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ham, Paddington, and Chelsea, which alone contaieed a . The House then iliVided, when the numbers were—
. population of 40,600, and obteined an Act of Pa; liament For the amendment
. to enable it to separate from the union. Kensington , Against. it 219
. itself was now complaining of the evil, and the Commis- 1 Majority fur going into Committee
. biomers would not interfere nor he believed, would they •I
On our re-admission to the gallery we found
~ , Mr. FERRAND on his legs, moving that the debate be
allow the Parliament to interfere.—( A laugh.) He ' adjourned till ;his day week. In moving that adjournment he
_ ,:I:sifittiteel to have a full, distinct, plain, broad, and unqua- considered that he was doing his duty to his constituents as an
I ied declaration as to the object of the Commission. At independent Member of that House, and he thought lie should
one time it was said uniformity of practice seas a desire be able to convince the House that he was justified in taking
able
of thing ;at another time they wire told that diversity that step. Oct Thursday evening last he had given his reasons
practice teas what was wanted.—(Hear.) ‘t hat were for opposing this Bill, and in the reply of the Home Secretary
the•e• to rely on ? \Vas there ever such a thing hoard of to his num, Is he regretted that the Right lion. Baronet had
before as to give to three individuals a. powerto repeal
found no better reasons for pressing on this Bill than those
elms of Parliament ?--(Bear.) What were' they to do he had adduced. He had founded.heKi all his reasons on the alleged
gross mis.nianiagehmiel
next ? He believed there was nothing they would nut
attempt.i, Why, was the Commission to be continue d ? but he moue c. a challengetheßight Hon. Br ronet to lay his
finger on a single instance in which that Beard had
n'as it to .
,:_e . prevent the ratepayers front ixi rtasing a tits- miseonducted themselves towards the ratepar era or the
nee(''. 4bnary power N% i:11 regard to the giving ef relief ? or poor under the Act of Elizabeth. The Night Honourable
os it to control the guardians, from a desire to see jus- tiesonet, flushed by the Report of Mr. net, who had
done to tie poor ? Lie would not detain the 'louse for some weeks been in his (Mr. Ferranti's) neigh-
any longer on the general question.—(l-fi ar.) Igo would bout hood for the purpose of getting lip these charges, had
now "11I) diode to what was done with regard to medi- brought accusation, against himself, anti a relative of his on
cal
lelieti—(sl laugh.) And though lie isnew that 6ir the opposite benches—the Hon. Member for lit adfore—
( Lalugheteittaritelikagabinst four Magistrates ailing with himself
Edmund head was a valuable and estimable public flies rr
Y,'-'t he regretted, considering the character of Dr. liny, ttinhtretel.a.i.
these. getnittleenirefnawßractford indthe Kvight ey Union.
to. him
.in politics,
but however he m gist iiiffeerrewiotlhp'them in opinion, yet he
L't let lie was not appointed Commissioner instead of Sir
. :;f. Head. The People had the highest possible opinion trusted he shohd never be wanting in the generous feeling of
the ability ttf Dr. Kay, and his appointment would be asl Engiisliman that would lead him to delend his brother
Productive of the greatest good. The order he it,-ld iii Magistrates aszainst as foul a calumny as was ever brought
his hand slowed what sport could be made of au Act of against the character of au independent country gentleman.
et-h 1 liinnerit.—(Laughter.) He would be ghat to hear '5 he Report of s;r Mott was the sole ground of those
1,4 e opinion of the Coa,missioners is ith regard to that charges—of the Magistrates having, for the sake of popularity,
s.essenthi.Y. He thought they must consider them the increased the atlewances to the poor in an extravagant
mariner. He had denied those charges as a Ma-
. .."''t contemptible 41 of blockheads in the o orel—
(Laueht . giorate and Chairman of the Union; and he again
th - er)—to give them a power they could not exercise ~ ,
asstr.ed that that report was, with a few exceptions, a
teht.leartnislieglves There were some good points in the new orwr
tissue 0: falsehoods —7( Hear, hear.) If he could prove that to
to.medieel relief. They were very dull sot to make the ti • 1 hadright to demandthisadjournment till
. oust, iea
rosin eut before.—(Cheers.) But it required some hatinner-
Maelstrate. themselves and the Heald of Guardians cheuld
gof the bra as to get them out.—(Laughter. ) This order
have an opportunity of replying to that Report. lie had moved
-wrsu_d_ated two or three months back, and was to come into aid 1
, for its production, and he trusted it would be placed on the
~ '''n next March. Heretofore the medical men were i
I table to-morrow ; anti he pledged himself that all he had as-
y'ry badly—at Id , 2d.., 3d.,. and sometime 15d. a-head. Such
"nein acted '
det.estable sy
iiey
wermoat injuriously with respect to the poor. Now ! serted should be confirmed, not only by the Magistrates, but by
t the Board of Guardians also.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon.
e better paid, and received six or seven shillings. The
Member then proceeded to read extracts from a letter from the
stem ol tenders was also done away wit 11—( Cheers) I
1 Clerk of the Keightley Union, referring to some passages in a
'Er; 'Dnepr whick had been severely condemned by Sir A.
speech of the Secretary of State for the Home Department,
„ ''',°ler. But by this order, the medical_ attendant was to re-
when
eleroe...,hoesides'hi's. salary, certain sums for specific purposes,
The SPEAKER called the Hon. Member to order He
urn int g to the following scale :—For the amputation of a leg
debate.e ldnot read references made out of the House to any iormer:
41. ;I:4* hand, 51. ; for stricture or hernia, Si. ; for trephining,
e,nl ;for Compound fracture of the thigh, Si. ; ditto leg, N. ; for
lir FERRAND continued, by reading only such extracts
..r, P e fracture or dislocation of the thigh, 31. ; ditto of the arm, ' '. .
rfu'rut• This held out an inducement to young practitioners to per- as denied the charges alleged, and concluded by moving that
the debate be adjourned till that day week.
xrder there operations with impunity. He believed the last
Mr. FIELDEN seconded the motion, in a very low tone of
eie ,5 of the Commissioners, if carried out to the full effect, • .
the
be attended by the worst of consequences. Many of voice. The Bill was of a most important kind, and he pro-
tested against its being hurried through Committee with such
ai ',diseases incident to the human frame were completely lost
breathless haste, when they had heard a letter read confirming
vg- g"t °f; and this, in his opinion, showed that the Commissioners
the comments the Hon. Member had made on Thursday even-
mere incompetent to perform their duties. He would infinitely
He told the House that he should do all he could to
the
leave these matters to the Board of Guardians living iri
cinagus'e as many divisions on this Bill as possible. If this measure
lie districts, than to the Commissioners at Somerset House.
passed,. he had no hesitation in saying that the House would re-
c 1 moat cordially seconded the motion made by the Gallant
gret it. He was one of those who contended for the absolute re-
. telonel believing that the present Bill would be productive of
peal of this law; he thought it ought to be burnt by the common
. . n
,toost pernicious effects.
.riecou
ebt r_, nt COURTENAY supported the motion for going hangman. lie was no modifier. There were many Hon.
Gentlemen in that House who thought that modifications
° Co ant
on the Bill. One of the evils of the old law
might be made in the Bill, which would make it acceptable to
'7,1? thesat it encouraged
holeidness, Ary giving indiscriminate re people. He did not believe any such thing. He con-
: *l, Considering that present measure would remedy that tended, that under the present circumstances, they had no
rai,,io`Le_lionld give it his support. With respect to the Corn-
right to pass that measure. After the bribery and corruption
to the he believed, notwitbstandieg all that had been said
which was proved to have taken place at the last election, he
the. e contrary, that they had most effectively performed doubted whether they had any authority to pass a Bill of such'
'~heir duty, '
Air. La, ' importance. For his own part, he would vote "no confidence"
the •• ss SON believed that, in many counties in England, in any Administration which upheld the unconditional powers
the or-law Bill had been a total failure. He knew that such was of the Poor-law Commission, and the Bill, as theh pro-
case in the county in which he lived, and he could not, posed, should receive all the opposition which it was in
.• sirr e, give his support to such a measure. his power to give to it.—(Cries of "Divide, divide.")
.
e PEEL said h tortgrette that Hon. Gentlemen had He dennd that any man had an absolute right to property.
teirirred it their duty enew, upon that occasion, a dis- The land was liable to the maintainance of the poor isle n
tet, p which, he thought, more properly belonged to the mo. labour failed to support them. He assured Hon. Gentlemen
liew__'7 a 'second reading of the Bill. He should be sorry, opposite that they were on the verge of a volcano, for nothing
tai__e_ve r' as the discussion had commenced, that it should ter- could be more calculated to create disaffection among the
eie"::
uwithout his taking the opportunity of expressing his people, which would doubtless end in revolt, than the passing
for pi Pcn the subject. The Hon. Gentleman the Member of the present measure. He thought that if the Right Hon.
that jr_s_bury said, as he (Sir R. Peel) thought, very justly, Gentleman would take the same time to consider the Poor-
the p"°n. Gentlemen ought not to throw the responsibility of laws as he had to the Corn-laws and other questions, he would
wet ,ceserit measure singly upon that Minister by whom it never have retained the Commissioners one day longer. Tire
tester{ Posed, and that there had been a disposition mani- Right. Hon. Gentleman said that experience should guide the
?rienthe part of some gentlemen to describe his Right Hon. persons who had the administration of the Poor-law in their
Personage Secretary for the Hume Department as peculiarly and hands. But what experience could the Commissioners have in
(Sir :.4. responsible for the proposal of the measure. Now, he Somerset House ?
rare
tri,l;eel) said at once that the responsibility of the mea- Mr. M. PHILIPS said he could not allow the Hon.
, Friend.' not rest solely or personally upon his Right Hon. Member for Oldham to misrepreseot him or his constituents.
her aja:( Bear, hear.) That measure was the measure of He had referred to a petition signed, certainly by a great num-
sare
of Sesty 'a Government.—(Hear, hear.) It was the mea- ber, which came from Manchester; but he must say that that
the
the the Government, concurring in opinion that it was petition did not represent the opinion of the whole of Manches-
e ,Public interest—that it was for the permanent welfare of ter. It he (Sir. Philips) were elected a guardian, he should
poo..'utlustrious classes—that it was for the real benefit sf the feel it a great relief to have it in his power to confer with the.
':
lore% 1. this country that the present law should remain in board of guardians, men peculiarly acquainted with the Poor-
atrle thaend that a sufficient interval had not elapsed law system ; and he should not consider himself degraded in
. abuses of the old system of Poor-laws, to make applying to them for assistance from their experience ; and in
it wise
," the Cto dispense at present with the superintendence doing so he felt that he would be discharging his duty to the
tiommissioners. His Right Hon. Friend, the Score- poor and to those whose property fu, nished the means of sup-
'‘''Y for
sup-
the Home Department was in offiee when the mea- porting the poor. He couid not concur with the Hon. Gentle-
,llo4 ntrethheand been originally proposed. He (Sir R. Peel) was man who had just sat down in saying that the distress of the ma-
' general Member of the Government ; he was opposed in nufacturing districts was attributable to the Poor-law. No
trtetuitgihntf politics to the Government by whom the measure was one could be more fully alive to the present urn tort unate posi-
,orsvatd, but he did give his support to that Govern- tern of the country, but he could rot attribute it to
atese r-law, from a deep the Poor-law. There were various ether causes to which he
8.% of the growing evils which were engendered by the old attributed it, and which causes he wished the House would
g'l'en
to. And his opinion, since that period had been unifotinly consider, but he could not do injustice to the operation of the
pi n that it was impossible, without danger, to resort to the Poor-few Big,
had
system, or to the ii in i 1 and as the representative of a large, body, he
Cp es upon which that system could not hear that asserien, without entering his opposition.
:eard been- conducted.—( Hear, heat.) One would have in- He meet, say, that he regretted these assertions, which had the
red. from the speech of the lion. Member fur Finsbury, that the effect of exciting the people in their sufferings, which had
the new Poor-Law deprived the poor of some great advantages been borne with a- degree f patience which he could hardly
'hey enjoyed under the oil system ; that every thing had been find 'voids sufficient toadmisoe —(Hear, hear.) But he was
perfect under that system ; that the situation of the poor was not one of those to turn against that system which was intended
w'w• of complete comfort; that the superintendents of the law for their relief. He not could suppose that the
intention of the
ere vigilant and honest ; that there was then no abuse, no framers of that Bill wag to injure the poor. Had the Govern-
''. atron • and there were many gentlemen in that House—. merit of Lord Althorp brought in the Bill with that intention,
eft,l
men who had entered upon public life since the abuses he (Sir. Philips) would have been the first to desert such a
juott.._. old system had been removed—who were apt to form a party, anti they would deserve the contempt of every man. He
vanTnt respecting the alleged detects of the present law with- did not think that it was the feeling of the poor th'emselves.—
Zat 701„g luny aware of the law which it superseded. It (Hear, hear. ) With respect to the labourers from the 'sister
reree:tllutely necessary that those gentlemen should country, he thought that if a man had continued in one place
s ae„,7ed of what those abuses were,—( Hear, hear.) for 15 years, he ought not to be transporteri against his will. te)Or si.e7meot of the Hon. Member for Finsbury was, that the He felt that those who drew them there had a right to main-
of • thatappy under the administration of the law of Eliza- tam them.—( Hear, hear.) Was not this the ease in other
!:) England the House ought to place confidence in the people places? Was it not the case in London, which obtained many
ni, certs4—(l-lear)—in the rate.payer3 • that those who lived of its labourers from the agricultural districts? He protested
'2l weat-ln vicinities and certain localities,' were the best judges against the statements made by the Hon. Alember for Old-
'rallied was suitesi to the poor ; that the poor might be safely harn.—(Divide, divide.)
Old-
the Hontotheir superintendence. That was the argument of Sir J. GRAHAM wished to call the attention of the House
'"^se Gentleman against the Commission. Now, after to the spirit of the motions made. The Hon. Member for Lin-
heat "ernent • . - coin declared a decided preference for the law before the late
• h t ~tra the operation of the old system• Let them first Poor.law Act„ and the Hon. Member for Finsbury declared his
%hat * " the law was carried out in small districts; and intention to give every obstruction to the 8111. till the 31st of
lie icala the condition of the poor in those districts. First, July, when the Bill for the continuance of the Commission was
Zs...id sy°s(4 rnti' r taken eneral account of the workhouses under the to expire, and when the machinery for the relief of the poor
-"tritnise-7' e from a Report written, not by the present would be thrown into a state of confusion. The motion of the
and toatlilunerB but by such men as the Bishops of Chester Hon. Member for Knaresborough was grounded on his desire
ZiAlit 1.6", and others appointed to act with them. (The to have the Report, relative to the Keightley Union, laid on the
,e,tio -n. Baronet here read an extract from the Report in table of the House, and, in an early part of the evening, he
Frestag:ll.l:lllitich denounced, in the strongest teems, the anis- moved for the production of the Report, to which he (Sir J.
°°l'les, of the less crowded workhouses under the old Graham) at once acceded. The Right lion. Gentleman then
tete . ernen and women, the young, the aged, and the blind, referred to the circumstances under which the Report of Sir.
tat _Odiscrimmately mingled, the' rooms were filthy, Mott was made, respecting the Keightley Union, and said that lie
b_ !... ildren were -uneducated; while, in some cases, bad also in his possession the Report of Sir John Walsham,
all' ti tiovernor was employed to maintain regularity which confirmed that made by Mr. Mott ; and sinless he was to
r*as ea 1....) That was the .manner in which the law be disbelieved as well as Mr. 'Moot, there was as much misma-
„'Pereitelvd, into operation in the rural districts, under the nagement to be met with in the Keightley Union as was re-
,Haghiz,,,,nnenee of the local authorities, who were stated to be ported by Sir. Mott.. It was. his (Sir J. G.'s) intention to
anle. "1,,,,0f the condition of the poor, of their habits and their move for the production of Sir John Walsham's Report, and
t,h Lhat was the state of thing; in the smaller parishes ; therefore if the Hon. Gentleman grounded his otion for the
olis fat were the facts in the larger unions—in the metro- adjournment for a week, until the production of tine Report, and
tt4ti for!fistance? They had the evidence of Mr. Lee, who I till a Committee was appointed to inquire into the mode of ad-
thg:t it
Iv'as)ears held an office in the workhouse of St. Pancras, ministration in the Keightley Union, he (Sir J. G.) begged to
iii, altera,.' common remark among the paupers, previous to' , assure him it was not necessary toeletain the House on that ac-
t Us, th4tioil of the law, that they lived better in the work - count, for he would have a full, fair, and ample inquiry.
ill,endit,,il._ they had ever lived before. There was a liberal R.AND said that the Right lion.
r's'sree„ n'sl;.e ; but that was at the cost of parties who were , understood lam.—(o.ll, oh.) None of the Magistrates at-
mete a 'Move Poverty themselves What were the social re- tempted to interfere with the Board of Guardians of the Keight-
t'akents. such
a systemdoubt there were great enjoy- , ley Union. lee still maintained the inaccuracy of the Report.
en 0 doubt it was a harAship to those who had par- ! Lord BARRINGTON (as we understood ) deprecated
ki °f those
tlt -se luxuries to find them curtailed. But in a social making such motions as the present, which could only be inju-
ku °I vie
•r? -w, what were the results upon the character of the rious to the cause they were intended to serve.—( Hear.) He
tath Th • .
tht her the heir children, it appeared, if they got situations, entertained a strong opinion on the subject himself, but he still
Joll4' in ort em up or misconducted themselves so as to lose respected the opinions of those who differed with. him. I.le
ritleg were der that they might return to the workhouse. The ' would advise his Hon. Friend to take mlegitimate time for dm-
', ',ts "Posed to the contamination of abandoned cha- cussion, and not have rccour,e to motions of the present na-
((it'sssibieThote were several persons so depraved that it was ture.—(Cheers. )
al't'ar,
a` to maintain them ; and those parties were sent out Mr. tOL VILLE would support the motion, particularly as
alit'et rnollg housekeepers who permitted them to stray ' the .;ill contained a clause to do away with the Gilbert Unions.
thtglst e:t)._:ling them a small allowance. Now, Gentlemen Mr. FE.It RAND said. if the Right lion. Baronet would
t,,,, lieoe 'A the Act of Elizabeth, they might make give him the Committee he required, he would nut divide the
" U., ' dissatisfiedthe new law, they might House.
teetheM them
that - with
er, t they had . the first claim upon the estates Mr. FIELDEN said (as we undereteod), that if the lion.
let4'ted, nrintrY ; but all these doctrines, if practically en- Member for Knaresborough did not divide the House upon the
to hpo ese--Ltu end in their degradation and their ruin.—( Hear.) motion, he would.
Ball ta,"ible to read those accounts of misplaced negligence Sir J. GRAHAM obrerved, that the only Committee he
es 'ller o;gt,,'s workhouses, and of misplaced indulgence in the should feel inclined to agree to was one to inquire tnto the ma-
se,,ls eh ; was it possible to recollect the condition of many nagement of the Keightiey Union.—( A laugh.)
ja:lllesrect Ji contributed to the rates. namely, of these who Mr. FERRAND—Then, Sir, I shall divide.—(Laughter.)
spoustre, rlternselves, perhaps with difficulty, by their honest Sow gets were then ordered to withdraw, and the House di-
ett'in 14
Pnolt, who were too proud to derive their subsistence vided, when the numbers were--
too trot to °r-rate; was it possible tolook to these circumstances For the amendment
~,,,,7 eftort see that in the year 1834 the time had come when For going into Committee
to i-I,.,Catt it ,should be made to alter the system? His opinion Majority fur going into Committee
its ~l'"us dirge were now to abolish the Commission, and again The House then resolved itself into Committee, Mr. Greene
lei-seal' management of the poor to the local anthornies in the chair.
.tkasas hstriets they would have no guarantee that all the Mr. WAKLEY wished to ask the Hon. Gentleman in the
la,iritl litilawe-,::',4l'rePre'ttledniontevious t 1834 would not shortly recur. chair, what was the order in which the question would be put,
proposed fin five years with a for ci:iitinu og the Commission for five years, as well as the
Ili
ri4tisteseat'rrnination to uideit permanent. The present amendment of the Hon. alethher fur Rochdale, that it should
tieq, ii. te,`)4l(l have no motive ot their own, in making it so. continue ouly fee twe,lve rrionths ?
C.'4l,„'" a -.1;.e3' had any motive of their owe. it would be, for the The CH AI illll AN said, teat if the question was put that
sts,-trlis4„-I'rt-liveit popularity, to join in the cry against the the Commission should be continued for five years, and if an
oft
,ef ;il,--,.: and to allow a temporary return to the former amendment was moved that it should be continued only for
ltee,,l be .7"•—(Hear hear.) He believed that the abuses twelve months, he should put the amendment first, according
ree!'"a4tid74`'' were so' inveterate, that the continuance of a to the forms of the House,
riceti„atinas liig authority was necessary. He thought that the After a desultory conversation, in which Mr. Wakley, Mr.
sti, ghoulj ought to be for five years, and that the Commis- Duncimbe, and Sir. Ferrand took part,
stitZttlloriut be under the supervision of Parliament, but that Mr. I,IItOTHERTON moved that the Chairman report
rte la a shoe sh'',ll,l not be more limited than it was, because, progress anti ask leave to sit again.
tier old abuse term, term, or with less authority, he did not think Mr. WAKLEY gave notice that if the motion for reporting
taisentrej " could be eradicated so far as to dispense with progress were carried, he would, on the next occasion, when the
Ilese.,Tners o' Ile did not, however, think that the Cons- Chairman took his seat in Committee, move that the first clause
heir benevolent Iserie;ngnt to be a check upon the well-const- be postponed, because it was impossible that the Committee
trltu;) Heolen.ce of the local guardians.—( Hear, hear, should be able to decide whether the Commission was to last
it wet' NIL, believed that, with their aid, many improve- for five years or for three, until they knew first what were the
opt nld Ire dm be made,
which, without the Commission, provisions of the Bil', and what were to be the powers of the
ea beeevoi, possible to effect. He believed, that by means Commissioners.
11, iwt 44 Commission, and such he believed the present ' The motion (Mr. Brotherton's) was then agreed to, and the
oei. great
her '"'d the lrn,provements could be effected. Benevolent House resumed.
ly gee seii. Commeoioners to be, uotwithstanding the The Perth Prison Bill was read a third time.
hriatt hick h
,net lige w• has been made against them, and the injurious The Railways Bill Report was brought up and received, and
at'
,h, tpcie,ith
which they were assailed.—(Hear, hear.) the Bill ordered to be engrossed.
Dieu: removed, also,. that great and inveterate abuses could • BONDED CORN.
4, r, hear) without producing some individual hardship.— The Report on the Bonded Corn Bill was brought up.
the _lin ~.. Stich were the hard conditions of our nature. JUSTICES JURISDICTION BILL.
k RINI; ventie......
ItPoird 'cal prof, :ii,n opposite (Mr. Wakley) had said that The Justices Jurisdiction Bill was read a third time.
~ . pe 'tens of ps-lon would have hailed with satisfaction the CUSTOMS ACTS
'feaPl) had (thou Kay to the Commission. Why, he (Sir The Report on the Customs Acts was. brought up, and or-
inl,r•utr at, their!nought that those gentlemen, with the Hon. dered to be received.
te ites a, head, were altogether opposed to any Com- ' The House then adjourned at a Quarter to One.
•he k ' all •
'WI • Ppre, ' and yet their objections would be removed by
eitql4ehli, he had ent of their own favourite. In that book, from
leciongbJust Ihttread, the House would see what were the
l the't° per Tween the Overseers and the tradesmen, so much
t.,,,_. entri..,__,. ent, was considered a moderate profit upon
zitlrsietherlct Juuweitittilletshaeuplplied for the we of the poor. If a man
It'se. tl Paw that it
!tilkt,ll" for the old s .e iately
(reality was sent down to till an office in
pie lere was
mm
dNi.as necessary to enforce economy anti
a combination against him, and a
'ttri t;iletely manifested,
of 30 and 40 per cent. profits was
4ttkleY) in.ineiPle re"ed. If gentlemen were prepared to act
Theyt.,l b . that the commended by the Hon. Gentleman (Mr.
111.13kruici:2ttheerixtrpue,:.le,tihpeue,riotjhile. of England and the rate-payers were
the management of their own affairs,
~feet iiort e syttm
of eavpi,val of the old system.— ( Hear, hear.)
treittertt -; the existe account;.—(Hear, hear.) In that re-
r, y•iii Imperiarte nce of a superintending Commission was
et,llitrei.uet,tu,deofeepreeeeti--tin(gliaear, hear.) It was, perhaps, the
profligate expenditure The .ame
;stlau rile/gel was also of the utmost importanCe in securing
tt g that •4 attentio , '
..,,
Be-
the dt, for nto the poor.—( Hear, hear.) 13e-
-11:1 _Poor, thi.‘Lese permanent improvement of the condition
r tet eons,,,euk,-;ommission was necessary, he gave his core
Ng...04Z. t,support. to the Bill of his, Right Honourable
'enfaFt.)

I The decay of the Teeth and Gums arises from
various causes; but, principally, it may be attributed to early
: neglect, iA health, and the use of Tooth Powders containing
mineral and other deleterious acids, which give a momentary
whiteness to the Teeth, while they norrode the enamel !—The
extreme prevalence of this last cause is too well known to need
comment. To this fact, indeed, is principally to be attributed
the long Botanical research, which was happily terminated by
the most felicitous discovery ever given to the world for the
preservation of lie Teeth, Gums, and Lreath, viz. —Rowland s
Odonto, or Pearl Dentifrice; this Powder now occupies a dis-
tinonshed place at the Toilets of the Sovereigns and the
nobility throughout Europe, while the general demand for it at
once announces the favour in which it is held by the public
at large.
MONEY MARKET.—GoId was in a feverish state,
owing to the process of sweating, and parties who exp'cted to
find money extremely heavy were surprised at its uncommon
lightness, which they only perceived when bringing it into the
market. Sovereigns with the coupons (or little pieces) cut via
were freely offered for 205., and as freely declined, and many
persons made fruitless endeavours to turn the scale by filling in
the crevico. —Punch.
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