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ho was not at present prepared to give any opinion I parish in which the woman was made a widow, she had The gruesest blued rs were every day committed
upon the subject, which was then allowed to drop. l the benefit of being known, and also the chance of em- through an ignorance of the law, by those who achei.
Mr. B. ESCO IT said, that he had felt it his duty, 1 plea-meet ; but if she were to be removed to a distant eistered it ; sod, notwithstanding everything which he
during the last two session,s of Parliament, to watch , parish, she would have simply,to depend upon the pit- had beard upon either side of the House, he had failed
the conduct of the Noble Lord, at the head of the . tance given to her by the poor-laws. That law was a ! to perceive that the Bill before the House contained any
Government, and he always found that his opinions harsh one, and he appealed to the House to make it more i beneficial alteratiens.—(liear, hear.)
feeling e
and votes had been in accordance with the feeling the I free from that harshness, and less calculated to do injuss I Mr. P. BORTH WICK—Was gratified in the extreme
people, and thought his Government should have a fair tice to the poor. that the Noble Lord at the head of the Government
trial ; and if there was any reason more than another, Mr. PACKE said that he bad listened with great at- was willing to• bring the whole question b•• ire a Com-
why he thought so, it was the coecse the Noble Lord tention to the secretary for the Home Department, with -Faith! of the House. It was the principle of the law which
adet tel with referent; to the Coercion Bill. That Bill regard to this Bill. This measure was brought fore and had generated those hideous .circumstances which so
was a grand blunder, and he honoured the Noble Lord by the late Government as a sort of compensation for often came under their notice, and it was therefore the
for the course he took on that occasion, lie could not, the passing of the Corn Bill. In the county in which • principle of the Bill which they should attack. He
however, profess an acquiescence in all the Noble Lord he resiled there were many people who came from town agreed in the main with the principle of the measure,
had said that night. The Noble Lord had a very diffi- and who had work, and the whole benefit of that work but reserved to himself the right to move the amend-
cult task to perform. He hoped that in his future con- went into town. He should say that, with respect to ments of which he had given notice in Committee.
duct, he would conduct the affairs of that country with the. counties of Leicester. Derby, and Nottingham, it i Mr. BODKIN thought the present Bill one of the
that discretion which would prevent him from falling would be absolute ruin to many villages in them if this ereatest boons ever offered to the working
into those errors into which other Ministers had fallen— 13111 were passed. There was DO law which afforded so aletses of . the country, and he gladly accepted
the error of making public their professions, and by that many opportunities for quibbles, for in one case a short , it, subject to a slight modification he would
means stirring lip opposition to their measures. The interruptioa might arise during the five years, and that i propose. He had been much pleased with the clear de
Right Hen. Baronet at the head of the Governnaeut, circumstance might afterwards give rise to a great deal 1 finition of the term "residence given by the Attorney.
which had lately st ceded from power, owed his character of discussion and trouble. There were an hundred . General, and thought it entirely satisfactory. No diffi-
as the greatest pi actical reformer, to his keeping his
ways in which injustice alight be done to the poor. - . aultY, he apprehended, would arise in the interpretation
measures close to himself, and watching the opportunity Mr. SPOONER said that lie did not at all regard this
Justice to the poor present lof the clause which dealt with the question of industrial
for introducing them, and thus secure their bang car-
tied into effect. He hoped the Noble Lord would take Bill as. the one to be given to the landlords assort of residence. He would much rather take. the Bill in its
compensetion for the Corn Bill. Jus • a
he' had given notice
shape than wait for a more comprehensive mea-
n lesson them him,
hard that any man, who might be atteched to a distant 1
ought to be the first object of such a Bill. It was very I sure at a future time. He was opposed to any step that'
Mr. WAKLEY was perfectly bewildered with the al subdivi-
present state of affairs. His Hen- Colleague (Mr. T. parish by any peculiar trade, should, after he had ' sions, or make union sett'. ments genera!, and therefore
• Duncombe) had asked the Noble Lord at the head Of lived the best his life there, be
Parish when he was incapable of work.
sent back to his 'old i
1
,1 ihe thought a middle course advisable. In lieu of the
would tend to break up the present parochial
-
,
'he Government
intended to adopt, and he had heard in reply that the that the manufacturers did not dissent from the Bil. fin. i
0.. a
r clause that would meet all that was r, (rived. It'
Noble Lord intruded to set upon his welt-known grin- they were of opinion that it was only jest that e man . was, that all relief given to persons who, tinder the pro-
ciOles. He had been in Parliament thirty years. They' shottld have Ateleintielpen. the place where he had a ante visionseof 'the Bill, may become irremov,,hle, shall in
. lie was sure , proposition for a union settlement,
all knew his principles, and there was no neeeshity for Lis life in labour. But there was one fact to which he '
IParishes forming part of a union, be charged to the gene.
his making any dhelarati •n of what course he intended wished to call attention, as one of peculiar hardship, I ral fund of such union. This, he believed, would be a
to pursue. He (Mr. Wakley) had had s. me experience namely, the removal of widows. In case of the death of satisfactory arrangement.
of those principles. They were the principles of her husband a widow was remelted, not to her own Captain PECHELL could not agree with the Hon,
old Whiggista.—(Cheers.) During part of the thirty psrish—not to the parish where her friends and connec- Member that had jest sat down as to their being no dif-
years that the Noble Lord bad sat in that House, what done tvere, but to a parish which, perhaps, she never ficulty whatever in regard to the definition of residen-
was the Hon. Member who last addressed the House saw before, and where she was not known, merely be, tial settlement. Considerieg the hotness of the session,
doing? Why. if there was one man more than another cause it happened to be the parish in which her husband and the nutlet:err of amiettlinants proposed, he did not
in the west of En eland—if ever there was an effective was born. He wished to call the attention of the Biel think the measure could be satisfactorily settled. It was
or eligtunt optima nt of the Whigs, it was that Hon. 'Hon. Baronet to the clause, as it was one calculated to a qw••stion of great importance, and it ought to be tare-
' and Learned Gelid_ man him elf. If there was ever ado considerable injustice to many of the poor. fully considered. Above all things, before pa-sine such
meeting to be got up in opposition to the Whigs. and Mr. VERNON SMITH quite agreed with his lion, a measure, they should consider who was to administer
the question was asked, " Who shall we send for?" the Friend opposite, but he was sure that he would be doing the law. The Poor-law Commissioliers should not be
answer invariably was, " Let us send four Kscott; find out him no injustice in intreatine him to give up the entrusted wlth it, as they were now on their trial bef( re
where he is, and he will give 'em the most terrible
thrashing they ever had."—(Laughter and cheers.) Bill for the present session.—(ll..--ar.) He said, with
He those difficulties before them it was proposed to go
Was the lite and iota of the Anti-Whig party, and was into the euh'ect this session. The question of residence
cordially greeted at meetings held all over the cenntry.
W ho, then, had changed their opinions? The Noble Lord
said his principles were well known; sod, without stating
.. .
specifically what was to be done, Said he woum act Re•
cording to his principles ; and the Hon. and Learned
Member was delighted at the announcement. There
waa certainly some curious change somewhere,—(Laugh h
ter e -
and cheers.) He quite agreed with those who won-
dered why it was that the Right Hon. the Member for
'fam worth was out of office. The auly answer-that he
„could get was—he was out of office because he brought
in the Coercion Bill. What had they done? Who had seemed to be argued as one between agriculture and
manufacture—ter such a tendency had grown up in the
House, that all matters were argued in that vihw. He
might tell them, however, that the meesure would very
much affect the agricultural parishes, for there were
close parishes and open parishes, and he was certain
that those in the one would throw in
their poor upon the
Other. He believed that no greater curse afflicted any
country than the law of settlement. He asked them s
...
what would. be the advantage of Proceeding with ,the
Bill? The lion. Member for Dorchester thought that
the poor man would receive benefit from it, but in this, the country for their administration of the new poor law,
Mr. R. PALMER shuts ht it would be m re- expe-
dient it' the Rie
ration of the ht Hon. Bar eat pottpensel the conside-
present measure till the Committee which
the Noble Lord would appoint, early next session
had matte its report. He, however, thought that
the details which were at presetit proposed w: Wel, if
carried out, give rise to a number ot appeals and legal
discus.ions, and tend very much to perplex and compli-
cate the workings of the law. Instead of obviating, they
would increahe the difficulties which at present exilvell.
He did not wish, however, to throw any obstacles in the
way of the Government eith regard to he present mea-
sure ; but, under all the circumstances, he considered
that it ought to be postponed till the Special Committee
followed him? Why, the first thing they did was to he (Mr. Smith) thought he would be disappointed, referred to made its report.
ask the Noble Lord the late Secretary for Ireland, who What they wanted was industrial settlements. But this Mr. E. WODEtIOUSE el.o advocated postpteement.
had introduced this vt-ry Coercion Bill, to j in their Go- was left out of the Bill proposed by the Right Hon. The present was a crude measore, and would he found
vernment.—(Cheers.) The whole affair seemed to him Baronet, who moreover had changed the principles of not to give general satisfaction.
to be one of most extreme bewileerment.—(Laughter his Bills on this subject, oftener than once. Ciptain EGEll'l'ON did not agree with the Hon.
and cheers.) The speech of the Noble Lord should have Lent 11. VANE did not expect bat that very little Gentleman who had just sat down. On the contrary,
been made a month ago ; if it had been he would not obji ction would have been made to the proposal of his he th,ught the Government were quite right in pro-
have the trouble of crossing the House to his pre- thin. Friend—modifies' as it, had been—for he had modi- ceediug with the present measure. The public mind
sent position.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) The people fiad it, and introduced it this session to Parliament with was very much agitated with regard to it, and he was
were at a great loss to know why the Right Hon. Be- a view of going into the law of settlement next session. of opinion that something ought to be done before next
ronet was not in his place. They said, at great personal lie thought, that to defer the whole question to next session to meet the public expectation.
sacrifice, and loss of friends, and at immense personal session would be most nnfertunate, after so much ex- The Bill was then passed throegh Committee pro
risk, he hail cirrtel a measure which: in his conscience, P'etati'-'n had been excited throughout the country by forma, and was ordered to be printed.
he believed stood for the ceuney. He (Sir R. Peel) could the Administration which lately quitted office. Indeed, '
file Service of Heirs (Scotland) Bill was then read a
not. be charged with corrupt motives ; but in' car- the objections made were so few and frivoieus, that he third time and passed.
rying out that measure he had lost his place. Were the hoped his Hon. Fahende would not persevere in their The Exclusive Privilege of Trading Abolition Bill
principl. s which were to regulate the pretent Gevertio opposition. On the natter of open and char' parishes was then read a second time.
went the same es those of the late Ministry ? If so, he admitted there were difficulties, and with those before The Death by Accidents Compensation Bill was then
why lied the change been made ? He would tell the them lw expected that the House would set have to read a second time.
Set& Lord that, for one, his speech was by no means coresider the entire abolition of union setiltments al- The Bankruptcy and Insolvency Bill was postponed
shtisfsetory. If a Minister intended to carry a measure, together, with a view :of having a uniform rate for the until Wedivatiay next.
he should have the boldness to announce them. He be• '
'support of the poor. ADMINIS ['RATION OF JUSTICE. BILL.
lieved the Noble Lord had that boldness. Whete then, ' Mr.STRUTT understood that the Hon. Member for On the motion for going into Committee on this Bill,
did he itithr from his announcement ? Why, that there Dorchester had said the other night that he considered Sir G. GREY said that the Bill was read e second
we re no toe-at measures to be introduced for the benefit any Bill, unaceompaeied with a law of settlement, would time only the previous day, and he bad several alters-
::f :.th et the people or the country. This at, - eont, -6'-' prejudicial to those whom it would affect, tions to propose. He would therefore suggest that the
iv. ra r :iethrse to the lii‘h Church, woeld be iiis, ' a and yet the Honeutable Baronet said he was further proceedings on the Bill be postponed until
o feet. rs ill Ireland. Whet did the Hen. Geolien, . prepared to support the present Bill, modified as Monday next.
is e Secretary to the Adinirelty, say to that statenee 1 it was. lie certainly did not expect that any , , , ,
The Bill was, accordingly, postponed.
BELh AST ACADF eIICAL INSTITUTION.
teh Bill should be brought in at this period of the sea ,
who had so thequently brought forward the question , i ''
Mr. HUMb moved that an humble address be pre. ito The Noble Lord who last snake referred to an. the Irish Church ? He was of opinion that, the Thele h tented to her Majesty " for copies of any correspon-
Ministry,Honnerable Baronet, lately at the head of the i,t '' i'm to go into the whe 1 ,
1 . ti sien of the tenor of
his H t leered next session, az,d yet he urged, . on. deuce between the General Assembly of the Protestant
hed retired from office, atei had given his '
Church • Ireland ' Government
inand the Irish or het
Fiend to go on with his present. Bill, introducing art
situation to others, who were seercely. . pre pered to
entirely new principle just upon the eve of going into a Majesty's Government, r specting any in Tease to the
carry out those liberal principle's which he protessed in
large inquiry intoihew hole uestion. He (hlreStrutt) salaries of the four theoleeithil refestort, in the Belfast
hih last speech. —(Cheer-.) H 41. and Le ailed Members
1• t du'anything 'lat this ' loif secs- Academical Institution, in this P • . . •
or any previous year. a.
was opposet ,a. ing-
w' 0 last addrei,ed the -"Route thoutth tit wrong for theAgreed to.
sion, as they might only regret that they had at all =-
Ministers to crake prof, ssiotts er premises. Why the
INIPROVEMENT OF TIIE SHANNON,
Rieht II Baronet who had le!'t office, , en., had by an.the
terfered with question.
Mr. LABOUCHERE moved fur leave to bring in a
Mr. HENLEY said he would not be induced, by any
fteuncing his opinions raids. and openly. and netine up . . Bill for the repayment of sums due by the county of the
cry ft the poo , . . , a tire which, in his rto jump into a ne, .. .
to them, made h:mself the most popular Meester
conscience, he believed would' b injurious to them. It city of Litner,ck, for &avant es ot. tittle merle for the
rh it ever con lucted the affairs of this country; he was‘°l1be d
residenee
improvement of the river Sh:timon.P Y
had burin said that night, that if the_.:_ word .
beloved, at., even adored by the messes of the peophsLeave was then granted, anti the Bill was brought in
were el, fined, it would throw great diffieul the way
—O-theers, and counter cheers.) They believed that he ry
in
different and read a first time.
of the measure. There were already three
had made great. sacrifices en their behalf, and if the The other orders of the day
were then disposed of,
Noble Lord would not act upon the principles he laid
down in his last speech e. that Hoes -, his continuance
in office would be but of shert duraion. If he were
vonto nt to act upon the it obi principles, of making very definitions of what was meant by residence, in as many
different Acts of Parliament; the-re was the forty nights'
residence, under the Law of Settlement Act—there was
residence, as connected with the franchise of towns—and
small reforms, and to govern by their do-little policy, there was residence under the Poor-law Unions Act. If
he would soon share the same fate as he had previeudy th y could not agree then upon the meaning of the word
shared, and the Right lion. Baronet would be return, re-idence, it would but embarrass the poor to insert it
to power up n the shoulders of the people, and he into this Bill, if it should pass. As long as the Irish
would then he able to hold office as long as he pleased. poor were treated as they were by the English Govern-
Mr. NE WDEGATE laid he had heard no complaints
of the censtittoion of the present Ministry. The landed
interest had learned so bitter a lesson that they had
determined to attend to their own interests. - anent, he did not wonder that so many of them wandered
to England,—(Hear, hear.) He believed that it was
impossible to define the settlements of the poor ; and if
the Isltible Lord persisted in a clause to dale settle
Mr. WARD said, that as he had been pointedly al. merits, he felt confident that the Bill would not be al-
luded 'o by the Hon. Member for Finsbury, he would
state that no visions of office had blinded his views, or hewed to pass through Parliament. If it were passed
with such a clause, every settlement would no doubt be and the house ad' -
joureel at Half-past Eleven ()clock.
induced him to alter his opinions upon the Irish Church appealed against.—(Hear, hear.) They would lay the
question. It had been arranged with several Hon. Mem- foundatien of continual expense and litigatien. On the
bers, who held similar views with him on the Irish 11th clause he wished to make a few remarks. It was
Church question, that he would not bring forward the that on the imposing of a penalty on overseers who
question again that session. When that question should
ventured to relieve casual poor.
Now. for his own part,
be brought under the notice of the House again, he he really believed that the practical
from casual effect of that clause
should be prepared to act perfectly consistent with the would be the withholding of all relief the
opinions he had always expressed on the question.poor, because the overseers would do so for the purpose
Mr. HORSMAN could not reconcile to his sense of of self-eroteetion,—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. W ALLEY said that the late Administration were
been made in the course
justice the speeehes which had .
entitled to the gratitude of the public for having grappled
of this debate. He thought the Noble Lord had given a . . . .
House
statement quit- satisfactory to nine-tenths of the , ,
this measure. How absurd
and to the public at large. The Noble Lord bad not also for having introduced..
factious vote, or course of conduct, weuldi it be to object to the Bill because there was one
sought office be any
He had been, if he might use the expression, forced into clause in it which involved some doubt in the minds of
office. ignorant readers of it ; but the Government, in drawing
Lord LINCOLN desired to know whether it was the up the Bill, of course assumed that the magistrates to
be left to carry out the Bill, were men
whom it would
intention of the Government to press the progress of the
Bill which he bad introduced, with respect to rateableunderstanding, It was perfectly
oaf common sense and
clear to him that if this Bill were carried it would benefit
property in Ireland ?
Mr. LABOUCHERE said the Government intended thousands of the poor of this coentry.—(Hear, hear.)
whoentitled to ' t And if the Government, were
.gret. gra-
to proceed with the Bill, which they considered most
titude for having taken it up, only persevered in this way
valuable.
with their public measures, they would hear very little
Mr. GOULBURN wished to -know what was the ,
from him about pledges and pr •
orni.es.—(Hear hear.)
course which would bh adopted in reference to the Joint-
... , .
This Bill gave the poor people the privilege of remain-
stoch Bill.
ing in that distri e where feel spent their
S:r GEOWTE GREY said, it was the intention of - they
the Gov. rumen' to proceed with the measure. teed the best, part of their lives, in hent st labour. It was
Mr BORTIIWICK said, he would very much desire becoming more evident evert- day that the subject of the
Poor was henceforth to he considered as a national ye s
to see the Poor-law Removal Bill entirely reutoddisd P
dote—Meer, hear.) Wa* it not monstrous that honest
arid recast:
POOR-LAW REMOVAL BILL. artizens vs he had si.ent their strength in a particular lo-
On the motion 111,1 the orders of the day be read, cality, should, when past labour, be obliged to be torn
Sir GEORGE GREY Reid, that he was quite willing from tt,l their connexions, and hurried off to the places of
to go into ComelittP” pro forma on the Poor-law Removal 'heir birth, but where in fact they knew perhaps scarcely
Bill, a; it settee d to be the wish of the Hoes? —(Hear,
ar.) . He c_nsidered that the
pressinn n-.w was, that a material change in ;single soul? It was inhumane and impolitic. The
he
general fin_ question of , Ireland and Scothdrl must also
be brought forward. Why should England'
the Poor -kw was rendered irelispensibly necessary. have better laws than its sister countries ?
The Bill brought in by the late Government, stated that d. poor Scotchman, or an Irishman, came, perhaps, to
a five years settlement gave a title to relief, se that the.
pfineple •of irremovabilitir was established in 'the-first 1)
clause. The part of the Bill which was introduced when London to look for work—he could find none—he &p-
-lied Mr Mier; beineable-bodied 'he. wasstold• that he.
was consequently not entitled to relief, and not until he
it went into Committee was that of union si ttlement. was actually starving was cold charity doled out from
The present Government now took the miter up, and, the uttion workhouses.—(Hear, hear.) At present he
looking at the differences which prevailed with regard would
to the law of settlement and of union settlement, and also
to the lateness of then -:s,ion. they proposed to abandon, the Bill, and expressing his earnest regret that he would
that portion of it which related to the law of settle-
persevere with it until it was triumphantly passed
meat, his Noble Friend having announced his intention say nothin further than tendering his heartfelt
g
thanks to the Right Hon. Gentleman who had introduced.
.
Mr. P. SCROPE said every poor man was entitled to
to move,
ef long as he continued in a particular parish for
mil. as
tie next session, for a Select Combittee to con•
eider that subject. With regard to the remainder of the five years, and that parish was, therefore, liable to be
with any Scotchman or Irishman who chose to
lii the Government did not cersidf-r, looking to the
paddledfor that period, and became entitled to relief.
expectation raised cn the question at the beginning of stay there
consideredsuchprinciple to be ajust
Now he scarcely
~
the session—looking to the great benefit which some
to postpone this
portions of it would earlier—they did not think it right one, and he requested the Goverment
to abandon the clause relating to irremovability, question until the next session of Parliament. The Hon.
Member far Finsbury alluded to certain parishes in
With regard to the sth, 6th,.7th, and 8.11 clause*; they
did tea think it right to abandon them. The effect of London which were poor, and the support of whose
the alteration therefore would be not to leave the law of pour should be provied by the rich parishes. The pre-
settlement untouched, but to suspend the question of sent Bill would have an effect directly the contrary
: would, he thought, be an ac •
settlement for the present. With regerd.o the trial of to this.. This
especially as the whole was to be tof
did not purpose injustice, more revised
appeals, and the orders for removal, he
their adoption, as it would involve protracted As soon as this Bill was passed, the
again next year. .
to propose .
officers would commence pulling down the
discus and complicated considerations, which it poor-law
which were in their fur the purpose of
cottages. w • . parish,. r
would be better to avoid at present. He resolved to
two clauses, preventing the occupiers from having any claim upon
postpone their consideration. There were
The' them, and thus driving the poor to other parishes. This
however, with which they proposed to proceed.
wouldalso be actgreat • l3 ilwhich
for
I Ith clause, with regard to fraudulent attempts_,
f -the was only, to. be, iii force for- six months.. -For- these
removal of • the poor, so as to deprive them -o
he said, do not tamper with the law by the passing
bsuefit of their residence • and the 13th clause, would be
causes
such measure as the present, which would create an
r”taitied. He now stated' g, nerally, and as briefly as he of a
of confusion. He believed that could, the alterations which the Government proposed immense amount
• '
should be both united in one Bill.
settle-
to make ill the Bill. He was not aware that he omitted merit and removability 1
that her Majesty's Government
any atteration which the proposed to make. He hoped, therefore,
Government propo
in its present incomplete form.
He was aware thatsome would not pass the Bill
desired, but he hopedthe Bill did not gn so far as
Colonel WOOD hoped the Government not
that as it bore directly en the in-
terests of a large . who lass
class
of the caccede to request of the Hon.. Member .
(Immunity which had pe- the
in passing this
culler claims on theiraddressed the House. The advantages
ceive the Bill in the seirrietgrd. the, House would re-
ent persons being passed from one
ward.—(Hear, hear.) lie in which it was brought for: Bill would be to prev
and being left to wear
consent of the House, thartolipeosed, therefore,another,
with the end of the kingdom to
they had left for a
should their days in a parish which
Committee pro forma, that the now into out
confidence in the
clauses
vised. might go be re- number of years. He bad so much
On the question that the House should opinion of the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State,
mittee,go into Coin- and so much desire to see the Bill passed, that he would
.
teen
Mr. J. PAKINGTON said, that lookin • himself withdraw the amendment of which he had
. g
Bill from
difficulties which beset the question of g into the notice, for reducing the time mentioned in the B
at the late period of the session, the settlement,Govertimenta and five to three years. He thought that the seventh clause
wisely in postponing the consideration of the questionev acted required some alteration; that clause enacted. that the
settlement, as also the complex proceedings relating to Ith
'igistrate should certify that the sickness or illness of
removal. He hoped, however, they would not know how was incurable. He (Colonel Wood) did not
be lost
to
of, but that every exertion would be . when sicknessow
the
magistrate should be able to determine
made to simplify•the law, particularly as regarded irre- I with a fetv
u was incurable. He hoped that the Bill,
movability. He must say that he thankfully accepted : pass. necessary alterations, would be allowed to
the period of five years' residence as giving a claim to I The ATTORNEY-GENERAL ,
relief. His opinion. was, that it should be limited to ; Crown, he had introduced ,as lawsadviser of the
several alterations in the Bill, I
three years, or even to one. He would refer to the ' which would not however, interfere
ninth annual report of the Poor law Commissioners, the Bill. He proposed to strike out with the principle of
of Considerable stir has been created by the announce-
peintiug out three years as the necessary time, and they the Bill altogether. Residence was the two
l first sections
meet that the Rev. John George Wenham, 8.A., demy of
subsequently; on their own authority, recommended the One of forty days was the rtcognissvaleal understood now.
Magdalen College, Oxford, has became a Roman Catholic.
same period-. There was another clause in this Bill to been acted upon by the magistratese pirods and had
Mr. Wenham was t
op last year by Tlr. Chapman, the
. which he would call the attention of ,the. Right lion, country. In conclusion, he would callturoughout the first Protestant Bishop of Colombo, in order to superintend.
Baronet. He-meant the fifth' clause, which related to to adopt the common-sense principle upon the 'House clerical education in the diocese, and to act as the Bishop's
net there. would examining chaplain. It is feared that this secession will pre-
the removal of widows, On the notice paper of the day be then no difficulty in dealing with the
.he would Andes notice of his own (Mr. J. Pakington) Mr. B. ESCOTT—The uncertaint questi°n• vent the appointment of further, Coloniel Bishops, who for'
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LLOYD'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, JULY 16.—Wind moderate breeze, and
cloud•.

DEAL, JULY 15.—Wind W. S. W.—Arrd. Clydesdale,
M•Farlane, Calcutta. Arrd. from the river, Chamois, Brooks,
Rio Grande ; Prince of Wales, Brown, St. John's, New
Brunswick; Amelia Alexandre, Shippegou, New Brunswick;
Brillinit, Quebec; atirson, —. Arrd. from the river and
'sld. Toronto, Pratt, New York; Lord Metcalf, Greig, Quebec;
John and Mary, Samzed, St. John's, Newfoundland. Sid.
Bilton, Major, Quebec and Montreal; Prince Royal, Ceylon.
PORTSMOUTH, JULY 15.—Wind W.—Sid. lcfary Jane,
Williams, Quebec; Agincourt, Nisbett, Cape of Good Hope
and Calcutta. ..
OFF SALcomne, JULY 12.—Phoenix, Elferson, New York
for Hamburgh.
Purmotrrri, JULY ls.—Arrd. 14th, Telma, Gilpin, Quebec.
Sld. Victoria, Gent, Quebec: Edward, ditto.
FALMOTTIL JULY 15.—Wind variable.—Sid. 15th, Wood-
bine, Skeoch, Quebec; Active, Snell, Mediterranean.
LIVERPOOL, JULY 15. Wind .N.IV. Arrd. Swiftsure,
Whitt, Bonny; James Reed, Robertson, Maracaibo; Vic-
toria, Laguna ; Wellington, Blenkin, Charleston ; Ann Hood,
Watson, Philadelphia. Sld. Tepee, Walker, Oahu; Ann,
Softly, China; Celt, Minty, Madagascar; Mary Marsden,
Carter, Trinidad; Novel, Laine. Havannah ; *Countess of
Durham, Stowe, Cuba • Eben Preble, Perkins New Orleans;
Harkaway, Cornice, Virginia; Sarah and Arsiia, Butman,
New York; Marmion, Edwards, New York; Hope, Baker,
Halifax; Daniel Grant, Owen, Quebec; Cynthia, Golds-
worthy, Newfoundland. Off port Eliza Sanders, Teignmouth ;
Commodore, ----. The Millman, for Alexandria, in beating
out this morning. got aground on Little Burbo Bank, but
came off on the flood without apparent damage, and will
proceed.:
CLYDE, JULY l4.—Arrd. Lady Diary, Scott, Trinidad ;
Euphemia, Gowans, Barbadoel;_ Gleaner, New Richmond.

halodreenen East Talbert, Bay
CtyateQebre,c.from
MILFORD, JULY 14.--Jid.
LivSeTricpAolgolht:
rTantlieocnhAmslond, Stanley,
of Luce, this morning, during a dense fog, a„d it
feared
will become a total wreck ; crew and p‘B,4engers saved.
E'LonjdUoinYderri4:7l
BE i.FAST, .JULY 14.—The Thetis, liannal) arrive,l here
from New York, was in contact with the
Malriva, and lost
bowsprit, &c. ; the latter received much damage.

Council for Trade,
Lords of
wmrhititteeeha
MODIFICATIGNS IN THE PORTU-
GUESE EEALTH AND COMMERCIAL LAWS,
1846.
Sir,—l am directed by the the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade, to transmit to you for the information Of
Office of Committee Privyjnly
13,
the Committee for Managing the Affairs of Lloyd's, the ac-
J's Consul at
St. Michael's, containing information relative to certain mo-
oStticeMiTsh;drs.b'y the Committee
ac-
companying copy of
.a dispatch from her Alijest=,
mo-
difications in the Portuguese health. and commercial laws
I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant,
11-3 Y 13, 1846.
(Signed) " J. MACGREGOR. •
William Dobson Esq , Secretary to Lloyd's.
at Lloyd's, whiz!' states. that ships calling in this district for
goisiseuenlataen,
supplies without a bill of health, are not allowed to commu-
nicate with the shore, I think it my duty to transmit to Your
111 y Lord,B_rititi;hvi
Lordship the inclosed translated extracts from the present
Portuguese Health Law, showing, that although shipmasters
arriving in these dominions must, as a general rule, be fur-
nished with a :ill of health, an exception is made in favour
of those who put in in distress, and do not trade, and that
they are also exempted from payment of the customary
duties.

I have added extracts from the Portuguese Commercial
Code, to show that the exemption will embrace ships in want
of supplies, even if it should be necessary fur a master to
barter part of the cargo for such supper---
I may also state that, by the regulations of other public
departments, such ships are exempt from all port charges.--
I have, &c., &c. (Signed)
THOMAS CAREW HUNT.

The Earl of Aberdeen, ice., Sic., &C.
Extract from the Portuguese Health Law of November 26,
1845, and Commercial Law.

execute this service
visAitivred.blyotlh.—e Nheoalsthhip:slTeil:l7bwe:adliisttted to .pratique until
on the arrival of the ship.
ART 102.—Ships arriving direct front countries actually
and usually
after the visit, if during the voyage ne accident or communi-
cation
to the state
healthy, shall be given pratique immediately
"dation of suspicious-nature has occurred.
ART. 103.—.Syt:
actually health
ART. 138.—Every
of the country) bearers of clean, suspected, or foul bills of
health. ilst alirrbievicongnsfirodemredcountries not usually or
shipmaster must present a bill of health,
except in cases of arrival in distress.
AZT. 227.—Every ship, not a coaster, shall pay for the
health visit 84 refs 800 (175.) in the Azores, if of one or two
masts; or 11 rein 200 (2.51. 6d.) if of three masts.
Vessels arriving in distress, if they transsct no business of
trade, are exempt from payment of the duties established by
this article.

all barter and purehase of commodities
COMMERCIAL CODE.
Aar. 203.—The law generally understands Ai acts of trade
sale or retail.
to be resold by whole

ART. 504.—1 t does not consider trading,
_ __._...
the purchase
and sale of things intended for the consumption of the pur-
chaser. .

ART. 505.—Barter is a contract by which the parties bind
themselves to give respectively one thing for another.
Aar. 506.—Everything that can be sold may be bar-
tered.
ART. Ml.—The rule established with rezpect to the con-
tract by purchase and sale, and its effects, are of force in the
contract by barter.
ALT. 1610.—Just ceases of deviation ,
are want of pro-
visions or water—any accident happening to the ship which
prevents it from continuing its voyage.