The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-31 00:00:00

SENTENCE ON MR. MITCHEL.

Mr. E. B. ROCHE—Sir, seeing the Right Hon.
Baronet the Secretary for the Home Department iu his
place, I wish to ask bim a question. The House is
aware that Mr. Mitchel has been tried, convicted, and
sentenced. He has since been treated in a way
that would not have been justified even in the case
of the commonest convict.—(Hear, hear.) He has
been hurried away from his friends and from
his family.—(Cries of " Order, order.") Well
then, to be brief; my question is simply this, whether it
is the intention of her Majesty's Government to carry
out in its fullest vigour this cruelly disproportionate and
unjust sentence?

Sir GEORGE GREY—I will say nothing about the
epithets with which the Hon. Gentleman accompanies
this question. If I uude-rstand him rightly, what he
means is this, whether the sentence passed upon
Mr. Mitchel will be carried into execution: If
that be so, I have to inform the Honourable Gentleman
that instructions have already been given for carrying
that sentence into effect.—(Opposition cheers.)
THE " MORNING POST"—BREACH OF
PRIVILEGE.
Mr. GRATTAN said he claimed the right to speak
at this period of their proceedings upon a question of
privileges relating to a report, which appeared in a paper
called the Morning Post, of what was alleged to have
fallen from him last night.

An HoN. MEmeEaLl-Nobody cares for the Morning
Post.—(Laughter.)
Mr. GRATTAN said, be that as it might, he must
take notice of it now, because what appeared in that
paper did not fall from him, bat was a pure fabrica-
tion.—(Hear and laughter.) It was a mischievous
paper, although it was perfectly harmless.—(Hear, hear,
and laughter.) But this was another instance of not
reporting, but wilfully misrepresenting Irish Members;
and he begged to take that opportunity of
telling the House, that from what he had
seen in that House and elsewhere, both of Government
and newspaper reporters, such as these upon this mise-
rably-circulated paper—(Hear, hear, and laughter)—
he was quite convinced that they make a point of
always misrepresenting what falls from the lips of an
Irish Member.—(Order, order.)
The SPEAKER asked if the Hon. Gentleman in-
tended
to conclude with a motion ?

Mr. GRATTAN said he certainly did. He intended
to move that the editor of this paper be brought to the
bar of the House.—(Loud laughter.)
The SPEAKER said the lion. Member in a matter of
privilege had a perfect right to make such a motion,
but the usual tcourse was to hand the paper in which
the misrepresentation appeared marked, to be read by
the clerk from the table, before the motion was made.
Mr. GRATTAN said he knew the rules of the House
very well—(Hear, and laughter)—and he begged to
give notice that he would adopt that course to-morrow.
METROPOLITAN BAKERS.
Lord R. GROSVENOR rose pursuant to notice to
move for a Select Committee to take into consideration
the petitions of the master and journeymen bakers,
presented to the House on the 3d day of April last.
He said, in order to maintain
his
argument,
he would
lay down a proposition
to, but had been Iwhich had been generally as-
sentedthrough the selfishness withul °ltas generally overlooked
which,tiiathmumenannfnaaltlunraetiwonass
inflicted. That proposition was
were members of one great family,
tabuenr, either directly
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member suffered any other me
or indirectly, suffered likewise. Jr that
was true, how
much more strongly ought the truth to
apeae:owhen
the sufferings to which he alluded were confined
particular class of persons. Those who were engaged in
the baking trade had not to endure sufferings which
were only of a temporary or accidental character, but
sufferings which were of a normal and continuous kind,
and which they could not get rid of without the inter-
vention of the House. Journeymen bakers were occupied
from 18 to 2() hours a day in a description of labour
injurious which was i • 'oils to health, and which precluded
them from obtaining that mental and moral improve-
ment, or that domestic recreation, which the hard-
worked labourer ought to be allowed to enjoy after the
hours of business. They worked in a heated and un-
wholesome atmosphere, which not only destroyed
the health of the journeymen, but rendered them
old in constitution before they arrived at
the prime of life. And it was upon those
grounds that the petitioners prayed that the House
might be pleased to pass some measure to remove some
of the grievances which so heavily weighed upon them.
The Noble Lord then read a number of docu-
ments descriptive of the condition of the
journeyman bakers and of the great necessity
that existed for the Legislature to adopt remedial
measures. He showed by reference to the evidence
of surgeons and others that the members of no
trade in the metropolis were so overworked, and
that in such vitiated atmospheres that they be-
came prematurely old and seldom lived long.
The bakers of the metropolis had confidence in the House
to do them justice, and that the principles of Christianity
would have great weight in inducing them to do so. He
felt convinced that the House would grant him the
Committee he asked. He was not an Utopian dreamer
of the Louis Blanc school--(A laugh)—but he

was sure that the house would never prevent inquiry
into a subject of such importance if the slightest neces-
sity for it was only shown. The Noble Lord concluded
by submitting the motion of which he had given notice.
Sir DE L. EVANS seconded the motion. He re-
gretted that his Hon. Friend near him who presented a
petition on this subject intended to oppose the motion
on the ground that it was not desirable to interfere with
the freedom of labour. But he did not think that any
principle was so stringent that it might not admit an
exception. They had already interfered with the prin-
ciple of the freedom of labour in the Factory Bill, and he
had not heard that it had been followed by any evil con-
sequences.
Sir G. GREY said he was sure there was no indispo-
sition on the part of the House to listen to the com-
plaints and grievances of the working classes, and to
apply a remedy if the case was of such a nature as to ad-
mit ofpractical legislation witlfrespect to it. He regretted,
however, that he felt compelled to oppose the motion of
his Noble Friend on this ground, that the evils com-
plained of were not, in his opinion, susceptible of any
legislative remedy, and he was confirmed in
that opinion by the fact that neither his Noble
Friend nor the Honourable and Gallant Member
had suggested any. He had stated that as his opi-
nion two months ago, when his Noble Friend and the
lion. Member for Finsbury accompanied a deputation of
bakers to him. He suggested that the evils complained
of afforded matter rather for sanitary regulation than
legislative interference. That suggestion was taken up
by the Sanitary Commission, of which his Noble Friend
was a member. The evidence of Dr. Guy was given
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House were appointed, they could do nothing more, he
apprehended, thee hear the same evidence, which was
given before the Sanitary Commission. He would ob-
ject to the motion, also, on the ground that to grant a
Committee would imply an opinion that some legislative
remedy was possible.—(Cheers.) He thought that if they
granted a Committee, they would be only practising a de-
lusion on the journeymen bakers, seeing that any legis-
lative remedy to remove the grievances alleged was im-
possible. If they granted this Committee, then the knife-
grinders of Sheffield, and the compositors, and many
other classes of operatives, would come to the House and
ask for interference in their cases.—(Hear, hear.) He
thought that the only practical remedy was, that the
masters and journeymen bakers should come to some
agreement amongst themselves.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. STAFFORD did not think the arguments of the
Right Hon. Gentleman, although they might convince a
majority of that House, would convince the working
classes out of doors that their interests were properly
attended to within it. Although they might not be able
to suggest any remedy for the evils complained of, by
granting a Committee they would show, at least, to the
working classes that they were ready to inquire into the
subject, and to listen to what they could suggest in the
shape of a cure. The Right Hon. Gentleman said that
the Sanitary Commission might inquire into the subject.
But he (Mr. Stafford) did not think that they had any
power to inquire into the hours of labour. They had
already interfered with good effect, as he believed, be-
tween employers and employed in the case of factory
labour, and in the case of the coalwhippers. This Com-
mittee, if granted, would neither be a tedious nor an ex-
pensive one, and it would show to the working classes
that that House was willing to attend to their
complaints.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. LABOUCHERE said he would not yield to the
Hon. Gentleman who had just spoken in his desire to
attend to the interests of the working classes, but he be-
lieved that they would only be practising a delusion
upon them if they were to grant the Committee asked
for. It they were to impose restriction on adult labour
in one case, others would soon come forward with
equally strong claims.—(Hear, hear.) The fustian cut-
ters and others who suffered under great hardships would
press their claims upon them. He admitted that it was
possible and tolerable to interfere, as in the case of fac-
tories, where labourers were collected together in great
numbers ; but it was impossible and intolerable to apply
that minute inspection and supervision which would be
necessary to make any measure of this kind at all effi-
cient where the workmen were scattered over a large
surface, and living in private houses.—(Hear, hear.)
That objection he considered to be fatal to the motion.
The case of the coalwhippers was not analogous, because
they were well organized, and minute supervision was
not necessary ; and, above all, there was no attempt to
limit the hours of working.—(Hear, hear.) He con-
fessed that he was glad that the opposition which he
gave to the Coalwhippers Bill was not successful.
Mr. M. MILNES thought that when the relations
_ _

between labour and capital were exciting such interest
at the present time, they ought to be cautious how they
interposed any theory, however probable, between de-
mands supported by any large class of the community.
He thought that the very fact of intelligent men sitting
upon these Committees and answering the proposals of
working men would, of itself, produce a great benefit.
They should not decide the present motion by the re-
sults that were likely to follow from the Committee. He
thought the House would act wisely by granting the
Committee.

Mr. HUME thought her Majesty's Government had
taken the best course with respect to the question. If
the House was not to decide the present question, in the
hope of any beneficial result, what was the use of going
into Committee? The Honourable Geatleman who bad
just sat down was lately in Paris, and he was afraid he
had there imbibed some of Louis Blanc's principles.—
(Laughter.) But he would put it to his Hon. Friend
whether what was now taking place in Paris was not
sufficient to prevent them from trying to do by re-
tail what was doing in that city by wholesale?
He admitted that the bakers were suffering certain evils,
and he should wish to see them removed. But he saw
no means of applying a remedy. The Noble Lord said
that labour was not represented. That was precisely
what he (Mr. Hume) complained of, and he should like
to see a baker in that House to express his opinions on
the subject. But while the master and the journeymen
bakers were at perfect liberty to make their own arrange-
ments, he did not see that the Legislature could inter.

fere, except to do injury. Let the working men be put
on an equal footing with other members of the com-
munity—let no advantage be given to one over another
—and then let all compete on equal terms.—(Hear.)
Lord INGESTRE said he was no follower of Louis
Blanc, but he thought he was only advocating a just
cause in supporting the motion of the Noble Lord. Ile
thought it was their bounden duty, as representatives of
the people, to attend to the grievances of which any
portion of them complained. He confessed he saw too
great a dispositio❑ to attend to the interests of capital,
to the neglect of the interests of labour.—(Hear, hear.)
Sir B. HALL said he should also have great pleasure
in supporting this motion. The Hon. Member for Mon-
trose seemed to say that he would never do justice to the
journeymen bakers until half-:a-dozen of them had seuts
in Parliament.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) It was said
leave the question to the Sanitary Commission. He had,
however, far greater confidence in a Committee of that
House, and he preferred it as a tribunal to consider and
report upon this question.
Mr. GLADSTONE said, pointed reference having
been made to the Coalwhippers Act, he was desirous of
making a few observations. The intent of the Act was
to prevent publicans from acting as agents for the hiring'
of coalwhippers, and thereby to prevent the continuance
of a system that was very demoralising to the men. The
measure went no further in respect of interference, and
consequently it afforded no precedent whatever for a
proposal like the present. To that proposal, therefore,
he should offer decided opposition. At the same tine
he hoped the labour of his Noble Friend would not be
thrown away, and that arrangements such as justice and
humanity required would be made among the master
bakers themselves. The appointment of a Committee,
however, could lead to no good result, and would only
raise expectations which there might be a difficulty in
satisfying.
Lord D. STUART said if the House granted a Com•
mittee a series of unexampled facts would be laid before
it. Believing that the Committee would do great good,
by collecting such information, he should vote for it.
Mr. I)UNCAN supported the motion,
Captain PECHELL said that thirteen years ago he
had had the satisfaction to put upon the statute book a
measure to relieve the bakers from labour upon Sundays.
On the same principles on which he then acted he should
support the motion now before them.
Colonel THOMPSON said he felt in a sort of dilemma

respecting such a motion as this, but the principle
he always acted on was, that engagements must be kept.
In his intercourse with the working classes he had
always told them that no good results were to be expected
from motions of this sort, but that if they desired such
inquiries they were entitled to them. He should act on
that principle on this occasion.
Lord R. GROSVENOR replied, and expressed a hope
that, notwithstanding the unfortunate opposition of the
Government, he should still have a majority.
The House divided, when there appeared—
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For the motion 43
Against it
Majority —l2
ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS.
Mr. BOUVERIE then rose to bring forward his mo-
tion respecting the Ecclesiastical Courts of England and
Wales. The Hon. Member said he hoped to satisfy the
House that these courts were a scandal and a disgrace
to our law. He felt strongly impressed with the im-
policy of allowing these abuses to remain unremedied,
Gs
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01 er sgse,
and no course remained open but a sweeping condemna-
tionthe becauseFourtiht a
of the whole system. Inquiry on the subject was
useGless, was
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was a
Inpp
appointed
dr reign
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exa-
mine the subject; it consisted of the late Archbishop of
Canterbury, the late Bishop of Durham, the Bishop of
London, Lord Tenterden, Dr. Lushington, and others.
After a laborious inquiry they made a copious and able
report. In 1833 another commission was appointed to
inquire into the testamentary part of the subject. In
the same year a Committee of that House sat upon an-
other part of the question. All these Commissions re-
ported, but all the abuses they deprecated still existed.
Attempts had been made to remedy some of the evils,
but with no substantial effect. Various Bills intl., -
duced had passed through diWerent stages, but had all
met with an untimely end. Probably the reason was
that they did not go far enough— that they attempted to
conciliate two incompatible interests; and that, conse-
quently, whilst they offended many they obtained no
active support from the great body of the public. His
object now was to induce the Government to take up
the question on a large scale. Nothing short of era-
dication would sufficiently deal with the evils now exist-
ing in these courts. The law administered in these
courts was of such a nature and extent, that the highest
judicial tribunal in the realm, only three months ago,
declared its utter inability to say what that law was;
and as to the composition of the courts, it Wll,B both,

as regarded the bar and the bench, a strict mono-
poly, arbitrarily excluding from, its profitable sphere,
any, the most exalted merit, beyond its own imme-
diate pale. Again, the judges of these courts were
exempt from that constitutional check which the
law placed upon that conduct of all other judges.
Those were removable by an address from either
House of Parliament. These, whatever their misconduct,
could defy public opinion, from their judicial seat, unless
removed thence by the Bishop of the diocese. And here
he would remark, that this connexion between the
spiritual overseers of the Church and courts of law
appeared to him by no means calculated to increase the
efficiency of the Church, or to raise its character in the
eyes of the community. He contended that it was per-
fectly monstrous that courts so utterly inefficient, and so
entirely removed from public supervision, so entirely
destitute of public respect, should have the sole jurisdic-
tion over matters of such vital importance to the State
and to every individual member of it as marriage and
its dissolution, legitimacy and bastardy, the validity
of wills as regarded personal estate ; the validity
of testamentary dispositions of real property being
vested in the ordinary courts of the kingdom,
an anomaly which every day occasioned the
most serious, in some cases the most destructive
results, to persons who happened to have both personal
and real property bequeathed to them by the testator.
Another jurisdiction, vested in the ecclesiastical courts
was that of disputed church-rates; it was clearly impos-
sible that Dissenters, at all events,:could regard with any
respect or confidence the decisions of an ecclesiastical
court upon their resistance to a church-rate. It had
been recommended by the Commissioners that this juris-
diction should be withdrawn from these courts; but the
recommendation had not been carried into effect. An-
other jurisdiction which it was most desirable to remove
from these courts was the cognizance of defamation
causes, causes for the most part affecting the lowest order
of the community, brought generally for the utterance, in
auger, of words imputing incontinence to parties, and al-
ways involving the unfortunate person decided against in
costs which, to people of the humbler ranks, proved ab-
solutely ruinous. The Hon. Gentleman mentioned seve-
ral cases in which poor women, pronounced guilty of the
use of this sort of defamatory language in some street
quarrel, were mulcted in costs to the extent of 301., 40/.,
and even 601., and upon the non-payment which, in their
utter poverty, was a matter of course, sent to prison.
As to the diocesan courts, the Lord Chief Justice of
England had pronounced them utter nuisances; and ano-
pt from
had
distinctly t h e
de c imputationlared t
that
judgment,teem administration of the law in
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led him to form the opinion that
they were susceptible of very great amendment indeed.
The diocesan court of the Archbishop of Canterbury,
sitting in London, was not included in these strictures of
Lord Denman and the Bishop of London, but he thought
that after the monstrous course of the monstrous case of
" Geils v. Geils," there was but one opinion on the part
of the public as to the administration of the law, and the
conduct of both judge and advocates in that court.
What had been, for example, witnessed in that court in
the course of that case? One advocate in a case, a lead-
iny doctor in the court, distinctly charging the judge
with partiality in favour of his son, another advocate in
the same court, and in the same case, and adducing evi-
dence of the secure reliance placed upon that partiality
of the judge father by the advocate son!—(Hear, hear.)
He would say nothing, of course, as to the taste of the
squabble to which he referred, but the fact was incon-
trovertible that in this close court, invested with such
enormous and almost arbitrary powers, with its mono-
poly bar, and its monopoly proctors, the irresponsible
judge had immediate relatives both among the bar and
among the body of proctors, and that such relationship
was a fact at once destructive of any public confidence
in the tribunal, however high the personal character of
the individual on the bench might be, and undoubtedly
was. The registration of wills, which the ecclesiastical
courts now arrogate to themselves, was susceptible of very
material improvements. At present there was no decided
security for the wills in the possession of these courts,
nor was there any system at work which gave facilities
to persons seeking the wills to attain a sight of them.
The Hon. and Learned Gentleman read extracts from
the testimony of various local registrars, to show the
utter want of any systematic or effective record of these
all-important documents. The total amount of fses re-
ceived by these officers was no less than 106,0001., of
which the sum received by the deputy registers was
63,0001., and they formed the main abuse of the eccle-
siastical courts, forming as they did the substantial ditfe
culty in the way of reform. In Canterbury the register
received 7,5081. a year; in Chester, holding a sinecure
office, he received 7,0001.; and is York, 2,6361.—(Hear.)
New these were practical grievances, which required a
remedy, and if' the Government, instead of declaring, as
they lately did, a disinclination to political changes,
which after all were only a means to an end, would
evince a vigorous determination to provide a remedy
for those grievances, they would do more to extract
the sting from such motions as that given notice of
by the Honourable Member for Montrose than any
declaration, however strong, could effect. The Ho-
nourable Gentleman concluded by moving—" That the
ecclesiastical courts of England and Wales have been the
subject of several public inquiries, which have shown
them to be totally incapable of fulfilling the important
functions they affect to exercise. That these courts
have not only to decide questions concerning some of
the most important civil rights of the subject, but they
exercise a criminal jurisdiction, pretended to be pro
salute anima, which touches his property and personal
liberty. That the law they administer urgently requires
amendment. That their system of procedure is incompa-
tible with the effectual attainment of the ends of justice.
That they are not only inefficient, but costly. That their
costinned existence is injurious to the subject, and a
scandal to the judicial system of the country."
Sir. G. GREY would neither follow the Hon. Gentle-
man through his details, nor attempt to controvert his
arguments in favour of a sweeping change in the eccle-
siastical courts, because in those arguments he generally
concurred.—(Rear, hear.) He must, however, demur
to the assertion that the Government had shown any
indisposition to deal with the subject. The Hon.
Gentleman had observed that the subject was so full of
details, and so complicated, that he, as an individual
Member, shrank from grappling with it. But that also
formed an excuse on the part of the Government. He
regretted to find a disposition in the House of Commons to
think that every measure ought to be taken up and disposed
of in one session by the Government, because by that
course nothing could be so well done as if the undi-
vided attention of the House were concentrated on a
few measures, and other measures reserved for a future
session. Leoking to the complicated nature of this
question, he must say that he should despair, at this
period of the session at least, of proposing a Bill which
would be likely to pass. He thought the wiser course
would be to reserve it for another session. He admitted
that many inquiries had taken place, and that every
one of the Commissions or Committees recommended
extensive changes in the nature and jurisdiction of these
courts, and he was was prepared to agree in substance
with these recommendations. The Bill of 1844 he op-
posed, because it departed in lobo from the Bill of his
Right Hon. Friend the Member for Ripon, which pro-
ceeded upon the Commissioners' report of 1829. He
voted in the minority against that Bill, which was ulti-
mately abandoned. Since the present Government was
in office the subject had not escaped their attention.
The Attorney-General had been engaged pre-
paring a Bill, which would have been submitted
sin the present session had they the slightest hope
that its details would have received that consideration
which they required. He agreed altogether with the
Hon. Member for Kilmarnock in his main objections to
these courts, to their course of proceeding, and to much
of the jurisdietion they exercised; but he could not
agree to his resolutions, because he could not hold out
any hope of being able in the present session of apply-
ing House which he hoped would engage
the on the
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of h
these circumstances he must move the previous question.
oadftottht' the evil. A Bill would be shortly laid
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House early next session. Under
Sir R. INGLIS congratulated the Hon. Mover on the
goi n
the
scretoeadtiarrisy of
ion..
Btruiutmwphhenhethehad
flightach i achieved without Gentleman
State promised to introduce a Bill on the subject, he
begged to remind him that every such attempt by pre-
ceding Governments had failed, and the secret of that
failure was to be found in the proposition of taking
away justice from the door of every man
concerned, and centralising it in London. To
that he was decidedly opposed, and he hoped that
any attempt on the part of the present Government so
to interfere with the existing system would likewise
fail. He did not mean to say that that system was nut
capable of improvement; but he utterly denied that it
constituted such an unmitigated evil as the Hon. Mem-
ber for Kilmarnock alleged. He had no objection to
improvement, but he required that
to mattersof ecclesias-
ticalwere discipline should be submitted
persona whothose who were
not alien or hostile to the professions
of
to be tried.
After a few words from
Colonel SIBTHORP against
the motion,
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that his atten-
tionmight be
had been directed to this subject
that
a long before he was
in office, and his opinion was
framed for the reformation of
thesecourts which would
be perfectly satisfactory to all
parties.o His object in
n
rising was to entreat the House to assume that the
measure
Government was pledged to the principle of centralisa-
tion in the Bill of the lase Government. They had a
hesitated to introduce it
measure already prepared, and
thout
only because it would provoke dismission, wi afford-
ing the least probability
their being able to carry it
through Parliament in the present session.
Mr. HUME fully concurred
Baronet did not consent
to their adoption, as it would strengthen his hands when
introducing his Bill. The abuse
was one which had
in the resolutions, and
regretted that the Right Hon.
scandal that it
should still remain.
Mr. AGLIONBY, likewise, agreed in every word of
to end in
been not only condemned but admitted ever since he had
had a seat in that House ; and it was a
the resolutions, but he regretted that they were
hen The Government
ad-
mitted the four propositions containeds •
in them to be
broughtwill forward
founded. If 301 why had they not
smoke. He did not see what was to be lost or gained
by avoiding a division on t
et talked of
a Bill long ago ? The Right Hon. Baronet
session had
elapsed without anything being done upon f
tetrhis subject ;
measures
the inconvenience of iintroducing all the_ measures of a
Government in one session ; but session a
and his feeling was, that unless such were
neglected altogether.
Mr. HUDSON said that if called up
on to affirm the
h
forced upon the attention of Government, they would be
for proposed by the Hon. and Learned Member
not be
Kilmar-
nock (Mr. Bouverie), he (Mr. Hudson) should
whole of the propositions embodied in t e resolutions
amendments
might be introduced into the ecclesiastical courts. He
prepared to do so. At the same time he was ready to
admit that some judicious changes and
had heard with unmixed satisfaction the speech of the
Hon. and Learaed Attorney-General, and lie assured

him, and also the Right Hon. Baronet the Home Secre-
tary, that any attempt to remove the custody of wills
from the counties in which the testators had died would
be strongly resisted by the county with which he was
connected, and every other county in the kingdom. He
bad had experience not only in the ecclesiastical but in
the law courts, and he did not think the former more ex-
pensive than the latter; and the best proof of the satis-
faction which the decisions of the ecclesiastical courts
gave was afforded by the paucity in number of the ap-
peals against their decisions.
Mr. IV. P. WOOD thought it deeply important to the
best interest of the Church that some steps should be
taken to remove the grievances arising from the mis-
named ecclesiastical courts. The temporal and spiritual
jurisdiction ought to be separated. As to the retention
of wills and documents in safe custody, he knew in-
stances in which a forged will had been substituted for
the original—when a forged manuscript of a baptismal
certificate had been put surreptitiously on the file in
place of the true transcript—these end other instances
he could not name showed that the local custody now in
force was not perfect or safe, and that there was a neces-
sity to watch these local jurisdictions.
Mr. BOUVERIE said that after the promise made by
the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir G. Grey) to introduce a
Bill on this eubject early next session, he (Mr. Bouverie)
would not put the House to the trouble of dividing on
his resolutions.
The SPEAKER then put the question, when the
amendment (the previous question) was agreed to.
THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.
Dr. BOWRING then rose to submit his resolutions
on the subject of the public accounts. The Honourable
Nlember said that the resolutions he was about to pro-
pose seemed to him to contain propositions so self-evi-
dent that it was astonishing so many years had been
allowed to pass without the Commons House of Parlia-
ment having directed its attention to the fact, that one-
fifth of the gross revenues of the country were expended
without the previous interventicn, control, and autho-
rity of the Commons. If there was any duty more
paramount than another, it was that the representatives
of the people should take care of the money of the
people—should see that it reached the Exchequer—and
before any portion was disbursed, the authority for that
disbursement should be obtained from the House of
Commons.—(Hear.) The fact, as shown by documents
now on the table of the House, was, that a sum of nearly
8,000,0001. per annum escaped the control of the House
of Commons, and that since the passing of the Reform
Act no less a sum than from 110,000,0001. to 120,000,000/
sterling had been disbursed without the inter-
ference of this House to sanction it. He had moved
for, and obtained returns from, four different depart-
ments of revenue, showing the amounts which had been
expended without the authority or interference of Parlia-
ment, and these returns showed the amounts to have
been—in 1837, 6,155,0001.; in 1843, 5,507,0001.. ; in
1846, 6,152,0001.; and in the year ending, sth January,
1847, that expenditure had been 5,904,0001. In the de-
partments of expenditure—for instance the Treasury,
the Privy Council-office, the army, the navy, the ord-
nance' and other similar departments, there had been
expended without any Parliamentary check or control,
in 1837, 1,767,000/.; in 1844, 1,999,000/.; in 1846,
1,909,000/.; and in the return for last year it was shown
to have been 1,099,740/. These sums, together with the
gross amounts expended without the sanction of this
House, stood thus:--In 1837, 6,922,0004; in 1843,
7,063,0001.; and last year, 7,400,000/. Now, it ap-
peared to him that such a state of things was in-
tolerable. The consequence of this system was,
that neither the First Lord of the Treasury nor the
Chancellor of the Exchequer had a book, or great
ledger of the consolidated account of the nation, which
could show them the correct total receipts and expendi-
ture of the country. This was a di,honour to a great
commercial nation like Great Britain. Even the audit-
office could:not furnish annual accounts, because, instead
of supplying their accounts and vouchers to the audit-
effiJe within three months after the close of every year,
many public accountants either delayed them for years,
or did net return them at all. For instance, the Shan-
non Navigation Board had not made any return of
either accounts or vouchers for the last ten years, and
the Board of Works in Ireland was almost the same.
Could it then be wondered at that forgeries had been
committed on the public revenue when such a state
of things had been allowed to go on unchecked
year after year? In the customs, the excise, the
stamps and taxes—in all these departments sums
were retained and expended without the inter-
ference of Parliament! and in the post-office de-
partment, out of a revenue arising from that source
of about 1,500,0001., 1,140,0001. was retained in its pro-
gress to the Exchequer. Again, almost every depart-
ment had its fee fund, all of which was received and

disbursed without the cognisance of Parliament, and
hence grievous irregularities had grown up. To these
he sought by his resolutions to put an end, because he
was convinced that unless the gross revenues went into
or were accounted for to the Exchequer, no security was
afforded for the fit and proper expenditure of the public
money. This had been recommended in the report of
the Commissioners of Inquiry, of which in 1831 the late
Lord Congleton had been the head, and therefore the
proposition he (Dr. Bowring) made involved no principle
that was new to the Legislature. He desired to applf
to the public accounts the same principle which was
adopted by every banker, merchant, and tradesman in
the kingdom. One of the most important duties of
Members of that House was that they should take
care of the public purse, but they could not
discharge it while 7,000,0001. of the public money
was allowed to slip through the bottom. He could not
help thinking that the system of fees was receiving the
attention of the Government with a ♦iew to its aboli-
tion. He knew of no other country in Europe in which
the gross amount of the revenue was not received into
the Exchequer. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by
moving :—" That this House cannot be the effectual
guardian of the revenues of the state unless the whole
amount of the taxes, and of various other sources of in-
come received for the public account, be either paid in
or accounted for to the Exchequer. That no depart-
ment of revenue ought to be allowed to stop any portion
of its gross receipts in their progress to the Exchequer
without the previous authority of Parliament. That no
department of expenditure should be permitted to appro. j
priate to the public service any other sums than those
sanctioned by previous votes of Parliament, and that all
receipts from sales of stores, or other sources, should be
paid into
.the Exchequer. That whereas the expendi-
ture of many departments escape Parliamentary
control, either wholly or in part, in cense.
quenee of paying their expenses out of fees or other re-
sources, and of accounting to the Exchequer only for the
balances of such receipts; and in other cases of applying
to Parliament for grants to make up the deficiency of
such fees or other resources, it is necessary, as a check
upon abuse, and a security for the appropriatio❑ of the
public moneys, that such receipts should be paid into the
Exchequer, and not be disposed of without the prelimi-
nary sanction of Parliament. That it appears by returns
on the table of this House, that in the year ending the
sth of Jan., 1847, the amount of 5,904,6901. 17s. 4 5-12 d.
was deducted from the gross receipts by the various re-
venue departments in its progress to the Exchequer, and
disbursed without the previous sanctio❑ of Parliament ;
and by sundry previous Parliamentary returns, that a
sum of about the same enormous amount is yearly re-
tained by the said departments, and is not paid into the
Exchequer, nor subject before its disbursement to Par-
liamentary control. That it appears by the said returns
that in the year ending the sth day of January, 1847,
the sum of 1,099,747/. 14s. 2td. was received by the va-
rious other departments, independently of Parliamentary
grants or issues from the Exchequer. That the amounts
thus removed from the direct authority and previous
control of Parliament, and which were not paid into the
Exchequer, average nearly seven millions per annum,
and that nearly one-eighth of the gross revenues of the
nation are disposed of without the interference of Par-
liament to sanction their application. That such a state
of things is most unsatisfactory, and requires the earliest
attention of the House of Commons.
Mr. HUME seconded the motion.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER admit-
ted that the House of Commons was the proper guar-
dian of the public purse, and therefore it was that the
items of the public expenditure were submitted to it.
He did not think that the system of bringing the whole
receipts into the Exchequer in the first instance would
afford greater security than by the officers at the ports,
deducting a part of the money they received for pay-
ments which were to be made from day to day. With
regard to payments other than the charges of collection,
he considered that it made no practical difference
whether they were made before they were received into
the Exchequer or afterwards. With respect to the
other items which the Hon. Gentleman classed together,
they were very various in their nature, and could not be
considered as payments of the description to which he
alluded. As to the 262,0001. for the police force, for in-
stance, that was not money coming in in aid of the public
revenue, but it was a portion of the public revenue paid
in aid of other sums. With regard to stores and other
appropriations for the army and ordnance depart-
ments, the Hon. Gentleman would find all of those
sums stated in the estimates. However, he had issued
a Treasury minute with respect to those appropriations,
requiring that the money should be first brought
into the Exchequer in the gross. The Hon. Gentle-
man said that 138,0001. had been paid under the Boatel
of Works in Ireland in aid of the public money. But if
the Hon. Gentleman looked to the returns he would find
that 107,0001. of this sum consisted of loans for the pur-
pose of drainage, which could not be considered public
expenditure. He admitted that the audit of the Shannon
navigation was in a very unsatisfactory state. Every
effort had been made to reduce it into order, and he
hoped they would succeed in doing so. He agreed with
the Hon. Gentleman, that a large portion of the fee,
ought to be abolished, and he could assure him that the
Government were disposed to make all the practical
reforms in their power.—(Hear, hear.) He should move
the previous question.

Colonel SIBTHORP thought this motion was rather
late in the day. The Hon. Member had allowed votes
to pass sub silentio, and now he brought forward resolu-
tions declaring that they ought not to have been passed
at all. Would the Hon. Member give practical proof of
his desire for " econimical reform" by supporting a
motior he was about to bring forward for the abolition
of the office of the Comptroller of the Exchequer?—
(Hear, hear.) He would also ask the Hon. Member ii
he were inclined to abolish the office of 400/. a year just
given to the Hon. Member's son? He thought that Hon.
Members who got these sort of appointments for their
relatives were the last who ought to bring forward reso-
lutions for changes of this description. He should not
support the Hon. Member.
Mr. HUME said his objection to the present mode of
reading the accounts was, that they deceived the public.
They have not before them a true and accurate state-
. _

went of the sums received and the sums expended. The
present system was kept up to conceal from the public
the real amount of taxation. The Exchequer of Eng-
land was the only one in the world through which all
the moneys of the state did not pass. This was the

fourth time this subject had been brought forward ; but
the House never paid attention to matters affecting re-
venue. He was sorry to say that within five minutes
after he rose the opposite benches there were always
nearly empty.—(Great laughter.)
Sir G. CLERK said those who knew little of the sub-
ject would probably imagine from the debate that there
was no general account whatever of the receipts and ex-
penditure of the country. Now the fact was that at the
commencement of every year a volume was laid upon
the table giving precisely this information. The Hon.
Member for Bolton wished that every farthing of money
collected in the provinces and elsewhere •hould be paid
into the Exchequer in London. He would not hesitate
to say that if such a system were adopted the annoyance
and inconvenience to our merchants would be so great
as to render the system quite impracticable. The pre-
sent practice, moreover, was, as it seemed to him, the
simplest and least likely to render the accounts com-
plicated.
Mr. V. SMITH hoped the division would not be
pressed. II it were, the probabilities were that the mo-
tion would be lost, much to the regret of himself and
other Members who found in the resolutions very much
of which they approved.
Dr. BOWRING replied, and defended himself from
the charge of Colonel Sibthorp, of having passed by
this question on former occasions. On the contrary,
he had sought every eligible opportunity of bringing
it forward. He did not believe the practical diffi-
culty of adopting this system would be very great. He
would take the opinion of the House cn the first re-
solution.

The House divided, when there appeared—
For the previous question 54
Against it 55
Majority against —l
The House then divided on the first resolution, when
there appeared—
For the resolution
Against it
Majority against Ministers
WHITSUNTIDE HOLIDAYS
In answer to a question from Mr. HUME,
Lord J. RUSSELL stated that it was his intention to
move, on Friday week, that the House adjourn to the
Thursday following in Whitsun week.
LAND COMPANY COMMITTEE.
Mr. F. O'CONNOR rose to nominate the following
Committee on the National Land Company Bill:—Mr.
F. O'Connor, Lord Ingestre, Viscount Drumlanrig, Mr.
Henley, Mr. Langston, Mr. G. Langston, Mr. S. Craw-
ford, Mr. Monsell, Captain Pechell, Mr. Sullivan, Mr.
Meagher, Mr. Devereux, Mr. Scholefield, Sir G. Strick-
land, and Sir B. Hall. The Hon. Member expressed
his willingness to substitute the names of Messrs. Hay -
ter and Wortley for those of Messrs. Mea4her and De-
vereux, but objected to removing Mr. Langston (Mem-
ber for Oxford borough).
After some further remarks from Sir G. GREY.
Mr. O'CONNOR said he would have no objection to
strike out the name of Sir Benjamin Hall, so that Mr.
Langston might remain upon it, in case the Right Hon.
Baronet insisted upon three names being struck out.
Sir G. GREY said that his only object was to give
full efficiency to the Committee. He was anxious
that the name of Mr. Heywood should be added, repre-
senting as he did a part of the country which was deeply
interested in the matter.

Sir B. HALL complained that the Hon. Member for
Nottingham had nominated to his Committee seven
Hon. Members who had never previously had a seat in
that House; if the House should approve of his (Sir B.
Hall's) appointment as a Member, he should use his best
endeavours to sift the matter to the bottom, and to lvt
the public know what the scheme of the Hon. Member
really was.

M-r. F. O'CONNOR said that the Hon. Baronet the
Member for Mar) lehone had pretty clearly shown the
animus with which be would enter into the inquiry, and
he need therefore say no more respecting the observa-
tions which had fallen from him,
Mr. J. O'CONNELL suggested that if Mr. Langston
should be unable to serve, Sir B. Hall should be nomi-
nated on the Committee.

Sir G. GREY having agreed to this, the Committee
was nominated according to Sir G. Grey's proposal,
and the House adjourned at One o'clock.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HO USE.
Thomas Clancey was brought before the Lord Mayor
by City policeman 366, charged with having been one of
the ringleaders in the row in the streets on Monday
night.

The Commissioner of the City Police was on the
bench during the investigation.
The policeman said—At half-past nine o'clock last
night, I was in Fleet-street, and saw between 3,000 and
4,000 people, somo with and some without sticks, going
along. The mob gave three cheers fur Mr. Mitchel
and the prisoner flourished a stick over his head and
asked the people, both on the pavement and in the middle
of the road to join him. The crowd were at the time
four abreast and arm-in-arm. I followed them to Far-
ringdon-street and to Skinner-street, and they con-
stantly asked those who were standing still to
join. The prisoner said they were going to gain a
victory that night. and that 7,000 were assembled
elsewhere; and he said, " Men and women, I persuade
you all not to go home to-night. We shall gain
a victory." I followed them into Smithfield. The po-
licemen came out of the station-house there, and some
of the mob ran away. The prisoner stood still and
flourished his stick, and called to the crowd to stand
their ground. The mob then went up Long-lane, and
the prisoner used the same expressions as he went along.
I called the attention of an officer in plain clothes to
what was going on, and told him to notice the prisoner's
conduct, and we took him into custody. As we were
taking him to the station-house he told us we ought to
have taken him into custody three weeks before ; that
it was too late now, and that it was too far gone ; and
he called upon the mob not to mind him, but to go on
to victory. He had a stick in his hand, and I took it
from him.
The prisoner—Did you ever see me before last night?
Witness—Not to my knowledge.
The prisoner—Do. you recollect my addressing two
women? Witness—Yes, after I took you into custody.
The prisoner—Do you think any observations I made
were calculated to influence the people? Witness—
Certainly I do.
Policeman 225—Between 10 and 11 o'clock I was on
duty in Smithfield. I followed the mob up Long-lane
with four other constables, and I saw the prisoner
flourishing a stick, and calling upon the mob to fell in.
He said, " This is the night we shall gain the victory.
Men, women, and children, stop out all night. Don't
go to bed at all." And he called upon all to join to-
gether and stick together like men. We took him into
custody then.
The LORD MAYOR—Was he sober? Witness—Quite
so; but he appeared to be greatly excited, and he said,
"You ought to have taken me into custody three weeks
ago, before I had done the mischief; there is a cleverer
man than me in prison now."
The prisoner (to the witness)—Have you taken any
notes of these proceedings? Witness—No.
The prisoner—Then it is merely from recollection
you give your evidence ? Witness—Certainly.
The prisoner—Did I offer the slightest resistance
when you took me into custody ? Witness—Not at all.
The prisoner—Can you swear that anything I said was
calculated to lead to a breach of the peace ? Witness—
I can and do swear it. The prisoner, when we took him
into custody said to the mob, " Now is your time l" but
they laughed at him and did nothing.—(Laughter.)
There were among the mob many with sticks.
The prisoner—Did you hear me use any expressions
at all likely to cause excitement among the people ?
Witness—Yes, what you said was most likely to lead to
excitement.
Mr. Thomas Woolet, of Cheapside—l heard that a
mob was going along, and I went down Newgate-street
and followed them into Smithfield. At the corner of
Barbican I saw a tnob collected, and I went to the as-
sistance of the police. I heard the prisoner say, upon
being apprehended, that he did not care fear being locked
up, and that it was a pity the police were so many of
them engaged about him, for there would be warm work
to do before night.
Three pieces of paper and three halfpence were found
upon the prisoner in the station-house. They contained
these words :
" N.B. 15 minutes is the time allowed in speaking.
"Resolved,—That this reeetingt being duly impressed
with the utter hopelessness of the present Government
of this country, and of their cold and callous inclination
to do justice to the people of these countries, we there-
fore call upon the Executive to proceed directly with the
people's memorial to the Queen, being greatly impressed
with the belief that her Most Gracious Majesty will not
lend un inattentive ear to the prayers of her devoted and
loyal subjects.
"Lord John says we don't want anything. Contempt
on the minion."
The prisoner, upon being asked by the LORD MAYOR
whether he wished to make any observation, said—l
have reason, my Lord, to complain of the treatment I
have had from the police authorities, and I deny, in the
most positive manner, that I said anything at all calcu-
lated to lead to riot or disturbance, or excitement of any
kind. You may judge of the treatment I received, from
the fact that when I entered the station-house one of
the police said, " Oh! you have got one of these d--d
Chartists have you?" That was language which you
know ought not to have been used by men in such
situations. As for the meeting of the people last
sight, I believe it to have in a great measure arisen out
of the assertion of Lord John Russell, that the working
people did not want reform. It was in consequence of
this gross misrepresentation of the masses of people,itihdenot
in consequence of this statement that they
purpose re-
quire an,y., f
gichange,viugassembled for o thehis
the most th the crowds
decided contradiction
Lordship's declaration. It is untrue that I
excite the crowd. I told them to
go home
eat
laughter.)
attbeomupttetdhetior
business, instead of exciting them.
As for the possession of that stick, whichappettrs to
I can
thorn.—(Great tt
be the blackest part of the charge
.against me,
easily account for that. lam a stick dresser by
strtaietkes,
and I have several of this sort of unprepared
and it is part of my business to c
onannedetedl
wciathn
at home, as you will find if you suenrrdytothmemy
slafethlyinskt,a t
eI thh
sa
tv eif jau sptei fir
seodn str my counngdluye tc,
he Government had not made false statements about
the wants and desires of the people there would have
been no meeting at all. Now, the Government have
done very wrong in another respect, too. They have
sent spies in amongst the people; and that practice
never has been known to work any good yet. Now, I
should wish to have the two women to whom I spoke in
the presence of these policemen to give their evidence.
The LORD MAYOR—Very well. I shall postpone the
case, if you please, to give you the opportunity.
The prisoner, upon consideration, proposed an imme-
diate adjudication, which he said he had no doubt would
be a fair one.
The LORD MAYOR--I shall encleavoar to make it a

' just one. Your conduct has been certainly very repre,,
hensible. It has been calculated to lead to a breach eu
the peace, and you are particularly censurable for sr
peering amongst a mob at such an hour. You are a fev;
son too from whom a good example might be exPee
instead of one leading to the dangerous violation of t,
laws. You must rocure two sureties each to the amount
of 401., and you must yourself be bound ie the sum
80/. to keep the peace tor sixonths.
Hugh AP Donald was then put to the bar upon the
charge of having been concerned with the mob, andl"
having assaulted some of the po ice.
Policeman G 127 stated, that between eleven and
twelve, as he was on duty in Golden-lane, be saw
prisoner with several others at the corner of Collier-lane,
'There was a great mob there at the time. As a body of
the police passed along the prisoner said, " There and
a lot of
his companions dogs." Subsequently
hooted Sahnhels "'peel pelted thethe porffiiseoenvesr "61.P16.11-
pieces of coke and brickbats, and the prisoner ran
l
the court upon being followed by the police fuli
dropped a large piece of coke which he was prepare
to
Policeman 112 identified the prisoner as the Pert:
who had struck him on the nose with a brickbat in Gold c 1
lane. About the same time another policeman was etTb,
on the side of the head with a brickbat by one tto
mob, and knocked down senseless. The unfortuno
officer was taken to the hospital.
standing; T h e prisoner
cornersaid heoafn dt
the
pn
crowd, when the policeman suddenly seized himilred
sColirfte were
tdoubt
helven a mistake tor another party. Ile demand
hat that as the most peaceably disposed man .1"0„ei
world, notwithstanding which he had been most
belaboured with constables' staves.
The LORD MAYOR sentenced the prisoner to hnPria•
sonment in Bridewell for one month for the assault' p
dreluoonkisunspgiciiiot
in Bedell.
Henry Gibson was charged with having,
street, after the dispersion of the greater part
mob, endeavoured to excite persons to attack a Phu
man by pointing at him, and saying there .were u`',o
dred other spies of the kind about the place. The /13
was drunk at the time.
The prisoner said he knew nothing of Chartism et
and that he was by no means a democrat. b°Per'
too, he had not used such words. Ch arty'
The LORD MAYOR fined the prisoner, not for
ism, but for drunken misconduct. • lid'
Marion Marron, a lodger, in the CoffeershoPlll,l, of
cross-street, at which the Chartists are in the ha'''. of
assembling, was put to the bar upon the 0311 ee
having attempted to excite the women assemble
give:a demonstration of their love of liberty.. r .
Policeman 163 said, the prisoner distinguished herself
by calling upon the women assembled amongst
to join her in overthrowing the Whig Govern
ev
o.„/.
eernb7o,
Witness went up to her and entreated her to go terAttie
She, however, persisted in calling upon her sex W sfte
her example, and tumble the Whigs out of office.
tio
was evidently under the inflence of liquor at theiousli
and she had been drinking all day and haellreic
give
Mrs.l to the olice. ' 0
efa
Marron said, p
she was very sorry to app. ar Isre
the Lord Mayor in so disgraceful a cause, and she dee oet
that if she was allowed to depart her face should,: the
again be seen in such a place. She had lodged
Chartist coffee-shop for six months, finding that
the cheapest lodging she ever possessed. She, 'C ce
had no idea that it was a house of call for
polity
she would have d it
The LORDnever
MAYOR—ltentere seems 'that you have bl
some of the politics of the house. jot
Mrs. Marron—l am afraid so, my Lord. 1 ,_ws..l,tivoi,
going out for a newspaper, to see what news teei-bola
from Dublin about when took he
the police
of me. tO "-
The LORD
MAYOR—WeII, you don't seem to
quite sober yet, and you must come before me egst
morrow.

The prisoner was then remanded.
MARLBOI?OUGH-STREET. „do 05
The magistrates at this court received •n%-a'a
(understood to be from the Home-office)
01
their attendance during the evening in case 70ut es,,
once or outrage occurring. Last evening S"ausi)r
thousand persons walked through Regent•stree c
much consternation, but they behaved in a pert'
t
r
derly manner, and not the
slightest occasion ~,for
services of the police, who were ready to act "-
felted itself.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKET'.
LIVERPOOL, MAY 30. It and ;1)°,
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market continues diwo
little disposition is evinced to buy or sell. Birksol:7l3/11'.1,
cashire, and Cheshire Junction (lare C. and B.), 2'",./11411/1j
dis.—Eastern Counties, 14:4' Great North of ifitl' ;
48 p.—Lancashire and Yorkshir—e, Fifths, diirte Wts
Halves (late L. and B.), 9 dis.—Ditto, Fifths kA's sort'
Riding Union), 31. 13s. 9d. c. dia.—London and c. P.
Western, 131 c.—Ditto, New Quarters, 1L 181% d:14:;
Midland Stock, 1041,2—Ditto, New Halves, s"i
North Union (A), 201—Shrewsbury, Oswestry, , ;4°'
756 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, Pitt°
2434 e."—
Thirds, 27,4 c. die.—West Flanders, 8 dis.
MANCHESTER, MAY 30. 5006'
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergai.e, e
ham, and Boston, 2."-Y, dis.—Birkenhead, LancashiriVAt
Cheshire Junction, 7 11-16 dis.—Eastern Cooties', ( '-
uGirdejantgNuonrtiohner)?,394-Ic6. dis.s—Lancashire and Torksl
and North- gset\''‘
Quarters (A and B), 2 Lit p.—Manchester, Bult°l3A' Line 94,111
and Midland, 31/8 dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, sirt
shire, Quarters, No. 2, 151,i—Ditto (Grimsby), ,un; She 'Ol
21 dis.--Ditto, 20/. Shares, 8 dis Ditto, 12/. ;;;;.'tern
4% dis.—North Staffordshire
.23. d" South-PP"
Dover, 25—Ditto. N. 4. 4. 976 diq
ISTRIIINGHAM, MAT 20. ~Dres
STOCK ExerriANCile..— To-day ,i.ere was rather all r
ment in the Sir:ra Market. The following are the 47013' i;
f OVIL the share list:—Midland, 6 per cent. (Bristl 13011.;
ri,ingham), 1181,4—Ambergate, Nottingham, d
535. Bd. dis.—Birmingham, Wolverha ton s" sbreif sIP7
ruP
Valley, 2 dis.—North Staffordshire, 24 c. gd•
and Birmingham (A), 83s. 9d. dis.—Ditto (13),
HULL, MAY 30. #
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STOCK EXCHANGE —The sales are—Ambergabe,
ham, and Boston, 10s.—North Britiih, Thii•ds, 226.

TITS NEW EDITION OF BURKE'S P"lti°% 1)16
B.AItoxETAGE.—A contemporary
. To every person moving in the higher circles, 117 the
ith,eousands many grades below, a new editioof has ren3erked_.:' La
97
erage and Baronetage is as essential a book of to of!,
renceand as a new almanac. For its clearness, burr
t el,
compactness, in alphabetical arrangelesll7-beite 44
onothing of the neatness of its engravings and th (awl
f its typography.---' Burke's Genealogical Dietiito rg:
has long carried off the palm from all "its coteP'e thi,
The splendid volume before us, consisting of °float
~It
1,160 super-royal octavo pages, in double '-octs7",„
volumes,
in actual quantity or matter to ilia° 0 tfr
exceeding 300 pages each, and yet it 126,tvogif
clearmneess's and beauty of a cabinet specimen `his'''" vat'''.
phic art." W o
tion as t e are as,urecl, however, that es.' 4“
o the quantity' is much below the real 3 (or
!hough the quantity has not deteriorated the. clyeefillig'aliii:
it would be an act of injustice to the In" yolatt
Bt ha,r)o' have thrown new light upon the
edietors to vt ithhuld the fact that by the present - ae t
netage, and by entering extensively into by 0
lines
accession
they have been enabled to enrich their page* 0440
ron. of names to the respective petilgreeer_
had
„itP ,viondy been entirely excluded ur iOrgOtte'.ooo
1‘ EDRIKA BREmER'S N v Nov',E " 13,1t1i 6' °I.
AND SISTERS," u't El
• gMe —IP 'f
S üblished, ably sustain golue.
the authoress
of " 'toe Net htvi " and " The lor
Its chief merit, sa ' g . urs, ,
._
.„. doe ,A
ing the affections ys the Britannia, consists 1.2;600;1
of domestic life. Miss Breniei well
gse (
are, in one se • use, educational books, as theYlar-,..ip.is 0
adapted eersirzteri, ,
, to improve the heart, and fit it for the ".,'..sias
'O7O. In " Brothers and Sisters," we have the ve'itilec
disposition common to a large tatnily• S°l33epi°ing I"'
characters are puurtrayed with the finest fe-h-0 per'
,spiritual beauty. The elder sister Hedvig.; cawing S.:
i rms all the duties of a mother, without ell''''lrfee'
as
truth and moral loveliness, which are
mother's joy, is one of those exquisite creations, Pe irea.
hsitihey are more studied. The sisters Engel *All o.outle*
int (la, too, are admirably drawn—one soft an : ye‘;
disposition, the other wild, fantastic, and sell,cP, tvir
each inspiring affection by her weaknesses as Weil /.0-o,gh•
virtues. One of the best drawn personages ie the-offers
kind-hearted old uncle, General Hercules. Be I" Uncle'
...,„
nothing by the comparison he provokes with uu
Toby.
.;ri el the
[ADVERTISEMENT.]--A Gentleman Reg7,-;flet et 4
Use of his Limbs by the Effect of Holloway's ul-fintle'
and Pills.—Mr. John Cock, a highly respectable ge--,,n-
-man residing at Madron, near Penzance, has heeafesr
more addzaocr.
fined to his house for a considerable period iron)* best
ful attack of paralysis. He had recourse to usualthe
medical aid but to no purpose;as in such cases the 0
a upon
treatment never does any good, he then resolve rise
using Holloway's ointment and pills, and to the serdroral
of all who knew his deplorable state, these
Cll health and
medicines alone have restored him to perfect
Hheel". 11 .
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the complete use of his limbs. Those valuable nie ts
0110101
are sold by all druggists, and at Professor
establishment, 244, Strand, London.
MR 711.5.
At Hiptings, on the 26th inst., the wife a Dr. Go--dl4°6
of Bloomsbury -square, London, of a son. gr .
On the 26th inst., in Gloucester-road,
Bassett, of a son. .i., gif 11.
On the 26th init., at Mortlake, the wife a ti's- • .
H. Swinny, of a daughter. 4' 'Of*
On the 27th inst., ia Liverpool, Mrs. :.egße•nlitlPllll'
On the 27th inst., at Portsea,
son, still-born. diker
the wife
Esq., Royal Artillery, of a daua' h g ter.Bayswater, the
On the 27th inst., at No. 13- B k 1 ce,
wife of E. Measor, Esq of a ' Bark-mace,
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a
daughter. .i the Wife'
Oil the 27th inst., at"Frognal-lodge lisrapsteita,
of the Rev. Dr. Saunders, of a daughter,
®f C. F. Tiler°

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Mahe
116 f.
Millilili'D.
On the 11th ult., at St. And r ew's, Canada East, hfastribellsf
W. Abbott, W. W. Powell, Es.q., to Elizabeth '''
w T lieDd-
eldest daughter of the late C. Pecc°,__Esq. lif
On the 27th inst., at West llam Churcb, —l.' - i TM
- '
ford, lof Farringdon-street, to Sarah, widow °
Womeraley, of Stratford-green.

LeOwningthtoen ______----------
BIER- Qi orchile'
aged 31.
On the 19th inst., Anna Maria, eldest daughter of Or'
205fthmst., at Melbury }IOWA, Lord ..,taf
, Maidenhead, aged 25.
of Haile,CLt:ta
wife
etinonT.thoei2ck6,thitiNn:t., at an a
A. Cheffins. fh 'Oef be
On the 27th inst., at Lee, Kent, aged 59, 03erl tif
H.ORnotsliseer,2t7,t_hri.!nisi,.ts.,.Aa.t
aCgleadresrnt-equare,
ed 7J-
sagededge7r4.sen.,
On the 27th inst.. Mr. R. May, of Sackville-street, of
On the 28th inst., at Nottingham-place, Auu°,r`ijerlOr
the late Rev. J. Russell, vicar of Sutton Courtne'' a
gr. •T• '''
On the 28th inst., at Globe-street, It otherhithe,
f C,
On the 29th inst., at Malcolm-place, CloPhs aged 80. dvallcelafiliel'er'.ljt:
Brewer, aged 78
• _ - ii" At
London: Printed and published by iiIIIRD-1411110.uilli-
Penton
No. 112, Strand, Printer, at 'The SU% Oflige?cosstr g
Strand, in the Precinct of the SavOY,
ill the
Iladdlosta, Wodiassisy, May 31, 180.

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