earl of Devon and
the Matqais of Normanby recommended the permission,
and the Ea-I of Gleogall and Lord Redesdale objected,
leave was giver, but Mr. Nicholls read it in a tone
quire inaudible in the gallery. In answer to a question
from Lord Redesdale he said that Mr. Phelan was ap-
fat i :tut chiefly upon his (Mr. Nicholls') recommendation,
give-, from iii knowledge of that gentleman's character.
Mr. Paden had also In ea recommended by Lord Morpeth
and the late Mr. Drummond. Witness was not certain
that he had not also been recommended by Mr. Ball, the
late Member far Clonmel. A great number of complaiete
were made by some of the guardians and rate-payers of
the Cionn el Union after Mr. Butler had commenced his
duties as returning officer, and he directed furt' er in..
(pities to be made into Mr Butler's fitness and cha-
racter, and he received the letter of 23d May from
Mr. Phelar. He (the witness) directed those inquiries
to be made by Mr. Phelan. He had no doubt that he di.
rooted and superintended the investigation in the conduct
of Butler at the election of guardians at Clonmel. There
bad been extreme irregularities in the elections, but espe-
cially at the first. He did not particularly recollect the
complaint made against Butler for baring struck out the
names of some candidatee, and put in others. His memory
was refreshed by the return made to the House. He
could not answer to this point without referring to the
entries, and all the books and papers connected with
the office had been taken back, on the under-
standing tint they were done with. He was not
aevare that he would be examined on that nein'.
HL reknowledged that there had been ineorreetnees in the
whole cf the transactions under inquiry. lie could not
account for it, except by the negligence of the clerk, who
bad been si Ice dismissed for misconduct. This was the
first time in his ( Mr. Niehcli's) life that his own cern ct-
nese was ever called in question. Mr. Stanley had acted
n'th him for two or three ears, and he could bear testi.
crony to that gentleman's fidelity and assiduity, and his
strict rctpard to truth.
Lord G LENG A L L—The letter of Mr. Phelan to the
Commissioners appc a el in tl.e returns three several times,
and in diffnent terms each time. 11,w did that happen ?
Witness in the first return directed an extract to be sent
of so much as be thought b we upon the subject.
Lord E LLENBOROUG H—The House ordered a re-
turn of correspondence, and not of extracts; and the Com..
misEioncr ; deceived the House by making such a return.
After some further questions of minor detail, cn matters
already sufficiently explained, the witness was permitted to
withdraw.

Their Lordsl ips then (at Twenty Minutes to Eight
o'Clock) adjourned till Monday.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, Me RCII 19.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'Clock.
The Dublin Wide Streets' Bill was read a third time
and passeii.