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IMPEit I

AMINT.

power to relieve those who were now suffering from the
existence of the system of imprisonment for debt.
The Earl of MINTO looked upon the preposition of
the Noble and Learned Lord on the Woolsack as an in-
direct way of getting rid of the Bill. He should cer-
tainly support the Bill.
Their Lordships then divided on the motion that the
Bill be read a third time, when there appeared—
Contents 4
Not Contents 2B
Majority — 24
The Bill was then ordered to be referred to a Select
Committee.

HOUSE OF LORDS, June 21.
Their Lordships assembled at five o'clock.
The Earl of WICKLOW presented two petitions from
fork, in favour of the Birkenhead Dodksßill.
Lord COMBERMERE presented a petition from
t_sheshire in favour of protection to agriculture.
DON CARLOS.
Ihe Earl of CLARENDON, after referring to a cor-
i espondence which had taken place between Don Carlos
end the Noble Earl the Secretary for Foreign Affairs,
Kith reference to a proposal of Don Carlos for the mar-
: :age of his son to the Queen of Spain, expressed a wish
. to Jaave some explanation on the matterexpressed a wish
to jave some explanation the matter ron her Ma-
i tety's Government. He wished to know if her Ma-
ester's Government had any objection to produce the
.orrespondence which had taken place on the subject ?
.The Earl of ABERDEEN said, that whatever part
i:er Majesty's Government might take with respect to the
tnarriage of the Queen of Spain, clue atttention would be HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 21.
paid to the honour and independence of that country. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
It was perfectly true that a Noble Lord had submitted The Lords' amendments to the Chester and Holyhead
to him (the Earl of Aberdeen) a letter from Don Carlos, Railway Bill were read and agreed to.
le which his Royal Highness referred to the Noble Lord Mr. WODEEIOUSE presented fourteen petitions from
tearing the letter as being in possession of his (Don places in Norfolk against the corn-laws.—(Laughter.)
e'arlos*) intentions, and of the sacrifices which he was i Dr. BOWE ENG presented a petition from Douglas,
nclined to make for the pacification of Spain. That complaining of the eystem of licensing adopted in the
Noble Lord stated that Don Carlos was ready to relin- Isle of Man, and praying for inquiry into the subject.
quish his claim to the Spanish throne upon his son's SUNDAY TRADING.
. marriage with Queen Isabella. Whether the Queen . Mr. COPELAND presented a petition, signed by the
was to marry his son as a subject, or as sove- shopkeepers of Clare-market, who were engagedlin Sun-
ts_ign, he (the Earl of Aberdeen) could not say. day trading, praying the House to take steps to abolish
',pen receiving this communication, he had im- Sunday trading.
toediately informed the Spanish Government of Sir E. KNATCHBULL presented petitions from Kent
it, but he had not thought it his duty to press for an j against any alteration in the: corn-laws. answer. He did not think it was expedient to pro- 1 DISSENTERS' CHAPELS BILL.
duce the correspondence which had taken place. Mr. THORNELY presented a petition in favour of
Several petitions in favour of the legalisation of Pres- l this Bill.
byterian mixed marriages were presented. Petitions against the Bill were presented by Mr.
LAW OF LIBEL BILL. PLtTMPTRE anti Lord ASHLEY.
Lord CAMPBELL postponed the discussion on this SCOTCH PRISONS BILL.
Bill until the third reading, in consequence of the absence Mr. DENNISTOUN presented a petition from the
of Lord Denman. Provost and Magistrates
of Hamilton asrainst the Scotch The report on the Bill was then brought up, Prisons' Bill. b
INSOLVENT DEBTORS ACT AMENDMENT Mr. WALLACE presented a similar petition from the
BILL. Corporation of Greepock.
Mr. WORTLEY presented several petitions from ye-
' Lord BROUGHAM moved that the report on this• Bill
rious plaees in the.\\•rest Riding of Yorkshire, signed by
be brought up. The object of the Bill was to amend the
. attention to the Anti-Corn-law League in
Bill by which the arrest in mesne
process was abolished.
upwards of 20,000 persons, praying that the house
'filet Act had been found to be defective in many of its parts, would pay no
and it was to remedy the evils which were complaimAd of. i their endeavours to repsal the corn-laws.
The Bill was also intended to reach the culpable debtor, 1 Sir R. INGLIS presented a petition from the church-
while it would give rotyetion to the unfortunate one. 1 wardens and other inhabitants of St. Clement -Danes
There were cases in‘ which this Bill would retain the .
against Sunday trading ; and a petition from the con-
system of imprisonment for debt, but in substance
! gregatiou ot Brunswick Chapel, Dover-road, against
this. system, by Cis Bill, would be abolished. The the Dissentsrs' Chapels Bill.
Bill would only retain it in very extreme cases, or in I PRECIOUS METALS.
cases of absolute and distinct fraud ; and against i Mr. WODEHOUSE moved that an humble address
a contumacious debtor. Under the former Bill on this ,be presented to her Majesty, praying that she would be gra-
subject which he had introduced in 1842, not less a sum i ciously pleased to give direction* that there be laid be-
at money than two millions had been distributed amongst fore this House, through the medium of' her Majesty's
creditors. HP therefore had great confidence in the present Ambassador, or other diplomatic agent at the Court of
Bill, seeing-that the last had worked so well. He said y Russia, an account of the produce in gold of the wash-
they ought to abolish imprisonment in all cases where they ings of the mines in Siberia and other parts, carried on
debtor could show that he was an unfortunate, and upon account of the Crown and of individuals, from 1830
not a guilty or contumacious debtor. His Noble to 1842 inclusive.—Agreed So.
and' Learned Friend (Lord Cottenham) had intro- ANNOYANCE JURIES.
duced :7 1.1;11 on this-subject, but his Noble and Learned Captain ROUS moved for returns from the High-
Friend proposed to abolish imprisonment for debt in
bailiff and Court of Burgesses of Westminster, of the
in all cases absolutely ; and he proposed that in the case gross amount of the anierciuments and fines levied by
the Annoyance Juries and Court of Burgesses, under
ot a
.fratelulent debtor, the insolvent should Le indicted,
the Act 29 Geo. 11. e. 25, since the year 1830, distinguish-
Tide prevision never could be carried into effect, as very
ing the amount levied in each year, and how the su
me
few creditors would be found to prosecute- whereas the
provision in his (Lord Brougham's) Bill would carry levied were appropriated ; of the amounts and particu-
itself into effect. This Bill was not to apply to any per.
lags, as set forth in the presentments, of the amercia-
son before the Ist of January
step he had taken, but he , 1845. He would at pre-
moots lusted by each Annoyance Jury during the years
sent rest contented with the
1841, 1842, 1843, and 1844, and of the number and amount
d
would, probably, in the next session of Parliament, in-
of the amerciaments remitte or mitigated during tho e
troduco a measure with respect to the distinctions which years, din tinguish ing those remitted from those ndtigated,
and stating to what amounts the same were mitigated ;
at present existed in the law relating to debtors and
creditors, between traders and non-traders. Ile did not
and of the names, addresses, and descriptions of the par-
believe that a sum of 100/. had been lost in the City of ties who served on such last mentioned juries.
London by the abolition of arrest for debt on mesne Alderman COPELAND presented a petition from the
process. He had made many inquiries of tradesmen, inhabitants of the Liberty of the Rolls against Sunday
and none of them •had experienced any loss in cense-
trading.
sine:ice. All he asked of their Lordships was, to com-
plete: their measure of 1842, which had :been found to
work well, and with advantage to the public. -
Lord CO•I'TENHAM had not expected to be called
upon to discuss a subject which their Lordships had dis-
posed of in the last week in April, when he moved the
second reading of a Bill on this very subject, namely, the
Debtors and Creditors Bill, which stood this night for a
third reading, and the principle of whieh 'vas unani-
mously affirmed on the 30th of April last. He ex-
pressed his surprise -that his Noble and Learned
Friend should now object to the abolition of
imprisonment for debt. It was true, his Noble
Friend intended to relax the system of imprisonment for
debt, but he retained the principle. He (Lord Cotten-
haa.)- was surprised that such a change had taken place
in his Noble and Learned Friend's opinions in so short
a time. In April last his Noble and Learned Friend
had aelvoeated the abolition of imprisonment for debt,
and, in proof of this, he need only refer to what took
phtee on the second reading of his (Lord Cottenham's)
'ill in the month of April last. The Bill of his Noble
and Learned Friend would alter all the existing bank- I
ruptcy laws, white it took' away one of the most im- I NEW POOR-LAW.
Sir WALTER JAMES gave notice, that on an early
p
ortaut functions of the courts of equity. He thought I
their Lordships had a right to adhere to the decision 0 : occasion lie shimld Put a question to the Right Hon.
!whit. .11 they came in the last week in April, and .not, by Secretary for the Home Department as to the truth
assenting to the .Bill of his Noble Friend, rescind the of the statement, that there was in operation any
v•ite to which they came on that occasion. He admitted 1 system of denying out-door relief altogether, except in
that if his Bill did not to pass, the Bill of his Noble and 1 cases where a certificate should be signed by the em-
Learned Fr lend would be a very useful measure. - ! ployer of the Iphout er, which was said to prevail in the
Lord ASHBURTON thought there were cases in counties of Norfolk and suffolk.
which imprisonment for debt should be still continued. 1 COURT OF REQUESTS.
Ile thought the Bill of the Noble and Learned Lord 1 Mr. 0. STANLEY, seeing the Right Hon Baronet,
who had just sat down was quite as stringent with respect ;the Hume Secretary in his place, begged to repeat a
to imprisonment for debt as the Bill of his Noble Friend .
early period of the session, with regard to the question he had put to the Right Hon. Gentleman, at en
opposite (Lord Brougham). He thought the man who '
tsok the property of his neighbour, under a promise to : prison of the Court of Requests at Birmingham;
-pay for it in a month, and did not at the end of that time i and also with respect to the prison of the Court of Re-
ilo 50, was as much guilty as the man who committed ! quests at Kidderminster, which was stated to be badl
I heft y
•
. , and, in his opinion, a man so conducting himself . constructed, while great complaints were made by the
(-night to be deprived for a time of his personal liberty. 1e wished t., know whether any inquiry had been prisoners of the diet, which was. only bread and water.
lie thought there ought to be imprisonment for debt
in
instituted w'th respect to the prison at Kid.-
all cases where the insolvent could not make a fair and •
(Ten disclosure of his affairs.' derminster ; whether the Right Honourable Gen-
The, LOUD CHANCELLOR said their Lordships : Leman, as Home Secretary, had felt satisfied
with . the correspondence with the authorities at
were placed in a considerable difficulty, inasmuch as they
Birmingham, as to the state of the prison there, and if
were called upon to decide between the two measures '
he had instituted any inquiry into the state of the prisons
.of his two Noble and Learned Friends (Lord Brougham'
and Lord Cottenham). One Noble and Learned Lorcl of the Courts of Request in other parts of the kingdom.
said that his Bill,was better than the other, and how : He wished to know, likewise, whether the Bill brought
were their Lordships.to come to a decision upon the re- • into the other House of Parliament (the Abolition of
!alive merits of the two Bills ? He would recommend Imprisonment for Debt Bill) vv-ould do away with these
their Lordships to refer the Bills to a Select Committee,
prisons ? -
ill order that the best parts of each Bill should be ' Sir J. GRAHAM said, with respect to the prison of
the Co
of Requests at Kidderminster, he had thought
adopted and placed in one Bill. This appeared to him
to be the. only way in which they could get out of the ; it his duty to send down an inspector, for the purpese
difficulty in which they were placed. He thoug completed, but he had not yet received it. Withht they :of making a report, which he understood had been
ought not AO make such great alterations. in the law of •
the kilt tits had beep proposed without due consideration. ' respect to the prison at Birmingham he had not as
yet received a zatisfactory report. The proper course
By the BM of his Noble and Learned Friend near him .
(Lord Cottenham) a prince of the blood might be sum- to he athipted in such a case was to apply to the Court
'
,
moned before a-Bankruptcy Commissioner, interrogated, Queen s Bench, for the Secretary of State had no power
•
and, if his answers shoulvl not be satisfactory, committed.
- to interfere. With reference to the question of the -
to fi'isoa. lie (the Lord Chancellor) did not mean to Flonourahle Gentleman on the subject of the
say that there should not be this equality in the law— • Comity Courts Bill, he had to state that there certainly
God forbid that he should—but this he said, before they : were I- so-visions in the Bill which would remove these
e
preceeded to rnake•such large changes in the established objections. But there was before th other House a law of the land they ought to have ample opportunity of Bill which went to the abolition of' imprisonment for
well considering the subject. Ile thought that the system . debt altogether, and if that passed into a law, it. would
of imprisonment for debt acted in terrorem over persons, ! altogether remove the necessity of legislating on this
and restrained them from running into debt.
He
ad- subieet,
vised their Lerdships to be considering cautious in
question, and net to come to any upon conclusion it - . . LOAN.
;
without first havingj
fully investigated the subject. . ! Mr. HAWES seeing the Noble Lord the Secretary for
Lewd BROUGHAM. was ready to accede to the pro- the Colonies in his place, wished to ask him if it was
...
position ,of li:s _Noble and Learned Friend (she Lord true that her Majesty's Government had reeeived from
4lianceller).of referring these Bills to a Select Committee. the Legislature of Demerara an ordinance for the pier-
Lord C tiMPBELL had heard the speech of his Noble pose of raising a loan for the promotion of immigration
into the colony, Nvliich ordinance was accompanied
ant! Learned Friend oft the Woolsack with much stir- •
!
pris.. and mortification, for it now appeared that impri- by another, soting a cad list for a number of years; but
'this ordinance was contingent upon her Majesty sane-
sonm,ent -fur slebt Was not to be abolished during the
presea t session of Parliament, although they had arrived
thee any measures had been adopted with regard to emi-
tiening the first ordinance. He also wished to ask whe-
ats the :third' reetling of this Bill. It was non', after the :
Bill tad passed 'through oration fer India, and he trusted there %amid be no ob-
all the stages up to. the third -.
y
readingo 5n the end of June, that his Noble and Learned .1" 't to la before the House any documents connected
Friend •on the Woolsack came forward to oppose it. He with thst'l j'et"
(Lord Clampbell)could not but regret that his Noble and Lord STANLEY said the Hon. Gentleman had been
correctly inthreacd. as to the terms for the vote- for an
Leatmed•eFriend had thought it his duty to take such a
emigration loan for Demerara. He had received that
course. 4)n the second reading of this Bill his Noble
ordinance by the last mail. Ile stated to the colonial
and Lei creed Friend had supported it, and now he came
authorities that. it appeared to him that the. Bill had
down arid opposed it. He (Lord Campbell) could assure
been passed in great haste, only two clays having elapsed
his Noble and Learned Friend that this chanee of eon-
between the time. of its introduction and the time of
duct would not meet with the approbation' of the :
countrvo To retject the Bill of his Noble and Learned ' its passing, and that as it was clear sufficient time
Friend(Lord Coi.`enhan) would be to reverse a decision , had not been elfortled for the colony to express
which he ti already 'L'assed that House.
its opinion on the subject, he should postpone
submitting the - erdinance to her Majesty, until the
The Mike of IVI'LLINGTON said they were not i
colony bad had an opportunity-of espressng its opinion.
called upon to reject i'll,st Bill. There' were two Bills .
before their Lordships, tid the proposition before their All the papers relating. to emigration to the West Indies
Lordships *as to ref;r tt•ie two Bills to aSelect Corn- had been laid before the House with the exception of
milieu.
• one dispatch, and that be had no objection to lay before
Lord COTTENHAM said ,the effect of sending these . .
the House. With regard to emigration from India, a : Bills to a Select
correspondence heel been going on with the G'overnor-
Committee who'd be to reject es Bill ;
General on the sultjeet ; and he could state that a inea-
and he believed that that was the • ! f , ohje`tt 0 , the pro- positione—(Hear, hear.)sure requiring that a certain number of females should
The LORD CHANCELLOR accompany e'‘: r:y bait of emigrants from India was
• -• • LOR explained.
The E• trl of WINCIIIr at present tinder consideration ; but the question had
.SEA thought the a leolition of imprisonittent for debt would have thee ici i not been decided as yet, because great difficult)•
effect, and therefore he should op os most,i 0:11
of Ol s
existed in prevailing on respectable females to tleßi If the
ac-
Noble and :learned Lord (CottenhaPm).e•company tl • husbands- in these emigrations ; and
their
The LOED
moved AV the CHANCELLOR then if it were insisted on that a certain number of female;
Bill be re;ccimmitted. should accompany each batch of emigrants, the class
The Bill isvas then ordered to be referred to. a Select of females who would so accompany them would not be
Committee.' likely to conduce to the reputation of the country for
DEBTORS AND CREDITORS' BlLr_i., j morality.— (A laugh.) With regard to the ordinance
Lewd COI TENIIAM then moved the thirde ea.ae;„ for the civil list it certainly depended en the other
of this Bill. ' ' ordinance, but the civil list related to the year 1847, so
The Low CHANCELLOR moved that V, is: Bill that there was ample time to take it: into consideration.
FEES TO CLERKS• OF THE PEACE.
also be reeccenmitted.
Lord 1) ENMAN supported the original motim ~ He , Mr. B. EscoTT wished, in order to prevent mis-
apprehensions, that the Right Hon. Secretary for the
regretted that the decision which had been art vet lat on
1 Home De
the seeon(ll reading of the Bill of his Noble and -1"
~,arnet
which rronent would explicitly state that the Bill to
Friend (L iord Cottenham) was not to be carried 47511 t ; for
oi ferexit heclass s'saflof'Sheled last night rehat'd to a totally dif-
hefees than those to which he (Mr. Escott)
though t; it was of the highest importance th; it h3IP-- had alluded, and the receiving of which sins at present
sem-runt 1. n- debt should be abolished without cl.
.e.y• ill . egal.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said that if th e Seled J. GR. ARAI
Committee- esti these two Bills should be ap of a ted, he Sir
a Learned 't.l ag,reel
ijon. anT,,a- that the fees to which the
...Leman bad alluded were illegal.
would su =est that the Committee should OrPoccee i with
AWOL ANA' ENT or n ,
of
Sir Ile HOUSE.
its
• !about ta some clay next week, and continues sitting
on the motion . G. CLERK, it was agreed that
de (lie in ifietn, so that there would be ve li tti'e loss
the Honse, as its rising, do adjourn till Monday
of time, stet the- report could be made in a ferwydttys,
.
'The Du' ke of WELLINGTON said it was not intended MEDICAL PROFESSION.
act Com- Sir J. GRAHAM, in answer to. ii_ question from an
to overthr, Ths this Bill by referring it to a Se) ruittee. .
Hon. Member, stated, that he should certainly intro-
Lord CA atPBELL said they might ex eat the report duce the Bill for the- regulation of the Medical prni-
es-
iiiftithat Coil Insittee about the 91st of August. Eli propos sion during the present session. Whether he should be
on of referring the Bill to a Select Corot- • - -able to it •ld be another question.—(A laugh.)
ro see was pass woe
drtually to .6 ' '
ABINGDON ELECTION.
as Noble ftleet the Bill ; and he would rev of amend
the Solicitor-General inb his
5n0t1it.6.444)1.ev
aLearned Friend to wash his han do of the Mr. CHRISTIE seeing
the blame of its defeat to those tate whom place, wished to put to him a question. It would ein
w 3 ji • 4.t
F ti 'isti.ihk
the recollection of the House that the Government had
ett.ftel--iil. - ' -
the
o..see words from Lord KENYON, introduced a Bill for the disfranchisement of
Lord CO trI'ENIIAM • said he had no hope uelat itting borough of Sudbury on account of bribery. He
hit Bill pia wee! this session
, but he had done a& 'dr' his w. hcl t sit if it true that, t...th recent ejection
is e oa. was a e
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Messengers from the Commons brought up the Parishes
(Scotland) and other Bills.

The LORD CHANCiLLOR laid on the table a
Bill for securing the better administration of charitable
trusts in England and Wales.
Their Lordships then adjourned at Half-past Nine.

IRISH LINEN.
Mr. GLADSTONE moved that the Committee on the
Linen Manuf“etnres (Ireland) Bill be postponed till a
future day, which tiro agreed to.

ISLE OF MAN.
,
Oa tne motion of the same RIGHT HON. GENTLEMAN.
the house resolved itself, pro forma, into Committee on
the Customs' Duty (Isle of Man) Bill, when several
amendments were moved, and ordered to be printed.
COPYIIOLDS BILL.
On the motion of Mr. HOPE, the Committee on the
Copyholds' Enfranchisement Bill was postponed till a
future day.

Sir WILLIAM ITEATTICOTE presented several
petitions from Hampshire, in favour of agricultural pro-
tection ; and a petition from Basingstoke against the
clauses in the Bank Charter Bill, restricting country
bankers' issues.

G A 111E-LANVI.
Mr. ESTCOTT gave notice that it was his intention
at an early period next session to move for leave to bring
in a Bill to amend the laws relating to the preservation
of game.

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THE FAROE ISLANDS'
of
T r•
The vi-it, last week, of Frederick, Croen -2-Ince
Denmark. to our Highland tepltel, firms ,„r
r e
interesting event. It was eot merely the n"yeffahle
such an occurrence, or the high rank and thLae
!manners of the Danish Prince and his suite : there
manners of the Dan i-h Prince and his suite e
s.anething of kindrjd feeling experienced as 'bre;
corned these strangers of Northern origin to our scr fro
! and to this were 'fl'elded the reflections springiteeg
the contrast afforded by their present friendly gr':oent
and mutual sympathy to the recollection of those an , toe
warlike incursions of the Danes, of which so man)'
Qabajoods.
ditions are still rife throughout the northern Ili,'•
On almost every headland along the coast-1%01
tered cairns and Runic columns—and in s
ses,
de
crags and watching-stones 'overlooking the °
ro
are memorials of the struggles of those 01
Scandinavian warriors—the intrepid sea-kingsiwee
pirates, whose ships covered the ocean, anclf
bravery subjugated even the throne and peoPl.e °prise'
land. We are not sure whether the last Danish
of the
seen in this country, previous to the recent visit °f
heir apparent, was not Sweno, the King of vl 44111
awl Norway, in the eleventh cervulT,
v‘kose ue. h
Macbeth and Banquo furnished matter for nl%O
tienal triumph, and to commemorate which, the igtace
pillar at Forres—" Sweno's Stone"—is supposed tr°tee's,
been erected. Through the mist of years, as °c°l 'es'
these sceptred shades are seen but indistinctl_no
dimly, yet as we catch a glimpse we see thew oecafor,4
always in hattle." In our own days we saw rriace
occupied in battle willi England. There also "the, 000
of all the land led them on," but it is infinitely to
cheering, in these better days, to see the' tIPI
of Denmark lead on his friends to witness and
triumphs of art and science, and to cultivate seel.. tte
friendly connection with a people who were nif,";
bray st and most determined of their foes. "fertt6
tainiy- owe something to Denmark, in atonement
to" of
dietructien of her fleet, and separating Norway fr,° of
dominions. Juster principles and better feeliasi' The
prevail, and past differences seem all forgotten• to
present Crown Prince appears most anxious ond
strengthen the connection between Great Britain
.e
o.es
Denmark, and his Ambassador, Coant Reverelo
Iv
highly intelligent and amiable man—is impressed
i 5
experienced the same sentiment. The flattering reception theYrid
experienced in this country appears to be highly cice3
by all the party, and no farewell cheers were evert"ich
with more sincerity or good wishes than those
i. s od
were interchanged when the strangers left the sli°-
Scotland.
to
One object of the Prince, as has been stated, `c•-the
inspect the Faroe Islands, and as this portion ()it the
possessions of Denmark possesses some interest a dr
present moment, and is little heard of, we subjoitalAi,
scription of it from the new edition of the "Encynler-
Britannica":—
ans'
" Faroe., Faroer, or Fero?, a group of Europeanise ,i sod situated in the Northern Ocean, between Zetlan", -the
Iceland, about two hundred miles north-west °f
farmer. They appear to form the country acre of
by the early Venetian navigators under the main bi
Friesland, though that term was afterwards aPP"'t
the English to the northern extremity of Greenu'atbe
These islands are twenty-two in number, of whje",,ioe.
principal are Stromoe, Osteroe, Wangoe, and to
They consist throughout of rocks and hills, ris'eaer
a considerable height, and separated from evil! °I;oc•
by narrow valleys, or rather ravines. Although' belt
ever, these hills rise abruptly, there are often on, t•'. of
summits, or at different stages of their ascent, Pla,T to
considerable magnitude. They everywnere pres P-for
the sea perpendicular cliffs, broken into a thousand
tastic forms, and which, to those who sail along the ed
present at every turn the most picturesque and eßrthe
scenery. The highest peak is that of SkellingrelL )00
island of Stromoe, which is supposed to rise about 3,1.
feet above the sea. The rocks consist generally
of ttri:of
and exhibit little variety of composition, though ie
present some striking geological phenomena. The jieed
liter and chalcedonies here collected have long suPP. of
the best. specimens of these minerals to the cabinets
Europe.
to
" The population of the Faroe Islands, according
opg,
statistical table drawn up in 1812, amounted to
~'•"or
Agriculture is in a very imperfect state, the infiehit'A or
cultivated land, being supposed to bear to the outfie7rbe
uncultivated, the proportion of one to sixty. 0 plough is scarcely ever used, being in fact ill-suite-
ds
the rugged and uneven surface of which all the i 5,141
consist. The ground is therefore turned up with the
spade, care being taken not to destroy the roots the
grass. Horses and cows are few in number, tin" "of latter give very little milk, in consequence, probabitt
the very coarse hay upon which they are fed. s"eber form the chief riches of the islanders, and the nura;n7
possessed by them was calculated in 1812 at 35,;;;;I:
Some individuals have flocks of two or three bio.,"
These sheep are allowed to run about,
th
in summer and winter, without ever being hou-ar and in severe seasons they suffer considerah
The wool is generally coarse, and is torn off t.jel
animal in so rough a manner, as often to lacerate
skin. The fishery which was once considerable, has
neglected, and is now of little consequence. The et° ing of the numerous birds which build their nests Illic;a
the face of the cliffs, form a great source of subsister'''
: •
_,
to the inhabitants. Those persons employed in
this lia
zardous trade display great ingenuity, and the most"-
A
venturous spirit. Sometimes the fowler is let down •
the top of the cliff, by a rope fastened to his waist;
he-
t o
other times, where there is any footing at all, he cu hille-
the steepest rocks; or, where that is impossible,
r;
himself thrust up by poles made for the pipose. fpuffin (Aka Arctica) is the most common of these te R ,
and the eider duck is here often shot for food.
" The Danish Government has given the monopolY at
the trade of the Faroe Islands to a mercantile
house.a.
Copenhagen, under the condition of supplying the >.,
habitants with a sufficient quantity of grain at c°ll.:
stant fixed price. Should the market price be such 8'
to render this a losing transaction, the merchant is La:
demnified by Government. The care of provisioning the
island is probably superfluous; and the natural bad effect'
of a monopoly are felt in the high price of other
ported articles, a good jacket being often given fors Q
few leaves of tobacco. The exports
consist of hose 10' I.
on the islands, to the annual amount of 100,000 pairs'
tallow, fish, train oil, feather, skins, and butter. Dur''n'
the war between Britain and Denmark, the fort of TOr.;
•
shaun was, in 1808, destroyed by Captain Baugh, lest'
should afford harbour to privateers. A German a";
venturer, who assumed the name of Baron HoraPeacr •
h
p
afterwards landed and plundered the
lace ; but -15
conduct was disavowed by the British Government, ve"°
even restored the value of the proper of which the 9r.
tires had been robbed. Finding, also, that the peq`er;
having lost their communication with Denmark, werei• danger of suffering from famine, Britain permitted a
'r
mited intercourse to be carried on, under license, fr°111;11
Leith; but the peace restored all things to their usr-I
channel.

manner he could proceed to introduce the clause he pro-
posed to substitute fur clause 3?
Mr. GREENE said the Noble Lord must first move
that the clause, as it be negatived, and th-'n pro-
pose his own instead of it.
Lord ASHLEY- feared, if that was the case, that
he should be prevented from bringing on his clause that
night, as did not wish to give the Committee the
trouble of dividing against the clause. The substitution
he had intended to make was int ant to restore the clause
to the state in which it was when it was read a third
time by the House of Lords, by which the Lord Chan-
cellor was enabled to sever that portion of the property
of a chapel which had been given by :he f•riginal en-
dowment and that which had been actjoired by the
outlay of the congregation themselves. should not,
however, press his amendment.
Mr. SHAW objected to the third clause that it intro-
duced an entirely new principle into legislation, that of
putting an end, by enactment, to pending suits.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL denied that there was the least injustice in doing so, air... the
cases of the Eustace-street and Strand-street Chapels,
Dublin. These suits were instituted by parties
who had no interest whatever in the question,
who did not proceed by Bill, but by relation,
through the Attorney-General, and the only result was
that the endowment was ruined. All that the parties
could get by the success of their suits was secured to
them by the clause, which gave them all their costs. Mr. SIIAW was not personally acquainted with the
facts of these two cases; but he believed that in one of
them the parties proceeding against the chapel were nut
strangers.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL would ask them why
they did not proceed by Bill, as parties interested would
do, instead of by relation, through the Attorney-General?
Lord ASHLEY said that the case of the Strand-street
Chapel had this particular feature, that the Lord Chan-
cellor of Ireland had given his judgment on it, and
only reserved his decree, not because he had any doubt,
but that he might average the terms of it. He decided
that the endowment must belong to the Presbyter4tn..
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said the Eustace-
. street Chapel was much the strongest case, because the
Lord Chancellor said he had evidence before him that
Unitarian doctrines had been preached in that chapel
for 77 years,--(llear, hear.) . If they gave the parties
their costs, he could not see any reasonable ground of
complaint.
Mr. GODSON said the clause was not without pre-
cedent. A similar enactment had been passed to protect
non-resident ministers of the Church of England against
certain actions with which they were threatened.
The clause was then agreed to, the House resumed,
the report was brought up, and ordered to be received
on Monday.

POOR-LAW BILL.
The Committee on the Poor-law Bill was fixed for
Friday next.
The County Rates Bill was read a third time and
passed.

" Thorshaun, the principal place in the country. d,oess
b
not contain above 520 inhabitants. It is situated on
narrow
tongue
eastern coast of the Island of Stromoe, upon a parr:-
tongue of land, having creeks on each side, where s„119
,
may be safely moored. The houses were built of ~
and roofed with birch bark covered with turf, the gre;is..
ness of which makes it impossible, at a very short
tance, to distinguish the place from the
sorrounclhiej
fields. The character of the people is generally
toar'i-
by great simplicity of manners, kindness, and hose
tality."—lttverness Courier.

0
GIGANTIC NUTCRACKERS.—The other day, ill
tihneseirrtneudtsa.
with a huge tower, was accustomed to rock' to and ' and that the lads, watching their opportunity, P,°ll,la.
The truth of our statement was doubted—(for wd
is there that some people will not doubt ?)Vane;r
obliged to remain silent under the suspicions of t
ristoolldb°:sf;'.l4
sceptical. But we have now to state, on our own kt)°,.°
paoraugrrashto,rsyhowwaisn_g
thhoawt
athreickße
the "good old times," were in the habit of crack,
their nuts into the opening fissures of the wall,,:a f
snatched them out again when they were craes•eho
as we had the fact only on hearsay, we were
ledge, that even the old church has been outdos. a pair ofnutcrackers having been introduced into Gates-
head, head, weighing not less than twenty tons, and 11'1:a.k.a..
by a steam-engine of tifty-horse power ! ! These Inild,
crackers we saw atwork this week, at Messrs. Hawks lic„
Crawshay's iron-works ; for when Mr. Nasmith 1v51,'1," 0
hibiting the powcrs of his " direct-action hammer, •
concludfd its performances with cracking nuts ! Pluelng
a nut on the anvil. he dropped the huge hammer, weq;br
.lust
ing three tons and a holt; so gently down, that it i
cracked the shell—and then, under the potent sway :.
steam, rose to it 3 previous position ! A nicer illusttor
tion of its obedience to the hand of the workman co
not have been afforded.—Gatesbead Observer.
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BIRTHS.
On the 19th inst., at Cam pden-hill, Lady Caroline Lave
of a daugl: tar.
On the 20th ult., at Golden square,' the wife of l• Bowman. Esq., of a daughter.
On the 17th inst., at Roydon Hall, Kent, the lady 0' Cook, I4:sq., of a daughter.
On the 19th last., at Stoke Newington, the wife of Tllol°9
Hitchcock, Esq., of Week, near Winchester, of a of
'IOU. the 19th inst., the lady of H. B. Wilkinson, r-'54"
Grosvenor-place, Camberwell New-road, of a daughter.___.,

On the 15th MARRIED.
of April, at Bombay, John R. Miller, Esq,,":
M.D., Assistant-Surgeon, Guserat Irrer Horse, to 313.1;','
Elizabeth, daughter of Robert NasmytEsq., Fellow of '
Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh.
On the 18th inst., at St. Martin's-in-the• Fields, ge",,,1
Thomas Gardner, Esq., of the Strand, to Amelia, You'll 41—
daughter of E. J. Dent, Esq., of the Strand.
On the 18th inst., at Milton, Kent, Captain Archibald:POlc'
of the 29th Bengal Native Infantry, son of the late, clisti-ei
guished traveller, Mungo Park, to Rachel Anne, dr,aghte't °
Adam Park, Esq.
~ the
On the 20th inst., at St. George's, Hanov er-sqll,—;-1 ni
Rev. George Henry Parminter, of Trinity College,
‘1,,,,,61-1;
bridge, to Honnor, youngest daughter of the. late J. Frav'-
Williams, Esq. . , -