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* HOUSE OP-LORDS . —Thursday , June 2 . Messengers from the Commons bronchi up the Gfeen-> ck Harbour Bill , the Lansri Roads Bill , and the Sravesend Terrace Pier Bill . Petitions were presented saainst the Poor Law . Lord Blatsst moved for copies connected -with the idmamtraticn of the Poor Law in pla- » s in Ireland . Ordered . The I > uke of JTobfolk also presented some petitions against the Income Tax , and also several againai tks Poor Law BUI . Oae of the petitions was withdrawn on the gronnd that it prayed not for the interference of the House , bat for that of the authorities . The Incumbents ; Lsasing Bill weiit through committee and was reported . Tbe Earl of Ripon moved the first reading of the Income Tax Bill , and stated that ha proposed to move the second reading of the same on Friday nest
DISTRESS . Lord Kis >' aib . d brought forward his motion for a BOmmittM to inquire into the present state of distress in some parts of the kingdom , and into the cause of that distress . His Lordship lamented that finch a proposal bad not come from some peer en his side of the House more capable , from his influence as Well as bis eloquence , of doing justice to the subject . Hie main object was to obtain information which would put an end to the contradictory statements en both sides of the question , and to supply inttliigence of which he was persuaded many in tbe House and out of it stood in need . Those who lived at the -west end of the town knew little of the miseries existing at the east end of it , and us other quartr . rs ; and when they went down to
their country seats , seeing only the smiling faces of their cleanly cott vsers , what could they know of the severe sufferings in immediately-adjoining districts ? He should not do his duty if he did not state some of the impressive ficts which had come to his knowledge , showiBg that distress , which had existed since 1828 , was spreading and advancing—that it had not only reached the manufacturing , but the middle classes , and that ere long it would mate it * way into the agricultural districts . Xo doubt ministers were fully sensible of the existence and of the extent of the evil , and they had proved their acquaintance with it by advising h&r Majesty to write round tie country a begging letter for charitable contributions . He owned that he could aot by any means spproTe of that letter :
distress misht render it expedient , but h . e doubted the policy of i > , and at all events he objected to it because it was addressed exclusively to the established chursb , and not to the community at large . It had not been sent to a single dissenting minister ; but whether this course had been taken with the view of setting up the established church as the greatest patron of charity be did -not pretend to decide- Another fact , proving that ministers were aware of the extent and nature of the prevailing distress , was the unconstitutional use they had made of tbe national funds , in order to suppress and strangle the public exhibition of distreis . Noble Lords might indicate surprise , but he asserted plainly and boldly that they had done so . That " public money had been so applied to relieve distress was a fact which no man on the osher side of the House would
dare to deny . A third proof that Ministers were aware of the existing distress and of the danger arising out of it was the fact of the orders sent down from the Horse Guards , to the troops chkSy in the manufacturing districts . These precautions were most proper ^ but it was still more necessary that attention should be directed to the cauBes , out of which the danger arose . It might on some accounts be objectionable to speak thus distinctly , but it must be known that the distressed districts were in a very dangerous state . He would do Ministers the justice to feelieve that nine or ten months ago they could cot have been aware of the distress then prevailing , otherwise nothing could have justified them in allowing such a time to elapse without making the slightest attempt at alleviation . On behalf of starving
thousands of fellow creatures , he appealed to their Lordships to appoint a committee to ascertain wbat had produced the suffering , the txlstecce of which no man would venture to decy . Huudrads and thousands of petitions had been presented from those who asked for cheaper food , bat the House had turned a deaf ear to their cries , aud " when they asked for bread , had given than a stone . ' The only answer to the prayers of the people was the Corn Bill , and in const quenca of that measure wh-.: 4 t had risen three shillings per quarter , with every prospect of a future advance . He supposed one objection to tbe appointment of a committee would "be , that if their Lord ? tdps did so , they would be holding out hopes to the distressed people which would be disappointed . This hi did &ol think a vzlid objection , -
However mnch their Lordships might be persuaded that no practical got d could lesultfroia inquiry , still , were they to concede it , the effect on the minds of those who sought it would be pacified . At all eYents , they would not be any the worse for having their grievances inquired into , even though no immediate measure of relief- should result from it . But were their Lordships quite certain that no- advantage would arise from the spp&intment of a committee ? They all remembered tea severe terms of condemnation irhich were applied by a Noble Lord not now preee&i ' . Lord Ashburtt-n ; to the tepoit of the Import Duties committee : and yet now ths members of the Government in the House of Commons were continually referring to that repoit as an authority whenever they wanted to argua against their opponents ,
Who , as it eun . ous ) y ecoogb . happened , were chiefly found amongst their own friends . The publication of that report had been of the utmost importacce , and if the committee had gose st : ll further in their inquiries , it would have i > een attended with the greatest advantage . Another reason for not acceding to his motion might be that there was no necessity for it , inasmuch as the prospect of a reviving trade was most promising . He believed that the Noble Lord the President of-the Council ( Lord WhamcliSe ) rather held to that opinion : and certainly the accounts froHi Manchester within the last week were in a trifling degree better . But their iordship 3 would ramember that about three weeks or a month ago the same thing took place at . Liverpool , and on inquiry , it was found that owing to the very low price of the raw material , many persons were induced to speculate . But whatwas tbe Etate of the watebousss
new ? Instead of one side of the building being filled with the manufactured article , and the oiher with the law material , there was never to be seen more than one of these in the same warehouse ; either the building was overstocked with goods that could not be sold , or was filled with the raw material which it was net to the interest of the manufacturer to work up . The ^ ofele Lard the President of the Board of Trade had said , that when the fund abont to be collected by means of the Queen ' s letter should be exhausted , it would be for their Lordships to consider what ntxt should be done to relieve the distress of the poor . He ( Lord Kinnaird , would entreat their Lordships not to defer the day . The Poor Law was totally inefficient tu snpport the destitute . In many places , the poor had been fur a long timeliviiig entirely upon charity . Although the popu . iation had be « n annually increasing , the consamption of articles of the excise and customs had diminished : —
Net Produce : Customs and Actually Population . Excise Tax . ~ produoed . 1 S 35 ... 26 . 15 S , o 24 gave £ . 3 G 392 , 472 1 S 37 ... 26 , 513 , 885 should give 3 G ; 93 S 303 ^ 33 953 , 421 133 S ... 25 $ 79 246 „ 37 . 4 S 4 . 254 34 . 473 . 417 1339 ... 27 , 239 , 607 „ 38 . 030 , 145- 35 , 01 ) 3 , 633 1840 ... 27 . 5 ° J . 963 „ 33 . 567 , 036 35 53 G , 4 Ci / 1 S 41 „ 32 , 230 . 261 1542 32 . 340 739 3 $ n » in 1840 the additional duty of five per cent , was imposed . If that had not been the case the reeeiDts for the list three yean ( calculating the proportions ) would have been : — ISiO £ 32 , 401 , 000 1 S 41 30 , 753 { tOO 1842 30 , 723 . 000
with respect to the poor-rate , it was a curieus f ict that generally the amount varied according to the-average price of wheat ; bat in the last year the poor-rate increased , although the averages were not eo high as in the preceding year . He would taks a parish which "was neither manufacturing nor agricultural—he would take Marylebsne , which , perhaps , was the most-wealthy parish in the metropolis . In 1 S 3 G the poor-rate ia that parish was Is . 2 J . in the pound , and the sum raised was £ 44 , 573 ; in 2840 the rate was Is . lid . in the pouna , and the sum raised was £ 70 , 355 ; and it has increased Eince . It was found that when provisions were dear employment was scarce , and paupers increased ; and the reverse was the casa when provisions were cheap . He would now advert to a subject that was of great interest to their Lira ships , as being the principal landowners in the country—he . meant the consumption of wheat . The actusl consumption of wheat had fallen
off during the last threeyeais totheexteat of 1 , 301 , 252 quarters annually . He had been furnished with a vtiy important document which had bsen prepared with the the greatest care . It showed tbe quantity of wheat consumed from October , 1 S 39 , to ilay , 1 S 42 , in separate periods of eight months each . The quantities of ¦ wheat sold in the 150 towns , from which the old averages were calculated , represented , as nearly as could be ascertained , one-fifth of the whole quantity sold in the kingdom . The quantity sold in these 150 towns ia eight months , from the lit cf October to the-1 st of Nay of each of the three last years , was : — Oct . 1 , 1839 , to lS 40 to 1841 to May 1 , 1840 . IS 11 . 1842 . 2 , 620 , 753 2 , 407 , 753 2 , 216 , 201 These multiplied by 5 , shew the sales in the kingdom ... 5 5 5 13 , 103 , 765 12 , 338 , 915 11 , 081 , 005 To these quantities add the foreign Wheat , which psM duty in each period 1 , 138 , 492 1 , 311 , 642 2 , 200 , 060 14 , 242 . 257 33 , 650 , 557 13 , 281 , 005 In the two former yearB the foreign wheat was all consumed , and additional large quantities were delivered for consumption in May and June ; but this year ' there remained in warehouse 400 . 000 quarters of foreign wheat - VhJeh . had paid duty . Thus the difference between the cocsjxapfion in 1 S 40 and 1842 was 1 , 361 , 252 quar-
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tfcrs . The snrce result had taken place with respect to meat and other articles . The consumption of groceries and butchers * meat in Leeds was reduced one-fourth , " out as the middle and lower classes probably did not ' consume less , the reduction had fallen en the operative classes ; the consumption of butcher ' s meat was half what it was in 1 S 3 4 . In Manchester the receipts of the grocers and butchers had fallen off forty per cent , in two years . In Rochdale tbe quantity of butcher's meat was not half what it was in 1836 . In Dundee , in 1836 , the weekly number of cattle killed was 150 ; in May , 1842 , it was 71 , beinf a reduction of 79 , or more than one-half . The sales of bread , butter , eggs , and sugar , was reduced to one-half . The cheapest and coarsest food was about the same . The diminution in
the cmsn-npuon of meat was not from deamessof price , bee- -.. sat from November , 1 S 35 , to May , 1836 . being 6 d . 1 c-r lb . From November , 1 S 41 , to March , 1842 , it was 7 d perlb ., and from March , 1842 , to this date , it was 6 d . per Ib . These statements might be doubted ; he was , therefore , anxious for a Committee , that he might shew upon what grounds they were made . He would now call their Lordships" attention to the actual state of three or fonr of the principal towns in England , and to one or two in Scotland . Manchester had a population * f 192 , 408 . " The amount expended for the relief of the Door in 1836 , £ 25 , 669 . In tbe year ending March , 1841 , £ 33 938 . But this gives no idea of the ext « nt of the distress . The Rsv . Mr . Beanie stated at the conference that in one district there 'were 2 , 000
families without a bed among them , and 8 , 666 persons whose income is only Is . 2 id . each per week . The grocers , butchers , drapers , Jcc , state that their receipts have fallen off 40 per cent within the last two years The total number of patients admitted into the dispensaries in the Manchester district during the last six years ending in 1 S 35 , was 54 , 000 . The number admitted during the six years of dear food ending in 1841 was 156 , 000 , an increase of more than 200 per cent . The deaths in the dispensaries during the six years of scarcity showed an increase of 1 180 over the mortality of the six years of comparatively cheap food . The average daily number of prisoner * in the New Bailey in 1 S 36 was 539 ; the number has since gradually increased , and last year it was 722 . The number
committed for trial in 1836 was 1 , 031 ; m 1841 , 1 , 992 . Empty houses . —5 , 492 untenanted dwellings , 681 shops offices , Ac : 6 , 173 houses , Bhops , && , assessed at £ 76 16 S ; 11 G mills , works , it , idle , £ 10 , 926 ; total 6 , 289 . £ 87 , 094 . The steam power not at wsrk is 1000 horse power , the yearly value of which is much above £ 100 , 000 of unproductive rateable property . " In Bolton , containing a population of about 50 , 000 , there are 50 mills , usually employing 8 , 124 workpeople ; of these there are 30 mills and 5 , 001 workpeople , either standing idle or working only f ^ ur days a-week . Iron founders , engineers , millwrights , and machine makers . —In 1836 the number employed was 2 . 110 ; there are employed at present 1325 ; discharged 785 . Carpenters , —In 1 S 36 , the number employed was 150 ; at present
they are reduced to 49 , leaving 101 who are permanently unemployed . Bricksctters In 1836 , the number employed was 130 , at present it is reduced to 16 Stone masoni—In 1830 , the number employed was 150 ; there are 58 employed at present . " The estimated Io 3 s of wages iu Bolton alone was £ 320 , 560 in the year . What coald any charitable collection do towards relieving so large an amount of distress ? But this had not come upon their lordships suddenly ; it had been growing gradually . The spring trade had done wonders , and yet this distress existed . What had they to look forward to in the winter ? Employment was out of the question . Their lordships ought , therefore , to be prepared , because the local funds were nearly exhausted . These were able-bodied men who were destitute of any
legal means of support , and the inhabitants of the town had no possible provision for them during the winter . There waa another statement he wished to allude to . It had been stated that the guardians of the union of Burnley had represented to the Secretary of Stats that the distress was far beyond the reach of their means of relief ; they had 12 , 000 persona on their books , and must leave the : oatter in the hands of tbe Government , for they had not wherewith to relieve them . Her Majesty ' s Government , it appeared , bad considered this statement , and he wo 3 informed that they had sent down a special commissioner , Sir John Walsh , who immediately applied for funds to meet the pressure of the moment , and a certain amount had been a ready sent . Now ,
when their Lordships rtfltcted that the surrounding to- ^ ns were nearly in the same state as Burnley , it certainly was a state of things which it behoved them to consider deeply . This occurred in England ; in Scotland no assistiDce could be afforded to the able-bodied , for there were no workhouses . The same system had been acted upon there , arid more especially with respect to Paisley . For the last three weeks , the poor there had been entirely supported by funds supplied by Government . Whence those funds came , be ( Lord Kionaird ; knew not It wa 3 public money , and he thought it was their Lordships' duty to know whence it came . At Paisley there was a commissioner-general , a commissioner-surgeon , and in short a regular establishment , under tae control ef the Government . Oae
curioes circumstance was , that the relief committee of that pls . ee , who had distributed £ 25 . 000 in supporting the poor , had been comp etely set aside , and the whole thing was now under the management of the Government . He wonld now , for a moment , advert to the declining Btate of trade in Scotland . The exports from Dander had materially diminished . From the year 132 to 1 S 34 , omiitfEgthe speculating years of 1835 to 1 S 3 C , the shipments of linens increased on an aterage rate 29 , 405 pieces . In 1837 there were 717 , 070 pieces exported ; there was a reduction , in 1839 , of 19 , 775 pieces ; in ISil , a further reduction of 29 , 457 pieces ; and for the last eleven months , ending April , 1842 , a stiil farther reduction ef 45 , 837 pieces , about the value of £ 90 , 000 . Of this deficiency at least £ 20 , 000
consisted of wages . This diminution of exports must prss 3 very severely upon the people of Dundee , and he wished by means of a committee of inquiry to ascertain the cause . What waa the reason oui foTsign customers no longer dealt with the manufacturers of Dundee ? That could be ascertained by the examination of persons connected with those countriss . More than one-fourth of the whole trade consisted in exports to the United States . "Dp to September 39 , 1 S 41 , linens were admitted free , now they pay at the rate of 20 per cent ad valorem , and there was a bill before Congress to raise it to 30 per cent ., with an additional 10 to countries which did not take their produce . This blow was evidently aimed at eur corn laws . Our next best customer was Brazil , and there we c « nld not take their
produce , sugar , except at 63 s . per cwt . As soon as our commercial treaty expired , which tb&y said would be in 1842 , though we contended it was not tili 1844 , they would retaliate upon us as they had done in the United States . He would oncts more rtf < r to the case of Paisley . " The gross turn expended by the Renfrewshire relief committee , for procuring food principally , has been £ 25 , 000 , up to about the 1 st instant . This sum bad been expended over four , and for a short time over five villages in the county , besides the town of Paisley . Daring the worst of the distress in winter , tie sum expended in food alone for Paisley was about £ 800 per -seek , for the villages about £ 100 per wetk-Tnere ha 3 betai s great deal of private charity by persons both resident and at a distance , and also a good
deal of provisions distributed which are not taken into account in the gioss turn stated . " It had been stated by ana of the magistrates ef Paisley , that one of the reasons why goTernment had sent down a commissioner was that they thought the local authorities had been rather too extravagant . But what had the commissioner done ? He had cut off those villages from Paisley , and the consequence was , that in those places there were nearly nine hundred people going about in t ; ang 3 with no means of suVsiEtence ^—all the local subscriptions having ceased . He had been informed that there were many industrious people who did not like bciDg placed on the subscription list , and that in conseqaence of this a subscription had been entered into for the purpose of affording them temporary sustenance by way of loan . £ 5 . 000 had been collected for this
purpose ; and it seemtd that the relief committee standi gin need of fuudB , had applied to this other comm . ttee for a loan of part of the £ 5 , 000 . £ 1 , 500 was ltnt to them ; but as the committee was now broken up , of course this sum must be considered as lost . At present these persons were certainly supported from funds derived from ha knew net what source . He trusted that the government would give him some information ea this point . He was aware that he was trespassing on theix lordships' time , but as the subject WiS one of great importance , he felt it necessary to detain their lordships a little longer , and to call their attention to a very important statement . The return which he held in his hand of the condition of the township of Leeds had beea obtained from persons appointed to examine into its btate . It appeared that there was in the
Weekly t ? ti- j -. 1- Income . . Last Ward 2 , 1 / 9 persons , with a rate per c ° f . ! . . gw . South 3 G 3 ,. riA Wesi 8 'J 2 „ - i , -jIa North-east 3 , ] 37 , " ' sld Mill-hill 173 " tfi North-west 889 . " " JlJ ' The average of the whole being under Is " per week for each person . At a very recent date about 9 , 000 persons had less than la . per head per week for all their wants . The sum paid t 9 the poor 1840 . 1841 184 ' ' in Leeds , in January ... £ 1 , 044 £ , j £ 1 ~^ To other poor m the township of Leeds ... ... 211 269 370
It thus appeared that there had bSan ^ Sa / i SJ poor rates of nearly 50 per cent Nor was the distress confined to one class . Every trade was in a distressed state . He asked their Lordships whether anything had been done towards either inquiring into or meeting that distress—( hear , hear )? It had not come unawares upon them , for It had commenced so far back as 1828 ; and at the cloBe of the last sewion of Parliament he had taken the liberty of calling the attention of the Noble Duke opposite to the subject . He did not pretend to say that Government could be expected to relieve the distress at once , because it was not , in his opinion a teraperary distress , but arose entirely from the mischievous operation of their commercial law . But what had been done since that time ? They had passed a corn-law , the result of which had been to rake the Price
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of wheat 3 s . per quarter . They had also resorted to an income tax , than which nothing in his opinion could be more absurd under the present circumstances . It was admitted that the means of the consumer -were exhausted , and he would like to knew when they called on the people to put down so much out of their income , how they were to do it without making matters worse ? He believed that a grfat many in this country lived up to their income ; and in order to pay the tax they would have to reduce their expenses . Whatever amount they took in tbe shape of taxation , they would diminish the means of employment ; so that when men were suffering from want ef employment and from tbe wast of means to purchast food , they would still further increase that distress by taking away the ¦
means which would have otherwise been expended in giving employment to the working classes ( hear , hear . ) The next neasure of the government was the tariff , the principle of which he thought would puzele the wisest man . It was impossible to say what the tariff would be . Various deputations from the different trades had come to London for the purpose of representing their cares to the government . He knew of one party who had been endeavouring to make what they call a bargain , and who , in regard to one article , had concluded a bargain on their own terms . Look to the duty proposed on coals . At first a four-ihilliDgs duty was proposed . This was a most improper tax , because coils were a manufactured article . It appeared , however , from representations made , that the duty was
to be reduced to two shillings . Perhaps it might yet be reduced to one shilling . He would be glad if it should be so 4 but at the same time he thought that these alterations only showed that it was impossible to understand the principle on which the tariff was framed . In addition to this he looked to the uncertainty which previied in consequence of the tariff . Confidence had been entirely destroyed throughout the country , and it would take a long time before anything like certainty could be established . It interfered with the small monopolies in trade , with the monoplits in such articles as shoes and gloves ; just at the time when those trades ¦ were suffering under great distress it did this , aud created a deficiency in the revenue in order-to keep up the great monopolies in sugar and corn , which , if not ,
abolished , would prove most injurious to the commerce of the country . On behalf of the thousands who wero now suffering great distress , he called on their lordships to grant them an inquiry . The patience cf the people had been extolled , but not more than it deserved . He had lately asked a gentleman connected with a town in which distress existed , how it was that tbe people had borne their sufferings with such patience , for he thought if he had seen his children perishing around him from want—^ if he had seen the felon in gnol better treated than the person willing to work—soener than fubmit to this , he thought he would have gone and helped himself—( laughter . ) This might be a laughing niatUr for their Lordships comfortably seated on these benches , but it was no laughing matter to those who
suffered from the distress . When he asked that gentleman how it was that the people had been so patient , he was answered , "If the bread had been taken from you suddenly , you might have gone and helped yourself ; but if you had been gradually reduced to starvation , and weakened from not getting food aufficient to support the energies of Dature , you would have become reckless , and would not have cared to seo your children perishing around you . " Now this , he believed , was the truth—the horrible truth . He deeply lamented it , and he only wished the committee which he intended to move for would visit those scenes of distress , and become convinced of the onexaggerated sufferings of those unfortunate individuals . He would willingly adopt any mode of inquiry which their Lordships might think
fit to recommend . The Right Honourable Baronet at the head of tbe Government had maintained the necessity of having extended market 3 , in order to relieve the pressure on the commerce of this country . He had lately been in communication with a person connected with the American trade , who had travelled through all the United States , and who had assured him that the epenings in that country for the manufactured goods of England were quite twyond belief . Aloug tbe banks of the Mississippi and the Ohio there were several states with an aggregate population , in 184 . 0 , of 5 , 490 892 ,. Of Ibtse'States two grew principally cotton for the market of this country ; the others were purely agricultural states , manufacturing nothing , except some co&rsa stuff ,
used for trousers . The produce of these states was carried down on rafts to Now Orleans , to bo exchanged for manufactured articles , and it was hen that , in tbe opinion of those connected with the trade , an opening existed for the manufactures of this country . A great part of the produce brsught down to New Orleans consisted of flour , which was often kept there aatil it turned sour . When the Corn Bill was under discussion ia that House , he bad some intention of proposing that tliis sour flour should be admitted into this country doty free—( a laugh )—not / or the purpose of its being made into food fi-r the people—( hear , bear ) —but for the use of . manufacturers , who annually consumed almost a million of quarters ia the dressing of their calicoes and other articles of manufacture . Ha
thought that this sour flour would have answered the purpose of the manufacturers , but as any alteration made in tbe Corn Bill would have been fatal to it , he knew he had no chance of succeeding in his object , and therefore relinquished his Intention . But the admission of even a million of quarters of this sour flour would be the commencement of a trade with the southern puts of America . At present the trade there wxs principally with Germany and France , both of whom could undersell this country , and both of whom had more ships trading with that part of America than England had . He thought it would be wf vast Importance , therefore , to establish a trade of this sort . It would be
the surest guarantee of peace between the two countries . All he aiked them to do was , to relieve this country from the pressure of selEsh imposition , and to free honest industry from the fetters restricting it The psople did not tsk for charity—they sought to be allowed to caiiy their labour to the best market ; and he thought theix Lordships could not refuse them their request , without Incurring a fearful responsibility . He felt sorry at having detained their Lordships so long , but he would now conclude by moving that a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the cause of the present general distress . The motion having been put ,
The Duke of Wellington said , that every one admitted the existence of great distress in the country but they ought to consider how it could be alleviated . The law recognised the principle of sending pecuniary relief , and rates-in-aid were levied according to lair . Her Majesty ' s Government took the course which had been adopted « a former occasions . A letter had been sent to the Arcbbishep of Canterbury , which he thought had been approved of . H 6 thought the Noble Lord { Kinoalrd ) hod gone a little beyond wh ; it he had authority for stating . Her Majesty had oct ^ d judiciously in adopting the course she did for the relief of the prevailing distress . He disapproved of a committee to inquire into the causes of the distress , when the existence of it was admitted on all hands . The Noble Lord
( Kiunaird ) had strenuously advocated u repeal of the Corn Laws . Now , if an alteration w&a to be made in those laws , let it be after a full and fair discussion ; but committees often created great excitement in the country ; the income of the country should be mado to defray its own expenditure , and the interest of the national debt . The finances of the country ought to be placed upon a proper basis;—upon the basis on which they ought always to . have atood , and then they will have the means of repealing many taxes oh
consumption , and manufacturing produce . By thus improving the means of manufacture , the alteration in tbe tariff was of vast importance to the trade of the couatry . It waa owing to the pressure upon commerce , and not to the want of extended markets , that the trade waB so depressed . Her Majesty ' s Government had been engaged in political arrangements , having for their object to keep the peace of tbe world ; and he anticipated a speedy restoration of peace to countries at present afflicted by the scourge of war . A 1 J these things will be beneficial to the interests of commerce .
The Earl of Radnor vindicated his Noble Friend ( Lord K . ) from the aspersions of the Duke of Wellington . He said that his Noble Friend had merely advocated an inquiry into the causes of the prevailing distress . The Noble Dake should not refuse an inquiry because it might ultimately be found that the Corn Laws were the cause of the evil . Toe Duke of Richmond deprecated all sudden changes , because they would inflict distress upon the agriculturists . He agreed to the judicious distribution of the public funds , ia cases of this nature , under responsible officers . After a short discussion between the Marquis Clanricarde , Lord Monteagle , and the Duke of Wellington , Lord Kinnaikd consented to withdraw his motion ; and their Lordships adjourned , at ha-f-past eight o ' clock .
Friday , June 3 . Petitions were preEt-nttd for the repeal of Catholic Emancipation , and against the Maynooth grant , the Poor Law , and the Income Tax . Several bills were forwarded a stage . A message from the Cjoiaions brought up the Liverpool Borough Court Bill nnd JBurntialand and Granton Pier Bill . On the motion of LordDENMAN , tbe Improvement of Evidence Bill was read a third time aDd passed . On the motion of the Earl of Ripon , the Australian and New Z 9 aland Bill passed through committee . Lord Beaumont presented a petition from the Indian committee of the Colonial Society , praying for inquiry into the origin and causes of the war in Affghanistan , and entered into a lengthened statement of hia views of ou policy in the east , with s ome remarks lpon the aggressive spirit manifested by Russia .
Lord Fiizgekald briefly deprecated Bach discussions , and , after mutual explanations , amounting to nothing * except that there was no likelihood of a war with Russia , the petition was ordered to lie on the table as the petition of i | r . Whitby , who had signed it on behalf of the body from which it emanated .-r-Their Lordships then adjourned until Monday .
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w . w . — . HOUSE OF GOMMONS . —Fbidat , Mr . a . Hat teb , as chairman cf the Belfast Election Committee , reported to the House that the committee had come to the following - resolutions ; -r-,- " % -, James E « aiersori Xennent , Esq ., and Wim-Haw G ; lhland Jahnaoa , Esq ., were not dufy elected aa
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burgesses to Serve in the present Parliament at the last election for the borough of Belfast , and ought not to have been returned . That the last election for the borough of Belfast was a void election . " Mr . O'CONNELL gave notice that he should on Monday next move for a suspension of the writ for the borough of Belfast , on the ground that a corrupt compromise had been eutered into , by which gross bribery , perjury , and personation of voters to a great extent had been prevented from being brought to light ; also that he would move for a select committee to inquire into
the circumstances of the case . The members for trying the election petitions for Waterford and Athlone were severally called to the table to be sworn , but in neither case did the whole of the members attend . In the case of Sir James Dtike , who was drawn on the Athlone committee , the Hon . Gentleman ' s medical attendant ( Mr . Bainbridge ) was called to the bar , and his evidence taken , which went to shew that Sir James Duke's health was in such a state that attendance on the committee might be injurious . He was in consequence excused from serving , ' v
Lord Sonrerton , the absent member on the Waterford 1 Committee , on the motion of Lord Granville Somerset , \ vas ordered to be taken into custody by the Sergeant-at-Arms . v : The Speaker acquainted the Honse that he had received an intimation from the petitioners against the return of Lord Howick for Sanderiand , that it was not their intention to proceed with the petition . On the motion ef Mr . Hawes , the minutes of proceedings and evidence before the Lyme Regis Committee were ordered to be printed .
The Wicklow Harbour Bill , the BurnHsland and Granton Pier Ferry and Road Bill , the Liverpool Borough Court Bill , and the Bosten Harbour Bill , were read a third time and passed . The Blackburn and Chorley Road , and the Lagan Navigation Biila , were read a second time , and ordered to be committed . On the motion of Mr . Miles ' * the Lords amendments to the Bristol and Gloucester Railway Bill were agreed to . Mr . Olive moved the further consideration of the report of the London and Croydon Railway Bill . Sir E . Knatchbull moved as an amendment that the report be further considered this day three months . After some discussion , in which Lord MahshaM , Mr . Kemble , Mr . Sxrvtt , Mr . Darby , Mr . Wilson Patten , Mr . CfULPERS , and other Hon . Members teok part , the House
divided—For the reception of the report , ... 88 For the amendsnent ... ... 148 : ; Majority ——60 The bill is consequently lost . Lord John Russe ' li . postponed the introduction of the Bribery at Elections Bill till Monday . In committee of supply ; the Chancellor of the Exchequer said , that he certainly would not have advocated the continuance of the existing sugar duties for another year , had he not been persuaded that the exigencies of the state required It ; and he would have given a greater advantage to the consumer if he could have done so . The redaction in colonial sugar could not be maintained unless it was determined to give up a large amount of revenue . It was also a very serious consideration that this question waa connected with slaveiyv The diminution of the duties tended to encourage the growth of sugar produced by slave ? . He should vote for the continuance of those duties foe the present year . : ¦¦ : •¦• : "' . ; : .-: ' " . ... - .: ¦ ¦ / :. , ' : ¦' . '¦ ¦ ¦; ¦ . ¦"¦' . '¦'
Mr . Roebuck rose to move , —First , That the duty on the importation of foreign sugar be reduced to that now levied on colonial sugar . Second , That , the duties on colonial and foreign timber be rendered equal . He said that sugar was one of the greatest necessaries of life , in the present state of society ; and its consumption tended very much to promote the morals of the people ; inasmuch as it was calculated to foster habits totally opposed to that vicious class of habits resulting from the indulgence in spirituous liquors . The price of sugar in the Brazils was Sis *
per cwt ; whilst it was 49 s . in the colonies ; and the people of England pay above two millions more than they need do for this necessary article of consumption , merely to put money in the pockets of the West IiuUa proprietors— ( hear , hear . ) Putting down slavery was the stalking horse ; otherwise , why were other articles , which were the produce of slaves , imported ? Mr . Godson contended that , according to the arguments of his Hon . and Learned Friend , with respect to going to the cheapest market , the negroes could not be paid their wages , and the present Btate of society in the Westlndies would be chanced .
Mr . Gladstone opposed the motion on the principle that freedom of trade was incompatible with our existing institutloDS . Mr . COBDEN said that slave-grown sugar from Btaztt was imported Into Liverpool , aud from thence transhipped , to all parts of the world , even to the blacks themselves in the West Indies!!— - ( hear , hear . ) A short discussion ensued , after which the House divided , when there
appeared—For the amendment ... ... 28 Against it ... ... . i . ... ... ... 59 Majority ... ... ... ... ,..- —41 Mr . Laboi'CHere , in rising to move that the duty on foreign sugar be reduced to 80 i per cwt > and on colonial sugar 20 s . per cwt ., contended for the propriety of enabling the poorer classes of this country to obtain cheap provisions . They wero called on to give the people relief at this period of distress . Mr . Gladstone vindicated t ?» e conduct ef the government with regard to the sugar duties . Sir . Hume would not believo . the House were sincere until he saw them take : other articles of consumption into consideration , which were the produce of jslave labour . Mr . Stuart defended the government . He considered it their duty to protect the trade of the colonies from foreign competition .
Lord John Russell said , the House had now an opportunity of putting their sincerity to the test , by Bhowing whether they were really willing to ameliorate the condition of the ' wprking classes , by effecting a judicious reduction of duties . It was a matter of great importance that articles , of consumption should be rendered as cheap as possible in this country , to enable the productive classes to have a full share of the conveniences and comforts of life . This would apply particularly to the articles of sugar and coffee , the consumption of which wa 3 so well calculated to promote good order and sobriety among the working classes , by fostering habits totally different from those resulting from the u * e of beer and ardent spirits . Twenty-flve years ago there were but forty coffee houses in all Loadon ; but there were so many now that they could accommodate 180 , 000 persons ; People now go there instead Of going
to the public-houae and the gin-shop . Naw , with respect te tbe importation of artiples the produce of slave labour : why did we not import coffee from the Brazils at Is . 3 d . duty ? And was not copper in the niines of Cuba worked by slaves ? There they had put an end to a very high rate of duty . Cheap sugar and coffee were essential to the poor man's comfjrt ; and he had no doubt that the efforts of Great Britain , in combination with all Europe , would soon have the effect of putting down the slave trade . Mr . Roebuck said the tenor of the whole night ' s argument was how the ; people might get cheap sugar and the colonies protection . This was absurd ; it must be protection or no protection . The West India interest ought to be sacrificed . He should not care if Jamaica were to sink to the bottom of the sea , and the Antilles were to follow ; . they had always been more expense to us than they were worth .
After a few words from Mr . P . Stewart and Mr . Berival , the latter of whom did not agree with the sweeping principle of the Hon . Gentlemen who had just spoken with reeard to our colonies . Sir Robert Perl said , aa to the opinion of the Hon . Member who had wished Jamaica sunk at the bottom of the sea , and ; the Antilles following its precedent ,. there was no meeting It in calm reason . Hon . Members opposite would see that they could not please themselves even with the motion ; and he thought , therefore , that the best way would be to leave it in the hands of the Government . The proposal before the House was to continue the present duties on sugar for another year ; and be thought the conduct of the Government on the tariff should be considered an . earnest of its willingness to , deal in a liberal manner with the sugar duties . They had been taunted with a disposition to let the great ; monopolists escape , and only attack the smaller ones . Now , he firmly believed that the sugar
interest was at that time the smallest in the House . They should remember that when he bad made his proposal for the reduction . on the import duty on meat , he had run the greatest risk that a Minister could have done ; and therefore there was no ground for that accusation ; The Noble Lord's proposition of laatyear was not the same as the present one , and therefore he ( the NiOble Lord ) could hot find fault with them for the course taken ; in opposition : to . his former measure . The Noble Lord ' s plan involved the risk of a loss of £ 600 , 000 a year revenue * Now , this he did not think was compensated by the cheapening sugar three farthings a pound , although ho did not agree with an Hon . Member that this was a contemptible decrease in price . Ha did not think that if they were to allow the importation of sugar from Cuba , and other slave-growing countries , that they would think so highly of their disinterested conduct in emancipating the slaves . This was a double motive , therefore , for rejecting the motion .
After a few words from Lord John Kussell , in reply ,. . :.. ' ¦ " ,. ¦ . .. V . ' ; '' ' . ' . ' - '¦ ' " The House divided , when there appeared—For the motion ... ; . 16 i Against it ..,........................ 216 Majority against it ......... 81 The original motion was then agreed to . The other orders of the day were then disposed of , and the House adjourned at half-past one o ' clock .
- ' ,. " Mondayy June Q . The cases of two more boroughs , whose constituencies are implicated in charges of bribery and c&nuption , were considered . The first case was that of BeltJast , and was merely of a preliminary nature . Mr . 6 'CONNELL presented a petition from a Belfast elector , containing some curious allegations , chiefly implicating Mr . Ilmmerson Tennant . The petition was ordered to be printed with the votes ; and the issue of the writ was suspended until the disposal , on Thursday , of a motion for a committee of iniquiry . : .
The case of Newcastle-under . Lyne raised a discussipn . The issue of the writ was moved by Mr . Adderley , and an amendment on that motion waa
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proposed by Mr . Hume , who moved the suspension of the writ for fourteen days , pending a committee of inquiry . ' ' . '"¦ ¦ . ¦ . ' . ' : ¦ ' *' . / . •/ , " :-- J /¦ ¦; . ' . ¦ : ¦ / '¦¦" .. ¦¦ ¦' -: ¦ . ¦ ¦ ' ; ' .- ¦ Mr . O'Connell supported the amendment in a speech in which he brought forward extracts from the evidence of a committee of 1838 , as well as from the report of the committee which recently unseated the sitting member , in proof of the bribery , corruption , drunkenness , and perjury , usually practised at the Newcaatle-under Lyne elections . ¦ ¦ "' ' :. [ ' : :- -. : \ ' - ¦ '• ¦" '¦ ¦ ., : - ' : . > "¦¦ . ' ¦ .... ¦ ¦•" Mr . LlDDELt replied to Mr . 6 * Connell , as did also the Solicitor-General ( Sii Wilxtam Follett ) , who , though condemning the practice of head-money , considered that Mr . O'Connell ' s selections were partially made , and was of opinion that the House bad constitutionally no power of thus suspending writs .
Mr . Bernal , as one of the committee , thought that the Solicitor-General took too narrow a view of the power of the House , and considered that there were grounds for Inquiry . . ; ; Mr . Wynn also wa » favourable to an inquiry . Sir Robert Peel , restating hia former principle , that no general rule coald be made to apply to these cases , and that each must fee judged on its own grounds , gave his opinion that the case against Newcastle was not so strong as that of Ipswich , and therefore he would vote for the issue of the writ . ' - ' -.
Lord John Russell was opposed to the issue of the writ , on the very ground on which the Solicitor-General had come to an opposite conclusion , namely , the fact of head-money being paid in the borough , a practice which it was desirable to take means for suppressing . ¦ ¦ ¦ ' : ¦ ¦ ¦ v . ' . ' ¦ " ¦ . '¦ . '¦ . '¦; ' . ' ' . - ¦' : ; - ¦ ¦ ¦ : '¦¦; ¦ ' On a division , the issue of the writ was carried by 143 to 97 , the latter numbers being those who voted for Mr . Hume ' s amendment . ¦¦ ¦¦¦ ' ; Mr . Hume suggested to the House the propriety of repealing all the laws against bribery , and thus freely to permit the electors to sell themselves as they pleased —a proceeding which would save much time and useless discussion . ¦
Lord John Russell then rose to ask leave for introducing his Bill "for the better discovery-of bribery in the election of Members of Parliament . " His object was rather : to deter from bribery , by rendering . the means of its detection mote efficacious , than to check it by increased penalties . This he proposed to effect by permitting parties to give In lists of voters whom they affirmed to have been bribed at any election ; and these voters should be liable to disfranchisement onless they cquM defend their votes . A power of granting indemnity in certain cases should be given , and the Eleetibh Committee to whom this power would be entrusted , should also be enabled to follow up inquiries , where they believed corrupt compromises had taken place in order to conceal bribery ; the Committee to
have legal aid in condncting the protracted investigation . On the presentatien of a petition alleging extensive bribery , the Noble Lord proposes that it should bo tried in the same manner as an election petition , the expencea to fall on sitting Members or petitioners , as tho case may be ; and if extensive bribery were preyed against a borough , It should be disfranchised . To obviate the difficulty of carrying DLsfranchisement Bills through Parliament , the inquiry into bribery alleged against any constituency to be conducted by a Committee composed of members of both Houses , in the proportions of four or fl ^ e from the Commons , and three or four from the Lords , te be presided over \ by a Peer to be named by the Ciowb . The bribery oath now administered at elections to be abolished , as it only too
generally adds the guilt of perjury to that of bribery . Lastly ; the payment of any sum of money te electors or their families , either before or after an election , to be deemed to be bribery . The Noble Lord did not anticipate that legislation alone weuld cure the existing evils , but he hoped the law would be aided by the growing moral and religious feeling of the country . Sir Robert Peel . gave his cordial support to the motion , considering the proposed Bill an improvement on the one of 1834 . He was even quite willing to agree to a retrospective clause , which would , for Instance , be applicable to the ensuing election of Newcastle . But it was more difficult to deal with treating than ; with direct bribery . That treating had the effect of bribery , there
could be no doubt ; but the difficulty was to discriminate between corrupt treating and innocent hospitality . The law respecting the practice of conveying electors to to tbapoll was also in an unsatisf jctory state . Electors who had to travel twenty or thirty miles could hardly be expected to eviuce an extraordinary patriotism , if they bad to do so at their own expense . At the same time , the number of vehicles at a contested election was certainly a matter for consideration . On the whole , he was inclined to anticipate much Improvement from a law which would endeavour to remedy existing evils , such a law as the present Bill ; for even the very discussions which had arisen oui of all these cases of bribery and compromises had been productive of much good .
After some remarks from Mr . Hume , Mr . Roebuck , and Lord Sandon * leave was given to bring in the Bilk The House then went into committee on the Customs Acts ( the Tariff ) , and Mr . Roebuck proposed that the duties on foreign and colonial timber be rendered equal ; He contended that the discriminating duties on timber were a loss to this country of two millions per annum , that they were of no use to Canada , of but little value to the shipping interest , and that there was no . consideration which could justify duties compelling us to take inferior timber at a high price . •" - . ¦' : \
Sir Howard Douglas repudiated the specious principles of free trade , and contended that the tariff was based on protective principles , adapted to the actual circumstances of each case . He concluded-with proposing an amendment , " that the duties , 011 and after the I Oth day of October next , should be fixed at 30 s . on foreign timber , and 38 s . on foreign deals , both per load ; and that no ulterior reduction , as conWm ? plated , should take place in either . Mr . Patrick M . Stewart then rose to propose another amendment , that the duty on colonial timber be reduced to 5 s . per load , and the duty on foreign timber to 35 s . ; and that the admeasurement of deals , for the purpose of charging duty , be taken in conformity with the recommendation of the Committee of 1835 .
Mr . Gladstone defended the Government proposition , on the ground of the benefit which would accrue ' to trade and commerce , whilst no injury would result to colonial interests . Aftersome remarks from Sir Charles Napier and Mr . Hume , Mr . F . T . Baring , while opposed to differential duties on principle , was not prepared to get rid of them at once , without reference to the interests involved . But though not disposed to undervalue the benefit of a reduction on any great article of consumption , he thought that the revenue to be sacrificed on timber could have been much better appropriated to reductions on other articles . On a division , there appeared for Mr . Roebuck's amendment 16 , against 243 .
Sir Howard Douglas , with reference to his amendment , proposed an adjournment of the debate ( It being one o ' clock ); but Sir Robert Peel strongly deprecated unnecessary delay , and Sir Howard Douglas proceeded with his statement . : Sir Robert Peel replied ; and , after some remarks from Mr , Labpuchere , Lord Sandon , and Mr . Thornley , the amendment of Sir H . Douglas was negatived without a division . ... ' ¦ '¦¦ ' *' ¦ The schedule of Timber Duties was then agreed to ; after which the House resumed , and then adjourned .
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Destruction of the Harriott . —One of those awful calamities which in a few minutes involve a fearful loss of life and property occurred on the river yesterday . The beautiful clipper-built bark Harriott of 396 tons burden , commanded by Captain Alfred Beech , and consigned to Bagshaw and Co iook fira while lying off the GovernoisGeneral ' s ghat , and was destroyed . We have not been able to ascertain how the conflagration commenced , but it apDaara that about one o ' clock in the afternoon the CaDtain and officers , who were all on board , —tha vaMrf being on the point of Bailing with a rich careo ^ for London , —became aware that she was on fire ' and shortly afterwards the flames burst out with'X fury , as to force the European seamen to jump oW * . board—the native seamen had done so ob " £ ««»; breaking out of the fire . For about half tehow the ehip was completely envelopedJn flames , and th « strand , as well as almost every window and h ™*!
top that commanded a view of that part of the river where the burning vessel was ' situated , was crowded with people of almost every creed and country who gazed upon the awfully grajnd sight with intent interest . The spectacle was , indeed , terriblv gnhlime . About half-past one o ' clock the flames reached the magazine , and the vessel bley ? up , fragment ^ of her stern flying high into the air , and dropping , into and strewing the river all round the site where she was anchored . Boats from all directions flocked round the vessel , and succeeded in rescuing all but
tne cniei mate , who , it is thought , must have sunk in consequence of having beeen struck and stunned by one of the fragments of the vessel . There was a large quantity of saltpetre on board the Harriott The Hashmey , which was situated contiguovis to the Harriott , had a narrow escape . Her lull caught the flames , but the splash of water caused by the timely explosion of the Harriott , was the means of saving her . She has not , however , escaped Without some injury . A considerable quantity of the ealtpetre ^ was also thrown by the explosion on board of the Haahmey . —Hurkaru . - ¦¦ ¦ :. ¦ ' ¦ " -. , , ¦ : ¦ Suicide op a Bor . ~ An extraordinary suicide took place on Saturday last , under the following circumstances : —The name of the youth in question , whose To £ u- u een ' iB Cp . i-esiding with his parents at 206 , Hjgh-street , Wapping , London , and who terminated his existence by taking a laree duantitv
ot arsenio . It will be remembered that about fifteei months since , ajiair-dresser named Dimond , then residing m th * Commercial Road East , was found guilty , and had sentence of death passed on hlml but which was subsequently commuted to transportation for ^ life , on a charge of having committed an' unnatural crime . The deceased boy is the apprentice on whose evidence alone Dimond was convicted , and on whom the capital offence was proved to have bwa committed . Siuce that period he has been residing with his parents , and in consequence of the unfortunate circumstance alluded to has been unable to procure a suuation of any description , which appeared tojprey , as he increased in age , much up on ^ W ^ . Q * P * toYiaat , h * . wrote a letter toon " of his brothers , m which were the words , " Although I sha never meet you happy in this world , I hope I shalL in the next . " On Safcurdav hfl l 7 ft . hni
about six 0 clock , as he said , to look fora sitnation at fatratford . On the load he purchased half an ounce of arsenic , and called at the house of a relative at btepney , where he asked for some water , and in which it is supposed he took the poison . He proceeded to . Stratford , and laid himself down to die in * hedge close on the borders of Haiiault Forest , where he was found by some police of the K division , and in an almost lifeless condition , in which state he was conveyed to the London Hospital , where he died shortly after admission .
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From the London Gazette 0 / Friday , June 3 . - . '' . BANKRUPTS . William Chappelow , of Long Acre , biidle cutter , June 17 and July 15 , at one , at the poort of Banferuptcy . Mr . vV- Whitmore , offipial assignee , Basing hall-street ; and Mr . Harnidge , solicitor , 16 , Bloomsbury-sqnare . ; : ¦¦¦¦ ... . ¦;¦ ¦ ' . ' . '¦ - .. ¦ - . ¦ ¦ ¦ .: Peter Anderson Hepbarn , late of Hungetford-wharf , Strand , but now of 12 , Powis-place , Hampstead-road , bottled beer merchant , June 10 , at two , and July 15 , at 12 , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Lackitigton , official assignee , Coleman-street Buildings ; and Mr . Frowd , solicitor , Essex-street . Strand .
Thomas Qaaife , Thomas Jones Tyrrell , and James Quaife , late of North End , Fulham , brewers , June 10 , at one , and July 15 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Johnson , official assignee , 20 , Basinghallstreet ; and Messrs . Fyson and Co ., solicitors , 8 , Fred , erick ' s . pace , Old Jewry . ¦ William Harper , of Cowper's-court , Cornhill , City , merehaut , June 10 , at two , and July 15 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . 3 VIr . James Foster Groom , official assignee , 12 , Abchurch-lane , Lombflrd-Btreet ; aud Mr . Kirkman , solicitor , King William-street , London Bridge . ; - .
Caarles Samuel Hey wood and Wlilliam Hey wood , of Manchester , but late of Basinghall-street , London , warehousemen , June 15 and July 15 , at ten , at the Comraissioners ' -rooms , Manchester . Messrs . Reed and Shaw , solicitors , Friday-street , Cheapsidei London ; and Messrs . Sale and Wonhington , solicitors , Manchester . '•' : ' ¦ . ¦ "¦ . ' . : ¦ _ ;; ( Seorge William Longridge , of Sunderland , Durham , ironmoDger , July 7 and 15 , at eleven , at the George Inn . Sunderland . Mr . T , M . Loveland , solicitor , 6 , Symoud ' s-inri , Chancery-lane , London ; and Mr . J . M . Cooper , solicitor , Sunderland .
John Gpoder , of Raistrick , Yorkshire , fancy cloth manufacturer , June 14 , at eleven , and July 15 , at twelve , at the George Hotel , Huddergfleld . Messra Clarko and AJetcaif , solicitor , 20 , Lincoin's-inn-flelds , London ; and Messrs . Whltehead and RobinBon , solicitors , Hli Iderafleld . Edmund As&worth , of Manchester , Innkeeper , June 20 and July 15 , at eleven , at the Commissioners ' -rooms ^ Manchester . Messrs .. Adlington and Go ., solicitors , Bedford-row , London ; and Mr . William Christopher Chew , solicitor , Manchester . George Bower , of Weoldale , Yorkshire , woollen cloth manufacturer and clothier , June 11 , at ten ; and July 15 , at two , at the George Hotel , Huddersfield . Mr . Djmiel Cornthwaite . solicitor , Dean's-court , Doctor ' s Commons , London ; and Mr . John Cornthwaite , solicitor , Liverpool .
John Bainbridge , of Richmond , Yorkshire , ironfounder / June 24 , at three , at the King ' s Head Inn , Richmond , and July 15 ; at ten , at the Golden Lion Inn , Nprthallerton . Mr . Richard Addison , solicitor , 8 , Mecklenburgh-s ^ uare , London : and Mr . James Hunton , solicitor , Richmond . ' . , ¦ William Walker , of Burton-upon-Trent , Sfciiffordshire , mercer and draper , June 17 and July 16 , at twelve , at the W ^ ite Hart Inn , Bnrton-up 6 n TTrenfc Mr . James Drewry , solicitor , Burton-upon-Trent ; and Messrs . Bicknell and Co ., solicitors , 57 , Lincoln's-mnfields , London . ; : : : ' : John NotUngham , of Cheltenham , Gloucestershire , picture dealer . June 15 and July 15 , at eleven , at the Royal Hotel ,:, Cheltenham . Messrs . Roy and Co ., solicitors , 42 , Lothbury ,: London ; and Messrs . Bubband Co . i solicitors , Cheltenham . :
Henry William Jackson , late of Haverhill , Essex , wine merchant , June 17 , at four , and July 12 , at two , at the Rose and Crown Inn , S affron Walden . Mr . Owen Pape Holmes , solicitor , 6 , Liverpool-street , City , London ; and Mr . John Heniy Jardine , solicitor , Stoka next Glare , Suffolk .
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . V John Swainson , and Japheth Clayton , of Manchester . William Tinkler and John Newbald , of Kingstonupon-Hull , engravers . James Martin and William Muir , of Liverpool , shawl merchants . Benjamiu Butterworth , J 6 seph , Butterworth , Robert Butterwortft , and Richard Woofifondeu Butterworth , of Hudder £ - field , Yorkshire , woollen cloth mercfianta ( so fir as regards Banjamin Butter worth ) . . William Xurth and John West , of Bradford , Yorkshire , cotton dyers .
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From , the Gazette of Tuesday , Jurn 7 . ¦ ¦ ; . '¦ . BANKRUPTS . Thomas Ginger , Leighton Buzzard , to surrender the 17 ta of June instant , at twelve , and July 19 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankrnptcy , Basinghall-street Edwards , " official assignee , Frederiefs-place , Old Jewry ; Wright , Furnlval-s Inn , London ; Day , Woburn , Bedfordshire . / John Brettargh , timber-dealer , Pendleton , Lancashire , June 20 , and July 19 , at ten . Solicitor , Foster , Manchester ; Netbersole , Essex-street , Strand . Henry Matthew Walker and Thomas Casson , comfactors , Manchester ,: June 14 , at ten , at the Sessions House , Wakefteld , and July 19 , at ten , at the Commissioners' Rooms ,- Leeds . Solicitors , Arlington , Gregory , Faulkner , and Follett ; Bedford-row , London ; Taylor and Westmorland Wakefield .
Joslah Barlow , hatter , Manchester , June 21 and July 19 , at twelve , at the Commissiohera * RoomJ j Manchester ; Solicitor , Bunting , Manchester ; Bewei and Back , Chaneery-lane , London . Godwin Pilsworth Kennan and Anguatus S&mson , calico printers , Mancheater , June 21 and July 1 ; 9 »»* eleven , at tne Commissioners * Rooms , Ma ucheste 1 " ' Solicitors , R . M . and C . Baxier , Lincoln ' s-inn-fiel dJj London ; Worthington , Manchester ; Xycett , . "MaB * cheater . : ' /¦ ¦ ;¦ .. . : ' - ¦ .. ¦ ¦¦ ' ¦¦ - - ; - / :, " . , : ' .: . Thomas Barter , surgeon , Poole , June 25 and JtJJ 19 , at twelve , ^ t the offices ef Messrs . ^ arr , Paole-Solicitors , Loftus and Young , New Inn ; Loadon ; Parr , Poole . " - ' ;' : ' ' ¦ ¦ :- ' ¦ ; V ..: " " '• . -.- •;
-Thomas , Jonea , woolatapler , Breceh , July 1 andl 9 » at twelve , at the Castle Hotel . Solicitors , Yaugbaa Bevan , and Lauford , Brecon ; Bicknell , Roberto , Fifldij and Neat , Llncob ' s-lnn-fleUa . William Laurense , meney soriTener , Kmg Williaai ' street , June 18 , at one , and July 19 , at twelve , at ^ Court of Bankruptcy . Groom , Abchurch-lane , official assignee ; Cox , Size-lane , Buckleabury . Norman M'Leod and Cornelius Browne Yanoif * ship-brokers , Liverpool , June 25 and July 19 , at two , at the Clarendon Rooms ^ Liverpool . Solicitors , Arlington , Gregory , Faulkner and Follett , London ; Crump aud Hawaii , Liverpool .
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BALANCE SHEET OF THE LONDON DELEGATE COUNCIL , FROM MARCH 1 st . TO MAY 30 m . RECEIPTS . £ . 8 . d . Mehey in hand last quarter 1 19 10 ^ From Liquidation Debt Committee 0 12 6 . St . Pancras . ' ... ... ... ... 0 8 6 Carpenters'Arms ... ... ... 0 5 3 Globe Fields ... ... ... 050 Shoemakers , Poland-street ... 0 I 0 , Walworth and Camber well ... 0 5 0 . Albion , Shoreditch ... ... 0 5 0 Clock-house , Leicester-square ... 0 4 6 Star , Golden-lane ... ... ..-. 0 6 0 TbreeDove 8 ., 0 3 4 Bricklayers'Arms ... 0 4 0 Cannon Coffee-house ... ... 0 9 4 . Three Crowns ... ... ... 0 5 0 Hatters , Brown Boar ... ... 0 5 0 Hammersmith ... 0 5 0 ¦ Crown Coffee-house ... ... 0 2 1 ¦ Receipt Hall of Science meeting 0 3 li Total receipts ... ... ... £ 6 9 5 $ Ten localities , not included , ai * o in arrears the whole quarter to the Council . EXPENDIXURB . March 6 . Rant of Hall of Science ... 1 0 ' 6 " Printing for Ditto , ... ... 0 6 6 " Mistake in last Quarters ' balance in hand ... ... 0 2 0 April 3 . Back rent of 55 j . Old Bailey 0 19 6 " Back salary of Secretary ... 1 49 ' "' Stationery and postage during the quarter ...... 0 5 6 " Rent of Council Room , . thirteen weekB , at two shillings per week ... 1 6 0 " Salary of Secretary , thirteen weeks , at five Bhillings per month ...... ... 0 16 3 Total expenditure ... ^ 6 0 6 Total receipts ...... ...... ... 6 9 5 f Total expenditure ... ... 6 0 6 _ Balance in hand ...... 0 8 ll | Due by individuals to pouncil ... ... 112 : 6 Baknce in favour of Ditto £ 2 1 55
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Mh . Duncombe has succeeded after much diffi culty , in getting a return made to the House of Commons of copies of the papers connected with Lord Plunkett ' s arrest of Mr . Gordon , upon which further proceedings will be takea as soon as Mr . Dunoombe caa got the papers printed .
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