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] in reply to ques . iuua irom * air J , ajs » H 4 K . 1 the _Chancellor of the Exchequer stated _Sbathfe entenuldno ; answer off band as to the daily cost » f the raft-at-ins ; _battue tarn which it was _calculated would be it . it . quired for them _betnesia the 24 th of May and the close ! i of o ( nest _Ikxetntaer was £ ' , « 551 . « 08 . He understood that Ta Tati _* h id _b-en struck , cr wtr .- proposed to be struck , an al all tho _uoi ins where the relief systtiB was In work , but h _; hi h * l no- y _« t _reciived any account that « uch rates hi had bte i levied . . Sir J . _GasaAK-explained his reasons for putting these « j q »« v « a »* . o uae _Ci-jwwiiar « . f the Exchequer . _**' _„ * = « i , n wa , drawing to a close , it was _« ««» ttat _** si shou = d be aware-, ? th-ir position . _**™^ " _*?* l s _Vtaimentrf _tteWttaeeUor of tbeE _^ uer ««*¦» _» _t _eheerhu one The _^^^ J _^^^ m fj _^ 1 _paaredtober . < mred tv _. ialMrniing- He attached great i r _< : u" » uc » . h _j _ _j . _yuck , bat an \ inaporuiiee to _havanjr the rat _^ _" _« « ' , „' _„ . _^ 1 process of _bein-t _actually _levied , _beaore any further ad-* _vaneeshouid be tnade to electoral divisions .
In an _« er to some _observations made by Mr Roebock , blamin- * be naea-ures or the government , and _tboabuses and _wakeful expenditure which bad taken ptace under tbeni . Loti 3 . Russell briefly reviewed the state of society in _Ireland , witu a view to show the abject and helpless _condition of that _couatry when the great calamity of last year fcefel it , and tbe necessity which exi . « te-1 f » r r * snrtinc to extraordinary measures of _n-lief to _m-: et that _calsanity . He was not _prepared to justify all those mcasut * s as the wisest , thai _cstdd have hreai devised . Great abates might have _sprung up under them , but these nbases were much l _^ _ss than w » _u'd have been the
_suff-r-ing , the evils , aad the confusion which they would have _had to apprehend if they had not adopted the _measures in question . There avas now great room to hope for the faurr improvement of Ireland , and this being so , the _ge-erament was justified in _subjecting this country to ex- -ens-: to save Inland from sinking auto a state avhich he conld not contemplate without horror . As to making _further advances except outhe security of rate * an process of being actually levied , tbe government had a discretion to make no advance when the _rates had bteQ struck bat not levied , when it was ascertained that they ¦ wire not levied . n _« re irom want of the m .-ans * o pay them , bstfrona a desire to evade their _pajmsnt . He trusted the house wonld grant the sum now required , pledging himself that the attention of the officers of the government would be given to the correction , as far as possible , of all abases in its _expenditure . Tbe resolution was agreed to , acd reported to the honsa .
The other _ordrrs were then disposed of , and the house _adjourned at half-past one o'clock . TUESDAY ; _JtJHE 1 . HOUSE OF LORDS The honse met at five o ' clock . A _conference was appointed to meet one fr . am the Commons , and to obt . in from them their reasons for cis-. nting from some of the amendments made by their lordship *; in the Poor R lhf ( Ireland ) Bill , and the Landed Property ( Ireland ) Bill ; and upon tbisreportthe Marquis of Lansdowne g £ _Ve notacc that he would on Tnursday move that these reasons he taken into consideration . Tne Factories Sill was read a third time and passed . At a su * _sequent period of tbeeveuing _. Lor * . _AsnBCBTOs complained thai this bail hail been read a third time at so early a period ofthe sitting as to prevent him from offering the opposition to it which he ba < i intended ,
The Marquis of _CLAKSiCAnnE and several other P _< ers exp _aiurd thstit avas not taken until neatly haltpast five , that so undue haste whatever had been practised . Several other Bills were forwarded a stage , and their _lor-iehipt _adjourned . HOUSE OF COUMOXS _- —Lord J . Russell stated in r- ply ta a question from Sar R . Peel , that it was the intention of the government to go on with tbe Irish R-iilavaytaBill . The Eirl of Lisc _* ls moved an _addreit to the Queen , praying her Majesty to take into consideration tbe m . aas by which colonization may be made subsidiary to other _mt-asnres for the improvement ofthe _fOi-ial condition ot Ireland ; and by wbich , consistently with full
regard to the interests of the colonies themselves , the comfort and prosperity of those who emigrate may be effectually promoted . The noble lord argued , at great length , that the Poor Law was inadequate , and that the measures proposed by the government as ami iary to the _Toor Law were _inanlEci nt to find permanent _tmployment and support to the Irish population , He also endearcared to establi-h tbat there was in Ireland a redundance of able-bodied labourer * " , tbat a reduction o ! the number was necessary , and tbat colonization ras the beet means of effecting thisobject . With _regard to his proposal of _colonisation , he had no new plan te lay before tbe house . Our _North American colonies avere ihe chief localities he contemplated for she _reception ef the emigrants _; bnt he recommended the Province of Katal , on the East coast of Africa , as a place peculiarly
suited fur Irish colonists . There were in this province six million acres of fertile lands , it wa 6 unpeopled , the climate was salubrious , and there was abundance of iron and eppcr . Tbe noble lord brought under review ah the schemes ot colonisation which had been of late years _promulgated , and , witcout objecting to any of them , urged upon the government the advisability o' inquiring into all these schemes , and of endeavouring to extract from them some practicable plan . He concluded by declaring that he _intended bis motion to be no party one , bat that he made it with the object of bringing the views of others on tbe _question of _colonisation before the house , and with the hope uf _obtaining tbe appointment of an unpaid commission of three or five eminent and practical men , to determine on the best plan that circumstances will admit ot adopting .
Mr _Hawes accepted the declaration that the metion was no party one , aud complimented tlie _N- > ble Lord for tbe spirit in which he had made bis proposition , leaving it open to members to vote for or against it without any consideration of party . But he objected to tbe motion « n the ground that as the decision of tbe commission would necessarily be delay * , d for some time , it would not operate as any immediate relief to Inland , which was the recommendation urged in its behalf . He also _ebj-cted to the scheme of colonization shadowed out , that by it a diss of able-bodied labourers , who ought to be kept at home , would be taken away , while tbe infirm and the old would be still left e burden upon Ireland . Tbe _adoption of the motion would also put a stop to the emigration at present going un , and to all voluntary efforts . For these reasons Mr Hanes opposed the motion , although , as he * agreed in many of the principles laid down by the Noble Lord , he dad not wish to meetit with a direct negative . In conclusion , he expressed a hope that the Koble Lord would withdraw th « motion .
Mr _Gbeookc supported the motion , and urged the great benefits that Ireland would derive from a large schema of _colonisation . Mr Yekxok Smith did not think the House was at all indebted to the Koble Lord tor the manner in wbich he brought the question before it . After having held such high offices , it was extraordinary that he was not able to state to . the house the views _whia-h he entertained on a subject upon which ha had evidently bestowed much consideration . The Noble Lord had no plan , bat be talked of a large scheme of colonisation in opposition to emigration . The only difference he ( Mr V . Smith ) could _see between colonization and emigration was that " large schemes of colonization '' was a phrase ever used on the Opposition side of the House ; while "little emigration " was the only phrase recognised on tbe Ministerial benches . Unless some distinct scheme should be brought before the House , with a statement of the _expenditure necessary to carry it into execution , he did not think the House conld decide npon the question .
Sir R . Peel thought tbat the speech of Mr V . Smith contained all the arguments which could possibly be adduced against the motion of tie noble lord , and he left it to the house to decide whether or net these arguments constituted an answer to the noble lord ' s speech . The first argument was that parties were compelled to alternate , as they changed sides in tbe house , between colonization and emigration . Bat why did they do this * Simply bi canse tbe public officii were now so overburdened with _business that it wis impossible that those who filled them could properly attend to everything brought uuder their consideration . That was one of
the befit reasons that could be adduced for changing their plan , and for throwing the duty of investigating this important subject on some other parties than the officials at tbe Colonial Office . The right honourable gentlemen then addressed himself to the other points of Mr V . Smith's speech in a mode which elicited a good ieal of merriment In tbe house . He did not see why , because other plan * had failed , tbe House was to anume that no practicable scheme of colonisation conld be devised . But to devise such a scheme , it was essential that the most ample information should be laid before tlie House . To receive this information
it was not necessary to constitute a roving commission , avhich twtuldoccupy along tame in their investigations . The commission could derive prompt and accurate information iu reference to the colonies from parties resident there , which information would aid them in coming to their _coadasious . From all the information sow before the . public it appeared that tbe Irish character was _veil adapted for emigration . He regarded Mr Godlej _' s plan as proposing too sudden and too 7 arge an outlet for the surplus _jtopulatioa of Ireland , It was a proposition which would , therefore , not only injure the colonies , but fail Xo benefit the emigrants , or to relievo those whom they left behind . If , _instead of _transporting twa millions of people at once to Canada , they sent out about 300 , 000 , ind settled tiitm ta ell in their new horn- * , they would do fer snore to benefit Ireland ,
and promote future _ec-igration , tnan oy at once sending siz times thai number across the Atlantic _Ds trust . « 3 tbii Lord John Russell would remember the entire absence of all party feeling avith which the Opposition side of the House had treated all questions during the _presentsessioc , which his Government bad presented to _Parliament and that , if any doubt or want of information now existed as to the subject of _emigration , he would give them ths benefit of that doubt , and consent to the appointment of the com- \ mission demanded . They had ou the _otl . er side of tha- j Atlantic _msgnificent provinces , imperfectly peopled , b « filling which wiih a grateful and energetic population sfary _wouid _n'ldto tac strength of tke country , and leave _taeauelres room for the permanent amelioration of those who remained at homo . Together with this , they had
fa Ireland , tbe most Westerly country ta Europe , aad the stearest to Canada , a vast surplus of _untmplajed people , feat _^{ _aanrwryat heme , Instead _« f , as thej _aaigatda ,
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_enjoylnj comfort and happiness in the colonics . Thisi being the case , was it to a mueh to ask the Government j to gra nt a commission which would inqnire into the I bes t mode of transferring that surplus population from ! the overpeopled to the _underppopled country , especially when the Government would have in its own hands the appointment of that commission ! Thtro was no certainty that the potato crop wonld not fail again fhtsyear _, and what wouldbethecondttionoflralandandtheexpense which would be entailed upon this country , unless _sorre j mode were devised in time of relieving Ireland from the pressure of her enormous pauper population I
Lord J . Rcisbll recapitula ted what had been done by the Government and by Parliament in promoting _cmiuratiou ; and _poaaatval _oaiv aha danger that would arise from leading America and our Xorth American colonics to suppose that we were anxious to get rid of the rubbish of our population , by shipping them off from our own shores , and landing them on the shores of the United States and of Canada . He objected , therefore , tothe _adoption of any proposition which would countenance the notion tbat we were about to set on foot any great scheme of colonisation , for the purpose of relieving ourselves from our redundant population . By one of theplans , chiefly approved by the noble lord who brought forward the motion , it appeared that little benefit would be derived by Ireland , unless within three years two millions of people could be transmitted across the Atlantic . That was an extent of emigration which could not be contemplated without alarm . . With respect to the com .
mission of inquiry , no information avas necessary rela . tive to Ireland , and the proper way of obtaining information f om the colonies would be through our Governand their Councils through the Provincial Assemblies , and _thromth our colonial executive _officers . The proposed commission would doubtless agree to some paper plan cf colonisation . and then leave itto the Government to ask Parliament for the millions that would be requisite to carry it into effect ; but it would be much better tn leave the matter in the hands nf the Government . The Prime Minister clossd has remarks by saying tbat he was not ready to advice the Crown to appoint a commission immediately for the special object named by the noble lord . Mid . in the spirit indicated by Wm , because it would raise extravagant expectat ons ou this side the Atlantic , and _extravagant apprehensions on the othe aather side ; bnt he would consent to the letter ofthe motion , and agree to ihe _address . Mr noPE spoke in support of tho motion .
Mr Home considered that the inquiry ought to be into the system of government that exists in the colonies . If the _colonics were properly governed , the stream of emigration wouid flow en without any interference on the part of this country . After a few remarks from Ur M . 3 . O'Connell and Lord 3 . Manners . Sir Wit-re * Jakes thought that Lord John Russell's speech Rot rid of Lord Lincoln ' s motion by a sido wind . The noble lord had consented tothe words bnt not to the substance of the moiion _, and had thereby greatly _defeafed the object which Lor 4 Lincoln had in view . Mr Scow then _briefly addressed the house , as did also Mr Aglaonby , after which Th - Earl of LiscoL _* * _b-erved that be still adhered to
the opinion which he had expressed , to the effect that the inquiry _sought would he most efficiently prosreuted by a commission . II had , however , no right tc dictate to the noble lord as to the nature of the advice which he should tender to his Sover . ign , any more than he wonld have had to have dictated to him the nomination of the c-jtnmission _. han the noble lord agreed to appoint one . He trusted tbat _rome good would ensue from the inquiry which th ? government was about to institute . The motion was then agreed to without a division . The honse was counted out immediately after this motion was disposed of at on" o'clock . WEDNESDAY , June 2 . HOUSE OF COMUOSS . —The speaker took the chair at 12 o ' clock . Countt Electioks Polls' Bill . —Mr Fbewen moved the second _n-adine of this bill .
Sir G . G & vt concurred in the principle of the measure ; but , under the circumstances of a general election in tho course of the present year , and of the extreme difficulty there would be in arranging in time the extra pollim . ' l laces required by the bill , he could not ass ? nt to its further progress this session . Mr _Fseste . v thought that extra polling places might be fix « d before an election ; but , at the right hon . baronet ' s cUsire , he would withdraw the bill . Bill withdrawn . Jovekile _Offekdebs' Bill . —On the motion ef Sir T . _Paxington . the house went into committee on this bill . Ths Attohset General suggested tbe omission of tbe words giving power to whip juvenile offenders publicly . Sir T . PiKWCTOK consented to omit tho words , and they were expunged _accordingly .
Col T , _Woen _proposed to omit the words giving power to wWp _juveinlo prisoners more _thav- once . Mr Ebcott _objected to the infliction of any whipping at all , nnd would move an amendment to that effect . Mr _Gsfsne intimating that this amendment could not be nude until the report , Mr EscoTTsaid he should divide ths committee against the clanse altogether . Mr Waelev _wss convinced that whipping was a very bad punishment , and tbe sooner it was wholly dlscontia . nenthe " setter . The magistrates of this country w * e not a very _avise and discreet body of men , nor were they _alavays selected on acconnt of their love of justice ; he hail seen _enough of their conduct to tremble at a proposal to place more power in their bands . Such a bill as this ou : ht not to ha ve received any support from the government .
The Attobket-Ceneeai . thought the hon . member ought not to blame the government without first con si . dering what was the present state of the law . A child mtcht now be committed to gaol , stay therefor weeks , and then be tried as a felon , and sentenced to be onre , twice , or tbrice , whipped . The qnestion was , whether _, having a defective mode of punishment at present , Parliament ought , in altering the tribunal , to disarm it of the power of sentencing a child to be privately whipped instead of imprisoned , tbe whipping being under the control of the superintending justices , andrcgnlated by the rules of tbe pri-on . It should be remembered , too . that the present bill was not to apply to cases where ( he young person charged " objected to the case being summarily disposed of * ' under these provisions .
Lord _SiSDoK thought tho power to sentence to a whipping was exceedingly important , even far the interests of the poor themselves . Why should a boy , taken up for stealing a few apples , be sent to prison for several weeks to be then _direharged , mined in character ! A good wholesome thrashing would be infinitely better for him . ( Ala gh . ) It was _useles to try reformatory dis cipline for less than several axonths , and how could any one stand np for a long sentence of imprisonment for boyish offences , which were often brought before a magistrate in too serious a manner ?
Mr Wauev wondered why , if the noble lord thought the lash so good for boys , he did not propose it also as 8 _puniahment for nen . Did not he believe that a boy felt a blow as much as n min ? It was a thing tbat a boy never forgot . He _IMt Wakley ) would say , "don _' _tavhip , but educate . " Flagging was altogether an improper species of of _pnrishoacnt , and the power of inflicting it ought not to be in the hands of the magistrates . Every time a boy was flogged , he became worse than he was before ; It nourished bim in a bad , revengeful disposition . Lord Sa . vdo . v dented that the punishment of Hogging was the same to boys as to men ; by men it was felt to be a degradation—by hoys it was not . How would the hon . member p ropose to punish boys for trilling offences ? Mr Addeblii remarked , that tho question avas not settled by saying , " Don ' t whip , but educate , " for whipping was a part of education .
Mr Dcgdale remarked that the hon . member for Finsbury himself maile out tbat whipping was an effective punishment , for he said a boy would recollect it as loog as he lived . Mr Waklev dad not tee that any advantage came of his recollecting it —( a laugh)—and as to whip ping being a part of education , he ( Mr WakU-y } preferrcd an education tbat dealt with bead rather than tail , ne knew an instance lately where a poacher ' s ton was subjected by a magistrate to great severity , in
the opinion of tbe son , because bis father was a poacher ; and he ( Mr Wakley ) could not consent to giving a large discretionary \ iower to _magistrates , however excellent they might be . He was not for long imprisonments , but with the present system he hardly knew what to propose . We wanted not merely good laws , but a better mode of administering them . I n our courts of law justice seemed to be denied under cei tain circumstances ; and feelings were iu operation there which , in bis opinion , wero most prejudicial to focicty . The committee then divided ; the numbers
wero—For the amendment ... a Against it -: SB Majority —48 Mr _Bodsiit baring condemned the _pofer given by tbe clause of substituting a fine for flogging in certain cases , the committee again divided upon the original proposition , which was carried by a majority of three , _tbenumbtirs ocing 30 to ' 27 , after which the rcmrduing clauses were agreed to . _Fooa 4 KB _Hiohwai Rates Exemption Bat . —Mr P . _Soaore _, in moving the second reading of tbe bill , said that its object ' was to exempt occupiers of tenements below a certain value from the pay nent of poor and _highvaay rates . The principle of thu measure was already sanctioned by the legislature , fer the exemption ef poor persons applied to all direct personal taxation . Tbe house-tax , whilst it continued , was not applied to houses wbich were rented below £ 5 , aad houses which did not
_posssss a certain number of windows were exempted from the window-tax . The same principle governed the exetuptionfromthe payment of property-tax of all persons whose incomes were _under £ 1-50 a-jear . The prfuciple of exemption ran through all the items of direct taxation ; and it was but reasonable that it should be appl cd to _loawl as well as general taxation . The principle , indeed , was recognized with respuct to local taxation , and all he wished was to vary the mode of _appljing It . The 43 rd of Elizabeth professed to rate percouB according to their ability to pay . and took as a rude standard nf tfc « t ability the value of holdings , Owing to tbe Difficulty u _ticudant upon the collection of rates from poor pi-rums ithad been found expedient to exempt ilium from the payment of poor and other local ratm by rhetlth of George III ., eap . 170 . Under that act a largo aunahcr of tha pooiee chases and a large mass of pioporty also _< -vcr << _eataapted from tbe _paymsat of rates . Hut tho mode of
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affording this relief was _objrotaonable , because It was attended with considerable trouble and expense . _Thtra _* was always a large number of persons on the very lino of demarcation with respect to whom it was doubtful whether they om : ht to be exempted from the _payment of rates or not . Between these persons nnd tho overseers and the churchwardens a _strogglo took place annually , orrather quarterly . Poor persons appealed to the mag istrates at petty sessions , and their cases were heard at lenRth , to the great loss ol time of the magistrates , and overseers , and churchwardens , whilst the parochial officers had to sustain , in addition , a pecuniary loss of 5 * . or 10 s . for costs incurred in attempting to recover 2 _j . The magistrates were frequently puztled as to the amine which they ought to take uuder such _circaimstnnce * , i ' or
nothing could be more indefinite than tbe plea of poverty —nothing more difficult to decide * upon . All the pre sent bill proposed was to carry out ths principle of exempting poor persons from the payment of rater in a more simple manner than the existiuK law did , and that object would be effected by making ths extmption depend upon the value ofthe occupation . The value of the occupation was the principle upon which rates avere collected ; it ought to be tha principle on which rates should be excused . It might be said that the establishment of a definite rule of valuta would caus _>* the exemption of a large mass of property , bnt of what would that property consist ? Of the dwellings of poor personB . The house need not be reminded that tho property of several rich classes of the community was exempted from local taxation , as , for instance , minerals , stock in trade , nnd the funds , amounting In value to huhdreds upon hundreds of millions . Under the present
imperfect system , property to a considerable extent wai > already exumpted . The provisions of tho bill avould not probably carry the exemption further , but would put it on a clear and Intelligible ground . In Liverpool , out of 40 , 000 houses , 32 . 000 wero exempted from the _payment of rates . Practically , all the houses in Liverpool runted at less than £ 13 a-year wero exempted . On « result which might be anticipated from the passing ofthe bill would be the building of a better description of houses for the habitations of the poor . The number of cottage residences was not increasing * the consequence was , there crowded stale produced great evils ; adults of both sexes were obliged to sleep in the same _roomfnmilles that required two rooms having but one . And there was a strong prejudice among those who had not reflected on the moral misery occasioned by this state of things against partieB building this class of _housi-s ; they thought they were to bo discouraged rather than otherwise .
Sir G . Gun quite concurred in tbe necessity of Improving the accommodation of the poor ; hut Mr Scrr . pe had not convinced him that his bill would accomdlish tbat object . The hon . gentleman bad alluded to the de . crease in the amount of house accommodation ; but he believed it anight be attributed to causes connected avith the general law of settlement . The _b'll would not remedy tho indisposition to build that was sta ed to exist the measure applied to towns as well as to the country ; and the hon . gentlemen had not fixed what should be thu maximum of exemption in the towns . The eff _< ct of the measure , if passed , would bo to given direct premium to building the lowest class of houses ; he apprehended that must _ba the result . Qreat uncertainty must always attend the valuation of houses not liable to be rated to the poor . The only test was the rent actually paid , or !
the amount that might be paid as fixed by a survejor . By this bill those houses were not permitted to be ratedat all . Another source of uncertainty was created by tbe fact that a house fetching £ 6 a-year in some country town might cost double the sum in Manchester . For these reasons he should not wish the bill to rec . ivethe sanction ofthe house . Ho was not prepared to say the _laav of rating was in a satisfactory state , or that abuses did not spring from it ; the _wholo subject was one , th . it deserved consideration . He hoped the same course would be taken with respect to this bill as with the measure proposed by Mr Waddington in the early part of the session . Somo clauses ofthe meiuure might , perhaps , have been altered iu committe ; but he had such strong objections to tbe avbole bill tbat he must move it be read a second time tbat day six months .
Mr Wakley gave , the hon . member for Stroud credit for the best motives , but feared tbe bill would not accomplish what ho desired . In the first place , he thought , with Sir 6 . Grey , that it would lead to the _buildiuK of the very worst class of _houecB , for which the poor would have to pay at a higher rate than at present . Be was sure tho bill would not imprave these dwellings or reduce their rents ; he doubted if any direct legislation could do so . It was undeniable that the poor puld proportionably higher rents for their houses thunthi . rich ; but the hon . gentleman legislated as if these habitations
belonged to the poor tlumselveB ( hear , hear ); they were not their property , but generally that of tbe me * t wealthy persons in the neighbourhood , who laid out large sums in building houses for the poor , and then screwed the rents up to the highest point . He objected to malting the tenants punishable if the drainage of the _lieiglibottr hood was in a bad state ; it was not in their poaverto alter it ; such a system of legislation avaB not sound . He hoped tbe bill would be withdrawn ; but the object was a most important one , and ought to be taken into consideration by the government .
Colonel T . Wood said " the effect of _eximptingsuch tenements in Coventry bad been this—many persons had built a very inferior _cIusb of houses , in the worst iKanntr , and , not satisfied with a return of V 2 _% or 13 per cent ., charged an additional Id or 2 d aweek for them , because they were exempted from the Poor Rate ; he stated this from the evidence given by Mr Gulson to tbe Committee on the Law of Settlement , Mr P Schope having briefly replied , The bill was withdrawn . The house adjourned at half-past three o ' clock _.
THURSDAY , June 3 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Oa the _mmioB of Lord Camp _, hill five bills for improving the mode of _tram-ftr and conveyance of land in Scotland were read a second tame , Tbe Clergy Offences Bill , and Improvement of Towns Clauses Bill , went through committee , The Poor Law Removal ( England and Scotland ) Bill , and the Poor Relief _SupeniBioa ( Ireland ) Bill , after some discussion , were reada second time ; and the Commons Amcndmt-nt upon the Lords Amendments to the PoorRelitf ( Ireland ) , and theLanded Property ( Ireland ) Bills , after an explanatory speech from Lord Monteagle , were agreed to . On the motion of the Marquik of Lansdowne , a select committee was appointed to consider whether it is expedient that any measures should be adopted for s . us . pending further proceedings in all or any of the railroad bills in the present session .
HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Sir G . Gket , in an elaborate speech illustrative of the evils consequent upon the past system of transportation , aad the good _results arising from the reformatory principle more recently adopted , moved the committal of the Prisons and Custody of Offenders Bills . Lord Uaiiow protested against the change proposed to be made by the Government , which , though founded on benevolent intentions , he considered uncalled for and dangerous . 8 ir W . _Mc-leswobth contended tbat transportation , under every shape , and wherever tried had proved a bad system of punishment , and therefore that it ought to be _abolished , Mr G . Basses opposed the Bill . On tbe motion of Mr Ewaxt the debate was adjourned , Sir G . Gbet obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the Acts for the establishment of Public Baths and _Washbouses .
Several bills were advanced a stage , and the House adjourned at a quarter to one ' FRIDAY , Jons 4 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —A conversation took place on the subject of the blockade in the _Deuro , and with respect to British interference , but without leading to any result . Lord _Mooteacle brought forward has motion for a Select Committee to inquire into the expediency of applying emigration , on an extended scale , to Ireland . After along debate , the motion avas agreed to Earl Grey expressing hit belief that such au inquiry would tend to disabuse the public mind of many erroneous impressions respecting the benefits likely to flow from a Government system of emigration .
HOUSE OF COMMONS . _—Poituoal . — A _convcrsation took place on tho affairs of Portugal , Mr IIdue ' s motion in ' referencc to British interference , at its c ! o » e , being definitely fixed for Thursday next . Subsequently Mr B . _OsBoBNEgave notice of his intention , if the motion was not brought on on Monday next , as originally intended , to move a resolution tbat it is hostile to tbe liberties of Europe , and contrary to the uniform policy ofthe British government , to enter Into any convention or treaty with any foreign poaver having for its object tbe maintenance of any particular dynasty in Portugal , or tho suppression of popular opinion by force of arms , ? Lord _PaLMrbston said tho papers would prove that tho object of the British government was , not to establish despotic _government in Portugal , but to secure to ths Portogur _86 people all the privileges whieh the constitution and tho charter of Don Pedro had conferred on them .
Loax Discount Dill . —Ou the third reading of tho Loan Discount Bill , Lord O . Bentinck intimated his intention , but without fixing a time , of proposing a measure for the limitation or repeal of tho Bank Chnrter _ActoflSH . The Bill was then read a third time and passed . ' Prisons Bill . —The adjourned debate ou the Prisons Bill avas resumed by Mr Ewast , who supported the _Gou'rameut scheme with respect to transportation _. Sir J . _Pakinoton denied that any case had heen made out hy the Government for abandoning _transportation as a punishment . Mr _Ilcite considered the whole scheme crude , and impossible to be carried into operation . Because abases _hadgrowu up in tho working of the system of transportation , that was no reason why it should nil n ' t once be abandoned .
Mr Hawks defended the plan of commuted punishment propounded by the Homo Secretary . On tho motion of Mr Nkwoegate the debate was again adjourned to Monday . The other orders of tho day wore disponed of , and the House adjourned _.
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WESTMIN 9 TJ 2 R ..-. TnB Assault on the Police . — Theptisoners , John Gorman , Dennis Goiman , James Coffee , John Gilbert and Catherine Gorman , the mother of the two male prisoners of that name , were finally examined , charged with a series of the most _despsrate assaults upon the police , who had been called upon to lake some ofthe accused _iato custody for ill-treating a man ; and Ellen Gorman was charged with attempting to rescue one of the prisoners . The details appeared in the Northern Star of last week . Mr Broderip observing some indifference us to avhat became of himself , on the part of * n a of the defendants , observed that he was going to he tried for an offence which might affect bis life . The five first-named prisoners were then committed to Newgate for feloniously assaulting and wounding the officers _, and Ellen Gorman , who was merely proved to have tried to rescue her husband , was held to bail .
CLEBKENWELL . _—ErrECTs of _Dhcnkenness—Mr Smart , a respectable tradesman , residing at 04 , Juddstrcet , Brunswick . square , _cha'ged _hisjwife with threatening his life . The unfortunate defendant , tbe wreck of a beautiful woman , was assisted in _thcpriioncr ' _s box , her emaciated frame sinking in a most alarming and painful manner . Her husband stated that for many years ho had been married to the accused , who hnd borne lum a large family , seven of whom are still livivg . Sho hnd deserted her home fir intoxicating liquors frequently , and he had as often fon ? iven her , _notwithstanding he was at tbe same time in danger of his life . On the preceding day , whilst inebriated , she made nn attack on him , threatening to do him a serious injury ; and tor the safety , and also for the protection of himself and children , he . had reluctantly given her into custody . The magistrate tasked the defendant If she wished tn make any remark . She looked imploringly at her _husbnnd , and exclaimed ,
" Oh _forgive me , and henceforward I will never take spirituous liquors ! " Mr Mallett ( the clerk)—You have frequently made a similar promise ; Defendant—But this time—the last time—I solemnly swear tbat I will reform—that henceforward no one shall have occasion to find fault with me , Mr _Tyrrwhit- Have you any complaint against your husbnnd ! Defendant ( lifting up her hinds )—Complaint ! Oh , no ! he is the best of husbands ; and how awful that I should thus disgrace him , and myself , and poor children ! " But , " added the wretchod creature , looking at her husband . " Will you once _nfjsln receive me beneath your roof ! Will you bless me with a home again , that I may have an opportunity to be grateful to yeu , and to bless you and my poor children 1 " ( She sobbed loudly , and seemingly fervently ) . Complainant ( crying )—I will forgive you , and forget all if you do _^ as you say , The melancholy scene closed by the complainant leading away the miserable , but , it is to be boned , peniti nt wife .
SOUTnWARK . _—Attemft to Poisona Motbeb and Child bv a Son . —II . A . _Fitzj-tmes , a boy between 11 and 12 years of age , was charged with attempting to poUonhis mother , and her infant of three months old . Ann _Fitzjames stated that she was the wife of a traveller now abroad . On Sunday morning she had coff : e for breakfast , and about half an hour after partaking of it she became violently ill . She took copious draughts of hot water , and became better . She afterwards made somo Inquiries about the coffee of her _daughter , a little girl , nnd from hor she heard that her son , the boy at tho bar , had thrown a quantity of precipitate powder into the jug which contained tbe waterwith which she made coffee for breakfast , and that it caused her illness . Mr Cottinghara : Can you tell the reason why he attempted
such a wicked act—hnd you chastised him , or given him any cause to be provoked with you ?—Mrs _Fiiyames : None fhat I am aware of—he has certainly bein a bad boy , and has , on different occasions , abstracted money and other " property . Mrs _Fitijawes manifested great disinclination to disclose all the circumstances , and Inspector _Hornsby was sworn , and said that Mrs _Fitzjameg _, when giving the boy into custody , mentioned that the boy had attempted to poison bis master ; and her infant , of three months old , was then in a dying state , from precipitate powder and broken glass , which the boy had mixed up in its food . Mrs _Fitxjames was re examined , and said , that about five weeks ago she detected a powder , resembling Ihe srsenie , in tbe water she was about to use ; that she did not take the water
to a chemist to have it _analyzed , under the _apprehension that it would get the boy iu trouble , it being such a dreadful thing for a mother to accuse her son of an attempt to _poi-on her . On that occasion , when she questioned the boy , he admitted that he had mixed arsenic In the water , adding that a casual pauper , named Jones , gave it to him , telling him that if his mother swallowed it , it would kill her , and that then he would have all her money . On that occasion she was exceedingly ill , having drank a small portion of tbe water ; she avent to a medical man , but did not declare to him ber apprehensions about being poisoned . She never saw the man Jones . Mr Cottingbam , then addressing the prisoner , who cried the greater portion of the examination , asked him what he bad to say relative to the charge .
Prisoner—I never put arsenic or precipitate powder in the coffee or water . Jones wanted me to give my mother poison to kill her , that I might get her property , but I told him I wonld not . Mr Cottingham—How long have you known Jones' ? Prisoner—Since Christmae ; I met him ia the Borough Market , after I ran aavoy from my master . Tbe next time I saw Jones be proposed that I should kill my mother , and said that he had poison to give mo to do it . He showed me a powder , saying it avas arsenic , but I refused to accept of at . In reply to Mr Cottingham , Mrs Fitzjames said that she threw away the coffee-grounds ; that she kept no precipitate powder , arsenic , er anything _olso of a poisonous nature in her bouse ; tbat she remembered several months ago
sending out tbe prisoner for a pennyworth of precipitate powder , the greater portion which was used for her children ' s beads , but she did not know where he purchased it . Her infant was very bad that morning , and not expected to live . She had not mentioned to tho doctor who attended it about the precipitate powder or glass suspected to have caused its illness , und _> r the fear ot the consequences to her other child ( the prisoner ) . Mr Cotiingbam said thai the case at present was involved in mystery , but he did not believe one word of the boy ' s assertion avith regard to being advised by o man named Jones to poiion his own mother . The prisoner was remanded for a werk . He sobbed aloud on hearing that he was going to be sent to prison , and when he was removed from the bar .
LAMBETH . —Enoch Redmond , the driver of one of Jones ' s . Dulwich omnibuses , No . 1 , 467 ond badge i ! 9 , nppearcd before the Mag ' ntrate to answer to a charge of carrying a greater number of passengers than the laav _permits . A gentleman named Denning , said that on the night named in the summons , he avas returning from Dulwich , and the weather being excessively hot , he com . plained to the defendant about his patting too many persons into the vehicle , but he took no notice of hit remonstrance , and ultimately had no less than 18 persons lusadc , W of whom were full-grown , five whose ages ranged from 11 to H _ycar 6 , and one a child in arms . The def- ndant pleaded guilty in the offence , and the Complainant finding ho had done so , recommended him to th . e nierci u ! consideration ofthe Court . Mr Elliott observed that _thcofiVnce complained of , In such weather as that of the last week , was a very _ecrious one , but in consideration of the complainant ' s recommendation , he should mitigate the penalty to 10 s . and _costs _, or ten days ' imprisonment _.
GREENWICH . —Tne _Tolice Again Police-constable Thomas _Coodivell , 300 R _, avas charged with assaulting Maria Brown —Mrs Brown was returning borne in the night of Sunday Inst , when the defendant came up to her , and asked why sho was out so late . He followed her to _Mnjor ' _s-court , Church-street , where she resided avith her husband , and followed her into tho _passage , She told him if ho did not go she would throw some avater over him , avhich she did . Witness then went to tho door , and ordered him away- Defendant struck her on the forehead , knocked her down , and knelt upon her . She called out" murder . " A-gentleman , who was
passing , picked her up , when another police constable enme u j . The _defendant seized her , put his foot against tho door , and got in , and threatened to take her into _ctutody to the station-house . The defendant admitted folloiving her home , believing that some improper conduct was going on in the house . A slight altercation had taken place about serving a summons ou another party . Mr Traill said the defendant hud exceeded his duty by going into the house , even if nothing further had occurred . He should , however , remand tho final hearing of the caso in order to make strict inquiries into the avhole transaction .
GUILDHALL . —OMNirns _Ncisance . —Georgo Haavkins , omnibus conductor , No . 0 G 3 , was summoned before _A'derman Johnson , _bj Alfred Winch , driver of an omnibus , for using abusive language to him . Mr Lewis for complainant , said his client required protection far the future against tho provoking course pursued by the defendant . The complainant stated that as be was driving through _Fleet-street , tbe omnibus- before him of which tbe defendant was theconductor _. stopped suddenly , and complainant nearly drove into it . Ho happily did no mischief , The defendant , however , began to abuse him very coarsely , beginning avith " why did not you drive it , you —— , " and tolling him he av . _tB a bastard , nnd could not tell who bis father or mother was , The defendant kopt up with him round St Paul ' s and through Cheapside , using insulting gestures and course language . The . defendant urged that the _^ _complainant " was the aggressor in driving up too close , aud in also running against one of his horses , and making grimaces at him .
Mv Lewis asked the complainant if they avere competing omnibuses . Tho complainant said they were on the sumo line of road only as far ns tho Bunk , where the defendant turne ! off for Hackney , Mr Alderman Johnsou said he cured not aaho avas originally in fault , or what damage the complainant had done . He might have been summoned for any misconduct . Ladies frequently rode in omnibuses , and it was his duty to protoet the public from the _nunoyunce of hewing such _laugusge as the defendant hud usee , lie should pass such n judgment ou the defendant as would put hiin on hit guurd fur the future , nnd ho ordered him to pay a fine of £ S , or he committed to hard labour for one month , He begged him to mitigate the line , as his mother was lying de . < _id , and ho eould scarcely raise the money to bury her . Mr Alderman Johnson said ho wiBhed to check a gre . it nuisance , and ho could not niter the fino , tie _iiko bound the dcfoou _' -aait to be of good behaviour for six mouths . The defendant paid thefino .
WORSHIP STREET .- _» ExTB Aot . DiHAiiT Incident .-Serjeant Price of tho II division , attended hef _. _u-a Mr _jjroughton , to request his _advice how to proceed under lha following my » t « _i-lous circa'Mn » jmces" . —The Serjeant stared that _alwut one o ' _eJtek on the moeniug of Monday
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lastlou . 1 cries of " police , " nnd " murder , "were heard from one of the howies In Flower and Dean-street , 8 _pitalfields , and the policeman on duty , on reaching the spot , discovered a man lying on the pavement , bleeding profusely from several sevare wounds about the head and face , and apparently insensible . He was immediately conveyed to the London Hospital , where It was ascertained tbat , in addition to several serious wounds nnd lacerations , his thigh and one of bis knee caps had been fractured . He was pronounced by the surgeon to be in a _stato of considerable danger . Having afterwards proceeded to the bouie to _rrquest an explanation of the circumstances , he was informed by the inmates that the mnn , whose name wus Michael Sweeney , had only lodged there that nil- * ht , and that either under the influence of
somi _ambulism , or some _etrnnge mental hallucination , he suddenly sprung out of bed and flnng himself _through the window into the street . Late in ihe afternoon the policeman _rcd-ived a hasty _snmmons to attend the hocpital , ns the injured man was anxious to make a _st-itcmenf , which was taken down The man stated that he hud arrived on Sunday afternoon from Cork , and having been recommended to the ahove house to procure a night ' s lodging , he undressed himself and went to bed in an apnrtment on the second floor , and was jast falling to sleep when four men entered avith a light , one of whom lay down upoa an adjoining be 1 , but shortly afterwards got up again , and said to his companion * , "I think he has got' rhino ' about him , and now ' s the time to cut his throat , " _Foeling _satisfied it waa their intention to mnrder
him , he jumped out of hed and made for the door ; but finding it ) ock < d , he fell down upon his knees and implored them to _spiire his life . They paid no attention to his entreaties , hut blew out tin- 'light , and he _mede his way to tho window , and raised the cry of * police , " when one ef them called out , " Don't let him escape . " and they were about fo seize him when he _succeeded by a desperate effort in forcing himself out , and fell headlong into the street . The Serjeant added that the mnn seemed to he perfectly calm and collected when he made this statement , and expressed his readiness to verify it upon oath , hut as the extraordinary nuture ofthe circumstances appeared to reqnire further Invest gation , the applicant K-turned lo tbe house , where he saw two or three men , apparently tramps , who admitted haring slept in tbe
same room with Sweeney , and stated that they avere aroused at midnight by a cry of terror from their felloavlodger , who exclaimed , " For God ' s sake don't murder me ; " and before they had . time to interpose he jumped out of bed , and rushing to the window , precipitated himself Into the street . As all the parties positively denied having molested or Interfered with ihe man in any way , he ( the Serjeant ) did not feel justified in taking them into custody upon so serious a charge until he brought the matter under the notice of the bench , and obtained explicit instructions on the subject . Patrick- Cronin , a shoemaker , and brother-in _. larr of Sweeney , a « sured the magistrate that , from bis knowledge of the man '; character , and the composed and earnest mariner iu which he
made the declaration , he was himself fully impressed ' with the belief that he had been really assailed , nnd trusted that the perpetrators of such an outrage would be brought to justice . A certificate from Mr Nash , the house-surgeon of the hospital , avas put in , describing the nature of the man ' s injuries , and stating tha this life was at present in danger . Mr B rough ton said that in tbe present state ef the case it was impossible to arrive at any satisfactory conclusion respecting the real origin of each a singular occurrence , and he should , therefore , leave the matter in the hands ofTho _pulicn to prosecute further inquiries , and adopt such steps as mignt appear warrauted by the result of their investigation , and he requested that the Serjeant would give him timely notico ot any serious alteration in the man ' s condition .
MABLBOROUGH-STREET . —The Case or the Hon Hinry AnuNDEL . —A solicitor and a gentleman , understood to be the uncle ofthe Hon . _HcnryjjArundel , who was lately fined , £ fifor an _indecrntss . _'nuhujion an Italian boy , and . In addition , sent to prison for a month for an assault iipon a pnlice constable _entered the court on Tuesday , and mentioned to Mr Hardwick that an application bad been made to Sir George Grey the Secretary for the HomeDepartmcnt , for a commutation of the sentence of imprisonment on tbe Hon . Henry Arundel , and that this application was now uuder consideration . Tbe solicitor also wished to know how it happened that the circumstance of the apprehension of Mr Arundel became-known ton certain individual who made his appenranco in court , ond took an active part in attempting to procure an alteration of the sentence on Mr Arundel . Mr Hardavick said he could give no information on that point . The police must be applied to . Mr Hardavick , said the public , and ,
indeed , persons connected with the law , who might besupposod to know better , exhibited remarkable ignorance with respect to the powers vested by law in magistrates in cases of assault . In all cases of common assault , hoavceer outrageous an characttr , or however respectable the station of the secured , a magistrate was prohibited from inflicting a penalty higher than £ 5 How as this penalty was found to be totally inadequate to repress the _tasto for such outrages on police constables , _thelawavna altered , and a m . _igististe had power given to him to substitute a limited imprisonment for a fine . The exercise of this power had been found to produce salutary results , and at was _sencaslly resorted to by mrgistratcs , and this wns the reason nby . be bad inflicted this punishment on Mr Arundel . Magistrates avere fr-qurntiy abused and vilified , and had all sorts ot imputations cast on them because they had not gone beyond thclan-in cases of outrage , and inflicted a punishment that the law did not permit . Tbe applicants , after some further conversation , left the court .
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_ajajtis , _* c , TnE Season . —1 ' bospect of the _Caors . —The account contained in the provincial papers from all quarters of the country coincide in describing the prospect of the harvest as most favourable , and the effects ofthe present geueal weather as most beneficial , The crops are everywhere looking _remaa-kably fine , aaid no doubt appears a 6 yet to be entertained of nn early and abundant lmrvest . il Review ok tub British Cob . v Tjuwj . —One of those sudden changes which under peculiar circumstances are not unfrequent in the grain trade has token place . Up to the commencement of May tho spring avas cold and unKcnial ; and as the _autumn-soavn crops avere supposed to have been previously more or less injured by the extreme severity of tho winter , the most gloomy forebodings respecting the probable result of the next harvest were entertained . The uneasiness on this score was heightened
by the " state of the stocks in granary , by the belief that tlie quantity in the hands ofthe _growers avas likewise very short , and the daily exports on an extensive scale from this country to France aud other continental states . There was , consequently , nothing extraordinary in the vapid rise which occurred in prices ; indeed for several weeks in succession the 6 up"lics proved inadequate to meet the homo and foreign demand , and holders were cituhted , to obtain almost any price they chose to ask . At first the beneficial change whieh took place in the aveathcr produced little or no effect , hut the vronderful improvement avhich avas gradually being avorked in the groaving crops soon bognu to operate , and in districts where scarcely any com was before supposed to be left the supplies increased , at the same time arrivals from the Baltic began to drop in atseveral of the principal ports ; whilst buyers contracted their operations in proportion as sellers manifested anxiety to realise , until business has come to a
complete stand . Daring arrived at this point , it may , perhaps , not b - amiss to examine a litt ' c into the real state of the i _* asc , and endeavour to ascertain in _hoiv fav our position is Actually changed for the better . The chief , if not the only alteration in our favour , appears to us to be that the harvest , avliich threatened to be a a _* ery late one , may now be reasonably calculated to commence as early as in average years ; _lvhilst there is nothing about the aspect ofthe crops to give rise to any fear as to tho probable yield . This is certainly an immense point gained , as are are likely to have the new crop ready for consumption three avceks earlier than avas supposed would be the case , avhich will make : i groat difference iu the quantity required to he imported . The cessation of exportation to the continent has , besides , done away avith an extra train on our stocks ; and the reaction in prices thus far
appears , therefore , avarranted by circumstances . There is , however , sonae danger that the fall may continue too long . Wt say danger , for iu that case the demand from foreign countries avould probably revive ; and if prices here avere to recede below the level of the continental countries where scarcity prevails , a portion of the supply originally intended for Great _Britain avould bo sure to be diverted ' from us to thoso states , avhich might prove a serious inconvenience , iu case anything _untoivards should occur to render tho harvest lees fuvournblc than is now expeeted . The fall in the ralue of v > heat from thu highest point , taking one market avith the other , _cannor be estimated at less than 15 s per qr . to this time ( Saturday , ' . 9 th May ;) and there is every appearance of prices going considerably lower ; hut avhen once the loavest point shall have been roachrd , ave are like-y to have an extensive demand , —Mark-lane Express ,
ANOTHER GREAT FALL IN PRICES ! Mask Lane , Monday , May 31 . —Fresh up this day from Essex , Kent , Cambridgeshire , as well as from all other quarters , the arrivals of wheat avere unusually small , but the quality was very good . Notivithstanding the show of samples avas limited . The demand for all descriptions , maing to the absence ofthe principal dealers , the unwillingness on the part of the millers to get into stock at the present high rat -s _. and the prevailing fine weather for the groaving crops , avas excessively heavy—indeed , " a complete panic took plane in the trade "—and the quotations _sutfered to decline in those _obtained on Monday last of from "ten to twelve shillings per qr ., " and at which amount of _depvassum next to nothing was _doiiiR , at lean a moiety ofthe supply _rcnuiiiiug uiwolal at the close of the market . There avas a very slow sale for bean * , at Is to as per or less money . J ' In peas , next to nothing was doing , and al ! kinds were Is to 2 s per or . lower .
No transactions avere reported in Indian corn , athieh must be called 2 s to 3 s beneath late rates . The flour truth ! _aras very dull , . it a fall of iis per suck , and Is to 5 s j cr barrel . British Wheat * . Kent . Essex , and Suffolk , old red 80 s to Sis , new red 84 s to 88 s , old white _ois to 96 s new ditto Sf ! _s to 95 s , Norfolk and Lincoln old red fits to S 8 s , old white 90 s _tollJs . —Ityc (< Ss to 6 us . —Barley : grinding 48 s to 50 s , distilling bis to 6 ! s , malting 33 s to _h'Os . —Malt : firman 68 s to 70 _s =, pale 75 sto 7 iis , Suffolk and Norfolk Vis to 76 s . — lleans : Tick 4 Ss to 5 ls , pigeon 55 s to COS . — HaiToav near 31 s to S 3 s . —Peas * . white 0 t ) s to tils , grey and aspic _otls to Gls . —Oats : English feed !! 2 s to Eds , lVdan 33 to 35 b , Scotch feed _SSs to 40 s , Totnfoe Ms to U Irish , Limerick , and _Jewry 31 s to _IMs _, Cork and Yougha bhek _ais t ; _5 _J ! . —Flour : Town made 70 s to 73 s , Essex and Kent _Ofls to GSs , Norfolk and stnrktoo 05 s to 60 s _p-. i _* 2 a 0 lbs . Foksion . _—l-Vet _& Whwtt : _Dannie iind _KoilijrMii'bf * Ms < 0 95 a , M « ckl « tauurg 8 'is to SSs , _llUfiSiitn 70 s to SllS . --Barley : grinding 18 s to Ms , matting 01 _e to 57 . —Beans : _ti-typfian IDs to I ' Js , Mediterranean iis to 43 s . —Outs : Russian ' Ait . to 3 !> s , _MeoUlcubm _^ _f ' . _' s to 2 is per qr . —American flour 40 s t * a _H 58 per IlKilbs .
Wednesday , June v . —Although the acruunts relative to the growing crops arc very favourable , _vuthov wove firmness was manifested on tho part of ths holders of wheat of hows _produoaa , tho _jajico" of whieh were steadily sup .
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ported . In foreign avheat comparatively little k . was doing . yet avc can notico no alteration in yal . ? U 8 _mey Mark Lane , June 4 -A very moderate simp ] , " ' _>„ lish wheat has arrived hither coastwise as _wc-Um ii * carriage and sample since Monday . Owing toth * favourable accounts avliich continue to reach u « 1 ""'' J to the growing crops , and the steady imports Jr •* grain , the firmness noticed in the demand on W . ' d gQ was not observed today ; in fact , the trade _*»•!? J sivc-ly heavy , and to havo effected sales a _trifi-no n i _" ' tion in value must have been submitted to bv the iinhi In foreign avlieat , the imports of avhich this _weoWh " been about 10 , 000 quarters , exceedingly little was Join T " late rates . n 8 * t _Richmond ( Yorkshirk . ) May 20 . —lYe had a verv .. . » supply of wheat in our Market to-day , yet the _s-iVii - dull . Wheat sold from lis fid to 13 s Od ; oats ' _£ « D 5 s ; barley , 5 s 3 d to Cs 3 d ; beans 7 s to 6 s , per bml . _^' _Livsarw _* .. Tuesday . June I . —This morniii" - there a thin attendance of the country triide an _} good _sl- _^ _' , samples of all kind « _* of grain , flour , _.. tc . The trans act _^ in wheat were very limited at a decline of Gd per 7 _uit _,, prices of this day aveek , being 2 d lower than on _Fri-i _" _I'lourmetn moderate retail salu at IDs and 41 s _fln-OP _" 42 s for Baltimore and I ' _hilndeiphin _, and at 42 s ( id tn i _' l ! per barrel _* _" _*
Liverpool , Wednesday . —The corn markpt ava s cor ¦ _derably firmer ; _chi-fly owing to the accounts _ft-lf " America , and to the sinallness of tlie arrivals . The weather continues to he magniHcant . nnd the cr < in this neighbourhood are all that could be wished , "n _? heat nnd dryness live favourable to the wheat , and hi tlieP |! they have done no injury to the Spring corn _.-JUm-B Times , Thursday . ™
CATTLE , . tc . SHimriELD , Monday , May 3 ! .-There were on sale hew about 300 oxen and cows , 900 sheep and Iambs , and _S calves from Holland , Germany , and Russia . As th , quality of this stock avas not tosiiy good , tho sale _»« comparatively speaking , heavy at lato rates . l \ m _, „ ' own grazing districts the arrivals of he . ists fresh un thii morning avere seasonably good , but the general _nualitv was somewhat inferior compared avith that exhibited on several previous days . Owing to the prevailing hnt weather , and the thin attendance of both town and country buyers , the beef tiv . de was . somewhat inactnt and in some instances the quotations declined 3 d per 8 »« ' the highest figure for the best _f-ots heinir 5 s 2 d per Mas ' The bullock droves from Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex and _Cambridgeshire comprised about , 1 , 200 Scots , homebred * and shorthorns ; from the Western awl Midland counties 800 Hi-refolds , iuii : s . Devons . & c . ; from other parts of _Enirland 750 of various breeds ; and from Scotland 3 () 0 horned and pollcdScots , therein- inder of thesuppl y boing derived from abroad and the neighbourhood ofthe metro _poiis .
1 here avas n large increase in the price of sheep , the quality of avhich avas good . On the avhole , the mutton trade avas steady , _thou-ili not to say brisk , at _pricrs about equal to those paid on Monday last , _theprimestold _doavns out of the wool producing 5 s 8 d per Ribs . With lambs we wero well supplied , yet the demand for that description of stock was ready at last avcek ' s _quotatloas-viz ., from « s to 7 s per 81 bs . There avas a fair sale for calves , at about last avcek ' s currencies . In pigs very little was doing , yet prices were mostly sunported . ' Coarse and inferior beasts 3 s lftd to 4 s 4 d _, second qualify ditto 4 s Gd to 4 s Kd , prime large oxen 4 s lfld to 5 s prime Scots , 5 s to 5 s 2 d , coarse and inferior sheep ' 4 s fid to 4 s 8 d . second _quslity ditto 4 s 8 d to 4 s lfld . prime coerce avoollcd sheep 5 s 2 d to 5 s 4 d , prime south down ditto 5 s fid to 5 s 81 , huge coarse calves 4 s 8 d to 5 s 2 d , prime small ditto 5 s 4 d to 5 s 8 d , large hogs 49 to 4 s fid , neat small porkers 4 s lOd to ns 2 d , lambs ( is to 7 s per 8 _fts to sink the offal . Suckling calves 20 s to 30 s , and quarter old store pics 19 s to 23 s each .
Smithfield . Friday , June 4 . —Thesupply of beasts here to-day being sn 1 . 1 I / , and theatte dance of buvers some _, what extensive , the beef trade was very firm at . in some instances , a further improvement of 2 d _p-r SIh .=, tj _, e primest Scots realising without difficulty 5 s Id pea * 81 b There were on sale ISO beasts from Scotland , 3 sG oxen and cows 1 , 2 : 10 sheep and lambs , and 10 ? calves from Ifollfctid and Germany . With sheep avc avere fairly sup . plied . Comparatively speaking , the mutton trade avas inactive but late rates avere well supported Prime down lambs sold freely at full prices . Calves , the supply * of avhich was great , sold hearily , at from 2 d to 4 d pe * - 8 lbs . loss money . Pigs were very dull , and the turn cheaper .
POTATOES . Roitotjfiii and _SpiTAU'iEUtt , Monday , 31 . —York reds 240 s to 2 fi 0 s , ditto Regents 240 s to 280 s , ditto _Shaws 200 to 220 s , Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire _Regents 2 fl ( ts to 28 os _, ditto Kidneys 130 s to 22 s , Dutch _leOs to 140 s per ton . _RE-Apr-EARAvcE of toe Potato _Diskase . —We are sorry ta say that tbe disease in the potato crop has again shown it « elf in the South and centre of Ireland , and in one or tavo English counties . Considering the universal prevaihince ol the disease last year , this is much lees a matter of surprise than regret ; for it avas contrary to all
reason to expect that tlie seed of a plant , avhich was almost universally blighted , should itself _produce health y plants . The early appearance ofthe disease this season , _sboavs that the plant is becoming aveaker every year . In 1815 it avas not noticed in Ireland until the middle of Au eust - . nor avas it noticed last year until the middle of July ; whilst this year it shows itself before the end of May . This is very fortunate in one respect rs it jrives sufficient time to sow turnip seed in the place of the potato , and thus to raifo _. i valuable crop avhere the potato has failed Liverpool Times . —Tuesday . _S'EOBTAILES AND _PtlVJlT .
Covent Garden , Tuesday , June 1 . —The market was comnletely gutted this morning with a large variety ol horticultural produce , and has found its equilibrium , in a genera ) _sense , avith regard to pi-ices . Cornish brocoli , noav upon the avane , is 4 s per dozen , ; md young crops , is Sd per bundle ; asparagus ( avh ' _u-h oaving to the recent extreme sultry weather is fast living into seed ) _viries fro _* n 2 s to 4 s per full bundle ; sea kale ( _almost out ) Is per punnet ; young greens 3 s to 4 s pet * twelve bunches : rhnbard o ' s per ditto : horseradish 3 s per bundle ; old carrots 7 s to 10 s per twelve bunches young ditto 2 s per hunch : turnips is 3 d per ditto ; old onions 7 s 6 d to lOsper bushel ; young ditto 4 s per hand ; Spanish ditto 3 s per dor . cn ; spinaeh 4 s ( id to 6 s per barge ( best leaf ) ; Jerusalem artichokes Sd per measure -. t ' _-reed French beans 2 b per basket ; young shelled green peas ( natives ) ll 5 s to 2 is per quart in the pod . Is per pocket measure ; turnip radishes Is 4 d per score bundles ; cucumbers _a'd to i «« d each ( very fine _); young lettuces Is 2 d per score * , beet roots 3 s perdozen ; summer cabbages 2 s per dozen ; young potators 4 d to 8 d per lb . ; old ditto from lid to 3 dner
ditto ; _Ncav Orleans 4 d per ditto ; Dutch kidneys 2 d per d _^ tto ; and _asbleaved kidneys fid per ditto ; New Forest _trufilei _Ssper lb . ; and mushrooms ' ( noav becoming plentiful ) Cd to is per punnet ; pineapples are from 6 s to lOsper lb . -. and hothouse prapes from 7 s to 10 s per lb . according to kind and quantity ; Rhine ditto 2 s per lb . ; melons ( Dutch produce ) 3 s to 5 s 6 d each : peaches 24 s to 30 s per dozen , and nectarines 2 Ss perdozen ( the two latter cannot be considered , at present , legitimately quotable ); young apricots for tavts Is 6 d per puamet ; _gooseberries 4 dper pint ; currants Gd per pint ; strawberries Is per small pottle to 3 s per choice punnet ; cherries Iss per ditto ; table apples ( very scarce ) 15 s to 21 r per bushel ; peaTS ( still more scarce ) Cs to Ssper dozen ; Malta blood oranges 3 s ; Seville ditto 3 s , and egg ditto 3 s per dozen respectively ; best St Michael ' s ditto Is fid per ditto ; _pommeloe * 6 s per ditto ; _pomegranates 3 s per ditto ; lemons Ss to lis per _l'fl ; savcet tabic ditto 3 s perdozen ; walnuts 2 s , and chestnuts 3 sper 100 ; cobnuts is , ' and native filberts 2 s per lb . ; cocoa nuts ( Is per doze r i ( full fruit ); and Turkey figs 2 s per small catty .
WOOL . _Lomwv _, May Si . —The imports of too ! last week , consisted of 2 , 600 bales from Port Philip , and ' , 900 ditto from various other quarters . Privately , the demand for all kinds of wool is very heaa - ; , and the quotations have * downward 'endennv .
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THE MANUFACTURING _DISRICTS . STATE OP TRADE . Lieds . —In the Cloth Halls , avith the exception of a few low-priced goods , purchased by the American houses , dieve ha 3 been little business done . Goods calculated for the home demand are scarcely moving at all . The supply of goods froaaa the coaaaatry has been less than furniany years at the same season . The few- buyers who visit tbe warehouses purchase in the most sparing manner , and only for absolute need . Prices ave about the _s : ime as they have been for some lime past . Bradford . —Wool . —The transactions in wool continues limited , and but little coining to market . Prices show no notable alteration . Halifax . —Our market avas again dull , althonjrh rather more _pieces changed hands , but prices are no better . Yarn continues languid , and but little doing . In aa'ool there is no alteration to notice .
Rochdale _Ilansel _Mar-. et .-T 1 _io flannel market has been moderately attended , and act it avas an extremely dull market , buyers wore ofFerinir less monev , and in many instances manufacturers avere obliged to sell at low . r prices . Ma . vchesteb , . fane I . —Though we have had considerable inquiri _' _-. s to-Jay for both _cl-. ith and yams , and though a tolerable amount of bin-mess has been don--, at the full rates current for tlie last fortnight , stilt , taking into account the rise in the staple of fudy 5 per cent ., the position of both manufacturers and spinners is much worse , and not better , than on this day fortnight . The tendency in tho Liverpool market to a further advance , places the producers of goods and tavists in a most _unem-iuble position , and from avhich , at present , at least , there seems no chance of relief .
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DIISD . On the 2 _lt ! i tilt , at 11 , ' Fludyer street . Westminster , J Christian Huttner _, Ksq , _taventy-nine years iu the foreign 1 office , aged 82 , * f Kppople . vy ofthe heart . On the 25 th ult ., of consumption , Charlotte Amelia , wife ?• of Mr Francis Benjamin Dalton . surgeon , and third 1 daughter of the late John Bott _, Esq ., _Secretary to the e Pria ' _-y Purse of King William IV ., in the 31 th year of her r age . On Sunday last , at his house in _Ucrtford-street _, l ' ark-1-hine , thehon . and very rev . the Dean of Mnnchoster _. in his is COth year . The _deceased was uncle to tho Earl of Cucr- rnarvon . A few days ago , at _Springwood ; Huddersfleld Thomas , * Starkie , Ksq ., of the firm of Starkie Brothers , and s a magistrate for the West Killing of Yorkshire .
On the 19 th May , ut Home , after sin illness of only tavo 0 days , Lady Dudley Smart , second daughter of _LurienA tA Bonaparte , Prince of Ciuiino . ( in Wednesday , _, fiine 2 iid , at 3 s , Qiic ? _n-struet , Sheffield , _1 | Mrs Rachel _Itov-tUolonw-w , In the 73 th year _ofher age , ; c , The deceased who avas the mother of George CiwiU , the lie xcnlous Chartist , avas herself also warmly attached ' otn « h « principles of democracy . She was highly _rcs-peet' _.-d by . 7 all avho knew her , and has died lamented by her familjt } aud friend .- ; . On the 2 nd iust ., in the- 75 rd ynir , Thomas Hurst , Esq .. J _., formerly of thu eminent firm of Messrs Longman and Co ., o . > Paternoster-vow . On tho 30 th ult ., Charles _KitHiaitd Sheridan ( son of the he late Thomas Sheridan , and grandson of Kichardrd Urinslcy Sheridan ) , one of the Attaches of tbe British _sdi Embassy « t Paris , in the Hotel ofthe Embassy .
On the 81 st at his residence at Mornfngsida _* _, DrDr Chclniers tho chief of the Scottish Free Church ' party . 0 « 0 « i the previous day he was apparently in good health , butjuti on tho morning of Monday last avas found dead iu his bed . ed .. The Doctor , it _appcai-i-d , had been sitting erect _whcaicai overtaken by Hie stroke of death , and lie stiil retained ln | Im part in that position . The massy head gently reclined ot om thu pillow . 'I ' no arms were folded peacefully on _thwhoo breast . There wns a'li s h fair nf oppression and _heavi-iviness on the brow , but not a wrinkle , not a trace of _sorroaa-oaa * or pain disturbed it * smoothness .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 5, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_05061847/page/8/
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