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Government the propriety of extending the period to twelve
calendar months.
Sir J. GRAHAM said he thought the Hon. Member for
Finsbury was right in his view of the case, and he should there-
fore agree to his proposition, and move that the word " six" be
omitted, and the word " twelve" inserted.
Mr. S. CRAWFORD begged sincerely to thank the Right
Hon. Baronet for this concession, which was a most humane
and just one, and would be sure to command the approval of
the people.
Mr. STUART WORTLEY moved the following amend-
ments : in lino 18, to substitute " one year" for " six
months ;" also, after the word " child" to add these words,
" or at any time thereafter, upon satisfactory proof that the man
alleged to be the father of such child has admitted the truth of
such allegation." The clause as it stood would induce many
men to give an allowance to the woman for six or twelve
months, in order to prevent her making any application against
him, until it would be too late ; and at the expiration of the
six or twelve months discontinue the allowance, while the
clause as it now stood would exclude her from every remedy.
Sir JAMES GRAHAM was still opinion that there should
be some limitation of the time for the protection of the accused
man.
Mr. T. EGERTON said that the argument of his Hon.
Friend (Mr. Stuart Wortley) had not been met by the Right
Hon. Baronet. The argument of his Hon. Friend completely
removed the objection, that an extension of the time would be
unjust to the man. Could not the Right Hon. Gentleman
introduce words at the end of the clause, that the woman
should not be excluded from proceeding against the man after
the expiration of twelve months on producing proof of the pay-
ment of money during that time ?
Mr. ESCOTT was strongly opposed to the amendment
of his Hon. Friend (Mr. S. Wortley), as it would bring back
many of the evils of the old law.
Sir JAMES GRAHAM was sorry that his Hon. Friend
had thought it his duty to charge him with having introAinced
an illusory measure. That charge coming from a quar!,r so
respectable, rendered it the more painful ; and he must, there-
fore, give it his firm denial. The clauses to which the Hon.
Gentleman had referred had been framed with an honest spirit,
and he would always be ready to enter into a discussion as to
their merits. With respect to the amendment of the Hon.
Member for Yorkshire, he must say that he could not give it
his support, in consequence of the ambiguity of its terms. Be-
fore he sat down, he would express a hope that his Hon. Friend
the Member for Oxfordshire, would not adhere to the opinion
which he had expressed.
Mr. HENLEY said, he had spoken of the Bill, and not of
the conduct of the Government with respect to it.
After a few words from Captain Rous, Mr. Morris, Sir
Walter James, and Mr. Borthwiek,
Sir J. GRAHAM repeated that he had conceded the ex-
tension of the time to twelve months, and he would now so far
accede to the proposition of his Hon. Friend as to agree to the
addition of these words to the clause—" that the putative father
shall be liable, after the twelve months, upon proof of the
payment of money within twelve months after the birth of
the child."—( Hear, hear.)
Mr. S. WORTLEY expressed himself satisfied—( Hear,
hear)—and withdrew his amendment.
The clause, as amended, was then agreed to.

On the motion of Mr.IIIORNELY a new writ was ord,red
for the borough of Birmingham, in the room of Joshua Sehole•
field, E,q., deceased.
POOR-LAW.—COMNIITTEE.

Sir J. GRA HAM moved the order of the day for the House
resolving itself into a Committee of the whole House upon the
Poor-law Amendment Bill. The order having been read by
the Clerk,

Mr. HAWES claimed to take advantage of that opportunity
to present a petition from the rated irdiabitants of St. Mary's,
Lambeth, agreed at a meeting in vestry assembled, praying
that the Poor-law Amendment Bill may not pass into a law,
and that all plurality of voting may be abolished.
Mr. JOHN FIELDEN said he would also take advantage
of the opportunity to present a petition for the repeal of the
poor-law from the Board of Guardians of the Todmorden
union—the union in which he himself resided. They stated
that the poor-law was brought first into operation in that dis-
trict at the point of the bayonet—that it could not be intro-
duced even until the presence of the soldiery had
been obtained.—( Hear, hear.) It had been said,
most wickedly and most untruly, that he (Mr. Fielden) had
been instrumental in stiring up dissatisfaction against the Bill,
and encouraging riots to oppose it; but every one who knew
him, knew that he had never taken part in or approved of any
illegal conduct in his life—( Hear, hear)—and that he had no
more to do with those riots than any other Hon. Gentleman in
that House. It was right the House should know that some
of the guardians who signed this petition had originally been in
favour of this new poor-law, and were anxious to have it intro-
dueed into the district ; but since they had had practical expe-
rience of its operation, they had become thoroughly disgusted
with it, and now petitioned most earnestly for its repeal. On
the motion of the Hon. Member the petition was then read at
length by the Clerk at the table.
Sir JOHN WALSH presented a petition from the inhabi-
tants of St. Pancras against the 58th clause of the Bill, re-
latiag to parishes now managed under Hobhouse'e Act.
On the reading of the order of the day for the Committee
on the Poor-law Amendment Act,
Mr. BORTHWICK jumped up suddenly, and said " Mr.
Speaker," and then as suddenly sat down amidst shouts of
laughter, which were continued during a discussion carried on
between the lion. Member and Col. t.ibthorp.
In the meantime the Speaker left the chair, and the House
went into Committee, Mr. GREENE in the Chair,

On the question that clause 1 stand part of the
Colonel SIBTHORP rose to move his amendment to the
effect that the office and powers of the Poor-law Commissioners
be abolibhed.

On clause 3 being read,
Mr. )3. DENISON thought that the power of appeal,
which this clause conferred upon the putative father was un-
wise and improper, and entailed great hardship on the poor
woman who sought to establish her claim against the father
of her child. He therefore proposed that in bastardy cases
three magistrates instead of two should be present when the
female came forward in the first instance, and that their adjudi-
cation should be final. The power of appeal, as granted by the
clause, would render, in most instances, the whole intentions of
tke Legislature nugatory.
Mr. BUCK seconded the amendment.
After a few words from some Hon. Members, pro and con.,
Mr. DENISON intimated that :he had withdrawn the
amendment, but
Colonel WOOD, in the most earnest manner,intreated that
be would not do so. He considered the power of appeal as
entailing the greatest hardship on the unfortunate female.
Sir J. GRAHAM said he thought two justices would be
sufficient ; and it might be inconvenient, and in some instances,
almost impossible, to procure the attendance of more. The
power of appeal could be discussed at a future time.
Mr. DENISON withdrew his amendment.
Mr. BORTHWICK suggested that the allowance made by
the father to the mother of the child should not be paid by him
ro her, as the contact might be dangerous.—(Laughter ) The
sum allocated by the magistrate should be paid to some third
person for her—an overseer or other parochial official.
Mr. ESCOTT said all the compassion seemed to be for the
woman, but his experience in these matters—( Great laughter)
—led him to think that the putative father was frequently as
deserving of compassion. He did not approve of the principle
of sending the putative father of the child to the House of Cor-
rection, if he were not able to pay the sum prescribed by the
magistrates.
Sir J. GRAHAM said the provision, however hard it might
seem to some Hon. Members, was found to be absolutely ne-
cessary. In fact, without the terror of imprisonment which
this clause held out, one of the main principles of the measure
cou'd not be carried out.

The clause as amended was then agreed to.
Clause 4 was then proposed.
Mr. B. DENISON proposed to omit the words from the
clause which gave the power of appeal from the decision of the
magistrates in cases of bastardy.
Alr. BORT II WICK supported the amendment. He trusted
her Majesty's Government would take the sub.;vct into their
consideration. . . . .

Mr. T. EGERTON believed that if the provision giving
the power of appeal were allowed to remain in the Bill that it
would be nugatory and ineffective.
Mr. HAWES thought the power of appeal ought not to be
taken away.
Sir J. GRAHAM said this was a very important clause, and
he would recommend the Committee to be cautious in coming
to a decision upon it. He thought the power of appeal ought
to be retained, as it would act as a preventive to injustice.
Mr. WAKLEY could not see why the appeal should only
be on one side. _ . .

_
After a few words from Sir J. GRAHAM,
Mr. B. ESCOTT said the reason the appeal was only one-
sided was, that the penalties were all on one side.
Mr. WAKLEY said the penalties were not on one side, as
the woman had to bear the burden of the maintenance of the
child. He thought the appeal ought to be made In favour of
the woman as well as of the mar:.
Mr. STUART WO R FLEY was of a different opinion. To
give the appeal to the woman would lead to much injustice
and hardship.
Mr. CHIN'S thought that if they were to give the female
the power of appeal the provision would be inoperative, inas-
much as in all such cases as these the female was in humble
circumstances, and had not the means of carrying on an appeal.
Mr. S. CR A WFORD lupported the amendment of the
Hon. Member for Yorkshire.
Mr. L DDE LL thought it would be impolitic to extend cases
of appeals to Quarter Sessions.
Sir J. G RA II AM said that after the fullest consideration of
the subject he was of opinion that the clause, as it stood, ought
to be retained.
Sir J. GRAHAM said that after the fullest consideration,
he was strongly disposed to let this clause stand over.
Mr. WAKLEY strongly urged the propriety of giving the
right of appeal to the woman, who was the victim of injustice, as
well as to the man, who was the most powerful person and the
oppressor.—( Hear, hear.) Io his own experience as a Coroner,
he knew that one effect of this law was child murder, now in-
creasing to a horrible extent.—( Hear.) He had seen many '
cases in which such cases were clearly proved, to the horror and
disgust of the jury. These murders were effected generally, in a
way to render discovery impossible. The effect of this Bill
would be as bad in this respect as the one it proposed to
amend. Why should the House not take away from women
the temptation to commit so horrible a crime ?—( Hear.) lie
trusted that the Right Hon. Baronet, who had treated this
subject with great. ability and fairness, would place the woman
on an equal footing with the man.
Mr. B. DENISON, after hearing the statement of the Co-
roner for Middlesex, said that the remedy which that Hon. Gen-
tleman suggested was very inadequate. Indeed, he would ask,
how could the woman, coming out of the workhouse, poor and
penniless, avail herself of such a remedy ?
Mr. WARBURTON thought that the clause was framed in
an oversight of what was the nature of a court of appeal. He
thought that the decision in the first instance should be final.
Mr. WAKLEY said that he had not advocated the appeal
clause. He only said that the woman should be placed on an
equal footing with the man. He knew that the appeal would
be from Noodle to Noodle.—( A laugh.) Bnt Noodle might
act with more caution in the presence of lawyers, and he might
gather up a little sense from their arguments, if he had none in
himself.—( hear and a laugh.) He knew that magistrates
were not appointed for their fitness, but through the influence
of their friends, who being enable to do any good with them at
home, found employment for them in dealing with the poor.
Sir J. GRAHAM considered the clause sufficiently difficult
in itself, without being embarrassed with extraneous conside-
rations. From the returns which he had received from all
parts of the c-.untry, he did not think that the bastardy clauses
had increased infanticide, or that the crime had increased. The
feeling of shame and the desire of concealment were mostly the
motives that occasioned it. 1. ( Hear, hear.) He would throw
out for the consideration of the Committee, that at the end of
the clause there was a proviso, which seemed to press with
some hardship upon the woman; and he would pet it to the
Committee whether the omission of that proviso, thereby leav-
ing to the wcrman the right of appeal, would not be such a com-
promise as might meet the views of those who wished for a
more express amendment.
Mr. STUART WORTLE Y thought the question was too
difficult to be discussed in an assembly like this. What he
wished was, to prevent vexation* appeals, and he would sug-
gest that his Right Hon. Friendshould consider this point.
Mr. WAKLEY was satisfied with the concession made by
the Right Hon. Gentleman (Sir J. Graham). But he cau-
tioned him net to be misled by the returns of the coroners, for
in most of the cases there was no possibility of returning a di-
rect verdict of wilful murder.
Mr. B. DENISON said that he had no objection to the
omission of the proviso. Bttt what he complained of was, that
where the man appealed against the decision made in favour of
the woman, she had no means to avail( herself of the judg-
ment, 83 she could not go to the expense of resisting the ap-
peal. It would be a different thing if the parish were bound to
support the judgment in her favour.
Mr. CRIPPS said that he and his brother magistrates had
made every possible inquiry into the subject of infanticide, and
they came to the conclusion that the crime had not increased
under the new poor-law, but that, on the contrary, the morals
of the people had improved, and the crime had decreased in
their district. He only spoke of his own district, and, of
course, did not deny that what the Hen. Member for Finsbury
had stated was the fact in his district.
After a few words from Mr. ESCOTT,
Sir J. GRAHAM hoped that the Committee would pro-
ceed to divide, but with this understanding, that if the appeal
were struck out, he would retain the proviso.
Mr. BORTHWICK (who spoke amidst loud cries of "Di-
vide, divide,") recommended the Government to withdraw
the clause and reconsider it.—[The interruption continuing,
with laughter, and cries of Oh, oh "—.He would move that
the Chairman report progress. —( Oh, oh
. )
The CHAIRMAN asked who seconded the motion, to which
no answer was given, and
Mr. BORTHWICK proceeded to address the House, but
at last gave way to the repeated cries of " Divide, divide."
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the Committee
divided, when there appeared—
For the amendment ................
Against it ........................ ......
Majority . ................................
Mr. BORTHWICK said he was anxious to prevent the
money payable by the putative father being handed over to her
directly from the person who had already been too successful
against her virtue. The clause did not provide for this, and
in his opinion:it ought to do so. He trusted the Right Hon.
Baronet (Sir James Graham) would take this matter into his
serious consideration, with a view of engrafting on some future
clause of the Bill a provision to the effect he had stated.
Sir J. GRAHAM said a few words, which, from the low
tone in which he spoke, we could not very clearly hear, but we
understood their intent to be that the suggestion should have
his consideration.
In answer to a question from Sir 11. DOUGLAS,
'
Sir J. GRAHAM said he agreed with him in opinion that
the father should not be allowed to go scot free when the
woman became chargeable to the parish, or liable to punish-
ment for crime. He would have words introduced into the
clause which should authorise a proper hold upon the man.
The matter would require to be well considered, and whatever
was inserted must be most cautiously worded. In a future

After a discussion, much interrupted by bursts of laughter,
the Gallant Colonel was informed by the Chairman, that he
could not bring his motion on on the present question.
Mr. BORTHIVICK, who rose amidst renewed laughter,
said he supposed at least that he was entitled, upon this ques-
tion, to show why clause 1 should not stand part of the Bal.—
( Hear, hear.) He expressed a hope that his Hon. and
Gallant Friend would persevere in his motion, as he would
never have a better opportunity of doing so. The real mean-
ing of the proposal which had been made by the Right Hon.
Gentleman to his (Mr. Borthwick's) Hon. and Gallant Friend,
to postpone this motion, was that it should be abandoned. There
hart been too much postponement with regard to that question
already.
Mr. TATTON EGERTON said in his opinion the Hon.
and Gallant Member for Lincoln (Colonel Sibthorp) was too
late to bring forward the amendment of which he had given
notice. He should have moved his resolution on the order of
the day being read for going into Committee. Ile (Mr. Eger-
ton) was as great an opponent as any in that House of many of
the provisions of the Poor-law, but after the division of last
night he thought the best thing they could now do was, to
exert their best efforts to modify the various harsh clauses of
the Bill in Committee.
Colonel SIBTHORP said he was in the hands of the Chair-
man-, and whatever that worthy and excellent gentleman told
Itlin to do, he should do.—(Laughter.)
The Chairman of the Committee said the only thing now
competent to the Hon. and Gallant Officer to do was, to ne-
gative the clause.
Clause 1 was then agreed to amidst great laughter.
On clause 2 being proposed,
Mr. FERRAND said he felt bound to express his opinion
that his lion, and Gallant Friend (Colonel Sibthorp) had not
been fairly used, either by the House or the Government. He
(Mr. Ferrand) had distinctly put the question to the Right
Hon. Baronet (Sir James Graham) last night, whether his
Hon. and Gallant Friend could put his amendment that night,
and the answer made by the Right Hon. Baronet was, that he
could do so. It appeared to him (Mr. Ferrand) that his Hon.
and Gallant Friend had been regularly done.—( Great laugh-
ter.) He was satisfied that throughout the whole House
there an intention not to give a fair hearing to the opponents
of the Bill, and he should, therefore, advise his Hon. and Gal-
lant Friend riot to waste his time in bringing forward a mo-
tion which would not be listened to, but leave it to the coun-
try to decide upon the conduct both of that House and of the
Government.
Sir J. GRAHAM said he would assure his Hon. and Gal-
lant Friend (Colonel Sibthorp) he had no intention or desire
whatever tb hinder him bringing forward his motion ; and
whenever the opportunity presented 'itself for him to do so,
every attention should be given by him to his Hon. Friend's
arguments and opinions.
Col. SIBTHORP said the Right Hon. Gentleman had not
treated him with common candour—he had almost said with
common decency.—(Laughter.) The Gallant Colonel then,
raising his voice to its highest pitch, and stretching forth his
arm, said " I have often before declared I had confidence in
this Government; but I now declare I can never have con-
fidence more."—(Shouts of laughter.)
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE suggested that the time allowed to
unhappy females to name the father of the child—namely, six
mouths—.yfu hardly long enough, lie strongly urged on the

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stage he would be prepared with an instruction, in order to Lord ELIOT said if the Hon. Member would produce any
effect the amendment desired, and the necessity of which he instance of improper appointment, or any proof of miecon-
clearly saw.--(Hear, hear.) duct on the part of those appointed, he would not object to the
After a long and desultory conversation upon verbal amend- return. But this not having been done, and knowing that it
ments, the clause was agreed to. could not be clone, he felt it his duty to resist the motion.
On clause 6 being propo'ed, Mr. BUTLER persisting in his motion, the gallery was
Mr. HENLEY suggested that some modification should be cleared for a division, but no division took place, and the motion
made in it by the Government, as it was of a most stringent was negatived.
character.

Sir JAMES GRAHAM agreed to omit certain words
(inaudible in the gallery), the effect of which would be greatly
to ameliorate the clause.—( Loud cries of" Hear, hear.")
The clause was then agreed to, as were clauses 7,8, 9, and
10, without discussion.
On clause 11 being proposed,
Mr. WYNN ELLIS objected to the power given to the Corn.
missioners, of apprenticing illegitimate children, which could
be much more properly exercised by the poor-law guardians in
their several districts. . _ _

Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS said he had received from his
constituents instructions to object to this clause, on the same
grounds as those stated by the last speaker—namely, that the
guardians upon the spot were the best judges of what ought to
be done for these unhappy children.
Sir C. NAPIER, on behalf of the parish of Marylebene, also
objected to this power being vested in the Central Com-
missioners.
__ _

Two other Hon. 'Members, wh3se names we could net learn,
also strongly opposed the clause.
Sir J. GRAHAM said he might be wrong in having pro-
posed the clause, but no one, he was happy to find, impugned
his motive in doing so. He was afraid that in those local
boards of guardians, local interests would be consulted at the
expense of the persons about to be bound out. Under the
Miners and Colleries Act, certain restrictions were imposed
against binding young children to miners and colliers, and he
thought that, in the present Bill, the same restrictive power
should be exercised. It could not be denied that in local boards
of guardians there might be a natural though selfish desire to
economise, even at the expese of the poor little helpless children
whom they might be willing to bind into a distant, and,
perhaps, incommodious situation, in order to rid themselves,
and their district of the probable expense of providing for them
in future. What he wished to impose was not any unnecessary
or unfair restriction on the board of guardians, but only to
give to the Poor-law Commissioners a power over
the appointments: of the board, which would tend
towards the benefit of the poor apprentices. He had
been accused of endeavouring to increase the powers of the
Poor-law Commissioners, and giving them an arbitrary control
over the poor. He did not think he lay open to this charge,
as he had been always most anxious to give the Commissioners
only such power as would counteract the, perhaps, too par-
simonious tendency or neglect of the boards of guardians.
Mr. CHRISTOPHER hoped the Right Hon. Baronet
would not withdraw the clause, which he considered one of the
most useful in the whole Bill. He believed that one of the
greatest evils of the present measure was its neglect of proper
provisions for parochial apprentices. He thought that a power
vested in the Poor-law Commissioners was absolutely neces-
sary in order to protect poor apprentices, and have them pro-
perly bound and properly treated.
Colonel WOOD would not wish to restrict the powers of
the Poor-law Commissioners ; but he thought the imposition
of this duty upon them was unnecessary. For there was no
provision in the clause to prevent what the Right Hon. Gentle-
man considered so great an evil—viz. the binding out of ap-
prentices in distant parishes.
Sir JAMES GRAHAM rose and said, he attached consi-
derable importance to the penalty which would be enacted in
this clause, and which he trusted would prevent the abuses re-
garding apprentices which existed in the present measure.
Mr. DUNCOMBE objected to the large powers conferred
on the Poor-law Commissioners by the provisions of this,
clause. They were useless besides, for how could the Com-
missioners at Somerset House be supposed to know what would
be most beneficial to a child in a remote part of the kingdom ?
Surely those who lived in the spot, and who were fathers
of families themselves, ought to be the best judges.
Sir J. GRAHAM said that in order to meet the objections
of the Hon. Gentleman, and of other Hon. Members who
might be disposed to agree with him, he would amend the
clause, so that it would give the Commissioners power only to
prescribe the terms and conditions of the binding.

KNACKERS' YARDS.

Mr. COWPER obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend
the Act 26 Geo. 111., for the regulation of yards kept for
slaughtering horses._

CONTROVERTED ELECTIONS.

Lord G. SOMERSET asked leave to bring in a Bill to
regulate the trial of controverted elections of Members of
Parliament.

Lord MAIION suggested that at this late period of the ses-
sion, the precedent of the last and the previous year had better
be followed by the House agreeing to a temporary Bill. Next
session they might advantageously discuss a permanent mea-
sure, and whenever they did so, ho (Lord Mahon) should
urge upon the House to part with its jurisdiction ; and, failing
in his endeavours to accomplish that, he should propose a dimi-
nution to three of the number of Members sitting on a Con-
troverted Election Committee.

Sir R. PEEL said he thought the time was come when the
House would decide whether it would retain in its own hands
the jurisdiction regarding controverted elections. He thought
there was a just jealousy on the part of the majority of lion.
Members against any invasion of their privileges. He con-
sidered there was a tendency on the part of the courts of law
to treat them lightly; and for his part he wished this House
to retain all the privileges and powers it at present possessed.
He was in favour of the proposition of the Noble Lord for
making the Bill permanent.
Leave was then given to bring in the Bill, which was read
a fist time.

The House adjourned at a Quarter to One o'clock.

Mr. DUNCOMBE was opposed to all increase of power to
the Commissioners, and thought in whatever shape it was con-
ferred upon them, it must be looked upon with alarm.
Colonel SIBTHORP expressed himself to a similar effect.
He looked upon the power the Poor-law Commissioners at
present possessed with feelings of jealousy and alarm.
Mr. WAKLEY hoped the clause would not be altered or
amended. Nothing was more desirable than that there should
be some officers, who would be responsible for the proper
treatment of those helpless creatures—parochial apprentices.
Their condition at present was one of absolute slavery. For this
reason alone he would give the clause his most unqualified and ar-
dent support. The present law did not provide a sufficient protec-
tion for the ill treatment and neglect of these poor creatures.
The masters at present, in most instances, sought them only
for the purpose of making money by them, and, provided they
could effect this object, they cared little about the means
Parish apprentices were, in many instances, employed
from fire in the morning until nine at night, and, in
addition to this, they were frequently badly fed, badly
el ►thed, and badly lodged. And what redress had
these children ? It might be said they could go before a
magistrate. Why, he (Mr. Wakley) hail on more than one
occasion, attempted to interfere with police magistrates on be-
half of these poor creatures, but his applications had not only
been treated with neglect but with contempt. To be sure the
overseer went to the house of tt.e master, and when he did, he
was ushered into the best parlour, and the boy was brought in
in his holiday suit, and before his master and mistress, and
with the fear of the birch rod before his eyes, answered those
queries which the overseer put to him. —( Hear hear.) " Have
you any complaint to make, my dear? Don't be afraid to speak."
Of course the poor child said " No, Sir," and thus terminated
this little farce. 'The overseer went away, and the boy re-
turned to his drudgery.—(Hear, hear.) Under these circum-
stances, he thought it absolutely necessary that there should
be some restrictive and unprejudiced influence exercised in the
binding of these poor children. The House was bound to
look to them ; they were the orphans of the State; and he
felt grateful to the Goyernment for introducing the present
clause.

FRIDAY NIGIIT'S GAZETTE.
WAR-OFFICE, JUNE 26, 1844.
MEMORANDUM.--Iler Majesty has been graciously pleased
to permit the under-mentioned regiments to bear, in addition
to any other badges or devices heretofore granted, the follow-
ing distinctions, in commemoration of their services during the
second campaign in Affghanistan, in the year 1642, namely,
3d Light Dragoons, 9th Foot, 13th Foot, 31st Foot, " Cabool,
1842 ; ' 41st Foot, Ghuznee and Cabool, 1842." Her
Majesty has likewise been graciously pleased to permit the
16th Lancers, the 39th and 40th Regiments, to hear the word
" Moharajpore," and the 9th Lancers, the 3d and 50th Regi-
ments, the word " Punniar," in commemoration of the dis-
tinguished gallantry displayed by those corps in the actions
fought at the abovenamed places, respectively, on the 29th of
December, 1813.
WAR-OFFICE, JULY 5.
3d Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant I. R. Warner to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Nugent, who retires ' • Cornet C. P.
Coote to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Warner ; F. A.
Oakes, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase. vice Coote, July 5.
17th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant H. R. Bcucherett to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Broadley, who retires ; Cornet S.
Le Hunt Hobson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bouche-
rett, July 5 ; Cornet N. 111. Innes to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Taylor, who retires, July 6.
12th Regiment of Foot—Ensign G. H. M. Johnston to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Butcher, who retires; C. Mait-
land, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Johnston, July 5.
23d Foot—Sergeant-Major C. Grant, Grenadier Guards, to
be Quartermaster, vice G. Moore, who retires upon half-pay,
July 5.
43d Foot—Captain R. N. Phillips, from 53d Foot, to be
Captain, vice Havelock, who exchanges, July 5.
46th Foot—Captain G. P. Mansel, from the 53d Foot, to
be Captain, vice Clarke. who exchanges, July 5.
48th Foot—Lieutenant G. S. Tidy to be Captain, without
purchase, vice Hall, deceased ; Ensign W. F. Wyndowe to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Tidy ; Sergeant-Major J.
Mancor to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Wyndowe,
July 5.
53d Foot--Capt. C. F. Havelock, from 43d Foot, to be
Captain, vice Phillips, who exchanges ; Capt. W. H. H. F.
Clarke, from the 46th Foot, to be Captain, vice Mansel, who
exchanges, July 5.
60th Foot—G. Warburton, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Roche, who retires ; Lieut. J. F. Jones to
be Adjutant, vice Mitchell, who resigns the Adjutantcy only,
July 5.
88th Foot—Ensign S. Dunning to be Adjutant, vice Max-
well, who resigns the Adjutantcy only, July 1.
Rifle Brigade—Second Lieut. A. Lautour to be First Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Dawson, who retires ; J. C. Nichol!,
Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lautour,
July 5.
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Ensign J. N. Holmes to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mortimer, who retires ; S.
Peel, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Holmes, July 5.
UNATTACHED.—Lieutenant G. Man, from the 54th Foot,
to be Captain, without purchase, July 5.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JULY 3.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—First Lieutenant P. R.
Cocks to be Second Captain, vice Caddy, retired on half-pay ;
Second Lieutenant W. F. Lock to be First Lieutenant, vice
Cocks, June 9.
Mestoaatenuat.—The dates of prcmotion of the under-
mentioned officers have been altered as follow, viz.—Second
Captain G. D. Warburton, May 28 ; First Lieutenant the
Hon. W. Kennedy, May 28; Quartermaster-Sergeant Alex-
ander Steele to be Quartermaster, vice Fortune, retired on
full-pay, July 1.
ADMIRALTY, JULY 3.
Corps of Royal Marines.—Gentleman Cadet F. C. Knight
to be Second Lieutenant.
WHITEHALL, JULY 4.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Shand, of Edin-
burgh, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High
Court of Chancery, in that part of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland called Scotland.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
SIMEON HARTLEY SPENCE, maltster, Leeds.
BANKRUPTS.
THOMAS HENRY SKELTON, stationer, Southampton,
to surrender July 13, at one, and Aug. 9, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Basinghall-
street, London ' • Cox, Pinners'-hall, Old Broad-street.
FRANCIS STOKES, importer, London-wall, July 16, at
two, and August 16, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Lawrence and Plena,
Bucklershury.
PETER TANSLEY, straw-plait dealer, St. John-street,
July 16, at half-past one, and August 16, at half-past twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Ba-
singhs.ll-street ; Hurst, Milk-street, Chespside.
MICHAEL CASANAS, wine merchant, Fenchurch-
street, July 19, at half-past one, and August 16, at twelve at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee, King's
Arms-yard, Moorgate-street ; Sole, Aldernsanbury.
JOHN RAMSAY, cheesemonger, Chapel-street, Somers'-
town, July 13, at half-past one, and August 19, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old
Jewry-chamber; ; Dods and Linklaters, Leadenhall-street.
THOMAS JAMES SWAINE, innholder, Newland-street,
Eaton-square, Pimlico, July 12, at half-past twelve, and Aug.
19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official
assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street ; Wade and Pen-
nington, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Wade, Baldock, Herts.
THOMAS lIINDMARSII, grocer, Hartlepool, Durham,
July 11, at eleven, and Aug. 26, at two, at the Newcastle-upon-
Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-
upon- Tyne ; Wilson and Turnbull, Hartlepool.
FREDERICK PLANK, perfumer, Plymouth, July 24
and Aug. 15, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hertzel,
official assignee ; Lockyer and Bulteel, Plymouth; Surr,
Lombard-street, London; Moore, Exeter.
JOHN VERNON, licensed victualler, Monks Coppenhall,
Cheshire, July 17 and Aug. 14, at twelve, at the Liverpool
District Court. Morgan, official assignee ; Froggatt, Clif-
ford's Inn, London; Latham, Sandbach.
RICHARD LODGE, innkeeper, Thornhill, Yorkshire,
July 19, and Aug. 7, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Freeman, official assignee ; Wigglesworth, Ridsdale, and Crad-
dock, Gray's Inn-square ; Cronhelm, Leeds.
NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY.
J. Jenner, shoemaker, Brixton, Surrey.
11. W. Thomas, innkeeper, Andover.
S. W. Morris, law-writer Carey-street, Chancery-lane.
G. Watson, undertaker, Weston-street, Somers'-town.
J. R. Chapman, schoolmaster, Ferry-hill, Durham.
J. Whillier, baker, Hereford-street, Landport, Portsea.
T. C. Fletcher, schoolmaster, Ilkeston, Derbyshire.
S. Jefferys, =Rater, Arnold, Nottinghamshire.
J. Bennett, licensed victualler, Nottingham.
S. Wheatley, farmer, Unstone, Derbyshire.
R. Hollier, stonemason, Birmingham.
J.'Downing, butcher, Thorne, Yorkshire.
J.C. Adams, fish-curer, Great Yarmouth.
J. Falshaw, farmer, Bradford, Yorkshire.
E. Stevens, builder, Stanbridge, Bedfordshire.
A. Jacobs, dealer in jewellery, Princess-st., Ratcliffe-highway.
J. Howgate, tanner, Pudsey, Yorkshire.
G. Livesey, dealer in ale, Chorley, Lancashire.
H. Cornish, butcher, Woolwich.
C. Clifford, plumber, Norman-street, St. Luke's.
G. Haigh, beer retailer, Broad Ing Bottom, Yorkshire.
W. Claringbold, barman, Lower Edmonton.
J. Anbury, shoemaker, Clay-lane, Berkshire.
T. Raymond, builder, Bishop's-road, Paddington.
•
T. Hamp, farmer, Wood Ham, Buckinghamshire.
M. Nicholson, linen-draper, Bedlington, Durham.
H. R. Wood, philosophical instrument-maker, Islington.
J. D. Magee, cabinet-maker, Ely, Cambridgeshire.
• A. Longland, butcher, Northampton.
L. J. Randall, broker Cambridge-road, Bethnal-green.
W. Smith, auctioneer, Wilmington-street, Clerkenwell.
R. Nash, Great Yarmouth.
A. G. Hamilton, agent, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
C. Harding, schoolmaster, Wakefield-street, Gray's Inn-lane.
G. Robinson, boot maker, Althorpe, Lincolnshire.
R. M'Gregor, coach-wheel maker, Manchester.
S. B. Parsons, York-road, Lambeth.
T. S. Dear, baker, Bow-street, Covent-garden.
J. Mash, coal dealer, Heaton Old Town.
J. Williams, silk dealer, Sclater-street, Bethnal-green.
G. Brown, blacksmith, Malden, Essex.
J. Drake, boot maker, Halifax, Yorkshire.
J. Cottee, cabinet maker, Malden, Essex.
J. Brown, hackney driver, Liverpool.
M. May, silk velvet manufacturer, Fuller-street, Bethnal-green.
H. Cosies, furniture broker, Water-st., Arundel-st., Strand.
F. Newenharn, artist, Soho-square.
T. Rogers, tailor, New North-street, Red Lion-square.
J. Rason, blacksmith, Liverpool.
G. Bristow, sen., carpenter, Little George-street, Bermondsey.
J. Oakes, traveller, Liverpool.
J. Drinkhall, porter, Manchester.
J. R. Miller, estate agent, Liverpool.
W. Roffey, dancing master, Elm-lane, Bayswater.
R. Allrock, Harrison. street, Gray's Inn-road.
J. F. Redshaw, upholsterer, Great Portland-street.
C. Pashley, plumber, Rayleigh, Essex.
J. Faithfull, gardener, Grove-end-road, St. John's-wood.
W. and G. S. Scoble, bakers, Topsham Devonshire.
R. Wellicombe, butcher, '
Church-street, Camberwell.
S. Gale, Boston-street, Dorset-square.
G. Heffill, tailor, Chenies-street, Bedford-square.
W. Childs, grocer, Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk.
T. C. Blick, surgeon, Islip, Oxfordshire.
J. Ellard, furrier, Charlotte-street, Blackfriars-road.
J. B. Harwood, master mariner, Bistern-place, Poplar.
G. Brodie, otherwise G. Wild, comedian, Craven-buildings,
Drury-lane.
E. P. Owen, Llan Aber, Merionethshire.
A. Macpherson, accountant, Albany-road, Camberwell.
SECOND NOTICES.
F. Wymer, steward of a steam ship, Southampton, July 11,
at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official
assignee.
M. Garnham, butcher, London-road, July 11, at two, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee.
W. Young, cowkeeper, Monyers-street, lloxton, July 11, at
two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee.
E M. Danols, schoolmistress, Albion-terrace, Wandsworth-
road, July 11, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher,
official assignee.
T. Mathew, labourer, Coychurch, Glamorganshire, July 9,
at one, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee.
R. Cripple shoe maker, Miserden, Gloucestershire, July 10,
at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acramans official
assignee.
H. B. Glover, clerk, Great Bland-street, Dover-street, July
11, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official
assignee.
J. Hennessey, Upper Weedon, Northamptonshire, July 12,
I at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official aapignee.

Lord J. MANNERS said that he had heard enough to con-
vince him that the Poor-law Commissioners had exercised the
power for the benefit, and not for the oppression, of these who
were not able to defend themselves. He should give his cordial
support to the clause.
Mr. COLQUHOUN wished to know whether the Com-
missioners would be empowered to limit the hours of labour
for children.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said there was no dif-
ficulty at all about this, as the Commissioners could insert
causes in the indentures of apprenticeship, limiting the hours
of labour for the children.
Mr. HAMILTON supported the clause.
Sir. ESCOTT said, that if they• gave the Commissioners
the power of limiting the hours of labour for children to a cer-
tain time, they would be adopting a principle which the House
had already relived to sanction in the Factory Bill.
Mr. S. CRAWFORD opposed the clause.
After a few words from Sir. P. BORTHWICK, the Com-
mittee divided—
For the clause ... l5l
Against it
Majority .••--- 128
Clause 12 was then proposed, and after a short discussion,
agreed to.
On clause 13 being proposed, which regulates the number of
votes each rate-payer shall possess,
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved an amendment, the effect of
which was to abolish the system of plurality voting, and to
place the owner of property and the rate-payer, and all rate-
payers, on the same looting ; namely, to give each party
one vote.
Sir J. GRAHAM defended the present system, and said
that he was fortified in his opinion by a recent decision to which
the Legislature had come en this very subject. This kind of
voting had been sanctioned by the Legislature in the last
session: of Parliament in the Irish Poor-law*Bill. He did
not think it would be consistent with justice that the occupier
of property rated at 1001. a year should be placed en the tame
footing, with respect to voting, as the occupier of property
rated at 5001.
The Committee then divided. The numbers were
For the amendment ........
Against it . 142
Majority for the clause
The clause was then ordered to stand part of the Bill.
On the reading of clause 14,
Mr. HAWES said that the rate-payers ought to have the
power of impeaching proxies in the election of guardians, and
he suggested to the Hight Hon. Gentleman ( Sir J. Graham)
to introduce a proviso to that effect. He was himself prepared
with such a proviso.
Sir JA DIES GRAHAM recommended the Hon. Gentleman
to bring forward his proviso, as a distinct clause, at a future
stage, or to be added at the end of the Bill.
Mr. HAWES would act upon the suggestion of the Hon.
Baronet, and gave notice that he would propose the clause on
bringing up the report.
Mr. HINDLEY admitted that the clause, as introduced by
the Right Hon. Baronet was a great improvement in the Bill.
Captain PECHELL would admit that this was a very use-
ful modification of the Bill. But neither this clause, nor the
one proposed by the Hon. Member for Finsbury would meet
his views, and he would move that the clause should be
omitted altogether.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE admitted that the clause was a great
improvement; but le was opposed to the system of proxies
altogether, except it were in the case of female rate-payers.—
( A laugh.) He had received communications from Gravesend,
showing the abuses to which the system was liable. The
owners of property were very few ; but the collector of
the rents held the whole of the proxies, and thus had the nomi-
nation of the guardians for the two great parishes of which that
union consisted. He would not object to the clause if the
latter part of it, which gave such a power to the collectors of
rents, were omitted.
Mr. HINDLEY suggested that the proxies should he re-
newed every six months.
Mr. HAWES thought that the time allowed for notices
should be extended to more than fourteen days.
Sir J. GRAHAM thought that it would lead to much incon-
venience to give a greater time than was necessary for due in-
quiry and the detection of fraud.
Sir. WAWN moved an amendment for the omission of the
words in brackets, which gave power to stewards and land-agents
to hold proxies.
On this amendment the Committee divided,
For the amendment ... 157
Against it l5
Majority ...
The clause was then agreed to.
On the reading of the fifteenth clause relative to the annual
election of guardians,
Mr. STUART WORTLEY said that he had received a
letter from a gentleman, a member of one of the largest boards
of guardians in the kingdom, suggesting several alterations in
the mode of electing guardians. He did not mean to propose
any amendment, but pressed upon his Right Hon. Friend to
consider the recommendations of his correspondent.
On the 16th clause being proposed,
Mr. S. CRAWFORD proposed that it be omitted.
The Committee divided, when there appeared—
For the omission of the clause 45
Against its omission
Majority
The clause was then agreed to.
Clauses 17, 18, and 19 were agreed to, after which
Sir J. GRAHAM moved that the Chairman should report
progress, and ask leave to sit again on Thursday at half-past
four o'clock.
The Militia Ballot Suspension Bill went through Com-
mittee.
The Vagrants Removal Bill went through Committee.
The Stock in Trade Bill went through Committee.
The Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill went through Com-
mittee.
The Customs Duties (Isle of Man) Bill was read a third
time, and passed.
The Assessed Compositions Bill was read a secsnd time,
and was ordered to be committed on Monday next.
REGISTRY OF SEAMEN.
Mr. S. HERBERT obtained leave to bring in a Bill to
amend and consolidate the laws relating to merchant-seamen,
and for keeping a register of seamen. The Bill was brought in
and read a first time.
THE IRISH CHURCH.
Mr. P. BUTLER moved for a return of vacancies which
had recently arisen in the Established Church of Ireland, and
of the names of the parties appointed to fill them.

R. Davies, Customs' landing waiter, Liverpol, July 9, at
twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official
assignee.
J. Huntington, licensed victualler, Liverpool, July 11, at
eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official
assignee.
E. Maitland, licensed victualler, Liverpool, July 11, at one,
at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee.
J. Enoch, jun, upholsterer, Leamington Priors, Warwick-
shire, July 12, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court. Valpy, official assignee.
T. Dale, provision dealer, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, July 11,
at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official
assignee.
J. Marchant, jun., schoolmaster, Hollingbourne, Kent, July
9, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official
assignee.
M. Edmonds, plumber, Meadow-place, South Lambeth,
July 9, at one, at the Cocrt of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official
assignee.

T. Knight, blacksmith, Wivelsfield, Sussex, July 9, at one,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee.
J. Samway, brewer, Yalding, Kent, July 9, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee.
J. Doughty, stage coachman, Cambridge, July 9, at one, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee.
W. Mace, victualler, Worcester, July 11 , at eleven, at the
Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee.
B. B. Wilson, surgeon, Kendal, Westmoreland, July 9, at
eleven, at the Newcastle- upon •Tyne District Court. Wakley,
official assignee.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
11. Champion, furrier, Friday-street, City, July 26, at two—
E. Whitmore, J. Wells, J. W 4.115, jun., and F. Whitmore,
bankers, Lombard-street, City, July 26, at half-past twelve--
H. W. Brand, cook, Little Stanhope-street, Mayfair, July 26,
at eleven—H. Goertz, upholsterer, New Windsor, Berkshire,
July 26, at two. _ _

In the Country.
W. Smithson, linen-draper, Thirsk, Yorkshire, July 29, at
eleven, at the Leeds District Court—J. Dixon, linen-draper,
Sheffield, July 31, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—J.
Broadhead, woollen-cloth manufacturer, Almondbury, York-
shire, July 29, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—P. T.
B. Hembrough, worsted manufacturer, Wakefield, Yorkshire,
July 29, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—J. Johnson,
miller, Anston, Yorkshire, July 29, at eleven, at the Leeds
District Court—E. Britten, victualler, Bath, July 26, at
twelve, at the Bristol District Court—H. Lonsdale, grocer.
Sheffield, July 31, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.—
G. Harker, farmer, Sunderlandwick, Yorkshire, July 27, at
eleven, at the Leeds District Court—W. Dawson, money-
scrivener, Wakefield, Yorkshire, July 27, at eleven, at the
Leeds District Court.

CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the
contrary, on the day herein-mentioned.
G. F. Squires, plumber, Poplar, July 26—P. Cattaneo and
J. Cattaneo, watch-makers, Reigate, Surrey, July 29—M.
Agston, watch-maker, Berkeley-square, July 29-11. Thorpe,
linen-draper, Kensington, July 26—J. Foakes, market-gar-
dener, Mitcham, Surrey, July 26—J. Montefiore and J. Bar-
row, merchants, George-street, Mansion-house, City, July.
Brs,wn, auctioneer, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire,
July 26—W. Lynn, hotel-keeper, Liverpool, July 26—R. Ri-
chardson, gambroon manufacturer, Manchester, July 26--L
Leicester, printer, Manchester, July 26—C. ohnson, lime
dealer, Rochdale, Lancashire, July 26—S. Jones, jeweller,
Cheapside, July 26—C. Parslow, tailor, Blackman-street,
Southwark, July 26—R. Turner, fancy eloth-manufacturcrf
Almondbury, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, July 26.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

J. Mercer, jun., and J. B. Edwards, attorneys, Ramsgate--
J. Swift and T. Swift, cloth merchants, Huddersfield, York-
shire—B. Rosselloty and C. W. de Bernardy, accountants,
Warwick-street, Charing-cross—W. N. Heald and F. Parsons,
druggists, Maldon, Essex—S. Wells and R. Wells, grocers,
Kenninghall, Norfolk—J. Clark and T. Clark, clothiers,
Trowbridge, Wiltshire—H. Cunliffe, H. Ratcliffe, W. Dixon,
and J. Briggs, engravers to calico-printers, Accrington, Lan-
cashire, as far as regards W. Dixon—C. Mason and G. Adams,
curriers, Cross-street, Bermondsey New-town—J. B. Gardi-
ner and S. Matthews, butchers, Munster-street, Regent's-
park—J. S. Welch and F. G. Gwynne, print-sellers, St.
James's-street, Piccadilly—T. M. Lee and J. J. Lee, attor-
neys, Leeds—E. Whitling and E. Cleasby, wine-merchants,
Edgeware-road—G. R. Tempany and W. Waggett, tailors,
Holles-street, Cavendish-square—G. Chambers, sen., W. G.
Chambers, and G. Chambers, jun., grocers, Portsea, as far as
regards G. Chambers, sea.—B. D. Gall and W. Allen, chy.
mists and druggists, Woodbridge, Suffolk—G. W. Moore and
A. Williams, Customhouse agents, Lower Thames-street---
T. Berry and J. Berry, nankeen-manufacturers, Manchester"J. Ewart, C. Lamport, and T. 11. M‘Connel, commission-
merchants, Manchester.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION.
JOHN DUNLOP, farmer, Tarbolton, Ayrshire, July 9 and
30, at twelve, at the Black Bull Inn, Mauchline.