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MPEIUA . L . I' .-VHUilAUEL ' . ( Continued from ihe 1 st Page . J ¦ Be saw in the proposal of the noble maiquis an nnhappv tendency , which he had seen ou other occasions in Ireland , to recommend others to perform fa » ui ' , impracticable , and visionary duties , while the p lain and practicable duty of paying rates tor the sustenance of starving men , women , and children in the neig hbourhood was neglected . He was obliged to say that while the Government would attempt all that was practicable , it would refuse to i make any promise which was clearly impracticable . I lie then proceeded to another part oi his subject— - Mnwlv , that which related , not to the Present , hut to the " permanent benefit of Ireland . Although , wc nad been diverted by extraordinary circumstances
from general principles , it was expedient that we should return to them as soon as poss lble . ine u terfereuce ef government might be given in three wlys whtch ought to be kept separate ami distinct . With the support of Parliament , it might give assistance by loan to individuals anxious to improve their pwperty . It might also give *« utanoc b y srant of public money in the erectioa ot works ot evident public utility . It might also-enact that relief s hould be given by law to the mfcrra and destitute . The first measure which he prsposed to bring forward , founded ea the first of these three modes of interference , was based on the Drainage Act of jass session , and on the terms given to the public in tbe Treasury minute ut December Jast . It , was proposed thai where an improveraect of an estate was proposed to be made cither by drainage or the reclamation of waste lands , certain advances should
be nude from tbe public funds . The usual rate of interest on advances made by the Treasmy was 5 per rent . ; by tbe Drainage Act of last session it tvas tixed at 3 per cent . ; and he now proposed to extend the terms of the Uratu ge Act to tfie improvements which he had just mentioned , lie also proposed with regird to more general works to consolidate and amend the I ) aiuage Acts now on the statute boo * . By the present Drainage Acts the proprietors of a district might meet—they might prop se to obtain a loau for the improvement of a district by drainage—and , if tbe plan proposed was approved , by tfie raaj irity , the loan could be made nnd ihe drain ige effected . In that case the drainage was undertaken by the Board of Works . iNow , this act was only applicable to the drainage of streams and rivers . ile _ proposed to apply it to other objects , and therefore a consolidation and amen Jmen ; ol the acts was necessary , lie also ¦¦«* - posed , ou the same principle on which other great
works were proposed by the btate , to undertake by the State the reclamation of waste lands in Ireland . It has long been stated , said his lordship , in various reports of commissioners , in reports of committees of this house , and by eminent writers , that iu many cases the reclamation of the waste land * of Ireland would produce profitable employment to the people , and make the lands of great value . Sir fl . Kane , in his work , - > n the Industrial Kcsaurces nf Ireland , " says , that the estimate that there are 4 . COO , VOU acres of waste land in Ireland which might be reclaimed and formed into cultivated laiids , was pe * fectly cornet , and that it was no exaggerated estimate . We propose to devote 1 , 000 , 000 to this purpose , and we proposs that the land should , it the proprietor hi willing to pari with it , be purchased ; but if he does not improve it by accepting a loan under this measure , or out of his own resources , and if he refuses to seil , there shall b . * a compulsory power to the Comsais-siotttrs of Woods and Forests to take and improve waste lands wuich are below a certain va ' ue The
value which we propose to estimate , is land which does not give be ' ow 2 s . OJ . per acre .
Mr . Goclburx . —• Is that the annua ! value ? Lord J . Russell . —That is the annual value . We propose that such lands shall only be improved and reclaimed so fV-xas general operations are concerned ; that roads shall be made ; that general drainage shall be effected , and the necessary buildings erected ; but that noneofthe cultivation of the landshalltakeplace , until the erection of a public department ; that having been so reclaimed , they shall be divided into lots which-shall not be below a certain amount or above a certain amount . I am not at present prepared to fix this amount absolutely , but , say , that they shall not be less than 25 nor more than 50 acres , or some proposal of that kind ; aud that when these lots have o ^ en reclaimed , they -Day bu either sol-l or let to tenants fur a certain number of years , with a
determination that they shall be so . 'd at the end of that time . It is intended that we sbaii not confine ourselves either to letting or sale , but to at as may be found expedient in each particular case , I expect that {¦ it-at advantages will gradually arise from this plan . I expect that a great number of persons who hive hi : h : rto been driven to despair , aud many of those in ;» crime , by the great demand for land , will many o : them be placed in those holdings , and be able to earn a comfortable living by the pioduce of their labour . ( Hear , bear . ) I think likewise , with respect to those who purchase them , that we shall be able to raise a class of small proprietors , who by their industry and independence will form a , valuable class iu the future society ot Ireland . ( Hear , hear . ) Let in < - say here , that I do not think—so far a < - 1 have
been able to form a ju Igment—ihat such holdings ate a great evil in Ireland . I believe that the partieuhr nwJe in which Itnd is held has verv often been a --ource of evil iu that country , but I do " not think that the small divisions hive been injurious ; and I am : he mire confirmed in this opinion by finding , mat one of the counties in which there is the f-reaiest division—I mean the c unty of Armagh—is notoriously one of the most fl mrishing and best cul ' . ivatrd in Ireland . ( Hear . J If you compare the who e province of Ulster with the province < , f Munster , iou will find that property is more divided in the fa-aier than in the latter . I believe , tuere ' ore , that in adopting a plan of this kind , with a compulsory power , a very gr-j . t advantage will be obtained . He now
came to the class ff measures founded on the third mode of interference . And first of the relief to the destitute . It would be remembered that when ihe Poor Law Commission « f Inquiry made its report , it advised that all persons ot a certain class should be relieved , and in that class it included all pers-ns infirm , aged , and permuiently disabled . The 1 : 0 vernment thought it safer to have workouses erected in Ireland , to allow relict to the destitute able-bodied as well as to tiie a--ed and infirm , and to o nine it ti the workhouse . It was now its opii ion , form-: d on a general view of Ireland , that the l ' lti - Law should be more extensive than it is . Lie tin rehire piopnsod to bring in a bill for the moreeffi-t-tu . 1 r . l ' e : of the destitute poor of Ireland , which tvoii'd e i . iet that the guardians of the poor would be
viouav . i to give relief , either in or out of the workh . u-e , t *» the aged and infirm , and to all who were pcrmuK-ntly disabled . This would be the means , r ' r-t . of tn-ibling the board of guardians to use the w . rkliniise as a test of desititution ; and , secondly , < .: " enabling them to afford relief out of the house to infirm and aged persons at their own homes , with « -r ; -at « -r -.-jtistaction to the feelings of the people , and with a knpe of producing a better working of the law . fie a ! so proposed that when the workhouses were full , the I'oor Law Comniis > ioners should have pnwir to enible boards of guardians to give relief out « . f the house to the able-bodied poor . This power must be used with caution . Ti e workhouses ought to be kept as a test of destitution ; but there were cases ir-it-i-e they could not u & ird accommodation f 0
all wfio crowded to their doors , and in such cases aid "i nst be uivea out of doors , not in money , but in f '" 1 . Reiievin-i-ofricers also would be appointed , a a in cases of urgent necessity , where thcie was < l ; iii-. fr of starvation , mu « t be- empowered to lake the parties into the workhouses , or to relieve them out ot the workhouses until the next meeting of the ! . ml of f-uanlians , when relief cou'd be afforded accorim-. ' rothe j-eueral rules . Such were the measures be proposed to introduce immediately . There wereoui .-r measures , however , still in contemplation of th- -. '• ivcriunent , of which one was a measure for frC Inatiiij- the sale of encumbered estates . He also propond t « introduce a bill by which long leasehold tenum-renewable for ever should be converted into freelmUl-. The various tenures of land in Ireland
wereas-r .-at evil ; and it was a matter worthy of ! Parliament to consider how lar those tenures coulli be simplified , and the landlord be connected with the j tenant aud the labourer , as in England . It was owing to this want of connection between them in ; Ireland that it was almost iin ,- -o-sible to discover ' who was the party on whom , in the urgent distress of the country , tbe duties of property became obligatory . Under the second head of public works camel fishesies ; but he had no definite proposition to submit to Parliament on that subject at present . In the course of last autumn a large supply of fish had been caught on the west coast of Ireland , but from want of salt , it had been thrown on the laud for manure , instead of being cured for the food of man . He trusted that befo re the end of the session he
should be prepared with a bill on the subject . There ¦ was another subject with respect to which a very strong feeling existed in Ireland , namely , the subject of emigration . Extravagant expectations had been excited and entertained on this subject which never could be realised . lie did not think that either from public or private resources means could be afforded for this purpose , so as to lead to such an extensive emigration as would produce an increase in wage . - ! . It should be recollected that it was not ¦ me rely providing the means of carrying a million of persons to a distant country , but that as an extensive system of emigration , they should look to the state of the countries to which they sent them . By injudiciously pursuing such a course theymightglut the . markets of iabuur in the United States and Canada ,
and produce the greatest distress in these countries hy the introduction of such a mass of paupers . The best mode of promoting emigration was by affording aid on the arrival of the emigrants at the place of their destination . This had been extensively done last year at Montreal . He should bo sorry to give f ? L ° * : » ' l . f , niaIa 3 t 0 emigration . He need hardly £ r o . ! L * was not Prepared on tbe part of the state nL ™ . £ a £ y ^ fcnsire scheme of emigration Hjen-wBjhonl-i reduce then * to ruin , and create
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r-sggars in abundance where »* e now had industrious md happy setlleis . He tten described the measures vhich he * h ; id adopted wl ' . en he held the seals of the julonial D . p . 'irtmeiii ' co promote emigration b y inking iharj-c of tfio emigrant at the port of his lisem liarkati-ii-, « nd by c nvcyiiig him thence to the ieldof employment lie showed that there had jeeii in consequence a larte increase in the amount jfemigration during the years 1845 and 184 © , and affirmed that under tuch circumstances he should Ik * afraid ot giving a stimulus to further emigration . There were , Lower-, r , some difficulties in the way of emigration contained in the 1 ' assenger Act which he intended to remove , b it he could give no hope of an-exte-astve scheme if emigration . He knew not
whether thecalculntinn of Sir It . Kane wasasobar we ; but that eminent individual maintained that there were sack extensive agricultural resourcesto sty nothing of minora ! resources—in Ireland that it cou . d maintain seventeen millions of inhabitants without difficulty . He ( Lord J . Russel !) was himself of opinion that if : i « ood system of agriculture were introduced into Ireland—if anything like permanent security were afforded ft * tbe investment of capital—if the ' proprietors would improve their lands — md if their tenants and labourers would cooperate with them , the present population of Ireland was not excessive . The noble lord concluded an elaborate speech , which occupied two hours and a half , the delivery was listened to with deep
attention by a crowded liousa in tk « following terms * . — I sec no reason—incwinected with laws which 1 hope have ceased to exist—unconnected with unhappy ciicunistatiees to which I do not now like toadvert , unconnected with those circumstance ? , sir , I see no reason why Ireland may not at a future day rise to a state of great prosperity . ( Cheers . ) I will read to the house a description of a country in which the following evils were , said to exist . The writer , an o ! d English au ' . hor , says— "The husbandmen be thrust out of their own , or else , e ' ther by covin or fraud , or violent oppression , they te put beside it ; or by wrongs nnd injuries they be so wearied that they be compelled to sell all . By one means , therefore , or by the other , cither by hook or by crook , they
must needs depart away , poor , wretched souls—men , women , husbands , wives , fatherless children , widows , woful mother * with their young babes , and the whole household , small in substance and much in number ; as husbandry requireth many hands ; away they trudge , I say , out of their known and accustomed houses , finding ao place to rest in . AH their household stuff which is very little worth , though it might well abide the sale—yet , heing suddenly thrust out , they be cons ; lined to sell it for a thing of nought ; and , when they have wandered about till that be spent , what can they then do but steal , and then justly . parity , behaved , or else go about a begging ?" Sir , is this vivid description unlike the story of an ejectment in Ireland ? ( Hear . ) Of an ejectment ,
where the wi etch , d families turned out are obliged to sell their little all and forced in a lew days either to steal or go about bogging ? { Hear . ) And yet the description which 1 have read is a description of England by Sir Thomas More —( hear , hear)—a description of the England of this day . ( Hear , hear . ) And lest it should be considered highly coloured or fanciful , let it ue recollected that there are other accounts written by magistrates , in which it is stated , that in every county there were 200 , 000 or 300 , 000 persons who lived by thieving , who went about , say the contemporary chroniclers , fcy sixty at a time , who carried away sheep and cattle , so that no husbandman was secure , and against whom no defence was sufficient—that in one . year alone no lessthan 70 , 000 of these marauders were banged . ( Hear , hear . ) Sir ,
this is an account of what England once was—that Em-land in which we now see so much security . ( Hear , hear . ) And in the absence of the outrages described as formerly existing , I think we have a proof that their existence was owing to the state of Society at the tima , not the nature of the country . ( Hear , hear . ) I will now read you a description of atiothei country at a different period , at the end of the seventeenth century : — ' There are at this day in Scotland ( besides a great number of families very meanly provided for by the church boxes , with others , who with livin-: upon bad food , fall into various diseases ) . 200 , 000 people begging from door to door . These are not only no ways advantageous , but a very grevious burden to so poor a country ; and though
the number of them be perhaps double to what was formerly by reason of the present great distress , ret in all times there have been about 100 , 000 of these vagabonds who have lived without any regard or submission cither te the laws of the land , or even those of Gjd and nature , fathers incestuously accompanying their own daughters , the son with the mother , and the brother with the sister . No magistrate could ever discover or be informed which way any of these wretches died , or that ever they were baptized . Many murders have been discovered among f hem , and they are not only a most unspeakable oppression to poor tenants ( who if they give not bread of some sort of provision to perhaps forty such villains in one day , are sure to be insulted
by them , but they rob many poor people who live in houses distant from any neighbourhood . In years of plenty many thousands of them meet together in the mountains , where they feast and riot for many days , and > t country weddings , markets , burials , and other the like public occasions , they are to be seen , both men aud women , perpetually drunk , cursing , blaspheming , and fighting together . " Such , sir , is a description of industrious , sober , civilised , religious Scotland ( loud cries of hear , hear ) . Such is a description of what that country was at the end of the seventeenth century ( hear , hear , hear . ) Dare we , sir , say that the particular laws—that the particular state of a country , has no influence—that a country which has been in a perfectly disordered
condition—where robberies have been frequent , where industry has been interrupted—may not yet become orderly , civilized , and industrious ( hear ) ? Wcshould be unworthy of being members of th ' s B itish Parliament were we to give way to despair ( hear , hear , hear ) . Sir , I know that what I have touched on relating to the social state of Ireland—although alluding as I have done to many important measuresforms but a part of the case ( hear ) . I am not one of those who think that , apart from political questions , from political rights , and from other questions conJ nected with political institutions—a merely beneficent government can make a country nourish . It is my opinion that other measures will be required , and when the proper time comes for proposing such
measures I shall be ready to undertake anything which I think may be for the ultimate benefit of Ireland . But this I feel with respect to the- - e and all other measures , that there are things which a Crown cannot grant , which a Parliament cannot enact : there are such things as a spirit of self-reliance and a spirit of co-operation ( loud cheers . ) And I must say plainly , that I should indeed despair of this task , were it not that I think I see symptom in Ireland both of greater reliance on the part of the people on their own energies and their own exertions , and a greater willingness to cooperate with other . ' . ( Hear , hear . ) I believe , if
they will encourage this spirit amongst themselves , I believe that if they will look to what has been done in this country , and in her neighbour of Scotland , by industry , by perseverance , and by never despairing ol success—if they will but go on—not looking always to government proposals and to Parliamentary enactments , but if they will look to what is the task immediately before them , and set themselves heartily and strenuously to perfoi m that task—that there are means , that there are resources in Ireland , which may yet bring its miseries to a happy issue . ( Hear , hear . ) There is no doubt of the fertility ol the land ; that fertility has been the theme of admiration with writers and travellers of all nations . There is no
doubt either , I must say , of the strength and industry of its inhabitants . The same man who is loitering by the mountain side in Tipperary or in Kerry—whose potatoe crop has just furnl-hed him with occupation for a few days—whose wages and whose pig have just enabled him to pay his rent , and elk out a miserable existence , has perhaps a brother in Liverpool , Glasgow , or London , who , by the sweat of his brow , from morning till night , is " competing with the strongest and stoutest labourers , and is earning wages equal to any of * them . ( Hear , hear . )
I do not think , therefore , that either the fruitfulness of the land , or the strength or the industry of the inhabitants are to be blamed . There have been faults it is true—there have been differencesb » t happy will it be for us . if we lay the foundation for the cure of those differences . —( Hear , hear . ) Happy will it be , if the Irish themselves take for tiicir maxim their precept , "Help yourself , and Heaven will bless you , " and thea I trust that they will find that there have been usesin adversity . ( The noble lord then resumed his seat amid . protracted cheering . )
A great number of questions relative to the details of the proposed measures were then asked by various members , to which Lord J . Russell replied , but the general feeling was that no discussion should take place till the Bills were before the house , which his lordship stated would be on . 'Monday next . The reception of tbe Government propositions by all parties seemed to be of a most favourable character . Leave was then given to bring in the Bills . The other orders of the day were then disposed of , and the thouse adjourned at a quarter past ten o ' clock . HOUSE OF LOItDS ,-Ti ; ESDAV , Jisvmv 2 Q . The Royal Assent was given bv Commission to the Corn Importation Bill , and the Navigation Laws Suspension Bill . The house then adjourned .
HOUSE OF COMMONS .-Tuehuy , J ^ Anr 26 . Mr . T . Duxc-oMiiB presented a petition from Glas . gow , praying the house te amend the Act of 1845 as regarded fhe arrestment of wages , inasmuch as i + ' was found quite inoperative in the recovery of small debts .
ABOLITION OF POUNDAGE ON CHELSEA PENSIONERS . Mr . F . Maulb asked leave to bring in a bill to abolish poundage on the Chelsea pensioners . As this bill took from the public Exchequer , £ 40 , 000 or £ 50 , 000 a year , he thought it necessary to explain
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the grounds on which he proposed it . This sum arose from the poundage paid by each Chelsea pensioner on the pension which he received either for long service or for wounds ,, or for wreck nf constitution suffered in the service of the country . Ho explained the circumstances on which this poundage was first levied , 100 years ago , and which , he conceived , fully justified it ; but those circumstances were now completely changed , and therefore he recommended the abolition of this poundage at once Captain Layabp should belie his fceliigs if ho did not return his thanks to the Government for the boon which they were now conferring on the wounded and worn-out warriors of the country .
THE TEN HOURS' BILL . Mr . J . Fieloen , after presenting a number of petitions in favour of a ten hours'bill , moved for leave to bring in a bill to limit the hours of labour of young persons and females in factories to 10 hours a-day . With regard to persons between 13 and 18 years of a <* e his bill was similar in its provisions to one which the late Sir R . Peel had propesed nearly 32 years ago , for it limited their labour to 12 hours , of which two were allotted to meals , for five days in the week , and to eight hours on Saturdays . He proposed to carry out this alteration by restricting the hours of actual labour to 62 hours in the week until the 1 st of May , 1848 , and after that period to 58
hours in the week ; and he proposed further that the same restrictions should apply to females above 18 years of age . His reason for proposing this measure was , that the time of working yoong persons and females in factories was tar too long , had been very mischievous , and , if persevered in , would become the cause of great national evils . It was also called for by all clssses who had had opportunity of observing the consequences of the present systemnot only by medical men and by the ministers of religion , but also by many master manufacturers , and by the operatives themselves . Mr . Ferrand seconded the motion .
SirG . GREtdidnot intend to object to the introduction of this bill , which , though it slightly differed in form , was in substance the same with that introduced last session by Lord Ashley . He hoped that the house would allow this stage of the bill to pass without discussion , and would reserve the objections to it , in principle and in detail , for the second reading . He wished , however , to guard himself against being supposed to acquiesce in the measure because he assented to its introduction . Mr . Fielden had referred to tho last report of the Registrar-General as
affording proot efthe great mortality occasioned m factories by the long hours of labour . He had himself seen that document , which was one of great importance . It appeared to him to afford proof of the increased mortality , not in factories , but in large towns generally ; for the mortality in Liverpool , where there were no factories , was greater than in Manchester , where there were many factories . The document demonstrated very clearly the necessity of passing some very stringent sanitary regulations for theirrptoveroeiYt of the health of the inhabitants of large towns .
Mr . Trelawnt opposed the bill as a very improper interference between the employer and the employed . It was at once redundant and deficient ; redundant , because it affected numbers who worked by time in factories ; deficient , as it did not provide for the case of female servants in London and of miners in Cornwall , who worked night and day , almost without intermission . His great objection , however , to this measure was , that it would reduce the rate of wages of labour in factories in the first instance , and of all other labour consequently . Mr . Ferrasd observed , that the argument of the
last speaker only went to prove that he ought not to be interfered with if he walloped his own ass . But the Legislature had already determined to protect dumb animals from cruelty ; and he hoped that it would now extend that protection to women and young children . He was delighted to learn , from a speech made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer at Halifax , that it was the intention of the Prime Minister to support this bill . He assured the noble lord that if he did indeed support it , he would rally round him a feeling of gratitude which would notsoon be effaced from the minds of the labouring
classes . After a few words of approval from Sir G . S trick
land , Sir R . Peel regretted that Mr . Trelawny had proposed his amendment . He retained the opinions which he had expressed on a former occasion respecting this bill , not because he was indifferent to the interests of the factory children , but because he was conscientiously convinced that , in passing it . we should not be consulting their permanent welfare and prosperity . Into all discussions of this kind , howi ver , feeling entered as well as reason . To reject this bill without discussion would be insulting to the great masses , who were strongly biased in its favour . He , therefore , thought that the house ought to adopt the same course which had been adopted last year , —namely , to give leave for the introduction of the bill , and to discuss it on the second reading . Mr . Hume urged the withdrawal of the amendment , in order that there might be a calm and dispassionate discussion of tho question .
Mr . B . Escoti thought that the house ought not to discuss this bill now , as nobody was prepared for such a discussion . An assertion of Mr . Ferrand induced him to rise for the purpose of asking Government fer explanations upon it . Had Mr . Ferrand interpreted rightly the intention of Government ? Did they intend to support the Bill , as Mr . Ferrand asserted , or did they intend to oppose it ? or was it to be made an open question ? A distinct answer to these queries would be most satisfactory . Mr . Trelawny , in consequence of the wishes expressed by several members , consented to withdraw his amendment . Mr . B . Escorr again repeated his questions amid loud cries of "Order" from several quarters . Lord J . Russell observed , that it appeared to be agreed that the bill should be read a first time . When it came to the next stage , he should be prepared to state what ho would do regarding it ,
Leave was then given to bring in the bill . Subsequently it was brought in , read a first time , and ordered to be read a second time on Wednesday fortnight .
THE NATIONAL GALLERY . Mr . Hume then moved an address tor a copy of the minutes of the trustees of the National Gallery during the years 18-15 and 1846 , with the names of all the trustees present at each meeting ; also for copies of the orders and instructions to the keeper of the gallery respecting the cleaning of the pictures , and any directions in respect to their arrangement . His only object in asking for a production of a copy of these minutes was to set at rest , and clear away the observations that were made concerning them . He wished also to append these words to the terms of his motion , " or any other documents relating thereto , " as he understood that reports had been since made , which went to explain several matters connected with the subject .
Sir Robert Peel said , that as a trustee of the National Gallery , he had pleasure in seconding the motion ; and he was sure that no objection would be made to the production of the papers moved for . ( Hear , hear . ) A meeting of the trustees had taken place two days since , and they called on the gentleman in whose irameaiate charge the pictures were placed , to make a full report on the subject . He had now only to express his hope that the House , in consequence of the devoted attachment of Mr . Eastlake to the profession , of which he was an ornament , would suspend their judgement on the subject . The motion was then agreed to .
TIIE LAW OF SETTLEMENT . Sir George Grkt moved that the following Hon . Gentlemen be nominated the Select Committee on the Law of Settlement—Mr . Charles Buller , Sir J . Graham . Mr . Bankes , Mr . John Evelyn Denison , Sir George Grey , Mr . Ilindley , Mr . Thomas Duncombe , Lord Harry Vane , Mr . Poufett Scrope , Mr . William Miles , Mr . Charles Villicrs , Mr . Borthwick , Mr . Charles Round , Mr . Adam , and Mr . Bodkin . Mr . Ferrano objected to the manner in which tho committee was constructed : Of the 15 names proposed , 0 were those of gentlemen holding liberal opinions , and sitting on the Ministerial benches , whilst only 6 were names of Tory or Conservative members . That was not a fair nomination , and would lead to the committee being called a packed committee , in case it presented a report in favour of the working of the Niw Poor Law .
Sir G . Grkv . defended the construction of the committee . Only seven persons were taken from the Ministerial , while eight were taken from the Opposition benches . He did not , however , look to the political opinions of hon . members in naming it ; his object was to get a fair committee representing partly the opinions of members for counties and rural districts , and partly the opinions of large towns and numerous constituencies . The committee was then nominated , and the house adjourned .
HOUSE OF LORDS .-Tiiursdat , Jar . 28 . The House sat for a short time , but no business of public interest was transacted . HOUSE OF COMMONS . -Tin ? B 8 DAT , Jnf . 38 . The Sp eaker took the chair a few minutes before four o clock . Mr . Roebuck wished to know if the noble lord at the head of the government had made any calculation as to the cost to the country of the plan lie proposed for the relief of Ireland . Lord J . Russell said that the amount issued up to the 1 st January last was £ 1 , 000 , 000 , under th Act of last session , and since then another £ 1 , 000 , 000 had been advanced ; and if the present plan ' werc to be continued they could not expect a Jess expenditure than £ 5 , 000 , 000 or £ 0 , 000 , 000 ; under the proposed measure , he expected there would be a considerable reduction of that amount , but to what exten lie could not then say ; and the lion , member wouW , therefore , see that it was impossible for him to giv . e a specific answer to the question .
CONDITION OF CONVICTS IN THE HULKS AT WOOLWICH . Mr . T . Dckcombe moved for the appointment o f
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i select committee to inquire into the treatment of -onvicts on board the hulks at Woolwich . Ihe cruelties perpetrated on board the hulks were so great , and above all in connection with the medical department , as to be absolutely disgraceful to a civi-Used country . The deaths were much greater than was shown in the returns . In the returns lor im the deaths were given as only 1 in 58 , whereas he should be able to show before a committee that they were 1 in 22 . There were no visiting magistrates or inspectors of prisons to whom the prisoners could appeal . The overseers of ships could order corporal punishment whenever they pleased . The honourable member then proceeded to make a number of specific charges against Dr . Bosscy , the surgeon of the convict ships . He also complained that there was an utter deficiency in the moral and religious
instruction of the convicts . Sir G . Grey thought that the House should hesitate to take all the alleged facts stated by the honourable member as true , derived probably from some convict . As for the extent of punishment on board the hulks , he had been assured that there had only been one case of corporal punishment during the last four years . He had that night heard fur the first time of the cases stated ; but if the right honourable member would give hira the names of the parties vouching for the truth of these facts , and the dates , he would take care that there should be the fullest and most searching investigation , but inquiry before a committee would lead to considerable inconvenience . He admitted that the hulk system was defective in many respects , but since 1843 many steps had been taken in the way of improvement .
After some discussion a division took place , when the numbers were : — For Mr . Duncombe's motion 44 Against it 121 Majority against the motion —77
THE NEW POOR LAW . Mr . Ferrand moved for a select committee to inquire into the mode adopted by the Poor Law Commissioners and their Assistant Commissioners in drawing up their reports , and their treatment of Boards of Guardians ; and what control the Right Hon . Sir James Graham exercised over the Poor Law Commissioners and their Assistant Commissioners , during the time he held the office of Her Majesty ' s Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department . The Hon . Member quoted the not complimentary opinions of the Poor Law Commissioners , and of the clerks , with respect to each other . He related the circumstances of the case of Mr . Jenkins Jones , and contended that that individual had been entrapped into an agreement to plead guilty on the understanding that he would not be brought up for
judgment , but that he was condemned to twelve months' imprisonment , and only let out of prison upon threatening to expose Sir James Graham ' s and Mr . Lewis's conduct . He went through the circumstances attending the report made by Mr . , Mott respecting the Bolton and Keighley unions , and maintained that there was not one word of truth in tbe latter report . He insisted that Sir James Graham and Mr . Lewis had given instructions to Mr . Mott to get up these reports , in the first instance , to throw discredit upon Dr . Bowring , and , in the second instance , to crush him ( Mr . Ferrand ) . He charged the Poor Law Commisssioners with destroying documents that militated against them ; and , to prove his case , he read an affidavit voluntarily made by Mr . Barker , who swore that he heard Mr . Mott declare that Sir James Graham had made statements in the
House of Commons which were entirely false , and that the report he trumped up \ m ordered tor the purpose of crushing Mr . FerrandrThe Hon . Member at great length reiterated all the charges he had heretofore made against Mr . Lewis and Sir James Graham , and complained of the manner in whith he had been persecuted , both in the House of Commons and in the courts of law , in which last , however , he was resolved and prepared to establish his innocence and confound his persecutors . Sir J . Graham in reply said he expected that his retirement from the public service , and especially his strict retirement into private life since he left office , would have mitigated the hostility entertained against him by the hon . member . Tbe right hon . baronet proceeded to touch lightly upon the causes of quarrel between him and Mr . Ferrand , down to
the publication , in July last , of the hon , member s letters in the Times , charging him ( Sir J . Graham ) and Mr . Lewis with conspiring to crush Mr . Ferrand . In consequence of those letters , A criminal information was tiled , and in making the rule absolute the affidavit of Mr . Parker , so much relied on by the Hon . Member , was used before the Court . He ( Sir James Graham ) had asserted on his oath , that the charges were wholly and iu every particular false , and the affidavit solemnly denying them was filed , and could be answered . An opportunity would be afforded to the Hon . Member at the trial to establish his charges , and he ( Sir J . Graham ) courted inquiry , and , " was perfectly ready t « appear and give his evidence . He had also been ready for examination by the Andover Committee , if they had thought proper to summon him .
Mr . D Israeli supported Mr . Ferrand , and after a short debate , the motion was withdrawn , and the other business having been gone tluough , ihe House adjourned .
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HVDE . —lnemcmoersoi the t / Uartist Uo-operative Land Company are requested to meet at tho house of Mr . John Leigh , John-street , on Sunday , Jan . 31 st , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , West Ridino Delegate Meeting . — The next West Riding Delegate Meeting will be held on Sunday , February 7 th , in the Working Man ' s Hall , Bull Close Lane , Halifax , to commence at halt-past twelve o ' clock . Halifax District . —A district delegate meeting will be held at Halifax , on Sunday , Februaay 7 th , at half-past two in the afternoon . Mr . C'Jissitt will lecture at half-past six in the evening . Leicester . —Each locality in Leicester and its suburbs , arc requested to send a delegate to the district meeting of United Trades , on Monday next , February 1 st , at half-past ten o ' clock precisely , to b « held at the Barkby Arms , Upper George Street Leicester .
Halifax . —A meeting of the members of this district of the National Co-operative Land Company , will be held in the Chartist large room , on Sunday , February 14 th , at 2 o ' clock . All members in arrears are requested to take this > pportunity of . paying np their arrears , or they will not be entitled to be iu the ensuing ballot . Livbri'ool . —A lecture will be delivered by Mr Farrall , ou the benefits to be derived from the National Land and Labour Bank , on Sunday evening , Jannary 31 st , at Mr . Fan-all ' s , Temperance Hotel , 4 , Cazncau-strect , chair to be taken at seven o ' clock . Oldham . —Tho Central Committee , in connection with Dr . M'Douall , will meet on Sunday next at Mr . Lenora Haslop ' s Temperance Hotel , Oldham , at two o'clock , P . M .
Nottingham . — A meeting will be held at Mr . Smith ' s Coffee-house , Low Pavement , at ten o ' clock , on Sunday morning , February 7 th , to consider the propriety of reviving the Chartist Agitation , when it is requested that all friends favournble to the principles of Democracy will make it their especial business to attend . DoNCASTEtt . —A branch of the Land Company is now established in this town , which meets at eight o ' clock , every Tuesday night , at the house of Mr , Thomas Philips , Church-lane .
Birmingham , *—All members belonging to the Land Company Meeting , at 111 , Rea-street , are requested to . give in their trades and residences personally or otherwise , on Monday evening next , without fail , HUDDEHSFIELD ClIARTIST LaND COMFANI . — Tile members of the Company in tho Huddersfield district , are hereby requested to pay their directors levy for 1847 , as well as their arrears for the directors and conference of last year , or they will be ineligible for the approaching ballot . The secretary and treasurer will attend at Turner ' s Temperance Hotel as usual , every second and last Tuesday evening in the month , to receive tho contributions .
Dr . M'Douall Route for the Momh . —Tuesday , February 2 nd , Kidderminster ; Wednesday , 3 rd , Pert-bore ; Thursday , 4 th , Cheltheiiham ; Sunday , 7 th , Birmingham ; Monday , 8 th , Bilston ; Tuos . day , 0 th , Longton ; Wednesday , 10 th , Hanley Thursday , 11 th , Congleton ; Sunday , 14 th , Manchester ; Monday , 15 th , Bacup ; Tuesday , 16 th , Hall fax ; Wednesday , 17 th , Dewsbury ; Thursday , 18 th , Holbeck ; Sunday , 2 lst , Leeds ; Monday , 22 nd , Bradford ; Tuesday , 23 rd , Htiddert-fieJd : Wednesday , 24 tb , Barnsley : Thursday , 25 th , Bamsley ; Sunday , 28 th , Hull ; Monday , 2 'Jth , Hull . The Executive Committee desire most ernestly to impress upon the minds of the members of the National Charter Association , the urgent necessity that exists
for an advance of funds , so t : at they may be enabled to carry on the agitation at this most important crisis , to pay the lecturers , and present the National Petition in a manner and style becoming the people and the great nation . Dr . M'Douall desires to say , that ho understood that the announcement in the Star from the Executive , would have prevented any meetings in the Potteries . Ho will , however , make up for any disappointment by giving a double lecture . The Committee , of course , are not to blame . Newcastle-upon-Tyne . —The Registration Committee for this locality willjmcct at the house ot Martin Jude , Sun Inn , Side , on Sunday evening , Jan , 31 st , at 6 o ' clock , and all members of that
Committee aro earnestly requested to attend . The members of the Chartist Co-operative Land Company are requested to attend at the above house on Sunday evening , January 3 lsl , f » t seven o ' clock , to appoint a scrutineer for the ne-At month , and to hear the auditors report . Merabera who are in arrears for local and general cxpences , are requested to attend and pay tho same , on oi * before February 15 th , or they will-be . excluded from tt < e approaching ballot tor location . The Chartists . of Newcastle and Gateshead are respectfully informed that the voluntary subscription for the repayment to Mr . O'Connor , of the Defence Fund Debt still remains open .
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Bubnlbt , — A members' meeting of the Chartist Land Company , branch No . 1 , Burnley , will be held in the Chartist room , Hammerton-street , January 30—chair to be taken at 8 o ' clock . Dubbv . —National Petition . — -Ernest Jones , Esq . and Mr . C . Doyle will attend a public meeting here , on Thursday evening , convened for the adoption of the National Petition . Northampton—Messrs . C . Doyle and E . Jones , Esq .- will visit this place on Wednesday next , for the purpose of supporting the adoption of the National Southampton . — Messrs . M'Grath and Clark , will attend meetings in this town , for the like purpose , on Wednesday and Thursday , the third and fourth of February .
„ „ Isle of Wight . — Messrs . M'Grath and Clark , will visit Newport for the like purpose , on Friday , Febru-Croydon . —On Monday evening last Mr . M'Grath delivered a Lecture on the Land , in the large room of the Crown Inn , which had been hired for the purpose by the members of the Chartist to-operative Land Company in this locality . Mr . Clark , the subtreasurer occupied the chair . The , lecture lasted nearly two hours , was listened to with great attention and seemed to give complete satisfaction . At its conclusion a vote of thanks was given to Mr . M'Grath for his valuable services , and the meeting di- solved
. _ „ The Land and the Charter . — Messrs . P . M'Grath , and T . Clark , will address public meetings in tho County Assembly Rooms , Maidstone , Kent , on Monday , February 1 st ., on the advantages of the National ; Co-operative Land . Company and the Labour Bank ; and on Tuesday , February 2 nd , on True Democracy , as founded on the Principles ot the People's Charter . , Manchester . — Mr . Dickinson , of Sunderland , wiil deliver his Farewell lecture in the People ' s Institute , Heyrod-street , on Sunday evening , January
31 st , suoject , " Arguments fer Universal Suffrage , or John Bright ' a stroke of the pen question answered . " Chair to be taken at half-past six o ' clock . Tower Hamlets . —Mr . T . M . Wheeler will lecture at the Railway Engine Coffee House , Brick Lane , on Sunday evening , January 31 st , at eight o ' clock precisely . I IShoreditch . —Mr . Wheeler will lecture at Mr . Taylor's Railway Engine Coffee-house , 122 , Bricklane , near Church-street , on Wednesday evening next . Subject—The Elevation of the Working Classes . Chair to be taken at 8 o ' clock .
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MESSRS . M'GRATH AND CLARK . Resolutions of confidence in Messrs . M'Grath and Clark , and thanks to them for their services , have been unanimously adopted by the Chartists ol Burnley , Trowbridge , and Liverpool .
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MONDAY MANSION-HOUSE . — Detection oe two Burglabs . —Two well-known young thieves , who have assumed ihe names of Herbert Glenroy and Malcolm Grama , the latter of whom was tried a short time ago in the name of Jemmy Kemp , for a burglary ; were brought before the Lord Mayor , charged with breaking into the house of Mr . Tajlor , grocer . in Bishopsgate Without , and stealing a quantity of plate . One of the prisoners is 18 , and the other 17 years of age . Mary Cullen , housemaid in Mr . Taylor ' s family , stated to the following effect : — She went to bed on Saturday night at five minutes to twelve o ' clock , and at that hour all the doors and windows were fastened , except the back parlour window , on which there was a skylight , which was
doted , not fastened . The bach parlour was on a level With the drawing-room on tbefirst floor . Witness heard no noise in the night , and was called by Mrs . Taylor at a quarter past seven on Sunday merning . The plate , which had been all safe in the plate basket in the parlour cupboard when she went so bed , was lying in a heap on the ground , and was separated from articles of baser metal , which were put aside as unworthy of notice by the thieves . In the warehouse there was one of the platci articles near a hogshead , in which the prisoners were subsequently found by the police , who were called into the house by Mr . Taylor . Other evidence was given . It
appeared that the prisoners were found on the premises , secreted in a half-empty sugar-hogshead . The prisoners said that as they were passing along , at five o ' clock in the morning , they saw the side-door open , and not having been in bed all night , and having no means of providing themselves with one , they walked in , and laid down to roost in the sugar hogshead . They declared that their intention was merely to get a nap , and that if they meant robbery , they could easily have got out of the house . They knew nothing at all of the plate , or anything else , and they had never been in prison before . The prisoners were committed for trial at the Central Cri . minal Court .
WORSHIP-STREET Burglaries — Austin Montrose was brought up for re-examination on the charge of having committed divers burglaries and robberies . — Sergeant Brennen , of the detective force of the 6 division , stated , that on the 23 rd of December the premises ofMr , Berdoe , clothier , Goswell-road , were broken into , and property to the amount of upwards of £ 300 was stolen , and amongst the rest was a cloak , which was pledged at the shop of Messrs , Alton and Walker , -Hack , ney-road . On Sunday , the 10 th instant , he went to the prisoner ' s lodging , and upon his person he found a
duplicate relating to the cloak , as also several others , touching property also belonging to ] Mr . Berdoe , He also found upon the person of the prisoner several implements of housebreaking . In October last , the prisoner , with another , broke into the premises of Messn . Hugnam and Co ., tailors and drapers , City . road , and succeeded in carrying off with them property amounting to £ ' M , Messrs , Hugham ' s premises were also entered last month , and goods about the same amount were stolen . The pri . goner had been for some time seen lurking about tbe neighbourhood . —The prisoner was committed .
GUILDHALL . — Darin * Robbery at a Watchmaker ' s . —Three well-known thieves , George Williams . George Standish , and John Wilson , were chargid with having committed the following daring robbery ' .--Mr , Henry Perring , of 63 , FarringdoH-etreet , watchmaker , stated that about a quarter to eleven o ' clock on Saturday night , he was removing the watches from the window , his son taking them from him and putting them in cases . Whilst so engaged , he felt a forcing in of the framework , as if someone was pushing against it , and then a second and third , when a smash followed , and an immense square ' of plate glass fell in pieces , at the same time
a number of watches , fell on the pavement . Witness ran to the door and observed Wilson and Williams running away , and suspecting the former had some of the property , he pursued him , followed by Williams , who several times ran across him , evidently for the purpose of tripping him up , Wilson ran among . the cabs and made his way towards Fleet-lane , but within a few yards of that place , he was taken into custody by tbe policeman , who saw him just before fling a gold watch into the road . He ( Mr , Perring ) then collared Williams , and they were conveyed to the station-house . The glass that wag broken was valued at j £ fi . The prisoners were committcd for trial .
THA-MES . —Tns Clbrovmau and tbe Servant , — Oh Monday Jane Noateg , late servant to the Rev . Robert Franklin Spencer , LL . D ., Curate of St , Mary ' s Whitechapel ) n-ho stands charged with having stolen several articles , of trifling amount , in her master ' s house , surrendered with her bail , before Mr . Yardley . The case was reported in our last . The prosecutor now said , if the young woman publiealy expressed her sorrow , and the mother made an ample apolopy , he would forego the prosecution , Mr . Yardley asked , are there any other cases against the prisoner ?—Mr . Pelhnm : None , Sir ; the police have made every inquiry . Here the wife and sister efthe Rev . Gentleman were urging him to pre-a the case , on which Mr . Pelhnm exclaimed , " Tbis is too bad vcallj , the wife and stater of tlwUev . Gentleman ate urging him against hi * inclinations . " After a good deal of wavering on the part of the Rev , Dr , Spencer , he at length said he would not press the case . The prisoner was then discharged .
TUESDAY . THAMES —A well-known thief named Daniel Murphy was brought hefore Mr . Tardley , on remand , charged with stealing a silver watch and appendages , from the person of John Rodrigues , a Spanish sailor . It appeared that on the 16 'th instant , the sailor was in a public house , in Upper East Smitliticld , where he fell in with a woman of loose character named Dunn , and after treat , ing her , agreed to go home with her . An attempt was made to steal Ms watch and his purse before lie left the house , but ft did not succeed . The sailor nnd the girl left the house together , and proceeded up a narrow passage called Brown Bear-alley , towards the house where
the woman lodged , and had just reached the door when the prisoner , who had been in the public-house , and was treated by the sailor , made his appearance , and struck the Spaniard a violent blow on the face , which caused him to stagger ; he fell , and the prisoner , in an instant , snatched his watch , to which a s lvcr guard was attached , from his waistcoat pocket . The woman , Dunn , attempted to seize the prisoner , but he pushed her aside , struck her on the breast and made off . He was apprehended on the previous Tuesday , by Wiglcy a police . ionstable , No . Ul , II . Tha prisoner said he had never seen the watch , he had never seen the man , and he had never seen the woman . He was committed for trial .
CtERKENWELL . —A decently attired , middle-aged woman , who gave her name Mary Davis , but who declined giving her address , was placed at the bar befmv Mr . Greenwood , charged by Mr . Thomas Doubble , linendraper and haberdasher , of 38 , Leatber . lane , Holborn , with stealing 26 yards of damask cloth . —The prosecutor deposed that the prisoner had b « n in tho habit of visiting his shop for » considerable time past to m-ike trifling purchases , and from the respectability of her appearance she was not suspected of robbery , although articles were invariabl y missed after she had left the shop . On the 12 th mst . she paid a visit , when a laix-e roll of damask cloth was missed from the end of the shop , and which she must have concealed under her large cloak , which she now had on , and which she generally wore . Feeling convinced that she was the thief , he determined on laying a trap for her detection , for which purpose he attached a piece of string to a piece ef damask , about light yards long , the longth of the shop , and placed
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the property at the furthest end of the c iTT ^ where the prisoner usually went on « n » the place . On Monday morning the ¦ J ?! ' - called again whilst witness was nlone > shop , and asked for a fmall quantity of calico , 11 ' *" folding it up when Ihe prisoner went to tbe e ' - i ( J Y ^ shop , under pretence to look at a shawl , the -, which she asked , When she contrived to cone i * " * damask cloth under her cloak , and not percent , tl 18 string attached to theend of it , she walked back 1 ^ - ^ the calico which she asked for , and was leaving h ^ lt * extent of the string prevented her further pr-. gre- » , tho door , and on turning around , the str ng , Qn ( i fti , I > lasienea to
which was u ua » on me wan at the end C shop , twisted about her neck , and thepr ( , pertv f = n from her she was nearly Btrnii-flcd by its Wai ' "" j * called Taylor , of the G division , and gave her i „ t 0 c ' ' « Witness added , that she was connected with a ,., female shoplifters , who had lately plundered him 8 "f other j in his trade to a considerable extent . i * , a '" wood told Mr . Doubble he had acted very foolishly" " * he had outwitted himself In his attempt to entrap -j , ' an ? soncr . It could not bo construed into a case of stM .. * under the circumstances . Having suspected the pti , " ^ he ought to Iwve dispensed with tho string , „ nd . '"••'"' watched her until she took tbe property away from ' * , ' shop , and then have stopped her . He , however » , ' ? commit her for trial , for attempting to sUal the pr ' or ,. He inquired , whether there was any probability of trv ' other stoieu
any property oy me prisoner « Taylor there was ; but the prisoner refused to say wj 16 r '' ai (| lived . Mr . Greenwood . —What have you to - » ,. . *? charge ? Prisoner . —Nothing ; only that he „ , choked me with his string . ( A laugh , in which the sontr joined . ) Mr . Doubble said , he suspecti-j th , " " !" soner belonged to a notorious gang of shopiif teri *"" * court near Holborn . Mr . Greenwood said , he wouldV" * mit the prisoner for the attempt to steal the pron ° ' but , in order to afford the police an opportunity tot ' * other property , he would remand her until Satin-d " next . a ' SOUTHWARK . —Francis Cramore , a mm * -. ~ -. ouu m if »»»• i , » uu . vinuiua , ' ° Un nianfnl
g lowing the occupation of a marketgardener , was brou h before Mr . Seeker , charged with havingjtolen a numbs silver coins of fhe reign ol William III . and George jj " ° ? also several Spaniih coins , all in a stat « of excellent servation . The prisoner had , a few days since , atRotf "' hithe , offered a number of old coins for sale to differ "I tradesmen , at prices infinitely below their intrinsic va ] The circumstance having reached the ears of the p 0 ] j . ' and as it was known he was formerly in indi gence , h . ts » * ' questioned as to the manner in which he had become p ? sessed of the coin , several of whiclt-. were found in hisp 0- ' session . His answers being considered unsatisfactory he was taken into custody , and when brought before Mr Seeker , it was stated that two small keys were found in ' his pockets , which were at first supposed to be the keyiot the desk or eseretoire outof which be had taken the coim
The accused said that he was a market gardener in thservice of Mr . Brandon , of Rotherhithe . That , on Wednesday last , he and another man wwe employedin digf-i-,, on a piece of waste ground opposite the Commercial Dock at Rotherhithe ; and , while so engaged they dug m several pieces of coin , which they at first supposed to l * halfpence and penny pieces , but on clearing away thj mould from them they discovered them to be of silver They took po » seesion of what they found , thinking the * had most right to them , as tbe coin seemed to him to have no owner , and the appearance of having been bw . ried in the soil fur a great number of years . He add *! that he was very willing to point out the spot where lh » discovery was made , and that his fellow workman , who shared in the spoil , would confirm his statement relative to the finding of the coins , Mr . Seeker directed
thsinquiries should be made on the subject of this statement and he was desired to remain iu court until the arrival of the policeman , who shortly entered and said , that from all he could collect on the subject the explanation gir-a was correct , and that other persons hearing of fa * , „ .- » of Cramore and his fellow workmen , who had dw m the earth to a considerable extent , but were disappointed in their expectations . Mr . Seeker said that now there was no reason to doubt the truth of the youug man ' i ' statement , but although he was tha fortunate finder still it was not certain whether he could claim them ths lord of the manor , whoever he was , having a prior rich ! to property of the description found under similar cV cumstances . As , however , but a small number of cols ' was found in his possession , he should order them to te delivered up to him , and he should dischatge him flon custody .
WEDNESDAY . GUILDHALL .-Cabe of DiSTMS .-An elderlypersoi who Had evidently been well educated , and h-j . l sees better days , made an application to Alderman JohniM for relief under the following distressing circumstances : —He stated that bis name was James Thompson IrviV and that at the time of the French revolution ury war , he was a merchant , carrying on business at So , 56 , Wood-street , Cheapside , and iu very prosperous tii . cumstances , but owing to the disastrous events of tha ! period , he lost all in consequence of his stock , which con . sisted of Manchestergoods , being seized at Hamburgh ty ihe army under Marshall Davoust , in obedience of tie orders of the Emperor Bonaparte , the result of which was that he became a bankrupt , and had since beea struggling en so far as barely to keep his familj ( ton starving . He had received some relief from his friends
who had been exceedingly kind to him , and with the small profit arising from the salcot trifling articles in the streets had hcen able to rarely exist . He had a wife and four children . His wife , who had been used to every comfort in his more prosperous days , could not bear rp against their adverse fortunes , and about nine yean since became insane , and was at present in Mr . Wartur . ton ' s Asylum , at Bethnal Green , Two of his childrea were supported by some kind friends , and the otbti two were dependent upon himself , and what little rt « 5 could occasionally make by vending small articles a stationary about the streets . He had lately beed coslined in St . Thomas ' s Hospital , with rheumatic icier . Enquiries having been made , and the statement of it ' applicant hafing been found correct , he was fumisU with an order for new elutbing , and some temporarj nlief was given to him , at the the same time bsing tolls call again next day .
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CORN EXCHANGE , Januari 25 , At this day ' s market there was a good supp lv oi English wheat , wliieh sold steadily at the i-urrencv d ' tins day week . Free Foreign held firmlv , hut wl s « large a business transacted to dav .
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PROThVCIAL MARKETS . Richmond ( Yorkshire ) Cobs- Makklt , J » v . il .- * : * had a tolerable supply of grain in our market to dsj . Wheat sold irom Ks . to lis . ; oats , 3 s . Id . . ¦ 4- -. M uarley , 5 s . Ud . to Of . ; beans , 5 s , lid . to Of . tfd . p-i ' bushel . Newcastle Corn Market . - Our market was i ' ot-5 : supph-d with wheat to day , ftom the interior as ivei :.. s . coastwise , but we had a thin attendance ef buyer * , ami- * ' moderate extent of business was transacted * at siffiil't s prices to last Saturday ' s , IIjJLLCon . vMAiiKi . r . -At thisdnv ' s market weltf" * '' good supply ot wheat from the farmers , and which mil i ready sale at 2 s . to 3 s . per qr . over last week ' s rates . In 1 ' foreign the transactions are not lart-e * at the adtanrt ,- ' ¦ spring Corn advances in price very fast . * HiRMiNGiiAM Corn ExciurvGE .-During the pr «^ er week millers have not been free buvers of wheat , tlK ' -i : » j rather over last week ' s currency has boon
ohtaiiwl-Liverpool Corn Market , Monday . — Tim suspenfionsion of the corn and navigation laws , wi ' tli a free inn-v ' ' ^ ' * ¦«¦ * ol gram , meal and flour until the 1 st of Septeinb • m- '' - "* . * have caused a pa use in tho corn market . 1 ' riees ofttftt * leading a tides < . f the trade have beeu lirnilv adhered » a M by holders , but buyers have exercised much i-aii "' " - i " " ia their i-pevations , and the business since Tuesday VJ" l * been of limited extent . Xo particular rhainjc can «« . " noticed m the value of any article , except oats . «¦>'' - *• ' ¦'* from scarcity , is held for n small advance . Wost . - rjlst . -r : Ciitial Hour , m bond , has beeu sold at 42 s . perban-W which is barely last Tuesday ' s prices . Vaxe ¥ 1 eu > Corn Maskkt , Friday . —The'arrivals r » 's tK tinue large . Wheat is held flrmlv , and a fair etf-- ' ' , ''' ' , ' business done at i * « l y last week's fates . Hat-lev in mcArn ^ rate request at i ' s decline . Oats . tnd sholli . g " are i » r ' '" r maud at advancing prices . In beans -ind other arti > . rti > - •' no alteration . Manciiestkh Corn Market , Saturday . —At the inari * nar "» this morning u moderately fair demand was c . \ perH | ' '' : rH '' from consumers tor the lending articles of tlw trade , *' ! . * - out iiny material ¦ . liam-e from the currency oft ' ! - " '' '! " se iiuiirht . J
Warrincton- Ciirx Market , Wednesday -We ^ ^ < u mark et l „ r whe . t , at -Id pel- bushel les \ money : .: , ¦ : at tins i eduction it was not all sold . The sn - ) . " ' «) y '
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STATE OF TRADE . l « . ™ , ?» ir | ht Ii C , 0 , h "Wkets " *! both Cloth Halls j- 'ls l nrailiei ' rf ' , ' , 011 S ; lturt , » y and on Tuesday . -. HZ , „ , i - ^ l' - " "'¦' ¦¦ ¦ I'M- to he tho principal - "' " V- " ' m demand , but fine aud middling qualities aro very < l ' er . f ? , !»« i ' ; , ¦ y ^[ l ol tlle h" «« buyers tune been ¦ ' ' ** uwndurmg the week , but their purchases have l ye houses bwin **» »••*> ' be quoted dull in the " ' < " MAN- citESTEtt . -We are in a most distressed way . V , Uotl market is depressed beyond all former exami' !* - V '"' is without the east appearance -if amendment . To n * To i prices would he absurd-such being impossible , »• ' - ' at ' correctly . ° ' BiiADrom—There is a very slack demand , even t ^ -n t ' state ot trade here , in combing wools . Wools " - ' is »' good sale . In the yam market verv low qualities af ' es ¦' good demand . Stocks iu all descriptions are lig ht , ' ''* ¦ Orleans are much gt-ught after at old prices . IIudoeusviklo . —There is no alteration to report ''• or '' week's market . Trade remains dull . llAUi-AX .-Tllis week ' s market pre * eut * ti « thh" - ' - ' . u > . " - piece and yarn trade that will warrant us in i » at *' : » ,-t '
varying our List report . Uiit-HDAI-E f ' LAN . VEL Mabket . —TIiciv has h « '" ' . ice " market loilay ; but few buyers h-ive attended , W d , ' business transacted has been very limited .
Lyinted By Dol'gal M'Gowax. Of 1*, Great W'L' 1 ^ «'I» Street, Haymarket, In The Citv Of Wesuiiiii-'1'1'- ¦' ≫Tei'. Office, In The Same Street And Parish, Lor '"' R I11'
lYinted by DOl ' GAL M'GOWAX . of 1 * , Great W ' l ' ^ «' i » street , Haymarket , in the Citv of Wesuiiiii- ' ' ' - ¦ ' > tei ' . Office , in the same Street and Parish , lor '" ' r i 11 '
Pnetor, Feahors Otoxnok . Esq.. Uiul L"1...
pnetor , FEAHOrs OTOXNOK . Esq .. uiul l" 11 ,. l ' by William Hewitt , of Xo . Id . Charl es-street , ' reel , don-strect , Walworth , in the palish of St . Mai ' . ' - ; M ••>'" . ington , in the County of Stirrer , - 'it the OlhV- " . - " 'Jiee . - Great Windmill . street , Haymarket , in the City ot " rity o ' minster . Sutur-lsy , January otftlt , ISf " .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 30, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_30011847/page/8/
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