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THE SUN LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING MARCH l2, 1845.
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.in „hose judgment they could rely, to Rochdale under relief was not more than 28s. Per head. Was and in Yorkshire he stated that crimes of a petty ree owe a farthing of the debt claimed. Receipts were ' SPIRIT of th.. PUBLIC JO URNALs , LATEST PRICES OF SHARES
not that an argument in favour of Rouhdale, and a reason why kind had not increased in the same proportion with then put in of payments made on March 13th, 1838, Nov.
FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
supersede Captain Fitzroy.-(Hear, hear.) In his opinims, 20th, 1840, and Dec. 21st, 1840, respectively, corresponding IN RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND
they should continue a system with which the people were those of a more serious character. Crime, he stated, GLOBE.-The Bill for removing the municipal and corpo-
her Majesty's Government were, to a great extent, as eespont-
contented ? This was not the first time he had had to defend had doubled, and though the opulation had increased, yet he exactly with the amounts sought in the action. Respecting
rate disabilities, under which members of the Jewish faith
sible as Captain Fitzroy, and as this was a matter of impoir - OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. I
ance, he hoped it would soon be brought forward, when t ley the people of Rochdale. In 1841 he stated in that House the did not think that that could Ppoasibly satisfy or explain- away the receipts having been written in English, this was un-
were left by the Municipal Reform Act, was read a second
cporrersees
distress-of the town, and in consequence an inquiry Was insti- the great incubus which hung over them• During the last true, as many of the receipts which the defendant had given
time last evening in the House of Peers. The unanimity ..____-....---. -
could pronounce a more distinct judgment upon it.
forTontthheisr it, tVt2l3 rejolidneadndthdaetlthhe red-, ,
tilted., which also extended to the system of poor relief then six years l Why that was the exact time when this obnoxioue from time to time, were written in Irench, the native len-
til ars
.so and harmony of the Lords spiritual and temporal, on the pre-
Mr. MANGLES said that it might appear presumptuous in From the Official List,
him to answer the Right Hon. Baronet, but he had so strong a existing. This inquiry was conducted by Mr: Tuffnell, and law-was in.troduee'd into Yorkshire. What would the Right gii.age of tdhen lainteirffes.
ngt action. sent occasion, presents a etriking contrast to the alarm which
h.e reported that the poor were sufficiently relieved, and that Hon. Baronet say to-night to justify this law ? Had he one ceiptsbpro
hue PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING.
reliance on the justice of his case, and such a strong confidence pond with those for ev'ellh in 1841 ruffled the lawn of the Episcopal Bench, and commu-
there was a general desire on the part :of the people to avoid word to say in its favour. That report, the prisons, the re- and t at t nicatea pious fears for the nationalChristianityamongtheley
in the justice of the House, that he would attempt to reply to LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 11.
applying fur relief. Now if the noer were sufficiently re- hellion in Wales evinced the operation of the law ; and how payment waspdesdaotnewgslidtidinntohte
Peers, and induced them to reject the self- came Bill by a large
the Right Hon. Gentleman. He had heard three definitions
I. a a " ' briefl summed u and
rhe UNDEit-SnertFo . y p,
made by the friends of Captain Fitzroy for him, and he had 'eve , an economy also preserved, surely that sys- the Right Hon. 'Baronet could justify himself to the inhabitants ' majority. We abate not one jot or tittle of the satisfaction
after ham retired for a short time returned a RAILWAYS.
heard his conduct strong y up
1 held by the Right Hon. Baronet. tern ought to be continued. He bad presented of Rochdale was more than he could say. Would they adopt The jurv, g . , which we feel at the removal from the statute-book of
for the plaintiff.
a petition from the people of Rochdale, which con- the same plan of thrusting this law upon the people that they verdict of- 2/. 185. 9d.
another of the few remaining relics of intolerance by which
Sir R. PEEL-Certainly not. .. nount
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of . , .
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Mr. MANGLES-The Right Hon. Gentleman, at al tained a variety of allegations, and he would not be did at Bradford when the bayonet was drawn, and when the it is still disfigured. For the repeal of these remnants of a ,
Name '
of Company. per Paid. I nee.
events, said that they ought to suspend their jedgmerit respec- doing justice to those who had sent him if he did not call the cry was, " Cut down the populace !" The feeling of ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. dark, and therefore suspicious, age, we have invariably con- Annum. e awe. 1
• h onduct of Captain Fitzroy until they had further
ting t e c attention of the House to the allegations of that petition. The England would be raised, and the people of Roehdale
HOME CIRCUIT.-Maidstone, Match 11. tended with such powers as we possess. The admission of ..-
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information. The Hon. Baronet the Member for Hull (Sir Petitioners stated that the new poor-law was unconstitutionsl would be justified in the sight of their countrymen. The Right
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e ,)mmission or e county o ent was opene
f K d Jews to all corporate offices, in common with every other class £ s. d. 1 £ s. d.
W. James) said that Captain Fitzroy was at a distance from anti was destructive of the principles of civil Government. Hon. Baronet, the other night, had stated that a million and of the community, is no less politic than just. By omitting, in Aberdeen ...... ••• .• - - 1210 0 2%
the Government at home, and that he had to act upon his judg. Were they not right ? They went on to state that the new Monday and this mornin at ten o'clock, both
a half of the population were dependent on the poor-rates. on - , b . g• s • • ' furinineham k Gloster 3/. As. per sh. 100 0 0 1100 0 0 133
the case of persons of the Jewish faith, the words " upon the
ment. But it should be recollected that there were others at Poor-law destroyed the desire for public liberty. The peti- The best feelings of the British peasant now shrunk from the Courts proceeded to usiness, the Lord Chief Justice Ditto New iss 71 dis 13s.
true faith of a Christian," from the declaration required to . ' ' e •
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the same distance in whose behalf the Government ought to be tioners allege that the Poor-law Commissioners had the power workhouse, and he cried, " The workhouse ! a gaol rather- presidins• at Nisi Prins, and Mr. Boren Alderson in the be taken lemon the admission to corporate offices, this object Bristol and Exeter •• • • 2/.l6s.per sh 100 00'700 0 i 82
watchful and vigilant. The Right Hon. Baronet at the head of levying money by means of the poor-law guardians. They the gaol for me." That was the result of their infamous law ; Crown bourt. The business is heavy, there being will be effected. Thus, one of those anomalous, absurd, and Ditto and Gloucester - 50 0030 0 0 60
of the Government had alluded to a letter in which the New contended that this power ought not to be vested in irrespon- and he had told them a show time ago that that law had wrapped twenty-five causes entered on the Civil Side, six of which positively injurious distinctions against which our efforts have Caledonian •• • ... - 50 0 0 50 0 7%
Zealand Company, at the time of the appointment of Captain sible parties. The guardians were machines to be worked by the south of England in flames. The Right Hen. Baronet had are special jury eases, and among them is that of Bacon been directed, will be abolished. The removal of this reproach 'iambridge and Lincoln • - 25 0 0 110 0 5
Fitzroy, expressed their confidence both in Lord Stanley and the hands of the Commissioners, in order to sanction that taxa- admitted that it had produced the rebellion in Wales ; and the v. Bridges, involving a question of gavelkinfl tenure, -the most strenuous advocates for its retention, as essential Chatham & Prtsmouth
t!hester and Holyhead -
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Captain Fitzroy. That letter was written, believing that tion whieli they had no power in themselves to control. The Hon. Member for Finsbury, were he in his place, could sai which has been under litigation a considerable time, and no less to the safety of Christianity in this country than to chichester k Brighton - - 50 0 5%
Captain Fitzroy had given up a lucrative employ- petitioners contended that the Parliament had no right to dole- that he held inquests every day on persons who would rather
in which Sir T. Wilde and Mr. Fitzroy Kelly are spe- the Estab/ished Church, as part and parcel of the Constitu. c hurnet Valley .• ••• . • - 20 0 0 20 0 7%
merit in this country, and that he had undertaken gate any power nhich was contrary to the Bill of Rights. Why starve than enter the workhouse. Treat them with mercy as
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ially retained. On the Crown side, there are upwards tion, now converted into advocates for the change, of which Cornwall ........ •• • • - - 30 0 4%
his appointment in laew Zealand solely upon public was this power, to which the pentioners had alluded, given by our forefather did. Give them the protection of the old poor-
of hurdred risoners for trial, but nea 1 the whole they, so recently, exhibited an alarm approaching to Direct Northern-- - - .50 0 0 210 0 24
grounds; and they did not now question his motives, the Parliament to the Commissioners ?It wa.s intended that law, and they would forget and forgive, for they were a loyal a ' P„ a .. 3
r-' horror - this is gratifying. Still the change itself, and Direct lcorwich ••• • • • - 21 0 0 1 0 0 me -
though they condemned his judgment. When they wrote the Commissioners should do that which the Parliament did and peaceable people. But the worm itself would turn when of the offences ciaargea re of a very trivial character. -
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that letter, they were also in a state of deception as to what not choose to do. The intention of the framer of the new you trampled on it. With pleasure he seconded the motion. C R OWN COURT. strange because it is gratifying. We have been wont to con- Ditto and Galway • • - - 210 0 2X
had been done by the Colonial-office. He believed that Poer-law Bill was to abolish all out-door relief. The poor Sir J. GRA HAM had frequently been called on to address (Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) nect with high office in the Church a calm investigation of Eastern Counties .•• • • 45. per sit. 25 001416 0 la %
Captain Fi'zroy went out to carry out the agreement en- man had a right to demand relief when he could not obtain the House on this subject, in consequence of motions brought principles previously to their being adopted, and eepecially Do.,Perpetual, No.l 5/. per ct. 613 4 313 4 1% p.
Marr Anne Jones 21, w EIS i d• ' ' bb •
n ieted tor aro ery with
tered into by Lord Stanley and the colony, and which work. It had been stated that five-sixths of the poor received forward by the Hon. Member for Rochdale, and on all occa- . y before they are deliberately and openly avowed. Yet in the Ditto, ditto, N 0.2. • • - - 0134 ae pm.
was substituted for the better aereement made vvith• the
~., external relief. Ile did not deny this, but it was contrary to sions he had acknowledged the candid spirit and the excellent vln 'All.
lence urn Mary ison, and stealing tvvo pounds in resent instance we sec nearly the whole of the Episcopal Eastern Union .. ..... - 50 0 0 10 0 0 18%
Edinburgh & Glasgow 21. ts. p. sh. 50 0 0 50 0 0 64
Noble Lord the Member for the City of London. They were the intention of the framers of the new Poor-law Act. The i . i ' •
*ntentions of the Hon Gentleman But at this time be silver a half-sovereign and other ro ert ' belon in to
13 I) Y g g lench, in less thin four years, relieved from those 3d. p. sh. 12 10 0 12 10 0 16
under the iron foot of the Colonial-office, and they were ob- dietary was the next point which he would take up ; and might be alowed to remark on the conduct of his Hon. Friend. Jose ' hb d
ph Allison, her us an . painful appreheneions for the safety of our " national Ditto, Quarter Shares Ils.
Ely and Bedford .•• • • - 25 0 0 1 5 0 1%
liged to submit ; there were now ten thousand of their fel- here he would say that this was one of the greatest inflictions of --(Hear, hear.) He trusted, therefore, the Hon. Member It appeared that the prosecutrix and her husband re- Christianity," which would be endangered from the Grand Connection •• • • - 50 0 0 210 0
low-subjects in a state of ruin, because they could not get this law upon the poor. He saw by the returns of the Poor- would bring forward his motion at the earliest possible period, side at Minster in the Isle of Sheppy, and on the even- admission of the Jews to corporate offices, and per- Grand Junction ••• • •• 10/. per et. 100 0 0 100 0 0 224
one acre of land from the Crown. They had not known at law Commissioners, issued in March, 1841, that the dietary and then the question of misgovernment would be finally dis- ing of the 16th of December, she was sitting at home miffing a Bill to pees for that purpose without a Ditto, Half Shares• • 10/. per ct. 50 0 0 50 0 0 112
the time that Captain Fitzroy had instructions from Lord for five days in the week was, for brtakfast, seven ounces of used of. When he (Sir J. Graham) came down to the alone, when a woman and a man came to the door and word of disapproval, or an effort to impede its progress ! Ditto, Quarurntat riens 10/. per ct. 1
,2505 00 g 2:55 g 00
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Stanley to explain away the agreemeet they had made with bread and one piut of gruel ; and for dinner one pound' of pota- House this day he was prepared for a motion to hear Counsel demanded alms. She told them she had nothing to give The lay Lords who in 1841, under Episcopal It adership, fought (Irt.esaot ut
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him, and they had never seen the letter containing those in- toes. Now, he would ask, what was a pound of potatoes ? Per- atatnhe bar, and he found that the motion was altered to a de-
when the man said they would see whether she had so determinedly against the anti-Christian measure, were Ditto, New.• •••• • • • - 40 00 1 50 0 41
structions, till many months after Captain Fitzroy had left d for a select Committee The Honourable Gentle-
haps some Hon. Members were not aware that one potato° wos m , ' • or not, and they then forced their way into the house. equally complacent. IS'e reproach them not for ae- , lreat Western
the country. If they had known of that letter, they would so large as to weigh more than :a pound-( A laugh)-and it te
man (Mr. Crawford had bestowed great industry upon
) - - - • She screamed out " Murder " i h • cepting what they so recently rejected. We do not Ditto, Half Shares.. 7/.per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 100
have thrown up the affairs of the Company altogether, and was quite a common occurrence to find txvo potatoes weigh more "'
t s subject ; but he would permit him (Sir J. Graham) to , an( t e woman seized her doubt of their having yielded their formerly strongly- Ditto, Fifths.... •• .. 71. per cent. 20 0 0 '2O 0 0 39%
resigned themselves to the loss of the money they had ex- than a pound ; and he would just ask the House to imagine a say that he had not heard one new argument in the Hon. and thrust her into a chair ; and, haying strucl h hld
e er, e expressed objections to the force of reason and the 'ui or unc on. •• • •
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vended rather than submit to such treatment. Unhappily for working-man having only one potatoe for his dinner ?- he
Gentleman's speech. He must be permitted, also, to observe ,
r down while the man rifled the drawers, and tcok ' ' • • •
of truth Ihe Bishops now feel as stron ean obligation
power . . _
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Hull and Selby ...
for them the state of the law was such that they could not sue ( •
e laugh.) Why, he knew many working men in Ire- that the speech itself was an accusation against the whole of away the sum mentioned in the indictment, and ererY to defend the " national Christianity, of which they are con - Ditto, Quarter Shares - 12 10 01210 0 20%
the Crown to fulfil its ere.'mgernents. In India which was land who would make but a poor dinner on seven the existing poor-law, and was well adapted to preface a mo- , other portable article of value that he could lay his stituted the guardians and the guides as they did in 1841, Kendal & Windermere - 25 0 0 110 0 5%
unfortunately under the Board of Directors4A laugh)- pounds of potatoes.-(Loud laughter.) In fact, this scale tion for the repeal of that law. The Honourable Gentleman I hands upon. They then made off, leaving the prose- when they assembled in the House of 'Lords to vote the re- Lancaster and Carlisle - 50 0015 0 0 34
Lord Cornwallis had, in 1793, placed the Government and of dietary was not at all suited to the wants or habits of said, himself, that the question was not a local question, but cutrix in hysterics. Her cries brought some of her jection of a Bill, precisely the same as that which they now Leeds and Bradford. • • - 50 0 0 50 0 21%
the subject on an equality in the courts of justice. If that the poor ; and he would have no hesitation in saying that it the Honourable Gentleman would pardon him for observing neighbours to her assistance, when, from the description allow to be passed with as little apprehension of its contain- Lir-172,3fieLltestr 10011: p,e,ir• ett: igg g g 1(5)g g g
were the case in New Zealand, they would apply to the laws of was a starvation scale.-( Hear. ) The whole of this oppres- that his motion was altogether of a local nature. The Hon. she gare, the prisoner was apprehended the same ing anything dangerous to Christianity or the Established iiiittio,:witarter ehl's lot. Per Ct. 25 0 0 25 0 0
their country, and require redress for the monstrous injuries sive and unchristian system of treating the poor had made such Gentleman, although he had bestowed much attention on the
evening, and identified. On being cross-examined, she Church, as if it were a railway Bill. But we cannot 7,onden & Birmingham 10/. per et. -- Stock. 230
which they had received from the Colonial-office. Their an impression upon the inhabitants ot Rochdale, that they subject, still laboured under this disadvantage, that he had no help thinking that the Archbishop of Canterbury, who Ditto, New Thirds lO/. per ct. ,32 0 0 20 0 43%
admitted that she was much alermed at the tiine• and,
only resource was now to appeal to the justice of the House; felt themselves driven to make the appeal they now did to ppctical acquaintance with the subject which he studied. The ' then moved the rejection of the Bill, on the ground that Ditto, New % Shares 10/. per ct. 25 0 0 20 0 30
and as this was not a political or a party question, but an that House through him.--( Hear.) It appeared that, al- il I h h . • • '
onourable Gentleman spoke of the destitution of the yeople . y
a thong s e now positive] swore to the identity of the 4, if such a measure as the present wee allowed to become I•".'nd`-'n and Blackwall - 16 13 4 - 71/2
appeal] made by men who believed themselves to be of this countr and he said that the • had anht to claim re- risoner et there is erecircunistances to induce a belief
though out-door relief would be the best possible system that . Y• y g p ,y. .. . the saw oe the land, the character of the country London and Brighton I/. Os. per eh. 50 0050 0 0 64%
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grievously injured, and not only themselves, but thousands of could be adopted, yet the guardians had made a rule against het. But the Honourable Gentleman was not aware of the that she might by possibility be mistaken. would be altered, and it would no longer be an exclusively Dondon and Greenwich - 12 15 4 - 10%
their countrymen, whom they were the instruments of sending it. He had often spoken of the hardship of this system ; circumstances of the people of this country, or of the The Learned JUDGE having expressed his opinion Christian country," should have explained the cause of this Ditto, Pref. or Priv 5/. per cent. 18 17 2 - 24%
out to New Zealand-he hoped that they would not appeal in but surely it was not necessary to go this length with it. The operation of the law. In the country which the Hon. b ;
Lat, sn so serious a charge, where there was not the change of mind. His Grace, we say, should have assigned London and S. Western 5/. ss. per sh. 41 610 -- 80
vain. On looking over the correspondence between the Co- law gave a power to extend out-door relief to the poor in towns ; Gentleman himself inhabited, there was very great destitution, least corroboration of the testimony, it would not be the reasons which had effected a change of views so com- Do., New Cons. Bths - 40 0 0 60 0 23
lonial-office and the Governor of New Zealand, he found bat that too, had been rendered useless by the order of the guar- but the people had no claim for the smallest dole of relief from safe to convict the prisoner, the jury accordingly re• plete, and a relief from fears so painful. The Bishop of _ Ditto, New •••• • • • • - 50 0 0
~ondon and Croydon • • Ws. per sh. 13 15 9 -
210 0 1182.%
that in 1812, 12,41-1/. were expended, the greater part of dians, which went to the extent of depriving the justices the wealth of the land. Here it was quite true they lived turned a verdict of Not Guilty. London's speech against the Bill of 1841 was distinguished by Ditto -- 90 0 40 0 5:1
, Guarntd. 5 p. c.
which expense arose from blunders sanctioned by the of the power of declaring who were, and who were not the under a different law, with the effects of which the Hon. Gen- those powers of eloquence which his Lordship is known to I.ondon and York - 50 0 0 210 0 5%
Government. Whatever else the New Zealand Com- fit and proper objects of charity. He would be far from wish- tleman had no practical acquaintance. It was true, that after WESTERN CIRC WT.-Salisbury, March 8. possess, and which are never wielded with more effect than Lynn and Ely ••• • • • - 25 0 0 210 0 5%
pany might be guilty of, they were euiltless of the ing to vest too much power in the hands of magistrates ; but !he present poor-law was passed, a considerable time was al-
CROWN COURT.-(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) when they are directed against any measure which, in his eanchestcr and Leeds 4/. 7s, 6d. p. 5. 100 0 0 70 0 0 147
bankruptcy of the colony which was to tie laid entirely surely they should not have been deprived of this useful owed to elapse before it was introduced into the manufactur- Sarah Willis was indicted for the wilful murder of her view, tends to endanger the Church, by removing restric- Ditto, Half Shares • • 1/.175.6d.p.5. gg9 g g TA
arter Shares 4s.
at the door of the Government. With regard to the outrages power ?-(Hear.) There was another point to which he ing districts. But in 1837 it was introduced into Rochdale, male child at Haunington on the 27th of August. tions upon those who dissent from its communion. Yet the siijiitttioo, Qtii
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which had been committed-those outrages in the north, where would allude, namely, the evil of compelling a person who and officers were appointed under it. At present the case of
Mr. Merewether was for the prosecution, and Mr. Slade Bishop of London last night contented himself with ob- Manche'sZr & Binning. 2/. per share 40 0 0 40 0, 65
the Governor had full sway-the natives and the Company bad once been industrious and respectable, but unfortunate Rochdale was under consideration in the courts of law, and defended the prisoner. serving, "He wished to explain that lie was no party to Ditto,Quarter Shares - 10 0 0 40 0 ; 11%
were on the best terms; there was no dispute between them, the and pauperised, to associate with the very worst characters in the Court of Queen's Bench had issued a mandamus calling on From the evidence it ap eared that about four o'clock on the measure, but that he did not oppose it, because he Midland - Stock. 131
dispute was alone between the Government and the natives, society when they sought relief in the workhouse.-(Hear. ) the poor-law guardians to carry the law into operation. They
the morning of the 27th ofPAugust last a woman went to the did not desire to raise a discussion and stir up angry feel- Ditto, Firths .-- •• - - 200 1 3%
with which the Company had nothing to (10. It was owing to He contended that this alone would be sufficient to make had refused to comply with it. They had made a return to house of Mr. Willis, in whose service the prisoner was liv-ings." What has produced this " love of peace" at the
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the conduct of the Government that their countrymen were many people recoil with horror from the workhouse relief, as that mandamus which the Crown had since traversed, and the ing, and called to her lit ber bedroom window. The prisoner expense of principle, and at the cost of those imminent Ice
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plundered, that their countrywomen had been outraged, and vrould also what was called the workhouse test of destitut'on, case now stood for trial at the ensuing Liverpool assizes.
answered her, but did not come down for nearly half. an-• dangers to the Church which the Right Reverend Prelate swath British •••• • • • • - 25 0 0 10 0 0 7
that their flags had been torn, and, after all this, the Governor which was the only test applied, or that the law would be Under these circumstances the House, no doubt, would agree
hour. She then let the woman in anti returned to her bed- so powerfully enlarged upon in 1841? Other Prelates on Northern and Eastern . 21. Ss. f 0 0 0 45 0 9 60%
with him, that no practical good could result from the inquiry that occasion were equally eloquent in their denunciations of Ditto, scrip, iss.sl.d. 15s. 50 0025 0 0 ' 44%
wai obliged to conciliate them, and Captain Fitzroy did not allowed to apply, and hence its total failure. -( Hear. ) room. She (lid not come down again for nearly an hOur ; 12 10 0 12 10 0 1 16%
which the Hon. Member sought. the anti-Christian character of the Bill. Where were they bitto, Quarter Shares -
want testimony as to the conduct of the natives in the imme- '
The working men of England claimed subsistence or employ- the woman asked her why she had been so long ; she made res 0 0 215 0 I 3%
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diate vicinity of Auckland, for he found in a debate which had ment. It was a birthright which they possessed by the laws rose for the ur ose of offerin one
Mr. BRI:GHT merely p p . g ,
no reply, but asked for some water, and instantly fell into a last night ? Echo answers " Where ? " Not one was found, se
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or twe observations wit p
h res ect to the motion which had been " faithful among the faithless," to lift up his voice to protest to 0 0 1 0 0 , :4
taken place in the Amembly, that Captain Fitzroy said, in reply and constitution ef England for a number of years, and was as chair faintino. The prisoner's mistress was then called, and Ditto, New ••••.• • • • -
to Dr. Martin, that the Hon. Gentleman seemed to desire that sacred to them as any right by which:property of any description brought fodrwairh,
d because he was a rate- a •er of Rochdale and
' she went intbo the bedroom in which the prisoner then was. against the Bill, or to reprove the Government for lending • ortsmouth Direct •. • • - 50 0 0 210 0 1 2
li-e ' stanc s dP 3 hich
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its powerful aid to subvert the " national Christianity." That Preston and Wyre •• • • -
he should drive the public from the towns to the bushes, where was held. The working of the present law was well described Blood was on the floor. The mistress ased her where her child
had been raised. He could bear the fullest testimony to the Iticlunml& W. E Junc. - 2000 100 3%
they would have done so, and that by " thoughts which
they had neither safety nor food. He thought that when the in the words of a distinguished individual, who said that the s was? She made some answer which was not heard. A fort-
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breathe in words which burn," had they not seen cause " urelitYto*,..2d- *l;r*e•r"
whole case of the Government of New Zealand and the con- law might be defined in these words :-" And be it ( meted '
le ot Rochdale were aver to th • d ' night before this time the mistress had accused the prisoner 18.4..4 - 25 0025 0 0
see b r e intro uction of the new to change their opinions, there can be ne doubt. But their
duct of the Colonial-office was brought fully under considera- that the Poor-law Commissioners have unbounded dominion
Pe" 1 ' t that t H of being in the family wa3 • but she made no reply. On the Sheffield and Line'oln • • - 25 0 0 I 5 0 1%
poor- aw in o own. e 'eyed there was a general h explanations would have been more edifying and satisfactory
lion, justice would be awarded.-(Hear.) over the poor and rich of the land," and it might be added, to o ugus e mis res oun a run int e -
morning of the 27th -f
A-'' t th • t 8 f d t k ' Sheffield & Manchestr 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 82 10 0
feeling amongst those who paid the rates that the ' t
in erest of • •
than their mysterious silence. As to Lords Winchilsea, Ro- I.)itto, Quarter Shares - 25 0 0 8 0 0 13
Sir R. INGLIS defended the conduct of Captain Fitzroy, exercise this dominion in the most arbitrary manner. He was
th oor, and the interest of the prisoner's bed-room ; but she for some time refused to give up
rate-payers had been very den, and the temporal Lords who distinguished themselves by Shrws.,Wolv.,Dud.,Bir - 50 0 0 210 0 3%
and the Government of New Zealand. Much had been said most anxious that the House should inquire into the mode in
v:llPand wisely attended to b the key. A surgeon was sent for. The prisoner had been eo o o 10 0 0 17
_
against him and her Majesty's Government ; but he could not which the poor-law was administered, as he felt. confident that
'direction the old 1 y the local vestry under whose recently delivered. She told him where to find the key of their resistance to the Bill of 1841, they doubtless waited for !]outh Devon ..,......
- • 41w
aw was carried into effect.-( Hear. )He the trunk. It was o d d'•t a b ndl f d- h the signal of distress from the Episcopal Bench, or the sound s°
Duittht-OE, Nasetwrniss3'.3l2)fciirs "•
is'
3830 02 0 a 0 0 17'2
pene ,an in i u e was oun ;t e -
but think that a fundamental error-a fundamental sin-had many Hon. Members were not aware of the injuries which it
said this with perfect im artialit for h b '
P y, e elieved he was one of the tocein to summon them to the field. _Neither ob-
been committed by the New Zealand Company.-( Hear, inflicted. Let there be a public inquiry-a full investigation.
of the f - • outer wrapper was a shawl, then a smockfrock, and then a south 'Wales .•.•• • • • • - - •210 0 4
ourteen or ninetee serving the one, nor hearing the other, they remained at ateVCllsoll'B Prtsmouth - - 210 0 2%
hear. ) His sympathy would always be with tlae poor and the His constituents were deterrnined to resist with all their might n rate-payers of Rochdale who did • - • - d 1• f t Ifld d
shitt, and in the shift he foun amaein an c i , ead. It
weak. The inhabitants of New Zealand were those with the introduction of this law, and would suffer the penalties ot
• not sign the petition whieh had been d
presente to the House had recent] b • fll It had a riband
y een born. It was u grown. home. Still, in the absence of any explanation of the causes Thames and Medway.. - 19 8 8 - , ' 17%
whom sympathy ought to be enlisted ; they were not children, an attachment rather than concur in a measure which to them a few days aeo He must however, admit, that among all of a change complete, and universal, there will not be want- Trent Valley , i . - 20 0 0 200 I 22
lass f hb ' ' tied tight round the neck. The riband had discoloured the t - 20 0 0 50 0 0 I 27%
because they could trace their descent from thirty generations, seemed full of injustice and severity. The motion he made c es o t e people there was but one opinion upon the new neck considerabl He was of opinion that the riband must ing persons who will ascribe the change of views to the YIF iiititoou t
Nh
et N or w c h
2000 800115%
or from the tirne of the Norman Canquest, and in that he was vsas, " that the petition of the people of Rochdale be referred to eoor-law. They were attached to the local government, have b 1. 3.-(1. 11l I hid was alive. There would
een app ie wiet ie c i changed position of parties. Had the Whigs continued in D
York is:North' ial ............. lot. /Ter ct. 50 0 0 50 0 0 1041,"
,a
borne out in the statements of the protector of the aborigines- a Select Committee, to inquire into the administration of the and entertained great disinclination to be placed not have been the appearances there were had the riband office, there would probably have been as strong objections in Ditto, Half Shares.. 101. per ct. 25 0 0 26 0 0 51%
Sir George Clarke. He maintained, therefore, that the inha- Poor-law in that district.' He had modified the resolution, under the control of the poor-law Commissioners. been tied after the death of the child. There was a little Prelates and in Peers to admitting Jews to corporate offices Do., Searbro' Branch - 25 0020 0 0 43%
bitante of New Zealand were entitled to respect, and this that it might, by its practicability, receive more_general sup- -(Hear, hear ) And he eould not help thinking that they blood issuin from the mouth. He made a post nzorte? as there were in 1841. Principles are immutable ; but poli- Ditto, Selby Scrip • . - 50 0020 0 0 69
country had recognised their national character. The course Port, but would not push it further if the Right Hon. Gentle- had some reason to be afraid of the Commissioners, for although examinationgthe foll w' day The windpipe was co n
ing tical power is affected by circumstances. Bishops, as well as Ditto, Extension ....
Boulogne and Amiens. - 25 0 0 15 0 17%
- 4 20 0 0 2 0 0 11%
to be pursued lis this country was clear-they must either man would promise to appoint a Commission to inquire into they might have been extremely useful in some instances, in Barons, are influenced by hope.
duced suffocation The I In-
20 0 0 4 0 0 6%
d h. h ld oh
presse , w ic wou ave pro
__ . _ . • ungs Gt Northern of France -
make it a case of conquest or a case of recognition. They had the matter. the generality of cases they had administered the law in any- were healthy, and full of air. The nght side of the heart STA:sTDARD.-In our imperfect state it is impossible to - .
Orleans and Vierzon.. - 20 0 0 2 6 0 18
adopted the latter course, and therefore they were bound to • Mr. FERRAND said he was rejoiced that he caught the thing but a wise and temperate spirit.-( Hear, hear.) eras full ot blood, allowing that the child died sud- reconcile all the orders and institutions of society to natural Orleans & Bourdeaux - 20 0 0 20 0 10
recognise New Zealand as a free nation-( Hear, hear)-and Speaker's eye, for he was anxious to bear testimony to the re- Captain PECHELL hoped the testimony which had been d ill II • hld t h b equity ; yet so deeply implanted is the love of justice in Paris and Lyons - .... - 20 0 0 20 0 3%
• e v. e considered the c i mus ave ten born,
from that moment all their proceedings ought to be upon the speetability and unanimity of the meeting at Rochdale, when borne that night of the feeling the people entertained against • • every breast that, though we can scarcely move a step, or, Paris and Strasbourg.. - 20 0 0 20 0 2%
11 ' The child died from
or partia y born alive. strangula- Paris and Orleana.• •• . - 20 0 0 20 0 0 52%
footing of equal rights. The cate at present was a case be- this petition was adopted. He wished to call the attentien of the New Poor-law would convince the C;overnment of the tion. The riband might have been applied before the child indeed, scarcely' contemplate the undeserved mercies that
2/. 20 0 0 20 0 0 45%
tween a Company and the inhabitants, the object of the Corn- 1 the House not only to this law, and to its administration, but existing necessity for a change being made in the law. The w I l - t t• b the very humblest of us enjoy, without feeling that jus-
as comp ete y born. In answer o a ques ion put y the Ppaoruiesnanad Rouen
nd liavre •• • • - 20 0 0 14 o_, 0 32
pany being pecuniary interest. It was not high principle to the pledges which had been given when this law was first people of Rochdale, seeing what had taken place in the Ken- •
'Judge the s id he did not think the riband could
iirgeon
.sa tice is universally violated through our whole complicated '
alone that brought any of the individuals connected with the introduced in that House. The people of Rochdale were, he sington union, the Cirencester union, and the Lambeth union, has- ' f 1 b
•e been tied during the progress o a our. social system ; still, strict justice is the criterion by which we
Company together, but a commercial speculation.-(Hear, considered, fully justified in resisting this law ;in fact, under would rather go to jail than submit to be placed under the Mr. Juetice ComertiDGs summed up, tellin th •
g e jury that would try everything, and to which we would have every- SOINT-STOCK BANKS.
hear. ) Party had nothing to do with this question, it was such circumstances, he thought obedience was a crime, and re- Poor-law Commissioners. The Right Hon. Baronet had not they might under this indictment, find the • til of
prisoner gi ty thing conform, except our own conduct. It is pleasant, no
pounds, shillings, and pence alone-( Hear hear)-that ac- sistance a virtue. The most solemn pledges were given, when given any reasons for resisting the motion except that the Hon• murder, or manslaughter, or concealment of the birth. doubt, to contemplate a golden age- Dividend Amonnt
tuated all parties to become connected with' the Company.- this law was introduced, as to the mild mode in which the law Gentleman who moved it was not acquainted with the law in The jury consulted together for some time, and then re- " Qum vindice nullo Name of Company. per of Paid. Price 3
( Hear, hear. ) Captain Fitzroy, he was assured, had no sordid was to be administered, and the restrictions which Were to be this country, and that he had better remain in his own country turned a verdict Not Guilty of murder, but Guilty of con- Sponte stul, sine lege fidem rectumque colebat, A.nniun. Share.
motives in view, and he therefore had no hesitation in giving kept up ; but these pledges, without which the House and the and assist in carrying out the poor-law there. All the people of cealing the birth. Peena metusque aberant, nec yerba minacia fixo
X s. d. X s. d.
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his support to her Majesty's Government on the present country would never have consented to the law, were most Rochdale wanted was inquiry. Let them get an inquiry and Mr. Siouns then submitted that no judgment could be Are legebantur, nec supplex turba timebant
Australasia ••••. • • • •• 81. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 44%
occasion. flagrantly violated. Lord Althorp said, on the 17th of they would not fear the result. passed upon this indictment, inasmuch as it omitted to state Judicis ora sui, sed erant sine vindice tuti." Britsh North American 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 45%
The question having been put from the Chair, April, 1834, in reply to an cbservation of the Ho- Colonel SIBTHORP would vote for the motion because he the name of the child or that it was to the jurors unknown, That was a happy state of society (if it ever existed) which Conunercial of London 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 23
Mr. G. W. HOPE rose to move the amendment of which nourable Member for Marylebone, that the law would thought the poor-law was oppressive, and the commission use- nor did it state that at the time of the asiault the child was felt no want of constables, police-officers, judges, armies line- Colonial. 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 14
he had given notice, namely, to' leave out the words, " fulfil not interfere with well regulated parishes, but the administra- less and expensive. He could not agree with the Hon. Member then recently born of the body of the mother. of-battle ships, war steamers, or their unavoidable and' most Londn and Westininstr 61.-per cent. 100 0020 0 0 2814
Lord Stanley's agreement of May 12, 1843," and to insert the tors of it would copy their example ; and his Lordship further for Knaresborough with regard to the feelings of the people of Mr. Justice COLERIDGE having consulted Mr. Juetice Erle, disagreeable attendants, customs and excise offices, stamp London Joint-Stock .• • 61. per cent. .50, 0010 0 0 14%
the country. Ile thought the people would remain loyal under and taw departments, &c., &c. This happy age, however,
words, " execute Lord Stanley's instructions." In the fifth said that when the parish was well regulated, the slightest ap- stated that he had thought it right, having such good advice l'istreotf•glitlaolfl I• re'l and • • 81. pe; cent . 1208 g g 275 100
g 44%
a'l their trials, though he admitted that their feelings would be was not, even in the imagination of the poet, of very long
paragraph, to move to leave out the words "at a less price prehension might not be entertained of interference on the at hand, to censult his Learned Brother, and they both Ditto, New. •• • ... • • 87. per cent. 10 0010 0 0 A
changed if the law was continued.-( Hear. ) duration. Constables, police-officers, jadges, &c., become
than that fixed by the Act of sth and 6tl; Vic. c. 36." He part of the Poor-law Commissioners. This pledge, continued agreed that, at all events, the proper course was to overrule National of Ireland - 51. per cent. 50 0 0 17 10 0 16
General JOHNSON would vote for the motion. He would necessary, until at length- Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 9 37%
thought if tbe Company chose not to bring forward their case, the Hon. Member, was given by the mouthpiece of the Go• the objection for the present. The strong opinion they en-
not go so far as the Hon. Member for Knaresborough with re- " Ultima ccelestum terras Astrea reliquit." Ditto, New..• ••.• • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0
they ought to abstain from making the assertions they had vernment, and such was the condition upon which the House tertained. was, that there was 'nothing at all in the objection. I
gard to the feelings of the people, but he was as certain as he s • • onl of Australia •• .. - 25 0025 0 0 26%
done. gave its consent to the Bill. The Hon. Member thcn quoted W henever it appeared clear upon the face of the indict- The divine virgin abandoned the whole earths absolutely with- thitil
of London. •• • • 5/. per cent. ,50 0 0 10 0 0 12%
was of his existence that they were much changed in conse- out pausing to establish her shrine either in a customshouse, c °I
Mr. C. BULLET: hoped the House vrould not go into a • the remarks of Lord Brougham on the old poor-lavv, which he ment that the child had no name it WRS unnecessary for
quence of the law. the indictment to state either of the forms which were or excise or stamp and tax-office. Hence it followed, if we
discussion to-night upon such an unsettled verbal distinction as said destroyed all sense of dignity, erased all manly and honour-
otion of the Hon
_Mr. BORTHWICK supported the m • INSURANCE COMPANIES.
that now attempted to be drawn• He thought the course that able feeling, and fitted its victims for acts of violence. The alleged to be recessary. The objection was founded on may carry on the allegory, that nearly every tax
ember for Rochdale. this, that it must be presumed the • child had a is not merely " an evil," as Sir Robert Peel ad-
had been pursued by Lord Stanley was a direct promise, but volume on the table of the House, said the Noble Lord, was a 5J
Mr ENTWISLE 1
a so supported the motion of the Hon. name ;
how had that promise been performed ? He contended that record of the violence entailed by ir, of the idleness which it but this child could only have acquired a name by repu- mitted, but also "an injustice," and the furthest that Dividend Amount
Member for Rochdal tation, because it was a base-born the wisdom of legislation can go is to select the Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
child, and had no name
between men in private life the course which had been pursued engendered, and the guilt, the sister of idleness, which stalked
Mr. S. GRA. NV;ORD sh 1
ort y replied, and the House I 't • • t th Alumni. Share.
would not be advisable. Supposel he were to make an over the land, notwithstanding the progress of education, and
d• 'd d h h • d-
on e,w en t ere appeare w len i came in o e world. To state that the name least degree of injustice. If gentlemen had kept this
-
agreement ? the more extended and impartial administration of justice.
For the motion - X s. d. X a. d.
The Noble Lord said the new law would remove these evils, been done by which the child had acquired a name • appeals might have been spared by the opponents of dircct
Mr. HOPE-There was no agreement. Against it
Mr. C. BULLER-Suppose there were an agreement, and and restore to industry its proper reward, and lift once more was nothing on the face of the indictment to show that the taxation. It strikes us, indeed, that these appeals were not Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 19%
Majority against the motion
En lish easantr to that roud
suppose his own servant came to him and said, " I don't know the character. of the g p y
I.
Ph
1 Sir J. Y. BULLER obtained leave to brine i
n a Bill to a..egation was unnecessary.
.. 133.6 d. pr sh. 50 0 0 5 0 0 16%
why those instructions were given without consulting me," in eminence which they were naturally qua ificd to od. Here it was stated that the child ea the 27th of Au st was gre,ater evils and far more flagrant injustice of indirect taxes. Atlas ... ••• • • •
amend the law affectine the collection of count t
y.-ra es. British Commercial .. 7s. per share 50 0 0 50 0 7
, born, and then " that the said Sarah Willis after gu
'
rhere is, no doubt, a manifest inequality in directly charging
such a case there could never be faith between gentlemen and The Noble Lord the Member for the City of London had en-
The Consolidated Fund 1311 '
i was read a third time and emu • wards, to Dad &Gen. Life 51. per cent. 100 0 0 210 1 6%
public officers. He did not core a rush for anything but the titled himself to the respect of the country for the consistency
ThH h (1. dO'
e ouse ten a journe ,at ne o clock. P • wit, on the (lay and year aforesaid, with force and arms in a man's earnings as highly as the interest of the earnings of !lericti,l's .
3/. 100 0 0 10 0 0 '
substance of the case. They had received the news of Captain with which lie had adhered to the views which he entertained and upon the said male child then aid there being " and that another man or of that other man's ancestors (for such interest '-mun y• • • ..... ••• • • • c 9, mei
Fitzroy% pm oceedings in the colony for the first nine months, of this law. But what was the conduct of the Right Hon. had reference to the only time alleged before, " Made an as- fairly enough represents income:from fixed property), but what Crown ••••"• ' • • • ' " 1 61. 55. bs.l 40 0 0 5 0 0 10
and it did not appear that he had taken a single step to carry Baronet the First Lord of the Treasury, and the Secretary of LLOYD'S SHIPPING. Iseult, and that she then and there did tie a piece of riband is this compared to the injustice of indirectly taxing the Bogle ....... ..... .... Cs. 50 0 0 50 0 sfi
out the promise ; everything which haul been done with regard he Home De artment 9 The h
t Is. h P . yad been elevated to the places
LONDON, MARCH 11.-Willd tliis day at noon, N. to N.E., fresh round the neck," Etc. As to the allegation that the " name earnings of the father of half-a dozen children, with six or Economic Life ..
t&3oB.bs. 1000 0 0 250 0 0
to the company's title had been upon the sense of the old un- wlc they now held by an express understanding that they breeze, and fine clear weather ; much milder. whereof was unknown to - the jurye a_ • .
th
ppeanng in e prece• seven times as heavy a burden as the unmarried man, who ,
esne.& Scot. Law I.ife 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 2%
derssanding. He did not care whether it was called a promise would oPpose the proceedings of the Poor-law Commissioners. BunE, MARcif 10.-The Sir R. It. Vivian, Smith, hence to New- dents, mans, allegations were put into indictments hich may be ten or one hundred times as rich ; ray , taxing the •
European Life •••• • • • • 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20
or an agreement, but he did want to know what were the in- The Right Hon. Baronet had told them that the New port, in banas,, came ashore near Hartland Point yesterday morning, were not atisolutely necessaro, and that implied that th:child father of a family directly also in a much higher ra- Preemasonsm.•• -••- Fa. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0
structions given to :the Governor-General of New Zealand, in Poor-law would put an end to the giving of alms in this coun- and is expected to become a wreck ; master previously washed over- had some name ; but here ihere was nothin h
gon t e face of tio than Isis richer neighbour-for the man who Globe . - 142
pursuance of the promise in Mr. Hope's letter of the 12th try. But what was the language used by the Hon. Baronet board' the indictment to indicate that there was any name at all. has a family must have a house or a lodging of some Guardian •••••• • • • • •• 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 50%
of May. this night, arid what would be the effect, when the effect of PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 10.-Wind N.E., fresh breeze.-Arrel. If, upon reflection, he should alter li. ' • - • size ; whereas the single man may live in a single Imperial Fire •••• • • • • 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 19b
is opinion, the prisoner Imperial lite. •••• . • • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 16
Chilena London • lost anchor &c but has been supplied and sail
Mr. HOPE said the instructions given were in pursuance of these declarations was made known in all parts of England ? But for Bat;sis ' ' " - - ' ed should have the benefit of it. closet, and dine at a club, as a great many do, not a Indemnity Marine- - ii. elm. 8, bs. 100 0 0 513 1 30
the words of the letter of the 12th of May. ( The Hon. Mem- how different had been the conduct of the Noble Lord the Mein- mosses; ' ' a ' - The Learned JuDow then, in a very feelin • •
.., Miami 10.--11, Ind L.N.E.-Arrd. schooner Susan, Jones, g and impressive little to their discredit ? " Oh, where is your justice then," in Law Life •
ber then read the letter. ) ber for the City of London, on the motion in 1839, for the ex- with damage, :having been run aboard of while at anchor in Stokes manner, sentenced the prisoner to 18 months' imprisonment indirect taxation ?In speaking of the rich man who escapes Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 b%
Mr. C. BULLER wanted to know what had been done to tension of out-door relief to parties who had been married Bay by tho Mary Ann, of Plymouth. with hard labour. indirect taxation, we have not altogether drawn from fancy. London Fire ..
fulfil the promise ? before the poor-law came into operation. The Noble Lord _HARTLEPOOL, MARCH 8.-The wreck of a small two-masted vessel, James Hali was indicted for assaulting and robbing H. J. Some years ago we knew a Member of Parliament whose La=
.S.hip ..... .... 10s. 25 0012 10 0 16
wA!fileaat laden, was ciscovered !his morning on the North Gair Sand. income was not less than ten or twelve thousand M
Mr. HOPE said the Hon. !Wernher knew that the eourse had opposed this extension on the ground that it would be a Cooper of two half-crowns, at Long .Newnton, on the 12th of Med. Invlidi•G•en•.l.i•fe 51.
Per "'lit.
1(4°) g g I; g g 3
g, marked we . M.S., No. 888, has just been picked up • also a a year, and who boasted that in a long life he
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was to select portions of land, for which they were to obtain a continuance of the allowance system, which system it mAndeck beam, marked 53 2 400-3 500 tons, and a quarter board October. nun .. 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2%
had never paid a shilling in taxes : lie lived in an National Life. .
grant. It was not for the Governor to make a conditional was one of the main objects of the poor-law with "Mary Wilson" in red letters on a black ground ; crew supposed 31r, Slade conducted the catse for the prosecution. 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 934
untaxed cottage about two miles from town, rode an un- Palladium Life. • ... .• . 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 2
grant without application being made to him for that purpose ; to abolish-that it would have the effect of dividing to oe drowned. From the evidence it appeared that the prosecutor, who
and the only intelligence which they had on the subject, after the poor into two classes, and render the law, in LYNN, MARCH 10.-The Favourite, which sailed from Aberdovey for was a poor man, was travelling from Kino Stanley, in taxed pony, was as abstemious as Father Mathew could de- Phosnix . - -
a great deal of discussion, was the compensation which it was fact, a dead letter. Why it was a dead letter alreadv. There foltaTmeerurgh in July last, has put in here, after repairing at the island Crloucestershire, to some distant part of the country. gie in_ eire--and before he enjoyed the privilege of franking himself, !:zeit-t 1.1. e, •.•• . • • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0
•••• . • • • I/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24
chelling, where else had been frozen up. used to receive all his post letters under cover to an official '
proposed to give to the natives. Mr. Hope then consented to was one law for the east and °mother for the nortli-another l'onsr ' tended to stop the night at Tetbury, also in Gloucestershire
femme, Waxen 10.-The Marraret Hardy, Johnson, hence friend. As his estates were in Ireland, he bad escaped the Rock Life.... 4s. 50 0 010 0 4N
the insertion of the worde "in pursuance of Mr. Hope's for the smith and another for the west. The whole system was to Calcutta, which sunk at the end of'the breakwater Jan. 27, was and in that town he took his lodging. He went to a public: Royal Exchang-e• ...I .•: 5/. per cent Stock. - 188
letters of the 12th of May." a system of force, and which nothing but force would carry into raised yesterday and removed to the junction, to be surveyed. house, and there saw the prisoner. They sat together, and income and property taxes. The man was a miser, but as sun Eire ......... ... 6/. 10s. - -
The motion, as amended, was then agreed tu. effect. He well remembered the epeech of the Noble Lord werruy, 3Laacit 9.-The Juliana, of Bristol, ashore in Robin Hood the prosecutor treated him to some beer. The prisoner then he had disguised his miserly disposition under a political Ditto Life . ... - -
NEW POOR LAW. the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ;on hearing that Bay, has been g,ot off and towed in here. ofered to see the prosecutor to his lodgings; d 1 led him
~ an ie pretence, he was bound to go through with it ; and, in fact, Universal Life -
_o_o
...6 15 0 16 . _
Mr. S. CRAWFORD rose to call the attention of the speech of the Noble Lord he jumped up in his place and br,i)taoasseidoesehet ire crivieir.-wTalice
ischooneorf
irDyantemr ujari'id"Laosndron,iis on hoier
out of the town into a lone place, which Was in the county to the day of his death, never paid a shilling tax. The ,
1t d a , h ece ved c 1-
House to the petition from the ratepayers and inhabitants of declared that he had no confidence whatever in the poor-law siderable damage. of Wilts, and there knocked him down and kicked him very public, however, had its revenge in probate duties upon some DOCKS. .
Rochdale (presented Feb. 25), against the introduction of the Commissioners-that he desired rather to see their powers re • Gs.Lway, Meacri 8.-The Margaret, of Limerick, bound to Ku- severely on the head. The Prosecutor cried out e aaura„,,, hundreds of thousands of pounds at his death. Now such
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new poor-law into their district ; and to move, " That the peti- stricted than extended-that his object was to secure to the rush, has been totally lost at Hogshead, to the south-west of this and the prisoner beat anti kicked him until he was silent. extreme cases are, no doubt, rare ; but thousands of t
tioners be heard at the bar of the House, in support of the poor all the benefits of the law whilst he endeavoured to port-crew saved. He then took all his money, consisting of a few shillings and cases there are more or less nearly approaching to _ Ms, lend Amount
DUNDALK, MARCH 7.-515. Ann, St. John's, New Brunswick. this which we have described ; and is it not mon- Name of Company. per of Paid. , Price.
allegations contained in that petition." Althoueh he rose at elevate the character of the noble peasantry of England, and same halfpence, from his pocket, and went away, leaving the Annum. Share.
th TEES, MARCH 7.-Arrd. Alp ,
ha of Whitby leaky haviog st a strous that the 'wealthy should be left even the
that late hour of the night, under considerable-disadvantage, place them in an independent position. What was the inde- ' ' - ruck °n prosecutor on the ground. After the prisoner had gone aw .Y, -
le liar. choice of evading taxes, when the poor must pay
yet he thought it better to pgoceed with his motion pendent position of the peasantry of England now ? Expe- CONSTANTINOPLE, Eta. 18.-The Somerville, Gardner, frorn New- the prosecutor got up and went into the town and gave in- Xs.d.;£ s. d.
than trespass on the time of the House on another occasion. rience was a sufficient reply, The Cabinet Ministers sitting caqtle, ashore in the Dardanelles, has been got off, after throwing formation to the police. ne was accompanied to some them ?Of all the propositions suggested last night, that of Commercial .. a ••••• 3/. per cent. Stock. -
From the nature of his motion, the question might appear to be on that bench had been elevated to their places by advocating part of her cargo overboard. houses, and among a number of persons he picked out the Sir leobert Inglis is undoubtedly the most reasonable ; but east and West India... 5%1. pr cent. Stock. - 142
a local one, but it was in reality a question of great public im- the privileges of the poor of the country, either by apeaking for prisoner. rarely as it is our lot to differ from the Hon. Member for the East Country •• . • •••• 11. per sh. 100 0 0 -
London ••••••• • . • • • • 14%1. pr cent. Stock. 21
- 116%
partance. The question was, whether the authority of the them on the hustings, or strongly against the new poor-law in LAIV INTELLIGENCE. The jury returned A verdict of Guilty, an the prisoner University of Oxford, we must take leave to differ from him
St. Katharine ........ 1 5 per cent. Stock. - 109%
Poor-law Commissioners was to be forced into every corner of that House. 'They stated that they were apprehensive HOUSE OF LORDS, March 11. was sentenced to fifteen Years' transportation here. An income of 150/. a-year is, indeed, a small income leoutliampton •• •• •. • . 4/. per cent. 50 00,50 0 0
England, whether all the great districts now under local acts of disaffection in the country. Why, he would tell them that , mnIMINAL LAW. to be taxed, and if the tax were not a necessary part of a
rho House sat to-dav t h
o rar apßeals. The I'eers present were system which must richly reimburse all the men of 150 L a
were still to manage their poor under the Vestry Act, or were the greatest inciters of disaffection were themselves and the ill, Lo ; 11 -
rd Chance or, Lord Brougham, and Lord Campbell. Befo h 1 • y were discharged. they handed in the
re t e gran( jur WATER-WORKS.
to be compelled to bow their necks to the yoke of that sove- Poor-law Commissioners. They attempted to cary into effect HAMILTON C. WATSON. following presentment :- year who need compassion, we should say, give up the million
reign authority which had been, not inappropriately, called the discontinuance of the allowance system, but vrhat had been Their Lordships were occupied the whole morning with this Scotch " The grand jury assembled and sworn at the assizes held which Sir Robert Inglis would wish abandoned. One hun-
Dividend Amount '
that of the three kings of Somerset-house. f here was also the course they had pursued ? They had introduced the new -Ippeal, on which the only question raised was as to the operation of at Sl• b '- h ounty of Wilts, on Wednesday, the sth
ais ury, in te c dred and fifty pounds a year is, as we have said, a svnall Name of Corapany. pCT of ' raid. Price.
a guarantee . income • but even deducting the income-tax, it is a sufficient
another question arising out of this one, whether the New Poor- poor-law into Bradford-they dared not introduce it into Leeds day of March 1845, beg leave respectfully to submit to the Annum. Share.
--- - ince 'f' '
me or a single man to protect him from the necessity of
law Act should continue in its present form, or be amended in -within ten miles of the very place which they had deformed VIOE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, March 11. hon. the Judges (for the consideration of the Commission for
our compassion. 145/. lOs will provide an individual svith suffi- X 5, d.
- --
such a manner as to render it more conformable with justice, by its odious regulations. They had one law in England on Criminal Law), that they are fully impressed with the ex- jell f . . •
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) t ood sufficient raiment, and a decent lodging, in even a East London.... - .... 8/. 100 0 0 - 230
policy, and the constitution of England. These were the ques- one side of the brook, and another on the other. They professed stomAN v. THE BANK OF ENGLAND. treme hardship which frequently falls on those persons who c e ,
comparativeiy respectable station of life ; and it may be Grand Junction •.•• • . 1 3/. 46 13 4 - 90
tions raised in the petition presented from Rochdale, which he that this grand panacea was to elevate the wages, and secure Ins imeore was occupied the whole morning with the further are brought before the magistrates, charged with depreda- Kent • - 65
doubted whether the eingle man of 1501. a year is not to
had brought before the House, and he would shortly relate the comfort of the poor. But what was the consequence ? arannents in this part-heard cause, the object of which was to com- lions on agricultural produce, wood, and other property of Vauxhall .• ... ...... . SI. per cent. 100 0 0 - 60
the circumaances connected with the petition. The dis. They had wages in the north of Nottinghamshire, pel the Bank of England to reimburse a sum of 6,0001. stock, a trust the same description, in those cases where a previous sever- some extent compensated in the reduced price of his cOrn- West ltliddiesex .. ••.• 4/.165. pr ct. 63 12 9 - 127
fund settled upon the plaintiff and his wife upon their marriage, and forts and humble luxuries for the 4/. 10s. taken from him by _ , _ .
trict of Rochdale had been managed for twenty-six years 135." a week, while in Northamptonshire they wei e only anee has taken place, and consequently where, under the -
ich in February 1841 was sold out bv Christopher Piccard one the income- tax Commissioners ; but if the man be married,
under the Select Vestry Act, and he believed no fault hae e„, os. a week. It was thus that they raised wages-. Now came wh ' ' ' ' "- ' present law, they- must be committed (unless bailed) until LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES
of the trustees of the settlement, under a torged power of attorney. Still more if he have two or three children, there can be no
found with the manner in which the relief of the poor had been some startling facts, which he should adduce, in order to prove (Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) the next assizes or quarter sessions,-that the term of
doubt at all of his ample compensation. Six persons con-
conducted under that Act. In the year 1837, a union was the dreadful malady which they had inflicted upon the country. ELLICE V. GOODSON. this previous imprisonment frequently exceeds that which Dividend Amount
formed for the purpose of registration, under the In 1841 the population of the country was 19,681,841. In the The further argument is this part-heard cause occupied his Honour would probably have been inflicted by the Court if the suming the ordinary food and using the ordinary raiment of Name of company. per of rate. Price.
New Poor-law Act, but the relief of the poor year 1842 the number of persons who received in-door relief the whole morning. parties charged should be found guilty. That in the working-classes, will certainly save more than twice .Anniun. Share.
(Before Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM.) four pounds ten Mifflin s b the various reliefs afforded - -
was to continue as before under the Select Vestry Act. was 222,642, while those receiving outwtoor relief was consideration of these previous commitments, the son- . . g
.y .
MAYHEW V. EDMONDS. I) the tariff and those promised by the reduction of taxes £ s. d. £ s. 41.
Rut on the 25th of October last. an order was issued by 1,204,545, making a total of 1,427,187. In 1843 the numbsr The arguments in this part-heard cause were rosumed this morn- tences of those courts are necessarily very slight, and to the Y , , g .
Bank of . cotland ••.• • 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 172
while a consideration of far higher interest-the demand for
the Commissioners, that this mode of relief should cease, wile received in-door relief was 238,560, those receiving out- ing, and occupied his Honour the whole day. public apparently inadequate. That sense degree of invi- . , Eoval Bank of Scotland 61. er cent -
P • 100 0 0 168%
tabour-must reati enhance the value of that which is the -
and the district be brought under the operation of the New door relief was 1,270,930, making a total of 1,509,490. These . dious reflection is thrown en the petty sessions by such com- , g y. . . . British Linen Company 81- per cent. - 100 0 0 226%
Poor Law. Notwithstanding this order of the Commissioners, were strong facts, and the House should remember that the SHERIFFS' COURT, March 10. mitments, when scarcely any distinction, except the fact of t l. ,
poor man s capital-his industry-. It vvere desirable, indeed, Commercial Bank -• • 6/. per cent. - 100 0 0 167%
it was found impossible to obtain a Board of Guardians to years 1842 and 1843 exhibited a progressive increase of pros- (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCIIELL.) previous severance, can be perceived from those caaes where ore lei, e the humbler classes of all taxes; but we must fall National Bank ...... • • 6/. per cent. - 10 0 0 le%
carry out the order ; neither guarslians nor official magis- verity in the manufaeturing districts. In 1842 the sum paid for • ROL-DIII.oFF r. JoHANNING . the statute law permits a summary conviction. That the back upon the reflection that, in our present state, we have Union Bank of Sootland 7%1. pr cent. - 50 0 0 95
but to h •
c ooee among _
evils and injustices and that Western Brurk- -•• • • 61. per cent. - 50 0 0 76
trates could be assembled to carry it eut. They were de- in-door relief was 15,911/., and that for out-door relief was The parties to this action are both Frenchmen. The plain- business of the courts of assize and quarter sessions is greatly
e the b h• h 1 'h
ach est legislation is that W ice
bse ects t e least in North of ficotland Bank 61. per t. 50 0 7 %
termined not to be the instruments of doing what they 93,184/. more than in 1841, making a total increase in 1543 tity,, Messrs. Roundhloff, are makers of guitars, residing in increased by the trials of such cases the Present calenoar Clydesdale Bank.. •• • . 6/. per cent -- 10 0 0 14%
e,' ' kind. Mr. Sheil complains. of th . ardship of the legacy .
thought would be injurious to the poor and the locality. oyer 1842, of 112,e00/. In 1842 the total amount of in-door Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square ; and tbe defendant, Mr. presenting about twentM indictments Of this kind. For these Eastern Bank •. • . - lb 0 0 We
,uty as contrasted with the immunity from taxation of a Caledonian Bank -
On the 24th of November a mandamus was applied for by relief was 944,382 e, of the out-door relief, 3,481,0601., making Johanning, is a music-seller, who lately resided in Great reasons the grand jury submit for the consideration of the u 210 0 3%
escent of freehold prop If sa w the Memb l• n
erty. - , 3 eer .or -Ull- Edinb.& Glaagew Bank 5/. per cent. - 5 0 0 7%
the Comimissioners ill the Court of Queen'' Bench, and it was a total of 4,425,442/. In 1843 the total amount of in-door teed Portland-street. The action was brought to recover 5/. Bs, 9d. Judges and the other Commissioners, whether the process of a
garvon, a man leaves me 20 000/. in land I get it free ; but City of Glasgow Bank . 5/. per cent. ' -- 815 0 13%
something strange that when the mandamus was ,aPrlied for, was 985,8701., and for out-door relief, 3,773,019 e, making a for three guitars, which the plaintiffs had supplied to the summary trial and sentence before magistrates at petty ses. . . . • •
if he leaves it to me in money, I must pay legacy Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 1%
it was not in the usual waY of moving foe a rule, compell- total of 4,758,989 e, showing an increase in the in-door relief of defendant at various times. mons might not be advantageously extended to those cases of
e duty. There is here a little mistake. Lands devised to Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14%
ing the guardians to show cause why they had not 23,e93/., and of the out-door relief 230,624/., making a total err, QuALEs stated the case for the plaintiffs. His clients depredation before-mentioned,where the Person is n°t charge,. Insur. Co. of Scotlnd• • 51. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 10
a stranger are subject to the same duty as money,
cemplied with the order, bet a motion was made increase in those two years d0:54,523/. That was the result of hail been in the habit of doing business with the defendant with entering a dwelling-house or eustelage for that purpose, North British Insur. • • 91. per cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 27
that tb and money bequeathed to one's children pays a very trifling Caledonian Fire Insur. 10/. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24
ee mandamus he issued at once, on the alle- their attempts to save the poor-rates to the country. But he for several years io the sale of guitars. The: practice was or with any other circumstance of aggravatim.” .
Tejon that the poor at the time were starving. This was not would now can their att„tion to the frightful increase of crime to supply guitars upon sale or return. Several were supplied (Signed by the foreman of the grand jury e duty. But, let us look on the other side If any on Edinbur It
g I ife Insur 6/ er cent 100 0 0 10 0 0 18%
"•' h t •• M Sh •I ' :1 es - e - ' ' ' • ' P . '
c ooses o gis e r. ei ,in money an, “urante vita, Edin. &Ging. Railway 43,4 Lper cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 6534
t'e ease, as the overseers of Rochdale, in pursuance of the in- which had taken place under the operation of this Act. He between 1838 and 1840, and of those Supplied and sold dur-
structions f 20,000/., he may do so without a penny additional Ditto, lA Shares 4%l.percent. 11 10 0 All paid. 16w
-rota tile Commissioners themselves, continued to held in his hand a report extracted from the " British ing this period, there were three guitars that were not paid OXFORD CIRCUIT.-arford, March 8. Edin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0020 0 0 15
relieve the cost ; but if any one chooses to endow the Right Ho-
P°ol' as before under the local Act The people of Almanack for 1845 " published by the " Society for for. The first of these was delivered in the early part of CROWN COURT.-(Before the Cuter BAnox.) Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 4%Lpercent. 50 0 0 All paid. 65%
Rochdale made • • ' ' • ' ' " f h.
' ket-book nourable Gentleman with 20,000 L in land, or to sell him
"ere exertion to escape the infliction of this the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 0 w lab Henry 183 e, worth 2/. iss. ,• and two others were supplied on the 9th Thomas Darrile was charged with stealing 3P" , 8c ' kR 'I 1 ' •
Glasgw Greene zu . 2 . per cent. 2.3 0 0 All paid. 12
law ; they wished by e 1 ; ; ' SO much land, the parties must one or both of then
• J -very .eg.tema.e means in their power Lord Brougham was chairman. It was compiled by Mr• Red- of November and the osh oe December, in 1840, worth 2/. containing bank.notes to the amount of 30/. in value, the pro- • -- -1, Glsgw & Gornkirk Bail. 6/. per cent. 2e 0 0 All paid. 28
to re vent pay 240/. for a stamp, with such trifling additions as Dundee &Axbroth Rail. 5/. per cent. 25 0 0 All aid. 32%
, P , ,
p its operation takine lace and to avoid als tl 1 f the •• II office Records " and the Right Hon. los. each ; mewing es. 15s. in all. Towards this amount Mr. perty of the Rev. Mr. Matthews.
, p , . . o leap- gra( e, rota ome- ,
pcarance of any resister& a conveyancer, who however will scarce] sto sho t f
ce to the authorities The Board of Baronet might study them to.morrow at his leiStlre. The Johanning had paid several small sums, and delivered some Mr. Williams appeared for the proseeutiOn, and Mr. Pigott tb fi ' • . ' y P r °
Guardians signed a memorial t -"' - ree gures, may think it convenient to annex. So, after CANA.I.S.
o the secretary of the Home amount of crime, as evidenced by this document, was in round goo,ls to the plaintiff's, which reduced the debt to conducted the prisoner's defence. 11, there is no such reat in ( '• • 1 e
Department ; another memo • • • ate of 3 g e mallet in tie cost of trans.
nal was also addressed to the numbers-in 1836, 20,000 : in 1837, 23,000 ;in 1839, 5/. Bs. 9d., for which the present action was beought. It appeared that as Mr. Matthews (who is a magmtr
I
Right Ilon. Gentleman by the ferring land and transferrin s moiley-at all events, if i Dividend
rate-PaYerS of Rochdale, each 24,000 ;in 1541, 27,000; and in 1842,31,0130 ; thus showing Unfortunately for his clients they were not able to the county) was proceeding on foot, aacornpanied hy his son, both modes ' t'
Names of i Dividend „,,,.. NftllleS of ,
praying his interference to prevent th 1 • har 'n s his
of disc an a of transfer are to be placed hi the same per Price.
eaw being forced upon an increase of crime in 1842, over 1836, of 10,000. The poor- react or write English, and at the various times to the town of Bicester, for the purpose Companies. 4 per , e "'a Companies. A Annum.
them. The memorial of the rate- category- as regards mortuary demises, they ought
PaYers was signed by 11,415 law increased crime in the country. This was a remarkable at which the defendant (Mr. Johanning) had paid sumB of official duties, he dropped from his coat pocket two Pocket- t ,n Annum. 12
persons, and of the whole number of f ks contained o be placed also in the same category as re- -
rate-payers act. But he also took from this book a further extract of the money, being himself able to write English, he had been in the books and several letters • one of the pocket-boo
in the district, only fifty-one refused to • spects conve 'an -
3 cee among the living-and as no finance mi- £ X
ev gentleman's name .
sign it.-(llear sentences of death aad ftl tra t tio f r life for various ractice of drawino u recei Os in that lan rue e and ettin the notes in uest•
) , o ie nspor a ns o P. . o P P eg , g g el ion, and' in each the r • Ashtn &Mit 97 5/.5e. pc 72 Monmouthsh 100 AV. 160
lie, therefore, stood there as the representati f • d h h nister would dare to encounter an insurrect.
ion upon the Stock
re o a consti- classes of crime; and he found that crime was frightfully on his clients, or one of them, to sign upon the mere faith of and address were printed. The evidence disclose t at t e E
tueney which, though consisting of many political t. xchange, such as a conveyance tax like that on land would Ashby-d-la-Z 113, 4/. 70 Mntgomrysh 100 5/. 96
Par les, was the increase ife would if the hour were not so late Mr. Johanning's honesty. Notwithstanding this, he had no prisoner followed Mr, Matthews through a field between Barnsley.... 160 i 12/. 180 Macclesfield. 100 - 15
on this subject completely united. The answer of the Se * a 'el etr \ ' ed alon excite in the locality in question, we suppose that t
are- read them to tue ..OU5e-k ..eari-but it might doubt that he could easily prove the debts. After various un- Weston and Windlebury, no one else having poem s amPs Basingstoke.. 100' - 5 Neath •.• • • • 100 20/. 365
tory o a
fStte to the memorials was-that he had no kg upon conve mnces in t
3 us be abolished; with how little advan- BrknkBcAbrg 1501 bl. 85 Nottingham . 150 12/. 260
Pf'wer to suffice to cav that the capital punishments in 1832 successful attempts to get a settlement, the present proceed- the footpath in the meanwhile, and the prisoner ems seen oY t
interfere to prevent the operation of the law. Under these w 1 -• • age to the revenue the stem retu n
p r s can tell better than cromford..• • 100' 18/. 164 l'eak Forest .78 3/. 40
ere ,444 and in 1843 the numbers were 1 735 showing an ings were entered into, and he (Mr. Quales) would have to a witness to stoo and pi a eometaing up, which he exa- M Sh •
r. eil or ourselves. For the rest, we refer to the speech Dudley' lOO 4/. 80 Regent's ••• • 33 11. 24
circumstances, the inhabitants of Rochdale appealed to that increase in' this latt heh he '•' f h - ut himself in the witness-box, and there would be able to •ed for a few p ' - c Tb' , , however, saw no.
House fir relief ; they came there to ask if that House could law. of got u... !t* IT,: t,,r_ou.,,__ti _ ()Fern= c,,,..t, e..pnr: 121,,,,....,,.,,,
Er,.
_rro,nnni.,
hind
~,ted
in a
ri,mt
d;.0„..0m.,,,
trahlinn,
in
lii
trlndmintAttbet, .....el,e,,e,s,trneas
;ter the prisoner had of Sir Robert Peel, in which the whole subject is exhausted. Derby w•• ••
VilonlrnArPhal 1 .12 I/
100 8/. 103 Rochdale ..•• 85 41. 55
55 Sthrnrighi re. .. 1 9.5 13/ 1211

Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. S 1 are.
-- -
£ s. d. I £ s. d.
Aberdeen .••• • • • •• . • - - I 2 10 0 2%
Birmingham k Gloster 3/. As. per sh. 100 0 0 1100 0 0 133
Ditto, New, iss. 71 dig. 13s. 25 0 0 l7 10 0 33%
Brighton,Lews,& Bast. - 50 0 0 10 0 0 10
I
Bristol and Exeter •• • • 21.165. per sh 100 0 0 7O 0 0 B2
Ditto and Gloucester - 50 0 0 30 0 0 60
Caledonian •. • ... - 50 0 0 5 0 0 7%
iambridge and Lincoln • - 25 0 0 1 10 0 5
Chatham & Prtsmouth - 20 0 0 1 0 0
Chester and Holyhead - 50 0 0 5 0 0 81
Chichester & Brighton - - 5 0 0 5%
Churnet Valley .••• • • • - 20 0 0 2 0 0 7%
Cornwall -•••.• • • • • • - - 3 0 0 4%
Direct Northern. ••• • • - 50 0 0 210 0 24
Direct lcorwich ••• • • • - 21 0 0 1 0 0 14 -
Diss,Beceles, & Yrmth - 25 0 0 110 0 34
Dublin & Belfast June. - 50 0 0 2 10 0 6
Ditto and Galway • • - - 2 10 0 2X
Eastern Counties .•• • • 4s. per sit. 25 0 0 14 16 0 18%
Do.. Perpetual, No.l 5/. per ct. 613 4 313 4 114, p.
Ditto, ditto, No. 2. • • - - 0 13 4 ,i, pm.
Eastern Union .. - 50 0 0 10 0 0 18%
Edinburgh & Glasgow 2/. Cs. p. sh. 50 0 0 50 0 0 64
Ditto, Quarter Shares 1 Is. 3d. p. sh. 12 10 0 12 10 0 16
Ely and Bedford .•• • • - 25 0 0 1 5 0 1%
Grand Connection •• • • - 50 0 0 210 0
Grand Junction ••• • • . 10/. per ct. 100 0 0 100 0 0 224
Ditto, Half Shares- 101. per ct. 50 0 0 50 0 0 112
Ditto, Quarter Shares 101. per ct. 25 0 0 25 0 0
Gt. Southern &Western - 50 0 0 5 0 0 11%
Great North of England 3/. ss. 100 0 0 100 0 0 188
Ditto, New. •••• • • • • - 40 0 0 5 0 0 41
' treat Western ...
Ditto, Half Shares •
Ditto, Fifths.... •• .
Guilford Junction. •• • • - 50 0 0 35 0 0
Harwich .. • ... ..... - 20 0 0 1 0 0 1%
Hull and Selby .••
Ditto, Quarter Shares - 12 10 0 12 10 0 20%
Kendal & Windermere - 25 0 0 1 10 0 5%
Lancaster and Carlisle - 50 0 0 15 0 0 34
Leeds and Bradford. • • - 50 0 0 5 0 0 21%
Liverpool & Manchestr 101. per ct. 100 0 0 100 0 0
Ditto, Half Shares. • 101. per ct. 50 0 0 50 0 0
Ditto, Quarter Shares 101. per ct. 25 0 0 25 0 0
7amdon & Birmingham 101. per et. -- Stock. 230
Ditto, New Thirds lO/. per ct. 32 0 0 2 0 0 43%
Ditto, New 4 Shares 101. per ct. 25 0 0 2 0 0 30
fondon and Blackwall - 16 13 4 - 71/2
London and Brighton I/. Os. per oh. 50 0 0 50 0 0 64%
Ditto, Loan Notes 5l. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 13%
Dondon and Greenwich - 12 15 4 - 10%
Ditto, Pref. or Priv • . 5/. per cent. 18 17 2 - '244
London and S. Western :11. ss. per sh. 41 6 10 -- 80
Do., New Cons. Bths - 40 0 0 6 0 0 23
Ditto, New •••• • • • • - 50 0 0 210 0 12%
Gordon and Croydon • • Ws. per sh. 13 15 9 - 18.34
Ditto, Guarntd. sp. c. - 9 0 0 4 0 0 54
London and York. •• . - 50 0 0 2 10 0 5%
Lynn and Ely ••• • • • - 25 0 0 210 0 5%
,:anchester and Leeds 41.75, 6d. p. s. 100 0 0 71) 0 0 147
Ditto, Half Shares • • I/.175.6d.p.5. 50 0 0 32 0 0 67%
Ditto, Quarter Shares 4s. 25 0 0 2 0 0 17
Ditto, Sixteenths .• • - 6 5 0 1 5 0 '' oi
Manchestr & Binning. 2/. per share 40 0 0 40 0 • 65
Ditto, Quarter Shares - 10 0 0 4 0 0 I 11%
Midland - Stock. I 131
Ditto, Fifths .••• • • • - - 2 0 0 I 3%
Ditto, B inn. & Derby 21.133. per sh, - Stock. 97
Newcastle & Berwick -- 25 0 0 1 10 0 14
Newcstle & Dari. June. Cs. 25 0 0 .4 0 0 46%
North liritish •••• • • • • - 25 0 0 10 0 0 7
Northern and Eastern . 21. ss. 50 0 0 45 0 0 603
Ditto, Scrip, iss. 51. el. 15s. 50 0 0 25 0 0 I 44%
Ditto, Quarter Shares - 12 10 0 12 10 0 I 16%
North Kent - 50 0 0 215 0 I 3%
Norwich and Brandon. - 20 0 0 10 0 0 I 17
Ditto, New.........- 10 0 () 1 0 0 I :4
ortsmouth Direct •• • • - 50 0 0 210 0 1 2
Preston and Wyre •• • • - 50 0 0 50 0 0 ' 26%
Iticlunml& W. E June. - 20 0 0 1 0 0 3%
Rugby ••.•••.• • • • • • • • - 20 0 0 1 0 0 4
Ditto, 25 Pref., 1841 - 25 0 0 25 0 0
Sheffield and Lincoln • • - 25 0 0 1 5 0 1%
Sheffield & Manchestr 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 82 10 0
Ditto, Quarter Shares - 25 0 0 8 0 0 13
Shrws.,Wolv.,Dud.,Bir - 50 0 0 210 0 3%
South Devon .•.•• • • • • - 50 0 0 10 0 0 17
South-Eastern & Dovr 1/. ls. 33 2 4 - • 41%
Ditto, New iss. 32/.dis - 20 0 0 8 0 0 17
South Wales .•.•• • • • • - - . 210 0 , 4
Stevenson's Prtsmouth - - 210 0 ! 234
Thames and Medway.. - 19 2 8 - 1' IN
Trent Valley - 20 0 0 2 0 0 I 22
Yarmouth & Norwich - 20 0 0 90 0 0 I 274
Ditto, New......... - 20 0 0 8 0 0 I 15%
York & North Midland 10/. per ct. 50 0 0 50 0 0 104%
Ditto, Half Shares.. 101. per ct. 25 0 0 26 0 0 5112
Do., Soarbro' Branch - 25 0 0 20 0 0 43%
Ditto, Selby Scrip • . - 50 0 0 20 0 0 69
Ditto, Extension .... - 25 0 0 1 5 0 174
Boulogne and Amiens. - 20 0 0 2 0 0 114
Gt. Northern of Franoe - 20 0 0 4 0 0 6X
Orleans and Vierzon.. - 20 0 0 2 0 0 18
Orleans & Bourdeaux - 20 0 0 2 0 0 10
Paris and Lyons ••• . • . - 20 0 0 2 0 0 3%
Paris and Strasbourg.. - 20 0 0 2 0 0 2X
Paris and Orleans •• . - 20 0 0 20 0 0 5234
Paris and Rouen .. •. • • 2/. 20 0 0 20 0 0 45%
Rouen and Havre •• • • - 20 0 0 14 o_, 0 32

• Mr. FERRAND said he was rejoiced that he caught the
Speaker's eye, for he was anxious to bear testimony to the re-
spectability and unanimity of the meeting at Rochdale, when
this petition was adopted. lie wished to call the attentian of
the House not only to this law, and to its administration, but
to the pledges which had been given when this law was first
introduced in that House. The people of Rochdale were, he
considered, fully justified in resisting this law; in fact, under
such circumstances, he thought obedience was a crime, and re-
sistance a virtue. The most solemn pledges were given, when
this law was introduced, as to the mild mode in which the law
was to be administered, and the restrictions which were to be
kept up; but these pledges, without which the House and the
country would never have consented to the law, were most
flagrantly violated. Lord Althorp said, on the 17th of
April, 1834, in reply to an cbservation of the Ho-
nourable Member for Marylebone, that the law would
not interfere with well regulated parishes, but the administra-
tors of it would copy their example ; and his Lordship further
said that when the parish was well regulated, the slightest ap-
prehension might not be entertained of interference on the
part of the Poor-law Commissioners. This pledge, continued
the Hon. Member, was given by the mouthpiece of the Go•
vernment, and such was the condition upon which the House
gave its consent to the Bill. The Hon. Member then quoted
the remarks of Lord Brougham on the old poor-law, which he
said destroyed all sense of dignity, erased all manly and honour-
able feeling, and fitted its victims for acts of violence. The
volume on the table of the House, said the Noble Lord, was a
record of the violence entailed by it, of the idleness which it
engendered, and the guilt, the sister of idleness, which stalked
over the land, notwithstanding the progress of education, and
the more extended and impartial administration of justice.
The Noble Lord said the new law would remove these evils,
and restore to industry its proper reward, and lift once more
the character of the English peasantry to that proud
eminence which they were naturally qualified to hold.
The Noble Lord the Member for the City of London had en-
titled himself to the respect of the country for the consistency
with which he had adhered to the views which he entertained
of this law. But what was the conduct of the Right Hon.
Baronet the First Lord of the Treasury, and the Secretary of
the Home Department ? They had been elevated to the places
which they now held by an express understanding that they
would oppose the proceedings of the Poor-law Commissioners.
The Right Hon. Baronet had told them that the New
Poor-law would put an end to the giving of alms in this coun-
try. But what was the language used by the Hon. Baronet
this night, and what would be the effect, when the effect of
these declarations was made known in all parts of England ? But
how different had been the conduct of the Noble Lord the Mem-
ber for the City of London, on the motion in 1839, for the ex-
tension of out-door relief to parties who had been married
before the poor •law came into operation. The Noble Lord
had opposed this extension on the ground that it would be a
continuance of the allowance system, which system it
was one of the main objects of the poor-law
to abolish—that it would have the effect of dividing
the poor into two classes, and render the law, in
fact, a dead letter. Why it was a dead letter already. There
was one law for the east and another for the north—another
for the south and another for the west. The whole system was
a system of force, and which nothing but force would carry into
effect. He well remembered the speech of the Noble Lord
the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; on hearing that
speech of the Noble Lord he jumped up in his place and
declared that he had no confidence whatever in the poor-law
Commissioners—that he desired rather to see their powers re •
stricted than extended—that his object was to secure to the
poor all the benefits of the law, whilst he endeavoured to
elevate the character of the noble peasantry of England, and
place them in an independent position. What was the inde-
pendent position of the peasantry of England now ? Expe-
rience was a sufficient reply, The Cabinet Ministers sitting
on that bench had been elevated to their places by advocating
the privileges of the poor of the country, either by speaking for
them on the hustings, or strongly against the new poor-law in
that House. They stated that they were apprehensive
of disaffection in the country. Why, he would tell them that
the greatest inciters of disaffection were themselves and the
Poor-law Commissioners. They attempted to cary into effect
the discontinuance of the allowance system, but what had been
the course they had pursued? They had introduced the new
poor-law into Bradford—they dared not introduce it into Leeds
—within ten miles of the very place which they had deformed
by its odious regulations. They had one law in England on
one side of the brook, and another on the other. They professed
that this grand panacea was to elevate the wages, and secure
the comfort of the poor. But what was the consequence ?
They had wages in the north of Nottinghamshire,
13s. a week, while in Northamptonshire they were only
90. a week. It was thus that they raised wages. Now came
some startling facts, which he should adduce, in order to prove
the dreadful malady which they had inflicted upon the country.
In 1841 the population of the country was 19,681,841. In the
year 1842 the number of persons who received in-door relief
was 222,642, while those receiving out-door relief was
1,204,545, making a total of 1,427,187. In 1843 the numb"r
who received in-door relief was 238,560, those receiving out-
door relief was 1,270,930, making a total of 1,509,490. These
were strong facts, and the House should remember that the
years 1842 and 1843 exhibited a progressive increase of pros-
perity in the manufacturing districts. In 1842 the sum paid for
in-dour relief was 15,9111., and that for out-door relief was
93,1841. more than in 1841, making a total increase in 1843
over 1842, of 112,00/. In 1842 the total amount of in-door
relief was 944,382/, of the out-door relief, 3,481,0601., making
a total of 4,425,4421. In 1843 the total amount of in-door r elief
was 985,8701., and for out-door relief, 3,773,0191., making a
total of 4,758,989/., showing an increase in the in-door relief of
23,893/., and of the out-door relief 230,6241., making a total
increase in those two years of 254,523/. That was the result of
their attempts to save the poor-rates to the country. But he
would now call their attention to the frightful increase of crime
which had taken place under the operation of this Act. He
held in his hand a report extracted from the " British
Almanack for 1845," published by the " Society for
the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge," of which Henry
Lord Brougham was chairman. It was compiled by Mr. Red-
grade, from the " Home-office Records," and the Right Hon.
Baronet might study them to-morrow at his leisure. The
amount of crime, as evidenced by this document, was in round
numbers—in 1836, 20,000: in 1837, 23,000; in 1839,
2.4,000; in 1541, 27,000; and in 1842,31,000; thus showing
an increase of crime in 1842, over 1836, of 10,000. The poor-
law increased crime in the country. This was a remarkable
fact. But he also took from this book a further extract of the
sentences of death, and of the transportations for life for various
classes of crime; and he found that crime was frightfully on
the increase. He would, if the hour were not so late,
read them to the House—(Hear)—but it might
suffice to say that the capital punishments in 1832
were 1,444, and in 1843 the numbers were 1,735, showing an
increase in this latter year, through the operation of the poor-
law, of 291. But in 1838 they had repealed capital punish-
ments for minor offences—the very period when this law was
first introduced into the manufacturing districts. Be would
take the average of the three preceding years, 1835, 1836, and
pilnutt:nri7esa,hgamendednttohseiw,r6hon. dz:othwwaihtnigltehaet average amount of those capital
liit,3•,4r3egas
e capitalo f 889 o punishmentser the ahvaed.
rage of 1835, 1836, and 1837, or more than double.v But
that was not all. They were obliged to have a winter's assize
in order to sweep off this mass of crime from the face of the
people of England. At one of those assizes--that held in
York in the winter of 1844—Judge Coleridge, in charging the
grand jury, had stated that another cause for the winter assizes
was the startling increase of crime throughout the country;

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
Dividend Amonnt
Name of Company. per of Paid. Fri*
Annum. Share.
£
s. d. £ s. d.
Australasia •.••• • • • • • 81. per cent• 40 0 0 40 0 0 44%
Britsh North American 61. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 45%
Commercial of London Si. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 23
Colonial. 5l. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 14
Londe and Westminstr 61.-per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 251,4
London Joint-Stock .• • 61. per cent. .50 0 0 10 0 0 14%
Metropolitan •• . 25 0 0 710 0
Provincial of Ireland • • 81. per cent. 108 0 0 25 0 0 44?4
Ditto, New. •• • ... • • 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0
National of Ireland .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 17 10 0 16
Nat. Provincial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 37 yN
Ditto, New.. •••.• • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0
Union of Australia.... 25 0 0 25 0 0 26N
Union of London... Si. per cent. ,50 0 0 10 0 0 12.1,4,

Mr. S. CRAWFORD rose to call the attention of the
House to the petition from the ratepayers and inhabitants of
Rochdale (presented Feb. 25), against the introduction of the
new poor-law into their district ; and to move, " That the peti-
tioners be heard at the bar of the House, in support of the
allegations contained in that petition." Although he rose at
that late hour of the night, under considerable disadvantage,
yet he thought it better to proceed with his motion
than trespass on the time of the House on another occasion.
From the nature of his motion, the question might appear to be
a local one, but it was in reality a question of great public im-
p3rtance. The question was, whether the authority of the
Poor-law Commissioners was to be forced into every corner of
England, whether all the great districts now under local acts
were still to manage their poor under the Vestry Act, or were
to be compelled to bow their necks to the yoke of that sove-
reign authority which had been, not inappropriately, called
that of the three kings of Somerset-house. There was also
another question arising out of this one, whether the New Poor-
law Act should continue in its present form, or be amended in
such a manner as to render it more conformable with justice,
policy, and the constitution of England. These were the ques-
tions raised in the petition presented from Rochdale, which he
had brought before the House, and he would shortly relate
the circumstances connected with the petition. The dis-
trict of Rochdale had been managed for twenty-six years
under the Select Vestry Act, and he believed no fault had been
found with the manner in which the relief of the poor had been
conducted under that Act. In the year 1837, a union was
formed for the purpose of registration, under the
New Poor-law Act, but the relief of the poor
was to continue as before under the Select Vestry Act.
But on the 25th of October last. an order was issued by
the Commissioners, that this mode of relief should cease,
and the district be brought under the operation of the New
Poor Law. Notwithstanding this order of the Commissioners,
it was found impossible to obtain a Board of Guardians to
carry out the order ; neither guardians nor official magis-
trates could be assembled to carry it out. They were de-
termined not to be the instruments of doing what they
thought would be injurious to the poor and the locality.
On the 24th of November a mandamus was applied for by
the Commissioners in the Court of Queen's Bench, and it was
something strange that when the mandamus was applied for,
it was not in the usual way of moving for a rule, compell-
ing the guardians to show cause why they had not
complied with the order, but a motion was made
that the mandamus he issued at once, on the alle-
gation that the poor at the time were starving. This was not
the ease, as the overseers of Rochdale, in pursuance of the in-
structions from the Commissioners themselves, continued to
relieve the poor as before, under the local Act. The people of
Rochdale
made every exertion to escape the infliction of this
law ; they wished by every legitimate means in their power
to prevent its operation taking place, and to avoid also the ap-
pearance of any resistance to the authorities. The Board of
Guardians signed a memorial to the Secretary of the Home
Department; another memorial was also addressed to the
Right Hon. Gentleman by the rate-payers of Rochdale, each
praying his interference to prevent the law being forced upon
them. The memorial of the rate-payers was signed by 11,}15
persons, and
of the whole number of rate-payers
in the district, only fifty-one refused to sign it.—(Hear)
lie, therefore, stood there as the representative of a consti-
tuency which, though consisting of many political parties, was
on this subject completely united. The answer of the Secre-
tary of State to the memorials was—that he had no power to
interfere to prevent the operation of the law. Under these
circumstances, the inhabitants of Rochdale appealed to that
House for relief; they came there to ask if that House could
not prevent the infliction of this law upon them. Though no
reason had been assigned for enforcing the law—though no
regular document had been produced—he had an indirect
knowledge of a document which had been drawn up with the
That
document of establishing a case for the Commissioners.
document stated that the expense of the relief
of the poor had greatly increased, and instituted
some comparisons with other districts to prove
it, which he contended were not fairly drawn, inasmuch as
the three towns of the district of Rochdale were compared
with three other towns. In reply to this, he asserted that,
taking the whole number of paupers in England, the expense
of each of them was 21, 145., while the expense of the peer of

Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
£ a. d. £ s. Q.
Bank of Scotland ••.• • 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 172
Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 168%
British Linen Company 81' per cent. - 100 0 0 226%
Commercial Bank •• • • 6/. per cant. - 100 0 0 167%
National Bank ...... • • 6/. per cent. - 10 0 0 15%
Union Bank of Sootland /. pr cent. - 50 0 0 98
Western Bank •••• • • • • 61. per cent. - 50 0 0 76.4
North of iicotland Bank Si. per sent. - 5 0 0 7
Clydesdale Bank.. •• • • 6/. per cent. - 10 0 0 14%
Eastern Bank • 3/. per cent. - lb 0 0 11%
Caledonian Bank ••. • • 61. per cent. - 2 10 0 3%
Edinb.&Glasgew 'lank 5/. per cent. - 5 0 0 7M
City of Glasgow Bank . 5/. per cent. -- 8 15 0 13%
Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1%
Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14%
Incur. Co. of Scotlnd• • 51. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 10
North British Incur. • • 91. per cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 27
Caledonian Fire Incur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24
Edinburgh Life Incur. Cl. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 181,1
Edin. &Glasg. Railway 4% /. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 6511
Ditto, % Shares 4%1. per cent. 12.10 0 All paid. IVA
Edin., Leith, & Grantn 20 0 0 20 0 0 15
Glasgw & Ayrshir Rall. 4%l.percent. 50 0 0 All paid. 653,E
Glasgw & Grecnck Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 12
Glsgw & Garnkirk Rail. 51. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 28
Dundee & Arbroth Rail. 5/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 323
CANALS.
Name. of Dividendl
Names of E Price. per Price.
Companies. la per • Companies. Annum .q .
Annum.
£
Ashtn &01811 97 5/.5a. p c 72 Monmouthsh 100 81. 160
Ashby-d-la-Z.113, 4/. 70 Mntgomrysh 100, Si. 98
Barnsley ..11601 121. 180 Macclesfield . 1001 - t 5
Basingstoke.. 100' - 5 Neath • . 100 201. 365
Brknk&Abrgllso 51. 85 Nottingham . 150 12/. 280
Cromford.. • • 100 181. 164 Peak Forest . 78 3/. 40
Dudley 1 4/. 80 Regent's •• • • 33 11. 24
Derby •• • 100 8/. 103 Rochdale 85 41. 55
Ellsmre&Chs 133 4/. 58 Shropshire 125 81. 120
Erewash •• • 100 32/ 440 Somrsct Coal 150 71. 10s. 123
Forth & Clyd 1001 41. 105 Do.Lk I'd St 12 6/. p. c. 11
Grand•Junc 11008 71. 140 tffrd &Wore 140 251. 480
Grand Un 1001 it. 10s. 25 Shrewsbury.. 125 151. 230
Glamo 17U 13%1. 210 ;tourbridge.. 145 20/. 360
Glstr & Brkl 00, - 8 Strtfrd on Av 'l9 11. 10s. I 30
Grantham
Iluddersfield 57, - 20 Wye Rail.
liennt & Avn 39 7s. 611. 10 Trnt & 50 30/. 450
Lancaster
10
Leeds&Livrp,loo. 341. 570 Timms &Med 19 -
Leicester . ll4O 101. 110 'Worcstr &1 78 4!. 50
Leiestr&N.th 83 41. 70 Thrilling. j
Loughborogh 142 701. 1050 Wilts & Bag 67 11. 4s.

The parties to this action are both Frenchmen. The plain-
tiffs, Messrs. Roundhloff, are makers of guitars, residing in
Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square; and the defendant, Mr.
Johanning, is a music-seller, who lately resided in Great
Portland-street. The action was brought to recover 5/. Bs. 9d.
for three guitars, which the plaintiffs had supplied to the
defendant at various times.
Mr. QUALES stated the case for the plaintiffs. His clients
had been in the habit of doing business with the defendant
for several years in the sale of guitars. The: practice was
to supply guitars upon sale or return. Several were supplied
between 1838 and 1840, and of those supplied and sold dur-
ing this period, there were three guitars that were not paid
for. The first of these was delivered in the early part of
1838, worth 2/. Iss. ; and two others were supplied on the 9th
of November and the 9th of December, in 1840, worth 21.
los. oach ; making 71. 15s. in all. Towards this amount Mr.
Johanning had paid several small sums, and delivered some
goods to the plaintiff's, which reduced the debt to
51., Bs. 9d., for which the present action was brought.
L nfortunately for his clients they were not able to
read or write English, and at the various times
at which:the defendant (Mr. Johanning) had paid sums of
money, being himself able to write English, he had been in the
practice of drawing up receipts in that language, and getting
his clients, or one of them, to sign, upon the mere faith of
Mr. Johanning's honesty. Notwithstanding this, he had no
doubt that he could easily prove the debts. After various un-
successful attempts to get a settlement, the present proceed-
ings were entered into, and he (Mr. Quales) would have to
put himself in the witness-box, and there would be able to
show that Mr. Johanning had acted in a most disgraceful
manner throughout the whole of these transactions.
A foreigner, a professor of music, and Mr. Quales himself,
then gave evidence to the effect, that the goods had been
delivered to the defendant, and that the latter had admitted
that he owed money to the plaintiff, though notwithstand-
ing repeated endeavours to get a settlement, the defendant
refused all satisfaction. The evidence was not very clear
or satisfactory, and was very much damaged by the cross-
examination to which it was subjected.
Mr. BAGLEY for the defence, maintained that the whole
case was got up by the plaintiffs' attorney for the sake of
costs, who in this instance had appeared in the character of
advocate4attorney, and witness; and that Mr. Johanning did

OXFORD CIRCUIT.—Oxford, March 8.
CROWN COURT.—(Before the CHIEF BAHON.)
Thomas Darvile was charged with stealing a pocket-book,
containing bank- notes to the amount of 30/. in value, the pro-
perty of the Rev. Mr. Matthews.
Mr. Williams appeared for the prosecution,
and Mr. Pigott
conducted the prisoner's defence.
It appeared that as Mr. Matthews (who is a magistrate of
the county) was proceeding on foot, accompanied by his son,
to the town of Bicester, for the purpose of discharging his
official duties, he dropped from his coat pocket two pocket-
books and several letters; one of the pocket-books contained
the notes in question, and in each the rev. gentleman's name
and address were printed. The evidence disclosed that the
prisoner followed Mr. Matthews through a field between
Weston and Windlebury, no one else having passed along
the footpath in the meanwhile, and the prisoner was seen by
a witness to stoop and pick something upb hoverer,
he
saw no
exa-
mined for a few minutes. The witness,
thing in his hand. About an hour after the prisoner had
passed through the field, two young men found one of the
pocket-books lying in the footpath ; of course, however, it
w
h
was not the one that held the notes. There was also evi-
dence of some of the prisoner's remarks made at the time
when he was accused, but which were of such an ambiguous
nature as to render no assistance to a just oonclusion of his
guilt.
After an address from Mr. Pigott in his defence, and an
able and careful summing up by the Learned Judge, the jury,
without hesitation, returned a verdict of—Not Guilty.
The assizes were concluded at half-past four o'clock, and
at five o'clock the Learned Judges left the town on their
road to Worcester.

AMEERS or SINDE.—The Sindian chiefs, with
their suite, in all twelve persons, who arrived at Southampton
In the Great Liverpool, are come to this country as an em
bassy from the ex-Ameers of Sinde, to endeavour to effect
an arrangement with the British Government, to obtain the
release of their Princes, and the restoration of their country.
They have been staying, with their suite, at a house in Port-
land-terrace, but are to leave for London, we are informed,
to-day or to• morrow. The native costumes of the chiefs are
remarkable for richness, and excited considerable admiration
on the part of the persons echo witnessed their landing.—
Hampshire Independent of Saturday.