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HOUSE OF LORDS . —Thursday , June 2 . Messengers from the Commons brought up the Greenock Harbour Bill , the Lanark Roads Bill , and the Gr&Tcsend Terrace Pier BilL P-ritloBS were presented against the Poor law . Lord BtiTKET moved for copies connected with the administration of the Poor Law in plases in Ireland . Ordered . - ' Tfc-r- Bake of Norfolk also presented some petitions against the Income las , and also several " against the Poor Law BHL One of the petitions was withdrawn on the ground that it prayed not for the interference of the House , but for that of the authorities . The Incumbents * Leasing Bill went through comxsitiea and was reported . I . Tee Earl of Ripos moved the first reading of the Income T 3 X Bill , and stated that he proposed to more the second leading of the same on Friday next
DISTRESS . Lord Kissaixd brought forward his motion for a committee to inquire into the present state of distress in same parts of the imgdom , and into the cause of that distress . His Lordship lamented that sush a proposal had not come from some peer on . his aide of the Hou . « e more capable , from his icfinence as well w his eloquence , of doing justice to the subject . His main object 'was to obtain information which would pat an and to the contradictory ststaraents on both sides of the question , and to supplj inwl'dgence of which he "was pennadtd many in the Honse and out of it stood in need . Those \ tho lived at the west end of the town knew little of the miseries existing at the east end of it , and in other quarters ; and when they went down to
-their country seats , seeing only the taming faces of their cleanly cottagers , what could they know of the sevens sufferings in immediately-adjoining districts ? He fchould not do his duty if he did not itite some of the impiessiTe facts which had come to liis knowledge , showing tint 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 make ite way into the agricultural districts . No doubt ministers were fully sensible of the "T Jptenw and of the extent of the evil , and they bad . pro / red their acquaintince with it by advising her Majesty to write round ttie country a begging letter fo * charitable contributions . He owned that he -could not by aay means approve of that letter :
distress might render it expedient , but h * doubted the policy of ii , and at all events he objected to it because it was addressed exclusively to the established church , and not . to the community at large . It had not been sent to a single dissenting minister ; but whether $ hi » coarse had been taken wita the view-of setting up tile established church as the greatest patron of charity be < iid 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 the national funds , in order to suppress and strangle the public exhibition- of distress 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 other side of the House would dare to deny . A third proof that Ministers' were aware of the <»^« Httg distress and of the danger arising out of it was the fact of the orders sent lown from the Horse Guards , to the troops chitny in the manufacturing districts . These precautions were most proper , but it was still more necessary that attention should be directed to the causes , out of which the danger note . It might on ssme accounts be objectionable to speak thus distinc tly , but it must be known that the distressed districts were in a very dangerous state . He would do Ministers the justice to Velieve that nine or ten months ago they could not have been aw&rs of the distress then prevailing , otherwise nothing cculd 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 , be appealed to their Lordships to appoint a committee to ascertain what had produced the sugaring , the existence of which no man would venture to deny . Hundreds and thousands of petitions had bees presented from those who asked for cheaper food , bat the House had turned a deaf ear to their cries , a ^ d " when they asked for bread , had given them a stone . ' - The only answer to the prayers of the peop ' a was the Corn Bill , and in consequence of that measure wheat had risen three shillings per quarter , with every prospect of a future advance . He supposed one objection to the appointment of a committee would be , - . hat if their Lordships did so , they would be holding out hopes to the distressed people which would be
disappointed . Tflis he did not think a valid objection . However much their Lordships might be persuaded ft at no pr&ctieal good could result from Inquiry , still , were they to concede it , the effect on tie minds of those who sought ii would be pacified . At an events , they would not be any the worse for having their grievances inquired into , even though ao immediate measure of relief should result from it . But were their Lordships quite certain thaVnb advantage ' would arise from the appointment of a committee 2 They all remembered tits' severe terms of condemnation which ware applied by a "NoWe Lord not now present < Loid ABhbortoa ) to the report of the Import 3 > niie » committee : and yet sow th * members of tha Government in the House of Commons were eonticaaily referring to that report as an authority
whenever they wanted to argue against tbeir opponents , whs , as it-cnriousJy enough happened , were chiefly found among !* . t ' ry » ir own friends . The publication of that report bad been of the utmost importance , and if toe committee had gone still further in their Inquiries , it would have beta attended with the greatest advantage- Another reason for not acceding to his motion might be that there waa no necessity for itf inasmuch as the prospect of a reviving trade waa most promising . He believed that the Noble Lord the President of the Council ( Lord WhamclSjFe ) rather held to that opinion : and certainly the accounts from Manchester within the last week were in a trifling degree batter . But their Lord-hips would remember 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 cf the raw material , many persons were induced to simulate . But what was tbe state of the warehouses
now ? Instead of one side of the building being filled with the manufactured article , and the oiher with the rswEuterial , there was never to be seen more than one of these in the same warehouse ; either the building was OTer-tocked 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 Noble L * rd the President of the Board of Trade had said , that TFbeu the fund about to be collected by means of the Queen ' s letter should be exhausted , it would be for their Lordships to consider what n&xt 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 to support tba destitute . In many places , the poor had been for a long time living entirely upon charity . Although tbe popuiation had been annually increasing , the'consumption of &i :: cies of the excise and customs had diminished : —
Net Produce : Customs and Actually Population . Excise Tax . produced . 1836 ... 26 , 158 , 524 gave £ 36 . 392 , 473 . 1 S 37 ... 26 , 518 . S 85 should give 36 , S 38 , 363 £ 33 , 958 , i 21 18 SS ... 26 , 879 . 246 „ 37 , 484 , 254 34 , 478 . 417 1839 ... 27 , 239 , 607 „ 33 , 030 , 145 35 , 093 ^ 33 1840 ... 27 , 599 . 963 „ 38 , 567 , 036 35 , 536 , 469 1841 32 , 230 , 281 1842 32 , 340 , 739 But in 1 S 40 the additional duty of five . percent waa imposes , if that had not been the case the receipts for the last three years ( calculating the proportions ) would have been : — 1840 £ 32 . 401 , 000
1841 30 , 753 . 600 1842 30 , 723 , 000 With respect to the poor-rate , it was a curiens fact that generally the amount varied according to the average priee of wheat ; but in tbe last year the poor-rate increased , although the averages were not so high as in the preceding year . He wenld take a parish which was neither manufacturing nor agricultural—he would take Marylebone , which , perhaps , was the most wealthy parish in the metropolis . In 1836 the poor-rate in that parish was Is , 2 d . In tbe pound , and the sum raised was £ 44 , 573 ; in 1840 the rate was Is . lid . in the pound , and the sum raised w&s £ 76 , 355 ; and it has increased since . It was found that when provisions were dear employment was scarce , and paupers increased ; and the reverse was the case when provisions were cheap . He would now advert to a subject that was of gnat interest to their Lordships , as being the principal landowners in the country—he meant ths consumption
of wheat The actual consumption pf wheat had fallen off during the last three years to theextent of 1 , 361 , 252 quart-era annually . He had baen furnished with a very important document which had been prepared with the the greatest care . It showed the quantity of wheat consumed from October , 1839 , to May , 1842 , in separate periods of eight months each . The quantities of wke £ t 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 in eight monttis , from the 1 st of October to the 1 st of May of each of the three last years , was : — Oct . l , 1839 , to 1840 to 1841 to May 1 , 1840 . 1841 . 1842 .. 2 , 620 , 753 ' 2 , 467 , 783 2 , 216 , 201 These multiplied by 5 , shew the sales in the kingdom ... 5 5 S
13 , 1 « 3 , 765 12 , 338 , 915 11 , 081 , 005 To these quantities . * d 4 the foreign Wheat , which paid duty in each period .... 1 , 138 , 492 1 , 311 , 642 2 , 200 , 010
14 , 242 . 257 13 , 650 , 557 13 , 281 , 005 In the two former years the foreign wheat was all eongon » d , and additional large quantities w « re delivered ft » consumption in May an 4 June ; but thisyear there remained in warehouse 400 . 000 quarters of foreign wheat Whiah bad paid duty . Thus the diSVrsnca between the eonnnsptfan la 1 S 40 and 1842 was 1 , 361 , 252 quar-
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ters . The same result had taken place with respect to meat and other articles . The consumption of groceries and butchers' meat in Leeds was reduced one-fouitb , but as the middle and lower classes probably did not consume less , the reduction had fallen en the operative classes ; the consumption of butcher * * meat was half what it was In 1834 . In Manchester the receipts of the grocers , and bntohera 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 , to 1836 , the weekly number of cattle killed wu ISO j In May , 184 S , it was 71 , being 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 . Tho diminution in
the eoBStanption of meat was not from d earn ess of price , best meat from November , 1835 , . to May , 1836 , being 6 d . per lb . Prom November , 1841 , to March , 1842 , it was 7 d per lb ., and from March , 1842 , to this date , it was 6 i per . lb . 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 LordanipB' attention to the actual state of three 01 four of the principal towns in England , and to ose or two in Scotland . Manchester had a population » f 192 , 408 . " The amount expended for the relief of the poor in 1836 , £ 25 . 669 . In the year ending March , 1841 , £ 33 938 . But this gives no idea of the extant of the distress . The Rev . Mr . Hearne Btatod at the conference that in one district there were 2 , 000
families without » bed among them , and 8 , 666 persons whose income is only Is . 2 Jd . each per week . The grocers , butchers , drapers , &c ., 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 1835 , was 54 , 000 . The number admitted during the six years of dear food ending in 1841 was 196 , 060 , 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 prisoners in the New Bailey in 1836 was 539 ; the number has since gradually increased , and last year it was 722 . The number com *
mitted for trial in 1836 was 1 , 031 ; in 1841 , 1 , 992 . Empty houses . —5 . 492 untenanted dwellings , 681 shops offices , 4 a : 6 , 173 houses , shops , && , assessed at £ 76 , 168 ; 116 mills , works , &a , idle , £ 10 , 926 ; total 6 , 289 , £ 87 , 094 . The steam power not at w » rk is 1000 horse power , the yearly value of which ia much above £ 100 , 000 of unproductive rateable property . " In Bolton , containing a population of about 50 , 000 , there ara 50 mills , usually employing 8 124 workpeople ; of there there are 30 mills and 5 , 061 workpeople , either standing Idle or working only four 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 1830 , the number employed was 150 ; at present
they are reduced to 49 , leaving 101 who are permanently unemployed . Bricksetters . —In 1836 , the number employed was 130 ; &t present it is reduced to 16 Stone masons . —In 1836 , the number employed was 150 ; there are 59 employed at present" The estimated loss of wages in Bolton alone was £ 320 , 560 in the year . What could any charitable collection do towards relieving so large an amount of distress ? But this had sot come op an their lordships suddenly ; it bad been growing gradually . Tbe Bpring trade bad 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 , bacausa tbe 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 tbe winter . There was another statement he wished to allude to . It had been st&ted that tbe guardians of the union of Burnley had represented to the Secretary of State that the distress was far beyond the reach of their means of relief ; they had 12 . 000 persons on their books , and must leave the matter in the hands of the Government , for they had not wherewith to relieve them . Her Majesty ' s Government , it appeared , had considered this statement , and he was informed that they bad sent down a special commissioner , Sir John Walsh , who immediately applied for funds to meet the pressure of the momciit , and a certain amount had been a ready sent Now ,
when their Lordships reflected that the surrounding towns were nearly in the same state as Burnl 6 y , it certainly was a state of things which it behoved them to consideV deeply . This occurred in England ; in Scotland no assistance « euld be afforded to the able-bodied , for there were no workhouses . The same system had been ccted upon there , and more especially with respect to Paisley . For the last three weeks , the poor there had been entirely supported by funds aupplitd by Government Whence those funds eame , he ( Lord Kinnaird ; knew not It was public money , and be 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 the control ef the Government Oae
curious circumstance was , that the relief committee ef that place , who had distributed £ 35 , 000 in supporting the poor , had been eomp etely set aside , and the whole thing was now under the management of the Government . He would now , for a moment , advert to the declining state of trade in Scotland . The exports from Dundee had materially diminished . From the year 1327 to 1834 , omitting the speculating years of 1835 to 1836 , the shipments of linens increased on . an average rate 29 , 405 pieces . In 1837 there were 717 , 070 pipces exported ; there was a reduction , in 1839 , of 19 , 775 pieces ; in 1841 , a further reduction of 29 , 457 pieces ; and for the last eleven months , ending April , 1842 , a still further reduction of 45 , 837 pieces , about the value of £ 30 , 000 . Of this deficiency at least £ 20 , 000
consisted of wages . This diminution of exports must press very severely upon the people of Dundee , and he wished by meant of a committee of inquiry to ascertain the cause . What was the reason our foreign customers no longer dealt with the manufacturers of Dundee ? That could be ascertained by the examination of persons connected with those countries . More than one-fourth of the whole trade consisted in exports to the United 8 tates , Up to September 3 « , 1841 , linens were admitted free , now they pay at tbe rats 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 ceuld not take their
produce , sugar , except at 63 s . per cwt . As soon as our commercial treaty expired , which they said would be in 1842 , though we contended it waa not till 1844 , they would retaliate upon us as they had done in the United States . He would once more ref « r to the case of Paisley . " The gross sum expended by the Renfrewshire relief committee , for procuring food principally , has been £ 25 , 000 , up to about the 1 st instant . This sum had 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 , the sum expended in food alone for Paisley was about £ 800 per week , for the villages about £ 100 per week . There has been a 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 hi the gross sum stated . " It had been stated by one of the magistrates ef Paisley , that one of the reasons why government had sent down a commiswonet 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 abent in gangs with no means of subsistence—all the local subscriptions having ceased . He had been informed that there were many industrious people who did not like being placed on the subscription list , and that in consequence of thJs a subscription had been entered into for the purpose of affording them temporary sustenance by way of loan . £ 5 , 000 had been collected for tnis
purpose ; and it seemtd . that the relief committee Btaudir . g in need of funds , had applied to this other committee for a loan of part of the £ 5 , 000 . £ 1 , 500 was lent 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 he knew net what source . He trusted that the government would give him some information en . this point . He was a ware , that hs was trespassing on their lordships ' , time , but as the subject was 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 Laeds had been obtained from persons appointed to examine into its state . Ifc appeared that there was in the
Weekly Income . East Ward 2 , 179 persons , with a rate per head of 81 d , South 363 „ .. 8-d , North l , * 20 „ ' is . ek West 802 „ is . sU North-east 3 , 137 ^ ^ Md
Mill-bill 173 " 8-d . North-west 889 „ " 8 id . The average of the whole being under Is . per we « k foi each person . At a very recent date about 9 , 000 persona bad less than Is . per head per week for all their wats . The sum paid to the poor 1840 . 1841 . 1842 . in Leeds , in January ... £ 1 , 044 £ 1 , 062 £ 1 , 336 To other poor in the township of Leeds ... ... ail 269 370
It thus appeared that there had been an Saw ^ n ' tht poor rates of nearly 50 per cent Noi was the distress confined to * e daw . 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 npon them , for it had commenced so far back as 1828 ; and at the close of the last session of Parliament he had taken the liberty of calling the attention of the Noble Duke opposite to the subject . He did not prttend to say that Government could be expected to relieve the distress at onc « , because it was not , in his opinion , a temporary distress , bnt aro » e entirely from the mischievous operation of their commercial law . Bat what had been done since that time ? They had passed a eom-law , the result cf which had been to raise 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 know when they called on the people to pat down so much oat of their income , how they were to do It without making matters worse ? He believed that a great many in this country lived up to their Income-, and in order to pay the tax they would have to reduce their expenses . Whatever amoant they took ia the shape of taxation , they would diminish the means of employment ; so that when men were suffering from want ef employment and from the want of means to purchase food , they would still further increase that distress by taking away the
means which wonld have otherwise been expended in giving employment to the working classes ( hear , hev . ) The next aeasure of the government was the tariff , the principle of which he thought would pozzle the wisest man . It was impossible to say what the tariff would be . Various deputations from the different trade * had come to London for the purpose of representing their cases 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-shillings duty waa proposed . This was a most improper tax , because cools 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 ; 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 previled in consequence of the tariff . Confidence had been entirely destroyed throughout the country , and it would take a long time before anything like certainty coula be established . It interfered with the small monopolies in trade , with the monoplies in such articles as shoes and gloves ; just at the time when those trades were suffering under great distress it did this , and created a deficiency in tbe 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 wera now suffering great distress , he called on their lordships to grant them an inquiry . The patience of the people had been extolled , but not more than it deserved . He bad lately asked a gentleman connected with a town in which distress existed , how it was that the people had borne their sufferings with such patience , for he thought if he had seen his children perishing wound him from want—if be had seen the felon in gaol better treated than the person willing to work—aoaner than giibmit to this , he thought he would : have gone and helped himself —( laughter . ) This might be a laughing matter 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 yon suddenly , yon might have gone and helped yourself ; but if you had been gradually reduced to starvation , and weakened from not getting food sufficient to support the energies of nature , yon would have become reckless , and would not have cared to see your children psrishicg around you . " New this , he believed , was the truth—the horrible truth . He deeply lamented it , and he only wished the committee which he intended to mora for would visit those scenes of distress , and become convinced of tbe unexaggerated sufferings of these 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 the Government had maintained the necessity of having extended markets , in order to relieve the pressure on the commeroe of this country . He had lately been in communication with a person connected with tbe American trade , who had travelled through all the United States , and who hod assured him that the epenings in that country for the manufactured goods of England were quite beyond belief . Aleng the banks of the , Mississippi and the Ohio there were several states with an aggregate population , in 1840 , of 6 , 499 892 ,. Of these states two grew principally eotton for the market of tbi « country ; the others were purely agricultural states , manufacturing nothing , except some coarse stuff ,
used for trousers . The produce of these states was carried down on rafts to Now Orleana , to be exchanged for manufactured articles , and it was hero that , in the opinion of those connected with the trade , an opening existed for the manufactures of this country . A great part of the produce brought down to New Orleans consisted of flour , which was often kept there until it turned sour . When the Corn Bill was under discussion in that House , be had some intention of proposing that this sour flour should be admitted into this country doty free—( a laugh)—sot for the purpose of its being made into food for the people—( hear , hear ) —but for tbe use of manufacturers , who annually consumed almost a million of quarters in the dressing of their calicoes and other articles of manufacture . He
thought that this sour flour would have answered the purpose of the manufacturers , but as any alteration made in the Corn Bill would huve been fatal to it , he knew he had no chance of succeeding in his object , and therefore relinquished his intention . Bat 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 was principally with Germany and France , both of whom could undersell this country , and froth of whom had more ships trading with that part of America than EDgland had . He thought it would be * f vast importance , therefore , to establish a trade of this sort . It would be
tha surest guarantee of peace between the two countries . All he askc-d them to do was , to relieve this country from the pressure of selfish imposition , and to free honest industry from the frttors restricting it The people did not ask for charity—they sought to be allowed to carry their labour to the best market ; and he thought their Lordships could not refuse them their request , without incurring a fearful responsibility . He felt sorry at kaving detained their Lordships so long , bnt he would now conclude by moving that a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into tho cause of the present general distress . The motion having been put , .
The Duke of Wellington Bald , 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 law . Her Majesty ' s Government took the course which had been adopted » n former occasions . A letter had been sent to the Archbishop of Canterbury , which bethought had been approved of . H 6 thought the Noble Lord ( Ktnnairi ) bad gene a little beyond what he had authority for stating . Her Majesty had act'jd 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 ( Kicoaird ) bad strenuously advocated a repeal of the Corn Laws . Now , if an alteration was to be made in those lawa , 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 made 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 stood , and then they will have the means of repealing many taxes on consumption , and manufacturing produce . By thus improving the means of manufacture , the alteration in the tariff was of vast importance to the trade of tbe country . It was owing to tho pressure npon commerce , and not to the want cf extendud markets , that the trade was so depressed . Her Majesty ' s Government had been engaged in political arrangements , having for their object to keep the peace of the world ; and h « anticipated a speedy restoration of peace to countries at present afflicted by th « scourge of war . All 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 Duke sbonld not refuse an inquiry because it might ultimately be found that the Corn Laws were the cause of the evil . The 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 , in oases of this nature , under responsible officers . After a short discussion , between the Marquis Clanricarde , Lord Monteagle , and the Duke of Wellington , Lurd Kinnaird consented to withdraw bis motion ; and their Lordships adjourned , at ha f-past eight o ' clock . '
Friday , June 3 . Petitions were presented for the repeal of Catholic Emancipation , and against tho Maynooth grant , the Poor Law , and the Income Tax . Several blllB were forwarded a stage . A message from the Commons brought up the Liverpool Borough Court Bill and Burntisland and Granton Pier Bill . On the motion of Lord Den man the Improvement of Evidence Bill was read a third time and passed . On the motion of the Earl of Ripon , tee Australian and New Zealand BUI passed through committee . Lord Beaumont presented » 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 his views of our policy in the east , with iome remarks apon the aggressive spirit manifested by Russia .
Lord Fitzgerald briefly deprecated snch discussions , and , after mutual explanations , amounting to nothing , except that there waa no likelihood of ft war with Russia , the petition was ordered to lie on the table as the petition of Mr . Whitby , who had signed it on behalf of the body horn which it emanated . —Their Lordships then adjourned until Monday . — ttm .. .
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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'Cojmell' gave notice that Le should on Menday next move for a suspension of the writ for the borough of Belfast , on the groubd that a corrupt compromise had been entered 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 Watetford and Atklone were severally called to the table to be sworn , bat in neither case did the whole of the members attend ; In the case of Sir James Duke , who was drawn on the Atblone committee , the Hon . Gentleman ' s medical attendant ( Mr . Bainbtldge ) was called to the bar , and his evidence taken , which went to shew that Sir James Duke ' s health waa in snch a state that attendance on tho committee might be injurious . He was in consequence excused from serving .
Lord SpmertoQ , the absent member on the Waterford Committee , on the motion of Lord Granville Somerset , was ordered to be taken into custody by the Sergeant-at-Arms . ; " ¦¦ ¦ ' ; ¦ ¦ ¦¦ , ¦; . . . ¦ ¦ ' ;¦ ¦ : ¦' ¦ ¦ : ' / . > ' ' . . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ; The Sp baker acquainted the House that he had ^^ received an intimation from the petitioners against the return of Lord Howicfc for Saudertand , that it waa 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 Wicfclow Harbour BUI , the Burntialand and Granton Pier Ferry and Road Bill , the Liverpool Borough Court Bill , and the Boston Harbour Bill , were read a third time and passed . The Blackburn and Chorley Road , and the Lagan Navigation Bills , 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 . CXive moved the further consideration of the report of the London and Croydon Railway BilL Sir E . Knatchbull moved as au amendment that the report be further considered this day three months . After some discussion , in which Lord Marsham , Mr . KEMBLBj Mr .. ' § t ! R « IT ^ Mr . DABBY ^ Mr . WILSON Patten , Mr . Childees , and other Hon . Members teok part , the Honiie divided—1 For the reception of the report , ... 88 For the amendment ... ... 148
y ; : .. ¦ . ¦ ¦ : ' ., '¦ .... ¦ .. ¦ - . ¦¦ ¦ . ¦ / Majority' ' - 60 . ¦ ; The bill is consequently lost , Lord John Russell postponed the Introduction of the Bribery at Elections Bill till Monday . In : committee of supply , the Chancellob of the ExcHEftUEB said , that he certainly would not have advocated the continuance of the existing sugar duties for another year , hod he hot 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 reduction 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 was connected with slavery . The diminution of the duties tended to encourage the growth of sugar produced by slaves . He should vote for the continuance ¦ of those duties for the present year . ¦ ¦¦ .. -.: ' ¦ .- ¦¦ , : ¦ / \ /¦ ' / :- .. ; : -: . . r <
Mr . Roebuck : row 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 Bugar 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 at . 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 21 s . per cwt ; whilstit 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 coneumption , merely to put money in the pockets of the West India proprletora—( 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 or his Hon . and Learned Friend , with respect to going to the cheapest market , the negroes could not be paid their wages , and the present state of society in che West Indies would be changed . Mr . Gladstone epposed the motion on the principle that freedom of trade was incompatible with our existing institutions . Mr . Cobden aald that Elavergrown sugar from Brazil was imported Into Liverpool , and from thence transhipped to all parts of the world , even to the blacka themselves in the West Indies !¦—( hear , bear . V A short discussion ensued , after which the House divided , when there
appeared—For the amendment ...... ... ... 18 Against it ...... ... ... 59 Majority ... ......... ,.. —41 Mr . Ladoucuebe , in rising ' . to more that the duty on foreifn sugar be reduced to 80 s . 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 were called on to give the people relief at this period of distress . Mr . Gladstone vindicated the conduct ef the government with regard to the Bugar duties . Mr . Hume would not believe the House were sincere until he aaw them take other articles of consumption into consideration , which were the produce of slave labour . ' ¦¦ _ ¦ . -, -: " . ' ¦ [\ ' - \ ¦ ¦ , ..-: ' . : ' ¦ . ¦ ¦¦ ¦ - . "¦ , - Mr . Stu ABT 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 showing whether they were really willing to ameliorate the condition of the working 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 was so well calculated to promote good order arid sobriety among the working classes , by fostering habits totally different from those resulting from the
ute of beer and ardent spirits . Twenty-five years ago there were but forty coffee houses in all London- ; but there were to many now that they could accommodate 180 , 000 persons . People now go there instead of going to the public-house and the gin-shop . Naw , with respect to the importation of articles the produce of slave labour -. why did we not import coffee from the Brazils at la . 3 d , duty f And was not copper in the mines 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 cemfort ; 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 alave 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 os than they were worth ; After a few words from Mr . P . Stewabt and Mr . Beiin al , the latter of whom did not agree with the sweeping principle of the Hon . Gentlemen who had just spoken with regard to our colonies .
Sir Robert Peel said , ob 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 . beat way would be to leave it in the hands of the Government The proposal before the Honse was to continue the present duties on sugar for another year ; and he 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 tho smaUeat in the House . They should remember that when if had made bis
proposal for the reduction on the import duty on meat , he had ran the greatest risk that a Minister could have done , and therefore there was no ground for that accusation . The Noblo Lord ' s proposition of last year was not tbe same as the present one , and therefore he ( the Noble Lord ) could riot flu * 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 ha did not agree with an Hon . Member that this was a contemptible decrease in price . He 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 sonduct in emancipating the slaves . This was a double motive , therefore , for rejecting the motion .
After a few words from Lord John Russell , in reply , : ' ' : ¦ ¦' . - .. . '¦ . ^ >• ¦ - . ¦ . ' ¦/' . - : ) : " : ' " ¦¦ " ¦ .. The House divided , when there appeared—For the motion ..................... 164 Against it ........................... 245 Majority against it ,... «; .. 81 Theorlginal motion was then agreed to . Tbe other orders of the day were then disposed of , and the House adjourned at half-past one o ' clock . "
Monday , June 6 * /¦ Tbe cases of two more boroughs , whose constituencies are implicated in charges of bribery and corruption , were considered , The first case was that of Belfast , and was merely of a preliminary nature . Mr . O'Con N ell presented a pttltton from a Belfast elector , containing some curious allegations , chiefly implicating Mr . EnumersonTenDant , 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 inquiry . _
The case of Newcastle-under-Lyne raised a discussion . The issue of ttie writ was moved by Mr . Adderley , and an amendment on that motion wag
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propossd by Mr , Hume , who moved the suspension of the writ for fourteen days , pending a committee of inquiry .- ' - ' - ^ ¦ •¦ . ' ' ¦ - ¦ ¦ - . /; : _ ; " ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' . : ¦ ; . - ' --- \ -: ¦ ¦' . ¦ ¦' ; . ¦ ¦ - . -, ' . " , 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 prwf of the bribery , corruption , drunkenness , and perjury , usually practised at the Ne wcastle-under-Lyne elections . . ' ;• ¦;¦' ... ¦ "; / -. -,:-V- ¦ : \ . ¦ - . . : ;¦ ¦ ¦ .. " . ' V : / - ; Mr . Liddell replied to Mr . O'Connell ,-as did . also the Solicitor-General ( Sir William Follett ) , who , though : condemning the practice of head-meney , considered that Mr . O'Oonnell ' 8 selections ' were partially made , and waa of opinion that the House had constitutionally no power of thus suspending writs . ¦
Mr . Bebnal , 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 was favourable to sn inquiry . Sir Robert Peel , restating his ; former principle , that no general rale could be maxfe to apply to these cases , and that each must be 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 S&iicitor-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 . . '¦ • ¦'•;¦ ¦ ;; ' . ;; ;¦ ¦ "¦ ¦ , ,.: . r- ' . - - ; v" ;• ¦ . /• : "¦" . "' . ' ..- ' - ;' -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 repeating , all thelaws ' agabut bribery , and thus freely to permit the electors to sell themselves as they pleased —a proceeding which would save much time and oseleas diacnsslon . , : : . :
Lord John Russell then rose to ask leave for introducing his Bill . ¦ for the . better discovery of bribery in the election of Member ^ of Parliament" His . objeot was rather to deter ' frorn bribery , by rendering the means of its detection more efficacious , than to check it by increased penalties . ' This he proposed to effect by permitting parties to give In lists cf voters whom they affirmed to have been bribed at any election ; and , these voters should be liable to disfranchisement unless they could defend their votes . A power of granting indemnity in certain cues should be given , and the Election 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 conducting the protracted investigation . On the presentation of a petition alleging extensive bribery / the Noble Lord proposes that it should be tried in the same manner as an election petition , the expences to fall on sitting Members or petitioners , as tho case may be ; and if extensive bribery ware proved against a borough , it should be diafranchiBed . To obviate the difficulty of carrying DUfranchisement Bills through Parliament , tke 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 five from the Commons , and three or four from , the Lords , te be presided over by a Peer to be named by the Crown . 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 to 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 would cure tbe existing evils , but be 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 ; bat the difficulty was to
discriminate between corrupt treating and innocent hospitality . The law respecting the practice of eonveying electors to to the poll was also in an uusatisfactory state . Electors who had to travel twenty or thirty miles could hardly be expected to evince an extraordinary patriotism , if they had tado so at their own expense . At the same time , the number of vehioles 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 out of all these cases of , bribery awl 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 Bill .
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 discriminatiug duties on timber were a loss to this country of two millions par annum , that they were of no use to Canada , of but little , value to the shipping interest , and , that thote was no consideration whioh could justify duties coajplling u » to take inferior timber at a high price . : \ ; Sir Howabd 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 , on and after the 10 th day of October next , should be fixed at 30 s . on foreign timber , and 383 . on foreign deals , both per load ; and that no ulterior reduction , as contemplated , should take place in either .
Mr . Patrick M . Stewa » i then rose Jto proptMre another amendment , that tho 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 . - . .. ; , ¦ - ¦ . . v ¦ ¦ - . ¦ .: ; . - ¦ ¦ ¦'¦ . ; . . ;;" : ¦ : ¦ ¦ - . ¦ . 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 . After some 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 redaction 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 othtr articles . V ¦ 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 . Labouchere , Lord Sandon , and Mr . Thornley , the amendment of Sir K . Douglas was negatived without a division . ¦ ¦ •'¦
The schedule of Timber Daties was then agreed to ; after which the House resumed , and then adjourned .
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Mb . Duncombe has Bucceeded jaher 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 whicli further proceedings will be taken as soon as Mr . Duncombe can get the papers printed .
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Destruction op the Habriott . —One of thoaB awful calamities which in a few minutea involved fearful loss of life and property occurred on the ri ^ yesterday . The beautiful clipper-builtbarfc Harriott of 396 tons burden , commanded by Captain ' ftlfrai ' Beech , and consigned to Bagehaw and Gi » took fir * while lying off fte Governor-General ' s J ghat , and was destroyed . We have hot b « ca able to ascerSn how the conflagration commenced ^ but it appea ^ that about one o ' clock m the afternoon the CaK and oflGioersv wba were all on boardy-the v 3 being on the point of sailing , with a rich cargo ! for London , —became aware that Bbe wasron ~ 5 n , am shortly afterwards the flames burst out twith such fury . asio force the . European . Beamen to . fam . 1 ££ .
Doara—tne nauve seamen nad done bo ob tWto th& ship waa completely enveloped in flames . Sl t S strand , as well as almost every window and housa top tha ^ commanded a view of that part of tfie ^ iver where the burning vessel -was situated , was crowdefl with people ofalmost every creed and country S gazed upon ihe awfully grand sight with intense interest . The spectacle was , indeed , terriblv snh ! lime . About half-past one o ' clock the flamSacS the magazine , and the vessel blew up , fraemente i ^ her stern flying high into the air , aiS dwppfinto and strewing the river all round the site where s ^ was anchored . Boats from all directions flock !*? ™ un i ^ ° I ^ *^^«* de 4 > "scam * all bnt tu awiB
« cmw , wuu , ui is mougni , must have sunk in conscqiience of having beeen struck and stunned by one of the fragments of the vessel . There was a iMsooaMitily' of saltpetre on board the Harriott The Hashmey , which was situated contiguous to tha Harriott , had a narrow escape . Her hull caught the flames , bat the pplash of water- caused' by th * timely explosion of the Harriott , was the means of saving her . She has not , however , escaped without some injury . A considerable quantity of the salt , petre was also thrown by the explosion on board of the Hashmey . —Hurkaru , - * Suicide of A Bor . —An extraordinary snioide toot place on Saturday last under the following circum . stances : —The name of the youth in question , whos « age _ w _ butfifteen , is Coe . residing with his narent .
at a » , . ri . gh-street , Wapping , London , aid who terminated his existence b y taking a large quantity of arsenic . It will be remembered that about fifteen months since , a ^ hair-dresser named Dimondj then residing in the . Commercial Boad East , was foand gujlty , and bad sentence of death passed on him , but which was subsequently commuted to transportation for life , on a charge of having cammitted an un « natural crime . The deceased boy is the apprentice on whose evidence alone Dimond was oxmvioted , ai 3 on whom the capital offence was proved -to have been committed . Since that period he has been residing with his parents , and in consequence of the unfortunate circumstance alluded to has been unabfe to procure a si . uation of any description , which appeared to prey , as he increased in age ,: much upon b ) l mi K - - ? ? y last he wrote a letter to SnJ of his brothers , m which were the words . " Although
t u , V — ^ meefc y ° * PPT I" this world , I how I . shall m the next . " On Saturday he left ho ^ about six o ' clock , ^ he said , to look for a situation at Stratford . On the road he purchased half aaounw of arsenic , and called at the house of a relative a htepney , where he asked for some water , and ia which it ^ supposed he took the poison . He pro ceeded to Stratford , and laid himself down to die m hedge close on the borders of Hainault Forest , when he was found by some police of the K , division , and m an almost lifeless condition , in whicH state he waj conveyed to the London Hospital , where he died shortly after admission . .- / . V ;
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From the London Oai ^ of Friday , June X ; . ; -: . ¦ ¦'¦¦ ¦ - , // BiMKKUFis . ' : ' . . : '" . :-y ' , ; ^~ ' :. ; ' . ; .. . William Chappelow , of Long Acts , bridle cutter . June 17 and July 15 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . W . Whltmore , official assignee , Basing ball-street ; and Mr . Hsrnidge , solicitor , 10 , Bioonu bury-square .- . ; '¦ ¦ ¦ \ ' ' : . ;¦ : ¦ ¦; : ¦ ' ;¦ : ¦ . : .: ' - . - . . V ¦ Pfctsr Anderson Hepbhrn , late of Hnngetford-wharf , Strand , but now of 12 , Powia-place , HampBtead-roai , bottled beer merchant , Jane 10 , at two , and July 15 , at 12 , at the Qonrt of Bankruptcy . Mr / Iackingtoa , official asaignee , Coleman-street Buildings ; and Mi . Frfewd , solicitor . Essex-street . Strand . v
Thomas Quaife , Thomas Jones Tyrrell , and Jama Quaife , late of North End , Fulhaai , brewerB / JmelD , at one , and Jnly 15 , at eleven , at the Court of Banl ruptey . Mr . Johnson , official assignee ; 20 , BasinghaDstreet ; and Messrs . Pvson and Co ., solicitors , 8 , Fred . erick ' apace , Old Jewry . Wiiliam Harper , of Gowpert-court , ComhiU , Citj , merchant , June 10 , at two > and July 15 , at eleven , it the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . James Foster Groom , official assignee , 12 , Abchurch-lane , lombard-streeti and Mfc Kirkraan , solicitor , King William-street , London Bridge . - Cnarlaa Samuel Heywood and William Heywood , of Manchester , but late of Basinghall-street , London , warehouijemen , June 15 and July 15 , at ten , at the Cyminissi 6 nera ' -rooin 8 , Manchester . Mesar % Reed vA Shaw , soHcitora , Friday-streeti Cheapside , Lohdm ; and Messrs . Sale and Worthlngton , soUcitors , Mmcheater . V ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ , ¦ '; ¦ ¦" ' " . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ :- •¦¦•¦ ' ¦"•¦ ¦ ¦'¦ .
George William Longridge , of Suhderland , Durhan , ironmonger , July 7 and 15 , at eleven , at the Geotgi Inn . Sunderland . Mr . ^ T . 'M . Loveland , selicitor , « , Symoud ' s-inn , Chancery-lane , London ^ and Mr . J . % Cooper , solicitor , Sunderland . John Gooder , of Raistrick , Yorkshire , fancy clo ! l manufactarer , June 14 , at eleven , and July 15 , tt twelve , at' the George Hotel , Haddersfield . Mess Clarke and Metcaif , solicitor , 20 ^ Lincoln ' s-inn-fieltti , London ; and Messrs . Whitehead and Robinson , aoli ; citors , HuddenfleJd . ; _ Edmund Ash worth , of Manchester , innkeeper , Jmu 20 and July 15 , at eleven , at tho CoramiflsiOBers ' -roonn Manchester . Messrs . Adlington at 5 d Co ., sbUoiton Bedford-row , London ; and ' Mr . William Christopba Chew , solicitor , Manchester .
George Bower , of Webldale , Yorkshire , wooilo cloth manufacturer and clothier , June 11 , at ten , acd July 15 , at two , at the George Hotel , Huddersfieli Mr . Daniel Comthwaite . solicitor , Dean ' s-court , Doctori Commons , London ; and Mr . John Comthwaite , » lt cltor ; Liverpool . ; ¦ r : John Bsinbiidge , of Richmond , Yorkshire , faoJfounder , June 24 , at three , at the King's Head to , Richmond , and July 15 , atten , at the Golden Lion Inn , Nortballortbh . Mr . Richard Addison , solicitor , 8 , Mecklenburgh-square , London : and Mr . James Hunton , solicitor , Richmond . William Walker , of Bnrton-upon-Trenfc , Stafforfshire , mercer and draper , June 17 and July 15 , «• twelve , at the White Hart Inn , Burton . upon-Trert . Mr . James Drewry , solicitor , Burton-npon-Trent ; w Messrs . Bioknell and Co ., solicitors , 57 , Liuco 2 n's-i 2 i ' fields , London . ^ / ¦>¦'¦¦
John NoUingham ; of Cheltenham , GloucestenhiB , picture dealer . June 15 and July 15 , at eleven , at to Royail Hotel , Cheltenham . Messrs . Roy and Co ., w * citors , 42 , Lpthbury , London ; and Messrs . BubbM * Co ., solicitors , Cheltenham . Henry William Jackson , late of Havethill , Eal wine merchant , June 17 , at four , and July 12 , at tm afc the Rose and Crown Inn , Saffron Walcien . 31 * Owen Pape Holmes , solicitor , 6 , Liverpool-street , ' . & > London ; and Mr . John Henry Jardine , solicitor , St * next Clare , Suffolk . -
PAEXNEKSHIPS DISSOLVED . John Swainson , and Japheth Clayton , of MaE ** ter . William Tinkler and John Newbald , of K inp » upon-Hull , engrayers . James Martin and W $ » Muir , of Liverpool , shawl merchantt . Benjamin W terworth , Joseph ButterWorth , Rebert BuUerwA and Richard Woofftnden Butterworth , of Hu ^ Held , Yorkshire , ¦ woollen cloth merchants l » (« " regards Benjamin Butterworth ) . William North n » John West , of Bradford , Yorkshire , cotton dyers .
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From the GazetU of Tuesday , June 7 . BANKKOPXSi : - ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ ¦• . ¦ . Thomas Ginger , Leigbton Buzzard , to snrrendtf * 17 th of June inatant , at twelve , and July 1 V | eleven , at the Ccurt of Bankruptcy , Basingaall-J ^ Edwards , official assignee , F / ederick fl-i > Ia « , ^ Jewry ; Wright , Fdrnival ' a Inn * London ; P Woburn , Bedfordshire . : John Brettargh , timber-dealer , Pendleton . Lano " 1111 * June 20 , and Jaly 19 , at ten . Solicitor , Foster , *" Chester ; Netheraole , Essex-street , Sttaiid .
Henry Matthew Walker and Thomas Cason , tf factora / iMauchestfir , June 14 , at ten , at the Sea House , Wakefleld , and July 19 , at ten , at ft * ° * missioners' Rooms , Leeds . Sahcitora , Afilin ^ Gregory , Fanikner , and Folletfc , Bedford-row , I * " ** Taylor and WestmorlaHd Wakefleld . d Josiah Barlow , hatter , Manchester , June 21 JJ July 19 , at twelve , at the Commi 8 sioiier tV ; Bo 0 r Mahcheater . Solicitor , Bunting , Manchester ; B » and Back , Chancery-lane , London , -L Godwin Pilsworth' Eencnn and Augusta s : Siwj : calico printers , Manchester , J tree 21 andJsfl ? ^ eleven , at the Commissioners / Rooins , Mwi ** SolicitoM , B . M , and a Baxler , Lincoln ' s-lJin- 1 ^ London ; Worthington , Manchester ; lycetfj ^ xheBte ^; ¦ ¦ '"¦ : : ¦ '¦ ¦ : ¦• . . ' ; .. ' , ; ¦ • : ¦ ¦ ¦ . . .:. - . - '¦ ¦'' ¦ $ ¦ Thomas Barter , surgeon , Poole , June 25 anH iSf , at twelve , at ; tbe offices of Messrf Parr . £ T SolJcitors , Loftus and Young , New Inn , I-ob * 'Parr , Poole . ' ¦ ¦¦;¦ . ' :::: ; ¦ : ; ' ' ¦¦ :- . '; ; ; •' : " ? ¦ ¦ . ; / ., < Thomas Jonea , woolstapler , Brewa , July 1 ^ at twelve , at the CasUe Hotel . SoHatow , V » S Bevaii , and Lauford , Breeaa j Blcknell , Roberto , V and N « t , Lincoln ' 8-inn : fieldi . ^ nii ? William Laurence , money scrivener , King W \ $ . street , June 18 , at one , and July 19 , at twelve , ^ Court of-Bankruptcr . GroOm , Abchurch-lane , < r , assignee ; Cox , Size-lane , Bucklesbuiy . \ v Jt , "Norman M'iieod and Cohieliu * Browne . Z * ™! ^ ship-brokersi'Liverpool , June 25 and "July i 1 ? - $ at the Clarendon Rooms , Liverpool . SolieiW ^ lington , Gregory , Faulkner and Follett > London ; w and HaasalJ , LiverpooL ' I
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HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Friday . Mr . G . Hatieb , as chairman of the Belfast Election Committee , reporttd to the House that the committee had come to the following resolutions : — . " That James Emmeraon Tennent , Esq ., and Wimliam Gilllland Jolinson , Esq ., were not duly elected as
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BALANCE SHEET OF THE LONDON DELEGATE COUNCIL , FROM MARCH 1 st TO MAY 30 th . receipts . ¦ ¦ - ¦ - . .-, ¦ . ¦ . • . ¦ ¦ ¦ , ' ¦ ¦¦ - £ . b .. 4 . Maney in hand last quarter ......... 1 Id 10 ^ From Liquidation Debt Committee 0 12 6 . St . Panoras . « ... ... ... 0 8 6 : Carpenters' Arms ... ... ... 053 Globe Fields ... ... ... 0 5 0 Shoemakers , Poland-street ... 0 10 Walworth and Camberwell ... 060 Albion , Shored itch ... ... 0 5 0 Clock-house , Leioester-8 quare ... 0 4 6 Star , Golden-lane ... ... ... 06 0 ThreeDoves ; ... ... ... 0 3 4 Bricklayers' Arms ... ... ... 0 4 0 Cannon Coffeo-house ... ... 0 9 4 Three Crowns ... ... ... 0 5 0 Hatters , Brown Bear ... ... 0 5 0 Hammersmith .... ... ... 0 5 0 Crown Coffee-house ... ... 0 2 1 Receipt Hall of Science meeting 0 3 11 Total receipts ... ... ... £ 6 9 5 £ Ten localities , not included , are in arrears the whole quarter to the Council . . ";¦" ' KXPENDiTTJEE . " ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦¦ - ¦ •¦¦' ¦ . ' •• • ¦ ¦ ' , ¦ ¦ ' : - . ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ £ " Si- 'd . ¦ MarchS . Rent of Hall of Science ... 1 0 0 " Priiiling for Ditto , ... ... 0 6 6 " ¦ Mistake in last Quarters ' : balance in hand ...... 0 2 0 April 3 . Back rent of 55 , Old Bailey 0 19 6 11 Back salary of Secretary . " *» . 1 4 9 ¦¦"¦ ¦; Stationery and postage during tbe quarter . ^ . ... 0 5 6 " Rent Of Council Room , thirteen weeks , at two shillings per woek ... 16 0 " Salary of Secretary , thirteen weeks , at five shillings per month ,...... « . Q 16 3 Total expenditure ... j £ 6 0 6 Total receipts ...... ... ... ... 6 9 -5 f Total expenditure ......... ... 6 0 6 "¦' ¦ . . ¦ . -. , . . Balance in hand ... ... 0 8 11 * Due by individuals to Council ... ... I 12 6 Balance in favour of Ditto £ 2 1 53
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 11, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct434/page/6/
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