The Sun.
London, England, 1834-05-09 00:00:00

THE NEW POOR LAWS BILL.

Mr. R. TAYLOR brought up the report of the tithe
committee on the bill in parliament in relation to the
poor laws.
It stated that the Committee, having carefully and
attentively considered the subject, found that by the
bill lately brought into the House of Commons " for
the amendment and better administration of the laws
relating to the poor in England and Wales," it was
proposed to give to certain commissioners therein
specified vast and extraordinary powers, and to clothe
them with a degree of protection and indemnity
dangerous to the maintenance of civil liberty.
That the delegation of executive powers of legisla-
tion to commissioners, however appointed, would, in
the opinion of the committee, be a dereliction on the
part of the representatives of the people of the high
duties which attached to them as forming one branch
of the legislature of the country ; but that the union of
such persons with judicial and magisterial functions in
the persons of commissioners so appointed by the
crown, and removable at pleasure, was a contravention
of the principles of the English constitution, pernicious
in itself, and alarming as a precedent.
That these dangers were greatly aggravated by
placing the Commissioners beyond the reach of the
authority of the ordinary tribunals of law, and giving
them perfect impunity in the exercise or abuse of their
powers except in the case of their becoming the ob-
jects of parliamentary impeachment.
That both in spirit and in practice it Was a maxim
of English Constitutional Gaverrinient that all taxes
should be imposed and appropriated by the people or
by their representatives, and that to place the vast
revenues levied for the relief of the poor under the
control of Commissioners so appointed was a violation
of that salutary principle, not the less mischievous for
the specious semblance of a limitation of their powers
by the appointment of guardians, a limitation which
would bear no practical efficiency, inasmuch as it was
proposed to extend the right of voting in the election
of such guardians to owners of property, to clergy-
men, and to justices of the peace, not being ratepayers,
by whose instrumentality, aided by the influence of the
commissioners, guardians might be chosen utterly at
variance with the wishes of the ratepayers, in whom
the. free and exclusive choice of these officers ought of
right to remain.

That the undue influence of the commissioners in
the elections of guardians would be open to more easy
exercise on their part from the power which it was
proposed to give them of determining arbitrarily the
number of guardians to be chosen in each parish or
union of parishes.
That the committee were fully aware of the im-
portant advantages which would be derived from con-
solidating the administration of the poor laws, but be-
ing convinced that these advantages might be obtained
by the agency of commissioners to be chosen by the
ratepayers, and to be subject only to such general re-
gulations as Parliament in its wisdom should from
time to time ordain, the committee were of opinion
that it was expedient that the Court of Common
Council should forthwith petition the House of Com-
mons that the bill referred to might not pass into a law
in its present state. (Loud cries of " Hear.")
Mr. R. TAYLOR said it was not by any mf..ians the
wish of the committee to advizte the interposition of
the court to prevent the improvement of the existing
system of poor laws. The bill aimed at objects
which it would be extremely desjrable to acoxnplish,
but he considered that the means suggested for the
attainment of those objects were exceedingly ob-
jectionable, and the committee had unanimously
condemned them. ( Hear, hear.) The committee

offered no captious objections upon a subject of such
great moment, but were anxious that the court should
give the matter the examination which it deserved.
He moved that the court do agree to the report.
Mr. HErem, seconded the proposition.
Mr. STEVENS spoke against the intended bill, and.
concluded by expressing his most fervent hope and
expectation that the measure would soon meet the fate
which all seemed to unite now in admitting it merited.
(Cheers.)
Mr. DIXON asked whether there was any one of
the members of the City in Court to take up the peti-
tion, which no doubt would be unanimously passed ?.
The LORD MAYOR -said the members for the City
were engaged in the Committee of the House of
Commons on the Islington Market Bill.
The report was then agreed to unanimously.
Mr. R. TAYLOR now proposed the petition to Par'
liament not to pass the Poor Laws Bill in its present
state.

Mr. PEACOCK thought the motion of the latter gen-
tleman did not go far enough, and he should therefore
move as an amendment that the petition do pray the
house not to pass it at all.
Mr. Deputy Wool) and Mr. GALLOWAY spoke
against the bill.
Mr. R. TAYLOR said that, as the bill contained
great deal of what was good, he thought the Co!.t
ought only to pray that it should not be passed in Its
present shape. It might be so amended in conunittee.
as to be acceptable, but he despaired of the efficiency
of any measure so long as the agricultural labourer
remained so completely at the mercy of the landed we'
nopolists, who had by the enclosure of the cowmen
lands deprived them of the only chance of independence
and comfort.
Mr. Dixon—l'll vote for the amendment, for "11l
the committees in the world could not make this bo
one that could be endured. (Hear.)
The amendment to the effect that the House efl
Commons should be petitioned to throw out the WI
altogether was then carried by a large majority.
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION INQUIRY.
Mr. PRITCHARD (the chairman of the corporal
committee) brought up the report of the committee d•I
the whole court, which was ordered to be printed, al t
the discussion upon which was adjourned till "el' I
4.
court day.
. _

After the transaction of some business of Ic7ser
port, the court adjourned.

THE MARKETS.

GENERAL AVEItA GE PUICE OF BRITISH COBT4L,
For the Week' ended 'May 2, 1834, made up from the It.EVI
of the Inspectors in the different Clues and Towns in
and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. 011.
4d.1 Oats 19F.
Barley 4,1,1 Rye 313. 6d I 34.1.
HPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF TUE NIX WEEKS raircselii:
Wheat—. 475. 8:11 Oats —18 s. 43.1 8ean5.,..........32c cd,
Barley.-- 275. 103. I Rye —......... 31s. 10d 1 341,

DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN-
Wheat.. Oats 196. 9d.1 Beans—. 5,1.
Barley-21s. 4d.1 Rye 225. 91j Pease—. , 1136.

COUNFRY CORN MARKLTS DURING THE W.

Wheat. Barley. I Oats.
Per Quarter. s. to s. s. s. s. to s. I t 0
Blandford 53 23 20 35
6rlgg- 4O 58 36 40 15 22 30 28
Cambridge 45 26 15 31
Chard 148 52 24 26 16 20 ~v 4 33
Huntingdon—. 58 63 24 27 16 20 zZ, 35
Long Sutton-- 56 64 17 22 42
Louth 148 54 28 32 18 22 40 31
Lynn l5O 60 22 25 16 20 92 40
Newark 57 60 29 40 16 22 34
Nottingham 40 50 27 32 17 22 r. 36
Peterborough —.... 38 48 25 29 13 21 ---
Plymouth 5O 64 30 31 20 r 43
Sleafonl
Pontefract--.. 4l
36 43
65 70 36 38 22 26 39
Uppingham 42 47 28 :32 22 30 35
Wisbech 48 62 20 33 14

LEWES MARKET.—May 6•
White Wheat (per quarter)...........X2 0
Red 2 60
Barley lO 1 1 6
Oats, New ••••••••••••••••••••••~0•W1..../... 0? 16 0 00 0
Pease • ►s
12 0 0 per thou_ 00 10 £2 12 1:1,

''''.....Th 6.
CHELTENHAM .MA .
lb
Per Bushel.- s. d. to-s. d Pet . d. to d.
Wheat
Barley 3 0 3 9 Mutton
1
Oats 2 6 3 3 Veal
Beans
06
75
00 PorkLaub
..
...............
.e. :6 8
Pease
Hay W. 10s to 31. 150____)____d. per ton.

LEEDS CORN 111 A RKET.—May 6.
Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, 601 b.. 4os. to 565. 4
-- 355. to
York. and Lincoln. 601 b.
2Ss. to 40s.
Barley, Norfolk and Suffblk
Yorkshire and Lincolnshire 27s. to 345..
to 2E".
Grinding
Beans. 6Mb.
Oats, Potatoe
-.....lltesting, For. ISILL to 13d.........4... Soirgd tO 103441. per
Shelling
Rapeseed, English, 231. to 27. FOre"ig..n.-1. "Dtre.-:lPer. petl°l3atil
4.1

LI V Eft VOOL CORN EXCHANGE.—May 6.
WHEAT, English, White, per 701 b.
Red
--- Scotch, Welch, and Manx
-- Irish, White 6 9 7 0
Red 5 6 69 '
0 '
Foreign
OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 b lO 3, .11
2 ',
Irish
3.2
Foreign 0 0 o '.
~
BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter ‘,.. "3 0 ~ ii 0
-- Scotch and Irish, per 601bs.
380
Feeding ,2
3 6
BEANs, English, per Imperial quarter 37 6 28- 0 .
3
Irish, &c.
a 41 °
Foreign
PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter 42 0 o 42 0• ;
Foreign
FLOOR, English, per 2801 b. -
Irish
21 0 '' '
OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 2401b5. ......... 0 58
INDIAN CORN, per 4401 b.
Itva, per Imperial quarter
48 0
MALT, per Imperial quarter
IMPORT OF GRAIN for the Week ending Oai 4.041101"/''
Wheat. Oats.
V;11
I Barley Flour. 1-oak
16,
Sclol.
Qrs.
10, Qrs.oB3 Qrs. IForeign,64 Brls.llrish 81c. 2.,231
660 1,046 1,4 I , •

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS ,r
AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL-STit

(From the London Gazette.) 1.1. ji tt.'
TO-NIORHOW, MAY 10. 1 st
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D. Douglas, baker, Whiteellapel-road . ........... -••••••".. tit
DIVIDENDS.
S. Barber, draper, Drury-lane ........................ ...•••••

BIRTHS. of 611°'
On the sth inst., the lady of Colonel Gwyn
brae Park, of a daughter.
On the 4th inst., the lady of Mr. Henry 11°111tp::
Stonefield-street, Islington, of a son.
On the 2d inst., at Margate, the wife of
Hoffman, surgeon, of a daughter.

MARRIED. ,if aylebl
On the Bth inst., at Trinity Church, "'Lighter
Daniel Mildred, Esq., of Woodford, to Emily,
Brice Pearse, Esq., of Munkham, Essex. ,_;„ f,clloof
On the 19th of Dcember last, at Ceylon,..Nu'r Ater 1
Wodehouse, Esq., to Katherine Mary, eldest daup.,„64.
F. J. Templer, Esq., of the Civil Service of that opise!
On the 18th September last, at Governinen,tuoie
Parramatta, New South Wales, Edward Deas oisP"
Golfer° "
Esq., F.L. S., Clerk of the Councils to the
...I I;
youngest son of Sir John Deas Thomson, 1(0.11,00
Anne Alaria, daughter of his Excellency 515.1°."
Bourke, C. 8., Governor of that Colony.
On the 6th inst., at Barham, Suffolk, R. 3107,1
of Islington, to Lucy, eldest daughter. of R. GeTeirbt.'
of Lewes, Sussex, and niece of the Rev. Willialumf, Pl_l';
On the sth inst., at St. James's Church, Picestc.Wra ).
Thomas Jones, of Llanbadarn Tref Egiwys,
to Helena, the second daughter of Thomas 03". :'
•
of Llanddewv Aberarth, South Wales. 0010 I
/
On the inst., at Clapham Church, Ro—hart loom/'
Esq., of Dublin, to Jemima, only daughter
Howell, Esq., of Clapham. ,ralard'el
On the 6th inst., at Godmanchester, Philip ton
of Alwalton House, Hunts, to Phillip 9,00'
daughter of J. T. Baumgartner, Esq., 'slit
shester. forasi!ire'd PA.
On the 6th inst., at Datchvvoc.th, liert ,fid sonop-
Rev. James Hesse, rector of Knebworth, see'"' h,
Hesse, Esq„ of Chisfield Lodge, to Susalln_ad, s:;
daughter ofJohn Green, Esq., of Bragbury
On the 6th inst., at Hove, Sussex, Litrir.,49, Ai;
Degen Lewis, Esq., Royal Engineers, to
Scott, eldest daughter of Hugh Scott, EsaitA
Roxburghshire. 13!
On the 6th inst., at St, Mary's, IslingtOo!...h Alf 4, of
Esq., surgeon, of Islington, to Eliza, foW..:d tiolle'cos
iwand at the same time the Rev. George Easyr - '
Friroley, Surrey, to Caroline, youngest acre. j
late John Willis, Esq., of MeckleqHF:i

Captain Philip Ripley, of York-terraoo liege°
On the Bth inst., Mr.l)ChlarElDesilv4,el4l, of CharulS_;,,a fir°7fter
On the 7th inst.. Ellirna Jane, 'ale infao vt`,7lar.
pttiso*
On the 2d inst.,
aged 35, • JO
On the P ince Hayti, _
10th of March, at P t-aw- r 'F• Petiole'
at Cc4ronill Air,
, Or
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Dorset Charles Fellowes, Esq., son v` JO
Esq., of Buckingham, in his 23d Year'
On the 6th inst„ ''
in Cornw_; ~.'
an place Holloway,
Pattullo Esq. sur lola 6411
On the 13th'Janguary, inn
his passage to Engl ,t on
Calcutta, Lieut. G. Si: Archer, Rith Foot, young" ~
ev'
of the late General Archer Grenadier Guards.
On the 6th inst., Mr. Randall, of Fleet-street, Weil
On the 27th ult. at the Rectory, TwYf°„rel4kios,
aged 73, Anne, relict of the late Rev. Win. ry ,
that place. S°
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