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TUESDAY , Hit 11 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —State of the Com Makbt . ¦• The Earl of Habowicke rose to put the questions of which be had given notice yesterday , on the mbjectof the quantity of corn in the country , and the meinsof supply . He was strongly impressed with the idea that there was not food enough tolut till the next harvest . He bettered there was little probability of any combtiog received from Poland , theBaltie , or the , Mediterranean , ana our oaly hope therefore remained in America , and lie UUeredtherewasia wry small qaanHtyof corn to com . from there . This prospect w » dismal aud alarrmng . The Marquis of Lassdowsb said every indlvidualhad ;
fte same means which the governmen t had of ascertaining the present stock of corn in the country , and he should therefore make no statement on that subject ; but be conld tell the nsble earl , for his satisfaction , that awry large quantity of corn had been imported this \« tt andit was still on the increase up to the present iioment . ( Hear , hear . ) He agreed with the noble earl that the state of the markets was racli as to make it the im peratiredaty of all persons , as far as they had interest , power , and authority , to maintain in their families , as a matter of feeling as well as economy , the strictest regulations as to the consumption of food .
Lord AsBBtiBTox doubted the ability of the American market to afford them a sufficient supply . Be feared that the anticipations of his noble friend , as to further supplies would not be realised . Lord Beodgoam argued strongly for economy on the part of consumers . He deprecated the idea of in any way interferingmth the export trade . The Marquis of L&ssdotfks tlien proposed two amendments in the report of the Irish landed Property Bill , one authorising the erection of grist-mills , and the other apply ing the proposal of the Duke of Wellington respecting tin : wages of labour in general to all labour performed under the Landed Property 15111 , and making it imperative that the wages of such labour should be paid in the current coin of the realm . The amendments were agreed to aad the report received . Their lordships then adjourned .
HOUSE OF COMMOJ 5 S . —Whitsdh Hohdats and Public Business . —Lord J . Rtsssell gave notice that , on Friday , the 21 st of Hay , he would more that the house , it its rising , do adjourn to Friday , the 23 th . Sbstehsnh of the Kavigation Laws . —In reply to a question from Mr Mitchell , LordJ . Susseu , stated that he meant to propose the suspension of the Navigation Law , but the precise mode of die suspension remained to be considered . Lord Mokpeth intimated , with reference to the Health of Towni Bill , that he intended to proceed with the measure so far as related to corporate towns in England and "Wales—oot including the City o : " London-and ta all other towns to-which a majority of the rated inhabitants petitioned that it might be applied ; and as regarded the . constructing ofj or contracting for , gas and waterworks , - it wouhl be proposed that their value should'be estimated as land was estimated under the Land Consolidation Claosea Act , and the clauses would be of a compulsory ¦ character *
Poos . Removal . —Mr Basses obtained leare to bring in a bill to repeal thefirst clause of the Poor Removal Act Sir G . Grey consented to the first reading with the under , standing that Ministers were not in any way pledged to the principles of the bilL IiOAS . —DlSCCBST ON IssTAUtBSIS . —The SpEAKEHpUt the question that the report be brought up , which was brought up accordingly and received , when , nohon . member rising , the Speaker then put the further question of adjournment , and left the chair . | The house rose at six o ' clock . WEDNESDAY , May 12 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Pioos akd Cbabitablb PobmskBill . —Lord J , Haxhexs , in moving the second reading of the bill , trusted he should be able to convince the house that the Mortmain Act of 1736 , which he now sought to repeal , tras based on fal » and wrong princi . pies , was subversive of the ancient spirit of the constitution from the t ime of the Reformation down to the data
at which it was enacted , was subversive of the law and jurisprudence of England , and existed in no other civilised country in the world . In this view he was sure every one must concur who had paid the least attention to the remarkable and conclusive evidence given by Sir Francis Palgrava before a committee upon the subject , over which he presided . It wa » not till 173 S that it was discovered for the first time that unless a mortmain aet were passed the whole landed property of this country would pass out efthe hands of its rightful owners , and would be swallowed up by benevolent institutions . Previous to that year the word " mortmain" was never beard . But he denied that the principleupon which that bill was based had any foundation in fact . Lst the house take an instance . That noble charity Queen Anne ' s Bounty had been exempted from the law of 1736 , ana
had been permitted to receive land to any amount ; yet bow , after an existence of 145 years , that great charity wa § in possession of landed estates worth about £ 160 , 000 a-year , an amount exceeded by some and equalled by maay of our English nobles . During the yean 1811 , 1812 , andl 8 is , Queen Anne ' * Bounty received in money £ 51 , 689 , bnt in land only £ 7 , 575 . If that were so , where was the danger of extending the liberty enjoyed by Queen Anne ' s Bounty to other pious and charitableinstitutionsi And if no evil had accrued to individuals from the freedom enjoyed by that charity , let him ask if that charity had not conferred immense benefits in the shape of education upon the church , and upon the people of this country ! ( Hear , hear . ) - Jthad puzzltdlawyen , statesmen , and antiquarians to discover the real grounds of this revolutionary change , and it was only during the
last winter , andby an accidental circumstance , that they had been disclosed to him . Of all the friends and supporters of Sir Robert Walpole . nona gave him more effectual support than the famous Lord Hardwicke—and in a MS- copy oftheMemoirs of Sir B . Walpole and his Tunes , written by Lard Hardwicke , which had come into Ks hands , he had found the true reasons which induced the government of that psrod togive their support to the measure in question . In describing the year 1736 , that historian said : — "All the considerable debates that passed this year in Parliament were upon church matters , and Parliament , like bull dogs , sticking close to any hold on which they have ones fastened , the poor church - this winter was as much worried as Sir Robert had been any other . " ( Here follows the account of the Test and Corporation , BilL and of a visit uf the Bishop of London
to SirB . Walpole , to thank him for the defeat of that hilt ) " The Bishop of London went directly out of Sir Brtert WalpoVshouse to the Archbishop of York ' s ; and there , all the bishops having been summoned to concert what was to bo done to defeat the Mortmain and Quakers Bill , then depending , it was resolved that tha bisheps should all send , circular letters throughout their respective dioceses , to alarm the clergy , to notify to them what -was going on in Parliament , to advise them to petition Parliament , and to tell them the bishops thought it their duty to give them this warning and this advice . " —How for the oniatuof the King and Queen : — "The Queen , when Bishop Sherlock came to her , chid him extremely , and asked him if he was not ashamed to be overreached in tins manner a second time by the Bishop
of London ; and , after all she had said to him to point out liis following the Bishop of London in Bundle ' s affidr . howhe could be blind and weak enough to be Tunning his nose into another ' s dirt again . The Sing , with his usual tbftneu in speaking of any persons be disliked , called the bishops , whenever he mentioned them is private on this occasion , apatcel of Mack , canting , hyptmtieal rascals ; and odd the government was likely to go on well if these smmdrfi were to dictate to their prince how far he should or should not comply with the dispositions of hU Parliament , and to be giving themselves theseimpertinent airs is opposing every thing that did not exactly suit with their silly opinions ; and , indeed , church power was so . little rsluhed at this time , and churchmen so little popular , that these cabals and combinations of the bishops to oppose and influence the
transactions of Parliament , and to irritate the passions of the inferior clergy , were generally exclaimed against and condemned . The Mortmain BUI and the Quakers Sill were both passed in the House of Commons by great majorities , and everybody that spoke for them gue the bishops and the parsons very hard , as well as very popular , slaps ; the young men all run riot on those topics , and there wert none to take the part of the poor church but a few old Tories and the Jacobites . Sir B , 'Wal pole , however , who hated extremes , and dreaded the consequences of all intemperance in Parliament what , ever , though ke voted for these bilU , endeavoured to quell and soften the zeal of those woo voted with him , mud rather followed in every step that was taken in them than promoted them . " [ And when thebiU was in the Lords , lie says]— "My Lord Chief Justice Hardwicke
Struck deeper , as he expressly said there were many things in two books written by the Bishop of London , or by his order , that were contrary to law . ... Lord Hervey laid open all the mismanagements in the fund called Queen Anne ' s Bounty , which was given for the ¦ ugmentatioa of smalljivings . . . . This inquiry into the management of Queen Anne ' s Bounty came « propo » by the bishops proposing this corporation to be excepted from the Mortmain Bill , but it passed the House of Lords without this exception . Whea the Quakers Bill was debated , it was loit by the two law eras , the Lord Chancellor Talbot and Lord Chief Justice Hardwieke , opposing it ; one reason these law-lords had -tor this conduct was desiring to make their peace with theclergy , and regain some ef that favour they had forfeited by their manner of espousing and pushing the
Mortmain Bill . But , in truth , the reason that weighed most with them was the consideration of popularity wiifa ttemenof thair own profession ; for , as great men U these two lawy rs were , and atupright as they were esteemed , they hadette spirit of preferring the powerand profitof their own profession as much at heart as any par-Main the kingdom , or set of men in the world . It was this pirithftdmade them and all the lawyers iaboth houses for the Mortmain Bill , as the fewer lands there were unalienable in the kingdom , the more titles there would be open to be litigated . It was this spirit , too , made them against the Quakers Bill . This Lord Hardwicke in one of his speeches , with great Inadvertence , and dare swear therongh repentance , plainly avowed , saying
"that if this bill should pass , it weald not onlyexelude the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts from opera ting in the case of these tithei . bnt would also virtually ( hut out the temporal courts , as it would make a justice of the peace a turnpike to the temporal courts , where dis putants would be stopped "—the very reason , begging lard Hardwicke ' s pardon . thatshould hare induced every man ia England but a lawyer or parson to be for this OP- But as long as money and power are reckoned of tnegood thmgsof thisworia , it was no wonder the par-¦ 0 M > lwuld oppose abill that would abridge their pre . SSW ""*» Q « " * er . nor tbatthe lawyers SSSSFass'aa
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nothing strongly in view but the enriching the her . vent of Westminster Hall ; and that their popularity with the laity in the first , or with the ctergy in the latter was not their primary or chief consideration , but a casual , nodmta consequence of their attachment t » the interest of their own burdensome profession . " Such were fte reams alleged to have indueed the leglsla-£ J ? « f " , * 5 ' UM tte wo' * , of lord S 3 ~ . * \ . feelln * of hatrea *««* ' the church . realties of any kind from being left for any charitable purposes , anQ he would have little difficulty in showing thatits
intention had been ampl y fulfilled , and that charity a » 4 baen violated , and the most benevolent intenturns frustrated in consequence of its unjust operation . « ny n ad not the Asylum for the Indigent Blind in Man-Chester been long since built andi pened ! Because of the ope ration of this law . Why had hot the watermen of London charitable institutions for their reception ! Becaus e of the operation of this law . He had received a lette r from &n old soldier in BeadiDg , who' possessed a small property in land and houses , which he said he was desirous of leaving to the Berkshire Hospital ; and was it not a great cruelty that he was prevented from carrying his charitable intentions into effect : because
his property comisted of land and houses 1 He bad received another letter , detailing a case where a tradei * mania Liverpool was desirous of bequeathing a part of j his property , consisting of railway shares , for the purpose of building almbouiesfortbepoor , and was stopped from doing so because railway shares were held not to bft personal property . He bud also received a letter from a clergyman of Bristol , stating that a person who Had land and houses there , which he wished to bequeath in trust for the benefit of the poor , tras prevented from doing so by the operation of this law . It was easy to say " let the rich man divest himself during his lifetime of the property which he wishes to bequeath for cairitabU purposes at his death , " but how could they say to the poor man , " you must leave your property during your
lifetime , or you shall not contribute at all to the * wants of the poor on your death V One of the arguments In favour of the present law was , that it guardedthe death , j bed of the man of property from unduei solicitations . He denied this entirely . Did the present law ' prevent the unworthyrelative , the panderer / the mistress , or the pros , titute from having access to the death-bed of the rich , or from participating hi his property ! No ; these were not prevented . The objects of charity alone ^ - the poor , tbt wretched , and distressed—were excluded ! ( Hear , hear . ) A Nicholas Suisse might receive the bequest ' of the Marquis of Hertford , but not the church or the almshouse . ( Hear , hear . ) This hypocritical and inconsls . tent law left the death-bed open to every species of solicitation except that of the miserable . But though he did
not much regard this argument , he provided against it in the present bill ; for by it no landed property could be bequeathed for charitable purposes unless the will wai signed three months before the testator ' s death . Another argument was , that the presentlaw prevented land fro ai being tied up in perpetuity . He could prove , that in point of factcharitable and ecclesiastical property at the present day was liable to all the incidents of all otber descriptions of real property , and could as readily change hsnds . - But for the sake of peaee , and to obtain what he considered a great boon , he conceded as much as ht possibly could in this respect , and made provision in the bill that no land should pas ? for charitable purposes ex . cept what might be considered necessary for building purposes . He knew the disadvantages under which he laboured in urging this subject before the house ; bnt
so confident was he in tha justice of his cause , that even if he were not supported , as he was supported , bp great legal authority , in his viewi , he would have felt i t to be his duty to advocate it to the best of his power . ( Hear . ) In conclusion , he appealed to Lord J . Russell , who proved himself oflateyears so truea friend ofhis church and nation ; who had done so much to emancipate trade and commerce ; who had so earnestly endeavoured to promote the cause of ciril and religious liberty , and invited him to add yet another wreath to hit brow , by assenting to this bill . ( Cheers . ) He also appealed to that house in the name of the poor , thehalt , the blind , and the lame , ia the name of those to whom the Gospel bad not been preached , in consequence of the operation of this mischievous and cruel act—he called on them in the name of English charity to give their asseat to the second reading of the bill . ( Cheers . )
Sir G . Gset opposed the hill . He said the question was , whether the repeals of 9 Geo . II ., oap . 36 , was essential to the exercise of public charity ? He was sure that no one conld answer that question in the affirmative . Lord J . Manners had spoken of the Mortmain Act of 1736 as if it had been the first act by which bequests of lands for charitable purposes had been restrained . But that was not so , for from the earliest period of our history a series of acts hadbeenpassed to prevent aliens , tion in mortmain , and tbose acts were not touched by
the present bill . The act of 1736 did not actually prohibit the alienation of landed property for charitable purposes ; it only prescribed certain conditions , which were to attach to all alienations for such purposes . He considered that the propositions of Lord J . Manners would be practically inoperative , and would not carry out hisownintention * . This bUl did not come before it recommended by tee report of &e committee . The com . mittee thought some alteration of the law desirable , but distinctl y protested against that sort of alteration which was bow proposed .
Lord Clt ? b observed , that the object of this bill was simply to restore the law to the state in which it stood before the 9 th of George II ., and not to alter the whole course of legislation since the Reformation up to that time . . - ¦ . ;¦ .. .. . Sir B . Inohs regretted that a measure , having for its object to alter so imr or tant a branch of our statute law should have been brought forward at a time when so many members were necessarily absent . These Wednesdays sittings were exceedingly inconvenient for the dis . cussion of such important matters , and he trusted the government wonld take steps to check the prosecution of the existing system . ( Hear , hear . ) Tha fault which he found with the arguments of the supporters of the bill was that they considered the only alteration it
necessitated was an alteration of an actof Geo . II . He spoke on the authority of an eminent lawyer in that house , when he said that if this bill were passed , every dsbtia . curredbyadonor to a charity wonld be defeated by the act of gift by such donor , if such debt was incurred after the date of gift under the will . Now , were the house , as honest men , prepared { to assent to such a proposal as that ! Bnt then Lord Harcwicke ' s Memoirs was quoted . He must say that he thought the character of the author of that work stood scarcely sufficientl y high to recommend the adoption of a law baaed upon the statements contained in it . One of those statements was , that George II . had declared the bishops of the Church of England " a set of black-coated , canting , hypocritical rascals » _ a statement which he was glad to hear that one of the
noble lords opposite had condemned as "a petty ebullition of Hanoverian spite . " He must say to those noble lords , however , thathedid not think the animus with which the measure had been brought forward at all satisfactory . He had heard tke words "sectarian and revolutionary" applied to the act of George II . —words which he thought oughtnot to have been used For his own part , he thought this bill only carried out a principle enunciated by a not very charitable individual that " was more pleasant to be charitable at the expense of others than at one ' s own cost . ' ? ( Hear , and laughter ) That was not a sort of charity , however , which he ( Sir B . H . Inglis ) was desirous of encourbging ; and ht should , therefore , decidedly oppose the bi ) l . , Sir Vf . Heathcote supported the MIL
Mr Nkwdeoatb expressed his disapprobation of the measure , and denominated its three supporters Faith Hope , and Charity . Lord S . Manners was . ithe repral ssntative of Faith , and of one faith in particular . ' Lord Clirewas the repretentative of Charity , and hof ta obarity which was bo extensive as to cover anything and Sir VT . Heathcote was the representative of Hope , and of that sort of hope which might be designated a last hope After a brief reply from Lord J . Mansers , the house divided , when the numbers were—For the second reading ,.... „ 20 Against it ... ........................ 166 a L ,..,, , Ma J ° rUy against it .... ' . ' . ' —116 So the bill was lost . .
^ AoEicctTOKAL Tenast , Biq hi . —Mr . Posix stated tiiat it was not his inUntion . bj proceed further with the bulduring thepreaent sesuon . Hebelieved that tbebest mode of ensuring its ultimate success would be , to perimtsuch ; prenous Inquiry , as would satisfy al par « e 8 concerned , boUx of its justice and of its necessltj . He had presented petitions si gned by farmers holdbw MWA ^ ^ - ^ J- ; il ^ iS 2 rimed thatits becoming law was merel y a question of hJ ^ I ^^ T ^ f * ^ on the coursehe had taken in bringing this question under the = notice of parliament . But it was a most delicate and difficult subject of legislation , and therefore be thought his hon frisnd had exercises a wise discretion , in . Hot ottemptine to carry the bill without the fullest previous inquiry . There was no doubt that its main principl ., that of tempting the investment of capital to ths cultivation of land , and the securing of that caplsal when so invested was one every way deierving the favourable comideral tion of parliament .
Order discharged , bill withdrawn . Poo * Bams ( Ibeiao t ) Bui . —On the motion of Mr S . Crawford the bill was committed pro forma ; On the House resuming , . ¦ Mr S . O'Bbiek moved that the report be received that day sixmonths as the principle of the bill was onewhich he trusted the house would never sanction . Sir G . Gbei observed , that as the bill had been com . aitted pro forma , it would be nnusual to reject it without allowing the author of it to lay . it before the bouse in as amended shape . He therefore hoped that Mr S . O'Brien would not presshis amendment nunSrs we ™ - " * 11011 ' * ° di ^ ed , when the S e t ^ mament . 81 Against ^ It S 5 Sothebiliwas ? oir altSfaVOUr - " " * m dtag ?^ Ea ^ taent Bm Wl 0 Ston *• « °° nd
Seduction akd Pbostitotiok . —Mr Spoomer mn ,. j the second reading of the biU for the better Zl ° it seduction and prostitution . prevention of ^ ff . GaET showed that tbe bill , as it now stood went veryfarbeyonditsprofessed object . HeatoS * oweTevhat the offence of procuration was not suffi . denfly within the cognizance of the law , and stated ht . muinsnew to gU Dport a m $ SWct euljecSng Mitons
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guilty of that offence to penalties proportioned to the crime . He doubted , however , whether the clause insorted in - this , bill for that purpose would ' effectually carry ; eu » that objeot , and was certain that the penalties whteh it proposed to inflict were v « ry objectionahla . He also objected to the summary jurisdiction provided in this bill for the offences committed under it . Some of the clauses , too , were of so sweeping a character that there was no knowing who might not become subject to a penalty under them . He thereforB suggested to Mr Spooner the propriety of withdrawing his presentbill , and of obtainingleave to bring inanother , limited to the object to which he alluded . Mr Spoobeb expressed his readiness to adopt that course ; and bis bill was accordingly withdrawn . He then moved for leave to bring in another bill , limited to the objfct mentioned by Sir G . Grey .
To this proceeding Mr C . Beekslei objected in point of form ; and the Speakkb informed Mr Spooner that as ihe objection was taken , he must give notice ofhis inten tion to bring in such a measure . Hkaith of Towns Bin " . —Viscount Mobpeth moved that the house Bhoald go into committee on this billpro forma , so that it might be reprinted . No further steps would be taken , with it before tbo ffnitBuntide belidays . . « , ? ° « SlBTH 0 KP ^ " ^ toknow why the parts oftho , bill which related to London , which required more care land supervision than any other city , Bbould be withdrawnjwy more than thoso which related to Lincoln ' or any other town ! Mr Spooneb suggested that that part of the bill which was compulsory on municipal ' towns , should be made optional .
Dr Bowsino hoped that Lord Morpetb would not carry the concessions with regard to this bill any further ; for if much more was surrendered it would be of little value . He could assure him , that he was supported in it b y opinion out of doors , and especially by the working daBse * . Viscount Sandoc confirmed what had been just stated for a petition in favour of the bill in Liverpool had been signed by several hundreds of the workiag clones in a fewhours . Viscount MowETH said he bad consented to the ex .
elusion of the city of London , not because it had less need of the provisions of such a bill than tb * city of Lincoln , but on account of its vast size and the mass of legislation with which / it wasconnected , which could not bo dealt with this session . He vras not prepared to adopt the suggestion that the inclusion of . corporate towns In the provisions of the bill should be merely voluntary . He was glad to hear the exhortations of the hon . member for Bolton , and the noble lord the member for Liverpool , and they would see , and the house would see , that they would not be needed .
On ths motion that the Speaker do leave the chair , Col . SiBiHOBi'moved that the house be counted , and only 34 members being present , the house stood adjourned at ten minutes to six .
[ From our Second Edition of laitweik . ) THURSDAY , May 6 . HOUSE OF LORDS .-Lobd Bboughah asked if it were true , as reported , that a deputation of bankers had waited upon the Prime Minister upon the subject of tho money panic , and . if so , what was the result ! He had heard that discounts had risen to twelve and thirteen percent ., and he knew that several manufacturers in the north had stopped their mills , and refused to execute orders sent from America , because they feared they could not obtain money to pay th » ir hands . The Marquis of Lansdowne answered that a deputation of bankers bad waited upon Lord Johii Bussell that day , but he did not know the result of the coaference .
Pooa Law Remef Ibeland Bill—On the house going into committee on this bill , Lord Monteagle moved an amendment on the first clause , the object of whicli was to limit the bill to a certain period , to bo thereinafter named . The noble lord contended that , as the government had admitted the measure to be a most perilous experiment , they could not , with any show of reason , object to making tte bill temporary . The original clause was supported by the Marquis of Lans . downe , the Marquis of . Claniicarae , the Earl of Devon and Earl Grey . The amendment was supported b y the Archbishop of Dublin , Lord Brougham , the Earl of Ross , the Marquis of Westmeath , the Earl ofHaddington , the Earl FitzwilHam , ana the Earl of Shrewsbury Their Lordships ' committee divided— ,. For the amendment- ^ Content ... ... fi 3 '* . Non-Content ,., so Majority against the Government ... ] 3
The clauses limiting that portion of the bill which introduces the new principal of out door relief , as amended by Lord MoNTEActB , were then agreed to . Lord Stamex moved an amendment , the effect of which would be to give the power of appointment of the relieving officers to the Poor Law Commissioners instead of to the Board of Guardians . This amendment waslost , ' " - . ' ; ... . The house adjourned at a quarter past twelve o ' clock HOUSE OF COMMONS .-Sir Wilham Vebneb called attention to the importation firearms into Ireland . Mr Labouchebe assured the honourable baronet that tae state of Ireland was most anxiously considered by tho government , and the prevalence of the sale of arms had not been overlooked ; but they had not deemed it necessary to resort , to any extraordinary measures to secure the public peace , such as an Arms Bill or a Coercion Bill .
Mr BawHTmovedfora select committee to inquire into the progress of the cultivation of cotton in India . Sir J HoBHousE would not oppose the appointment of the committee . Lord 6 . Bkntinck was proceeding to speak on the subject , when the house was counted out , and tho mem . bers present adjourned . , ¦ FRIDAY , May . 7 . HOUSE OF LORDS . - A few . clauses in the Irish Poor jLaw Bill . were agreed to . Nothing of publio ini . portance transpired , , . . . On the 11 th clause , which provided that whenever ths rate on the . electoral division should e » ceed 2 s . 6 d . in the pound for the year , any surplus rate should fall on the union at
large-Lord Staniei moved Jhe omission of the clause , The noble lord showed that the mode of rating proposed by the bill was unjust , and one whereby the good landlord would be made to pay for the defaults and neglects of the bad landlord . This clause would operate so as to exonerate the towns at the expense of the rural districts , Half-a-crown in the pound was , in the present state of tbo country , a very low figure toconsider an extreme amount , and was very for from what could . be called a confisca . tion of property . ' , Earl Gbbx objected to the principle that every proprietor ought to be liable to maintain the . poor on his estate , , wbich was the principle contended for by Lord Stanley . This clause was framed by the government as a fair compromise between contending difficulties . Their lordships ' committee divided—For tae clause ... , 54 AgainBtit ......... ...... „ .. „„ 73 Majority against the government .... ' .. —19
Thd clause was , therefore , struck out of the Bill , '¦ ( froM our Third Edition oflot * WHk . ) :: FRIBAY , Mat 7 . . ' ¦ HOUSE ] OF COMMONS . —To a question from Sir B . Hall , ; Sir G . Gbet . ' stated that he had received information that since Jonury lust , 180 , 000 Irish paupera had been lanaenin Liverpool ; that of these between forty and fifty thousand had emigrated ; and that from sixty to eighty thousand remained in Liverpool ; ' In consequence of statements made to the Home Office that steamboats had brought over paupers in a state of fever , instructions had been forwarded to the authorities and Custom House qmcers in Liverpool to provide for the establishment of hospital ships , and to take other sanitary precautions . To a question from Major Layam > , :
Mr F , Macle said that it was resolved that the soldiers' minimum pension of 6 d . a day should be raised to 8 d ., and that , in addition , be should be entitled to his good conduct pay . : ¦ Oathe order of the day being read for going into Committee on the Punishment of Vagrants ( Irdandv BUI ,.. - V ¦ .,. . . ¦ . ¦ . 'I / •¦ ' . . ; ,., '' . I-- -,- ' Lord J ; Russell , in answer to Mr P . Scropb , said that itwasnothls intention to press ' the measure , unless the general Poor-law Bill became law , as it would be unjust to deprive persons' of the privilege ot asking' alms for their support who received none under the present law . . Thebltt then passed tbroHgh Committee , as did also tha Poor Removal Supervision ( England and Scotland ) Bill . ' The Poor Relief Superintendence ( Ireland ) BUI was read a second time . . - <
The remainder of the night was taken up in Committee of Supply on the miscellaneous estimates , and the house adjourned till Monday . : ,
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Mormon EMWBmoN . —There is a set of men going about this county ( Wilts ) , calling themselves priests of the Latter Day Saints , and tclUng people that the ; alone are the servants of God , and persuading them to be baptised , and go to California ( where they intend . building ancient Zion and new Jerusalem ) . They act upon the' credulous by making them be-Here that the " saints" who Jeft Nanvoo while journeying in the interior of America , and famishing for want , the Lord sent them quaih in such abundance that their tenta were covered , and those that were lick in bed , could put out the ir hands and take them . They add tuat _ the famine is a warning to flee from this foreign wilderness to the Californian Paradise , and they say after they are gone ( the Lord will not do it before ) , the famine will increase , m as to destroy all that would not believe them and go with them . Some 13 , 000 signatures have been attached to a memorial to the Queen to aid them in
getting there ! Fbakcbs Wright . — By an advertisement in another column , it will be Been that the justly celebrated Madame jd'Arusmont ,. better , known as Frances Wright , is about to deliver a course of lectures at Fox's Chapel , South Place , Finabury , on Tuesday and Thursday evenings , commencing on Tuesday next . Our readers generally are acquainted with the " Lectures" delivered in America by this lady , and all who are resident in the metropolis will deubtlesa embxacethe pvssent opportunity to hear for themselves this eloquent apoatle of progress . Madame d'Aruamont cannot fail ty haye overflowing ftUuienoet
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¦ ELECTION MOVEMENTS . j CoLCHESTEB . i-Mr D . W . Harvey visited this tewn on Saturday last , anil called upon a number of hit electioneering friends ., A report is prevalent that lie has still an itching to become one of the borough representatives again . , " ¦ Ipawich . —Mr George Rennie has announced himself as a - candidate for this town on the occasion of the general election . lie dates his address from the Reform Club . ¦ •! ¦ ¦' The Rbprbsintatioit or Kiuresborogoh . —Mr Ferrand has issued the following address to tha electors of this borough : —There is every probability ol an early dissolution of Parliament , when you will again be required to return two members to represent
you in the Houbo of Commons .. In asking you once more ts Belect me as one of jomt teprcaentatWes , ] court the most rigid examination into my Parliamentary conduct . I have no base apostasy to answer for . no broken pledges ; to explain , away . When honoured in 1841 by your confidence , I told you that I would , to the utmost of my ability , maintain unimpaired the Protestant institutions of our country ; that I would refuse to support a religion which , on taking my seat in Parliament , I should have to swear contained a damnabU-doctrine . ' I also told you that every interest , except Labour , was amply represented ; and that I should , therefore , feel it my espeoialduty to fight the battleoi the poor , Against fearful odds for seven years I have assisted a small .
but faithful . band in Parliament , to compel the repeal of the . New Poor Law ;—a statute which has not only violated the laws of God and man , but has robbed the poor of their heritage , desolated their humble dwellings , and placed them beyond tho pale of the British constitution . I have also aided in drawing publio attention to the claims and condition of the factory-workers , and in inducing the legislature to sanction the Ten Hours' Bill , —a law which , when carried , will . enable the operatives to enjoy the advantages , as well as the wages , of labour . I had the satisfaction of introdueinginto Parliament a General
Enclosure Bill , which , although bitterly opposed by Sir James Graham , was , in , all its essential parts , adopted m the next session by the government of which he was a principal member ; a law which is nowbringing vast tracts of waste land into cultivation , and is providing employment for large masses of the people , : Whilst in parliament I have known no party but my country , no interest but my country s . weal ; I have neither betrayed you . nor sold myself : —I , therefore ,. fearlessly ask you for a renewajofyour confidence , and again to confer upon me the distinguished honour of being your representative . " '
A strong contest is anticipated in this borough . Tho now candidates will be the Hon . W . S . Lascelles aftdMr J . P . Westhead . tho " extensive MaBohester manufacturer , both of whom stand on the Liberal interest ; Mr LawBon is associated with Mr Ferrand , on the Conservative interest . Lwoi £ siBR .-Sir J . Walmsley and Mr R . Gardner , of Manchester , are likely to become the Liberal candidates for Leicester . IWhat is to beeome of Easthope and Ellice ?] Kobth Dobham .- Mr Robert Duncom . be Shafto , of Whitworth , hat issued an address to the electors , and has become a candidate on the Whig and Lambton interest . Col . Beckwithh the other Whig candidate . Mr . Liddell will bestanchly supported by the Conservative party .
- North Nobthdmbirund . —The committee of Sir George Grey's friends have issued a handbill , dated ilcwick , May 8 tb , announcing that " an active canvass will be instantly cemmenced on behalf of Sir George Greyi and that the electors will be personally waitedupon by the relatives and friendsot the tight hon . baronet . " .: North CHisniRB . —The oaly names as yet mentioned as hkely to go to the poll are E . D . Davenport , Ii 8 q ., of Capesthorn , and J . Cheetham , Esq .. ol Stalybridge , both Whigs . Obkskt akd SHmiNb .-Mr Anderson has published an address ; to the electors of . Orkney and Shetland . Although a Free Trader . he comes forward in opposition to the Duhdas interest .
Oxfoid UwWBsiw .-There will bea conteitfor the representation of this University at theapproaching general election , Mr Estcourt . having intimated his intention of retiring from Parliament The Right Eon . W . E . Gladstone will be . a candidate , and Sir W . Heathcote is spoken of . REFRE 8 itirATioN of Athmnk . —The representation of this Irish borough , it is Btated , will be contested at the next election by Mr William Kei ^ h a member of the Western Circuit . The present representative , Mr . Coll « tt , isan Bngliahman and a Repealer . ' j : '• ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ SuKDiBtANp ;—Aeeording to the Newcastle Guarr dian , the present representatives of the borough ! of Sunderland , David Barclay and George Hudson , Esqs ., will be againreturned without opposition .
'Ihk Towra HAML « s ^ -Mr Hutchison , who unsuccessfully contested this borough at the last election , has nnnounced kimself as a candidate on the approaching , dUsolution . WAnnisoioN .-rMr J . 1 . Blackburne , the present member for the borough , has issued his address to the eleotors , a step , he intimates , rendered imperative on him ; in consequence of Mr Allcard having announced his intention of becoming a candidate for the repres « htation , at the ensuing eleotion . ¦
We » t Norfolk . —An aotive canvass for the future representation of : the western division of Norfolk is taking place en behalf of the Hon . E . Coke , brother of the Eari of Leicester , and Mr Anthony Hamond , of Westacre High House . Mr Harsond is an extreme Radical , and coromeneed his political career as tht follower and ally of Cobbett . ^ Mr Coke ( who has just attained his majority ) has at present offered no exjtosition ,, of | Juis principles . ¦ Mr Bagge and " another gentleman of landed property" are announced on the Conservative side , . ,
;; ' .- - ;¦ ;¦ - ¦ ¦; ^ WALES . ' .. \ y . ;; ; ! Brkcoothibb . '—Mr . « T . Bailey ,. it is surmised , will be returned for this county , unless the power . , and influencebfthenewLordTliieutenant raise up a rival for the honour of representing it in Parliament . Bbbcon . —There cannot be the slightest doubt , we learn , of the" coiaplete triumph of Mr Yaughan Watkias , who has secured the golden opinions of all . CABMARTHkNSHiRB . —It is rumoured that Sir John Madsel , Bart ., and Mr Hughes , of Tregib . are likely to come forward . . . CABMABinBN . T-Mr Morris will walk the course * Cabdioan . —Rumour states that some gentleman on the Conservative interest is to take Mr Harford ' s place at the next election , to contest the seat with Mr Pryse . It it thought to be either , Lord Lishnrne , bra nephew of , the late unsuccessful candidata . . ' ' .. .
' Cabdwakshibb ^—Colonel Powell will probably not be oppose ^ unless Mr Pry » e should detm it more ad ; visable to shift his battle ground from the boroughs to the county . , In this ense Colonel Powell will probably lose liis seat , the dissenting interest being very strong in the county . . ; pBNBur a ; -It" is . currently rumoured , and generally credited here , that Mr Wwt , the son of the Hon . Frederick West , will be returned without opposition for the boroughs at the next teneral election . , , N , ..., . / " . GLAitOROANSHiBB . —We' have not heard offioially that it is intended to disturb the peace of the county by . opposing ., the sitting , membert , and , therefore , no great stir will be occasioned by the ensuina election .
• . Havbbfordwbst . —Mr Philipps , of Williamston , has also been , mentioned as a , candidate fortheie boroughs ; but Sir Richard Philipps seems to have given liis constituents satisfaction , and wilt proba-MicBTHTB . —Ithas been said that Sir J . Guest furposes withdrawing himself from the representation of this borough , and offering himself either for the county or for Honiton , in Devonshire ; but we totally discredi . t ithe rumour . ., ., , : PiJMBROKKsniRi . —Muchi dissatisfaction has been expressed towards the sitting member ( Viscount tmlynvbut we have not heard that any one is nroto
posea take the field against the noble lord . ; Mr Philipps , of Williaiaston , has been talked of , but it is not probable : that he will come forward . bly . be returnod without opposition , unless Mr John Erans , Q . C , should be put in nomination .
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, A Rodin Reddkkast has built its neal in a Ianthorn which is hung in a blacksmith ' s sliop , in which work is ' carried on daily , bolonging t « , Mr P . Heptonstall ,. farmer , of Ruoker-hill , nearBdroughbridge , and is now sitting on four eggs . The Ssason and the . Crops . —The cold weather continues , with piercing winds , and heavy and frequent shewers . Occasionally , at midday , the sun bursts forth with seasonable power , but the sharpness of the morning and evening : reminds us more of March than May . All vegetation is n » w backward , and the prospect of an early harvest is small indeed ; but , notwithstanding this circumstance , the wheat , plant is described as generally healthy , and as having suffered no more injury thanc&nbe re paired by a few weeks of finp weather . ThiB appearto be true of Durham , Lanoashhe , and "Yorkshire , as well as Northumberland . In . the southern counties
there are complaints of the wire-worm , which has thinned the whtat seed very muok . In the Garse of Gowrie again , autumn wheat is hardy aad vigorous , and closely covers the ground . In the several districts there have been heavy thunder storms , — Newcastle Advertiser . ^ Westminster Debating Society . —The memtelaf this society held' their weekly meeting on Saturday evening last . fov thediaoussion of the adjourned question , ^ How did . Ireland lose the Parliament , Tn , l what have b / j 6 n the effects of the Union ? " Mr Cathi presiden , Mr Bowler vice-president . Mr BrJomi Unnor . , 'iilt ,. Trumble , Murray , and Catkin a si , ' a > Chair . man announced the subject for next Sat ' arday ' rconBideration , ''The Political WorksS tb ^ mmortel Thomas Paine , " and the meeting di « ,
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n , TKSTmpNiAi 10 Lord Dodht Stbabt . — Wednesday , a dtpulation , composed of the memiersof the Committee ofjthe Polish Emigrants in ^ t •" *«» MwiIreland ,. accompanied by several sh , «^ tT trym . ? ' waited up > n Lord Dudley 2 . ^ , «>» residence , 34 , St James ' s-place , to LSi 18 l 0 I dilllip whh a K ° W watcn . « a ^ en of SKfiS ° * n' } 6 ! the wholePolishemigration , for the services rendered by his lordship to the cause Meiffi 'J ^ h , whieh was made by J 5 S - * , d C ? - GenCTa - their fellow-conn-, £ & i ? . , P « ce of workmanship ; the Jfilr ?? mented with various emblematical devices 2 r ! 5 Af Of P ; land » and on ** bact are en-F . TJM- n arms of ''' 8 lordship , with the wcnls-Nobi 1 Dnmino Dudle > Coutts Stuart illi assiduo libertatis PoloniSB defcnsori ; ejus quo filioturo patna orborumadjutori .-Die 3 Maii , 1847 . " With th " watch there was delivered an elegentand welldeserved address . '
On Wednesday , a Court of Directors wng held at the East India House , when M . jor-Goneral Sir John , llunter Littler , K . C . B ., was appointed a Provisional Member of the Council of India . Saiford —A meeting will take placs ia theLnrge Reom , Bank-street , Great Oeorge-street , at two o ' clock , on Sunday afternoon . Utilitarian Societit , ( Hall of Science , City . roaa , near Finsbury-square )—On Sunday evening , May 06 th , Eugene will ltcture on "George Sand . " The even , ing ' s reading will be from Shurpe ' s Letters , bvO . J Hohoakc .
The Eab i 01 Ddhbonaid . —TYehave extreme satinfaction in being cnnblod to announce tbattardj justice has » t last been rendered to one of the greatett of our naval heroes . The government have , we are informed , upon a further investigation of Lord Dundonald ' s case , recommended that he be reinstated in the Order of the Bath , which he so gallantly won , and of which he w » s so unjuBtl y deprived . We ' need scarcely a ? d , that her Hsjesty has be « n graciously , pleased to signify her ready Mcquiescence in the recommenflation of ministers . — Times .
iiicvni % bt MADiHi D'AsDSHoHT . —On-Tut&da evening this lady comraeBc ' ed a couwe of lecturtrs at Fox '» Chapel on the following subject : — " The , mission of England considered with . reference ' to the civilizational biitorj of modern Europe , and the dei » u » w « ne « t of tht difficulties of the hour . " Th « present lecture was inteaded t o be introductory , glancing shortly at the whtle subject stt down for discuinlon , and explaining the manner iu which it was intended to bs treated , at put forth in the printed programme—How , why , and in what the minion of England has embraced Europe and the eloae—Progressive governmental thearies which aave succeeded each other through the past , the »« rae originating in tht progre « ive concep : ions of human soi « nce tbucWng the principles regulative of the nniv « r « e
—Fundamental error in that still prevalent , and which gives the key to all other , even both in thought and prac tice—Principlas regulative ofpoHtical science as supplylog the theory of government—Those suggeited whioh will be found regulative ef all human economy in a mor « advanced order of civilization . The plac » was well filled . Madame D'Arusmont reasoned to prove that nations wer « great and influential because ot their maritime power that possession and command of the icaa ; wa » the first and sure step towards securing potiession a « d comoand of thsland . , England became great » hen she snotched the trident from HoUand , acqttired and command of tha ocean—Thither mission wai of the globe , because of her power ont the ocean . But England she would not defend—the jaws of the Britinh Lion have
been fed by the slime of the serpent . England ' s power had been exercised to deitroy nations , carrying with l ) 6 r thecurss of war—of wrong and injustice . Man had in ftU agos formed his government as he . had built his houses , and regulated his trade ; and changes of the theories of government were the result ' . of changes of thought / affecting not only government but all other circumstances and arrangements amongst men . His con . ceptions of human science had ever been the leading model . ' And errors in science were ever followed by errors in government and society . Few indeed bad in any age ever taught truth , and the few bold enough to endeavour to do so had found but few followers —they had brought wares to market , . but the many would not buy —indeed , there was little ,
very little , truth taught in this age ; little , indeed , from tho pulpit , and a hard experience forced from her the confession that the members of the clerical and legal profession were strangers , to its existence . Two great agents of the past andpreBeht wtre the generous and the selfish , the . former of woman and the latter of man . Woman lived dependent and enslaved , but better do so than be mixed up with the governments of men ; better suffer than be . demoralized . Governments and nations had eytr existed in the theory and practice of the balance of power . ' -England existed by the balance of classes . Her trade and gold , her poverty and dependence , repre . sentei classes in all ages , The most influential class always took the lead , which , for the time being , repre . sented the true . interests , of progressive science and human freedom . The globe had been regulated by the doctrine . of . equipoise , vcAip bad nations relatively to each other . England had long held supremacy , Franee being regarded as a balance-weight . But a new rival
had arisen . America , new in tier thoughts and practices , had embodied within herself the . free mind ef Europe—the enlightened of the earth had rosUd on her shores , and her , institutions and law « embodied the rights other adult pepulation , excepting the red man and white [ woman , ai well as her negro population . America was to the .. old world a great rival , whether viewed ai regards her commerce or her institutions , re . fleeting new . thoughts and feelings , and , like her great rival , England , doing her share of good through much misconception and error , and preparing the way for a more advanced and worthy appreciation of the truths of science , to . be followed by' the inevitable ¦ blessings of greater freedom to man , and increased happiness to all . Madame D'Arusmont was listened to with interest and attention . The aboveontline conveys but an imperfect and fragmentary idea of her clearly logical expression , at well as her refined and deeply studied philosophy . Her language is chaite and elegant ; and her manner impressive and , commanding . > .. .
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. " .. ¦ ,. '"' ,. ' . ' ,. CORN ' , , &c .,. . ' . ¦ ¦ : . . ' REViEW OF THE BRITISH CORN TRADE ., Great . excitement has prevailed in the grain trade during the week , and at no former period of the like duration since harvest has so important a rise been established in prices . ' The excitement has not been that of speculation , but rather that of alarm ; and the advance has been caused more by the extreme shortness of the supplies than by , any unusual , extent of dsmand . It is now admitted on all bands that the stocks of corn remaining in the hands of the growers ' are fearfully small ; and It has long been notorious that the merchants , millers , and dealers have been buying from hand to mouth , having little or nothing to fall back upon ini case the weekly ¦ supply proves inadequate to satisfy the consumptive demand , . to which point . affairs appear to be rapidly an .
preaching .. Without something like absolute scarcity such prices as are at present obtainable , are seldom or never reached , even in times when capital is abundant and speculation rampant ; but for wheat to rise progressively from about 44 s ., at which good qualities were selUng immediately after huryost , to 94 s . ( the present worth oftho same descriptions ) indicates but too plainly the position the county must be , in with respect to stocks . Where the upward movement will end It is totally impossible to foretell ; undif America and Russia should be enabled to furnish fully . the amount of bread-stuffs the most sanguine dare to calculate on , even . in that case moderate prices are , we fear , " out of the question for months to come . The probable result of tho next harvest has hitherto been wholly disregarded , the grand point for consideration having been how sufficient food is to be obtained to feed the people until such time as the produce of the present year can possibly be , available If a large portion of continental Europe were not unhappily in precisely tho same plight as Great Britain , there would be less reason
for serious uneasiness ; but considering the state of dis . tress already suft'eredby the people in France , the interior portions of Germany and the Netherlands , we may well feel uneasy how , our own inhabitants may fare during the next four months . The advices lromall parts of the king , dom afo of the same character—short supplies and rapidly rising prices have characterised the trade at all the leading provincial markets . —Mark-lane' Express . . Missus . Stdbge's MoNintiCoBif Cibcdiak . —The following is nn extract from this document : — " Birmingham , 5 thmonth 5 th 1847 . —We . think , therefore , thore . is fully sufficient ground for apprehension that the price of wheat may yet go considerably higher ; indeed , we should liot be at all surprised to see it roach 110 s ; to 1203 , per qr ., as there is little doubt but tho scarcity will be greatly increased , and the price consequently enhanced , during the continuance of the present attempts to . depress it by means of the . pressure on the money market , the stock of wheat being exceedingly light , which course only greatly checks further foreign supplies . " ¦ , ENORMOUS RISE OF PRICES !
Mabk Lave , Monday , May 10 . — To-day exceedingly little English , wheat , came , to hand from any quarter , either coastwise or by land carriage . The show of samples'being very trifling , the . attendance . of both English and foreign buyers unusually large , the demands for all kinds of wheat of homo produco wns very brisk , at an ad . vance inthe ^ quotations paid on Monday last ' of from bight 10 tbh shillings per qr ., and at which the whole of the supply was cleared off . Essex white produced 104 s to J 086 per qr .. Foreign wheat also sold , from eight to ten shillings per quarter . Indian corn from five to . eight shillings per quarter . Barley , from two to three shillings per quarter , and oats , from one to three sha . lings per quarter . . ' Wednesday , May 12—Notwithstanding the fineness of ta © Yreattwrttretawwiufor nil descriptions of wheat oi home produce was brisk , at a further advance of from is to 2 s per qr . The best Essex white sold at ilOs to 112 s perqr . Foreign wheat-the quantity of which < va offer ^ . ? " - ™ ! i J ! Iy , at ls P « V ? ° I « . ? oney . ¦ BBiTisnWheatKent
.- : , Essex , and Suffolk , old red 95 s to 100 s , new red 98 s to lols , old white - to -. new ditto Mis to 108 s , Norfolk . and lip . coln old red 92 s to 96 s oldwhitelOOstolOis . Rye 608 to 63 s . Bavlcy : GrindinK 45 sto 48 s , distilling 55 s to 58 s , malting 58 sto 60 s . Malts Brown 75 s to 77 s , pale 73 s to 77 s , Suffolk and Norfolk 74 s to 798 . ^ Beans : Tick 47 s to 52 s . Pigeon 50 s to 54 » .-Pea 8 : wlute 58 s . to COs , grey and maple 55 s to 57 s . Oats : English feed 82 s to 38 s , Poluud 38 s to 40 s , Scotch feed 37 s to ( IJ 3 . Hour ; Townmado 75 sto 80 s , Essex and Kent 64 s to 72 s , Norfolk and Stockton 64 s to 70 s per 28 li fta . Foheigv . —Free AVheat : Dantzic and Konigsburg 94 s to 102 s , Mecklcubur b' 90 s to 97 s , Russian 89 s to 94 s . Barley : grinding 4 , ? s to 60 s , maltiug 50 s to 57 s . Oats : Russian 33 s to 34 s . American flour 46 s to 80 s per 19 G lbs . Liveotooi ,, Monday , May 10 . —Groat excitement has prevailed in Qiir grain market during the past weok . The daily transactions in Bvunswick-stvuet liave been most extensivo to transit into the interior , and for shipment coastwise and to Irelaud , at advancing pilous ., ? So heavy awoek ' s drain of grain and flour avus probably nover before experienced at this port , and th » stocks at present aw in narrow compassi Oa Saturday out } to-day cquhI-
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derable speculation , has been going ; fyrward i ^^ flour . and Indian corn , induced by . the report from w " at . lane on Friday . The advance since last Tuesdal n , Mar £ Btated at ls per bushel on wheat , 5 s per barrel IS ? 3 bl » on flour , 5 s to 6 s perquarteron Indian corn , 3 d n »? v **<*¦ on oats , « d per bushel on barley , and 3 s to 4 s nS . «; - ^ each on beans and peas . . ; .., v V'rter Richmond ( YonKsninK ) , May 8 . —Wo had a thin , of grain in « ur market to-day , tho whole w » , ^ brought up at an advance on last week ' s prices Wk 0011 12 s to Us ; outs ; 3 g fid to 5 s '; barley , Cs to 6 s 6 d ~ e * ' 7 s to 7 s 3 d per bushel . tt ' * % . CATTLE , Ac . Shitiifiels , Monday , May 10 . —For the time of r the ' arrival of beasts from our own gM « nK , i ; ef . » -reBh up taft morning were good as to number ,, t ita quality was by no means first-rate . The attcnS . » both town and country buyers being large , thehocf tL was brisk , at an advance on last Monday ' s quotu * ,, ** » quite K 1 per hlbs , at which a good clearance was eE 1 A few of the prime Scots produced 4 s lOd per 8 IbTir * the more general currency was 4 s 8 d per 8 lbs pj Sorfolk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire / we reS about 1 , 100 Scots , home breds , and . short-horns- fwS ? the northern , western , and midland counties , 9 oo'S fords runts , Devons , &c . ; from other parts of EugW ^> 0 of various breeds ; and from Scotland , 300 hornedaM polled Scots . The numbers of sheep were about averaJ . S ^ Z ^ VW The Primest bldd « 4
:. were mostly disposed of , atfuUylast week ' s quotatW the highest in the wool being 6 d per 8 fts , but all othci breed , moved off slowly at barely lateratk . Downs" * of wool were selling at 5 s pcrSJbs . "We were fairly sun ! plied With lambs , 260 Of which came to Land fromthr Islo of Wight , yet the trade was active , . it an'improT ^ nient in value of 2 d per 81 bs , the best down qualities pro ! ducingfa 4 dper 8 Ibs . The supply of calves was good while the veal trade was heavy , at barely previouS rencies . Pigs were in good supply and sluggish inquiry " at late rates . There were on sale to-day about 450 S and cows , 450 sheep , anil 31 calves from abroad ths whole of which found buyers at very full prices . Coin ! and inferior beasts 3 s 6 d to 3 s 8 d , second quality do 3 « im to 4 s , prime largeoxen 4 s 2 d to 4 s 4 d , prime Scots 49 6 dte 4 s 8 d , coarse and inferior shoep 4 s 2 d to 4 s fid second quality do 4 s 8 d to 5 s ; prime coarse woolled sheep 5 s 2 a to 5 s Bd / prime South down do , 5 s 8 d to 63 , large coarse calves 4 s 4 i to 5 s , prime small do 5 s 2 dto 5 s fid larea hogs 3 s 8 dto 4 s 4 d , neat small porkers 43 6 dto 5 » 2 d Iambs 8 s 4 d : to 6 s 4 d , per 81 b » , sinking the offal , suckine calves . 18 s to 30 s , and quarter old store pigs 17 s to 21 a each , ¦ . , . 'i ¦
. - ; , ' .:::: ^ . potatoes . ..- . , B ^ BonoH and SpiTitFiEtDs , Monday , May lo . —Since Monday last the arrivals of potatoes at the water-side have been considerably on the increase , upwards of 700 tons having come to hand from our own coasts , and 8 , 000 bushels from Guernsey , while an import of about 300 toni has taken place from Holland . The demand is very dull at almott nominal quotations ., York reds 240 s to 260 s , da Regents 240 s toJ-S ^ V do ShawsSOOs to 220 s , Lincoln ! shire and Cambridgeshire Regents 2 oO » to 280 s , do kid . ney 3 200 s to 220 s , Dutch IVM to WCb ' tow ton .
• -. •• ¦ : ¦; . ¦ . •¦ .-TEA . ,.- ¦ - ' ¦ \ . . ¦ . The Tjbi TBADE . May 10 . —The deliveries of tea last week were less . than up to the date ef our last report , being 49 « , H 31 b 3 . This article , no doubt , is affected , lik many others , by the dearness of provisions . WOOL . _ Since our last report the imports of wool into Londoi have consisted of 1 , 457 bags from South America , 551 bales from Hobart Town , 1 , 100 ditto from Adelaide Wa dittofrom Sydney , 115 ditto from the Cape , 120 ditto from Lisbon , and 29 dittofrom Odessa . In the private contract market , exceedingly little is doing . COTTON . Leeds , Tuesday , May 11 . —We had an exceeding still market to-day , and less has been doing than foralon * time past . The fearful rise of bread studs and provisions in general indicates the approach of yet severer times than we have already witnessed .
Liverpool . —On Saturday , in the expectation that tha extreme stringency of the money-market would insoma degree relax , owing to the rumoured investments about to be made in the funds by the Russian government , an im . pulse was given to the demand , and fully Jd per lb . ait . vance was obtained upon all descriptions of American . Monday , May 10 —There has bean ne great increasa of demand to-day , at the same time the prices of Saturday are steadily supported . The sales amount to 400 bagi , all tothetrade . Manchestkb , May It . —We have had / as dreary and Rlooniya week as any one of its predecesiors forsoma time past . Though the stuple is lower merchants refusa to purchase either cloth or yarns , except at a correspond , ing reduction ; and as manufacturers aud spinners at pre . sent refuse to concede , the amount of business doing is comparatively nil .
Hanchesteb , Tuesday , May 11 . —Since Friday there has been no improvement whatever in the state of our market . Both spinners and manufacturers show a dis . position to accept lower prices than they were asking last week ; but buyers are not to be tempted by any concession , in prices to enter into operations of magnitude , and con . fine themselves entirely to such purchases as are ueces . sary for the supply of immediate wants . The amount of business done is , consequently , quite insignificant , we hear that reductions of wages are taking place ia some ports of the neighbourhood . THE MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS . State of Tiade . —Extensive Failtjbb atMamciiesub , Mobe Mills Stopped . :
Mancrestbb , M » y 7 . —The dulness and . depression ia our market continue unaltered , except that the fall in the price of cotton at Liverpool has produced a more decided and general decline in the prices of goods and yarn than had previously taken place . The most striking feature of the market , however , is an almost entire cessation of business , so that prices are almost nominal . We are sorry to learn , the failure of a house in this town engaged in the American trade , the engagements of which are said to be abdut , £ 6 \! , 000 , partly here and partly in York , shire . On Tuesday evening , three more mills employing collectively about 2 , 000 hands , ceased working , ft ' e under , stand that the employers proposed to one class of their workpeople a reduction of wnges , which the latter declined , to accept , and consequently left their employ , ment . . . .
Bolton . —In the borough of Bolton , out of a total num . ber of 53 factories , 25 are working full time , 24 short time , and three are entirely atoppped . Stockpobt-In that part of the borougli of Stock , port which is situated in Cheshire , two mills , with 105 liorse-power , and employing 525 hands , are working full time ; five mills , with llGhorse-power , and previously em . ploying 580 hands , entirely stopped ; and 20 mills , with 1 , 783 horse power , and employing 8 , 915 hands , are work . ing some three , some four days per week . Bbadfobd , May 6 . —There is nothing at all encouraging to report concerning our to-day ' s market . The trada generally is in a depressed condition , and the intensa pressure on the money market , combined with the high and still advancing prices of provisions , begins to tell severely .
Xxicestm , May 6 . —The prospects of' any profitable busini'ss being done in manufactured goods seems eren more gloomy than vre reported last week . Some buyers have been in the market , but they have done little or nothing in the regular way ; any sales that ore effected have been at most ruinous prices , to meet present contin . gencies . A great many frames were stopped last Satur * day , and we fear the number will be much increased . SEVERE DISTRESS IN NOTTINGHAM . The . prompt attention of the Guardians of the Nottingham Union to the crowds of applicants for relief during the whole of Tuesday last , has allayed the alarm which . had taken hold of the minds of a vast majority of the in . habitants , in consequence of the mob visitations on the previous evening , to the bakers' shops in the town . Soma idea may be formed of the bustle at the wv > rlthouse on Tuesday afternoon , from tho circumstance of the crowd being so great , that it was found uesessary to have nssistaucefrom the Police-office , to keep the relievinir officers
from pressure . How many received relief cannot at pw-*« nt be known , but during the past week 146 were ad * raitted into the' workhouse , and since Saturday last 33 ; and there are now more than 1 , 000 inmates , and 3 , 270 re . ceiving outdoor relief , besides the new applications on , Tuesday last . The increase in . expenses of the quarter , ending March last , over that ending March , 1840 , was as much us £ 1 , 874 , and the expenses are now going on At » rate of a fearful and rapid increase . Pauperism is also extending rapidly in the neighbourhood as well as iu tha town . There are many cases of fever in the Nottingham workhouse , brought in by the Irish , and during the lost eight days nearly 200 Irish have passed through tha vagrant office . Unless extensive sanitary measures ara speedily adopted , and special provision made for tha Irish emigrants , they will cause a pestilence to break out in the lower part of the town , ' and tho working classes will become , in addition to them , a prey to poverty , di $ ease , and death . . . , . .
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( From the Gazette of Tuesday , May 11 . ) Thomas George Webb , Wood-street , Cheapside , artificial rlower manufacturer— JameB Wilson Pearl , Milton * street , Dorset square , horse dealer—Daniel Syred , Bloom , field-road , Puddington , market gardener—Edwavd May , Oxtord-street , iror monger — William Reynolds , Elden . street , Finsbury , bookbinder— John Dymoke Elliott Heiningford-place , Barnsbury-road , Islington , chemist—Robert Heathcote , Clapham-common , omnibus proprietor —Harris Watson , Wilson-street , Finsbury , stove graW manufacturer—Joseph Bates , Leeds , Yorkshire , share * broker—Simon Lee Trotman , Liverpool , merchant—Henry William King , Oldhara , Lancashire , furuituri dealer—Thomas Levers , Charlestown , Cornwall , cooper—John Tmtell and William Jeffery , Buekfastleigh , Devoisliiro , woollen manufacturers — Robert Reed , Bishop Middlehaui , Durham , common brewer .
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Bibth . —At Newark , the wife of Mr W ; Walker , m « m « ber of the Land Company , of a son . Death ok ' an Ibish Paibiot . — On the 31 nd ult ,, Richard Kelley ; was borne to bis grave , iu tha Ca « tholic Chapel , Edgley , Stockport , according , to his own . request , by a b » dy of the Chartists of that town on thfl 26 tUuit . He was a consistent democrat , acd ; proved his devotion to his country ( Ireland ) , by acting with thB patriotic . Emmett , and all the supporters , of tho Irisa Rebellion , for which he was forced to quit his country , a « d iu disguise take refuge in England * where he continued his exertions- in behalf of Liberty .. He' was one of the Peterleo victims , and narrowly escaped the greatest penalty the law could inflict , for the part he took diuwS the m * inorabl < t day 3 of Hunt and CaHsright , through »« machinations . ot spies and traitors . He was a member ot the National Charter Association fromits commeupement » and a fearless opponent of that ar . su traitor to his coun . try , Daniel O'Conuell . Hia condusk was always so un « n * peachabie that even the foul breath of Calumny . * f never able to utter a word against his religious , politic ^ or moral character . He has died regretted by augoo * and honest men . ... 1-
, At Hamilton , after many months of severe illness Francis Adams , aged sUtj 4 hree years , and Jauet Brown , his wife , aged sixty-one years . The former diedon tna afternoon of the 2 nd instant , and the latter died early on the morning of . the 3 rd . Instant . They were quiet aud inoffensive persons , respected by all who knew them . »• wa 3 a " . sterling Chartist , a constant reader of tD 8 " Northern Star , " mid at all timos ready to Bid in PF ° * muting tlie cause of Liberty . A largo number of thB j ?" dustrious classes accompanied their remains to to . plane of interment and witnessed the uncommon aw solemn scene of husband and wife laid in one grate .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 15, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1418/page/8/
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