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THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2O, 1847.

to its alleviation, or that refused in any way to act so as to
give the relief out of the property of England wherever it
.a „ tires be alleviatpd not what was
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O'CO:inell) and the Hon. Aleintgr who had just sat down had
asserted the same thing. They said that the distress in Ire-
lana was chargeable on the English people, and that it had
resulted solely as the consequences of the atrocities of the Go-
vernment of England against that country. Now the Hon.
member said this.—( There was an intisna,ion of dissent from
Mr. Grattan.)—He (Mr. Roebuck) knew that the Hon.
Members did not remember what he said, but he distinctly
charged him with the expression, for he had distinctly stated
that the sufferings of the Irish people were caused by the
mismanagement of this country.—( Hear, and counter cheers. )
Mr. G RATTAN explained that the Hon. Gentleman had
mistaken him. —( Hear hear. )
Mr. ROEBUCK—I distinctly charge him with it.—
(" Hear," from the opposite benches.)
Mr. GR ATTA N—l totally deny it.
Mr. ROE BUCK —I accept the retractation.
Colonel RAWDON rose to order. The Hon. Member for
Bath had agreed to accept the retractation, but had refused to
accept the denial. This was clearly a breach of order.
Mr. ROEBUCK—WeII, the matter was not worth many
words, for he thought that the conduct of the people of Eng-
land was above the attacks of the Hon. Member, but he felt it
was due to his fellow-countrymen, he again said, aye, and he
would say, it was due to his fellow.countrymen in Ireland to
say that they would not be moved from their benevolentpurposes
by such attacks as these, but, on the contrary, they would
urged on to higher efforts of usefulness to Ireland by the repe-
tition of these charges, and that was his inducement to give-an
express denial to the attacks. He would now follow out the
argument of the Hon. Member for Marylebone. That Hon.
Member had said that Hon. Gentlemen came down to that
House—and he (Mr. Roebuck) saw such now to be present—
who had taken large rents, and yet had refused in any way to
relieve the distresses of their country, or had even paid their
rates on the property which they held. He had shown that
instead of contributing anything, they had, on the contrary,
done nothing. Now he would take the case of Skibbereen—
that was a fair case—and it should be remembered that there
was a poor-law in Ireland. The people in that parish were in
the utmost state of destitution, and yet, although the rate
levied for the relief of the poor was only fivepence in the pound,
the owners of property refused to contribute their quota, and the
rate could not be collected. Then he did say that the Irish
gentlemen ought to contribute their share when the people of
this country were so heavily taxed for the support of their poor;
and he was prompted the more to this course, when he recol-
lected the distress which was at this moment being suffered by
the peasantry of this country. He held in his hand a paper
which was issued for calling a public meeting in the town which
he represented, for taking some measures for relieving the poor
in the county of Somerset. Those people were suffering from
the utmost deficiency of food, and at the present moment a
great portion of the poor in that county were absolutely subsist-
in; on horse-beans, with only a scanty quantity of the same,
while other persons were absolutely picking up the rotten turnips,
with the hope of getting a little sustenance out of them. This
he threw into the teeth of the Members opposite, and would
retort the charge of the Hon. Member for Meath, when, in
the face of the fact that 600,000 persons were wholly
supported by this country, he asserted that the people
of England were acting in a close and niggardly spirit.
600,000 persons had been relieved. The inevitable conse-
quence, he would answer, was, that the statements of the Hon.
Gentlemen could not be sustained. He would now come to
the acts of the Government. He was quite willing to give that
Government the fullest meed of his approval, if that was of
any value to them. They had taken upon themselves a re-
sponsibility which hardly any Ministry before had assumed.
They had spent money to an extent which had never been
equalled by any other Government for such a purpose. The
very Bill which he held in his hand, and which was then before
' the House, was not a Bill which he could condemn ; on the
contrary,lt was a good meaning measure. Now, after all that,
he slid think it was very unjust for the Hon. Member for Kil-
kenny to make the charges he had done, and the com-
ment he had made, that they had created the miseries
of Ireland, and they did not do all in their
power to alleviate that misery. He believed that thetas was an
amount of misery in Ireland that could scarcely be exagge-
rated. That was all acknowledged ; but he did say that they
(the Irish landlords) ought to come forward arid assist the
people of England in relieving that distress. As a representa-
tive of an English constituency, he did say they should be cau-
tious in what they did. There was a combination in Mayo
against tilling the land. They ought to be cautious that they
did nothing to:create such a state of circumstances, or snake it
spread. If they took the people of Ireland away from tilling
mn teuopeofn
itrheelapendoptloe
othrethsiosil,,otuhnetyryw.oulTdhbeey
making
asked e thethem
d egpeennt dl
ee
They Ireland. prevent their countrymen from being dependent upon this country
were their best advisers and the best friends of
(the people of Ireland) wanted some great man to conduct them.
He had often seen -a great name over some old firm, but with-
out the wealth to conduct its concerns, or a particle of intelli-
gence to support it. The people of Ireland possessed no such
character as they required. They were led by those who had
nothing but a name and a power of vituperation to support
them. Though there was the contortion of the sybil, the in-
spiration was gone.
Mr. F. SHAW said he thought that the statements
laid before the House of the sufferings of Ireland we
exaggerated, but he certainly did think they were inappro-
priate on the present occasion. He thought, however, that
the whole House would agree with him in thinking, that all
those gentlemen who had made those statements had said
nothing of an acrimonious character. But an Hon. Baronet
opposite certainly did depart from his usual caution and temper,
and the Hon. Member for Bath was unjust in fixing upon one
particular case, and passing over a greater number. He thought
also that it was unseasonable in that House to mention the
names of Lord Lucan, Sir Wm. Beecher, and others. He
had, however, to offer another case. Lady Carberry's
was one of the properties that had been neglected.
Now, the Carberry estate was in the hands of the Dowager
Lady Carberry, arid the greater portion of ber fortune was
spent in relieving that distress ; therefore the charge was most
unjust. The Hon. Member apposite had said that the people
of England had been called ungenerous. Now, he (Mr.
Shaw) had never heard the accusation of want of generosity
on the part of the people of England. The Hon. Member
opposite, and a few of the friends with whom he was asso-
ciated, had certainly been attacked. They (the people of
Ireland) did not deny the generosity of the people of England,
but they did say that it was not generous to boast of it on the
present eccasion. It was said that 600,000 persons had been
relieved at the cost of England, but the gentlemen of Ireland
were liable for the money advanced. He thought, therefore,
that it was both unseasonable and unjust to say so much on the
matter. It was most painful to the feelings of the Irish to
hear the charges that were made against them. And after all,
what did the speech of the Hon. Member opposite amount
to, but that the landlords of Ireland were guilty of a neglect
of duty? It was most painful for Irish gentlemen to have
such remarks said at a time like the present.—( Hear,
hear.) The Honourable Gentleman opposite had said
"Do your duty first, then we will do ours." But the
poverty in Ireland was ten times greater than in England. Her
means were more than ten times less than in this country.
When he was in Ireland a short time ago, he found the land-
lords doing all in their power. assisted by their families, in
relieving the distress ; and in their kitchens there was a greater
amount of relief administered than would be believed if it had
not been witnessed. He thought, therefore, it was most un-
generous to accuse the landlords of Ireland of a neglect of
their duty, and to reproach them with their poverty, at a mo-
ment like the present. The misery that existed was beyond
their resources, and ought they then to be accused of the
calamity that had visited their country ? After what ,
the landlords of Ireland had done, he repeated, that it
was most unjust to make these accusations. The Bill before
the House, as far as it went, was good, and calculated to work
beneficially for the country, and he believed the Government
l
acrimony.
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radi t
mdt
oho
nen
ye d
cam,
.a us
fcoehnl t a
bs
ot
uh ne woulddy
toha ew fu
carried l l
denyy what
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nd
had.
without
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of
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furthertahs
e,
Irish landlords, as a body, of not having done their duty.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said—Sir, I wish to sly .a
few
words before the House go into Committee on this Bill. I
mGaeyntgleo
ci hasm ijduesrta
tsiaotn doofwthnishma sa
tsaid,
tthh amt
more
wishe t e m
pwe et.
must say, as 1 agree entirely in the spirit of what the Hon.
minautowthheo
and a more friendly tone towards those from
whom we differ.
I am very far from boastingof •
any generosity on the part of
England towards the people of Ireland ; but then we may
claim to be exempted from the charge of insensibility to her
sufferings.—( Hear, hear.) There are a few matters on which
I wish to make some observations. It is impossible
to look forward to what may happen next year in Ireland
—to which an Hon. Gentleman has alluded—but I believe
the sufferings of the people of that country may be very much
alleviated. lam very sorry to hear that there is not only a
neglect of cultivation of the soil on the part of smaller tenants
and holders, but there is not a disposition to cultivate the soil.
havel heard to-day from three Roman Catholic priests, that
in their part of the country they found the smallertenants
saying that not only did they not cultivate their land,
but they would not do so
that , because they considered
they would derive no advantage from doing so.—
( Hear, hear.) This arises from thevery unfortunate state of
society. We find the landlords andtenants id
mu-
tual recrimination. The landlords speakprlging in
it e conduct of
tenants, whom they accuse of concealing their
tenants accuse the landlord of a neglect
of his duty, N
much ow,
Sir, in this period of great calamity, when so
exists among the people of Ireland, unless the landlnn
suffering
the greatest confidence in their tenants—unless they repose
ey
among t heir tenants, and stimulate them to increased exertion,go more
and unless, on the other hand, the tenants are brought
confide in their landlords, and are disposed :0°
profit by the encouragement given to them, i
fear the prospects of neat year are very uncertain.—
( Hear, hear.) I also hope that the clergy of the various reli-
gious denominations will assist to avert the recurrence of the
present emergency. Ido not believe that any laws passed in
the Imperial Parliament, or that might be passed even in a
Parliament sitting in Dublin, will be attended with any bene-
ficial effect unless this spirit of co-operation exists to carry out
these laws, and to infuse a spirit of improvement among the
people. There is another matter to which I wish briefly to
allude. An opinion is beginning to gain ground among the
people of this country, that although they were disposed to
make every sacrifice for the relief of the distress which at pre-
sent prevails in Ireland, yet there is an opinion spreading
among them, and I should say in Ireland also,
that the distress and the actual state of destitution
which existed e in ordinary
even
were the victims of it ' •
a calm for relief on the property of
Ireland.—( Cheers.) I believe that •it is the prevalent opinion,
that whatever may be done this year to relieve the distress, that
in future years, whenever the poor-houses are full, and in
n where they are not full, that there should
be, an adequate provision f
I have not heard, myself, or the relief of the poor.—( Cheers. )
warrant me in believing that from Irish gentlemen, anything to
t they
or that it will meet with
any resistance from them. There
may, perhaps, be some difference of opinion as to the details of
this measure, but with regard
there will be no resistance.—(to the principle itself, I believe
tance there may be at present have the who to ) Whatever relate-
oestitute placed upon them,l believe hole relief of the
ordinary times, the impression isfounded that the Irish
that, with regard to
u
landlords wish to avoid that obligation .—n
be-
lieve they have no wish to avoid it—(
Hear,(Hear, hear.) I
ready to give to a measure of that kind the hear)— but will be r careful assistance.
—( Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Gentleman
relief of the destitution should be placed
tinon says that the
that it ought not to be made a ehaall classes, and
( Hear, hear.) I must say, that we
thon the
position of the Government be carried into effect he. pro.
to a certain extent, be the case. And there will be , t is
a will,
a
from all p arts of the empire. I have not heard a single sochrjeeifice
tion to this, nor do I believe that any has been made to it.i
do not believe that it will be objected to, but I think it rig ht
to say that an impression very generally prevails that the pro.
perry of Ireland, though a poor country, should bear the charge
of Irish distress.—( Cheers.)
Mr. S. O'BRIEN was in hopes they would be able to dis-
cuts these measures without the introduction of any topics
calculated to excite any acrimonious feelings. The landlords
of Ireland had made sacrifices, and he hoped the Hon. Member
for Marylebone would be ready to support him when he (Mr.
S. O'Brien) was about to call upon another class of landlords
to perform their duty. He purposed that a Commit-
tee should be appointed to visit Ireland, and to see
the poor-houses and hospitals of that country, that
the true state of it might be. ascertained. He had no
objection to form one of that Committee. The consequence
of this inquiry would be a conviction that the proposed measures
of Govarnraani mould ha otta.h.; .4. 1.%

gency. The soup kitchens would be found inapplicable to
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eceHnte
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fmorantyhait'aerotsunotfrylr.ealnadndr.
could be no doubt that tor some yea.: to coon it 0...u,d be
necessary to have recourse to stimulants to employ the surplus
labour of that country. The Bills for advances to landlords
would, he feared, employ but an inconsiderable portion of it,
and what, he would ask, was to be done with the remainder?
A good system of emigration would do much good, but no
efficient plan for that purpose had been proposed. The
system of railways proposed by Lord George Bentinrk
would, if laid down, have absorbed all this surplus
labour, and conferred the greatest good upon Ireland. He
implored the Government to lay down some scheme for the
employment of the people in useful works, in order that those
painful scenes which were of daily recurrence in that country
should be put an end to.
Mr. B. ESCOTT said that nothing was further from his
intention than to prevent the House from going into Commit.
tee on this Bill. He considered it would be much better if
these Bills had been considered in the light they were in-
tended—as temporary and not permanent measures.:There were
one or two circumstances, however, to which he wished briefly
to allude. The Hon. Member opposite said that the measures
proposed by the Government were inadequate to meet the dis-
tress for which they were intended. Well, be (Mr. Escott)
agreed with the Hon. Gentleman, and he would go even
farther, and say, that if the Noble Lord, or any one else, had
proposed them as anything else than temporary,
he would have given them his most decided opposition.
He was glad to hear what had fallen from the Noble Lord, for
no speech which had been made from the bench which he oc-
cupied (the Treasury) during that session, or many preceding
ones, held out such a beneficial prospect for Ireland. He had
promised a substantial poor-law for Ireland, a measure which
his Hon. and Learned Friend the Member for Bath, had been
taunted for proposing. If he understood his Learned Friend,
all that he desired was, that equal justice should be done to
Ireland; and they should permit him to tell the Irish Members,
that from the Parliament of the United Kingdom they never
will get equal rights unless they will consent to bear equal
burdens also. —(Hear, hear.) There was much suffering in
this country, and were it not for the exertions of the land-
owners, they should have starvation in England
as well as in Ireland.—(Hear.) He wished to impress
this fact upon the Noble Lord at the head of the Government,
as by reason of some expressions which dropped from him the
other evening, he saw clearly that he much under-rated the
amount of English distress. He had not the opportunity of
seeing it to the extent which he (Mr. Escott) had. The
people of England were ground down, and they should not be
blamed when they recollected that all grants to Ireland were
had out of their hard earnings.
Viscount BERNARD said that Honourable Gent'emen
should not believe, for truth, all that appeared in blue books.
The rental in Ireland was by no means so high as had been
stated. The Honourable Member for Winchester had taunted
them with an opposition to a poor-law, but he was not
aware that there was any disinclination on the part of the
Irish gentlemen to an assimulation of the poor-law of Ireland
with that of England. On the contrary, he, with many others,
were in favour of such a measure. He would warn the
Government not suddenly to cease rendering assistance to the
destitute through the means of public works. He had received
letters which stated that in some instances this was the case,
and that great destitution was the consequence.
Mr. AIONTAGUE GORE said that he was prepared to
give his testimony in corroboration of the statement of the
Member for Winchester, that great distress existed in the west
of England, but although such was the case, they should not
be deterred from sending assistance to their distressed fellow.
subjects in Ireland. The conduct of the landlords in tliat
country had been strongly animadverted upon, but,
as far as he could see, they hail in almost every in-
stance acted with the utmost generosity.—(Hear, hear.)
Ireland in her present distresses required the sincere sympathy
of the people of this country, which he trusted would be be-
stewed upon her. Whatever view the Government took of a
try, they would do no good unless they dea't with the small
poor- law, or of any other measures for the relief of that coun-
farms in Ireland, which were a great source of the evils of
that country. They must grapple with this question if they
meant to provide an efficient remedy. He was of opinion
that, great as might be the present suffering of the people of
Ireland, it would eventually result in good, and be the means
of causing a happier day to dawn in that hitherto distracted
country.
Mr. FITZGERALD could not remain silent after what
had been said by the Honourable Member for Mary-
lebone (Sir Benjamin Hall), but would not detain the
House long. He rose to protest against the attack on
the Irish Members which that Honourable Member had made.
With regard to the measures of the Government, he confessed
he did not think them as adequate for the crisis as they should
have been. Considering the vast amount of distress that pre-
vailed, and the harrowing accounts of the privation and suffering
which had been placed before the House, that the Government
would have been prepared with some comprehensive system of
public works. He considered that the carrying out of rail-
ways would have been a very desirable course of this kind ;
and if the Government were not prepared to carry out so ex-
tensive a scheme as the Noble Lorgl the Member for Lynn,
they might at least have carried out those lines for which Acts
of Parliament had been already obtained.
Lord C. HAMILTON had wished to delay the progress of
the measure, and rose simply to ask the Noble Lord if he could
postpone the Committee on the Irish Poor-law Bill for a short
time, in order that it might not be taken whilst Irish Mem-
bers were absent at their respective assizes?
Lord JOHN RUSSELL regretted that he could not accede
to the Noble Lord's proposition. if he were to postpone it
from the day on which it was fixed, he should be met by similar
objections on the part of other Irish Members, on account of
their desire to be in Ireland at the assizes, which would imme-
diately follow those to which the Noble Lordhad referred. lie
was anxious to have the Bill passed through that House as soon
as possible, in order that it might be sent up to the House of
Lords without any unnecessary loss of time.
Lord C. HAMILTON regretted that the Noble Lord could
not act upon his suggestion. However, he begged, as an Irish
Member, to express his gratitude to the Government, and to
the English Members, for the spirit in which they bad passed
the measures for the relief of distress in Ireland.—( Hear, hear.)
Many of the speeches, the tone of which had been complained
of, contained much good sense, and he hoped they would strip
what was good from what was worthless, and adopt it.
Lord CASTLEREAGH said the great object of their le-
gislation was to prevent thousands from perishing of hunger,
and therefore, he thought, no obstructions should be thrown
in the way of this measure, and that Hon. Members, under
the circumstances, should reserve their speeches for some
other occasion. He had read in the Times of that day a letter
from a gentleman, describing the condition of the people on
the coast of Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) He feared that this
letter was bat a specimen of others which they would continue
to receive from day to day. He hoped the Irish Members
would sink their differences, and honestly, fairly,
and impartially support whatever the Government
might propose for the benefit of Ireland.—(Hear, hear.)
If the same sort of visitation were again to befal Ireland, he
was quite satisfied that the only remedy would be to form a
network of railways throughout Ireland, by which they would
be enabled to convey food to all parts of the country. But
after all, he thought that the best plan would be to suffer the
Government to proceed with the other business, and to Jay
aside all recrimination, and at once go into Committee on the

Bill.
Lord DUNCAN said that nothing would have given him
greater pleasure than to proceed with the Bill, and he trusted
the House would on all sides take the advice which had just
been offered, and suffer the Ministry to proceed with the mea-
sure. With regard to the allegations that had been assumed as
having been made by him, all he could say was, that he had
drawn his information from the blue book which he keld iu
his hand.
Mr. SFIARMAN CR AWFORD would protest against any
such disposition as was ascribed to the Irish peasantry. The
whole of the evil, in fact, was traceable to tke mischief arising
from the law of landlord and tenant. He trusted, therefore,
that the House would now, without further delay, go into Com-
mittee on the Bill.
The House then went into Committee, amid cheers from all
sides.

On the first clause being proposed,
Mr. GOULBURN said that he wished to draw the at-
tention of the House to this clause, and this he did,
he assured the Noble Lord opposite, not because he
objected to the principle of the Bill, but because there
was one objection which he could not but offer to
it. The measure of the last session of Parliament had pro-
! vided for unlimited drafts on the Consolidated Fund. If,
from the necessity of the case, the Government were to draw
from the Consolidated Fund, it would be quite necessary for them
to obtain such indemnity as this Bill provided. In the Bill of
last session certain sums were allowed to be drawn from the
Consolidated Fund for the completion of certain public works,
but it had been necessary to divert a part of the funds for other
purposes. The present Act provided for the indemnity of the
Government, but it omitted to provide an indemnity for the
officers who acted under their orders. It was always the custom in
any cases of the violation of the law to provide an indemnity,
not only for the Government, but also for the officers who
acted under their directions. A case of this kind occurred
some years ago, when, in consequence of a scarcity of food in
the West Indies, the Government in the colonies, as well as
the Government at home, in direct violation of the law, had
ordered the admission of food without payment of the duties.
Again, in 1826, there had been a scarcity of oats, and the
Government had directed the admission of oats, also in that
case, without the payment of duty, in direct violation of the
law, and they had fully experienced the advantages of the course.
In both these instances there had been acts of indemnity for the
officers as well as for the Government, and those instances were
of much less consequence than the circumstances of the present
important occasion. It would appear that the Act of last year had
given an unlimited authority to the Government to draw on the
Consolidated Fund for any amount that they might think
necessary, but in all these cases words were inserted to
give to the officers the indemnity which they were entitled
those to, and especially for
ose officers under whose orders
the money had been issued from the Treasury, and who ought
to have the same indemnity as had been obtained by the Go-
vernment. Now, by the measurest
which had been passed during
the last session of Parliament, power to draw money was
given in order to devote it te p hublficwuorks, and the money was
to be issued out of the Consolidated
Fndc.laußaue.t thßerye appeared
to
to be considerable ambiguity about the
words of the clause it was decreed that it appeared that
the sums drawn were to be limited, but the concluding words
of the clause seemed to imply that ttheunr e amount to be drawn
from the Consolidated Fund should unlimited. But there
and
was another principle to be considered, that was the
power given to draw money in this unlimited manner, for it
should be recollected that it was but right that because
ex-
traordinary circumstances occasioned extraordinary
from the usual rule, they should, on every ordinary occasion,ns
give this power to a Ministry, and it was with a view to
point this out to the House that he had made these observa-
tions. He did say, therefore, that such a clause as this should
not be hastily passed, but that some limitation should be
placed on the draught of public money from the Treasury,
Mr. LABOUCHERE said that he quite agreed with the
Right Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down, not only in
the necessity to attend to the suggestion contained in
the first part of his observations, but also that the question
which he had raised was of the utmost importance. There
was no indisposition whatever on the part of the Government
to prevent the insertion of such a clause as that which had been
proposed, and in tact it had already received the consideration
of the Government, and a clause was already prepared which
might either be inserted in the pr, sent Bill, or brought
forward in some future measure, arid in which they might not
only meet the present case, but render the law fit to meet any
exigency that might arise. A clause had indeed been pre-
pared, and it might be introduced now or after as a future
clause of the Bill. With regard to the second proposition of
the Right Hon. Gentleman, he quite agreed that it was not
because a particular exigency had 'occurred that unlimited
power should be given to any Ministry te draw money from the
Treasury. In this case the Bill asked for an indemnity of the
deviation of the money that ought to have been applied to the
public works, the amount of which, he believed, according to
the terms of the Bill of last session, were to be unlimited. He
was glad, therefore, that the Right Hon. Gentleman had drawn
the attention of the House to the subject, and he could assure
him and the House, that whenever the necessity
required it, the Government would be ready to in-
troduce a measure to meet the circumstances of the case.
The Bill was divided into two parts, the first clause rendered
valid those presentments which had been made under the Act,
and the fifth clause in the same way rendered valid all the
presentments made under Mr. Labouchere's Act. He had no
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that there were certain words in the first clause which em-
Ipowered the Commissioners to expend as much money as they
pleased in any public works. The words were, "to corn-
pt
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that
m
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some
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the
tob
money e
established over the Commissioners, in order to secure, as
much as possible, economy on their part. There were instances
where the public money had been grossly misemployed, and in
one case, according to the returns made, it was found that the
labourers were earning very high wages, and the child taken
from the mother's back and laid down upon a heap of stones
were put down as earning a shilling a day. He therefore pro •
posed that the cost of the public work should in no case exceed
the amount of money given in the presentment.
Sir. LABOUCHERE did not quite understand the Hon.
Member. If he meant to say that if the money presented for
did not cover the expense of the work, there should be no
power to raise more. Such a course was likely to be produc-
tive of inconvenience, but if he meant to secure the careful
expenditure of the money the words were unnecessary.
Mr. FRENCH then withdrew his ansendwnt to the clause.
Mr. GOULBURN objected to the Commissioners having
an unlimited power over the funds of the country. A specified
sum should be demanded.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that he agreed with the
Right Hon. Gentleman that it was of advantage to have a par-
ticular sum named, but it was not always possible. The Right
Hon. Gentleman at the beginning of last session, when in
office, proposed a Bill granting 50,0001. to the Irish for public
works, and at the end of that session it was found necessary to
propose a grant of 450,0001. in consequence of the failure of
the potato crop. It would be better to ask an indefinite sum
and applying it to the emergencies of the country, than asking
a definite sum, and exceeding it five or six times over. He ad-
mitted the importance of having a specific sum named, but in
this ease it was not possible.
Mr. GOULBURN said the cases were very different. When
the grant of 50,0001. was proposed, and it was afterwards found
necessary to increase it, the increased demand did not fall on
the Consolidated Fund. The 50,00C1., and no more, was
drawn front that source, while the whole demand was to be
drawn from the Consolidated Fund at present.
After a few words from Lord JOHN MANNERS,
Clauses 1,2, and 3, were agreed to.
Clause 4 was then agreed to.
On clause 5,
Mr. F FRENCH proposed an amendment, that the power
of appointing the assessment should not be given to the Board
of Works. He thought this power would be better exercised
by the magistrates and cess-payers.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL defended the clause.
Mr. SHAW complimented the Attorney-General on the
judgment he displayed in drawing up the measure, and though
there might be circumstances which would warrant the mode
of procedure proposed by the Hon. Member who moved the
amendment, he thought the clause under all the circumstances
should be allowed to stand. 1

Clauses 5 and 6 were then agreed to.
The remaining clauses of the Bill were agreed to.
The House then resumed, and the Bill was ordered to be
reported on Monday.
POOR RELIEF BOARD.
In answer to a question from an Hosr. MEmaEn,
Lard .1. RUSSELL said the other two Bills relating to
Ireland, would be brought under the consideration of the
House on Monday fo, tnight. With regard to the Bill for the
" appointment of a Board for the supervision of the administra-
tion of the laws for the relief of the poor in Ireland," he would
simply, at this late hour, ask for leave to introduce it, and make
his statement respecting its provisions on proposing the second
reading.

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last Wednesday was an unfair division. Such an important
qushould have been taken on some other evening, when it could be
fulby the Hon. Member for Knaresborough, and full time should
be given for those who differed from, and were against the Bill,
to be heard. He would suggest, that as many Members had
left to-night, under the impression that the question would not
come on, that the second reading be put off till next Wednes-
day—(lronical cheers)—he meant to some other future night,
when the matter could be fully gone into. He knew it was
difficult to get a night, at present, for the state of the Govern-
ment business ; still, he thought, something should be done to
allow the House to come to a fair decision, which it had not as
yet.—( Hear, bear.)
Mr. FERRAND said the Hon. Gentleman had stated that
he had called the manufacturers the most detestable persons
on the face of the earth. He begged to state that no such ex-
pression ever fell from his lips, and that if he had made such a
statement, he should have been ashamed of it. For years he
had been attacked in this off-hand manner. Now no one had
a higher respect for the manufacturers than himself. Many of
them—and he appealed to the Hon. Member for Oldhare—were
his most intimate friends. There were many manufacturers
in his immediate neighbourhood who were a blessing to that
part of the country.
Mr. B. ESCOTT explained, that on Wednesday he had
no intention to oppose unfairly the will of the Howe, in per-
sisting in his motion far the adjournment of the debate on the
Factories Bill. He begged to give notice, that on the motion
that the Speaker do leave the chair, he should move that they
should go into Committee on the Bill that day six months.
The Bill was then read a second time.
POOR-LAW SUSPENSION BILL.
Lord .1. RUSSELL obtained leave to bring in this Bill,
and it was read a first time.

Capt. PECHELL wished to know whether the Noble Lord
)roposed to make any alterations in the eonstitution of the
'oor- Law Commission ?

Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that he had stated that he
could not take the consideration of the poor-law at the
present moment. The Honourable and Gallant Officer
must be aware that the House had been engaged, and neces-
sarily engaged, in the consideration of the measures necessary
for the relief of Ireland—not only in the consideration of those
measures which had been brought forward by Government,
but also by those which bad been proposed by the Noble Lord
opposite. He (Lord John Russell) had already stated that the
sums necessary for the relief of Ireland should first be voted,
and then be might take the other matters into consideration.
In the first place, with respect to the measure which he had
introduced for the alteration of the poor laws in England, he
had to say that that law would not be founded on any report of
the Andover Commission. The Hon. and Gallant officer
seemed to think that this law was affected by
that Commission, and therefore he wished it to go
out distinctly that such was not the case, and that
he thought it was but right that it should be under-
stood that the Poor-law Commissioners had not lost the con-
fidence of the Government. The Hon. Member for Andover,
Mr. Etwall, might bring forward his motion, and it would be
for the House to affirm or deny it, but he must emphatically
repeat that he saw no reason for saying that the Commissioners
had lost the confidence either of the Government or the House,
but it was necessary that the law should be modelled on other
principles.
Mr. S. O'BRIEN trusted that the medical charities in
England would not be placed under the administration of the
Poor-law Commissioners.
I'lr. ET WALL said that as it was the intention of the
Noble Lord to postpone the improvement of the poor-law, he
wished to ask when it was his intention to bring the amend-
ment of the poor-law forward so far as it effected England.
Lord J. RUSSELL had already stated that he could not
postpone the measures for the relief of Ireland on any consi-
deration, but as soon as they could be disposed of, he would
move the second reading of the Bill which he had just
brought in. _

RAILWAYS (IRELAND) BILL.
Mr. TUFNELL drew the attention of the House to the
misstatement of the Members who voted the other night
against Lord G. Bentinek's Bill, and stated that the number
for the Government was 332, and not 322. He moved that
the return should be altered.
Lord MARCUS HILL apologised, and threw himself on
th It
indulgence of the House.
was ordered that the Clerk of the House be directed to
alter the return.
The other Orders of the da were then disposed of, and
The House adjourned at yOne o'clock to Four o'clock on
Monday.

COURT CIRCULAR.
Hon. The
A.
H. Gordon.QueenandPrince Albert took their usual early walk
yesterday in the royal gardens of Buckingham Palace.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback
yesterday, attended by the Equerry in Waiting, Captain the
The Royal Family took their accustomed walks and rides
-....-
yesterday in the royal gardens.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Ma-
jesty yesterday, at Buckingham Palace.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the
Princess Mary, accompanied by his Serene Highness Hamme-
Prince
Frederick of Hesse, and attended by Baroness
stein and Baron Knesebeck, visited the Zoological Gardens
yesterday.
A Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock yesterday
afternoon, at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present
were—Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis
of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount
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Hobhouse, Viscount Illorpeth, the Earl of Clarendon, the
the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, and
the Right Hon. H. Lahouchere.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer was prevented from at-
tending the Council by indisposition. The Council sat one
Kveonnigngand Ceylon, from the Col •
hour.
Count de St. Aulaire, th© French Ambassador, transacted
business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Count Schimmel-
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THE CONNAUGIST RANGERS.—
proverbially full of interest, and where
for a hero, the reader ma • • • 3 anticipate
there is an Irishman .
and adventurous •
remarkable work, just pub-
lished , what then may
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b • William ra,., an esteemed officer in
Rangers," 3 "adventuresfough.thrott
celebrated corps,
under the tia:trlraeerwionhfgo
thatwar,
with his daring dashing brothers in arms, passed
and,
perils, and met with so manysingular
narrative of I •
in-
cidents, as to render the n his and their adven-
turesf ct library of romance. Nevertheless, the autho •
a per e
rity is unimpeachable, reader
and while the
be is entertained
with scene after scene that would marvellous enough were
the actors not Irishmen, he will possess one of the best and
fullest records of our victories in Spain that has yet issued
from the press.
THE NEW NOVEL HT THE AUTHOR OF " SUSAN
HomEy."—Considerable interest has been excited by the
announcement of a new novel, called " Lilly Dawson," by
the author of " Susan Hopley," (Mrs. Crowe). We ought
not to be surprised at this circumstance when it is recollected
that the author has had the honour of being compared to
Defoe, to Mrs. Centlivre, to Richardson, and, lastly, to
Dickens, and half-a-dozen other celebrated writers. The
truth, however, we think, will be found to be, that Mrs.
Crowe writes like nobody but herself: :the author's object
in " Lilly Dawson " is, we understand, to develope the ha-
racter of her heroine wholly by her affections, and in doing
so she has sought to avoid, as much as possible,
both the
false sentiments of the Minerva press,
and the red paint and
blue fire of the criminal school.
How seldom do we feel, perceive, or think of the
small beginnings of disease which surround and operate upon
us in our enjoyments and intercourse with the world.
"The young disease, which must subdue at length,
Grows with our growth, and strengthens with our strenth."
An improper regimen acting upon a particular kind of con-
stitution, late hours, both of retiring to rest and rising in
the morning, lay the foundation of intestinal as well as skin
diseases. To all such we would recommend first a change of
system, and, secondly, as a powerful assistant for the re- '
covery of health, that efficacious Family Medicine, Framp-
ton's Pill of Health, which has procured the approbation of

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
(From the VOles and Proceedino of the House of Commons.

FRIDAY, FEB. 19

The following Railway Bills were presented, read a firs
time, and ordered to be read a st;cond

York and Newcastle and Newcastle and Berwick Amaiga.
mation—" to authorise the consolidation into ona undertak,
ing of the York and Newcastle and the Newcastle and Ber.
wick Railways."

York and North Midland (Harrogate Branch, Borough.
bridge, and Knaresbcrough Extension)—" for enabling the
York and North Midland Railway Company to make a
Railway from their Church Fenton and Harrogate Branch to
Knaresborough and Borouglibridp."
York and North Midland (Knottingley Branch)—" for
enabling the York and North Midland Railway Company to
make a Railway from their Line at Burton Salmon to Knot-
tingley, with a Branch therefrom, and for other purposes "
York and Newcastle 03elaw Tyne Dock, &c., Branches)—
" for enabling the York and Newcastle Railway Company to
make certain Branch Railways in the counties of Durham
and York, and for other purposes.
York and North Midland (East Riding Canals Purchase)—
"to authorise the purchase by the York and North Midland
Railway Company of the interests of the Shareholders in the
Market Weighton Canal; anti the purchase of the Canal
communicating therewith, called Sir Edward Vavasour's
Canal; of the Pocklington Canal ; and of the Leven Canal ;
all in the East Riding of the county of York."
London and South •Western—" to amend the Acts relating
to the London and South Western Railway, and to enable
the London and South-Western Railway Company to in-
crease their capital, and to complete various arrangements
with other Companies and undertakings, and for other
purposes."
Northampton and Banbury Raliway—" for making a Rail-
way from the Northampton and Peterborough Branch of the
London and North-Western Railway to the town of Ban-
bury, to be called "fhe Northampton and Banbury Railway,'
and for other purposes."
The following Railway Bills were read a second time, com-
mitted, and referred to the Committee of Selection :
Dundee and Newtyle.

Dundee and Perth (Alteration and Extension and Inch.
ture, Polgavie, and Inchmichael Branches).
Cheltenham and Oxford.

Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton (Leith Extension).
Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton (Union Canal and Caledo-
nian Railway Junction).
Eastern Counties (Spalding to Newark).
Braintree and Halstead.

Eastern Counties (Wisbech to Spalding).
Eastern Counties (Peterborough to Folkingham).
Midland (Erewash Valley, &e.).
Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction
(Alteration of Main Line and Hawes Branch).
London and South-Western (Andover to the Bishopstoke
and Salisbury Branch, &c.).
Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham (Peterborough and
Thorney Line).
Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle•upon- Tyne Junction
and Northern Counties Union Amalgamation.
South Staffordshire (Cannock, Wyrley, and Norton Branches,
&c.)

I DAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
WHITEHALL, FEB: 17, 1847
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, constituting and appointing the
Hight Hen. L' rd Langdale, the Right Hon. Lord Beaumont,
• Joseph Humphry, Esq., one of her Majesty's Counsel, Henry
• Bellenden Ker, Esq., Barrister-at-Law Walter Coulson,
Esq., Barrister-at-Law, George Frere, 'Esq., and Francis
Broderip, Eq, her Majesty's Commissioners for inquiring
whether the burdens on land can be diminished by the esta-
blishment of an effective system for the registration of deeds
L and the simplification of the forms of conveyance.
WHITEHALL, FEB. 18.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Henry
• Rogers, 8.A., to the rectory of Melverley, in the county of
s Salop and diocese of St. Asaph, void by the death of Doctor
• William Carey, late Bishop of that see.
WAR-OFFICE, FEB. 19.
• Bth Light Dragoons—Major Frederick George Shewell to
be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice M'Call, who retires ;
Captain Rodolph de Salis to be Major, by purchase, vice
Shewell ; Lieutenant Henry Francis Gust to be Captain, by
purchase, vice de Salis ,• Lieutenant George Chetwode, from
the 4th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cust,
Feb. 19.
14th Light Dragoons.—Samuel Kerr Ibbetson, Gent., to
be Cornet, by purchase, vice Buller, who retires, Feb. 19.
17th Light Dragoons.—Lieutenant William Morris, from
16th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice John Stephen-
son, who retires upon half-pay of 16th Light Dragoons;
Lieutenant John Elphinstone Fleeming to be Adjutant, vice
Stephenson, who resigns the Adjutantcy onlygeb. 19.
29th Foot—Ensign William Septimus Simmons to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Henderson, deceased,
Nov. 25, 1846 ; Ensign 'Charles Hugh Levinge to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Simmons, whose promotion, by
purchase, has been cancelled ; George Henry Nevill, Gent.
to be Ensign, without purchase, Vice Levinge, promoted,
Feb. 19.
56th Foot—Captain John James Bull, from 57th Foot, to
be Captain, vice Warre, appointed to 57th Foot, Feb. 19.
57th Foot—Captain Henry J. Warre, from 56th Foot, to
be Captain, vice Bull, appointed to the 56th Foot, Feb. 19.
61st Foot —Lieut. John Josiah Hort to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Brickdale, whose promotion has been can-
celled, Dec. 29.
82d Foot —Ensign George James Ambrose to be Lieute-
nant, without purchase, vice Harrison, deceased, Nov. 5.
67th Foot—Colour-sergeant James Anderson to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Breeden, promoted, Feb. 19.
74th Foot—Lieutenant. James Whitshed De Butts to be
Captain, by purchase, vice de Saumarez, who retires ; En-
sign John Jago to be Lieutenant, by purchase,vice De Butts;
Charles Thomas Lindow, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Jago, Feb. 19,
88th Foot—Ensign Thomas Gore to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Lucas, who retires ; Jackson Wray, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gore, Feb. 19.
91st Foot—Ensign John Trotter Bethune to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Paton, who retires; Henry Veitch, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bethune, Feb. 19.
94th Foot—Lieutenant George Noble Bredin from 98th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice G.D. D. Cleveland, who exchanges,
Dec. 1.
93th Foot.—Lieutenant George Dowden Dickson Cleve-
land, from 91th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Bredin, who
exchanges, Dec. 1, 1846.
2d West India Regiment.—Molesworth Sackville Eaton,
Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Shower, de-
ceased, Feb. 19.
BlLEVET.—Captain William Robinson, of the Royal En-
gineers, to be Major in the Army, Feb. 19.
Erratum in the Gazette of the 29th December, 1846.
For Ensign Richard Gunn Brackenbury to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice "Brickdale," promoted, read, vice "Hort,"
promoted.
MEMORANDMIL—Lieutenant Granville Levison Proby, of
43d Foot, has been superseded, having absented himself
without leave, Feb. 19. The Christian names of Ensign
Berry, of 9th Foot, are Edward " Ring," not " Hinge," as
previously stated. The Christian names of Ensign Bertram,
of 41st Foot, are Charles "Pelgn4," and not Charles
Palgud," as previously stated.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire.
Courtland Skinner Shaw, D:q., to be Deputy Lieutenant.
Feb. 9.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of
Yorkshire, and the City and County of York.
William Busfield Ferrand, Esq., to be deputy-Lieutenant, •
Jan. 5, 1847;
Commission by her Majesty's Commissioners of Lieutenancy
for the City of 1, op4on.
Regiment of Royal London Militia--aeOrse Platt, Esq., to
be Captain, Feb. 9, 1847.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire.
Royal North Lincoln Militia—Dudley Heneage, Esq., to
be Captain, Feb. 13, 1846 ; Gervaise Tottenham Waldo
Sibthorp, Esq, to be Captain, Feb. 13, 1847; John Pearson
Robinson, Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. 7, 1846; William Bal-
dack Shepherd, Gent,, to be. Ensign, March 4, 1846 ; William
John Graburn, Gent., to be Ensign, March 26,1816.
Royal South Lincoln Militia-George Baker Tathwell,
Esq., to be Captain, May 15, 1846 ; John ilaruth ,Lousada,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, Feb. 7, 1846; Edmund Haworth
Peel, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Henry Hopkinson Tennant,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, March 4, 1846 ; IVilliam Simpson
Clark, Gent., to be Ensign, May 15, 1846.
Commissions by the Lord-Lientenant of Warwickshire.
Warwickshire Regiment of Militia... William Fulke Lucy,
Esq., to be Captain ; Marmion Edward Ferrero. Etq., to be
Captain; Henry Arnold. Esq., to be Captain; Feb, 2,
ADMIRALTY, F. 16.
Corps of Royal Marines—Edward Joseph Ridgway Con-
nolly, Gent., to be S.cond Lieutenant; Edward Ralph
Horsey, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant.
WHITEHALL, Fan. 12.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Abraham Greenwood
En:wood, of Eastwood, near Todmorden, iu the county of
York, tieeit, to be a Master Extraordinary in the 11414
Court of Chancery.____

wHirrEiay,L, FEB. 18.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Nathaniel Cowdry, of
Bath, in the county of Somerset, Gent., to be a Master Ex-
traordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
BANKRUPTS.
John Buchanan and Francis Ede, merchants, Calcutta, to
surrender March 3, at two, and April 9, at twelve, at tka?.
Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, offiscial assignee;
Tokenhouse-yard, City.
Jerome Fitzgerald, cheesemonger, Sheerness. March 3, at
one, and March 30, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Belcher, official assignee; Sparham, Chancery-lane.
John Storer Flaxman, tailor, Ludgate-street, City, March 3,
at half-past one, and March 30, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Law, Chancery-lane.
Guiseppe Quarto Sandrinelli, merchant, Bishop's-place,
Brompton, Feb. 26, at two, and March I) ,at half-past one,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee;
Buchanan, Baeinghall-street.
William Neep, carpenter, Colchester Feb.. 26, at half-past
twelve, and March 29, at halt'-past eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-cham-
bers; Milne, Temple.
Richard Hamlin, tailor, Blenheim-street, Oxford-street,
March 1, at two, and April 1, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street;
Dickson, Old Jewry-chambers.
Abraham Daniels, merchant, Alexander-square, Brompton,
March 2, at one, and March 30, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place,
Old Jewry; Mansfield, John-street, Bedford-row.
James Alackay, tailor, Liverpool, March 2 and April 6, at
twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official
assignee, Liverpool ; Holme and Co., New Inn, London ;
Yeates, jun., Liverpool.
John Jones, tea dealer, Birkenhead, Cheshire, March 2 and
May 4, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird,
official assignee, Liverpool ; Gregory and Co., Bedford-row,
London ; Green, Liverpool.
John William Hance, architectural 'ornament and figure
manufacturer, Liverpool, March 5 and 26, at twelve, at the
Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liver-
pool; Cornthwaite and Co', Old Jewry-chambers, London:
Pemberton, Liverpool.
David Davies, coal master, Lydney, Gloucestershire,
March 5, at one, and April 9, at eleven, at the Bristol Dis-
trict Court. Hutton, 'official assignee, Bristol ; Treherne and
White, Barge-yard-chambers, Bucklersbury, London ; Sabine,
Bristol.
Jane Anley, milliner, Exeter, March 4 and 25, at one, at
the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee,
Exeter; Floud, Exeter; Pearson, Essex- street, Strand,
London.
Edwin Cook, tailor, DursleyrGloucestershire, March 11 and
April 8, at one, at the Bristol District Court. Miller,
official assignee, Bristol; Bishop, Dursley.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
J. and J. Boyd, hop merchants, Wellington-chambers,
Southwark—first div. of ls. Id. in the pound, on any Wed-
nesday, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street, City.
A. A. Mackey and N. J. IV. Holt, merchant., Bishopsgate-
street—first div. of 4s. 6d. in the pound, on any Wednesday,
at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street, City.
E. Cawdell, toy dealer, Hull—second div. of 2s. Bd. in the
pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Whitmore
Basinghall-street.
J. Russel, jun., builder, Whittlesea, Cambridgeshire--
first div. of 4s. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the
office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street.
R. Crompton, M. Price, and T. Crompton, Shrigley,
Cheshire—first div. of 83. 10d. in the pound, on any Tuesday,
at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester.
S. Hague, cotton spinner, Manche:.-ter—a first div. of
3s. 51,4 d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr.
Pott, Manchester.
J. Phillips, cotton spinner, Manchester—first div. of 4s. Bd.
in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Pott,
Manchester.
W. E. Oldham, commission agent, Manchester—second
div. of ls. 1/d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office
of Mr. Pott, Manchester.
S. Hawley, grocer, Ashton-under-Lyne—first div. of
ss. 9d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr.
Hobson, Manchester. •
J. Hindmarsh, woollendraper, Liverpool—first div. of 6s.
in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Cazenove,
Liverpool.
S. Reading, button manufacturer, Birmingham—first div.
of 4s. 10d. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of i
Mr. Christie, Birmingham.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
C. Pullman, hosier, Strand, March 12, at two—M. Good-
ale, builder, Rutland-terrace, Hornsey New-road, Holloway,
March 12, at half-past one—A. Henderson, tailor, Old Bur-
lington.street, March 22, at twelve—A. Colvin, W. A.
Basett, D. Colvin, T. Anderson, and D. Ainslie, merchants,
Calcutta, March 12, at one—C. Carpenter, grocer, Basins-
stoke, March 12, at eleven—A. S. Tucker and G. M. Bid-
well, grocers, Melcombe Regis, Dorsetshire, March 12, at
eleven—J. E. Green, house agent, Whitecross-street, Crip-
plegate, March 12, at eleven.
In the Country.
T. Taylor, bookseller, Liverpool, March 12, at eleven, at
the Liverpool District Court—W. Whitley, merchant, Liver-
pool. March 12, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court--
R. Elliot, agricultural implement maker, Liverpool,
March 16, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—G.
Byford, grocer, Liverpool, March 16, at eleven, at the Liver-
pool District Court—J. B. Oram, brewer, Birmingham, March 19, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court-- IV. Bellamy, horse dealer, Haseley, Warwickshire, March 17,
at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court—J. Smith,
grocer, Stratford-upon-Avon, March 25, at twelve, at the
Birmingham District Court--T. Suter, corn merchant, Hull
March 24, at ten, at the Town-hall, Hull—W. W. Salford,
builder, Stockport, Feb. 22, at twelve, at the Manchester
District Court—S. Archer, woollen manufacturer, Rochdale,
March 16, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to
the contraryron the day herein mentioned.
C. Carpenter, grocer, Basingstoke, March 12—W. H.
Osborn
rch,
12— jun., silversmith, St. James-street, Piccadilly,
MaW. . Collins, brewer, Wood-street, Westmin-
ster, March 12—W. Locks, timber merchant, Leonard-street,
Curtain-road, Shoreditch, March 12—J. Smith, brewer, Ed-
monton, March 12—I. Sharland, jun., tailor, Bath, March 12
—T. I. Hellawell, dyer, Halifax. March 13—J. Gemmel, jun.,
ship broker, Liverpool, March 12—M. Maclean, cloth factor,
Basinghall-street, March 12—W. S. Dorsett, iron dealer,
West Bromwich, Szairardshire, Marsh 12—J. Woodhams,
plumber, High-street, Portland4own- March 19-0 T