The Sun.
London, England, 1850-05-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 289 1850.

The room was subsequently searched, and a bullet
was found on the floor. The police arrived soon af-
terwards, and when the pockets of the deceased were
examined, a letter was found, directed to his father,
which was proved to be in the deceased's handwriting.
The letter was as follows :
" Dear Father,—Shan you receive this I shall be no
more, for I have made up my mind not to live any
longer without Miss Straker. Her shadow is always
following me by night and day, and my thoughts are
constantly with her. _

" Your affectionate son,
" THOMAS HUNT COOPER.'

Witness added, that she fully believed if the landlord
had not come so providentially to her aid the deceased
would have shot her.

Mr. Robert Tibbetts, surgeon, of Blackfriars-road,
was next examined. He proved the frightful nature
of the injuries the deceased had received, which must
have caused instant death.

Other witnesses were examined, who clearly proved
the deceased had been of weak intellect for some years
past.

The jury returned a verdict of temporary insanity.
DREADFUL SUICIDE.-Mr. William Payne, the
coroner for London and Southwark, was engaged for
several hours on Friday night, at the Harrow public.
house, Borough-market, inquiring into the death of a
female, apparently about thirty years of age, at pre-
sent unknown, who committed self-destruction at the
London-bridge Railway Tavern.
Mrs. Sarah Wallis, the landlady of the Railway
Tavern, on the Surrey side of London-bridge, stated
that on Wednesday evening last the deceased came to
the bar, and asked if she could be accommodated
with a bed. She had a small basket in her hand, and
said she expected a letter from some one that evening,
and added that when it arrived would I forward it to
her apartment ? Deceased went out two or three

times during the evening. On the following day,
about four o'clock, a letter came, directed to " Mrs.
Lloyd, at the Railway Tavern, London-bridge." At
seven o'clock the deceased went out, and soon after-
wards came in with a female, who went up-stairs with
her. The deceased ordered tea and toast for two.
The female referred to left in about an hour, and the
deceased remained in her room. At half past eleven
the same night witness went up-stairs and knocked at
the door of the deceased's bed-chamber, but not re-
ceiving any answer opened the door and walked in,
when witness discovered the deceased sitting on a chair,
with her head reclining on the bed. The deceased's
features were dreadfully disfigured, and witness, be-
ing alarmed, ran out to the adjoining room and
called a gentleman, who found that the deceased was
insensible. She had a small phial firmly clasped in
her right hand labelled, " Sulphuric acid—poison."
The deceased was attired in a black satin gown. The
deceased's face was dreadfully burnt by the effects of
the acid which had fallen from the bottle. The de-
ceased wore a blue necktie, a silver brooch, gold ear-
rings, white stockings, black laced boots, Sze. In
her basket were found a letter and a small note; the
former was the one which came by post on Thursday
afternoon, and the same bore no date or signature.
The principal portion of the letter was to the follow-
ing effect :—" For Heaven's sake I hope you will not
commit any rash act, or think of destroying yourself.
I trust you will be advised by the female friend to
whom I referred you, and who, I am sure, will give
you the beat of advice. By the time you receive this
letter I shall have sailed from England for ever."
There were 4s. in silver and a pocket-handkerchief in
her basket.

After some further evidence of no importance the
inquiry was adjourned with the view of finding out
the deceased friends.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON BOARD THE CHINESE JUNK.
—An inquest was held on Saturday evening, by Mr.
T. Higgs, coroner, at the Lyceum Tavern, Strand,
on body of William Upfold, aged 34, a carpenter,
employed aboard the Chinese Junk Keying. The
evidence of the witnesses proved that the deceased
accidentally fell into the water and was drowned.—
Verdict accordingly.

[The following appeared in our Third Edition of
last night :—]

FRANCE.
General Cavaignac, M. Coquerel, M. Come, and
M. Ferdinand de Lasteyrie, have presented the fol-
lowing amendment to the Electoral Law :
" The electoral domicile shall be established by the
real residence in the commune in which the citizen shall
have satisfied the laws of recruiting for the army and
nary. This domicile shall, however, be transferred to
any commune in which the citizen may have fixed his
principal establishment, subject to his making six
months before the revision of the electoral list the double
declaration prescribed by Article 104 of the Civil Code."
The Constitutionnel has the following on the Greek
question :

"As facts come to light, they show morn and more
the legitimate character of the complaints of the French
Government. We render all justice to the language
used by Lord Palmerston and by Lord John Russell in
the House of Commons; there is nothing iu it which
can offend either France or her Government. But
the finest words are not equivalent to the most
simple explanations. The French Government is not
actuated by any hostile intention, but it must protect
its honour and the interests of the country. It must be
either shown that good faith has been observed towards
it, and a sincere desire fur the success of its intervention,
or it must henceforth abstain from any intimate relation
and all co-operation with the English Minister of Foreign
Affairs. Intimate relations and habitual co-operation
demand, in fact, a mutual confidence and equal security
on both sides. In the case which we suppose, it will be
shown that France cannot with security rely either on
the words or the acts of Lord Palmerston."

will succeed him, and Louis Napoleon Bonapsrte is to
be appointed Grand Marshal of the Kingdom!"
The Itisorgimento of the 22d inst. announces,
under date Florence the 18th, that the Nazionale,
which had been suspended at the request of the
Neapolitan Government for libelling the King of
Naples, was allowed to resume its publication on
the 17th.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, May 27.
(Before Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD.)
:IN BE JAMES KILLICK.
The bankrupt, a carpenter and builder, of Dorking,
applied for his certificate.

Mr. BUTLER (Basinghall-street) prepared the ba-
lance-sheet, which showed that the bankrupt owed
1,914/. ; assets about 230/. The profits were 731. ;
losses, 6051.; interest and expenses, 5871.; deficiency
February, 1848, 574/.
Mr. Linklater appeared for the assignees to oppose;
Mr. Lawrence supported the bankrupt.
The main grounds of objection were, that the
bankrupt had allowed his stock to be seized in exe-
cution shortly before coming to this Court, and that
he bad been guilty of a preference to a certain cre-
ditor.

His HONOUR said, that parties coming to this Court
must be taught that they could only receive its pro-
tection upon giving up all their property. Instead of
the bankrupt calling his creditors together, which it
was his duty to do when he was in difficulties, he had
allowed one creditor to obtain possession of his stock.
'_L'he bankrupt had also made a preferential payment
to his father, and although the sum had been reco-
vered, it did not purge the offence. Upwards of a
twelvemonth had elapsed since the case came into
Court, and six months since the first application for
certificate. Taking into consideration all the facts of
the case, a further suspension of the certificate for six
months must be ordered without protection, till he
had been three months in prison.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, May 27.
(Before the CHIEF COMMISSIONER.)
IN RE JOHN LEWES.
This was a rule calling upon the assignees to show
cause why a creditor should not be allowed to prove
a debt against the estate, although it was not inserted
in the schedule. The insolvent was discharged by
this Court so long ago as 1825, and several dividends
I have been paid amounting in the whole to 9s. in the
pound.
I Mr. SARGOOD, on behalf of the assignees, contended
I that the debt could not be admitted, being barred by
the Statute of Limitations.
Mr. NrcuoLs, in support of the rule, argued that
the insolvent (whom the assignees represented) could
not avail himself of his own wrong in omitting the
creditor from the schedule, and that, therefore, the
statute could not apply.
The CHIEF COMMISSIONER thought that the insol-
vent could not be permitted to avail himself of his own
omission to resist the debt, and therefore made the
rule absolute for allowing the proof.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Lew.)
IN RE JOHN RIRBY.
This insolvent, who had carried on business in
Buckingham-street, Strand, as a bottled beer and
wine merchant, under the style of Kirby and Co.,
was opposed by Mr. Sargood for Mr. Waters.
The case was heard on a former day, and the com-
plaint was contracting Mr. Water's debt without
reasonable expectations of payment. The insolvent
had been bankrupt in 1823 and in 1828 ; on the lat-
ter occasion did not obtain a certificate. He had
twice previously petitioned this Court.
Mr. Commissioner LAW ordered the insolvent to
be discharged after the lapse of 11 calendar months
from the date of the vesting order.

SURREY SESSIONS, May 27.
These sessions commenced this morning, at
the Sessions House, Newington-causeway, before
Thomas Puckle, Esq., and a full bench of magistrates.
The calendar was rather heavy, containing the names
of 70 prisoners for trial, the majority of whom can
neither read nor write.

The grand jury haring been sworn, and the Chair-
man having addressed them, the Court proceeded to the
trial of prisoners ; but no case of importance occurred
during the day.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
A BET ON Tllll " DERBT."— Willi= Cooper, of
No. 23, Rathbone-place, described on the police-sheet
as of "no occupation," was brought before Mr.
Bingham, charged with having obtained from Thomas
Clifford, landlord of the Three Doves, Berwick-street,
the sum of 51. by fraudulent pretences.
The complainant said the defendant, who was a
stranger to him, came into his house on Sunday and
had some brandy-and-water at the bar. The de-
fendant, talked about the Derby race on Wednesday,
and boasted that he had got odds to the extent of 1001.
to 21. on Clincher, and had in his possession a ticket
from Searle's, the Salisbury Arms, Strand, as a
voucher for the bet. The defendant asked him which
horse he thought would win, and he replied Clincher.
While this conversation was going on, a person came
to him, and, in a confidential whisper, advised him
" to get all he could on Clincher ;" and, as the gentle-
man at the bar had made a good bet, he would per-
haps give good odds to make himself safe, and
witness would have quite security enough if be con-
sented to deposit his betting ticket with him. Wit-
ness then asked prisoner if he would make him a bet ?
The prisoner said he would, and ultimately it was
agreed that witness should pay 51., to receive 301. and
his 51. back in case Clincher won the race. Witness
gave the prisoner five sovereigns, and received what
purported to be a ticket from Searle of a bet of 1001.
to 21. on Clincher. As soon as the prisoner had got
the money he was in a wonderful hurry to be off, for
the purpose, as he said, of backing Bolingbroke. The
prisoner left the house in such a hurry that he did not
finish the brandy-and-water. Witness felt some mis-
givings about his security, and he mentioned his fears
to his wife. After a few minutes' counsel he decided
on going to the Salisbury Arms to inquire about the
ticket. When he showed the ticket to the person in
the bar of the Salisbury Arms, he was told it was a
forgery. Yesterday morning having found the pri-
soner in a betting-house in Jermyn-street, he gave
him into custody.
Mr. Woolf, who appeared for the complainant,
contended that a clear case of fraud had been com-
mitted, inasmuch as his client had parted with his
money on the faith of that which now turned out to
be a mere piece of pasteboard being a valuable se-
curity.
Mr. Harris, for the prisoner, argued that the trans-
action throughout was illegal on the part of the
complainant.
Mr. BINGHAM said the line of defence was, in fact,
going so far as to say that thief might rob thief, and
gambler rob gambler. He doubted very much that
this was the law. At all events he would take time
to consider the question.
Mr. Bishop, the clerk, handed to the magistrate
the th and 9th Viet., cap. 109, sec. 17, which made
it punishable to obtain. money by any kind of false
pretence from a person on account of any game,
sport, or pastime, and which applied exactly to the
case before the court.
The prisoner was remanded; but admitted to bail
in two sureties of 501. each.
CLEILKENWELL.
Mary Honin, a young woman, with a child in her
arms, was charged with having assaulted one of the
overseers of Clerkenwell parish.
The overseer said that the prisoner came to the
board-room to ask for relief, and request a Fair of
shoes for her child. Ile told her that that was not a
shoe-warehouse, and ofrdered her to be put out. She
insisted on having rel;i,ef, and he ordered the gate-
keeper to force her out, when she struck him (the
overseer), and he gave her into custody. Her hus-
band, who was outside,, threatened his life. He was
an idle, desperate fellow, and would not work.
The prisoner, crying, said she was in great dis-
tress, and her child wlts without shoes. She did not
deny the charge, sayin g she was treated with violence
first.

Mr. TYRWHITT disc larged her, and ordered her
eiaccteed. and in great
huAsbnanedldteorlfiyndinbaani,l teolricideeenpuytheamp
workhouse,
distress, complained t hat the overseers had refused
to relieve him or admit him into the
Clerkenwell.
Mr. TWYRHITT—What reason do they assign for
their refusal ? Applicant—They say lam an Irish-
man, and they will not relieve or admit me unless my
wife goes into the workhouse with me, which she will
not do, as she can scrsope a scanty living for herself
by washing.
Mr. TYEWHITT—I suppose they think that she can
support you and herself through her washing labour.
Applicant (crying)--Perhaps so, Sir; but she can
hardly support herself, :and she would rather do any-
thing than go into the workhouse, and I am very ill.
What am Ito do ?
Mr. TYRWHITT—Pray how old are you! Appli-
cant—l am 69 years o f age, your Worship.
Mr. TYRWHITT—Hcrw long have you lived in the
parish of Clerkenwell ? Applicant—Upwards of 30
years.

- Mr. TYRWHITT consifiered it strange conduct on
the part of the parish fin refusing to relieve or admit
him into the workhouse without his wife. His long
residence entitled him ba consideration and relief, and
he directed an officer to accompany him to the work-
house on the day of his !first application. The poor old
man attended on the ft Wowing day, full of grief, to
say that the parish office rs were obdurate, and still
were determined not to. admit him without his wife.
Mr. TTRWHITT censor red such a course of proceed-
ing, and said the oversee rs would bring odium on the
parish if they pursued S.l ach proceedings, and the case
of the applicant should t .e attended to.
The old man was that ikful, and left the court.
Other cases of a simile
.r nature hive occurred, with

reference to this :Ltd other parishes, which have led to
some severe nicu.....ks from the Bench.
L.4.IIIBETH.
William Turner, a rough-looking fellow, was placed
at the bar before Mr. Elliott, and charged, on suspi -
cion, with stealing a vast quantity of massive plate
found in his possession.
Police-constable Thomas Hepburn, 308 P, deposed
that on that morning, about four o'clock, while on
duty on the Brixton-road, he observed the prisoner
going along with a bundle slung over his shoulder,
and, suspecting all was not right, asked him what he
had got ? The prisoner, in a gruff voice, replied,
that he bad better see. He then stopped him and ex-
amined the buridle, and found, tied up in two hand-
kerchiefs, the following articles of massive plate,
viz. :—A teapot, a coffeepot, a sugar-basin, a cream
jug, a pair of sugar tongs, a salt spoon, a pair of salt
stands, ten table spoons, twenty forks, four silver knives,
two knife-rests, a pair of nut,crackers, and a china
scent-box. The witness asked the prisoner where he got
the property, and his reply was, " if I
tell you."
When asked by the magistrate if he wished to say
anything to the charge, the prisoner replied, that it
was no use as the police would say anything.
SOUTHWARK.
William Morley, a well-dressed man, apparently
between fifty and sixty years of age, wearing specta-
cles, was brought before Mr. A'Beckett, charged with
uttering a fictitious cheque for 251. on Messrs. Drum -
mond's, in liquidation of a tavern bill he had run up
at the Bridge-house Hotel, Wellington-street, Lon-
don-bridge. The prisoner is suspected of having
uttered several other cheques of a similar description
to other tavern keepers in the metropolis.
Mr. T. W. Burrell stated that he is proprietor of
the above hotel, and that the prisoner came there in the
course of last week, bringing with him a portmanteau,
and engaged a private sitting-room as well as a bed-
room. He did not mention where he came from nor
how long he intended to remain, but he ordered and
was provided with the best the house afforded up to
last Saturday, when some suspicion being excited
his bill was made out and sent to him. When it
was placed in his hands he merely glanced over
it, and then said that he had not sufficient change
to discharge it, but added that he would give a
cheque on his bankers for the amount. He
they called for pen and ink, and in the presence of the
waiter, wrote out a cheque on Messrs. Drummond's
for 251., desiring him to take it to his master, and
added that, as it was then after banking Wours, if it
was presented on the following Monday it would be
cashed at once. Complainant, upon the faith of the
cheque, supplied the prisoner with further refresh-
ments, amounting since Saturday to 1/. 125., and
when he took the cheque to be cashed that morning
the messenger was informed that the drawer of it
had "no effects" there, nor was he even known to the
establishment. Upon this discovery the prisoner
was given into custody, and the complainant added
that he had since every reason to believe that the
prisoner had been carrying on a system of plunder
on hotel and tavern keepers by similar means ; and
that he had recently run up a bill at the Hotel de
Paris in the Haymarket, and uttered one of his spu-
rious cheques in payment.
Mr. A'BECKETT asked the prisoner what he had to
say in answer to the charge ?
The prisoner, who is very deaf, or assumed to be so,
stood at the bar, apparently quite unconcerned, with
a smile on his countenance, and, when asked the
question by the magistrate, he shook his head and
said, "I am extremely deaf. I can perceive your
lips move, and imagine from the movement that you
have asked me what I have to say; but I have not
beard a word, either proceeding from yourself or from
my prosecutor."

_ .
The complainant said, that the prisoner did not ex-
hibit such a total deprivation of hearing whilst en-
joying himself at his house, and as it since turned out, at
his expense, as he did upon the present occasion ; and
that, i❑ his opinion, it was now in a great measure
assumed, to suit some particular purpose.
The prisoner, who still kept shaking his head and
expressing his inability to hear a word, begged that
he might be permitted to read the evidence given
against him.

Mr. A'BECKETT at once assented to the prisoner's
request, and the minutes of the evidence having been
placed before him he read it attentively, and at its
conclusion merely said, "It is perfectly correct." It
was then announced to the prisoner that he was sus-
pected of giving a wrong name, and he was asked
whether he would now divulge his right one. He,
however, refused to give any further account than he
had already given, and as it was stated that
it was strongly suspected he was in the habit of
practising similar impositions, he was remanded
until next Monday, on which day it is be-
lieved that a number of tradesmen who have been
duped by him will attend.

THE COUNTRY MJ
The following is the official statement
corn, &c., received in the port of Lond
Essex, from the 20th May, 1850, to
both inclusive :

.RKETS

of the quantities of
on from the ports in
the 25th May, 1850,

- g ./. .; 8
4
g
0 0 444
Colchester lB6l 24 350 —( 14 95
Harwich
Leigh 4OB/ j 30
Maldon 825, —100 i ! 283 64 1000

CHELMSFORD, MAY 24.—Prices to-day were as follow:
Wheat, white, old 36s to 465; new 37a to 478; red, old
34s to 403; new, 33s to 393; barley, 23a to 25s ; chevalier
24s to 26s ; grinding 2ls to 23s ; oats 15s to 205; malt 53,
to 555; chevalier 54s to 565; peas, partridge, new 25s to
279 ; old, —8 to —a ; white, new, 26s to 283 ; old, —s to —1;
dun, new, 24s to 26s ; beans, tick, new 23s to 26s ; old, 24s
to 278 ; harrow ticks, new 24s to 278; old 25s to 28s; ma-
zagan, new 22, to 248; old 238 to 25s per qr.
COLCHESTER, MAY 25.—Wheat, white 42s to 46s ; red 403
to 42s ; barley 22s to 24, ; beans, mazagan 24s to 258; middle
and small 26s to 288; peas 24s to 28s per qr.
HADDINGTON, MAT 24.—The following are the prices of
grain at our market to-day : --
Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans.
First ... ... 418 Od 24s 6d 22s 6d 32s Od
Second ... ... 38s ld 233 2d 20s 9d 28s 2d
Third ... .. 34s Od 22s 6d 19s Od 23s Od
Total quantity of Wheat in market 396 qrs., 391 sold
Barley. Oats. Do. Barley do. 124 qrs., 124 sold
Do. Oats do. 279 qrs., 266 sold
Do. Beans do. 75 qr 3., 75 sold
KIREALDY, MAY 25.—The following are the quotations
up to this date :
Wheat.
21Osats6.d —s Beanosd. I
s
First 423 Od 2B2as
Second 393 Od 20s Od 203 Od —s Od I—s Od
Third 353 Od 173 Od 173 Od —5 Od i—s 01
_Peaso.d

crop in the south of En ;land was one of the most defec-
tive that had been known. The crop of 1849 would not,
of course, appear in the return until the latter part of the
year; and he believed that the agricultural distress now
so much and, he admitted, so justly complained of, had
much more to do with the consequences of the very bad
crop of 1841 than with the change in the law. If the
Noble Earl coniparel the quantity of corn sold in the
last six months with the quantity sold in the correspond-
ing six months of the year before perfect free trade was
established, he would find that since the harvest of 1849
came into operation there had been a very
large increase in the amount of corn sold
as compared with the latter period.—(Hear.) He
would only add, that he considered this a question far
too important to be argued upon the imperfect data of
the occurrences of a few months. He believed that those
who would dispassionately and carefully examine into the
practical effects of protection, as it had been tried under
various modifications during a period of 30 years, and
would look to the melancholy consequences which had
resulted from raising expectations on the part of the
farmers which were constantly disappointed, would admit
that—judging even at this early period of their expe-
rience of the new policy—it was impossible to say that
the interests of agriculture had been disadvantageously
affected. He believed there never was a time when
greater exertions were made to improve the system of
cultivation and to diminish the cost of obtaining agricul-
tural produce, and he was satisfied that those efforts
would meet the success they deserved.—(Hear, hear.)
Lord STANLEY said the Noble Earl (Earl Grey)
seemed perfectly convinced of the merits of the system he
had adopted; he saw nothing in the state of the country
to cause the slightest apprehension or alarm; and he
thought all interests were at this moment prospering in
the highest degree.—(lronical cries of " Hear," from the
Protectionists.) He (Lord Stanley) was not surprised
to hear the Noble Earl say that if he and his Noble
Friends on that side would only tell the Noble Earl
what measures they intended to propose, he (Earl Grey)
was satisfied—without knowing what the nature of such
measures might be—that he could show very good
reasons against their adoption.—(Laughter.) The
Noble Earl opposite had said that previously to the abo-
lition of the corn-laws many incidental discussions had
taken place with the object of preparing the public mind
for an alteration of the then existing state of things.
Now, although he (Lord Stanley) agreed with the
Noble Earl that this question was not to be decided
upon the imperfect information they now possessed, and
still less by desultory discussions like the present—and
he wished to remind the Noble Earl that ho and his
Noble Friends did not on these occasions call upon
their Lordships to come to any decision on the subject
—yet he would tell the Noble Earl that his intention
and that of his friends was by those discussions
to impress upon the public mind, week by week, and
day by day, if need be—(Cheers from the Opposition
benches)—the practical operation and working of the
system which had been introduced by the revision of the
import duties upon agricultural produce. He would not
answer the Noble Earl's question as to what form or
amount of duty they might think it right to propose.
He (Lord Stanley) would say, however, that he was sa-
tisfied a change was coming over the public mind.—
(Cheers from the Opposition benches.) He did not ex-
pect that change to come over the mind of the Noble
Earl—(A laugh)—but the public, who watched the pro-
gress of' events, and that portion of the public especially
who were suffering under that progress of events, were
beginning to open their eyes to the real effects of the
system of the so-called free trade; they were watching
the progress of this most dangerous experiment, and
were gradually arriving at the conviction that in some
shape or other an alteration must be made in that ex-
periment, and that they must revert to a system of pro-
tective duties. He would say to the Noble Earl oppo-
site, " You promised us great results, universal em-
ployment, high wages, increased consumption, in-
creased prosperity; but we find, and prove from your
own papers and figures, that those promises have not
been fulfilled ; and you are compelled now not to
point to the successful issue of your predictions, but to
assign reasons why those predictions have not been veri-
fied, and why, even if free trade had not been adopted,
we could not have enjoyed prosperity." His Noble Friend
(the Earl of Malmesbury) had compared the pauperism
of this country in 1850 with what it was in 1846. The
Noble Earl opposite (Earl Grey) admitted that pauper-
ism in 1850 was greater than in 1846; but he said it was
less in 1850 than it had been in 1847, 1848, or 1849. But
it must be remembered that in 1850 they had had an
abundant harvest at home; while in 1847, 1848, and
1849, in additicn to the blessings of free trade, they had
had the blessings of famine also. He (Lord Stanley)
was satisfied that the returns did not accurately repre-
sent the amount of pauperism, which had increased to a
much greater extent than appeared from these papers.
But he (Lord Stanley) called upon the Government, if
the present state of the country did not arise from free
trade, to say to what it was to be attributed. He
would show their Lordships that returns presented to
Parliament were very deceptive. He (Lord Stanley)
would ask their attention to the fact that it appeared,
from returns, that there had been, in 1849, an apparent
increase of above 5,000,000/. in the declared value of
exports, as compared with 1845. But when they sifted
these papers they would find that there were introduced
into the returns for 1849 a number of additional arti-
cles, to the amount of no less than 2,500,0001., which
did not exist at all in the returns with which the com-
parison was made.—(Hear, hear.) The increase ap-
peared to have been from 53,000,000/. in 1845, to
58,000,000/. in 1849, but from this increase they must
deduct the two millions and a half he had mentioned.
He admitted that the export trade had increased, but
the export trade, important as it was, was unimportant
compared with the amount of the home trade. Although
they had statistical means of obtaining the amount of
exports, they had not any corresponding means of ascer-
taining the amount of consumption in the home market;
but it was his firm belief that, whatever advantage the
manufacturing and commercial interests might have de-
rived from the increase of their exports had been more
than counterbalanced by the diminished power of the
home consumers to become purchasers of their manu-
factures. He would take the case of cotton. In the
first three months of 1849 the imports were 547,000
bales ; in the corresponding months of 1850 they
had fallen to 468,000 bales. The consumption
of cotton at home from the Ist of January
to the 12th of April, 1849, was 432,500
bales; in the corresponding period of this year it was
only 338,000 bales, showing a decrease of 94,500 bales,
or 21 per cent.—(Hear, hear.) If then, the consuming
power of the country was diminishing, and Noble Lords
opposite contended that the diminution was not caused
by free trade, upon them rested the onus of showing to
what the decrease of consumption was to be attributed.
He found that there had been a diminished consumption
of various articles which were regarded as luxuries ra-
ther than as necessaries of life by people in a humble
class of life, proving as strongly as anything could do the
petty economy 'which such persons were obliged to exer-
cise under the universally prosperous system of free
trade.—(Cheers and a laugh from the Opposition
benches.) He would take five or six articles of ordinary
consumption. The consumption of cocoa, which, in
the first three months of 1848, had been 877,0001 b.,
and in the same period of 1849, 922,0001 b., had been in
the first three months of 1850 only 724,0001 b. The
consumption of coffee had fallen from 9,900,0001 b. in
1848, and 9,386,0001 b. in 1849, to 7,465,0001 b. in 1850.
The consumption of currants in 1848 was 73,000 cwt., in
1849, 88,000 cwt., and in 1850, 66,000 cwt. In 1848
the consumption of figs was 4,746 cwt., in 1849 5,304
cwt., and in 1850, 3,911 cwt. The quantity of raisins
consumed in 1848 was 37,000 cwt., in 1849 32,000 cwt.,
and in 1850 it had; fallen to 21,000 cwt. Of unrefined
sugar 1,494,000 cwt. were consumed in 1848; 1,469,000
cwt.,in 1849; and 1,413,000 cwt. in 1850. The quantity
of tallow imported for home consumption in 1848 was
292,000 cwt.; in 1849, 313,000 cwt.; and in 1850 only
194,000 cwt. [We understood these statements to refer
to the first three months of each year.] The diminished
amount of tallow taken into consumption for the home
market was coincident with a very largely increased ex-
port in the shape of candles and soap, which included a
considerable portion of the raw material brought into the
home market, and consequently increased the deficiency
in the actual consumption of the article by the inhabi-
tants of this country. He (Lord Stanley) did not mean
to say that these circumstances afforded conclusive evi-
dence that free trade had failed; but, taking them in con-
junction with increased pauperism, diminished employ-
ment, the fact that a large and increasing number of mills
were at this moment working short time, the fall of wages
in the manufacturing districts and the circumstance
that wages in the agricultural districts had fallen, were
falling, and must fall still further—(Hear, hear)—he
' thought they could not congratulate the Noble Earl op-
posite on the success of what he (Lord Stanley) would
still call an experiment.--(Hear, hear.) He (Lord
Stanley) and his friends would continue to point the at-
tention of the Government and of the country to the
practical results of that policy, and leave the Government
to justify their perseverance in such a system, notwith-
standing the failure manifest from its effects. He did
not bring forward any specific measure; but if it was
any satisfaction to the Noble Earl opposite he would now
repeat the declaration he had made to a very numerous
deputation who had waited upon him, of his confident be-
lief that this country would not be restored to a state of
prosperity until they dealt not only with the unjust taxa-
tion which oppressed certain interests, but until they re-
turned to a just, and moderate, and equitable system of
import duties for the protection of British industry of all
descriptions.—(" Hear," and cheers.) He was satisfied
that policy would prevail in the long run; and confi-
dently as the Noble Earl spoke of the success of the ex-
periment, he (Lord Stanley) felt equally confident that its
failure was becoming, day by day, more manifest, and
that, in some shape or other, Parliament would have to
retrace the steps it had taken, and revert to a sounder
and a wiser policy.—(Hear, hear.)
Earl GREY could not help expressing the satisfaction
with which he had heard the Noble Lord's last observa-
tions, for it was clear that though he desired to return
to a moderate system of protective duties upon all
British industry, he entirely abandoned the sliding-scale
of 1828.—(A laugh.)
Lord STANLEY hoped, if the Noble Earl thought it
necessary to repeat anything he had said, that he would
repeat it accurately.—(A laugh.) At all events he was
not bound by any inferences tee Noble Earl might draw
from his observations.
The discussion then dropped, and their Lordships ad-
journed at Seven o'clock.

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The Sheriffs ofb of the 11°1151
London appeared at the bar
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to prestnt a petition from the Lord Mayor,
STRY.CLERKS' BILL.
and Common Council, against the Vestry ClerAisdeei.le'll'
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILW.AY
Oti the motion for the third reading of this Bill,
new
Mr. 0. GORE proposed the insertion ef t"
clauses, which he contended were absolutely aecessugh
Oro
~e
for the advantage of the whole tract of country
which the line passed. Without these clauses w
traffic would be stopped at Chester. The gentle'
man characterised the conduct of the London and ''cirate
Western Company in this matter as most unfair
just. There were two points to he con:idered
both
traffic in goods and the traffic in passengers; and illtbeo
of these departments the public would suffer, unless
clauses were inserted. Tmarlou
Mr. C. GLYN defended the conduct of the
and North-Western Railway Company. That OM of
never had appeared in the least degree as supPerlei
that Bill, and for his part, if he were to speak ea Yt
the representative of the London anti North-Vrrewea-b
Railway Company, he should say that he could ge
that the Bill had never been introdueed',lelf
believed that this Bill had been promoted sn;l,
by the Chester and Holyhead Railway GonerC
flon.;?a or
who, unless they received some aid from biert
merit, could never carry out their great °0 the
He hoped a principle would not be introduced ill /set,
Chester and Holyhead Bill which had, in point e, aro
been already rejected by the House on several
occasions. seri
Mr. SLANEY said the question laid withlo a badbadsmall compass. The Committee, he was inforraeett by
agreed to insert the clause, but it had been left °tile the
accident, and all the parties wished him to reins° atioo
clause. He had no doubt that by some Lodi
of the clause the views of both parties might be Vol
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL thought it wee"; the
be justice to the promoters to insert the clause, Is bed Committee, after a discussion of several dataad
unanimously agreed to it, and as the Hon. Meng es/
stated it had been omitted entirely by accident. ilk'
of the utmost importance that the Chester and intiav
head Railway, which formed the most direct cote
flies.
cation with Ireland, should be freely „
used by all 11°,e Oct'
Mr. MANGLES said the Committee had,: 7" 9 0
contravened the decision of two other Cornm't,",?liste/
the general question, as well as the Railway 01°
Consolidation Act. This clause would corelle'eferf
Chester and Holyhead Railway Company to step; 90f1
train at a station only two miles out of Cheste,toird
there could be no doubt whatever that if it were lett
it would prove seriously inconvenient to the publtir' this
Mr. GLADSTONE said the question involved to ire
clause was one of great difficulty. It proosed tc'tpal
the Railway Commissioners power to regulate they the
of these two railway companies, but he warne"cos
house against applying a principle to an indivichta`g,
which, it sound, ought to be extended to all rail's ay t
it
Mr. SHEIL supported the clause, believing t.ht!tbe
was for the interest of Ireland that the wrong ,vl3°''
clause contemplated should be averted. Vebert
After a few remarks from Mr. Villiers, Lord 'p
ieGrosvenor, Mr. Charteris, Captain Duncornbe,
E. B. Roche,jilt
Mr. TATTON EGERTON thought that the. Ed it
to be considered was the benefit of the public, evrclo
certainly would not be fur the interest of the 029'1
allow great companies to crush small ones nisei
Mr. CAVENDISH would recommend'a cothPrc°lool3,
that the Chester and Holyhead Railway Compaq 'h.-0
give up their leasing powers, and that the HOUSiI
accede to tbe clause. n; eitl3
Mr. JACKSON said if the House passed the P'-lessi
the clause in it, it would be impossible for the co alrsept
to carry on their line, as they had not at the ioe
moment a single carriage or locomotive ready.
The House then divided, when there appeared-
For the insernotsrioeitugyuoef. the clause ... 118
Against it ... 137
The clause warlis caoi
•• •••
tber
clause, and after a short discussione the
Mr. J. WILLIAMS proposed the insertion of 060
cleared, but no division took lac the clause basil
negatived without a division P cl'
Mr. HEADLAMII3eII
pr9posed the insertion of an •s• scli
, re
gall(e.

re'
merit with the view 'of 'retaining the priority I 1-I
,f Ole
possessed by the present preference shareholders itt)
Chester and Holyhead Company, instead of givil
tg
the London and North-Western Company. A ' fOr
After some discussion, the gallery was clearee•
division, but none took place, Mr. Headlara 13
withdrawn his amendment.
AMENDED BILLS.
The following Bills, as amended, were then
dered :
Birkenhe Dock Trustees.
Bradfordlmprovement, Police, and Purchase and C'L°llll‘
of Bradford Canal.
Railway Companies Clearing Association.
Victoria (London) Dock.
RIVER LEA TRUST BILL.
On the motion that this Bill be read a second time'' .01
Mr. MOWATT moved that the Bill be read a I g 'olll'
time this day six months. He contended that it "tOO
be extremely unfair if the House, after it had reje oil'
batch of similar Bills the other day, on the plea of
;000
ing for a report, should place this company in a Aii°
advantageous position than the other companies'
had a similar object in view. tofl
Major BERESFORD supported the Bill. P-e ter,
tended that it was not a Bill for supplying the aj ,
polls with water, but for the improvement of the
navigation.
the be
Mr. MOWATT said if the supporter of
would abandon the 30th clause, which related to
supply of water, he would withdraw his opposition- ,
Mr. COWPER denied that this Bill was a water
it was simply a navigation Bill.
Sir W. MOLES WORTH supportod the Bill. .„,,e
Mr. BRIGHT said the Bill came before the P„"to
under false pretences, because it was not in rear 7,,
,i,,6
improve the navigation of the river, but to enable
trustees to sell the water of the river to certain 1.13°t C
politan waterworks companies. He should support
'
amendment of the Hon. Member.
Sir JAMES DUKE supported the Bill, thinking .r, rt
if passed, it would tend to the improvement of the
navigation.
No division however took place, and the --ill
We
read a second time and ordered to be committed.
BOAD DE. . itr
Mr. DISRAELI s R
aidO thF TRat itA had been L
tention in Supply to-night to call the attention oft 10
House to the constitution of the Board of Trade; roof,
consequence of an event that they must all dePtjef
which caused the absence of the President of the Boapforej
Trade, he must decline doing so, and he trusted theicitlit
that the Government would not proceed to-night w
the vote upon which he intended to found his motion;oi
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER' ,
that, under the distressing circumstances that had is
place, the Government would not proceed with thai.
to-night.
PROCEEDINGS IN THE WORKHOUSE

NEWRY.. ----
tj'
Mr. MOORE rose to put a question to his Big—ht
Friend the Chief Secretary for Ireland. Some elrt:o
stances had occurred in the workhouse and at the• Di°
of guardians at Newry, and he wished to know 1 the
Right lion. Friend had received any information oD' the
subject. The facts were these—Two children, ett,i
6th of April, applied for relief; they were the offs/ jot,
of a mixed marriage, their father being a proto; er'o
their mother a Roman Catholic. After their 13t
death they were educated in the Roman Catholic ,
but the board of guardians voted them both Proki. 10,
rians. The elder said she was sixteen years of age' bed
the board voted her fourteen. At all events, she 510
reached years of discretion
, or legal responsibility)'
might be bongo] or transported for any offencel'isiol
ought to be presumed to know what her own rei ere,"
was. A few days after those young persons e," fit
the workhouse the matron dragged them forcibly tile/
the house of worship, and the board voted that ,
apl
might be dragged into the house of worship hY. apt"
amount of force. Did Government
possess al /
motion on the subject? for
Sir W. SOMERVILLE replied, that the only' dof
motion which he possessed on the subject consis ere
the minutes made by the board of guardians. He, t hot
fore, would not then go into the whole of the case'
he had written for farther information.
PIRATES' HEAD-MONEY. /100'
Mr. MACGREGOR wished to inuire if the ,„ tb°
Member for West Surrey had any objecton to gull
name of the:person whom he described on a former 9,oti.
ing in the debate on the subject of pirates'r
ot,
money as an anonymous slanderer.—(Cries of
order.") tbe
The SPEAKER was understood to intimate that
Hon. Member could not, consistently with the rul(s
red
the House, put a question arising out of what occur
in a former debate.

THE LORD CHANCELLOR. the
Mr. HUME rose to put a question relating t° „ ot•
office of Lord Chancellor, now understood to be Vac'",ibe
Sir G. GREY said that his Noble Friend at dog
head of the Government had come down that orel„,"
before five o'clock, and remained some time, but he
not now present ; an answer, however, on the subjeica
which the Hon. Member for Montrose referrel
given to-morrow.
METROPOLITAN INTERMENTS Blf-4/r
The RIGHT HON. GENTLEMAN (in answer to ,-100
Hall) said that he proposed to commit the Metroni of
Interments Bill pro forma to-night, for the purres-tlifr
inserting clauses. Monday next would be, howover'sod
earliest day on which the Bill could be brought[r c'woo'uld,
he was not sure that it could come on then. • Lim ld
however, give notice before Monday, whether 110 e-
brinT he g on the Bill on Monday.
motion was then agreed to, and the House -
ent
into

COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY.
ytiease°
• On the vote of 92,300/. for the salaries and e-s-
-df the two Houses of Parliament, t the
Mr. HUME wished to know how it happened the- re
salaries and expenses of the House of Lords, which We
21,9001. in 1849,amounted to 32,4001. in 1850? aid,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUIErt
that the expenditure of the House of Lords was in rag a
ceas of progressive reduction. The cause of the incre ro
in the vote this year was, that during the last few Ye: es'
there had been a balance of money received from
which was partly unexpended last year, and which
available for reducing this demand upon the Treasur)r
This balance having been expended a grey t'e f
proportion of the salaries anexpenlasestsyoefatbr'e Haase o
Lords had to be met by the vote now before the Llnne'*l
Mr. V. SMITH said that a very careful report lift
been made by a Committee of the House of Lords
.01/01
the salaries of their officers. The Treasury ougnt
have put Hon. Members in session of this report, e
that they might see how the moneyos was voted. -wftri
Mr. HUME proposed to reduce the vdie:by SNOUL'
the amount of the salaries, &C., of the officers of al