The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-30 00:00:00

SUICIDE AND INQUEST.

e On Monday evening an investigation took place at the
White Lion, Brighton, before Mr. Gell, Coroner for
East Sussex, into the circumstances attending the death
of William Ogilvie Morrison, a commercial agent, about
37 years of age, whose body, after being interred for a
fortnight, had been exhumed for the purposes of the in-
quest, by virtue of the Coroner's warrant. After the
Jury had been sworn,
The .CORONER said, he thought it right to mention
that the inquest was called under somewhat peculiar cir-
cumstances, it being, in fact, occasioned by an anonymous
letter, dated the 18th of September, and sent to him at
Lewes by post. The letter, although anonymous, was
written hi so proper a style that he had felt it to be his
duty to send it to the Brighton officers; and Mr. Solomon,
the chief officer, made the necessary inquiries. Ile (the
Coroner) afterwards called on Mr. Philpott, the medical
gentleman who attended the deceased, and took his depo-
sition, from width it appeared clear that the deceased had
died an unnatural, if not a violent, death. He (the
Coroner) thereupon consulted several gentlemen, in-
cluding some of the medical profession, and a highly in-
telligent Magistrate ; and although it was a most unplea-
sant thing to exhume a body, he had felt it necessary
that this should be done, and that an inquest should be
held on the remains.
Mr. Richard Price Philpott, surgeon, who went to see
the deceased, fcund hint retching. That which came
away from the stomach smelled strongly of turpentine.
Witness was told that he had taken a mixture of corro-
sive sublimate and turpentine. lie continued to attend
deceased to the day of his death, which happened on
Wednesday, the Bth of September, and in one of his visits
deceased said he had taken poison for the purpose of
self-destruction. The poison was probably the cause of
his death, but the symptoms of poisoning ceased before
he died. Deceased appeared to be perfectly sensible, but
he had been subject to hypochondriacal disease. Witness
learned from his parents that this was the fifth time that
he had attempted self-destruction. Witness observed a
cicatrice in deceased's neck, which he understod was
caused by his cutting his throat.
Other witnesses were examined, and after the investi-
gation, had lasted three hours anti a half, the Jury re-
turned a verdict "That the deceased destroyed himself
I by taking poison while in a fit of insanity.".

" What will London become ?" is a question
which may well be asked when the rapid extension of its
numerous streets, squares, &c. is contemplated. One
contract recently
entered into by Messrs. Cubitt, the emi-
nent builders, is for six thousand houses near Belgrave-
square. The sewerage of the
,f2:rou nd, now in progress,
will alone cost no less a sum than 25,090/.—Cumbridye
Advertiser.

PRICES OF CANAL,DOCK,ASSULI-
ANCE COMPANY SHARES, &c. &c. &c.

LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPT. 23.
Number Dividand Price
of per CANALS. net
,hares. Annum. . Paid. Share.
',7336 7 per cent. Ashton & Ol3liam...Ascrage97l.lBs.sh. 104
1,432 41. Ashby-de.le-Zouch ll3l.sh. 72
1, 00 Basingstoke 1001.35. 5
1,065 sf/. Br ecknock and Abergavenny ISM. sh. 92
1.,00 1 1-1604. 101. Biryningham, 1.16 th share ...111. & 711. 200
1,000 Ditto k Liverpool Junct.l9o/. sh.loo pi 25
GA 31. Bridgewater and Taunton.lool.sh. all p 3 -
400 5/. Chehner avid Blackwater 1001. sh . 11'5
500 321. Coventry, 1001.3 h. 305
Croydon. Averige 311.28 10d. sh. -
2,000 51. Os. Dudley 1001. sh. 94
ROO 131. Derby lool.sh . 120
21,030 4 per cent. Oantioe and Mayne 411.133. 4 u .pd 36
3,5751 4' Ellesm.tre and Chester Avorigel33..lls. 1,0
131 621 Erewasn
. 2.97 351. Forth and Clyde....Averagell.lo/. 161. n. 61,1
I:fit* 71. Grano Junction . 1001. s h I'o
2,149# 255. Grand Union lool.sh 24
',500 ..... .... Grand Surrey 10111. sh. 15
1,9)3)1 41. percent. Ditto (optional) Loan 1001.
796 ...... ... Grand Western
000 131.125. Qii. tibanorganshire, Aver. cost 1721. 13s. 4d. 'l3O
749 Ili. liranthts% .... l5Ol. sh. 21. t.
fi 238 2/. us. }ladders/1 ild AVerAge i) U. 6s. M. sh 27
100 Kensingto.: lOO .h. allpd 10
a %.124 11.10 s. Kennet ;nd Avon, Av. 291.145. 104. sh 22W,
11,0991 It. 7s. Lancaster (verage 471. Cs. Sd 24
2,997 301. Leeds and Liverpool lOlll. sh 710
545: ill. Leicester 140/. it 15.1
1,897 5/.oc. Leicester & Nort:iainpton Aver 6,3/.10: 70%
2,109 101. Monmouthshire 1001.31 200
2X, 101, Melton Mowbray
1.00 251. Mersey and irwell lOOl. sh. 55n
3,000 2/. 10. t. Macclesfield lOOl. sh. all pd 2 1
247 171. Neath lOO/.81, 325
2,400 51. Peak Finest A v .;I..gc about 781. sh. 71
21,414 63. Regent's (or London) Av. 331.114.4 d. sh. 8%
5,0)19 Cl. 7:oche:ale Average 851.4 h. Sti
500 8/. Shropshired2sl.sh. 137
sou 10t. Os. Somerset Coal
3,5001. 4i p..r cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 121.105. sh. 11 4
700 301. Stafford and Worcester 1401.5 h. 60G
300 151 Shrewsbury
300 91. 3taurbridge ... 1451.5 h. 396
3,047 21. Os. Stratford-on-Avon A rcr....791. Os. t4d. sh. 35
53S 121 Swansea loo2.sh. 205
3,762 21. 10s. Severn and Wyc and Railway Av. 351. sh. 45
2,60035 ti. 321. 10s. Treat and Mersey, i share .1001. sh. 560
8,149 ..:. ..... Thames and Medway Av. 191. ss. Sd. sh. 2
1,000rh.1 ~,,. Warwick sail tPrmisgham lool.sh 230
I,ooolsh. '"'
9'o 13. Warwick and :1 aineon" lOW. eh. 1311
7,000 41 Worcesicr & Birmingham Av.7B/.81. sh. 55
5,000 365. Wilts and Berks Average 67/. 10s Bd. sh. 2S
800 6.. Willey and Essington 1251. sh 74
.28 vii:sneacn . :35:. sh. to
90r Is Wey and Arun. llOl. nn. :IN
DOCKS.
2,0001 k
1,,,,,i.b.1 3p. C. Commerc al ... lOOl. sh. 61
5 per rent. East and West India « ...Stock 00%
3,1238,310;1. 31. p.ct. London Stock 71%
Ditto Bonds
2,209 SI. Gs. sd. Bristol Average 14-'l.9s. sh. 75
08,3241. 51. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts lOB
352,752 5 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 92
500,000 II per cent. Ditto Bonds .., lOOl4
200.0410 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years
Deptford Pier 2Ol. sn. 201. pd 10
1 - BRIDGES.

1,600 I/. Ham mersmitl sol.sh. 21
1,231 Southwark, Old Av. 634 2s. Bd. sh. 3%
1,700 I& I sg. Ditto, New', 0171 per cent,......501.5h. 16
..,,IXIO Waterloo 1001. sh. 3%
5,000 225. Od. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/ 'lOl. p 4 2l
5,000 19a. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71. 4O/. pd 18%
10,00(11. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds
5.848 27s Vauxhall .......„Average 701. 10s, 3d. sh 26
ASSURANCE COMPANIES.
2,000 3110 s Albion 5OOl. sh. 50/. pd 72
AAA 1(6 per cent.s.
i Alliance British &Foreignlool.sh. 111. pd 14
s').'"" i and 15s.
50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine lOO4 sh. 54 pd 5
24,000 11. per sh. Atlas 5Ol. sh. 5/. pd 14
1,20015 h. 51. Birmingham l• ire 5Ol. sh. 551. p 6 107%
20,000 41. percent. British Fire 250/. sh. 50!. pd 40
12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial 5O/. sh. 51. pd 6
5,000 U. per cent. Clerical & Medical Life, 1001. sh.2llos pd 4%
4,000 210 s County lOO4 sh. 101. pd 14
2,000 ss. Eagle 501. sh. 51. pd 5
,„,,, (-5 per
Economic Lite 10001. eh. 250/. pd 406
"' land 30 / ebs. S
2,271 225. per cent. European Li, • 20/. sh. all psi 22
50,000 2s. Ditto, New 2O!. eh. 21. pd 112',
.000,000/. 61. per ct Globe Stock 115%
2),000 51. Guardian
31,000 43. 0!. Hope
2,400 51. 123. 6d. Imperial Fire 5OO/. sh. 501. pd 133
7,500 9s. Imperial Lite ... 1001. sh. 10/. pd 10
13,459 5/. per cent. Indemnity Marine lOOl. eh. 8/. pd 29
2,1120 31 103 Kent Fire 504 sh. all pd 92
3/. Ditto I,ife 5O!. pd 66
10,000 16s. Law Life lOOl. sh. 10!. pd
5,000 Ins. London, Fire '134 ch. 121. 10s. pd 181
3,0(10 10s. London, Still) .)5/. sh. 12/. 10s. pd 183;
1,000,000/. ... ..... Minerva Life 100/. ah.
5 0,0004
v,0410 51. per cent. Palladium Lite 5Ol. sit 21. pd 2/ Lis
50,1)00 5/. per cent. Protector I, fe Ol. sh. 21. pd 18.04
10,000 4 per cent. Protestant Dissenters -.1004 sh. 5/. pd 5%
5,500 14 Provident Lite
211',400 4s. Od. Rock Life
n 9,220/ 5/. per c•rit. Royal Excliango
6,000 5 per cent. University Lite. 1004 sh 5l. pd 5%
1)1,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 1001. sh. 51. pd 73f
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
25,1100 A gric. and Cum. of I reland2sl. sh. 10/. pd
15.1100 8 per cent. Australasia 401. sh. 40/. pd 55
10,000 10 per cent. Bank of Bilsningham 501.5 h. 101. pd 13
10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 504 sh. 101. pd 19
31,010 6percent. London & Westminster 1001 sh. 90/. pd 21%
60,000 5!. London Joint Stock 50/, sh. 10!. pd 12 LI
.1,009 4 per cent. Lancaster IOW. sh. 201. pd 30
25,1100 lb per cent. Liverpool 1001 sh. 124/. pd 19
50,000 71 per cent 'Manchester and Liver } 501.. h.
151 pd 1694
pool District
20,000 7 per ceot. Manchester lOO4 sh. 101. pd 4%
20,000 8 per cent. Provincial Rink of I relancllooi. sh. 25/.0 42
10,000 ti ,er ccat National Bank of Ireland 5111. sh. 171/. pd 1514
10,000 6 per cent National Prov.acial Eng.lool. sh. 351. pet 34
10,000 Ditto New ille. sh. II)!. pd 10
10,000 Gloucestershire 501. sh. 10/. pd 32
6,000 lapel cent. ;iampshire 504 sh. 51. pd 9
GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
2,500 Ilis Od Bath .........204 ah. 164 pd 22
5,000 British 4O/. sh. 161. pd 1854
5.„,,„ (54pei cent./ Ditto Provincial 00/. sh. 19/. pd 241,1
"'''' /and Bs. 6s.
929 51 lOs Birmingham 50/. ah. 96
1,250 VI Os Bristol 2O/. sh. 36
2,250 31 10s Brighton 2O/. sh. 135%
750 31 les Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 181. pd I)
2,471 41 per cent. Brighton General 2O!. ,h. all pd 9%
4,000 71. 10s. Continental Consolidated ....751, 6214 pd 109
1,000 101. City of Loudon.. ....... .- .1004 sh. all pd 105
1,000 01. Ditto, New WO/. sh. 75/. pd 150
1,000 3/.os. Equitable
10,000 3/. per cent. Imperial 5O/. sh. 57
WO 5/. per cent. Isle "I Thanet 'ls/. sh. 20/. pd 1.,36
2,350 li/, per cent. i ndependent 'O/. sh. all 1... 56
11,000 41. per cant. Phcenix 5O/. 51... 39/. pd 311,4
1,000 4/. per cent. Itsteiiil ion/. sh. SO/. pd I'3
,000 South Mstrupolitan 5O/. sh. 19/. pd hi
5,000 51. per cent. United General 501. sh. 47/. pd 31
240 5/. per cent. Warwick 504 sh. 50
400 5/. per cent Wakefield
pa 3!. Westminster Chartered
6,0•111 12s. Ditto New 5( 1. sh. 101. pd 113
7E9 a pgr (plat. Yarmouth 2Ol. sh. 181. pd
WATER WartKS
4,81,4 ale. BinoingliAm of.' sh. 25/. pit 21
1,1113 7!. East Loudon 100/• sh. 102
5,500 2/ ~;;, Grand Junction Average 411. lis. 4d. oh. 61
2,1)00 21, Kent 100/. sh. 47
279. 101. Liverpool Bootle .•201. sh. 326
1,500 2 /10s New River London Bridge Water Ann... 60
6,456 21 101 Merichester and Salford 100100/ s.lh. 53%
Ih. !3%
1 5 per cent. 13611th London
4, 294 441. Wewt Middlesex Average 631. 12s. 9d. sh. 90
1.360 11 141 York Building Go, Lessee Prop. 1001. ah. 35
IRON RAILWAYS.
6,300 Birmingham anti Derby ...-
9,54
15,00 0 Bristol and Exeter lOOl. sh. 60 pd 5736
7,500
Cheltenham &G. Western 1001. sh. lUN/. 11
..... ....
3,000 ... Clarence 1004 sh. 100/ pd 20
8,000 Dublin 0114 Drogheda......lool. sh. 51. pd
50,1100 Eastern Counties 251. sh. 234 psi ,
138
10,000 Great North of Enelend 100/. sh. 90/. pd cs'
10,918 13 per cent. Grand June. ion lool.Bh. all psi ...no
25,000 3 per tent Great Western lOOl. ah. 054 pd 76
25,000 ...... ... Ditto New 504 sh. La pd 5436
3,000 5 per cent Gosport Junction.. 504 sh. 504 pd 5114
2,000 5 per cent. Hartlepool 160/. sh. 1001. pd 115%
9,000 ... ...... Hull and Selby , 501. eh. 504 pd 39
2,1110 41. per cent. Leeds and Sells y.„ „,,. ........ .....-..100 sh. 05%
5.100 It) per cent. Liverpool& Manchester 101.1,p h. 1001. psi 199%
7,968 leper cent. Ditto Half Shares .504 lid 90
11,495 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares 251. pd 45
~e),1•00 ......... Lon.lon and Brighton 501. sh. 501 pd 4 %
24000
20,000 3 Der cent. London and Greenwich ...201. ale. 20/. pd 7%
25,000 8' per cent. London & Birmingham 1001. sh. 9111. pd 157
25,000 al, Cs. Ditto Quarter Shares ....2.5/. sh. 51. pd 21%
31,250 ...
36,000 5 per cent. Lt.ntiOn and S. Western Av. 3SI, 17s. ski 5034
33,400 London and Croydon) 134.
Av. 13/. 15s. 96. -
Ditto New iier.p. ,13%
13,000 3 per cent :Manchester and Lee .4„100/. sh. 704 pd 10
i 3,000 Ditto Half Shares 5O!. 251, pd 24
10,0d0 ILinchester and Birmingham 704 s h. 404 *ll6
i iitto Extension . 71. pd 2%
!moo eLitvs. Midland Counties 'OO4 sh. 100!. pd 7 l.'s
15,000 :'/. Os. North Midland
1410 s. Ditto New 404 pd 32
10,2 6 ..... .... Northern and Eastern.... 50!. sh 354 pd 25%
-(Soo ... ...... Preston and Wyre 5Ol. sh. 304 pd :lii
eB,OOO South Eastern and Dover
1,000 10/, per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOll/. sh. 265
00.0 I . ..... ... Thames Haven 5O/. sh 51.1x1
0.000 -.fork and North Midland 50 . sh. 501. pd 7336
MINES.
:4,000 Albion Copper Si.' 1',14 pd 12
1,000 14 ss. A Rol l5l. sh 121. II rpd 10
10,000 ... ~,,. Angie) Mexican,iss. 51 pm. 101.11, sh. aid 13{,
Ditto Subscription ..................25/ pu 1%
2,000 lig, Bolanos 1504 sh till pd 35
.0,000 14 101. Brazilian' nop. iss. 51. pm 35/. pd 5
6,000 Atacaubas A Cocaes United 25/.5h.25/. pa 4
00 Ditto St. John Del Rey 204 eh. 141 pd 1
46
IC,xxy ..., ..... IS oliv.ir Copper Company, 204 sh. 215/. pd 1
to,cco - Ditto Scrip lO4 sh. 104 pd 2
20,000 British Iron lOOl. sh. 60/ pd
„Ws .44.4.4.. Brit...sit Copper 5/. sh. 411, pd 1%
Ci.t Br aica 614 pd Oh
Candonga
i 1401. 1 1 Copi2po
pm. 55/. sh. 55/. pd ON
•i,500 •.. Columbian, its. 5,
2,e50 3/. Etaglish
23,000 General MinigigAssociation2o/ sli.lBl. pd 134
6,155 ... Mexican Company lOO/. sh. 5711 pd 6
3,003 Pdllicroil Consols . lO/. sh. 8/. pd 4
11500 (teal del Monte, Unregistered 2%
Ditto Loan otes l5Ol. pd 160
United Mexican, its. 2 pre. 401. sht all pd
Dan. Scrip O%
Ditto New Scrip 41 psi 3
West Cork .... .......... .......501. sh 50/. pd 39
LITER A RY INSTITUTIONS.
,000 • ... London, with Bronze Ticket ...75gs.sh. 15
1.500 .... ..... I.olldon University lOOl. sh. all pd 7
-414 Ku/Ann.,. 25gs. sh. 6
King' College 10)1. 1926
MISCELLANEOUS.
111. too is,s. Australian Agricultural.loo4 sh. 28/ pd 39
6,700 1. percent. liritish American Land Cwounii. h.
psany334 pd 14
014.
iO, 61 oi
per cent. Canada Cndany pd 2o k
30.000 5/. per cent. Upper Cana ..a Loan
City Bonds, 4 psr cent
it. 136
(is. General Steam Nsvigatien 151..0. 141. NJ 126(4t
101. per eGnI. Hudson's Bay Stock
London Coin. Sale ROOMS ....Ay .751. sh 2ll
i 6 11. et‘
,00C Caot.t.choue Company
New Brunswick Land Comp 1 y 15111. pd
cell 11
1, /54 5/. per cent. Reversionary Int. 50c...1001154h.... pd" 96
0,623 5/, per cent. Ditto New 1001..5h. lied: pd 11)7
4,0011 Thames Tunnel 5O/. sh, all psi 10
.0,000 6g. Van Die..nen's Land.... 1001. sh. 1741. pd ...7%

j 11.01,1, .........

20,001.,

LIST of SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES

SEPT. 2.5. 1841.
BAN a..
1,0ti1.,00t, 01. ct. Rank ot Scotland ...811. As. 6d. sh. all pd 159
1,000,00(1 (l. p. ct. Itt yal of Scotland 1004 sh. all pd 150
:Joio(tit. 81. p. ct. British Linen Comp. ny 100Lsh. all pd 215
500,000/. Est. p, ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 1001. pd 165
504),(M. r, n. cc. National lool.ah. 101. pd 13%
501,0001. p. ct. Glasgow Union 2501. sh. 501. pd Mi
1,00),(8,0/. 6p. ct. Westeni ot Scotland 2OOl. sh 40/. pd G 9

INSURANCE COMPANIES.
)50.0005h oli p. ct. Scottish Union 'lOl. sh. U. pd 243. Cd.
7,5r0 In p. ct. Hercules 1001. sh. 10/. pd 13
11 ~ix,o 10 ti. ct. Insurance Co. of Sec tland .10/. sh. all pd t 1
0,000 10 p. ct. North British WO/. sb. 10/. pd 17
1,000 10 p. ct. Caledonian Fire . 100/. sh. 101. pd 2il
5,000 10 p. ct. Edinburgh Life 100!. sh. 10/. pd 11%
100,000 31 p. et. West of Scotland ..... ................. 10/. pd

MISCELLANEOUS.
4,818 ..... Edin. dnd Glas. Un. Canalso/.sh. all pd JO
Ditto A llocattftl .9(11. sh. all pd 4S
X 5,40( CI per cent. Etna, Joint Stack Water 25/.sh. all pd 34
I,unnsb 21 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundet v 501 sh 481 pd
0.1(8) per ceut. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 20/. sh. 1(l/. pd 3%
4,540 Id per cent. Edinburgh Coal (las 25/. sh. all pd 49
4,450 10 per cent. Clargotv Gas 251. ;h. all pd 52
'75.. 7i per cant. Coal Vas ..... .201.ah. all pd
1.154 ......... Edinburgh and Dalkeith dai'may 50/. sh 30

HEALTH OF NEW ORLEANS.—The number
of interments reported to the Board of Health, from Saturday
noon till Monday noon, was 15. During Sunday and Monday
the admissions into the Charity Hospital were 37; of these
20 were yellow fever cas:s, many of them brought there in the
last stage of the disease.; There were 8 deaths of yellow fever
within the two days, and 4 were discharged cured of the same
disease. There were 7 admissions during the last two days
into the hospital of Drs. Stone and Kennedy ' • 3 of these were
yellow fever cases. The number of yellow fever admissions
into Drs. Campbell and Mackie's hospital during the same
time, was 6—there was one death.—New Orleans Paper,
August 24.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE DAILY PAYERS OF YE-STEM-7AV. -
GLOBE.-Witr on the Factories is the ery of the
Squires, to meet the watchword of war on the Corn-
laws. Mr. Ferran(' put himself forward last night as
their boisterous and boiling representative. War on the
factories! Very well, gentlemen. You can make
war on them, if you think proper. It will
be well, however, that you consider beforehand,
how you shall pay your troops. You can enlist
certainly the most ignorant part of the population in
your most ignorant quarrA. You can get your drunken
freemen, and the unemployed desperates of our towns,
to echo your cry of " Down with the manufacturing
system!" You can lead men,. pinched with the want
which your law of the lied has inflicted on them,
to believe that those who are nearest are the right objects
of their rage and vengeance—that those who employ
them are answerable for the scant food they can earn by
labour, and even for the slackened employment which
proves that capital is working without profit. You can
lead ignorant men to believe that masters regulate wages
by their own will ; and that when wages fall, and food
rises, their immediate employers are answerable. You
can screen from their view the truth that one class of
capitalists, and one only, can and do affect the rate of
wages, and 'the comforts those wages can buy. That
class is the class who speculate on a nation's subsistence !
—who combine to stint the supply of that subsistence ;
in order to raise its price—who prohibit returns in food
fur exports of British commodities, and thereby sentence
the manufacturing masses to periods of want and woe.
Yes I—those periods recur—they recur with ever-Increas-
ing intensity—they draw disease and sordid recklessness
of all but bare life in their train—they stamp their wild
and haggard physiognomy on the myriads of our towns
—and they teach no other lesson to the bread-barring
• caste who rule us, than the base lesson of recrimination
and insult on those they ruin and starve.
STANI)ARD.-15pon the House going into Com-
mittee upon the Poor-law Commission Continuance Bill,
a very long debate was raised, and in the course of this
debate the whole subject of the New Poor-law was can-
vassed. This discussion was no more than was to be
expected, considering the opportunity it afforded for
making a seeming show of division in the Conserva-
tive party, hut it was nevertheless uncalled for and
irregular. The question before Parliament is simply this
—shall the Commission be continued front the 31st of
December to the 31st of July; or shall the New Poor-
law, which, in its present unmodified state, cannot
be administered without such a Commission, be left
to administer itself, and throw the country into
confusion ? It is quite plain that, under such cir-
cumstances, there is no choice between the implicit
continuance of the Commission and at once engaging
witli the consideration of the whole law, through al
its provisions and details. It will not suffice to
admit partial amendments and modifications ; for once
allow that the question is open for such partial amend.
merits Cid modifications, and every one of the 658 Mem-
bers of the House of Commons will have the right to urge
his favourite proposition. Now, it may be right that the
Parliamentary business of the year shall have begun on
the 19th of August, 1841, to be continued witheut irl.er-
ruption to—say the 19th of August, 1842. Upon this point
it is unnecessary to speak at present ; but if this is
not right, and the understanding in Parliament is,
that such a- perpetual Session would be inconvenient,
there can be no doubt that a question of such mag-
nitude as the New Poor-law Bill ought not to be dis-
cussed in a hurried remnant of a short Session. We
have as strong an objection as ever to the harsher
provisions
of the New Poor-law ; and we have little
doubt that in a Conservative House of Commons these
harsh provisions will be mitigated, and the harsh ad-
ministration of the law guarded against ; and for that
reason it is that we are anxious that the subject shall be
left untouched until Parliament can sit down, calmly and
deliberately, to deal with it, which Parliament cannot
do at present.