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THE TRUCK SYSTEM IN REFER-
ENCE TO TILE LAND .AND TO THE
CHURCH.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Silt,—The oft repeated cry of 1-.-avy burdens on the
land, led to inquiries which proved that the land-
owners in their capacity of legisl itors, had in the
i:nposition of taxes greatly favoured themselves at the
expense of the rest of the community. In
like manner, the recent attempt of Mr. Ferrand
to excite public indignation against the manu-
facturers, . by calumnious statements, alike dis-
graceful to himself and to the men who listened
to them with delight, ought to turn the eyes of in-
telligent men towards the Land and the Church,
with which the greater number of the Members
of both Houses of Parliament are intimately con-
nected. It would be easy to show that the truck
system prevails to as great an extent in agricultural
districts and amongst Ecclesiastical persons as it
is said to do amongst manufacturers. It would be
easy to produce cases of agricultural labourers, low as
their wages are, and made still lower by the deduction
of rainy days, who are kept for months without their
wages, and are ultimately induced to accept in pay-
ment wheat, flour, and potatoes, at such price as the
farmer chooses to fix upon them. You would not have
to travel far in the county of Wilts without discover-
ing that the cottages which stand upon the farm, and
which are said to be held by the labourers rent free,
do in fact form part of their weekly wages. Ask the
farmer how it happens that he gives an able-bodied
labourer only 6s. or 7s. a-week, when the same la.
bourer would obtain elsewhere Bs. or Ps., and he wili
tell you that the wages are, in reality, the same, but
that the cottage, or cottage and garden, are equiva-
lent to 2s. a week, which, with the 6s. or 7s. in money,
make the total wages of Bs. or Ps.
Go amongst the clergy, and you will make a simi-
lar discovery. What clergyman is there of some
al years standin in the Church; who has not met with
cases of you g men just leaving the University, who,
after the eat expenses of an academical.education,
are anxious to provide an honest income, but who
are compelled to officiate for the. first twelve months
without any stipend whatever, and whose only
remuneration has been a title for orders, with-
out which they could not have been • ordained
by the bishop, but which was never intended to be a
source of emolument to the incumbent, or to be sub-
stituted for that pecuniary hire of which the clerical
labourer is worthy.
It would be easy to state cases in which the pro-
prietors of land, being also proprietors of livings, which
are upon their estates have made bargains with the
clergy to whom they are about to present these
livings ; and thus putting into their own pockets large
amounts of ecclesiastical revenue, to which they have
not the least claim, as it is clear that when they pur-
chased their estates, the tithes upon those estates being
public property, were not included in such purchase. In
this case, the patron taking advantage of a clergyman's
necessity, or want of principle, instead of paying from
his estate the full value of the tithes, induces the
presentee to accept such a maintenance as may be
derived from the living thus robbed, and wishes him
to. consider the honour of promotion to a rectory and
the security of a fixed income as substitutes fOr the
remainder of the tithes which would be justly due.
' Nothing is more common in the payment of
curates by non-resident incumbents than to con-
sider the parsonage-house as a large portion, and
not 'infrequently the entire amount of the
curate's salary. In the Ecclesiastical Gazette for
this month, a publication which enjoys the
patronage of the Bishops and Clergy, appear the fol-
lowing advertisements :
" Wanted for twelve months or more, to take
charge of a small country parish, a Curate, by whom
a good house, well furnished, would be considered
a sufficient •remuneration for his services. Address
the Rev. M. A., Mr. Robinson, stationer, 114, Fen-
church-street, London."
" Wanted a Curate for a small parish, beautifully
situated within sixty miles of London. The rectory-
house is furnished, with some land attached to it, and
would.be considered a remuneration. A title to orders
if the testimonials are satisfactory, can be given.
Address A. 8., Post-office, Truro, Cornwall."
" The use of a well situated Parsonage-house and
garden, in a southern county, not far from the sea,
for a period of from three to six months, to be agreed
on from the beginning of April, is hereby offered to
any incumbent of sound Church principles and expe-
rience, on condition of undertaking for the time the
care of a country parish. Address A. 8., Post-office,
Tunbridge Wells. '
The following instance of the Clerical Truck
System, in a parish less than forty miles from
London, has recently come within my own
knowledge. The value of the living is 4501.
a year, the curate lives in the parsonage-
house, and his salary is as follows :—a furnished
house, fifteen acres of glebe land, and ten pounds in
money. If questioned upon the subject the rector
would state that he gives his curate 1001. a-year, and
would leave the impression that lie retains for him
self, fordoing nothing and for perpetual non-resi
dente, only 350/. a-year, but when we come to ana•
lyze the curate's stipend, it stands* thus :
Furnished house
Glebe land..

tioning creditor's debt, trading, or act of bankruptcy.
appear insufficient, the adjudication to be annulled,
24. Enacts that if the bankrupt shall not, within
limited time proceed to dispute the fiat, and prosecut€
his proceeding with diligence and effect, the Gaze&
shall be conclusive evidence of the bankruptcy as
against the bankrupt, and against persons whom the
bankrupt might have sued had he not been adjudged
bankrupt, &c.
25. Proviso for debtors to the bankrupt's estate pay-
ing the debt into Court when sued by the assignees,
within the time for bankrupt to dispute.
26. Audits and dividends to be had and made when-
ever the Court think fit after the time appointed for
the bankrupt's last examination.
27. Provision respecting the wages or • salary of
clerks and servants.
28. Provision respecting the wages of labourers or
workmen.
29. No distress for rent made after an act of bank-
ruptcy to be available for more than six months' rent,
accrued prior to the date of the fiat ; the landlord to
prove for the residue.
30. Enacts that search warrants may be granted.
31. Special provision in cases of the members of
firms being bankrupts, &c.
32 Enacts that bankrupts who shall not surrender
or submit to be examined, or who shall not deliver up
their estates, books, &c., or who shall remove, coney
or embazzle to the value of 101., shall be deemed
guilty of felony, and be liable to transportation or im-
sonment.
33. The Court may enlarge the time for the bank-
rupt surrendering himself.
34. Penalties on bankrupts for destroying or falsify-
ing their books, &c.
35. Penalty on bankrupts for carrying on business
and obtaining goods in contemplation of bankruptcy,&c.
36. Provision respecting certificates, &c.
37. Bankrupts not entitled to certificates, and such
certificates,,if obtained, to be void, if they have lost
by gaming 201. in one day, or 2001. within twelve
months, or 2001. by stock jobbing, or if they have
concealed books, or committed other fraudulent acts
specially mentioned in this Act.
38. Prescribes the mode of obtaining certificates of
conformity, &c., &c.
39. All contracts and securities given to induce
creditors to forbear opposing such certificates, to be
void.

Sun, November 25, 1841.
We have great pleasure in noticing this useful work, of which
we have received an early copy. It exceeds the size of the
Directory of last year, and probably is the most complete and
correct town-guide yet published. The following outline of
the contents will enable the reader to form some idea of the
vast undertaking. It contains an Official Directory, itith the
names alphabetically arranged, of all civil officers under Go-
vernment, in the Bank of England, East India House, and all
other public establishments. A Street Directory, which in-
cludes gentry as well as traders ; and subjoined to this, are two
others, giving, the names at full length, of sixty thousand per.
sons engaged in commerce, and lists of two thousand trades
established in the metropolis, with the tradesmen attached to
each, and the subdivisions of every trade accurately defined.
There are separate Directories also for the Court ; the Par-
liament, with the most recent addresses of the Members of
both Houses ; the Law, with a list of all officers from the
Lord Chancellor down to the usher of the most inferior Court :
and the City of London, with the names and addresses of all
City Officers, Companies, &c. The Court Directory includes
the names of twenty-five thousand persons nut engaged in
trade, and takes a wider range than any other work of the
kind. The information respecting the Post-office will be
found eminently useful to persons of every description ; and
among ether additions made to it for this year is one of great
importance, showing the time at which a I tter from London
should be delivered at any place in England or Wales, and
the time at which the letter-box for London closes in each
place. The facilities afforded by the Postmaster-General give
the compilers a :vantages which could not otherwise be obtained
The information is furnished from the Post-office gratuitously,
it is of the latest possible date, and has been all collected or
confirmed within the last two months. We have had little
time yet to test its accuracy, but have no doubt that it fully
maintains, in that respect, the high character of that published
for the year 1841. The work is beautifully printed, sold at a
moderate price and will be found of great service to persons in
every rank of life.

-UEGAL and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE
AA OFFICE, 24th March, 1842.—Notice is hereby given,
that the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the MEM-
BERS of this SOCIETY, pursuant to the Deed of Settle-
ment, will be held at the Office of the Society, No. 10, Fleet-
street,. London, on MONDAY, the 11th April next. The Chair
will be taken at One o'Cl^ck precisely. 'The Vacancies occa-
sioned by Four of the Directors and Two of the Auditors, going
out on that day, will then' be filled up. The Directors, and
(ne of the Auditors, going out, are re-eligible.
By order f the Board of Directors,

TNION AUCTIONIiE RING EST-TABIASH-
MENT, 26 and 48, WILSON-STREET, GLAS-
GOW.—Messrs. BOGLE and CO.. Auctioneers and Ap-
praisers, at their commodious and eligible apartments, solicit
consignments of Rooks, Paintings, and other articles; for the
sale of which their premises are so excellently adapted and
well situated, and acting on the principle of regularity and
prompt settlements, they fully rely on giving satisfaction to
consigners.
On addressing them by letter (post paid), the most satisfac-
tory references will be given, when required. Arrangemen's
made for advances.

T. R. EDAIOI%iDS, Actuary.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND SOCIETY
FOR RANTING
LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c.
No. 26, CORNHILL.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Special Act of Parliament.
DIRECTORS.
T. L AMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman.
J. Elliotson, M.D., F. R. S. I John Rawson, Esq.
John Griffith Frith, Esq. I John Riddle Stodart, Esq.
Hunter Gordon, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq.
George Lungley, Esq. I Joseph Thompson, Esq.
AUDITORS.
Professor Wheatstone, F. R. S. I Professor Graves, A.M. F.R. S.
ACTUARY—W. S. B. Wool house, Esq., F. R. A.S.
I.HTSICIAN—J. Elliotson, M. U., F. R. S.
SURGEON—E. S. Symes, Esq.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Sweet, Sutton, Ewens, and Ommanney,
6, Basinghall-street.
BArixans—Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co.
LIFE ASSURANCE.
ADVANTAGES—Perfect security from a large paid-up Capi-
tal and accumulations—Equitable Rates—Power to borrow
Two-thirds Premium paid, without expense or forfeiture—and
Profits annually divided.
N.B. Policies for Short Periods at Lower Rates than at any
other Office, with option of continuance for Life, at the usual
rates.

Weekly Dispatch, Nov. 28, 1841.
We have been favoured with a sight of this elaborate work ;
and we must pronounce it vastly superior to the previous vol-
umes. The contents are admirably arranged. There is a
distinct alphabetical li t of the names, in number, of all civil
officers under Government, in the Bank of England, East Jndia
House, and all ceher public establishments; an alphabetical list
of streets in the metropolis and its vicinity, with the inhabit-
ants according to their numerical order in each street; the only
Street Directory yet published which includes gentry as well as
traders. There is also a list of all officers, from the Lord Chan-
cellor down to the Usher of the most inferior Court • Police
Courts, with their officers and jurisdictions; alphabetical lists of
Queen's Serjeants, Queen's Counsel, Serjeants at law, Benchers,
Ba: ri.ters, Special Pleaders, Conveyancers, Proctors, Attorneys,
Notaries, &c. The names of all persons in the metropolis and
its immediate vicinity not engaged in trade, are given with the
most accurate lists yet published of the New Parliament, and
the most recent addresses of the Members of both Houses.
There are, besides, the name and addresses of City Officers and
Common Councilmen; City Companies and their clerks; lists
of sworn brokers ; Lieutenancy of the City, &c A list is
given of all the principal places in England, Ireland, and Scot-
and distinguishing those which grant and pay money-orders,
land, referring to the money-order office nearest to those which
do not ; and an alphabetical list of the streets of London, with a
reference from each to the nearest receiving-house which grants
and pays money-orders. This will afford the upportudity in
all cases, in town and country, of applying to the nearest office
for a money-order, and of obtaining it upon the office moat
contiguous to the residence of the party in whose fatour
it is drawn. Another important introduction this year
shows the time at which a letter from London should
be delivered ar"any place in England or Wales, and the
time at which the letter-box for London closes in each place ;
thus affording the opportunity of calculating in all cases
the " return of post." independent of all this information,
we have copious accounts of all conveyances by railways,
stage-coaches, waggons, carts, vans, vessels, barges and boats ;
with complete accounts of all the bankers, joint-stock-banks,
and banking establishments of the United Kingdom ; the
names of the Directors and officers of the various Assurance
Companies, with the rates of Assurance, &c. , are also furnished
in ample detail. One great feature in this work is, that it
directs an individual to the position of any number in the
street, by noting the intersection of churches, courts, streets,
lanes, alleys, Sic., between one house and another. It often
happens that a person may forget the name of the tradesman
he wants, although he knows the street. The Street Directory
in this book helps him out of this difficulty by giving the
names of the inhabitants of each house of No. 1 upwards.
Sund=y Times, December 5, 1841.
This useful work is just published ; it is, in short, a Com-
mercial, Trades, Law, Court, Parliamentary,City, Postago,Con-
vey ance, Banking, and an Official Directory. It contains an
almanack, list of stamp duties, Post-office rules, and, in fact,
a body of intelligence too great for detail. Respecting the
accuracy of such a work, it is, of course, impossible to speak;
the most inveterate Magliabechi that ever gulped quartos, or
bolted folios, would scarcely undertake the pet usal of a Direc-
tory. It is not saying too much to declare that the Post-office
Directory is a work unexampled even in this country. To ap-
proximate closely to the communication, of the names, resi-
dences, and trades of the inhabitants of London, a task from
which a literary Hercules might flinch.
Railway Magazine, December 4, 1841.
Judging from the great superiority of the last edition of this
work over its competitors, we did not anticipate the improve-
ments which have been effected in the present, which not only
place this Directory at the head of the list, but must drive:the
others out of the field. An entirely new division has been
introduced, viz., the " Official Directory," which furnishes
the lull names and positions of all persons holding public
situations under Government, the East India Company, the
Bank, &c. The scope of that important branch, the " Street
Directory," has beed very considerably extended ; and thou-
sands are now included, who reside without the narrow limits
beyond which our books of refei erica have not before passed :
here we have a register of all, whether dwelling in Barns-
bury Park, Besinghall-street. or Belgrave-square, in King's-
road, Che'sea, or in Kingsland ; and one of the great advan-
tages peculiar to this publication is, that all inhabitants are
inserted in their numerical order. We know of no other
street list in which either all the gentry, or all the mer-
chants, traders, and tradesmen, are not ....incredible as the
fact may appear—entirely omitted. We may mention that it
gives the names of the Directors of most of the Railway and,
Insurance Companies, and a complete List of Officers of Joint-
Stock Companies. The " Parliamentary Directory" is co-
pious ; in it the offices held by every Peer and Commoner are
accurately detailed, even to the recent appointment of Lord'
Ellenborough at Governor. General of India, and of his suc-
cessor at the India Board, Lord Fitzgerald. The "Postage
Directory" furnishes much original and highly valuable in-'
formation in reference to Money Orders, and to the precise
time of the deliveries of letters throughout the country. A
volume so valuable as this will be generally appreciated. It
does honour to the establishment which can put forth so vast
an amount of authentic information of character so diversified,
and it reflects credit on those who have so arranged it that the
work is eqnally a model of compilation anti of typography. We
cannot but think that a title more appropriate than merely
" Post-office London Directory'' migh, be chosen. 'f he work
surely merits a name that would convey a definite idea of in-
forma:i.sn so vast and varied, uniting as it does, in one volume,
Directory, Court Guide, and Court 'Kalendar, and superseding
the whole class of similar publications.
Globe, December 1, 1841.
This useful " Annual" comprises, among other information,
an Official Street, Commercial, Trades, Law Court, Parlia-
mentary, City, Postage, Conveyar ce, and Banking Directories.
It is only necessary to announce the publication itself, and to
add that, arranged as it has been with care and attention,
aided by sources of official information peculiar to itself, it may
be taken as a safe guide in the various matters upon which it
professes to enlighten the public.

SILVER PLATED CORNER DISHES.--A.B.
SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing Silversmiths, 14,
Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank of England, submit the
prices of the following patterns of strongly-plated CORNER
DISHES, with silver handles and edges, and silver shields for
engraving the crest or coat of arms :
01
The Gadroon Pattern. Tho Flower Pattern.
Four strongly-; lated cor Four extra strongly-
ner Dishes and Covers ...£lO I plated Corner Dishes
Four extra strongly-plat d and Covers ................ais 10
Corner Dishes and t overs 12 12
N.B. The Covers are made with moveable handles, so that
they form extra dishes. Drawings of the above are forwarded
to any part of Great Britain or Ireland, postage free.
-

-MICKEL INK ; or JOIINSTONE'S PER-
MANENT WRITING FLUID, under the patronage
of the Academy of Sciences, Paris.
W. PEACOCK (by appointment) sole Agent for the above
incomparable Fluid, respectful), invites the attention of the
commercial public, and the literary and fashionable circles,
to some of the paramount properties of the Nickel Ink. It
stands unrivalled for its clearness and facility in writing, being
free from that gelatinous deposit which clogs and corrodes
the metallic pen. As a preventive of fraud in banking and
other commercial transactions, it pieseuts an important gua-
rantee, as it is indestructible (without injuring the surface of
the papers by any of the chemical agents which destroy the
common inks. The colour of the Nickel Ink is a Scheeles
green, but it drivs a vivid and permanent black—a striking con-
trast to the rusty black of other inks and writing fluids.
Sold by W. Peacock, at 2, Cursitor-street, Chancery-lane ;
and by all the principal Stationers in town and country, in
bottles, at 6d., Is., Is. 6d., and 2s. 6d. each.

40. Penalty on creditors for obtaining money, goods,
&c., as an inducement to forbear opposition, &c.
41. Enacts that all bankrupts, after having obtained
their certificates, shall be free from arrest, &c.
42. No bankrupt to be liable upon any promise to
pay debts discharged by virtue of such certificate, un-
less such promise be in writing.
43. Provision respecting allowances to bank-
rupts, &c.
44. Special provision respecting joint fiats.
45. Provision respecting fiats in bankruptcy, not
directed to the Court of Bankruptcy.
46. Fiats in bankruptcy in the country to be trans-
mitted to the Court of Bankruptcy, and there filed, &c.
47. (Official assignees.) Empowers the Lord Chan-
cellor to select a number of persons (being account-
ants, or individuals engaged in trade, &c.), not exceed-
ing 30 in the whole, to act as official assignees. [Their
duties are stated at great length in this clause.]
48. Proviso restricting the authority of the official
assignees.
49. Proviso for filling up vacancies in the number
of official assignees.
50. Invests the official assignees with the same
powers, &c., as the official assignees under the former
Act.

DEFERRED ANNUITIES.
The best and most varied provision for after life hitherto of-
fered—£2 12s. per annum (Is. per week) at 20, will at 6.5
give the policy-holder the choice of an annuity of £47 169. 6d.
or £349 Ils. cash, or policy at death of £466. Similar ad-
vantages at 50, 55, and 60—Two-thirds payments lent at any
time, and Two-thirds returned in case of premature death.
The detailed Plans, and Last Annual Report, to be had at
the Office, at any of its Branches, or on application will be for-
warded post free.

F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, eeretary.

NATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITU-
TION,
Enrolled under Acts of Parliament,
Passed the 10th of Geo. IV. 4th anti sth of Wm. IV., and 3d
and 4th Victoria, relating to Friendly Societies.
For MUTUAL ASSURANCE of LIVES,
ENDOWMENTS, and ANNUITIES.
13, Nicholas-lane, King William-street, London.
DIRECTORS.
_ _

THE MECHIAN DRESSING
most portable ever invented, measuring only 61 inches
long, 3i wide, three-fourths of an inch deep—in fact the size
of a pocket book, and contains one pair of Mechi's ivory handle
peculiar steel razors, his magic strop and comb, badger hair
shaving brush, his patent castellated tooth-brush, and a neat
useful nail brush—price only 25d. The same with hair-blush
and soap-dish, 359. To military men, and as a steam-boat or
travelling companion, this invention must prove an invaluable
acquisition, the articles therein being all of the first quality.
An immense variety of other dressing eases for both gentlemen
and ladies, either in fancy woods or leather, at all prices from
209. to 30 guineas, at MEC lII'S Cutlery and Dressing. case
Manufactory, 4, Leadenhall-street, London (four doors from
Cornhill.) An extensive stock of leather writing-cases, work-
boxes, bagatelle tables, razors, razor-strop., Sheffield plated
goods, tea trays, tea caddies, &c., cheaper that, any hotpe in
London. Every article warranted, or the money returned if
not approved.

C. P. Bousfield, Esq. Y Thomas Hodgkin, M.D.
John Bradbury, Esq. R. Ingham, Esq.
William Cash, Esq. Joseph Janson, Esq.
Thomas Castle, Esq. S. Hayhurst Lucas, Esq.
James Crofts, Esq. C. Lushiugton, Esq.
John Feltham, Esq. John St. Barbe, Esq.
Joseph Hargrave, Esq. Richard Shortridge, Esq.
Samuel Smith, Esq.
MEDICAL DIRECTORS.
J. T. Conquest, M.D. F.L.S. I Thomas Bevan, M.D. F.L.S.
Sofacnoas.—Messrs. Hardwick and Davidson.
Members whose Premiums become due on the Ist April next
are reminded that the same must be paid within Thirty Days
from that time.
Among the privileges to be derived by affecting assurances
in this Institution, is that of Members being able to secure the
benefit of their Policies to Nominees free of any charge. The
Whole Profits are divided among the Members ; the first divi-
sion will take place in December next.
Prospectuses, together with the Report to the Sixth Annual
Meeting of Membets, held on the 15th December last, and every
other information, may be obtained by applying at the Office,
or of the Agents and Medical Referees in the country.
March 19, 1842. JOSEPH MARSH, Secretary.

51. Bankruptcies depending in the country to be
removed into such of the Courts authorised to act in

the prosecution of fiats in bankruptcy as the Lord
Chancellor may think fit. The power and authority
of the Commissioners named in any fiat issued before
the commencement of this Act, to be prosecuted
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52. Power of the Court to appoint official assignees
to act with the existing assignees under such bank-
ruptcies, &c.
53. The like sums to be paid under fiats prosecuted
in the country as under fiats prosecuted in London.
54. The like sums to be paid on fiats move into
the Court of Bankruptcy, or into any of the country
Courts, under which the choice of assignees shall have
taken place, as on commissions moved into the Court
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THE BANKRUPT LAWS AMEND
MENT BILL.

56. Empowers her Majesty to appoint additional
Commissioners of the Court of Bankruptcy to act
in the prosecution of fiats in bankruptcy in the coun-
try, in such districts as her Majesty in Council shal
think fit.
57. Empowers her Majesty to appoint successors
to such additional Commissioners.

The following is a brief abstract of the new Bill
for the amendment of the Bankrupt-laWi, lately pre-
sented to the House of Lords by the Lord Chan-
cellor (Lord Lyndhurst). It is entitled, "An Act
for the Amendment of the Law of Bankruptcy."
Clause 1. Recites the Act 1 and 2 William IV.,
cap. 56, and fixes the period for the commencement of
the Act. (Left in blank.)
2. Enacts that all laws, &c., at variance with this
Act, shall be hereby repealed, in so far as they may be
at variance with the provisions of this Act, &c.
3. Enacts that the Lord Chancellor inay, in cases
of petitions for the issue of a fiat in bankruptcy, dis-
pense, if he shall think fit, with the petitioning cre-
ditor's bond, &c.
4. Enacts that all fiats in bankruptcy shall be forth-
, with transmitted by the Lord Chancellor's Secretary
of Bankrupts to the Court authorised to act in.the
prosecution thereof:
5. Enacts that any person against whom a fiat in
bankruptcy has issued, on proof of probable cause
fir belie :jug that he ii abot.t to quit England, or to
remove or conceal his goods, with intent to defraud his
creditors, may be arrested and detained, &c.
6. Empowers persons so arrested to apply'for their
discharge forthwith; and empowers the Court to make
absolute or discharge the order or rule calling on the
petitioning creditor to show cause, &c. (Orders of
Court may be appealed from to the Court of Review.)
7. Enacts that no person shall be liable to become
bankrupt by reason of any act of bankruptcy• com-
mitted more than 12 months prior to the issuing of'
any fiat in bankruptcy against him.
8. Acts of bankruptcy concerted between bank-.
rupts and creditors, &c., not to invalidate any fiat in
bankruptcy, &e.
9. Enacts the amount of the petitioning creditor's
debt ; requires that the single debt of such creditor
shall amount to 501. or upwards; that the debt of two
creditors so petitioning shall amount to 70/. or up-
wards ; and that the debt of three or more creditors
so petitioning shall amount to 1001. or upwards.
10. Enacts that all livery-stable keepers, coach
proprietors, carriers, ship-owners, auctioneers, apo-
thecaries, market-gardeners, cow-keepers, brick-
makers, alum-makers, lime-burners, and millers, shall
be deemed traders, and liable as such to this and other
statutes relating to bankrupts.
11. Enacts that, if any creditor of any trader shall
file an affidavit of his debt, and of his having required
payment, the Court may summon such trader to ap-
pear before the said Court, &c.

58. Empowers her Majesty to appoint additional
Deputy Registrars for the country.
59. Proviso respecting the powers and privileges of
the said additional Commissioners and Deputy Re-
gistrars.
60. Abolishes the office of Chief Judge of the Court
of Bankruptcy and the office of one of the other
Judges of the said Court now held by a Master of
Chancery.

MARCH EDITION of the POST-OFFICE
LONDON DIRECTORY. Now Published, price
245., containing "Parliamentary Directory," giving the most
recent Parliamentary Intelligence, and the prt•sent 'Town Ad-
dresser each Peer and Member. Official Directory. Street
Directory, the only 'one published of the Metropolis, to include
Nobility and Gentry, as well as Merchants and Traders. Com-
mercial Directory. Trades Directory. Law Directory, and
complete Lists of Stamps. Court Directory, including thou.
sands of names not to be found in any other work. City Di-
rectory. Postage Directory. Conveyance Directory. Bank-
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61. Provision respecting the jurisdiction of Courts
acting under fiats in bankruptcy.
Clauses 62 to 65 relate to the rules and proceedings
to be adopted, &c., in the said Courts.
66. Enacts that the building for the transaction of
business in bankruptcy in London shall be vested in
the Commissioners of the Court of Bankruptcy for
the time being, &c.
67. Such building to be called " the Court of Bank-
ruptcy."
Clauses 68 to 70 describe the various duties which
are to, be performed by the Registrar in Basinghall-
street.

Money .

Total £lOO
The curate, during the time of my visit, having
called•my attention to the state of the house, which
is out of repair, and to the furniture; the better part
of which, he informed me, was his own, declared his
opinion to be that the house and furniture were not
more than half the sum at which they were estimated by
the rector. I asked him why he did not call upon the
incumbent to repair the house out of the large income
he received for doing ,nothing ? His reply was, that it
was perfectly useless to make any application to the
rector, and that if he were again to write to him on
the subject, it would probably lead to a quarrel between
them, and end in his leaving the curacy.
If the adoption of the truck system by the master
manufacturer, who pays the workman for work done
for himself, out of property possessed by himself, be
an evil, how much more enormous is that evil, when
out of public money, received by the rector, as a
trustee, on certain conditions, the work done for the
public is so unworthily paid for.
I have known curates who have had no other sa-
lary than the surplice fees which they received for
marriages, christenings, and burials. I have known
others in places of fashion, whose stipend has con-
sisted in the scarfs, bands, and gloves, which were
presented to them at funerals and weddings, the fee
itself being delivered up, according to engagement,
to the rector. Many clergymen are induced to enter
upon such arrangements for the same reason that
manufacturing operatives accept goods instead of mo-
ney, because the supply of labourers, whether cleri-
cal or manufacturing, being greater than the demand,
the employer has the opportunity of making his
own terms. There is, however, this important differ-
ence between the two cases ; that when the master
manufacturer makes unworthy stipulations ivith his
men, he is driven to do so by the difficulties of trade,
caused by the Corn and Provision-laws ; whereas the
employer of curates is influenced by no such neces-
sity. With him all is prosperous ; and whatever be
the misfortunes.of other men, his income of 500/., or
1,0001. a year is secured to him for life.
Whatever may be the hard lot of the operative
when out of employ, that of the curate is quite as
bad. Always liable to be dismissed by the rector,
or at the pleasure of the bishop, without any reason
being assigned ; and ultimately compelled to give up
his income of 40/. or 601. a-year, when sickness or old
age approaches, he is thrown upon the wide world
without any provision whatever.

Times, December 3, 1841.
This useful matter-of-fact volume has just been published by
Messrs. Kelly and Co., of Old Boswell-court, Temple-bar,
and will no doubt be, as it ought to be, in the hands of
every merchant, banker, and tradesman in the country. It
is, independently of its utility, by which it is rendered indis.
pensable to every counting-house and shop, a curious eta •
tistical monument of the extent, importance, trade, and
wealth of the metropolis, and as such a document deserving
the attention even of persons who arc not immediately in-
terested in commercial and business pursuits. The present
volume for 1842 contains some irapalant new fitter, with
which the preceding volumes were not furnished—ittias an im-
portant addition, " The official Directory." an alphabetical
list of all persons holding situations under the Crown, of all
persons holding situations in the Etta India House, in the
Bank of England, and in the various law, city offices, and all
other public offices. This addition is of itself enough to show
the greatimins taken by the Proprietors to render the book
perfect. There is also some useful information given relative
to the " Money Order-office," to which, if the public would
pay more attention than they have hithi rto done, less would
be heard of the loss of money by the transmission of remittances
by post in the manner usually adopted. The number of stamps
issued to the various newspapers published throughout England
and gales is given, together with the amount of stamp duties
on advertisements paid by each paper respectively, arid, indeed,
a mass of information is brought together from which the best
informed may derive some increase of knowledge, and to
which the attention of the most ignorant and careless can
hardly be called in vain. As far as the cursory examination
can justify an opinion, and it is next to impcksible to pay to
such a work as this the minute attention it deserves, it appears
to be compiled with indefatigable industry, extreme vigilance,
and an excellent judgment for arrangement.
Morning Post, December 29, 1841.
The charge, whether true or fa!se, brought against the" An-
nuals," that, however pretty they may be, they are of little or
no use, cannot in any degree apply to this singular publication.
Within the single volume, neatly brought out by Messrs. Kelly
and Co., of Old Boswell-court, Temple-bar, is comprised all
the information that can be nseful to the fashionable, legal, or
commercial communities. "It includes a " Court Directory,"
which alone contains about five-and-twenty thousand names ;
a" Law Directory" of the most ample description, giving,
among other details, no fewer than sixteen large pages of a
" General List of Stamps ;" an " Official Directory," with an
index of six thousand persons holding situations under !he
Crown, in the Bank, the East India House, and other public
departments ; the " Commercial Directory," perhaps the ful-
lest and mostcomplete that has ever yet appeared, and a variety
of miscellaneous matter which it is impossible to particularise
here. In short, from our own observation, we can safely pro-
nounce this work a " sine qua non" to everybody who desires to
become acquainted with the great metropolitan world of London.
_ _

71. Enacts that the salaries of the Judge, Com-
missioners, and other officers of the Court of Bank-
ruptcy, shall be paid out of the fund entitled " the
Secretary of Bankrupts' Account."
72. Empowers the Lord Chancellor to order re-
tiring annuities to the Judge and Commissioners of
the Court of Bankruptcy and their successors.
73. Provision for certain expenses, and salary of the
Accountant in Bankruptcy ; and the appointment of
additional clerks to such Accountant, &c.
Clauses 74 to 84 relate to matters of minor im -
portance. The Lord Chancellor is empowered, amongst
other things, to appoiut a taxing officer of the Court
of Bankruptcy.
85. The several Courts acting in the prosecution of
fiats of bankruptcy to be auxiliary to each other for
proof of debts, &c.

Britannia, 27, .
The old proverb says itN is crooovemberd to letlB4l well alone; but we
see no possible reason why well should be left to stand still, so
long as better is clearly attainable; and such appears to be the
opinion of the enterprising proprietors of the " Post-office Lon-
don Directory." The present edition is superior in many re-
spects, to any of its predecessors. On its first appearance, it
was a neat and correct pocket volume—nothing more ; but
it has gone on improving and augmenting from year to
yerr, till, by the mere force of its manifest superiority.
it has fairly beaten every competitor out of the field, and
become, from the variety, copiousness, and accuracy of
its information, an indispensable requisite to every count-
ing-house and shop in the metropolis and its suburbs. It
would be quite impossible, in a brief notice, to give anything
like an adequate idea of the contents of a closely-printed
royal octavo volume, running to upwards of 1,500 pages. It
can only be justly described as a series of Directories, each
one complete in itself, and each of peculiar value to every per-
son engaged in business. For instance, is the residence of
any particular person required, a reference to the " Commer-
cial' or " Court Directory" will at once give the desired in-
formation. If a complete list of all persons engaged in any
one of the various professions or trades exercised in the me-
tropolis is sought, turn to the " Trades' Directory," and you
have, ready to your hand, arranged in alphauetical order,
and with the residence attached. a return of every ac-
countant, apothecary, artist, &c., &c., within the limits of
the bills of mortality. It is the same with every other depart-
ment of the work. We have never seen any volume containing
so much matter, so well divided, and clearly arranged.. The
intimate connexion of the proprietor with the Post-office en-
sured him the most accurate information; and his printers'
extensive printing-office and steam-presses enabled him to issue
his sheets with surprising sapidity; so that every change is
made up almost to the day ef publication.. The whole book is
worthy of the mighty city it anatomises ; the most correct. as
wel as the most useful, record of its industry, its vastness, assd
its intelligence; and, if we keep in mind the enterprise neces-
sary for the conception of such a work, the immense care re-
quired in its preparation, the enormous cairital required to
produce it, and, considering its bulk and variety, the sur-
prisingly low price at which it is issued, we must eronounce it,
notwithstanding the typographical wonders daily issued from
Pre.s, the most surprising volume to which the first city in the
world has yet given birth.
John Bull, November 27, 1841.
Again we have to bestow our praise on the completeness and
cheapness of the multifarious information comprised in the
" Post office L mlon Directory," which comprehends within
one moderately-s,zed volume, of clear and easy reference, a
Commercial, I'rades', Law, Court, and Parliamentary Direc-
tory. It is at once the fullest volume of the kind, the most ex-
act, has the most recent intelligence—the information i: em-
bodies haviiv been collected within the last seventy days from
official source, and through agents possessing the requisite lo-
cal knowledge, and is altogether thg completest guide-book to
the metropolis that has hitherto appeared.
Spectator, Dec. 4, 1841.
This extensive work still continues to grow. Besides a revi-
sion and extension of the other branches, the Official Directory
has now been increased so as to form a division of itself. This
of thelis t persons
of
perso are
its
part, like the other sections of the subject, is subdivided ; one
part containing a list of Government and other public offices,
under which
employmentsand
arranged;
holding offices under the Crown, in the East India House,
flank of England, &c. And such a muster roll !—an army,
nay, a population, ef place-holders !
ththeeonthaemre presentss
an alphabetical
W. Kelly and Co., 19, and 20, Old Boswell-court, Temple-
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Clauses 86, 87, and 88, provide for contingencies,
&c. of minor importance.
89. Act may be altered or repealed this Session.

AMINISTER EXTRAORDINARY.

The following statement of an extraordinary affair
may be relied on, as our information is derived from
a source which precludes all possibility of doubt :
A Mr. D., an Austrian subject, but a Venetian by
birth, and formerly an officer in the Austrian naval
service, was, some years ago, sentenced to five years'
imprisonment in the Castle of Spielberg, for having
been intimately connected with the Carbonari
in Italy. At the expiration of the term of
his imprisonment he obtained permission from
h!s Government to leave his country, and has
been absent up to the present period, the Austrian
Government, howevr, not entirely losing sight of him.
lle was for some time resident in Paris, but lately his
scene of action has been the Spanish frontier, where
he suddenly presented himself at General llodil's
head-quarters, as the embryo secretary of an Aus-
trian embassy to Madrid, stating that the Court of
Austria had determined very shortly to recognise the
young Queen. Isabella of Spain. The important
news was rapidly transmitted to Madrid, of
course with all possible privacy. Our adven-
turer soon followed, and was received with
open arms by M. Gonzales, the Minister for Fo-
reign. Affitirs, to whom, as well as to the other Minis-
ters, he communicated the joyful intelligence that
very probably Austria would be willing to guarantee
a new Spanish Loan. Much was now made of the
quondam prisoner; Gonzales gave him a dinner :
the other Ministers followed his example, but as a
necessary precaution, he was not presented in any
official capacity. In Ole meanwhile, no doubt for
a consideration, more than one capitalist got a hint
of the projected loan, and were desirous of offering
him their services; every communication, however,
being conducted with the greatest secrecy, and the
conversation held in whispers. Such, then, are the
facts of this mysterious affair up to the early part of
the present month, when no suspicion rested on the
impostor, and the Spanish _Ministry entertained not
even a doubt of his. representations. It is needless to
mention that Mr. D. is a mere adventurer, and that
his mission had reference rather to the recruiting of
his own finances than these of Spain, which latter his
own have for some time nearly resembled in their des-
perate state of embarrass ynent.

12. Specifies the manner of proceeding on the sum-
mons of any trader by n creditor.
the demand,
a or upon appear-
and not makingl3. Enacts that any trader not attending such sum-
mons
refusing to tfolo
adlaZul t
deposition of belief of a good defence thereto, then and
in either case not paying or compounding within a
certain time to the satisfaction of the creditor, or giv-
ing bond to pay such sum as shall be recovered with
costs, &c., shall be deemed to have committed an act of
bankruptcy, &c.
14. Enacts what shall be deemed a refusal of ad-
mission of debt.

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15. Enacts that any trade signing an admission of
demand and not paying or compoundin to the satis-
faction of the creditor within 21 days next after the
filing of such admission, shall ho deemed to have com-
mitted an act of bankruptcy, &c.
16: Provides for cases in which a trader shall
admit a part only of the demand, &c.
17. Provides for cases of admissions of debt being
signed out of Court, &c.

Morning Chronicle, Dec. 21. 1841.
We have had occasion to commend the extraordinary diligence
and accuracy shown in getting up the " Post-office Directory"
for former years, and no less praise is due to the publication of
the present volume. It contains the same immense m'tss of
information relative to the metropolis, which renders the work
one of the most astonishing monuments of the greatness of
London that can well be conceived. This information appears
classified, distributed, and arranged in a variety of ways so as
to make the fAcility of reference nearly perfect. The
corrections necessary from the changes of a year appear,
as far as it is possible to judge, to have been carefully made,
and it would be difficult to over-estimate the labour involved
in such corrections. We recommend it to the favourable con-
sideration of the public ; arid, in fact, it must be regarded as
dispensable in every house, or office, where business is trans-
acted. To those, if there be any, wire have not seen it, it will
convey the best notion of the variety of its contents to say, that
the single volume of 1,500 pages contains a Streets' Directory
—Trades' Directory—Law Direetory—City—Parliamentary—
Courts—Postage—Banking—and Official and Conveyance
work, and complete in itself, though
publication which professes to be a
Directory for London.
theD Directories—each i:s are each
requisitea lar
large
a p
Morning Herald. Nov, 30, Is4l.
This is a most complete and extremely useful work. Item-
braces every point of interest in and near the metropolis that
can affect the wants of the community at large, and is service-
able to all classes of society. Under one general head it con-
tains a series of Directories, in which are enumerated all the
Trades, Streets, Names, Official Designations, Parliamentary,

Lord Situlhope, instead of expressing sympathy
with the distressed manufacturers, declared the
other day, in the House of Lords, that they
ought to be compelled to support the operatives,
whom in prosperity of trade they had employed.
Why does not his Lordship include the incumbents
in his contrary declarations ? The sons of the
wealthy have pensions from the State tbr a few years
of easy service ; soldiers and sailors retire on half-pay,
but the well-paid clergy who denounce the cruelty of
the manufacturers, give little pay to their clerical ser-
vants whilst doing their work, and leave them, when
sick or superannuated, to suffer the extreineties of po-
verty. lam Sir, your obedient servant,
THOMAS SPENCER.
Perpetual Curate of Hinton Charter-
house, near Bath.
Hinton, near Bath, March 22, 1842.

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shall think fit.
on affidavits of
debt
Il .. shalltE, ni arhtcaltilse,
er tsphlrai
cothvii rscaioodsietl
srsa ss
respecting ut ihnem Courton
costs.
20. Enacts that any trader not
paying or com-
pounding for a judgment debt, upon which the plain-
tiff might sue out execution, within 21 days after
noticecommitted
in i
trteeydu requiring inagct of bankruptcy. be deemed to have

21. Traders disobey ing
orders of Courts of Equity,
or orders in bankruptcy or lunacy, for payment of
money, after service of order for payment on a•pe-
remptory day fixed, to be deemed to have committed
an act of bankruptcy.
22. Traders filing a declaration of insolvency in the
office of the Secretary of Bankrupts to be deemed to
have committed an act of bankruptcy.
23. Enacts that all persons adjudges bankrupts
shall have notice thereof before the adjudication be
advertised, and shall be allowed five days to*contest
the same before the Court adjudicating: if the refl.

A melancholy event has happened at Romilly-sur-
Seine. A forest-keeper, named Obriot, being with some corn..
panions posted in trees to watch some wild boars which had
been committing devastations, had the imprudence to leave
the tree in which be had placed himself, and to enter some
brushwood, where the motion and noise which he occasioned
led his companions to think it was a boar, and one of them hav-
ing fired, Obriot fell mortally wounded. He lived only long
enough to pardon the error of the man who had killed him,
And who was overwhelmed with grief at the misfortune.

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1.5. Enacts that the appointment of the said City
nspector shall be enrolled at the next Sessions of the
'ease, &c.
16. Enacts that all dealers in corn carrying on bu-
siness in London, or within five miles from the Royal
Exchange, and all persons selling British corn within
the Corn Exchange in the said city, or within five
miles from the Royal Exchange, shall, before they
shall carry on such business, or sell any corn, make
and deliver in a declaration to the Lord Mayor, &c.
17. Enacts that dealers in corn shall make weekly
returns to the corn inspectors of the quantities of corn
sold by them during the week, &c.
18. Enacts that the present Controller, Deputy-
Controller, and Inspector of Returns for the cq of
London, shall continue in office; but that the appoint-
ments of the other Inspectors of Corn returns shall,
on the 24th day of June next after the passing of this
Act, cease and determine.
19. That in other cities than London, the Super-
visors of Excise shall act as Corn Inspectors, &c.
20. Enacts that the Commissioners of Excise shall
make known the place to be appointed for the delivery
of the returrs of corn purchased, by advertisements
and placards, &c.
21. Enacts that the Inspectors of Corn Returns may
continue to hold their offices by warrant of the Com-
missioners of the Treasury, &c.
22. Enacts that dealers in corn in the provincial
cities and towns shall make a declaration which shall
be delivered to the Mayor or Chief Magistrate of the
city in question, who shall give a certificate thereof
to the supervisor acting as corn inspector.
23. Empowers the supervisor to require such de-
claration from corn dealers, &c.
24. Enacts that all corn dealers who are required
to make such declaration as aforesaid shall be required
to make weekly returns in writing to the supervisors
of Excise, of the corn bought by them, with the
price thereof, &c.
25. Enacts that the inspectors and supervisors shall
enter the returns made to them in the book, and
transmit to the controller weekly an account of the
quantities and prices of corn sold, &c.
26. Enacts that the said inspectors and supervisors
shall not include any returns until they have ascer-
tained that the persons making them have taken the
declaration required.
27. (The average clause.) Enacts that the average
prices shall be made up and computed on the Thurs-
day in every week (the aggregate average price which
regulates the duty being taken as at present for six
weeks), and that a certificate of the averages shall be
transmitted every week to the chief officer of customs,
at each of the several ports of the United Kingdom, &c.
28. Enacts that the qualities of corn shall be com-
puted by certain recited acts now in force.
29. Enacts that until a sufficient number of weekly
returns shall have been received under this act, the
controller of corn returns shall make use of the pre-
ent averages, &c.
30. Enacts that all corn or grain, the produce of
the United Kingdom, shall be deemed British corn
for the purposes of this Act.
31. Enacts that if any return is believed by the
controller of corn returns to be fPaudulent, the same
may be omitted in the computation, &c.
32. Enacts that all corn dealere having made the
declaration previous to this Act, shall be required to
transmit the returns, and comply with the rules
hereby enacted, &c.
33. Authorises the controller to issue directions
respecting the inspection of any person or per-
sons of the books to be kept by the inspector of corn
returns of the City of London. (The said inspector
is not to permit any person to inspect such books
without such directions, &c.)
34. Enacts that a copy of the last return shall be
put up in the market-place, by every supervisor of
excise, actin.°, as an inspector of corn returns, on each
market-day, &c.
35. Empowers the Commissioners of the Treasury
to fix the salaries of the controllers and inspectors (the
salary of the inspector for the city of London is not
to exceed 3001. per annum ; and the salaries of the
provincial inspectors are not to exceed 501. per ann.)
36. Regulates the payment of salaries, &c.
37. (Compensation clause.) Empowers the Lords
consequence of the passing of this Act.
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38. Inflicts a penalty on corn-dealers neglecting to
make the declarations and returns required by this Act.
39. Provides for the recovery and application of
such penalties.

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40: Empowers the Lords of the Privy Council to
stay proceedings on information, and also empowers
justices of the peace to mitigate penalties, &c.
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41. Inflicts a penalty on witnesses who shall not at-
tend when required.
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contained
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour.
43. Enactsatreet the practice of measuring, or other privileges of
the city of London.

44. "Provides for the limitation of actions, Sit
4.5. Enacts that this Act may be amended or re•
pealed by any Act to be passed in this present session
of Parliament.

The new table of duties, and the schedule of cities
and towns to which the Act refers, follow the above
enactments.

* The new scale is given in the schedule annexed to the Bill.

TAXATION & REPRESENTATION.
The following petition was presented by Mr. T. Dun-
combo to the I louse of Commons on Wednesday evening;
"To the Honourable the Connnons of Great Britain
and Ireland in Parliament assembled.
" The petition of Benjamin Filly, of the parish of St.
Bride, in the City of London,
"Humbly Showeth,--That your petitioner well knows,
that according to the ancient Constitution of England,
every man of sane mind, and not convicted of indelible
crime, has the right to vote for Members of your Ho-
nourable house ; and, that reason, justice, morality, and
Christianity, are set at nought by those who impede the
exercise of this right.
" That your Honourable House must know, that it
is a Constitutional maxim of England, that taxation and
representation are inizepttrable ; that is to say, that all
who contribute to the taxation should have a voice in
choosing of those who are to levy the taxes; that,
unless a man's will be consulted in making the laws, he
is a real slave if he be compelled to obey them.
"That, although those who have the ruling power
admit that this is a
.wry fine theory, yet they have
always opposed the practice of it, and have, in the excess
of their liberality, ott:en declared that. the elective fran-
chise ought to be'restrieted to those who pay direct taxer.
,
.
" That your petitioner believes that a Bill Is aboutru call be
brought before your Honourable
House, which 1i..110
for a direct tax to be imposed on many personsfor
v% a
not now pay direct taxes, anti who have no votes
Members of your Honourable House:
" That seeing that it appears, by the premises, to be
tax on any man
unconstitutional and unjust to levy
without his consent, ytbcuer
be brought
Bill, such as that which he has alludedwill cause the m-
any direct tax, the power
before your llonoura.
to every person who may by
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to
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3 petitioner will ever pray.
IViemtyers of your Honourable House.
march 22, 1842, "B. TILLY."
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THE- NEW CORN.E.,
We take the present opportunity of
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cur readers the following brief abstract r"
Corn Importation Bill, just introduced by Sir Robert
Peel :
. Title---" A Bill to Amend the Laws for the Inf.
portation of Corn."
Clause 1. Enacts the repeal of the Act 9 George
IV., cad. ( 0 (the existing Corn Bill, passed in July,
1828), with a proviso that all Acts, &c., which by
virtue of the said recited Act were repealed, shall still
be deemed and taken to be, and remain, repealed.
2. Eaacts the new scale of duties.*
3. Provides for the importation of foroiL n corn int
the Isle of Man, &c.
4. Enacts that all el( ns, &c., fir breach of pro-
vision of the existing Act, or for duties payable
under them. may be proceeded with 3 effectwilly as
if this tet had not been Made.
5. Enacts the regulations to be observed on ship-
ping corn flow any British possession out of Europe.
,6. Enacts that it shall not be lawful to import any
_malt, or any co; n ground, except wheat meal, wheat
flour, and ca'meal ; and that if any such article as
aforesaid shall be imported contrary to this provision,
the same shall be forfeited, &c.
7. Enacts that the Commissioners of Customs shall
publish in the London Gazette, once in every month,
an account of the corn imported, corn upon which the
duty is paid, and the corn, &c., in warehouses, Sze.
8. Enacts that if any foreign State shall OM,
British vessels, goods, &c., to any higher charges or
duties than are levied on the vessels, &c., of other
countries, her Majesty may, by an order in Council,
prohibit ihe importation of corn, &c., from such State,
9. Enacts that weekly returns of the purchases
and sales of British corn shall be made, collected, and
transmitted, in the manner hereinafter directed, in
and from the cities and towns named in the schedule
annexed to this Act.
. 10. EMpowers her Majesty to appoint a con-
troller of corn returns, and to grant to such. con•
troller such salary and allowances as to her Majesty
shall seem meet.
11. Enacts that the said controller shall not act
by deputy, except- in certain 'special, cases, her Ma-
jesty being then empowered. to appoint a deputy-
controller.
12. Empowers the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of
the.city of London to nominate and appoint an In- .
spector of Corn Returns for the said City. of London.
13. Enacts that the said Inspector shall not shxceute
his office by deputy, except in certain cases.
14. Enacts that no person engaged in trade or busi-
ness as a miller, maltster, or corn-factor, shall be eli-
gible to be appointed to the office of Inspector, or De-
puty-Inspector, of corn returns for the city of Lon-
don, &c.