The Sun.
London, England, 1834-07-12 00:00:00

DIVIDENDS.

J. Collier, hosier, Poultry, Aug. 4, at half-past one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy—U. 'Wright, carpenter, Bury.street, St.
James's, Westminster, Aug. 1, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy—R. Hardcastle, plumber, West Smithfield, St. Sepulchre,
Aug. 1, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy—T. G.
Ramsey and S. Lancaster, wine-merchants, Mark-lane, Aug. 8, at
one, at the Court of Bankruptcy—T. Ransford, hat-manufacturer,
Bristol, Aug. 2, at three, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol—R.
Meanley, farmer, Great Barr, Staffordshire, Aug. 2, at eleven. at
at the Littleton's Arms Inn, Penkridge, Staffordshire—T. A.
Salmon, stuff-merchant, Leeds, Aug. 11, at two, at the Court-
house, Leeds—R. Atkinson, oil-manufacturer, Hornington, York-
shire, Aug. P, at eleven, at the Falcon Inn, York—J. Wroe and
Co., worsted-spinners, Bradford, Aug. 2, at eleven, at the Sun
Inn, Bradford—J. Britain, grocer, Ripon, Aug. 11, at two, at the
office of Messrs. Blanchard and Richardson, solicitors, Low Ouse-
gate, York.

CERTIFICATES.—AucusT 1,

J. and W. Tucker, cornfaetors, Exeter—W. Mason, draper,
,Vest Butterwick, Lincolnshire—H. Congreve, patent medicine
proprietor, College-street, Chelsea—J. Marsh, innkeeper, Man-
chester—J. L. Brook, druggist, Okehampton, Devonshire—R.
Wilson, wine-merchant, Lawrence Poutney-hill—F. H. Hemming,
and T. Monkhouse, lacemen, St. Paul's Churchyard.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
T. Haire and D. T. Roy, surgeons—J. B. Astbury and W.
Williams, attorneys, Stoke-upon-Trent—R. Lacey and J. Mercer,
list manufacturers, Kingswood—E. H. Levysshon and F. Carlisle,
merchants, Manchester—J. Gibbon and W. Gibbon, drapers,
Aberdeen—W. Elmslie and G. Elmslie, drapers, Aberdeen—J. P.
Hebbert and W, D. Wheeler, solicitors, Birmingham—J. Smith
and G. Moger, bankers, Bath—J. Smith and J. Barlow, metal
dealers, Birmingham—W. Palmer and G. Palmer, farmers, North
Oxendon—J. Bell and Co. coal-merchants, Hackney-road--J.
Smith & Co., dealers in plated ware, so far as regards J. Smith,
Birmingham—T. Weston and S. Gibson, tailors, Islington--J•
Brown and G. Rushton, house-painters, Stockport--G. Marshall
and T. Marshall, stonemasons, Deptford—J. Paley and Co., cot-
ton-spinners, so far as regards L. Harrison, Preston—J. Doyle &
Co., cotton-spinners, Halifax.—J. D. Bennet and J. Langman,
rope-makers, Rotherhithe—S. Fyson and S. A. Beck, attorneys,
Lothbury—A. Jack and C. Jack, grocers, Stamford—T. Alolyneux
and H. Molyneux, plumbers, Lower Tooting—G. Scoles and Co.,
c itton-spinners, Marsden—R. Steel and T. Brown, surgeons, Great
Berkhampstead—H. Donaldson and W. Brown, cabinet-makers,
Manchester—J. Foster and Co., cotton-spinners, so far as regards
J. Foster, cotton. spinners, Blackburn—J. Goodwin and Co., flint-
millers, so far as regards W. Goodwin, Vale-Pleasant--S. Hall
anti W. S. O'Nel, Oldham, woollen-drapers.

LADY CHARLOTTE BURY.—" The new work
called The Disinherited,' by the authoress of ' Flirtation,'
says the Court Journal, "is the production of a pure and ele-
gant mind—of a mind deeply imbLed with a sense of the beau
tiful, the lovely, and the good in nature. The story of
Disinherited' is tenderly, touchingly, exquisitely told; and, by
the skill of the writer—the incidents all rising out of, and con-
necting with, one another, in the simplest and most unaffected
manner possible—the
denouement is concealed till nearly the
closing page. And it is not for us to perpetrate an act of in-
justice upon either author or reader by a premature disclosure
of the secret ; the seeker shall find, ana in finding his labour—
his very labour a pleasure—still be amply repaid."

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at
five o'clock.
Petitions, praying for protection to the Church, were pre-
sented by Lords ROLLE, DYNEVOR, and several other Peers.
The Earl of RADNOR said he had been desired to with-
draw the notice relative to the Warwick Bill, given for that
night by the Earl of Durham, who was prevented
from attending by the illness of his Lady. He took the same
opportunity of stating that he was most anxious to go on with
the Liverpool Disfranchisement Bill, but in the present state
of things, and at that advanced period of the session, he was in
the hands of their Lordships.
After a lengthened conversation between the Noble Earl,
the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Cumberland, and Lord
Wharncliffe, the subject was dropped, on the understanding
that it should be renewed on Tuesday next.
The order of the day for the second reading of the Warwick
Borough Bill was then discharged.
THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH.

The Earl of WINCHILSEA presented petitions in favour
of the Established Church.
The Duke of GLOUCESTER presented a petition from
Great Yarmouth to the same effect.
Lord. SUFFIELD presented a petition from the farmers
of Lambert Briggs, ii, the County of Lincoln, praying that
some punishment might be inflicted short of death upon those
who were convicted and found guilty of arson.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENTS BILL.

On the motion of Lord SUFFIELD, the Order of the
Day for the second reading of this Bill was discharged.
POOR LAW AMENDMENT BILL.

The Earl of MALMESBURY presented a Petition, pray-
ing the House to postpone the second reading of the Poor Law
Amendment Bill till next Session.
Lord KENYON presented petitions from the parishes of
St. John, Wapping, St. Luke's, and St. Marylebone, against
the Poor Law Amendment Bill.
THE MINISTRY.

The Marquis of LONDONDERRY seeing the Noble
Earl ( Grey) opposite in his place, merely wished to say a
few words with regard to what passed last night. He
thoUght that when measures were being brought forward,
such as that which, was about to be brought forward that
evening, (the Poor Law Amendment Bill) they ought to
know who were the responsible advisers of the Crown—
( Hear.) The Noble Lord on the Woolsack had admitted last
night (as he understood) that it was usual for Parliament to
adjourn until a responsible Government was formed, and he
thought there could not be much diversity of opinion that
that would be the proper course to take on the present
occasion. He had received various communications relative
to the Bill he had referred to, from the county of Durham, and
the magistrates of that county had stated to him that it
was one of the most injurious and one of the most audacious
Bills that could possibly be passed by the Legislature.
Under these circumstances he did think it became their
Lordships seriously to consider whether, after the example of
the other House of Parliament, which had thought fit to ad-
journ the House for a period, in which the Administration
might be formed, it was not their-duty to adjourn for the pre-
sent. He stated this individually, and contrary to the wish of
many Noble Lords on his side the House ; but his feeling
was, that they ought not to proceed, under existing circum-
stances, with any important measure.
Earl GREY said that no man was more unwilling than,
himself that a Bill of so much importance should be postponed.
He had stated on a former occasion the reasons which induced
him to except this Bill from the other measures which had
been brought before the House. He considered it as no party
question.—( Great cheering.) It was true that it involved
great considerations, and he had considered it his duty, circum-
stanced as he was, to bring it before the House.—( Hear,
hear.) If their Lordships thought that the incomplete
state of the Government made it unadvisable to bring it before
the House, he should at once bow to that decision. He must,
however, say that his course was quite clear, and it was only
with their Lordships to say whether the discussion upon the
Bill should go on or not. If their Lordships should think
that the second reading of the Bill ought to take place, but
that the Bill ought not to go into a committee, he must say, it
would be much better that the Bill should be postponed until
a more favourable opportunity presented itself of bringing it be-
fore their Lordships.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said he thought the
House could not do better than abide by the sense
and opinion of his Noble Friend. The greatest incon-
venience and mischief to the country would follow
if the second reading of this most salutary and remedial
measure should be in the least degree put in jeopardy during
the present session.—( Hear.) If he thought it would be so,
he should be the last person even to consult the convenience
of his Noble Friend.

The Duke of CUMBERLAND, who spoke in a very low
tone, was understood to express his opinion that the House
ought not to proceed.
The Duke of WELLINGTON could not agree with the
proposal of his Noble Friend the Earl of Malmesbury, that
the Bill should be postponed until next session, because he
thought there was time enough this session to dispose of it.—
( Hear.) His Noble Friend opposite (Earl Grey) proposed
that the Bill should not be considered to-day on account
of the state of the Ministry, and to that proposal he would
offer no objection ; but there was a most important point in
this Bill, viz.—the appointment of Commissioners, and, above
all, the selection of them.--( Hear, hear.) Certainly it was
most desirable that before the House should come to a deci-
sion upon that point, that it should know who were to be those
persons.
The Earl of WINC H IL SE A agreed with the Noble Duke
that it ought to be known who were to be the Commissioners,
and he should also very much like to know in whom their
appointment was to be vested.
Lord ELLENBOR 0 UGH said that the difficulty on this
point might be obviated by simply mentioning the names
of the commissioners in the Bill. He could not but
do full justice to the Noble Earl opposite, and to the motive
of his Majesty's late Government for bringing forward the
Bill.—( Hear.) Ile thought it did them great credit, for
H
although they had incurred n uch odium, and run the risk
of great unpopularity, they determined to bring it forward,
because they thought they would be doing good to the country
—(ear, hear.) Whatever might have been their
at large.
other acts, he believed this Bill would effect the happiness
of the great majority of the community-4 Hear, hear.)
Although the Noble Earl opposite had wished for a short post-
ponement, it was still competent for his Noble Friend to bring
forward his motion, but he must say that the postponement
of this measure to another session would not be a great
public misfortune.—( Hear, hear, hear.) No matter whether
the late Government should be re-constructed, or a new Go-
vernment formed, he thought it would be to the interest of any
Government that possibly could be formed, to propose some
amendments on the principle of this Bill. He was therefore
most anxious that the Bill should be proceeded with this
Session.
The Duke of BUCKINGHAM said, the Bill was so very
important, affecting as it did the rights and property of every
landholder in the kingdom, that it ought not to be pro-
ceeded in without a responsible Ministry being in existence.
He had no wish that it should be postponed till next Session,
but he certainly could not see that the House could properly
proceed with the measure till the Ministry was settled.
Earl GREY said he must state, as he had done before, that
he stood entirely subject to the decision of the House. The
Noble and Learned Lord on the Woolsack had proposed
that the decision should be left to him, he must
oppose that, as he thought their Lordships would see that it
would place him in a very invidious situation--( Cheers.) He
must admit there was an inconvenience in bringing forward such
a measure while there was no Ministry really in exist-
ence.—( Hear, hear.) He, however, must say that he
did not see that any more responsibility attached to the
Noble Lord who proposed the measure, than would to
any other of their Lordships.—( Cheers.) In consequence of
what had fallen from the Noble Duke, and the Noble
Lord, he was very much inclined to postpone the
discussion till another administration was formed, for
certainly, as the Commissioners under the Bill would pos-
sess great and extraordinary powers, it was but reasonable
that the House should know who were to have the
election of them.—( Hear, hear, and Cheers.) Let
who would be Ministers he was certain in the selection, they
would look at nothing but the fitness of the persons they
proposed, because upon their conduct would certainly
depend the working and success of the measure—( Hear)--
( Cheers.) The Noble Lord had proposed that the Com-
missioners should be named in the Bill, but he (Earl Grey)
would not agree to that, as it certainly would be very in-
convenient to discuss the merits of individuals in that
House.—( Hear.) Therefore he would not object to the
discussion upon the bill being postponed, but he would
suggest to the House that it would perhaps be better to take
the discussion upon the motion of the Noble Earl opposite
(Malmesbury) and decide whether it should be postponed
or not—( Cheers)—and then if the House decided, as he
trusted they would, that it should be proceeded in that session,
the further consideration of it might be postponed till the Go-
vernment was settled.
The Earl of MALMESBURY said if the motion for the
second reading was not made, his resolution, which he meant
to propose as an amendment, could have no effect. The
amendment was to this effect, " That at so late a period of the
Session a Bill so new in principle, so deeply interesting to all
classes of the community, and so complicated in its details,
should not be proceeded in, but allowed to remain over till
next Session." He was not, however, prepared to take the
initiative. How would such a proceeding look on their Jour-
nals ? His object was not to make a display, but to have the
Bill left over for due consideration to another Session. It was
his opinion that some legislative measure was necessary upon
the subject ; but were they, because some abuses existed, to
proceed with so sweeping a change as this? If a man was
slightly indisposed, would it not be better to apply some mild
and safe medicine than have recourse to new and dangerous
medicines ? It was not a statesmanlike way of proceeding.

It should be recollected that in many places great improve-
ments had been made in the administration of the present sys-
tem of Poor Laws. He himself, as well as his Noble Friend
(Lord Kenyon), presented many petitions setting forth that
such improvement had taken place. There was no such urgent
necessity, therefore, for pressing forward the measure till next
session. Many months could not elapse till Parliament met
again. An opportunity would thus be afforded of holding con-
verse with their neighbours, and with all parties interested, to
ascertain what were their opinions and feelings upon the sub-
ject. There was not one in a hundred who yet fully under-
stood it, or was aware of the conseonences. Many useful
hints and suggestions might be received in the meantime, be-
cause there were numbers of intelligent ram who had made
the subject of the Poor Laws their study, and who had looked
attentively at this measure, not alone men of landed property,
but persons connected with trade and commerce. Besides
other objections to the Bill, he considered the Magistracy
of the country to have been very ill-treated in it. The prin-
ciple now acted upon was, that the rate-payers themselves
voted the money and superintended the disbursement and ap-
plication of it. This was the just principle. Under this Bill
they would vote the money certainly, but the administration
of it was to be put in the hands of Commissioners. His
principle in this business was non-interference. Let the rate-
payers themselves vote and disburse the money. The crying
objection to it, however, was, that no appeal was left to the
poor man against the overseer. In fact, the provision of
the Bill was, that the overseers should not
.give relief out of
the workhouse. What would be the situation of the poor
under such circumstances? Overseers were not generally
supposed to be very tender-hearted. From Mr. Chadwick's
evidence it would appear that four of them out of every thirty-
four acted harshly. Never was such a measure proposed be-
fore in any free country. They were now, on the 11th of
July, and after s;tting from the 4th of February, going into a
question so important in principle and so complicated in de-
tail that it would be utterly impossible to dispose of it in a way
satisfactory to themselves or the country. Even if he were
friendly to the Bill he would still say the best mode of pro-
ceeding would be to send it to a Committee up stairs. It
would have no chance of full and fair consideration in a Com-
mittee of the whole House, which he might say was chaos per-
sonified. If the second reading should be agreed to, the next
step he would propose was to send it to a Committee up stairs.
In that way they would have the benefit of the opinions and
suggestions of many Noble Lords who, though not in the
habit of speaking, were very competent, from reflection and
experience, to give useful advice in a matter of this kind. No
person could tell whether an Administration could be formed
before the close of the present month, and if they were to sit
through August and September it would not be sufficient to
bring a measure of this kind to a satisfactory close.
The Duke of RICHMOND said it was because the Com-
missioners had made their report, and the overseers and rate-
payers were already acquainted with the nature ,and objects of
the Bill, that he was anxious to have it pass this session. If
the Bill did not pass in the present session, the consequence
would be that the overseers would endeavour, without the Bill,
to carry its clauses into operation--would consider the refusal
of relief out of the workhouse to be the law, and act upon it.
The Bill went more gradually to work than the overseers
would be disposed to do. The guardians under this Bill would
have the same power the overseers now had, and be enabled
to grant relief in certain cases out of the workhouse. Even
under the Act of Queen Elizabeth the overseers might refuse
relief if they were willing to receive the applicant into the
workhouse. Though very anxious that the Bill should pass
this session, he was disposed to postpone it until an Adminis
tration was formed.

The Earl of WINCHIL SE A said that he agreed with his
Noble Friend who spoke last, that it would be a most serious
injury to the country if this Bill were to go over to another
session. Very false statements had gone abroad, and false
impressions made on the minds of people, as to the spirit, the
principle, and the details of this Bill. By part of the public
press it was grossly misrepresented, and every effort made to
defeat it. He was prepared now to vote for the second read-
ing, though he would not pledge himself to the support of all
the clauses. In advocating a measure like this for the amend-
ment of the Poor Laws, though as a landowner he might be
considered as personally interested in it, he could put his hand
to his heart and declare that his great object was the welfare
of the poor and labouring classes.--( Hear.) To whatever
decision their Lordships might come upon the Bill as a whole,
whether they would proceed with it this session or postpone it
till the next, he had no hesitation in saying that there was one
part of it which ought to pass immediately : he meant that
part of it which threw open the labour market—( Hear, hear),
and did not confine men who were willing to work to their
own parishes. If the object could not be effected in this Bill
during the present session, it ought to be made the subject of
a separate bill, which might be disposed of without much de-
lay. There were other Farts of the Bill, to which he would
not now advert, which he looked upon as likely to prove ex-
tremely beneficial. It was owing to the maladministration of
the Poor Laws in this country, and not to the laws themselves,
that they had become a curse in place of being a blessing.
The principle of giving relief out of the workhouse had been
abused ; but he should regret to see the practice entirely done
away with. He should not wish to see the honest industrious
man, who perhaps had been once respectable and happy, but
reduced to misfortune through no fault of his own, placed on
the same footing with the spendthrift who had squandered his
property in dissipation, or the idler who was unwilling to work.
No question could be more deeply interesting to the country
than this. He hoped it would not be discussed as a party
question—( Hear, hear), and that neither misrepresentation
nor intimidation would be allowed to have the least effect in
deciding upon it.
The Marquis of SALISBURY said _the Bill had been re-

presented in a very odious light. It was certainly objection-
able in many parts, but it would not be difficult to introduce
such amendments as would soften down the harshness of some
of its provisions. He would recommend to the Noble Earl
(Grey) to withdraw his motion for the present, or to post-
pone it till an Administration was formed.

The Earl of HARE WOOD regretted that so very im-
portant a measure did not come before them earlier in the
session. It would be better to postpone it till next session.
The delay of a few months could make no great difference,
particularly now when the abuses of the Poor Laws were
diminishing rather than increasing. He wished it to be
postponed principally because, from the particular circum-
stances of the time, it was, in his opinion, impossible it
could get in the present session all the consideration it de-
served. Evdn though an administration was speedily formed,
many circumstances would prevent them from giving such a
measure as this all the attention its importance required.
A new Administration must necessarily have a great variety
of cares upon them besides this Bill, looking to the general
interests of the country, and considering both what had al-
ready been done and what was to be done hereafter. He
could not support the second reading because he objected
to the principle of the Bill. That principle was to give to
Commissioners the whole administration of the Poor Laws.

This would lead to a breach of that ConneciiOn which _

hitherto existed between the poor and the magistracy and
better classes of society, a breach from which he was greatly
apprehensive that much evil would arise.
The Order of the Day was then discharged, and, on the
motion of the Earl of WINCIIELSEA, that day se'nnight was
fixed for the second reading.
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY hoped the Adminis-
tration would be fixed by that time.—Adjourned.

The Memorial Dieppois of the 4th inst. mentions,
that a very serious accident occurred on the Ist inst., at the
sawing mill of M. Mouillard. M. Theroude, the foreman,
was occupied in putting to rights some of the machinery, when
his left arm became entangled in one of the leathern straps
that set the wheels in motion. He was drawn up to the ceil-
ing, in which position his left arm was first broken above the
elbow, and then completely severed from the body, when he
fell to the ground from a height of ten feet. In the very pain-
ful surgical operation which afterwards followed he evinced
unshaken fortitude. and his state, though dangerous, still leaves
room to hope for his discovery.
THE DEAF AND DUMB IN ZUHICII.—Accor-

ding to a recent census made of the population of the Canton
of Zurich, it appears that in a population of 220,000 souls,
the number of deaf and dumb persons amounts to 225. This
is about the proportion observable in other countries • that is
to say, about one deaf and dumb person in 1,000. One case
is recorded of a girl eleven years of age, who was not only
deaf and dumb, but blind also ; so that she had no means of
receiving sensation but by the smell and touch. Of the total
number of deaf and dumb above mentioned, there were 169
who, with the exception of deafness and the deprivation of
speech—the consequence of the want of the faculty of hear-
ing—had no other infirmity, either corporal or intellectual, and
were therefore fully capable of receiving education.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT IN RUSSELL-SQUARE.
—Yesterday morning at half-past three o'clock, a dreadful
and melancholy accidnt occurred in Russell-square, to John
Pallister, a fine young man, warehouseman, in the employ of
Messrs. Gordon and Knight, extensive distillers, residing in
Goswell-street-road, under the following circumstances :
The unfortunate man had been engaged with a fellow-servant
removing some wine from the residence of Mr. Gordon, Fins-
bury-circus, to No. 40, Gower-street, Bedford-square. After
having delivered the wine, they were returning for more, and
were sitting on one of the empty baskets, in the waggon,
which contained upwards of forty baskets of three dozen
bottles each, when suddenly the baskets overturned, and both
men were precipitated from a considerable height on to the
stones, where they lay in a state of insensibility. After a
considerable time had elapsed, with the assistance of the wag-
goner and the police, one of them recovered his senses, and
was enabled to proceed home ; but his unfortunate fellow-
servant was removed in a cab (in a state of total insensibility,
having sustained a dreadful concussion on the brain) to Mid-
dlesex Hospital, where the unfortunate sufferer lies without
the least hopes of recovery. He was particularly respected
Some
firm by his employers, and also by all his fellow-workmen
years since, his father, who was a traveller to a iSn
York-
shire, was waylaid and murdered by some robbers.