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TUESDAY , Mat il . HOUSE OF LORDS . —State or the Cowc Mabest . ^ . The Eiri of Hamwicm roie to put the question * « nhich he had given notice yesterday , on the object or thequantityofcoro iu the country , and the ?« in ?"' supply . Hft was strongly impressed with ««»** * £ Sere waawtfood encash to last till «* «* * ££ HebeKeved there wa , Kttle prob abilityr ofan , eoru ^ u g ^ ceWedfrom Poland , the Baltic , or *« . ** ££ » % « aouSuulyhope «« refore ^«^»^^ liet ( dievedtherewastavery soaUqwa ^ alarming . * ffT XCEIIS- ^ - ^ The of Laimoowh "" *
Marquis- 0 . .. rt « ln . aae * ar « u »™ "Xth ' vernmeat hadof ascertaiotowne means « hu * ** £ « £ mi De 5 * ?/ rt ^^ to no ^ Sa oe ut on that subject ; ? verv ltri ^« y «* «? *»* *** ^^ " tf ^ ft Was still or tbe increase up to the present *•*' " ( Hear , hear . ) He agreed with the noble earl that the-state of the market * was * uchas to make it the imoeMilrre duty of aU persons , aa faras they had interest , -cower » nd authority , to maintaiu in their families , a » a mattw of feeling as well as economy , the strictest regulatioUs as to the consumption of food . die of the American
Lord Ashburtos doubted ability market to afford them a sufficient supply . He feared that the auticipations «* * " « noWe fi * 6 " 4 as * ° further supplies would not be realised . fcoTdBBaTCUAKarguedstrongly forecauamyonthepart -of consumers . He deprecated the idea of in any way in -terferingwiththe export trade . The Marquis of L assdow . k * then proposed two amend-. xnentsin thereportof the Irish Landed Property BiU , one -authorising the erection of grist-mills , and the other apxayine the proposal of the Duke of Wellington respecting -the wages of labour in general to aU labour performed UBdertheLaudedProperty BUI , and making it imperative that the wages of sucnlahour should be paid vx the current coin of the realm . * The amendments were agreed to aad the report received . ' . _ .. .
Their lordships then adjourned . HOOSE OFJSfiMMOSS . — Whitsoh Homdats aud Public BusLNflP-Lord J . Rossew gave notice that , on ? riday , the 21 stofMay , he would move that the house , atits rising , do adjourn to Friday , the 28 th . Sustessiox or the Savicatio . v Laws . —In reply to a Question from Mr Mitchell , Lord J . Ru ssell stated that he meant to propose the suEpensionoftheNavi sationLaws , but the precise mode ofthesuspension remained to he considered . Lord Mobteih intimated , with reference to the Healtu of Towns BUI , that he intended to proceed with the measure so far as related to corporate towns m England and ¦ Wales-not including the « ty of ^ Londou-and t » aU other towns to which a majontyoftherated ^ habitants petitioned that it might be applied ; and as regarded the Zonstrnctins <* or contracting for , gas and waterworks , ft would tS proposed that their value should be estimated as lanu wm estimated under the Land ConsohdafionClause & Act and thedauses would beofacompnlsory
pSo ? KEKOVAt , -Mr BASKxs obtainedleavetobnngm a WE to repeal thefirst clause of the Poor Removal Act 6 ip G . Grey consented to the first reading with the understanding taat Ministers were not in any way pledged to tiaeurinciplesofthebilL LoiK . —DiscocsT os iKSTAUtssTS . —The Speaks put the question that the report be brought up , which was brouKhtupaccordingly aud received , when . nohon . manner nsing , the Speaker then put the further question of adjournment , and left the chair . I The house rose at six o ' clock . WEDNESDAY , Mat 12 .
HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Fiocs akd Chamtable PoarosMBni . —Lord 3 . Hanhem , in moving the second reading of the hai , trusted he should ba able to convince the house tbat the Mortmain Act of 1736 , which he now sought to repeal , was based on false and wreng principles , was subversive of the ancient spirit of the constitution from the time ofthe Reformation down to the data at which it was enacted , was subversive of the law and jurisprudence of England , and existed in ao other civi lised country in the world . In this view he was sure every one must concur who had paid the least attention to the remarkable and conclusive evidence given by Sir Francis Palgrare before a committee upon the subject , over which he presided . It was not till 1736 thatit was discovered for the first time that unless a mortmain act were passed the whole landed property of this country
wnnM nasB ont « f the hands of its rightful owners , and would be swallowed up by benevolentinstitanons . Previous to that year the word " mortmain" was never heard . Bathe denied that the principleupon which that hill was based had any foundation in fact . Letthehonse takean instance . That noble charity Queen Anus ' s Bounty had been exempted from the law of 1736 , and had been permitted to receive land to any amount ; yet now , afteranexUte * ceofU 5 years , that great charity was iu possession of landed estates worth about £ 160 , 000 a-year , an amount exceeded by some and equalled by many of our English nobles . During the years 1841 , 18 * 2 , andlSiS , Queen Anne ' s Bounty received in money £ 51 , 689 , butin laud only £ 7 , 375 . If that were so , where was tbe danger of extending the liberty enjoyed by Queen Anne ' e Bounty to other pious and charitable institutions !
Aud if ao evil had accrued to individuals from the freedom enjoyed by thatcharity , let him ask if that charity had not conferred immense benefits in the shape of education upon the church , and npon the people of this country J ( Hear , hear . ) Ithad puzzlcdlawyers , states , men , and antiquarians to discover the real grounds of this revolutionary change , aud it was only during the last winter , and by an accidental circumstance , that they had been disclosed to him . Of all the friends and supporters of Sir Robert Walpole , none gave him more effectual support than the famous Lord Hardwicke—and in aMS-copyoftheUemoirs of Sir R . Walpole and his Times , written by Lord Hardwicke , which had come into his hands , be had found the true reasons which induced
the government of that per ' od to give their support to the measure in question . In describing the year 1786 , that historian said : — "All the considerable debates that passed this year in Parliament were upon church matters , aud Parliament , like bull dogs , sticking close to any hold on which they have once fastened , the poor church this winter was as much worried as . Sir Robert had been any other . " ( Here follows the account of the Test and Corporation Bill , and of a visit of the Bishop of London to SirR . Walpole , to thank him for tbe defeat of that bill . } " The Bishop of London went directly ont of Sir Robert Walpole ' s house to the Archbishop of York ' s ; and there , all the bishops having been summoned to concert what was to be done to defeat the Mortmain and <
Quakers Bill , then depending , it was resolved that the hisheps should all send circular letters throughout their respective dioceses , to alarm the clergy , to notify to them what was going ou in Parliament , to advise them to petition Parliament , aud to tell them the bishops thought it their duty to give them this warning and this advice . " —Nowfor the ammo * of the King and Queen : — 'The Queen , when Bishop Sherlock came to her , chid him extremely , and asked him if he was not ashamed to be overreached in this manner a second time by the Bishop of London ; and , after all she had said to him to point out his following the Bishop of London in Bundle ' s affair , how he could be blind and weak enough to be running his nose into another ' s dirt again . The King , with his usual softness in speaking of any persons he
disliked , called the bishops , whenever he mentioned them ia private on this occasion , a parcel of black , «* nt--isg , hypocritical rascals ; and said the government was likely to go on well if these scoundre ' s were to dictate to their prince how far he should or should not comply with the dispositions of his Parliament , and to be giving themselves these impertinent airs in opposing everything = that did not exactly suit with their silly opinions ; and , indeed , church power was so little relished at this time , and churchmen so Utile popular , tbat these cabals and combinations of tbe bishops to oppose and influence the -transactions of Parliament , and to irritate the passions of the inferior clergy , were generally exclaimed against andcoademaed . The Mortmain Bill and the Quakers Sill were both passed in the House of Commons by great majorities , and everybody that spoke for them
gave the bishops and the parsons very hard ,- as well as very popular , slaps ; the young men all run riot on those topics , and there wera none , to take tbe part of the poor . church but a few old Tories and the Jacobites . Sir R . Walpole , however , who hated extremes , and dreaded the consequences of all intemperance iu Parliament what . ever , though he voted for these bills , endeavoured to quell and soften the zeal of those who voted with him , and rather followed in every step tbat was taken in them than promoted them . " [ And when tbe bill was in the Lords , he says]— "Hy Lord Chief Justice Hardwicke -struck deeper , as he expressly said there were many ¦ things in two books written by the Bishop of London , or hy his order , that were contrary to law . ... Lord flervey laid open all the mismanagements in the fund -called Queen Anne ' s Bounty , which was given for . tbe
. augmentation ofsmaUUvings . . . . This inquiry into the management of Queen Anne's Bounty came apropos by tha bishops proposing this corporation to be excepted from the Mortmain Bill , but it passed the House of Lords without this exception . When the Quakers Bill was debated , it was lost by the two law . erd £ the Lord Chancellor Talbot and Lord Chief Justice Hardwicke , opposing it ; one reason these law-lords had for jhis conduct was desiring- to make their peace with tbe clergy , and regain some of that favour they had forfeited by their manner of espousing and pushing the Mortmain Bill . But , in truth , the reason that weighed most with them was ' the consideration of popularity with the men of their own profession ; for , as great men astfaese two Jawy rs were , aud at upright as they were esteemed , they hadethe spirit of preferring the power and profitof their own profession as much at heart as any parson in the kingdom , or set of men iu the world . It was this spirit had made them and all the lawyers in both houses for the Mortmain Bill , as the fetter lands there were
• unalienable in tbe kingdom , the more titles there would be open to be litigated . It was this spirit , too , made them against the Quakers Bill . This Lord Hardwicke in one of bis speeches , with great inadvertence , and I dare swear therongb repentance , plainly avowed , saying " that if this bill should pass , it would not only exclude tbe jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts from operating in the case of these tithes , but would also virtually £ hut out tbe temporal courts , as it would make a justice of the peace a turnpike to the temporal court * , where din putants would be stopped "— the very reason , begging lord Hardwicke ' s pardon , that should have induced every man . in England but a lawyer or parson to be for this Kill . But as long as money and power are reckoned of the good things of this world , it was no wonder tbe parsons' should oppose a bill that would abridge their present capacity of worrying a Quaker , nor tbat the lawyers should j iin the parsons when they v . ere to reap the profit front this equitable christian chase . But from what I have said , U is pretty plaiu that the lawyers , in promoting the . Mortmain bui , or opposing the Quakers ,
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nothing strongly m view hut the enriching tbe bar . vest of Westminster Hall ; and that their popularity with the laity in the first , or with tht clergy in the latter , was not their primary or chief consideration , but a ctsua . 1 t incidental consequence of their attachment ta tha interest of their own burdensome profession . " Such were the reasons alleged to have Induced the legislatare to pass tho bill , and , to use the words of Lord Hervey , it was a feeling of hatred towards the church . The object of the 9 th Geo . II . was to prevent land or realties of any kind from being left for any charitable purposes , and he would have little dificulty in showing that its intention had been amply fulfilled , and that charity had been violated , and the most benevolent intentions frustrated in consequence of its unjust operation , Why h ad not the Asylum for the Indigent Blind in
Manchester been long since built and opened ! Because of the operation of this law . Why bad not the watermen of London charitable institutions for their reception f Because of the operation of this law . He had received a lette r from an old soldier in Reading , who possessed a small property in land and houses , which he said he was desirous of leaving to the Berkshire Hospital ; and was it not a great cruelty that he was prevented from carrying his charitable intentions into effect , because his property consisted ot land and houses ! He had received another letter , detailing a case where a tradesman ia Liverpool was desirous of bequeathing a part of his property , consisting of railway shares , for the purpose of building almhouses for the poor , and was stopped from doing so because railway shares were hsld not to he personal property . He had also received a letter from
a clergyman of Bristol , stating that a person who hid land and housts there , which he wished to bequeath in trust for tbe benefit of the poor , was prevented from doing so by the operation of this law . It was easy to say " let the rich man divest himself during his lifetime of the property which he wishes to bequeath for charitable purposes at his death , " but how could they say to the poor man , " you must leave your property during your lifetime , or yon shall not contribute at all to the wants of the poor on your death ! " One of the arguments in favour of the present law was , that it guardedthe deathbed of the man of property from undue solicitations . He denied this entirely . Bid the present law prevent the unworthyrelative , thepanderer , the mistress , or the pros-< titute from having access to the death-bed of the rich , or from participating in his property ! No ; these were not
prevented . The objects of charity alone— the poor , tbe wretched , and distressed— were excluded . ( Hear , hear . ) A Nicholas Suisse might receive the bequest of the Margate of Hertford , hut not the church or the almshoase . ( Hear , hear . ) This hypocritical and inconsistent law left tbe death-bed open to every species of solicitation except that of the miserable . But though he did not much regard this argument , be provided against it in the present bill ; for by it no landed property could be bequeathed for charitable purposes unless the wilt was signed three months before the testator ' s death . Another argument was , tbat the present law prevented land from being tied up in perpetuity . He could prove , tbat in point of fact charitable and ecclesiastical property at the present day was liable to all the incidents of all other descriptions of real property , and could as readily change hands . But forthe sake ofpeaee , and to obtain what he considered a great boon , he conceded as much as he possibly could in this respect , and made provision in the bill that no laud should pus for charitable purposes
except what might be considered necessary for building purposes . He knew tbe disadvantages under which he laboured iu urging this subject before the bouse ; bnt so confident was he in the justice of his cause , that even if he were not supported , as he was supported , bp great legal authority , in his views , he would have felt it to be bis duty to sdvocateit to the best of his power . ( Hear . ) In conclusion , be appealed to Lord J . Russell , who proved himself of late years so true a friend of his church and nation ; who hai done so much to emancipate trade and commerce ; who bad so earnestly endeavoured to promote the caute of civil and religious liberty , and invited him to add yet another wreath to his brow , by assenting to this bill . ( Cheers . ) He also appealed to that bouse in the name of the poor , the halt , the blind , and the lame , in the name of those to whom the Gospel h * anott > o . n { manned , in conaeqaoneo nf the operation of this mischievous and cruel act—he called on them in the name of English charity to give their assent to tbe second reading of the bilL ( Cheers . )
Sir G . Gxet opposed the bill . He said the question was , whether the . repeals of 9 Geo . II ., cap . 36 , was essential to the exercise of public charity ! He was sure tbat no one could answer that question in the affirmative . Lord J . Manners had spoken of the Mortmain Act of ! 736 asifithad been the first act by which bequests of lands for charitable purposes had been restrained . But that was not so , for from the earliest peried of our history a series of acts badbeen passed to prevent alienation in mortmain , and those acts were not touched by the present bill . The act of 1736 did not actually prohibit the alienation of landed property for charitable purposes ; it only prescribed certain conditions , which were to attach to all alienations fer such purposes . He considered that the propositions of Lord J . Manners would be practically inoperative , and would not carry out his own intentions . This bill did not come before it recommended by the report of the committee . Tbe committee thought some alteration of the law desirable , but distinctly protested against that sort of alteration which was sow proposed .
Lord Clivb observed , tbat the object of this bill was simply to restore the law to the state in which it stood before tbe 9 th of George II ., and not to alter the whole course of legislation since the Reformation up to that . time . SirR . Inslis regretted that a measure , having for its object to alter so important a branch of our statute law , should have been brought forward at a time when so many members were necessarily absent . These Wednesdays sittings were exceedingly inconvenient for the discussion of such important matters , and he trusted the government would take steps to check the prosecution of the existing system . ( Hear , hear . ) The fault which he found with the arguments of tbe supporters of the bill was that they considered the only alteration it necessitated was an alteration of an act of Geo . II . He spoke
on the authority of an eminent lawyer in that house , when he said that if this bill were passed , every debt incurred hy a donor to a charity would be defeated by tbe act of gift by such donor , if such debt was incurred after the date of gift under the will . Now , were the house , as honest men , proparedjto assent to suchaproposal as that ! But then Lord Hardwicke ' s Memoirs was quoted . He must say tbat he thought the character of the author of that work stood scarcely sufficiently high to recommend the adoption of a law based upon the statements contained in it . One of those statements was , that George II . bad declared the bishops of the Church of England " a set of black-coated , canting , hypocritical rascals" —a statement which he was glad to bear that one of the
noble lords opposite had condemned as "a petty ebullition of Hanoverian spite . " He must say to those noble lords . however , thathedid not think the animus with which the measure had been brought forward at all satisfactory : He had heard the words "sectarian and revolutionary" applied to the act of George II . — . words which be thought ought not to have been used . For his own part , he thought this bill only carried out a principle enunciated by a cot very charitable individual , that " was mors pleasant to be charitable at the expense of others than at one's own cost . " ( Hear , and laughter . ) That was not a sort of charity , however , which he ( Sir R . H . Inglis ) was desirous of encouraging ; and he should , therefore , decidedly oppose the bill . SlrW . Heathcote supported the bill .
Mr Newdegate expressed his disapprobation of the measure , and deuominated its three supporters Faith , Hope , and Charity . Lord J . Manners was the representative of Faith , and of one faith in particular . Lord Clirewas the ' repretentative of Charity , and hof ta charity which was so . extensive as to cover anything ; and Sir W . Heathcote was the representative of Hope , and of that sort of hope which might be designated a last hope . After a brief reply from Lord J . Mansers , the house divided , when the numbers were—For the second reading ...., 20 Against it 166 Majority against it —116 So tbe bill was lost .
Acbiccxtcbal Tbhakt Righi . —Mr Posey stated that it was not his intention to proceed further with the biUduring thepresent session . Hebelieved that the best mode of ensuring its ultimate success would be , to permit such previous inquiry as would satisfy all parties concerned , both of iti justice aud of its necessity . Ht had presented petitions signed by farmers holding 200 , 000 acres in favour of the bill , and he was quite convinced that its becoming law was merely a question of time . Sir R . Peel congratulated Mr Posey on the course he
had taken in bringing this question under the notice of parliament . But it was a most delicate and difficult subject of legislation , and therefore he thought his hon . friend bad exercises a wise discretion , in not attempting to carry the bill without the . fullest previous inquiry . There was no doubt that its main principle , tbat of tempting the investment of capital to the cultivation of land , and the securing of that capisal when so invested , was one every way deserving the favourable consideration of parliament . . Order discharged , bill withdrawn .
Poo * Rates ( Ireland ) Bill . —On the motion of Mr S . Crawford tbe bill was committed pro forma . On the House resuming , Mr S . O'Bbien moved that the report be received that day six months as the principle of tbe bill was one which he trusted the house would never sanction . Sir G . Gbet observed , tbat as the bill had been com . mitted pro forma , it would be unusual to reject it without allowing the author of it to lay it before the house in aa amended shape . He therefore hoped tbat Mr S . O'Brien would not press bis amendment . After a conversation , the house divided , when the numbers were—For the amendment 81 Againstit 55 Majority in iu favour . —26 So the bill was lost . The Seaman Enlistment Bill was lost on the second reading .
Sedcctioh and Pbostitution . —Mr Spoones , moved the st cond reading of the bill for the better prevention of seduction and prostitution . Sir G . Geet showed that the bill , as it now stood , went very far beyond its professed object . He admitted , however , that the offence of procuration was not sufficiently . within the cognizance ' of tha law , and stated bis ' willingness to support a measure subjecting persons
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guilty of that offence to penalties proportioned to the crime . He doubted , however , whether tbe clause inserted in this bill for that purpose would effectually carry out that object , and was certain tbat the penalties which it proposed to inflict were very objectionable . He also objected to the summary jurisdiction provided in this bill for the offences committed under it . Some of the clauses , too , were of 10 sweeping a character that there was no knowing who might not become subject to a penalty under them . He therefore suggested to Mr Spoouei the propriety of withdrawing his present bill , and of obtainingleave to bring in another , limited to the object to which he alluded . Mr Spoohek expressed his readiness to adopt that course ; and his bill was accordingly withdrawn . He then moved for leave to bring ia another bill , limited to tbe object mentioned by Sir G . Grey .
To this proceeding MrC . Bkbkelex objected in point of form ; and tbe Speakeb informed Mr Spoouer tbat as the objection was taken , he must give notice of bis intention to bring in such a measure . Health of Towns Bill . —Viscount Mobjeth moved that the house should go into committee on this bill pro forma , so tbat it might be reprintsd , No furth er steps would be taken with it before tht Whitsuntide hetidays . Col . Sibthobf wished to know why the parts of the bill which related to London , which required more care and supervision than any other city ,. shouldbe withdrawn any more than those which related to Lincoln or any other town ! Mr SrooHEB suggested that that part of the bill which was compulsory on municipal towns , should be made optional .
Br Bowaixo hoped that Lord Morpeth would not carry the concessions with regard to this hill , any further ; for if much more was surrendered it would be of little value . He could assure him that he was supported ia it by opinion eut of doors , and especially by the working elasses . Viscount Sanson confirmed what had been just stated for a petition in favour of the bill in Liverpool had been signed by several hundreds of the workiag classes in a few hours . Viscount Mobfeth said he had consented to the exclusion of the city of London , not because it had less need of the provisions of such a bill than the city of Lincoln , but on account of its vast size and the mass of
legislation with which it was connected , which could not be dealt with this session . He . was not prepared to adopt tbe suggestion that the inclusion" of , corporate towns in the provisions " of the bill should'be merely voluntary . He was glad to hear tbe exhortation ' s of the hon . member for Bolton , and the noble lord the member fcr Liverpool , and they would see , and tbe bouse irould see , tbat they would hot be needed . On the motion tbat the Speaker do leave the chair , Col . SiBTHosr moved that the house be counted , and only 31 members being present , the house stood adjourned at ten minutes to six . THURSDAY , Mai 13 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Case or Ma Ovebend . —
Mr T . Ddncohbe presented a petition , agreed to at a pnblic meeting in Sheffield , which the mayor had refused to call , complaining of the conduct of-Mr Ovtrend as a magistrate of the borough , and charging bim particularly with having come to an unfair aad illegal dtclsion in the case of three men who had been committed under tbe combination laws . The petitioners prayed strict inquiry into tbe facts , and generally into the decisions of Mr Overend in accusations of workmen by their employer ! . Dorr oh Wines . —Br Bowsing moved that the house should Immediately resolve itself into a committee for the purpose of reducing the duties on foreign wines . He contended that a reduction of the duties on a large and liberal scale would infallibly produce an immensely increased consumption aud a large revenue , and adduced statements in support of his views .
The Chancellor of the Excbequeb said , In the pre . sent financial condition of the country , he could not think of making any such experiment as that proposed . The motion was withdrawn . The Law or Mabbia « e . —Mr S , Wobtht moved for an address to the Queen praying for the appointment of a commission to inquire into the state and operation of the law of marriage , as relating to the prohibited degrees of affinity , and to marriages solemnised abroad , or in the British colonies . Sir G . Geet , on the part of the Government , gave his full concurrence to the motion . - After some disouislon , the motion was agreed te . Ieibh Fisbebiss . —Sir H . W . Bauson moved for a select committee to Inquire into tbe means of improving the fisheries in Ireland , and thereby affording profitable employment .
Mr Labouchebe said that many inquiries had already been made , and abundant evidence was before the house oa the subject of the Irish fisheries . After some discussion followed , Sir H . Babbon asked leave to withdraw his motion , on the novel ground that he saw the house unanimous in its favour , and implored the house , with many gesticulations aud amidst much laughter , to allow him to extricate himself from his perplexity . Mr Disraeli reprobated the bringing forward of sham motions , such as tbat made by the Honourable Baronet , aud severely condemned the government for allowing the evening to be wasted with flashy odeoptondum speechts , while the real serious business of the country was thus indefinitely postponed . He recommended the government to grant this and every other committee that might be asked by any Honourable Member ; it would materially assist them in the coming general election to be enabled to say thatthey had refused nothing , '
- MrBANKEsand other Honourable Members persisted ia objecting to tbe withdrawal of the motion ; and ultimately the House divided—For the motion .,.......,.......... ; ..... 1 % Againstit 73 Majority against the motion ... —61 Sir H . Babbon was understood to have voted against his own motion .. ' % 'J On Mr SrooNBB's motion , for leave to bring in hit amended bill for . the better protection of females , the house divided , a ben the motion was carried by a majority of 46 , the numbers being 57 to 11 . On the question that the bill be read a first time , tbe house again divided , when only 21 members being present , the Speaker declared the house adjourned , at a quarter to one o ' clock . { From tur Tlihd Edition of latticeeh . ) FRIDAY , Mat 7 .
HOUSE OF LORDS . — A few clauses in the Irish Poor Law Bill were agreed to , Nothing of public importance transpired , On the 11 th clause , which provided that whenever the rate on the electoral division should exceed 2 s . 6 d . iu the pound for tbe year , any surplus rate should fall on the union at large-Lord Stanley moved the omission of the clause , The noble lord showed that the mode of rating proposed by tbe bill was unjust , and one whereby the good landlord would be made to pay for the defaults and neglects of the bad landlord . This clause would operate so as to exonerate the towns at the expense of the rural districts . Half-a-crown in the pound w . at , in the present state of the country , a very low figure to consider an extreme amount , and was very far from what could be calleda confiscation of property . .
Earl Gbet objected to the principle that every proprietor ought to be liable to maintain the poor on his estate , which was the principle contended for by Lord Stanley . This clause was framed by " the government as a fair compromise between contending difficulties . Their lordships ' committee divided—For the clause ..... 54 Againstit .,......., ; ...............,....,.... ! ..,.. 73 Majority against the government , „ ... —19 The clause was / therefore , struck out of the Bill . , HOUSE OF COMMONS—To a question from Sir B . Hall .
Sir G . Gbet stated that he had received lnformatien that since Janury last , 180 , 000 Irish paupers bad-been landed in Liverpool ; that of these between forty and fifty thousand had emigrated ; and that from sixty to eighty thousand remained in Liverpool . Inconsequence of statements made'to the Home Office that steamboats had brought oyer paupers in a state of fever , instructions had been forwarded to the authorities and Custom House officers in -Liverpool to provide for the establishment of hospital ships , and to take' other sanitary precautions . . ' . ' .. ' ¦ ' Toa question from . Major Latabd , ;; Mr F , Mavle said that it " was resolved that the soldiers' minimum pension of fid . a day should be raised to 8 d „ and that , in addition , be should be entitled to his good conduct pay . ' On the order ' of the day being read for going into Committee on the Punishment of Vagrants ( Ireland ) Bill ,
Lord J . Russell , in answer to Mr P . Scrope , said that It was nothis intention to press the measure , unless the general Poor-law BiU became law ; as it would be unjust to deprive persons of the privilege of asking alms for their support who received none under the present law . The bill then passed through Committee , as did also the Poor Removal Supervision ( England and Scotland ) BUI . The Poor Relief Superintendence ( Ireland ) Bill was read a second time . The remainder of the night was taken up in Committee of Supply on the miscellaneous estimates , and the house adjourned till Monday .
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Mormon Emigration . —There is a set of men goin ' g about this county ( Wilts ) , calling themselves priests of the Latter Day Saints , and telling people that they alone are the servants of God , and persuading them to bo baptised , and go to California ( where they intend building ancient Zion and new Jerusalem ) ., They act upon the credulous by making them be- ' lieve that the " saints" who left Nanvob while journeying in the interior of America , and famishing for want , the Lord sent them quails in such abundance that their tents were covered , and those that were sick in bed , could put out their hsinds and take them . They add that the famine is a warning to flee from this foreign wilderness to the Californian Paradise , and they say , after they are gone ( the Lord will not do it before ) , the famine will increase , so as to destroy all that would not believe them and go with them .,. Some 13 , 000 signatures have been attached to a memorial to the -Queen to aid them in getting there ! ^'
Election Movements. Oovjhism.-Mr D. Wtfi...
ELECTION MOVEMENTS . OovjHism .-Mr D . wTfiarvey Tiaitvd this tewn on Saturday last , and called upon a number ^ of his electioneering friends . A , report is PWJ « "J «» f * ho h &« . stillanitchingto become on « of the borough representatives again . , , ,. Ipswich . — Mr George Rennie has announced himself as a candidate for this town on the occasion of the general election . He dates his address from the Reform Club . u Thb Rbprmbntation , op KifARSsuoROCou " . —Mr Ferrand has issued the following address to the electors of this beroHgh : —There- is every probability of an early dissolution of Parliament , when you will again be required to return two members to represent you inthe House of Commons . In asking you once
more to select me as one of your representatives , I court the most rigid examination into my . Parliamentary conduct . I have no base apostasy to answer for . no broken pledges to explain away . When honoured in 1811 by your confidence , I tola you that I would , to the utmost of my ability , maintain unimpaired the Protestant institutions of our country ; that I would refuse to support a religion which , on taking my seat in Parliament , I should have to swear contained a ' damnable doctrine . ' I also told you that every interest / except Labour , was amply represented ; and that I should , therefore , feel it my especial duty to fight the battle of the poor . Against fearful odds for seven years I have assisted a small , but faithful band in Parliament , to compel the repeal
of the New Poor Law;—a statute which has not only violated tbe laws of God and man , but has robbed the poor of their heritage , desolated their humble dwellings / and placed them beyond the pale of the British constitution . I have also aided in drawing public attention to the claims and condition of the factory-workers , and in inducing the legislature to sanction the Ten Hours' Bill , —a law which , when carried , will . ' enable the operatives to enjoy the advantages , as well as the wages , of labour . 1 had the satisfaction of introducing into Parliament a General Enclosure Bill , which , although bitterly opposed by Sir James Graham , was , in all its essential parts , adopted in the next session by the government of whieh he was a principal member ; a law which is
now bringing vast tracts of waste land into cultivation , and ia providing employment for large masses of the people , Whilst in parliament I have known no party but my country , no interest but my country's weal ; I have neither betrayed you , nor sold myself : —I , therefore , fearlessly ask you for a renewal of your confidence , and again to confer upon me the distinguished honour of being your representative . " A strong contest is anticipated in this borough . The now candidates will be the Hon . W . S . LasceOes and Mr J . P . Westhead , tua extensive Manchester manufacturer , both of whom stand on the Liberal in : terest ; Mr Lawson is associated with Mr Ferrand , on the Conservative interest .
Leicester . —Sir J . Walmsley and Mr R . Gardner , of Manchester , are likely to become the Liberal candidates for Leicester . [ What is to become of Easthope and Eilice ?] North Durham- Mr Robert Buncombe Shafto , of Whitworth , has issued an address to the electors , and has become acandidate on the Whig and Lambton interest . Col , Beckwith is the other Whig candidate . Mr Liddell will be stanchly supported by the Conservative party . North Northumberland . —The committee of Sir George Grey ' s friends have issued a handbill , dated Alnwick , May 8 th , announcing that " an active canvass will be instantly commenced on behalf of Sir George Grey , and that the electors will be personally waited upon by the relatives and friends of the right hon . baronet . " North Cheshire . —The only names as yet
mentioned as likely to go to tbe poll are E . D . Davenport , Esq ., of Capesthorn , and J . Cheetham , Esq ., of Stalybridge , both Whigs . Orkney and Shetland . —Mr Anderson has published an address to tbe electors of Orkney and Shetland . Although a Free Trader , he comes forward . in opposition to the Dundas interest . Oxfoed Umivbbsittv—There will be a contest for the representation of this University ' at the approaching general election , Mr Estcourt having intimated his intention of retiring from Parliament . The Right Hon . W . E . Gladstone will be acandidate , and Sir W . Heathcote is spoken of . Rmrissbhtation of Athlonb . —The representation of this Irish borough . it is stated , will be contested at the next election by Mr William Keogh , a member of the Western Circuit . The present representative , Mr Collett , is an Englishman and a Repealer .
Sondbrlahd . —According to the Newcastle Guardian , the present representatives of the borough of Sunderland , David Barclay and George Hudson , Esqa ., will be again returned without opposition . Thb Towbr Haulsts . —Mr . Hutchison , who unsuccessfully contested this borough at the last election , has announced himself as a candidate on the approaching / lissolution . Warrington . —Mr J . I . Blackburne , the present member forthe borough , has issued his address to the electors , a step , he intimates , rendered imperative onhim . inconsequenceof Mr Allcard having
announced his intention of becoming a candidate for the representation , at the ensuing election . Wist Nokiolk . —An active canvass for the future representation of tbe western division of Norfolk is taking place on behalf of the Hon . E . Coke , brother of the Earl of Leicester , and Mr Anthony Hamond , of Westacre High House . Mr Hamond is an extreme Radical , and commenced his political career as the follower and ally of Cobbett . Mr Coke ( who has just attained his majority ) has at present offered no exposition ofjhis principles . Mr Bagge and " another gentleman of landed property" are announced on the Conservative ' side ,
WALES . . Breconshire . —Mr J . Bailey , it is surmised , will be returned for this county , unless the power and influence of the new Lord-Lieutenant raise up a rival forthe honour of representing it in Parliament . Brecon . —There cannot be the slightest doubt , we learn , of the complete triumph of Mr Vaughan Watkins , who has secured the golden opinions of all . Carmarthenshire . —It is rumoured that Sir John Madsel , Bart ., and Mr Hughes , of Tregib , are likely to come forward , Carmarthen . —Mr Morris will walk the course . Cardigan . —Rumour states that some gentleman on the Conservative interest is to take Mr Harford ' s place at the next election , to contest the seat with Mr Pryse . It it thought to be either Lord Lisburne , or a nephew of the late unsuccessful candidate .
CARuteAKSHiRB . —Colonel Powell will probably not be opposed unless Mp Fryse should deem it more advisable to shift his battle ground from the boroughs to the county . In this case Colonel Powell will probably , lose his seat , the dissenting interest being very , strong in the county . Dbbmoh . —It is currently rumonrcd , and generally credited here , tbat Mr West , the son of the Hon . Frederick West , will be returned without opposition for the boroughs at the next general election . Glamorganshire . —We have not heard officially that it is intended to disturb the peace of the county by opposing the sitting members and , therefore , no great stir will ba occasioned by the ensuing election . ...
Haverfordwest . —Mr Philipps , of Williamston , has also been mentioned as a candidate for these boroughs ; but Sir Richard Philipps seems to have given his constituents satisfaction , and will proba-Mirthtr . —It has been said that Sir J . Guest purposes withdrawing himself from the . representation of this borough , and offering himself . either forthe county or for Honiton , in Devonshire ; but wo totally discredit tho rumour . Pembrokeshirb . —Much dissatisfaction has . been expressed towards the . sitting member ( Viscount Emlyn ) , but we have not heard that any one is proposed , to take the field against the noble lord . Mr Philipps , of Williamston , has . been talked of , but it is not probable that he will come for ward .. , . ; , ply be returned without opposition , unless Mr John Evans , Q . C ., shouldbeput in nomination . .
. Horrible Murders In Yorkshire. . Three...
. HORRIBLE MURDERS IN YORKSHIRE . . Three persons were horribly murdered at the quiet village of Mirfield , hear Dewsbury , at mid-day on Wednesday last . Tho . victims are Mr James Wraith , his wife , and servant . The unfortunate ' gentleman was . formerly and for some years bookkeeper to Joshua Ingham , Esq ., the extensive coal-owner , of Mirfield , but has for some time past been living in independent circumstances at that place . About one o ' clock a boy , who was employed to work fer the deceased gentleman , went' to the house and found all the doors fastened . Blood was issuing from under the doors . The boy
gave an alarm , and an entrance was effected . The must horrible scene was presented . In the kitchen the servant , a young woman , between nineteen and twenty years , was laid with her throat cut , her brains beaten out , and her face in a dreadfully mangled condition . On leaving the kitchen , the body of Mrs Wraith was found in the passage leading to the sitting room . Her throat was also cut . On going into the dining room , the mutilated body of Mr Wraith was discovered . His throat was cut , his jawbone broken , and his head severely fractured . A hawker of earthenware has been arrested on strong suspicion of being the murderer . Mr and Mrs Wraith were both upwards of seventy years of age .
The Proikstanr Association. -^ Auhivemrv...
The PRoiKSTANr Association . - ^ auhivemrv meeting of this society took p ] ace on WedneE J . P . Plumptro Esq , M . P , took theM $ 55 R o ' clock The business of the meeting ml wm S £ V „ Vra » 'erK ^ read & " he Rev M . " Holloway . Tho proceeding were of theuScha . GrlvLt R F h 6 ri ° # " }? . ^ n abandoncd ' on the Bhajj n drawn by the ordinary locomotiYeengiries .
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Polish Testimoniai to Lord Dchwr Sti / abt . — On Wednesday , adoputation , composed of the members of the Committee ofjthe ' Polish Emigrants in Great Britain and Ireland , accompanied by several of their countrymen , waited upm Lord Dudley Stuart , at his residence , 34 , St James ' s-place , to present his lordship with a gold watch , as a token of gratitude on the part efthe whole Polish emigration , for the services rendered by his lordship to the cause of their country . The watch , which was made by Messrs Patek and Co ., of Geneva , their fellow-countrymen , is a splendid piece of workmanship ; the dial ornamented with various emblematical devices
of the history of Poland , and on the back are engraved the arms of his lordship , with the words" Nobih Domino Dudley Coutts Stuart illi assiduo libertatis Polonise defensor !; ejus que filiorum patria orborum adjutori . —Die 3 Maii , 1847 . "' With the watch there was delivered an elegentand welldeserved address . On Wednesday , a Court of Directors was held at the East India House , when M .: jor-General Sir John Hunter Littler , K . C . B ., was appointed a Provisional Member of the Council of India . ' SAiFoan . fc—A meeting will take place ia the Large Reom , Bank-street , Great George-street , at two o ' clock , on Sunday afternoon .
Utilitarian Societt , ( Hall of Science , City . road , near Fiusbury-square . )—On Sunday evening , May 16 th , Eugene will lecture on "George Sand . " The evening ' s reading will be from Sharpe ' s Letters , by G . J . Holyoake . ( The Eael or Ddkdonald . —We have extreme satisfaction in being enabled to announce that tardy justice has at last been rendered ta one of the greatest of our naval heroes . The government hare , we are informed , upon a further investigation of lord Bundonald ' s ca » e , recommended tbat he be reinstated in tho Order of the Bath , which he so gallantly won , and of which he was so unjustly deprived . We need scarcely add , that her Majesty has been graciously pleated to signify her ready acquiescence in the recommendation of ministers . — Times .
Lectdrss bt IIadaue D'Asosuost . — On Tuefday evening this lady commenced a course of lectures at Fox ' s Chapel on the following subject : — " The mission of England considered with reference to the civilizational bittory of modern Europe , and the denouncement ot the difficulties of the hour . " The present lecture was intended to be introductory , glancing shortly at the whele aubject tot down for discussion , and explaining tbe manner iu which it was intended to bt treated , aa put forth in the 'printed programme—How , why , and in what the mission of England has embraced Europe and the globe— -Progressive governmental theories which have succeeded each other through the past , the lame originating in the progressive conceptions of human science touching the principles regulative of the universe
—Fundamental error in that still prevalent , and which gives the key to all other , even both in thought and practice—Principles regulative of political science as supplying the theory of government—Those suggested which will be found regulative * f all human economy in a more advanced order of civilization . The place was well filled . Madame D'Arusmont reasoned to prove that nations were great and influential because ot their maritime power that possession and command of the seas ; was the . first and sure step towards securing possession and command of the land . England became great when she snatched tbe trident from Holland , acquire'd and command of the ocean—Tbat her mission was of the globe , because of her power on tbe ocean But England she irould not defend—the jaws of the British Lion hare
been fed by the slime of the serpent , England's power bad been exercised to destroy nations , carrying with her the curse of war—of wrong and injustice , Man had in all ages formed his government as he had built his houses , and regulated his trade ; and changes of tbe theories of government were tbe result of changes of thonght , * a £ fecting not only government but all other circumstances and arrangements amongst men . His conceptions of human science had ever been the leading model . And . errors in science were ever followed by errors in government and society . Few indeed bad in any age ever taught truth , aud the few . bold enough to endeavour to do so bad found but few followers —they bad brought wares to market , but the many would not buy — indeed , there ' was little ,
very little , truth taught in this age ; little , indeed , from the pulpit , and a hard experience forced from ber the confession that the members of the clerical and legal profession were strangers to its existence . Two great agents of the past and present wtre the generous and the selfish , the former of woman and the latter of man . Woman lived dependant and enslaved , but better do so than be mixed up with the governmints of men ; better sufierthan be demoralized . Governments and nations had ever existed in the theory and practice of the balance of power . England existed by the balance of classes . Her trade and go'd , her poverty aud dependence , represented classes in all ages . The most influential class always took the lead , which , for the time being , represented the true interests of progressive science and human freedom . The globeTiad been regulated by the doctrine of equipoise , and so had nations relatively to each other . England had long held supremacy , France being regarded as a balance-weight . But a new rival
had arisen . America , new in her thoughts and prac tices , had embodied within herself , the free mind ef Europe—the enlightened of the earth bad rested on her shores , and her institutions and laws embodied the rights of ber adult population , excepting the red man and white woman , as well as her negro population America was to the old world a great rival , whether viewed as regards her commerce or her institutions , reflecting new thoughts and feelings , and , like her great rival , England , doing her share of good through much misconception and error , and preparing the way for a more advanced and worthy appreeiation of the truths of science , to be followed hy the inevitable blessings of greater freedom to man , and increased happiness to all . Madame D'Arusmont was listened to with interest and attention . The above outline conveys but an imperfect and fragmentary idea of her clearly logical expression , as well as her refined and deeply studied philosophy . Her language is chaste and elegant ; and her manner impressive and commanding .
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CORN , Ac . REVIEW OF THE BRITISH CORN TRADE . Great excitement has prevailed in the grain trade during the week , and at no former period of the like duration since harvest has so important a rise been established in prices . The excitement has not been that of speculation , but rather that of alarm ; and the advance has been caused more by the extreme shortness of the supplies than by any unusual extent of domand . It is now admitted on all hands that the stocks of corn remaining in tho hands of the growers are fearfully small ; and it has long been notorious that the merchants , millers , and dealers have been buying from hand to mouth / having little or nothing . to full back upon in case the weekly supply proves inadequate to satisfy the consumptive demand , to which point affairs appear to he rapidly an .
preaching . Withoutsometbinglikeabsolutescarcity & uch prices as are at present obtainable are seldom or never reached , even in times when capital is abundant and speculation rampant ; but for wheat to rise progressively from about Us ., at which good qualities were sellinjr immediately after harvest , to 94 s . ( the presjnt worth of the same descriptions ) indicates but too plainly the position the country must be in with respect to stocks . Where the upward movement will end it is totaUy impossible to foretell ; and if America and Russia should be enabled to furnish fully the amount of bread-stuffs the most sanguine dare to calculate ba , even in that ease moderate prices are , we fear , out of the question for months to come . The probable result of the next harvest has hitherto been wholly disregarded , the grand point for consideration having been now sufficient food is to be . obtained to feed the people , until such time as the produce of the present year can possibly be available . If a large portion of continental Europe were not unhappily in' precisely the same plight as' Great Britain , there would be less reason for serious uneasinessbut the state
; considering . of distress already sufteredby the people in France , the interior portionsofGermanyandthe Netherlands , we may well feel uneasy how our own . inhabitants may fare during tho next four months . The advices from all parts of the kingdom , are of the same character—short supplies and rapidly rising prices have characterised the trade at all the leading provincial markets . —Mark-lane Express . Msssbs Sturge ' s Monthly Cobn Circular . —The following isanextractfrom this document : — "Birmingham , 5 th month 5 th 1847 . —We think , therefore , there is fully sufficient ground for apprehension that the price of wheat may yet go considerably higher ; indeed , we should not be at all surprised to see it reach UOs , to 120 s , per i qr ., aa there is little doubt but the scarcity will ho greatly increased , and the price Consequently enhanced , during the continuance of the present attempts to depress it by means of the pressure on the money market , the stock of wheat being exceedingly light , which course only greatly checks further foreign supplies . " ENORMOUS RISE OF PRICES !
Mark Lane , Monday , May 10 . — To-day exceedingly little English wheat came to hand from any quarter , either coastwise or by land carriage . The show of samples being very trifling , ' the attendance of both English and foreign buyers unusually large , the demands for all kindsof wheat of home produce was very brisk , at an advanceinthe quotations paid on Monday . last of from eight to teh shillinos per qr ., and at which the whole of the supply was cleared off . Essex white produced 2 04 s tolOSspcrqr . Foreign wheat also sold from eight to ten shillings per quarter . Indian corn from five to eight shillings per quarter . Barley , from two to three shillings per quarter , and oats , from one . to three shillings per quarter . Wednesday , May ^ .-Notwithstanding the fineness of the weather the demand for all descriptions of wheat of home produce was brisk , at a further advance of frQm is tosspernr . The best Essex white sold at 110 s toTl- ' s perqr . loreign wheat-the quantity of which on offer W ™ " -T ^ . ' *& . „ •» 1 « P « V pore money . WhCat
< K : S ~ ; , : Jent ' *«<* . a * d Suffolk , old red 95 s to . 100 s , new red 98 s to 104 s , old white - to ~ now ditto 104 s to 108 s , Norfolk and Lincoln ' oldred afeto » fc old white 100 s to 104 s . Rye COs to 0 . 3 s . Bavlev ¦ GrinS » . to 48 s distilling 55 sto 58 s , malting 5 Ss toGns fi " Brown 75 s to 77 s pale 73 s to 77 s , Suffolk and Norfolk Ss to / 9 s . Bea „ s ¦ Tick 47 s to 52 s . Pigeon 80 s to M «^ K white 5 s to 60 s grey and maple 55 s to 87 ™ Outs : C - ' K Flour . % ' 0 l , ? - 38 S t 0 m ' ** *" « fto 11 h , JSSr i ^ ° i ? ; 7 u 61 <> 80 s , Essex and Kent 61 s to 72 s , Norfolk and Stockton C 4 s to 70 s per 28 o lbs . ¦ F oitEiav .-Free Wheat : DanUic and Konigsburg 94 s to 102 s , Mecklenburg 90 s to 97 s , Russian 89 s to 94 s . Rarley ; grinding 47 s to 50 s , malting 5 Ps to 57 s . Oats : Russian 33 s to 34 s . Awcriuiin flour 45 s to 50 s per 196 lbs . -, , ¦ . Liverpool , Monday , May lO . —Great excitement has prevailed , in our grain market during the past week . The daily transactions in Brunswick-street have been most extensive to transit into the ' interior , and for shipment coastwise and to Ireland , atadvaucing ' prices . So heavy a week ' s drain of grain and flour was probably never before experienced nt this port , and the stocks at present are iu narrow compass . On Saturday and to-day consi-
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derable speculation has been going f » nvardTT ~ r ~" flour and Indian corn , induced by tbe report from ^ % lane on Friday . The advance since last Tuesdav '' * stated at Is per bushel on wheat , 5 s per barrel anSay ^ s on flour , 5 s to 8 s per quarter on Indian corn , 3 d «»? I ^ on oats , ed per bushel on barley , and 3 s to 4 s per m ^ each on beans and peas . ""'rfen RiCHMONn ( Torkshirk ) , May 8 . —We had a thin of grain in aw market to-day , the whole waT ^ brought up at an advance on last week ' s prices -. Wi ! 12 s to 14 s ; oats , 8 s 6 d to 5 s ; barley , fis to 6 s fin . C * t , 7 sto 7 » 3 dpermwheL , 0 , » oi
CATTLE , etc . SMirnFiELD , Monday , May 10 . —For the time t » the arrival of beasts from our own grazing m / . *?* ) fresh up this morning were good as to number . b »[ , ¥ quality was by no means first-rate . The attendant * both town and country buyers being large , the beef t , S was brisk , at an advance on last Monday ' s quotation , ' quite 2 d per Sfts , at which a good clearance was efec , j A few of the prime Scots produced 4 s lOd per 81 bs 1 the more general currency was 4 s 8 d' per 8 fts . p , ; Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire , we recel a about 1 , 100 Scots , homebreds , and shor t-herns- f „ tbe northern , western , and midland counties , 900 ij . fords , runts , Devons , & c . ; from other parts of En » i a „ S SuO of various breeds ; and from Scotland , 300 horned polled Scots . The numbers of sheep were about agones , and of excellent quality . The primest old do » 5 were mostly disposed of , at fully last week's quotation the highest in the wool being 6 d per 8 lhs , but all otn ; breeds moved off slowly at barely late rates . Doitm «
of wool were selling at 5 s perSlbs . . We were fairly » plied with lambs , 260 of which came to hand fromji Isle of Wight , yet the trade was active , at an impi 0 , ment in value of 2 d per 8 B ) s , the best down qualities ' ducing 6 s 4 dper 81 bs . The supply of calves was goa while the veal trade was heavy , at barely previouscb rencies . Pigs were in good supply and sluggish inqnjj at late rates . There were on sale to-day about 459 0 ,. ' and cows , 450 sheep , and 84 calves from abroad tj whole of which found buyers at very fall prices . CoarJ and inferior beasts 3 s < 5 d to 3 s 8 d , second quality OoSs la I to is , prime largeoxen 4 s 2 d to 4 s 4 d , prime Scots u eil 4 s 8 d , coarse and inferior sheep 4 s 2 d to is 6 d , secow quality do 4 s 8 d to Ss ; prime coarse woolled sheep 5 gu to 5 s 6 d , prime South down do , 6 s 8 d to 6 s , large cosk calves 4 s 4 d to 5 s , prime small do 5 s 2 d to 5 s 6 ' tl , ia )! hogs 3 s 3 d to 4 s 4 d , neat small porkers 4 s 6 dto 5 n ^ lambs 5 s 4 d to fis 4 d , per 8 & MI , sinking the offal , sucki ; calves 18 s to 30 s , and quarter old store pigs 17 s to i each .
POTATOES . Borough and Spitalwelds , Monday , May l » .- $ ine , Monday last the arrivals of potatoes at the water-tij have been considerably on the increase , upwards offy tons having come to hand from our own coasts , and Z , % bushels from Guernsey , while an import of about 300 ttq has taken place from Holland . The demand is veryjjj at almost nominal quotations . York reds 240 & to 24 « , { j Regents 240 s to 270 s , do Shaws 200 s to 220 s , Linctk shire and Cambridgeshire Regents 200 s to 280 s , do & uey 3 200 s to 220 s , Dutch 140 s to 160 s per ton . TEA . The Tea Trade , May lo . —The deliveries of tea Ip week were less than up to the date of our last rem *
beingl 9 o , / loltw . This article , no doubt , is affected , li many others , hy the dcarness of provisions . WOOL . Since our last report the imports of wool into Leak have consisted of 1 , 437 bags from South America , ju bales from Hobart Town . 1 , 100 ditto from Adelaide , ;« dittofrom Sydney , 115 ditto from the Cape , 120 ditto s Lisbon , and 29 dittofrom Odessa . In the private coutftj market , exceedingly little is doing . COTTON . Leeds , Tuesday , May li . —We had an exceedingkj ] market to-day , and less has been doing than foraftii time past . The fearful rise of bread stuffs and provisi ^ in general indicates the approach of yet severer ti ^ than we have already witnessed .
Liverpool . —On Saturday , in the expectation that 1 I extreme stringency of the money-market would in soiri degree relax , owing to the rumoured investments abouttt bo made in the funds by the Russian government , as ia pulse was given to the demand , and fully Jd per lb . si vance was obtained upon all descriptions of American , Mo . vdat , May 10 . —There has been ne great incrtw of demand to-day , at the same time the prices of Saturdn are steadily supported . The sales amount to 400 ban all to the trade . Manchesti-b , May It . —We have had as dreary as gloomy a week as any one of its predecessors for sua time past . Though the staple is lower merchants refo to purchase either cloth or yarns , except at a corresposl
ing reduction ; and as manufacturers and spinners at pa sent refuse to concede , the amount of business doiq is comparatively nil . Manchesteb , Tuesday , May 11 . —Since Friday the ; has been no improvement whatever in the state ofee market Both spinners and manufacturers show a 4 position to accept lower prices than they were asking lis week ; but buyers are not to be tempted by any conceisia in prices to enter into operations of magnitude , and to fine themselves entirely to such purchases as arenwa . sary for the supply of immediate wants . Tbe amoim of business done is , consequently , quite insignificant We hear that reductions of wages are taking place 1 some parts of the neighbourhood .
THE MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS . State op Tuade . —Extensive Failubb ATMAscnKra , More Mills Stopped . Manchester , May 7 . —The dulness and depression !! our market continue unaltered , except that the fall in th price of cotton at Liverpool has produced a more decide and general decline in tho prices of goods and yarn thai had previously taken place . The most striking featured the market , however , is an almost entice cessation of bus ness , so that prices are almost nominal . We are eon ) to learn the failure of a house in this town engagd in the American trade , the engagements of which aii said to be about . £ 6 o , 000 , partly here and partly in Yorl shire . , ¦ On Tuesday evening , three more mills employing eoj lectively about 2 , 000 hands , ceased working . Wc unda stand that the employers proposed to one class oftlit workpeople a reduction of wages , which Hie lattt declined to accept , and consequently left their empty ment .
Bolton . —In the borough of Bolton , out of a total nun ber of 52 factories , 25 are working full time , 24 shoi time , and three ore entirely stoppped . Stockport —In that part of the borough of Stocl port which is situated in Cheshire , two mills , with 1 C horsepower , and employing 525 hands , are working ft time ; five mills , with 110 horse-power , and previously en ploying 580 hands , entirely stopped ; and 20 mills , wis ! 1 , 783 horse-power , and employing 3 , 915 hands , are wort ing some three , some four days per week . Bradford , May 6 . —There is nothingat all encourngicj to report concerning our to-day ' s market . The trad generally is in a depressed condition , and the intern pressure on the money market , combined with the higt and still advancing prices of provisions , begins to til severely .
Leicester , May 6 . —The prospects of any profitalf business being done in manufactured goods seems evil more gloomy than we reported last week . Somebujn have been in the market , but they have done little ft nothing in the regular way ; any sales that are eft'ecw have been at most ruinous prices , to meet present contit gencies . A great many frames were stopped last Sato day , and we fear the number will be much increased . SEVERE DISTRESS IN NOTTINGHAM . The prompt attention of the Guardians of the Netting ham Union to the crowds of applicants for relief duriuj the whole of Tuesday last , has allayed the alarm whicl had taken hold of the minds of a vast majority of the in habitants , in consequence of the mob visitations on th previous evening , to the bakers' shops in the town . Somi idea may be formed of the bustle at the workhouse 01 Tuesday afternoon , from the circumstance of the croni being so great , thatit was found necessary to have assisi ancefrom the Police-office , to keep the relieving officer
from pressure . How many received relief cannot at pit sent be known , but during the past week 14 C were aO mitted into the workhouse , and since Saturday last w and there are now more than 1 , 000 inmates , and 3 , 270 n ceivuig outdoor relief , besides thenew applications 0 ; Tuesday last . The increase in expenses of the quartci ending March last , over that ending March , 1846 , was a much as £ 1 , 874 , and the expenses are now going on at rate of a fearful and rapid increase . Pauperism is als extending rapidly in the neighbourhood as well as in tt town . There are many cases of fever in the Notting han workhouse , brought iu by the Irish , and during tlie toj eight days nearly 200 Irish have passed through tW vagrant office . Unless extensive sanitary measures art speedily adopted , and special provision made for tti Irish emigrants , they will cause a pestilence to break od in the lower pa . 't of the town ,. . . and the working classes will become , in addition to them , a prey to poverty , a- ' ease , and death .
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(From The Gazette Of Tuesday, May 11.) T...
( From the Gazette of Tuesday , May 11 . ) Thomas George Webb , Wood-street ^ Cheapsidft *>* fiend flower manufacturer—James Wilson Pearl , Muici * street , Dorset-square , horse dealer-Daniel Syred , Woor field-road , Paddington , market gardener—Edward 5 M Oxford-street , irormonger — William ReynpU ' s , EUM ; street , ' . Finshuryv bookbinder—John Dynioke E 1 W » Hemingford-place , Barnsbuiy-road , Islington , chcmi ^ Robert Heathcote , Claphani-coiiimori , omuihus ' propria —Harris Watson , Wilsou-street , Finsbury , stove g »" manufacturer—Joseph Bates , Leeds , Yorkshire , sW broker—Simon Lee Trotman , Liverpool , merehari-Heiiry William King , Oldham , Lancashire , furnirs " dealer—Thomas Levers , Cliarlestown , Cornwall , coopf John That'll and William Joffery , Buckfastleigh , D * " * shire , woollen manufacturers — Robert Reed , UW Middlehain , Durham , common brewer .
Birtu.—At Newark, The Wife Of Mr W^ Walk...
Birtu . —At Newark , the wife of Mr W ^ Walker , fit 111 ' ber of the Land Company , of a son . Death ok an Irish Patbiot . — On the 2- ' ad ult .. Richard Kclley ; was borne to his grave , in the Catholic Chapel , Edgley , Stockport , according to Iris of request , by a body of the Chartists of that town onBJ 26 th ult . ile was a consistent . democrat , and proved tfj devotion to his country ( Ireland ' , by acting with «* patriotic Emmett , and all the ' supporters of the in * Rebellion , for which he was forced to quit his cm ""?' aad in disguise take refute in Emrland . where he cot ;
turned his exertions in behalf of Liberty . Ile was one p the Peterloo victims ,, and narrowly escaped the grtatw penalty the law could inflict , for the part he took d "" J the m-morahle days of Hunt aud Cartwright , through to machinations of spies and traitors . He was a niwiiMJ ^ the National Charter Association from its comnienceniw and a fearless opponent of that arch traitor to his country , Daniel O'Connell . His conduct was always so uiw " pciichable that even tho foul breath of Calumny «* never able to utter a word against his religious , P . '" Lj or moral character . He has died regretted uya » b and honest men .
At Hamiltoh , after mauy months of severe » ' » Francis Adams , aged sixty-three years , and Ja , ! c ' . "„ j his wife , aged sixtv-one years . The former die" 01 afternoon of the 2 nd instant , and the latter died e » "h the morning of the 3 rd instant . They were qw « : l"u j offensive persons , respected by all who knew then () was a sterling Chartist , a constant reader p " Northern Star , " and at all times ready to aiU "M ^ motingthe cause of Liberty . A large number ot " ( dustiious classes accompanied their remanis ^ pla « e of interment and . witnessed the unco « in ™ ' solemn scene of husband and wife laid iu one gnl "
Uiuuein Oireet 111isn 1 Printed By Dougal M'Gowan, Of 16, Great Wittd'^. Street, Haymarket, In The City Of Westmi" Ter 'F J»,,
uiuuein oireet 111 isn 1 Printed by DOUGAL M'GOWAN , of 16 , Great Wittd' ^ . street , Haymarket , in the City of Westmi" 'f j » ,,
, Me Same Ana .', J"Vii;-Ht Prietor, 1?E...
, me same ana . ' , J " vii ; -ht prietor , 1 ? EARGUS O'CONKOR , Esq ., and ¦ ¥ « " > " »" by William Hewitt , of No . 18 , Churics-strMt , J ^ don-strcet , Walworth , in the parish of St . M'"' ? ! " j iugto ' ii , in the County of Surrey , at tlio Otlict ' , 'V ' . ,, « Great Winumill-streui , Haymarket , in the City «' minster , .... •• .. • . Saturday , May I 5 th , i ; i 7 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 15, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_15051847/page/8/
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