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sent occasion any additional expense. This squadron
was furnished by the usual vessels on duty. If the
character of this demonstration should by chance be
afterwards changed, and war should break out, he felt
confident that the expense would not be at the charge
of France.

A letter from Oran of the 28th ult., in the Algerie,
gives an account of the arrival in the roadstead of the
squadron commanded by the Prince DE JOINVILLE,
at four in the afternoon, and adds :
" The three ships of the line and the frigate Belle Poule
have on board 700 marines, 208 artillerymen (2 batteries),
and 150 of the 3d regiment of Engineers. Independent of
these troops, there have been organised on board the squadron
four companies for service ashore, each of 150 men, and
which may, in case of need, be increased to 200 from among
the elite of the crews, making altogether a force of nearly
2,000 men at the disposal of the Admiral, to land in an
instant at any one of the ports of Morocco. The Prince has
also with him M. Lejeune, a naval officer, who has resided in
Morocco, and is well acquainted with its topography and the
hydrography of its shores."

On Friday, at half-past twelve o'clock, the Duchess
DE NE➢IOURS was safely delivered of a Prince, to
whom th• KING has given the title of Duke
D'Atargcox. The Minister of the Interior and Gen.
ATHALIN, who were at the moment at Neuilly, were
witnesses of the birth of the august infant. At three
o'clock a salvo of artillery announced this happy
event to the capital. The Chancellor of France, and
the Grand Referendary were sent for, and drew up,
in presence of their Majesties and the Royal Family,
the act, stating the Prince's birth. At four o'clock
the KING, the QUEEN, the Queen of the BELGIANS,
the Duchess of ORLEANS, the Princess ADELAIDE,
and the Duke DE MONTPENIIER set out for Dreux.
The King of the BELGIANS, the Duke DE NEMOURS,
and the Princess DE JOINVILLE have remained at
Neuilly. The young Prince will be baptised on
Sunday by the Archbishop of PARIS.

The trial of Madame LA COSTE for the murder
of her husband, commenced at the assizes of Ger, near
Toulouse, on the 10th, and excites the greatest in-
terest. The report of the first day's proceedings
occupies ten columns of the Journal des Debats.
THE BOURSE—SATURDAY, JULY 13.

First Highest Lowest
_ .

-
Price. Price. Price.
French Five perC mita •• • • • 122 10 . • 122 10 122

Price.
•• 122 05

Fourier Cents.
Three per Cents Bl 80 .. 81 80 .. 81 75 .. 81 75
Bank of France 3030 3037 50 • • 3030 .. 3037 50
Lailltte Bank, I,ooof. Sharesll2o ..1120 .. 1120 1120
5,000 f. Sharesso7o —5070 —5070 ..5070
Belgian Bank ........ • . 677 50 677 50 .. 677 50 • • 677 50
Belgian Fives, 1842 •••• • • • • 108 i • • 108# 1081
Spanish Active •••••••• •• • • 31 • • 31 • • 31 • • 31

Passive -it • • 56 • • 51 ..
Neapolitan 9B 65 .. 98 70 .. 98 65 .. 98 70
Roman ........... ...• •• • . 104 .. 1041 .. 104 .. 1041
RAILWAY SHARES.
St. Germain •• • • •••• • . • • 888 75 .. 838 75 888 75 .. 888 75
Rouen 987 50 .. 987 50 .• 937 50 .. 987 50
Orleans • - ......939 50 .. 935 .. 982 50 .. 985
Strasburg to Bale•• •• •• • • 237 50 • • 238 75 • • 237 50 .. 237 50
Avignon to Marseilles•...•. 767 50 .. 772 50 .• 767 50 .• 771 25
RAILWAY SHARES FOR THE ACCOUNT, 15TH JULY.
St. Germain 890 .. 890 888 75 .. 888 75
Versailles, L. 8.• • • • • • • • • • • • 246 25 .. 246 25 • • 245 .. 245
Rouen 982 50 .. 982 50 .. 982 50 .. 982 50
Rouen to Havre • ..... . 765 • • 766 25 .. 765 .. 765
Orleans ••••••••••• ••-• • • • • 982 50 • • 985 .. 982 50 .. 983 75
Strasburg to Bale— • • 237 50 .. 238 75 .. 237 50 .• 238 75
Avignon to Marseilles • • • • 770 • • 772 50 .. 770 . 772 50

THIS DAY'S NEWS.

MONEYAND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were 5,000
bales at steady prices. The Market was not affected by the
advices per steamer.—Railway Shares were dull on the
whole. The subjoined are the rates :—Eastorn Counties, 12 ;
Ditto, Perpetual, 11. 13s. 4d. ; Great Western, Half, 79i ; Hull
and Selby, Quarter, 11-; Liverpool and Manchester, 115;
London and Birmingham, 223 ; North Midland, Half, 49 ;
North Union, 93i ; Paris and Lyons, 2i.
After all the opposition given to the plan first proposed,
we believe, by the late Lord Sydenham, of making Montreal
the seat of Government for the united provinces of Canada,
people on the other side of the Atlantic begin to think very
generally that this is the best site. A commercial gentleman,
who has very recently visited Canada, thus writes to the
Quebec Gazette :
" It is impossible to see Montreal without being at once
satisfied that it is the centre of a large population, active, en-
terprising, and increasing; there are upwards of six hundred
buildings now in progress; I happened to be in the streets
early and met with whole regiments of masons, carpenters,
painters, and others, going to their work, on new buildings,
which you meet at every step, many of them splendid man-
sions; I have visited all the parts of the town, and saw very
few mean houses; the streets are all niacadamized or paved
wii h wooden blocks, and I found them all clean and in good
order.

" I visited the St. Anne's market; its hall has ceased to be
a market for dead cattle ; it is to be the place of meeting of
our Legislature; the room for the sittings of the Asssembly
is passable, without, however, accommodation for an audi-
ence; the other parts of the building are incommodious, too
small, and quite unfit for the object; it is an affaire manquee,
and the Legislature must come back to Quebec, where the
Members will find a most ample and convenient building,
and the proverbial hospitality of the citizens.
" I visited the Lachine canal ; it has been made a hundred
feet wide, vast works are making for the new locks at its dis-
charge in the St. Lawrence, and four reservours or harbours
each about a superficial acre in extent. It is navigated by about
28 steam-boats, continually going up and down. (I counted
eleven at the wharfs) besides numberless barges, schooners,
and rafts of timber and saw logs ; the activity and extent of
business going on is really of a bewildering magnitude.
" The shops have a rich and varied display of most costly
objects (canes at 905.), fit fur the wants of a rich and ostenta-
tious population."
To the emigrants who have gone, or are about to leave our
shores for Canada, the extract net given contains satisfactory
information. Up to the last dates there had arrived out at
Quebec 443 vessels from this country ; tonnage, 154,856 ;
passengers, 9,369. To the same time last year the arrivals
were, ships, 553 ; tonnage, 199,195 ; passengers, 10,579. De-
crease in vessels, 110 ; tonnage, 44.339 ; passengers, 1,210.
It appears that the objectors to the plan of conversion and
amendment of the old Portuguese bonds, and capitalising the
arrears of interest, are generally coming into the offer of the
Government of Portugal made in the decree stated, the 2,1
November, 1840. Up to the end of June last there had
been received at the financial agency of the Por-
tuguese treasury in this city 11,555,7531. ; and
all the bonds representing which have been converted, and
new bonds issued. to the amount of 9,446,7631. 12s. Bd. No
question the arrangement was a most beneficial one to the
financial position of Portugal ; and as respects the foreign
claimants, it is now generally thought that the bondholders
have not had a very bad bargain, that is, if the interest upon
the Converted Stock continues to be regularly paid.
The transactions in the Fonds this morning have been to
some extent, and in general the market is firm. The settle-
ment in the Share Market, which took place to-day, caused
money to be rather more in demand, but the rate of interest
is but a shade in advance of what it was last week.
Consols for Account have been quoted at from 991 to 991;
the Commissioners bought 20,W0/. Consuls at 991. The
Small Exchequer Bills have been very firm at 76 to 8
premium. Bank Stock at 1994 to 2CO; India Stock at 2844.
The Reduced Three per Cents. Annuities at 1014 and the
Iteduced Three, and-a-Half per Cents, at 3 per cent. above
par.

Spanish Bonds have improved a shade on the opening
quotations. The Five per Cents. have just been taken at
224, and the Three per Cents. at 33k. But a shade of varia-
tion has occurred in the other foreign Stocks. Brazilian
Bonds of 1829 and 1839 have realised 814 ; the Mexican Five
per Cents., 34; the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 61i;
And Russian, 1194.
The London and Birmingham Railway Shares have re-
ceded from 124 to 122 premium. In the other shares the va-
riations have been slight. Banking Shares are unvaried in
value.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank 5t0ck..................................... 19934 200
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities
3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726 9O
336 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 102% 103
New 3% per Cent. Annuities lOl% 102%
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. k6O l2 9-16
India Stock
... 28434
India Bonds,l,ooo ..... .. ........... .............- .....
Ditto under 1,000.. ................... ............... 94
Bank Stock for Account ...... 19934
Consols for Open ng
Exchequer Bills, kV- 134 d
1,0001. •••••••••••••••••••••••• •••••••••••• 7 8 pm.
Ditto 5ma11.......... ...... - 7 B 7B pm.
Ditto Advertised -.
FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto for the Account
Mexican 80nd5,1837, 5 per Cent. .... ........ " 36 35%
Ditto Debentures
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent 1193(
Spanish, Bonds. Five per Cent 1840... .....
Ditto Three per Cent. .......•...........•..•....- 32lt 33%
Dutch 2% per Cents ....... ......... ........ ....-
Ditto for the Account ..„............ .......
Dutch 5 per Centa lOl%
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER 5/111111.
Birmingham and Derby lOO ........ 18 -
Birmingham and Gloucester lOO ...... 98% -
Chester and H01yhead.....„........ 5 , ..... ... i
Dublin and Cashel .... 234 4% to -
Eastern Counties
Ditto New Registered...-. 81. 6s. Ad. -
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O 62% to -
Great Western ...... ........ ........ 75 125% to -
Ditto 34 Shares
London and Birmingham. lOO .224
Ditto New Thirds 2 37 .. to -"I
Ditto 14 Share,
London and Brighton 5O 46% ...... to ....
Ditto Loan Notes lO -
London and South Western ..... 41% ...... -
Ditto Eighths -
London and Croydon -
Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 - . to -

Norwich and Brandon w 4 976
South Eastern and Dover ......... 32% ...... 35%
Trent Valley
Yarmouth and Norwich lB 27% ...... to 28
York and North Midland ......... 50 ..... 102% to
Ditto )6 Shares 25 51% to
Ditto Scarboro' Branch
Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux... 1
Paris and Orleans ........ ............ 20
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 13.—Our mar-
ket is quiet, and only a small amount of business has been
done. London and South-Western, 82k; Sheffield and Man-

chester, Quarters, 10i ; South-Eastern, 36i ; Huddersfield
and Manchester Canal and Railway, 325. 6d. prem. ; Black-
burn and Preston, 3i; Manchester Assurance,

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, JULY 15.—Wind W.S.W., fresh breezes, and fine.
CLYDE, JULY 11.—And. Lacaio, Rugby, Chili ; Hibernia
and Oxford, Miramichi. Sld. St. Vincent, Brown, Demerara;
Gertrude, St. Stephen's, New Brunswick; Hound, New-
foundland.

HOLYHEAD, JULY 13.—Arrd. Ariel, Liverpool, for Ichaboe,
leaky.
WATERFORD, JULY 11.—Arrd. Boliva, Quebec. Sid.
Elizabeth, Do. ; Russia, New York. Off, Eliza, Savannah ;
Monarch, Restigouche ; Trader, Quebec.
CORK, JULY 11.—And. Liffey, Barrett, Barbadoes ; Jes-
samine, Miller, St. Domingo ; Industry, Allison, Ichaboe ;
Urania and Venus, Quebec. Off, Lady Bale, St. John's, New
Brunswick; Sir F. B. Head, Richibucto.
RYE, JULY 14 —The Singapore, from Quebec *o London,
is totally wrecked four miles to the eastward of the harbour;
crew and part of materials saved.

BOSCASTLE, JULY 12.—The Springflower, from Quebec,
I arrived off here, dragged her anchors and went on the rocks,
but has been got off and brought to the back of the quay,
with damage to her bottom.
REDCAR, JULY 13.—The Monica and the Isabella, both of
Rochester, got on the rocks off this port to-day, but have
been got off, and proceeded without assistance.
DEAL, JULY 13.—Arrd. Fawn, South Seas ; Condor, Port
Rico for Bremen ; Hopewell, Hoscason, Jamaica ; John
Gray, Carnaby, New York ; Veracity, Pugwash. Sid. Era,
Cape of Good Hope. 14.—1 t blew a strong gale last
night, and to-day from W. to W.S.W. and W.N.W., but is now,
6 P.m.onore moderate.—The Centurien, for Sierra Leone, has put
back, and has proceeded to Ramsgate with damage, having
been in contact with a brig.
LivEnroor., JULY 13.—Arrd. Acadia, steamer, Halifax and
Boston, in nine and a half days, from Halifax.
OFF DUNGENESS, JULY 13.—Zorgoland, Canton, for Rot-
terdam.
PORTSMOUTH, JULY 14.—Wind N.N.W., squally.—Arrd.
Gladiator, London to New York ; Trusty and Seabird,
Quebec. Off, London, New Orleans; Owen Glendower,
London for Bengal.
DARTMOUTH, JULY 13.—The smack John Barrow, of this
port, was run into, and received considerable damage, by the
foreign brig Maria Sophia.
RAMSGATE, JULY 13.—Arrd. Leopold 1., Antwerp for
Trieste, with damage, having been in contact with a barque
off Dungeness.
DEAL, JULY 14.—Wind W.N.W., strong.—Arrd. St.
George, Demerara ; Imogene, Tagus, St. Lucia; Jean, Christie,
Dominica ; London, Freeman, Jamaica.
HULL, JULY 12.—S1d. St. Spyree and Young England,
Ichaboe.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT
(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock.
POOR-LAW AMENDMENT BILL.

On the motion of Sir JAMES GRAHAM, the House
resolved itself into a Committee on the Poor-law, Bill.
On clause 36 being proposed, which provides asylums
for the destitute poor,
Mr. CHRISTOPHER complained that the clause was
not sufficiently extensive. He thought that in every
union workhouse throughout the country there should
be established a vagrant ward for those houseless poor
who move from one place to another, some in quest of
employment, others going to their several parishes. He
thought that in every parish the means should be
provided for supplying those poor persons with a night's
lodging, and at least one meal in the course of
the day, before they proceeded on their journey.
There ought to be a vagrant ward in every union work-
house. It would be a saving of expense to the parishes,
and would save the magistrates the pain of committing
to prison, even for pity sake, unfortunate persons who
were travelling from place to place in search of employ-
ment.. These poor persons were, for the most part suffer-
ing every kind of destitution, rather than commit crime.
Sir J. GRAHAM said that the subject alluded to by
his Hon. Friend was not immediately connected with the
clause before the House.—(Hear, hear.) He thought
that there was every reason of humanity and policy in
favour of the establishment of district asylums in the
metropolis, and the five large towns.
Sir C. NAPIER said that, in the two parishes which
he had the honour to represent (St. Pancras and Mary-
lebone) there was no difficulty in any distressed person
obtaining relief at any hour of the day and night.
Sir J. GRAHAM said that, if he wished to refer to
any workhouse for a proof that these asylums were
necessary it would be Marylebone.
Sir CHARLES NAPIER said that last year the Poor-
law Commissioners went over the whole of 'the Mary-
lebone Union. He had also gone over it himself, and he
must confess that he never saw a place better conducted.
Sir J. GRAHAM said that the information he had
received was what had taken place before a police magis-
trate and on oath.
Colonel WOOD understood that if a person applied
for relief at a union they were bound to give them a
night's lodging and a meal in the morning. He thought
that was a course that was likely to be greatly abused.
So much had it been abused that now the Commissioners
had ordered that a person having a night's lodging must
be detained four hours in the morning, and have four
hours' work. Now, to the person who was really
a pauper or wayfarer, such a course was
extremely hard. He thought the proper way of treating
the question was, that every person who stated he was
houseless should have a night's lodging in the police sta-
tion.—(Oh, oh.) He was anxious that the clause should
be rejected altogether.
Mr. HAWES entirely differed from the course pro.
posed by the Honourable and Gallant Member
who had just sat down. The object of the
clauses was purely charitable, but he thought they
ought to have more information on the subject before
they passed them. The real question was, whether these
clauses ware necessary, or whether, under the authority
of the Secretary of State, sufficient relief might not be
given to the destitute poor without these clauses. The
Poor-law Commissioners themselves regarded these pro-
visions with considerable doubt and difficulty.
Sir J. GRAHAM said he was very sorry that the
Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down concurred
with the Hon. Member for Brecon in resisting this
clause. The Hon. Member for Brecon said he thought
that destitution, accompanied with the want of a home,
was prima facie evidence of criminality sufficient to jus-
tify his incarceration in a police-station with criminals.
—(Hear, hear.) In his (Sir James Graham's) opinion
it was much better to provide an asylum for such per-
sons for three or four days than to commit them
to gaol.—(Cheers.) It was indispensably necessary, as
the law then stood, to provide out of the rates for those
who were unable to maintain themselves, for orphan
children, for destitute children, and for the education of
the children of the poor ; and he had yet to learn that
it was good economy to confound all the poor, instead
of making a separate provision for each.—(Hear,
hear.) The necessity of making this provision had
been forced upon his attention by the great
number of persons who had been found last winter in
the metropolis, lying under arches, and in other places,
without any shelter.—(Hear, hear.) Such a state of
things threw a great burden on the more humane portion
of society.—(Hear, hear.) He altogether rejected the
assumption of his Hon. Friend that, because persons
were houaeless they were to be considered as
guilty—(Hear, hear)—although by the force of
circumstances the policemen were driven to treat them
as criminals.—(Hear, hear.) He thought that three or
four of these asylums in well-selected localities would
enable the police at once to take such parties to a place
where they would be admitted by the heads of the
establishment at all hours of the night, where they
might remain for 3 or 4 days, and, if they were sick, have
proper attention paid to them. At all events, he was satis-
fied that the duties of Christianity and humanity would be
fulfilled by their sanctioning this arrangement. His
belief was, that they were violated by the existing sys-
tem.—(Hear, hear.) In reference to the question whe-
ther this was recommended or not by the Poor-law
Commissioners, the Hon. Member for Lambeth had re-
f•rred to the tenth report of the Poor-law Commis-
sioners. He begged, however, to refer him to the eighth
report, issued in 1841, from which it appeared that
some such provision was sanctioned by the
Poor-law Commissioners. He did not rest, how-
ever, on their authority alone ; his experience of the
past winter convinced him that some regulation of this
kind was absolutely necessary. He could never dis-
card the considerations upon which the Hon. Member
had dwelt ; he could never forget that many of those
who contributed to the poor's-rate had the greatest diffi-
culty in honestly 'maintaining their independence, and
bringing up their own families without assistance ; but
he did not believe that under regulations such as those
contemplated by the Bill any extra burden would be
imposed on the public.—(Hear, hear.)
Colonel WOOD explained.
Mr. B. COCHRANE said that the House must have
been delighted with the speech of the Right Hon. Gen-
tleman—(Hear, hear)—and the kindness of feeling it
exhibited. He was also glad that the Gallant Colonel
(Wood) had in some degree explained the most mon-
strous proposition ever submitted to the House—that a
poor person in the last stage of destitution and suffering
was to be taken to the cells of a police-station. He
approved of the plan proposed by the Right Hon. Gen-
tleman. He could not see that the new poor law was
much cheaper to the rate-payers than the old one. Under
the old law the rates amounted to 8,000,000/. per aunum,
and at present they were 7,300,0001., with a gradual ten-
dency to increase. There had been a great relaxation
of the provision by which out-door relief was forbidden ;
he wanted to know then what the country saved by the
management of the poor-law. In a few years the rates
would exceed eight millions.
Mr. WAICLEY s'aid that the Right Hon. Gentleman
had not overcharged the description of the condition of
the casual poor. In the present state of the law, there
was great inequality in the amount of relief given to the
casual poor in the different parishes of the same union.
He took the Brentford union as an instance,
where some of the parishes relieved nearly a thousand
casual poor, others only two, and some not a single
one. By the 51st clause this relief would be equally
shared by all the parishes, which would be a great im-
provement. The Right Hon. Gentleman had referred
to the cruel manner in which the casual poor were
driven from parish to parish ; he fully agreed with him
as to the facts, and approved of the establishment of
district asylums ; he believed they would be good insti-
tutions. It appeared the casual poor were not to be
admitted into workhouses after the formation of district
asylums.—(" No, no.") He (Mr. Wakley) would say no
more then. If there were to be only three or four dis-
trict asylums the poor persons would have to travel a
good distance to get admission ; this he did not think
would be a cure fur the present evil, but rather an
aggravation of it.

Sir J. GRAHAM said he used the words three or
four to show that the number of district asylums would
be limited, and not to indicate any particular number.
They would be so arranged that they could be easily
got at, and that the casual poor would know where to
apply.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. HENLEY thought the question of removal was
so closely connected with the law of settlement, that it
would be better if the power of removal were withdrawn
from the Bill, and allowed to stand over till next session,
when the law of settlement was to come under the con-
sideration of the House. He thought the mischief of
which they were complaining arose from the disputes
between the parish officers and the orders of the Com-
missioners. He firmly believed that the power given
by this Bill would have the effect of making beggars of
the destitute poor.
Mr. BORTHWICK said he would support the clause.
It only provided for the establishment of asylums in the
metropolis and other large towns. He thought there
ought to be an asylum in every union.
Mr. HAWES asked whether it was compulsory on
the guardians to erect these asylums, because if it were
not, the clause would not remedy the evil, inasmuch as
while the humane parishes would consent to their erec-
tion the careless and indifferent would oppose it.
Reference had been made to the 10th report of the
Commissioners, and also to the Bth report on this subject.
He agreed with the recommendation of the Bth report,
which recommended such an attention in the law as
should enforce the granting of relief to the casual poor
whenever and wherever they might apply. Entirely
concurring in the propriety of effecting these objects, ho
could not support the proposed clause, because, he be-
lieved that the Commissioners had, by the existing law,
ample powers for remedying this evil.
Sir J. GRAHAM said that on Saturday, when he
had proposed that this Committee should sit at twelve
to-day, he had entirely forgotten that at two o'clock he
bad to attend a Committee of the other House. He
trusted, therefore, the House would excuse him for a
few minutes. With regard to what had fallen from the
lion. Member who had just sat down, he would ob-
serve that the power and the discretion of the Commis-

sioners were absolute as to the formation of the
districts, that by the 51st clause the relief of the casual

poor was made a union charge and not a parochial
charge, and, as the guardians of these indifferent parishes
would thus find, they would not shrink from bearing
their fair share of the burden, he thought there would
be no practical difficulty in inducing them to consent to
building an asylum ; to the building of which, however,
the assent of the majority of the board of guar-
dians was indispensable. The Honourable Gentle-
man misunderstood him with respect to the quo-
tation which he had made from the eighth report
of the Commissioners. He had not said that the Com-
missioners had recommended the establishment of these
asylums. lie had quoted the eighth report to 5119 W

that the Commissioners were at that time convinced
that the present mode of the relief of the casual
poor was not a good one. The Honourable
Member for Bridport speculated as to the possible
increase in the expense some years hence. He (Sir J.
Graham) had always regarded the expense under the
new poor-law as one of its most advantageous results.
There had been a saving to the rate-payers, and a better
administration of the law.

Mr. T. DUNCOMBE thought these clauses ought to
be made the subject of a separate Bill. If they were
only to apply them to Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds,
and the metropolis, hP wanted to know what they were
to do with Sheffield, Newcastle, and other larger towns.
The people of Leeds had sent a petition against these
clauses, and they complained that if any asylum should
be established in that town, all the poor in the
neighbourhood of Huddersfield and Halifax would be
drawn there.

Sir C. NAPIER thought they ought not to proceed
with this Bill in the absence of every Cabinet Minister
(Sir James Graham had left the House). He also com-
plained that many cases of casual distress were not
provided for by this clause.
Mr. M. SUTTON said that the 58th clause applied to
other cases of casual distress.
Sir C. NAPIER said, that as no Cabinet Minister
was present, he should move that the Chairman do re-
port progress.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE thought the Chairman need not
report progress. He would, however, move that this
clause be postponed.
Sir C. NAPIER then withdrew his motion that the
Chairman do report progress.
Mr. B. DENISON trusted the Committee would do
all in their power to pass the present measure, as every
one of its provisions was calculated to alleviate the con-
dition of the houseless and destitute poor.
Mr. M. SUTTON said that if any great principle in-
volved in the clause was objected to, he would not ask
the House to go on with it in the absence of his Right
Hon. Friend the Secretary for the Home Department,
but the clause had been discussed the whole morning,
and he could see, therefore, no reason why it should be
postponed.

Mr. WILLIAMS trusted that his Hon. Friend the
Member for Finsbury would not persevere in his motion
for the postponement of the clause. He thought the
clause had been sufficiently discussed.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE seeing one of her Majesty's
Cabinet Ministers in the House (Lord G. Somerset,
having shortly before taken his seat on the Treasury
benches), would not persevere in his motion for the
postponement of the clause, but he should certainly give
it his most decided opposition.
After some observations from Captain Pechell, Mr.
M. Sutton, Mr. T. Duncombe, and Mr. H. Hinde,
strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the Committee
divided, when there appeared—
For the clause
Against it
Majority for the clause
On the next clause being proposed,
Sir C. NAPIER moved that the Chairman do re
port progress.

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- Mi. MANNERS SUTTON hoped the House would
not agree to the motion.

Mr: T. DUNCOMBA said the clause involved a new
principle, and one of great importance.

(LEFT SITTING.)

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS

(From Me Votes and Proceedings of the House of Cimmons.)
SATURDAY, JULY 13.
POOR-LAW AMENDMENT BILL.
(IN THE COMMITTEE.)
Thirty-fifth Clause (That it shall be lawful for the said Com-
missioners, as and when they may see fit, to declare so many
Parishes or Unions, or Parishes and Unions, to be combined
into School Districts) :—Amendment proposed, in page 16,
line 25, to leave out the wards " to declare so many Parishes or
Unions, or Parishes and Unions, as they may see fit, to be com-
bined," in order to insert the words " to combine Unions, or
Parishes not in Union, or such Parishes and Unions," instead
thereof :—Question put, " That the words proposed to be left
out stand part of the Clause :" The Committee divided:—
MINORITY—AYES, Z.
Aldam, William Knight, H. G. I hornely. Thomas
Bowing, Dr. Milne*, Richard Tufnell, Henry
Brock lehurst, J. Morris, David Wakley, Thomas
Douglas, Sir Howard Muntz, G. F. Walker, R.
Duncombe, T. S. Napier, sir Charles Warburton, Henry
Etwall, R. Ogle, S. C. H. Wrighston, W. B.
Fitzroy, Hon. H. Pechell, Captain
Fleetwood, Sir P. Philips, G. B. TELLERS.
Grosvenor, Lord R. Protheroe, Edward Cowper, Hon. W. F
Hawes, B. Strutt, Edward Smith, Vernon

MAJORITY—NOES, 103.
Adderley, C. B. Eliot, Lord Maxwell, J. P.
Arxwright, George Escott, Bickham Meynell, H.
Bailey, Joseph, jun. Ferrand, W. B. Miles, P. W. S.
Baillie, Colonel Fitzmaunce, W. O'Brien, A. S.
Bankes, George ForbesoWitham Palmer, R.
Baring, Hon W. B Forman, T. keaton Patten Wilson
Barrington, Viscount Fuller, A. E. Peel, Jonathan
Bentinck, Lord G. Gasket!, J. M. Ponington, Viscount
Beresford, Major Gladstone, W. E. Freed, William T.
Blackburne,J.lreland Gordon, Hon. W. Pringle, A.
Bookitt, W. H. Gore, Montague Rasbleigh, William
Boldero, H George Goulburn, Henry Rolleston, Colonel
Borthwick, Peteri Graham, Sir James Round, John
Botfield, Benet' Greenall, Peter Rota, Hon. Captain
Bowles, Admiral Harcourt, G. G. Rushbrooke, Colonel
Brarnston, T. W. Henley, J. W. Sheppard, T.
Bruce, Lord Ernest Henniker, Lord Sibthorp, Colonel
Buck, L. W. Herbert, Hon. S. Smith, T. B. C.
Burrell, Sir C. M. Hervey, Lord A. Somerset, Lord G.
Burreughes, H. Hind; J. H. Sotheron, T. H
Cavendish, lion. G. Hodgson, R. Sutton, Hon. H. M
Cnarteris, Hon. F. Hogg, J. W. Taylor, E.
Chelsea, Viscount Hope, Charles Thornhill, G.
Christopher, R. A. Hussey, Ambrose Waddington, H. S.
Chute, W. L. Hussey, Thomas Walsh, Sir John
Codrington, Sir W. Jernayn, Earl Wawn, John T,
Corry, 11. Jolliff, Sir W. Williams, W.
Capps, W. Langston, J. H. Wodehouse, Hon. E.
Darner, Hon. Dawson Lennox, Lerd A. Wood, Colonel
Darby, George Lincoln, Earl of Wortley, Hon. Jn. S
Dawnay, Hon. W. Lockhart, William - Yorke, E. T.
Dickinson, F. H. Long. Walter
Douglas, Sir C. E. M`Geachy, F. A. TELLER&
Douglas,
J. D. S. M'Neill, Young, John
Duncan
Duncombe, A. Manners, Lord C. Baring, Henry
'Eastnor, Viscount Manners, Lsrd J.

POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
DR. POTTS' INVENTION OF SUBMARINE FOUNDA-
TIONS FOR BREAKWATERS, LIGHTHOUSES, &c.
A Lecture was delivered at this Institution, on Saturday
evening by Dr. Ryan, illustrative of Dr. Potts' recent inven-
tion for driving piles by means of atmospheric pressure, so as
to form foundations for breakwaters, lighthouses, &c., in si-
tuations in which it has, hitherto, been difficult, if not im-
possible to build them, in consequence of the want of a proper
foundation whereon to erect the superstructure. Dr. Potts
purposes to have piles of iron, or of wood, constructed hollow,
covering the top with an air cap ; the pile, thus prepared, is
placed in the situation and direction in which it is
to be driven into the ground. The air is exhausted by a
series of ingenious contrivances from the interiorof the hollow
pile, and by the pressure of the atmosphere it is forced into its
place. The interior of the pile is supplied with water from
a reservoir which keeps the soil within the pile in a state
of mechanical suspension, and as the pile sinks this soil
rises through the pile head, into the receiver, from whence
it can be removed at any time at the will of the operator.
Dr. Ryan stated a number of ingenious contrivances invented
by Dr. Potts, to obviate particular difficulties which might
arise from the state of the soil, &c., in various localities. Dr.
Potts has applied this principle to the construction of caissons,
which can be sunk by means of atmospheric pressure to such
a depth as to form a solid foundation. By the application of
various cements these caissons can be turned into solid rock.
The lecture, which was most lucidly delivered by Dr. Ryan,
was illustrated by various experiments, showing the process
of pile driving, &c., according to Dr. Potts' method. Dr.
Potts has been examined before the'Commission on Harbours
of Refuge, and the Commissioners have expressed their appro-
bation of his plan, which has also met with the approval of
several gentlemen of high scientific acquirements.

POST-OFFICE MELODIES.

No. I.

Air—" Believe me if all those endearing young charms."

Believe me if each kind, endearing small note
That I gaze on so fondly to-day,
Were to go by to-morrow's mail, with its red coat,
Like fairy's gift fading away ;
They would still be all read, as this moment they are,
Let the sealing-wax stick as it will ;
And into each cover, without let or bar,
I should peep most triumphantly still.
It is not while office and place are my own,
And my cheeks unprofaned by a tear,
That the honour and worth of a Gneme can be known ;
Tho' my absence might make me more dear;
Oh, the eye that has once learned the news of your homes,
Will still learn it on to the close ;
And the hand that has opened a letter that comes,
Will open a letter that goes. G. G. 0.

HORRIBLE SCENE AT AN EXECUTION.-011 the
Bth inst. Pierre Lescure, who was accused of the murder of
his father, but not brought to trial for want of sufficient evi-
dence, and who has since been condemned to death for making
away with his uncle, was executed at Riom (Puy. de-Dcnne).
The circumstances attending the execution were most horri •

fying. Beinga man of herculean strength, he was bound in
prison with an unusual weight of chains. It required at least
half an hour for the smiths to unrivet them. Lescure was
much weakened by his confinement, and assistance was
offered to him in walking to the scaffold, but he declined
It and went forward, and even ascended the ladder with
a firm step. Fearing resistance the executioners of St.
Flour and Moulins were called in to aid the executioner of
Riom. When Lescure appeared on the platform, his tall
and athletic person towered above them and the priest who
attended him. Unfortunately he was not bound with suffi-
cient force to the swing-board, which also was too short for
his length, so that his neck went beyond the groove, and the
axe, when loosened, fell on the wood of the frame, and only
wounded its intended victim. Upon this the executioner from
St. Flour got astride on the head of Lescure, but the convict
struggled from the grasp, and, breaking his bands, rose
again, with his shoulders and breast covered with his blood,
his face flushed, and his eyes haggard, uttering cries that
struck terror to the heart of every spectator. The priest
approached the wretched man, and, presenting to him the
image of Christ on the cross, succeeded by his exhortations
in prevailing on him to again submit to be bound. Again
the axe fell, and again missed its mark, only enlarging the
first wound. Lescure's cries became still more astounding.
The people shouted with indignation, and pressing round the
scaffold, were on the point of overcoming the gendarmerie in
attendance, while the priest, whose surplice was covered
with blood, embraced and did all in his power to console and
calm the mutilated man. The three executioners were for a
time completely paralysed ; but at last one of them mustered
resolution enough to fix the devoted head in a proper posi-
tion, and the axe, already streaming with blood, fell a third

time, and completed its task. The three executioners are, it
is said, to be dismissed from their offices.— Galignani.
HORRIBLE ACCIDEN'T.—A most heart-rending and
fatal accident happened on Monday to a lime-btuner em-
ployed at the Southwick lime-kilns, near Sunderland. The
poor man, whose name was Bell, went on to the top of one of
the kilns when it was burning. When standing on the stones
about the centre of the kiln, the burning mass beneath him
suddenly gave way, and he sank up to the shoulders in the
" furnace of fire." In this position he remained for a short
time in the greatest agony, till his limbs and body were so
burnt as to cause his death. A rope having been fastened
round the upper part of his body, he was with difficulty
dragged out, when his mangled remains presented a most
horrible spectacle—appalling even to contemplate. The un-
fortunate man has left a widow and large family to mourn his
truly tuelatuct sply deitth.--.Durhant Advertiser.