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HOUSE OF LORDS—Friday , July 15 . . The B " : ll for the pretection of her Majesty ' s person ¦ was read a second time , upon the motion of the Lord Chaxcellor . Lord Melbourne , L'srd Cotteshaii , and Lord Bbocgham severally expressed their approbation of iU provisions ; aad tfca standing ora " er 3 having been suspended , it -was passed through cominUtie raid read a third tirae . trith the addition only of a claiue proposed by Lord Campbell , ar . d extending its operation to tha possession of a weapon ntar the person of the Sovereign With an inttnt to vsi it for an unlawful pnrposa . A slion conversation then took pla ~ - " - - <¦ ' te subject of national education in Ireland , after ^ iiich their Lordships ac j lorned . Saturday , Jvy 10 . ? hs Boj-al Assent was given by Commission to the ioUowins Bills : — __ .....
_ Ab Ak for tha better Security of her Majesty ' s Person ; tte British Possessions Bill ; the Stock-in-trade Exemption Bin ; ths Sndbnry Witnesses Indemnity Bill ; the london Bridge Approaches B ill ; the London and Greenwich Riiiw . ;/ Bill ; the Leeds Burial Ground Bill ; tbeieeds Improvement Bill ; t £ ie Liverpool Town Improvement BUI ,- tha Toxieth Park Bill ; Pattersons Estate BID ; Davidson ' s Estate Bill ; the Dak p of Clevelar . d ' t Estata Bill ; the Evrl cf Fitz William's Estate BUI ; aaiTcre'sDLTaiceBijl . Adjourned . Jfondrzy , July 33 . tL-ra "Whab- ^ clitfe , in reply to Earl Radnor , said that The Grovercinrnt did cot intend to brir . g forward any specif measure for the relief of the existing distress , - which they believed to bs ameliorating bj tha , i revival Gf trade and commerce -which was folio-win- the coii -ns of the Tec ^ iit measures .
The Loed Chancellor moved the second re&dmg of three hills , which La thought muht all be discussed together—tbe BaEkroptcy Bill , the Lunacy Bill , and tie County Courts BUI . By the Bankruptcy Bill , it "was proBos ? d to txtend the jurisdiction of the London Commissioners from 40 to 100 mi ! fe 3 round the Metropolis ; by the Lunacy Bill , to establish Commissioners for ths trial of cases , and to . diminish the extravagant expenses at present attendant on those proceedings , aiid by the Cs-oaty Courts Bill to provide , io&te&d / O ? iesiiect judzes , -a-ao might be warped by thtir local f = e ! in 2 K « r pr * jadices , jad ses "who would go their circuits like judges of the land . ThB noble and learned lord made a long statement , sad entered at length on the suVjrcts of the three hills- Bills did
Lord CoiteshaJi expressed regret that the not ? o far en-: ugh . He reviewed their provisions , pointy out where he thcnghi they would prove insufficient , proft-ssinj himself favourable to- the entire abolition of imprisonment for debt , and contended that if in the Bscirsptcy BUI the principles for -which he argue-A -were vol embodied , it would be difficult to do so st a future peri * d . L-rd BsorGHAJi concurred generally -with Lord Cottenham . thvujb . he admitted that the Bills -were i = J-¦ pioy ^ xnen zs so far as they -went-Lard Wisford considered that lie country -was deeply indebted to the Lord Chancellor for tkese bills . L-rd Campbell contrasted the positions of the insolvent scd the bar-irnpt—the one with liabilities hacsi-g ov = r him long afterwards , and undergoing imprisonment , the other cumins foith a free man aft-i goi'Jg through , the court , and not necessarily liable to imprisonment . He -was afraid that these Bills wonld stand
in ; he "way of further improvment-Afcers reply , from thelOED Chancelloh , the Bills were read a second time , ana the House shortly after-¦ flrards adjourned .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Friday , July 35 . ill . Gladstone introdnced a Bill to remedy a typographical error in the i . ew Customs Daties Ac . ; 1 S 42 being printed for 1 S 43 in the timber duties schedule . The bill ¦ will be " made incidentally to serve the purpose of removing the dnty -which the new tariff imposed on cement-stone ; and which , although it passed unnoticed at tbe time , is foend to be leilly injurious . Ihs House xemrnsd the CoEssjitiee of Supply , and passed another long string of votes ; the discussion of ¦ which possessed litde interest On going into Committee , the Chancellor of the Escheqntr stated , in answer to Mr . Charles "Wood , that the doubt as to the law whether ligrt sovereigns may be cut -was under consideration .
, The vote t . f £ 30 , 000 for education occasioned an explanation from Sir James Graham , that this grant Trill not st present be increased ; but if Government determine to propose a grant to the Exeter Hall classes , it -will ba applied for in a separata form . Sir Robert Ingli 3 , hoping that Government -would not Buffer tbemssives to ba represented by Lord Wharndiffe , the Liberalism of -whose speech in the House cf Lords on Thursday he attacked , drew upon himself a sharp rebuke frsm Sir James Graham ; "who taxed him ¦ w ith pursuing a course calculated to sow dissension amon ^ the members cf the Adminisrriticn , -while he ¦ ns objectirig to Tietrs sgre-. d to in a ccmprciij' . se b * tw = ei . th ^ latc = ud the presest Ad ministrations and sanctioned by tie Bishops . Sir Bsbirt Inglis admitted tbe jasdiceof tbe re ? use .
On the vote cf jt' 50 000 for education m . Ireland , Lord Eliot -wiin- ' y o = fcn ^ cd the eysttia of education in th . it cocntry ; and aEothcr little di . ' . pute aross in an attack bj 5 = rg ;? -nt Jackscs , the Solicitor-General for Ixel 2 c « l , on the Irish Srcrttary . Thi House divided on the Tota , and it w ^ s carried by 0-i to 0 l
Saturday , July 16 . ¦ Hi . Ricaudo askrd if the Government had received any iriizaatica of the reported diiturbance 3 in tbe Potttries , Sir J- G ? -aha 3 I ssid seme accounts of disturbances in the Potteries had biea received by the Government ; and , consequently , a small millary force bid been sent to 2 f ewcastld-nnder-Lyne . Sir J . Gbaham Eai « i it bad been hh fxsd determination to proceed -with , the Mills' and F 3 ctorie 3 ' BiU , trat , at Ite EdTirCtd Sta ^ a of the Session and the prestUt stite of public business , he did cot think Le should be ; uit : icd in proceeding -with the measure during the i . re = cn : year . Ee should , therefore , postpone tie Bill until text Session . Mr . _ Ha"R' £ 3 inquired if i : -was intended to proceed -srith the Ecclesiastical G . urts" Billtiiis Session . Sir J- GeahaH said he had no intention to do so this Session .
: < Ir . ^ . smith— " D > : s the B- ; ht HoEcurableBiro- et ttind to prvcerd vriQi his Ecclesiastiral Leasing Bill this S .-ssiob ' : ' Sir J . Gi » -U 1 A 3 I — " Yes , I do intend to persevere ii ; passing this BiiL It is my invention to go on -with this m&zrare . * 1 h = XictEsc-d Lnnr .:: c Asylums Bill passed through Committee . The F ;? htri £ s ilrdaudi BiU passed through Cemrritttre , and the report was ordered to bs rtceif id en Tnesiay . Adjourned . - 1 fondly , July 18 ,
3 Ir BOEBI'CK obtained leave to plead at the bar of the Houss of Commons , in support of the Sudbnry Disfranchisement Bill ; and h = a ' so announced that the report < f the E . cction Comproiais £ 3 Committee wonidbe xeady for the tn-i of the vretk . In rtpiy to Mr . Ba " wes , Sir Bobeex Pzkl said thit he won :-d take the subject of Cbnrch txtension ink ; h : 5 Srr : ensconsideration daring tie recess , and would stats his intentions in the next session . Sir B- H . 35 GLIS iben postponed Ms Cbcrch extension motion till sai ssssion .
L-wd Elicx intimated that the rc-T > ort of the Irish Census Commissioners -wouid be ready in a fertnkhf . Gn the motion for going into a Committee of Supply , ilr . SHiEL called attention to the policy pursned in Irelaud . Tie present Govsrnment , through Sir Robert Peel and Lord Eliot , had announced their determination to disregard sli party considerations in tie admiaisfcration of the gQftTIUB £ ui cl Ireland . Bat ¦ this - » ra 3 osatraaktsd hy the condnct of tbt Ir-sh Government ; by tie nature of its' appointmests ; by the actions of its partisans .
more especially as evinced during the last Dublin election ; 2 nd lastly , though not ieastly , "by the conduct of the legal agents of Uis Irish Government in packing ju-ics . chaiSeneing mo . -t r&spectable Catholics , in order to secure ProtettAiit jurors and favourable verdicts . This » 3 ttfcr alienation he Llustrated bv sgveral instanct ^ , m-jre especia . ly in the case of the trial of the pr <> proprifctor of the B&fa&i f ' indiexior . H « concluded his sp ^ -ch by referria ^ to the caft of the restoritioc - of Mr . St . Gtor ^ e to the ma gistracy , and moved f ; . rihe correspondence relating to it .
Lord Eliot rejoiced in the opportunity thus afforded him of Tiujifiinng the Irish Govtminent . He couten . Jed thit the dfectaTutions -which he had made had beta at ' tfcd up tj in spirit as in letter . He reviewed the Tarions appuintm ^ its of the Iria ^ Gove rnment , and JosTiS-d . iB intfcifeitnca in the X > ablin elsction ; deftnfieri tha coEiuct of the Irish Crown Solicitor , -srith Trfsrense to thB trial 3 adverted toby Mr . Sbiel ; and , after explaining the circumBtances attending the restoration of Mr . Se . Gsarge to the mr . gistracy , declared that it wculd be inexpedient to produce the required cor-TfeSDondence .
Sir WrxxiAii S 03 IJIEB . VII . I . E thought that the grave charges adduced by Air . Shiel ¦ were calculated to throw discredit en tha _ impartial administration of justice , and ¦ with reference tojhe challenging of jurors , giTing due credit to the explanations of Lord Eliot , considered that it "Was at least unfortunate that there Bhould hare been such a preponderance of Protestants on these trials . It -was a monstrous state of things that articles freely published in the Morning Chronicle dare not be reprinted in the Dublin papers for fear of a pro-SBentirm .
Mr . Sergeant Jxcksos adduced cases in -which Mr O'Connell and Mr . Shiel himself had peremptorily challenged P / otestant jorora ; at the same time denying , in the most positive manner , that in the recent trials jurors _ nad been set aside , because they -were Boman Catholics . He defended , amongst others , the appointlaent ef Mi . . Earon I * froyv whom be affirmed to be one of-t £ » 9 » 5 t ~ eminent equity lawyers in Ireland , W& ¦ flrito . feforeliia eleTatiou by the present Administration , ' . iaA zeEased ttree -oBsa el judgeshipa from different
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Governments ; and affirmed that the article in the Belfast rindicolor was calculated to disturb the peace of tae coantry , and was , therefore , a fit aabject of prosecution . After a few words of explanation , from Sir William Sommerville , and from Mr . Shiel , in explanation of the case quoted asjaiust him by Mr . S 2 rgeant Jackson , Mr . Morgan Jobx O'Connkll entered generally into the subject of the discussion , contending , taore especially , that the present Irish Government , by their libil pyosscutioiis , -were attempting to stifle the Sberty of the press . ¦ -. ¦ . Lord JOCELTX justified his interference in the Dublin election , denying that in bis canvass any thxeata had been held out to such of the electors as -were -nnder Castle controuL The late Government had , however , used their influence to compel the Dahlia electors to vots .-. i iinst their feelings and conscience .
- Mr . O . BULLER . after commenting on Lord Jocelyn ' s admissions , contended that the proceedings vrbich had taken place in Ireland -were calculated to insgirealarm with resoect to the impartial administration of . justice in that couutry . It was fUfficslt to believe that chance r ^ as thB causa of the exclusion of Catholic jurors , and the termB used by the Chief Justice Pennefather , in his cbaree to the jury en the trial tot libel of the . Be // asi Pwduxtiirr , -were far more-fit for . a -violent partisan than a judicial expositor . The Irish Government ba 4 done itself ns good fcy a prosecution which , if directed azainst tbe press of this country , ¦ would put an extinguisher on that entire and unrestrained freedom of discussion which it had enjoyed for the last ten years . . ... " -.:
Sir JiHES Gbasax TecoBSted the Irish judicial appointments of the late Government , ¦ whiefe were the resuft i-f political considerations as much as those of the present Government In the unhappy state of society in Ireland peculiar difficulties attended the administration " justice , and the right of challenge ' of the jurors was , therefore , a matter of great importance . This rirht had been exercised in the recent cases according to established rales and with perfect impartiality , attested by the fact that Chancellor Sugden , on investigation , was perfectly E&tisfied . The Government had ne disposition to resent newspaper attacks by prosecutions ; but the one in question in this debate was calculated to disturb the peace of the country by impugning trial by Jury in Ireland .
Lord Palmerstox , giving credit to the Lord Lieutenant for fcood intentions , was not surprised at tbe failnreof tbe Irish Executive in obtaining tbe confidence of the people . Their appointments , were unfortunate ; and the richt of challenging jurors ought undoubtedly to be exercised sn as to inspire confidence in the Administration of justice . Still , he was pleased wilh the tone of the debate which was honourable to both sides of the House , and indicated that change of feeling which Eords Normsnby and Fortescue had been so instrumental in briuginir abont . Mr . Gbegoht denied that he had pledged himself on the subject of the national system of edacation , though he was opposed to any system which did not take the Scriptures for its basis . No undue itfluence had been txrrcised at his election fcr Dublin .
S-r R . Peel , after contrasting Mr . Sheil ' s speech and motion , said that Mr . St George had bee ::, from an early perkd , his personal friend . He admitted that Mr . St Georse ' 3 lett-. r to Lord >* ormacby bad justified his removal from the magistracy , but he - * ra 3 restored en explanations which were considered satisfactory . Eirl dc G » y had reluctantly boe " n persuaded to undertake the . government of Ireland ; but having done bo , he was too tocest and firm to permit subordinates to dictate to him . Lord Eiiot , as Chief Secretary , and Sir E iward Sngden , as Lord Chancellor , were a'so proofs and guarantees of his intentions in the covernment cf Ireland- Though he acted on his
avowed principles of preferring his political friends oe looked to professional eminence rather than parliamentary iiflnence , as evinced by the characters of Mr . Justice Pennefather and Mr . Baron Lefroy . He was somewhat surprised at Lord Pa merstens assarance in cbjecliDg to the elevation of tbe latter-mentioced judge—he who as a member of the late Government had been a party to offering the Chief Baronihip to the strenuous advocate cf the repeal of the Union , Mr . O Connell ! The character of Tdr . Sergeant Jackso ^ also justified his having availed himself of his so-nces . Be concluded by contending that he had iuiij acted up to tte fpir . t of his declarations with respect to Ireland .
Colonel Teener addressed some observations to a noisy and impatient House ; after -which a division took place , whtn there appeared 146 to 75 . It being upwards of half-past twelve , Mr . HUME and Mr . Brothebtox objected to goin ^ into a Comnuttee of Supply ; but after considerable altercation , the House went into Committee , and a vote was taken for the Militia Estimates . The House then proceeded to the orders of the day ; and on the South Australia Bill , seme remarks of Lord Stanley provoked Mr . Hume to complain of his impertinent conduct . This expression Le retracted , when called on by the Speaker . Tee other orders of the day were then disposed cf , and the House adjourned .
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generous Scotchman seemed no less affected as they left the eourt . It is not often , -very often , that the milk of human kindness is so abundant—the bond—the fnll pound of flesh— is generally ruthlessly exacted , or the defaulter lingers out a portion of bis'days ' -in the unwholesome wards of a debtor ' s prison . Upwards of one thousand cases , of course varying in their detail , bat in nothing as to their nature , occur weekly , and when helpless poverty is handed over to the tender mercies of " Old Father Antic , " the law , " Hope withering flies , and mercy Bighs farewell . "
DISTRESS IN THE POTTERIES . The acconnte received from Burslem ( the metropolis of the Potteries ) and the mining and manufacturing districts in tfle neighbourhood , are of the most alarming d escriptioo . It would appear that , influenced by the badness of trade , or by some other motive which can be best and only truly explained by the masters themselves , there has been within the last two or three weeks an attempt made to reduce the wages of the men employed in "the collieries of North Staffordshire , and the turD-out » f -the miners bas necessarily by the Want of coal serioeely affected the men occupied in tbe potteries and iron works . The proximate cause of the facts , according to the statements of gentlemen just arrived from Bnrslem , appears to be the reduction of 7 d .
per week froia the wages hitherto paid by Mr . Sparrow , whose worts are situated near BursJem . The same authorities state , that such is the magnitude of Mr . Sparrow ' s establishment , that the reduction of 7 d . in each man ' s wages will make a difference of not less in the aggiegate than , £ 308 per week . Be the cauae , however , what it may , th 9 Potteries , according-to the accounts , have been in a very fearful state . On Wednesday , IBurslfcm , Hanley , Stoke , Tunstal , and Lane-End , the chief towns within the Potteries , weie greatly excited j so muck eo indeed , that the authorities deemed it necessary to call in the immediate aid of . the county police and military . Tbe turnouts , to the amount of Bome thousands , visited the collieries , ironworks , and potteries , where men were to be found who
had accepted the reduced scale of wages , and in some instances inflicted personal violence upon men whom they found peaeeably engaged ac wdrfe . At Fen tonpark it la stated that one man was thrown into scalding hot water , an& in other places acts of the grossest violence were committed . On Wednesday the discontented assembled in great numbers , and their line of muster , if not of march , extended from Tunstal to Lane-end , a distance of at least seven miles . Some detachments of Yeomanry paraded the district , but this description of force being deemed insufficient to meet the emergency , application was made for the assistance of her Majesty ' s troops . Alderman Copeland , the member for the Potteries , arrived at thereat of the Earl of
Dartmouth , at Sand well , on Wednesday afternoon , for the purpose of obtaining advice , and if necessary military aid . Lord Dartmouth being , however , from home , the worthy Alderman resorted to other means , and the same evening a troop of tbe 3 rd Dragoons , from the Birmingham barracks , left Birmingham for the disturbed districts . Persons arriving from Bureletn state , that C 0 O 0 workmen have turned ont , and that boatloads of assistants for a row have arrived from ' . Bilstm and otfeer manufacturing districts of South Staffordshire , The insurgents were on Thursday marching for Cheadle , but it was confidently hoped that tho precaut ouary measures adopted by the authorities would prevent further outrage .
A letter dated Birmingham , Friday evening , says : — " Things are in a dreadful state in the Potteries—all the colliers out , and I fear next week will not pass over without dreaful work—thousands parading the Btreets with large sticks in their hands . Tbe manufacturers must give over this week . Soldiers are arrived—meat and money are already demanded by the poor creatures , and who , iu . the name of God , can blame them if they take it Human endurance cannot much longer continue , and where it will end God only knows . I have just seen a gentlemen who passed through the Potteries to-day ,, and he says no serious acts of violence have yet been committed , but they appear ready tor mischief . The masters have proposed a reduction of wagfes , not requiring the labour of the men at all , and that has caused the present confusion . Yesterday the mob car- , ried off provisions out of the shops at Stoke , and some , I am told , have been apprehended . "
A letter from Newcastle-under-Line , dated July 14 th , says— •« I arrived here list night from Stafford . On entering the town , I found it more like a garrison than any thing else . Last night the colliers came into the town in hundreds , and caused great commotion . So great was the alarm , that the troop of Newcastle Yeomanry Cavalry were called out , and stationed at the Duke of York and other pnblic-houseH . To-day the colliers arrived in large numbers , and commenced levying contributions on the inhabitants of Lane-end , or Longton . They visited and stopped all the worka at which any men were employed , and took out several of the men who were at work , and ducked them in a pond ; and when remonstrated with by the magistrates on the impropriety of their conduct , the answer they gave was , that it would be better for them to be shot than see their children starve . At this moment , I
understand , the town of Longton , which is four mites from here , is in gri / at confusion , and much fear is entertained for the result of to-night . The Newcastle troop has jast marched out , headed by , they say , fifteen magistrates , amongst whom ere Captain Poorer and tbe Reverend Mr . Sneyd . Two troop 3 of the 12 th Foot have also arrietd from Weedon barracks by express , and what the result of to-night may be God only knows . I wish I was at — , out of the noise . The people here are in much distress , bat it is to be regretted that the poor people cannot see they are only increasing their difficulties ; but it is folly to reason witb starving men . In Stafford and all tbe adjoining towns I found similar distress . I do hope Parliament will not separate without doing something to relieve the distress . If they do , take my word there will be one traveller less upon the road . "
Subsequent accounts from these districts represent that , bad sis appearance s certainly "were , the alarm has passed away . The above statements , it will be borne in mind , Ttfer to proceedings previous to last Sunday . The accounts since received from the PottcrieB give a very favourable report of the state of the district . The system of perambulating the -roads in bodies and levying contributions on the inhabitants has . been abandoned , and the colliers confine their operations at present to visiting the pits , and compeUing all -wbom they Ind at work to join the turn cut . Nearly tha whole of the mines and iron works are at a ttand still , none of the men being permitted to come to terms with their masteis until tbe demands of all have been romplied with . This state of things will continue so long as the colliers have the means of supporting themselves ; bnt in the meantime business is suspended to a very considerable ex : est among all classes , and particularly amongst the small shopkeepers and tradesmen .
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AMERICA . The Britannia steamer , from Boston and Halifax , arrived at Liverpool on Saturday morning , at a quarter before eleven o ' clock . By her we have recaived New York papeTs to tho 1 st , Philadelphia to the 1 st , Boston to the' 2 nd , and Halifax to the 5 th , and from Canada generally Jo a corresponding late date . The Britannia is a o ay behind her usual
time of arrival , as usually calculated , which arose from her bting detained oif Halifax , on her way from Boston , for thirty-six hours , by a most denso fog , -which rendered it unsafe to run for the harbour . She sailed from Halifax on the morning of the Gih , having left Boston on the 2 adj and baa made the voyage under ten days . She has fiftyseven passengers , amongst whom is Major Cooke , the bearer of despatches from Lord Ashbutton .
( From the New York American of July \ . ) The political occurrences of ths last few weeks in the United States have been discouraging to all who lore their country , and hope for the perpetuity , as well as efficiency , of its free institutions . At ' Washington discord prevails . The President is without the confidence of Congress , or any considerable portion of it , and the result is disagreement as to almost ail important public measures . The state of the revenue laws is such as to make it questionable whetbe-r any -duties can now be collected ; fot the
Compromise Act had its completion yesterday , and from that date new duties , and new modes of levyiEg those duties were to be arranged . But the legislation on the sul'jeci , contemplated by the Compronvge Act , has not been matured , and to meet this contingency a temporary Bill was passed , extending to Aucust 1 st the duties in force on June l&t , and the laws for collecing them . Upon this temporary Bill the President has put Ms veto , and as there are not two-thirds in either House to carry the Bill , notwithstanding the veto , it is defeated , and the collection of any revenue will bo disputed .
The effect upon the credit and nnancies of the general Government of this quasi anarchy at Washington cannot be otherwise than disastrous , and even more disastrous will be its effect upon the affairs arid business of the nation at large . Turning from the affairs of the Union to those of ihe State of Rhode Island , -we see much to deplore there . The rebellion , indeed , is crushed—we think now finally—but innocent blood has been shed , Martial law has been proclaimed in a time of profound general peace .
Money is very abundant , and first-rate paper is in demand at from six to seven per cent , interest per annum . New York State Stock , since the closing of the books , have fallen from one to two per cent . U . S . Six per Cents , are daily taken for investment at par and interest ; svnd nnlesB a further amount is injudieiouBly issued , w / U not be lower . Public feeling is much excited in New Orleans , in regard to the conduct of t . ^ e banks now in suspension , and we fear some vi olent outbreak . At the last dates from there of the 2 /^ instant the di scount on the notes of the suspended banks varied from sevea to ^ hirty-eight per cent .
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AMEnicAN NiEWS .- ^ LxvEHPooi . Thursday morning . —The Hiberr iia , Captain Burber , arrived at this port to-day , and by her we have datesi from I ^ ew York to the 24 th ultimo , inclusive . The papers of the 22 nd say the failures among merchants continue numerous , and bufiinesB generally is exceedingly dull in all its departments . Tbe state of business is sensibly felt by the banks , which hay ' p lost tKe most profitable part of their business , consisting of the deposits of the Bmall dealers about town ; -We apprehend that near three-fourths of the biisiniess derived from the deposits of that class of dealers have ceased tohe . It is understood that the labours
of Lord Ashburtoti are nearly brought to a close . No doubt is now entertained that the negociations will be satisfactorily consummated at an early day . A meeting in favour of the Hon . Henry Clay for tb ^ office of president of the United States ^ \ yas held at the National Hall , in Canal-street , ; on the 23 fdult . Stephen Whitney , Esq ., was called to' the chair , and J . Phillips Pbceaix and others wiere appointed vicepresidehte . " tetters were read from the Hon . N . P . TalJaiadge , Hon . Luther Bradish , and others , expressing their concurrence in the objects of the meeting , but regretting that they could mot be present , lu consequence of the heated state of the room j the meeting adjourned to Canal-Btreet , where a < ldreBses were , made . The performances were closed by a-song in honour of Mr . Clay .
The Grain Crop of the United States . —All accounts concur in saying , notwithstanding rust in Lower Virginia , and wet cold weather elsewhere , it will be superabuadant . . : Belgium . —French Tariff .- ^ -The greatest excitementcontinues to prevail iu Belgium on account of the French orUonnaiice for increasing the import duties on linens . The answers of the King of Belgium aud his ministers , to tho addresses of the numerousdeputations from the trade , are couched in such a guarded manner that it is uupossible to form any opinion as to the success of the negotiations
conducted by Mr . Kindt , at Paris , for a modification of the aow law which is to take efiVct on the 20 th July , on the Belgian frontier ; but we think the following account likely to be near the truth , it is ; given in the Paris correBpendence of one of the Brussels papers : — "The Belgian government has declared to burs , that it could not grant the cOJicessioriS ( Ieman . ded by us in return for a reduction of duty on linens ^ and that it ' would fee ! ifself obliged to vise reprisals if some modification of the law of 26 th June last be -hot made . It is added that the Belgian ministry has decided to open negotiations with Prussia for entering into the German customs' union . "
; IsfPORTAKT FROM SlV DOMINGO—REVOLUTION IN Havii—Phesident Botkr Deposeid . — We learn tO'day , " says the Philadelphia , Journal of June 23 , "from Captain Hill , of the brig William Thatcher , which arrived here from St . ( Croix , on Saturday , which place she loft on the 7 th , that just before his departure ho was informed by one of the most respectable citizens of St . Croix , that letters had just been received by an arrival from St . Pomingo , giving the important information that a revolution had taken place in : the island , that President Boyer had been ' "deposed , ' . and' had been , or would be , put to death . In tho hurry of departure , Cdptaiii ' Hill did not make very particular inquiries . The impress on , however , is stronglon his mind that his informant said that President Boyer had been put to death , but of this he is not positive . "
The Fhenc « Regency is to be giyeh to the Duke of Nemours , eldest brother of the late Duke of Orleans , and in the event of his death , to the Prince de Joinville and the Dukes d'Aumale and Monpensier iu succes s ion . M . Thiers has returned to Paris , and is already in . the thick of the intrigues upon the JRegency question . He is very eager that the King should advise with him about it . Belgium has reduced the import duty on French wines and salt , and increased the import duty on English thread .
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. : AK IRISH WlXNESS—At the laat Dublin Qnarter Sessions , two rosy-faced , honest-looking young peasants , named John Tracey and Patrick Kilbride , ani an elderly countrymaD , inained Woods , were arraigned at the traveler's bar , for having , on the night of the 8 th of May lsbt , feloniously assaulted and maltreated one Edward Smith , near Ckmdalkin . The prosecutor , a reckless , duvU-may-care sort of fellow , wha appeared to have been recently engaged in the service of Bacchus , was called , and having been examined by Mr . ' M'Kane , deposed that he was a limeburner and builder , residing with his mother on the bill of Clondalkin : on the night of Friday , the 8 th of May , he had been spending a convivial meeting at a public-house in that town , and was on hia way home
to his mother's house , which was distant a quarter of a mile from Clondalkin , when he encountered the traversers , -whom ho bid " good night" to . No sooner had he utttred this irienAly - » a \ edicUon , -when Tracy " ups with his foot ; and gave hini a )? ick that rio him three yarua and a half off the ground" ^— ( laughter . ) The other traversers then ass . iiled him with desperate fury , gave him thirty c > r forty falls , " hot him on the thin , made a smash of h \ i face by repeated ¦ viaitatiouB thrubtd of their c ! encb « d flats , and in a word , kicked him before them the jsanie ^ as if he was an ould ball of leather "—( laughter . ) That's all he had to say about the matter . , Cros 8-txamiued by Mr . Gurran—Were you confined by reason of that assault ? .
Witness—No , but them that attacked me was confined . ( Laughter . ; I was unwell , if it's that you mean ; I wore a . night cap while I was unwell . Mr . Curran—Was there a frill to your night-cap ? Witness ( looking archly at the learned counsel )—Oh , bat you have the coaxing eye . ( Loud lau ^ httr . ) MrvGurran—Never mind my eye . Was there a frill to your night-cap ? : ; Witness—To be sure there was ; an illiganfc lace frill , the same as the Lady Lieutenant ' s . ( Great laughter . ) I never was drunk ; I do ' be always drinking , but I ' m never drank . Mr . Curran—Come , Sir , isn ' t it true that you «« loTe not wisely but ; too well" deep potations of whiskey punch ? Witness—I do like a dandy of punch by times ; wby not ? .:- . . ' ' - . . . ' ¦ . ' ' . - • '¦ . ' : '" . ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦' ¦ Mr . Curran—How many dandies of punch did you drirkia your life ?
Witness—By my soul if you had a penny a piece for every dandy I drank in my time you might hang up your wig behind the door and give up pleading , ( laughter ) I only drank a mere trlflj on the night I was murilerid . Mr . Gurran—How much was that trifle ? Witness—Nine dandies of punch and five pints of ale ; I vras not drunk ; -why should I ? ( Laughter . ) Mr , Cnrran—How . did you gtt that gash on the left side of your face—who gave it to you 7 ' Witnws—I gave it to niysalf—who had a better right ( iiaigtiter )? coming harac last night by the Military Rijad I fell and broke my face ; I w ; ii perfactly sober at the tiin g ( laughter ) .
Mr . Curran—Where did you sleep last night ? Witness—In the dock of the station-house ; I had to prod out a soft plauk for myself to lie on ( iaiightfcr ) . BIr . Cuvrari—Who brought you to the station-house 7 Witness—184 B Oaughtur . ; Mt . Curran—Weru yi . ni fined this morning ? Witnwc—Yes , I was flned 2 a . 6 d . at ths Head-office ; the sunny side of the hulk to 184 B ( great laughter . ) Mr . Curran—Who flceci you ? Witness—What ' s that to you ? Mr . Curran—Come , sir , who lined you ? Witooas—Fitzimon ( laughter ) . Mr . Curran—What-wero you fined for ? Witness—For falling ( laughter ; . I bad only drank twelve dandies of punch , arid three pints of ale ; I . was not drunk ; 181 Bperjured bimaelf ; I was dancing a jig to a mile stone , and fell . Mr . Curran—Yuii may go down . sir .
Witnefa- —Thank you kindly . May every hair of your head bo be a mould candle to light you to the gates of everlasting glory ' . —( roars o £ laughter ) . Mr . C . rirwn addressed the jury in an able speech for the defence . The jury returned a verdict of not giliJty .
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Executions ton Murder . —Clonmei ,, July , 16 . —This ai'ternopn Byrne and Quilty ( the former for . the murder oj Robert Hallj Esq ., the latter for the murdi r of a man named Laffan ) paid the forfeit of their lives in front of our county gaol , the scene of so many similar melancholy . spectacles .: There were present " at least five thousand persons . Publio aDxiety was much excited in consequenco of the report , which . ve ^ y generally prevailed , i bat Byrne would make a full disclosure of the fearful part taken by him in tho murder of Mr . Hall . He was , however , totally , silent upoii that topic , although previously to his execution , and whilst in his cell , he occasionally adverted -to that horrible assassination ,
and taid the part which had been ' assighed " him in that tragedy by his prosecutors was not that which had been performed by him . The conduct of the " wretched man afforded a satisfactory proof of the influence of the Roman Catholic priesthood over convicts of tho worst class ^ the con trition of Byrne having been manifested in a manner which showed how deeply he felt the enormity of the revolting crime for which he suffered . The unfortunate youth , Quilty , who was little more than twenty years of age , protested his innocence in the most energetic manner , as well in his last moments as repeatedly
since his conviction . He stated that he not only had not been at any murder , but that his feelings recoiled at such atrocities . Both convicts suffered very little after the executioner Had drawn the fatal bolt . Amongst the immense crowd assembled it seemed to be the fixed and universal opinion that Quilty was as innocent as the other convict was guilty . But the same impression of the innocence of Quilty extended even , beyond the multitude ; andsome ' of the upper classes , without dietih Ction of party , appear to regard it as , at least , a doubtful case . Howeverj all speculation is now unavailing . The bodies of the two men executed were interred in the evening in the place allotted for that purpose ja'ithogaol-Jardt ' ¦" ¦ ¦ i : - . " ' - - - - - v " -- . :- ^" - ^ - : . ¦ ¦ ¦
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Mpedeb , at Peckham-rte . —On Tuesday evening a lengthened inquiry was ftdfle Into at St . Thomas ' s Hospital , teforo Mr . Payne , city coroner , concerning the death of James ^ hite , a farm labourer , aged fifty-nine , in the employ of Messrs . Noble and Mee , of reckham-rye , who was discovered by a fellow workman on the morning of Wednesday last , weltering in his blood , in a barn on the premises of the above-named gentleman . The deceased wasjensible when found , but unable to move . He had received a severe fracture of the skullfrom a . sharp instrumenti but was unable to tell by whom it was done .
He was conveyed to St . Thomsss Hospital , wherehe died ; bn _ the Monday morning from the injuries he received . The police having made an examination of the premises ^ and investigated the circumstances , suspicij ) n fell upon another labourer in the same employ named William Webb . Not being able to give a satisfactory account of his time 1 or two hours on the night of Tuesday prior to the disoovery of the wounded man , he was arrested , and has remained in custody to await the result of the injuries inflicted on Wihte . The idqairjr was adjourned in order to obtain evidence .
On Wednesday night , as the last tram was . proceeding from York to Dailington , the switches near the Alne Station woro misplaced , through whose negligence we have not been able to ascertain , and the train was precipitated over a wall to the depth of fourteen feet , into a place commonly used as a coal depot . . The : fireman ind engiaeman Fore saw the danger , and after doing all they could to retard tho speed of the engine , leaped from the train and received but slight injuries . The guard and three passengers were severely injured , but it is hoped , none of them fatally . The tender , engine , and some of tho coaches were very much damaged . This is the first accident which has happened upon the Great North of England Railway . .
The vulgar Rich . —Sir Robert Peel , in his speech in the Housa of Commons , on Mr . Hume ' s motion , that an humble address be presented to her Majesty , praying that she will be graciously pleased to give directions to the trustees of the British Museum , and of the National Gallery ,: to the authorities having charge of the Armouries and Jewels in the Tower of ; London , to the Commissipriers of Greenwich Hospital , and to ajl other persons shaving the managemont or direction of public : edifices and cathedrals , for facilitating the opening of those buildings to the public on Sundays , paid a high compliment to the industrious classes . Sir Robert said it was not the poor that damaged works of art , but the vulgar rich , who could afford to pay the price of admission . ;
A Memorial , which received 30 , 000 signatures in one day , has been forwarded by the people of Mancheater to M . Philips , and M . Gibson , Esq ? ., Members for that borough , for presentation ; which shows that they believe the country to be on the . eve of a revolution ; that they are utterly withdut hope that the Legislature will accord them justice , and requesting their representatives , in common with all the Liberals of the House of Commons , to stop all supplies to Government .
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A Pabliamentajit Papbr , ^ published . ; dn ^^ Thursday morning , gives the following list of pensions granted between June 20 th , 1841 , and June 20 , 1342 : —July 23 , Snow Harris , Esq ., ^ 300 , in consideration of scientific discoveries .. August 3 , Miss Sophia . WaTd , £ 200 , for her long services to the xoyal family f AtlgUSt 20 , the widow of Sir John Jeremiei ifi 200 , oil account of her husband ' s eftloh'ial services j August 30 j Joha Anster , LL . p ., ^ 150 , and the Rev . Henry Francis Cary , £ 200 , for their literary labours ; Aug . 31 j the widow Qf the author 6 f'V James ' s Naval History , " ilOO , ^ -. / for recording the Achievements of the British Navy ; and to the sister of Major Clap * perton , the African traveller , £ 50 , for the additions made by him to geographical kfiowledge . —Total pensions £ 1200 . :.-: ;
Remaekable Fatalitt . —On Wednesday morning an inquest was held before Mr . W . Carter , Coroner for Surrey , at the Europa Tavern , Rothefhithe , on the body of James Heard ^ 27 years of age , who was found drowned in the Thames , off Pageant Staire , Rotheyhithe . It appeared by the evidence that the deceased was a bargeman , in the employ of Messrs . Cobham and Co ., of Ware , Herts , and that in deliveringa cargo at White Lion-wharf , Upper Thamesstreet , it ia supposed he accidentally fell over , but there was ho direct evidence to show how he came
into the water , and the Jury accordingly returned a yerdfet of '' Found drowned , " The brother of the deceased said , that the male part of the family had obtained their living for some years aa navigators pn the rivers Thames and Lea , and that no fewer than eleven of them had been accidentally drowned whilst following their avocations on those rivers , and two others had lost their lives by accidents which had befallen them whilst so employed * Amongst tho former , the father of the deceased and two of his sons were drowned a short time ago . ; ,
Prize Fighting at Manchester . —Fatal Result . —Three of these brutal exhibitions -were announced by the fancy to cbme off on Monday week . The spot selected was near Stalybridge , about thirtysix miles from the town , where , amidst a scene of jsrreat riot and confusion , the first between Smith and Russell , for .. £ 50 a side , came off , the latter of whom was so injured that ho died on Friday . The pther tvvp were preVeritf d by magistejrJal influence ; but , nothing daunted by the fate of the former , tWO Of the other fancy , resolved to settle their affairs in a field on the Eccles-road , about two miles from the town , at the early hour of three o'clock in the morning . Between 200 and 300 provincial patrons of the pagflistic art were present , but after two or three rounds had been fought , the police arrived , who , after some resistance , succeeded in capturing one of the combatants , with two of the seconds .
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From the London Gazette of Friday , Jtdy 15 : . ' - ¦ . ; ¦ . . " ' . ; baNkrdpts . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ . " . ' ; ' . ¦ ' ' : ' ¦ ' ' Christopher Brayshawe , of Great Castle-street , Begei . t-streef , Middlesex , tailor , to surrender July 22 and August 26 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghal ) -street . j Solicitors , Messrs . ^ Butter and Trotter , 4 , Ely Place , Holborn ; Mr . T . M . Alsager , BircbinLane , ofBcial assignee . : v . ¦; .-. ¦" ,. ¦ , , ' '¦ " ¦ .- ¦ ' ; ; Edmund Francis Green , of 147 , Leadenhall-street , City , merchant , July 26 and August 26 , at two , at the Court of . Bankruptcy , BasinghaU-street . Solicitor , Mr . W . Bor ' radaile , King ' s Arras Yard ; Mr . W . Turquand , 2 , Copthall Buildings , official assignee . ; ,
GeoTge Henry Watson , of 175 , Aldersgate-street , City , aad now . of : Stourmont Cottage , Moscow Road , Bayswa ^ erj - apothecary , July 21 , at half-past twelve , and August 26 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Businghall-street . ¦ _; Solicitors ,- . Measrs .. Watson ; and Broughton , FJcon Square ; Mr . W . Turquand , Copthall Buildings , official assignee . : WiUiaai Mills , of . the Half Moon Inn , Caterham , Surrey , innholder , July 26 , at one , and August 26 , at eleven , . at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Solicitora , Messrs . Dyne , 61 , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields s and Mesars . ; Drummond and Sons , Croydon ; Mr . James Foster Groom , 12 , Abchurch Lane , Lombard-street , official assignee . . William Fletchisr , of Birmingham , oil and colourman , July 26 and August 26 , at twelve , at the Waterloo Roouis , ' . Birmingham . Solicitors , Messrs . Austevi arid Hobsoh , 4 , Raymond Buildings , Gray ' s Inn , London j and MrV'W . H . Risece , 104 , New-street , Birmingham .
William powning , of Sheffield , draper , July 29 and August 26 , at twe ! ve , at the town HaH , Sheffield . Solicitors , Mr . Charles Wilson , 6 , Southampton-street , Bloomsbury Square , London ; : and Aleaars . Wilson and Youiige , or Mr . Pierson , Sheffield . Edward Moss , of Liverpool , draper , July-28 and August 26 , at one , at the Clarendon Rooms , Liverpool . Solicitors , ' Messrs . Milne and Co ., Temple , London ; Mr . Winstaniey ,, Macche 8 ter . John Weaton Palmer , of Old Buckenham , Norfolk , gtocor , July 23 and August 26 , at tea , at the , Koyal Hiotel , St . Peter of Marjcrcft , Nerwich . Solicitors , Mr . Andrew . Storey , 5 , Field Coiut , Gray ' elnn , London ; Mr . Jacob Henry Fillett , Jforwich . V : - . ; ,. ' , ' .: Edward Rogers / ef Great Witley , Worceitershirei surgeon , July 30 and August 26 , an ten , at the White Lion Inn , Kidderminster . Solicitors , Mr . J . Ij ,. Beriboisr , Stone Buildings , Lincoln ' s Inn , London ; and Messrs . Wormall and Pricbard , Stourport . :
John Hanford . Jackson , of Eastwood , NottiDghamshire , grocer . July 25 and August 26 * ,. at eleven ^ at the George thp ; FourJth Inn , Novtingham , Solicitoi's , Messrs . CampbeU . and Witty , 21 , Essex-street , Strand ; and Mr . Fox , Nottingham . . .- . . : ' : ., . '¦ - : ' c ' . ' ' . V - , Alexander Bower , of Basford , Staffordshire , and Manchester , banker ,. August 10 and 26 , at three and two , at tbe Cominissicners' Rooms ,. Manche 8 ber . Solicitors , Messrs . Jobnsori and Co ., Temple , London ; and Messrs . Higson and Sari , Manchester . Tboinas Ladiard , of Cirencester , Gloucestershire , money scrivener , July 25 and August 26 , at twelve ; at the King ' s Head Inn , Cirencester ; SblicitOra , Messrs Jones and , Co ., John-street , Bedford Row ^ London ; and Mr . MulliDgs , Cirencester . :
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . Jamea Bowden and Jehn Peelo Clapham , of Kingstonupon-Hull , general merchants and shipowcers . Wm . Allen , John . Allen , and Jonathan Allen , of Manchester , merchants and general dealers in calicoes and prints , so far as regards Jonathan Allen . John Lockwood , sen ., Wm . Lockwqod , and John Lockwood , jun ., of Sheffield , Yorkshire ; file manufacturers , so far as regards John Lockwoody ' sen . John Greenahields , Alexander Darariiz , and Rabert Still , of Liverpool , raerchants , so far a 3 regards Robert Still , John Hodgkinson and Alfred Hodgkinson ; : of Chorley , / Lancashire , corn dealers and grocery . John M'Nichdll , of Liverpool , engineer , and Hfenry Tinker ; of Dewsbury , Yorkshire , gentlenian Joseph Fox Marston , Richard Jf ^ blefc , and Samuel Matthews , of Liverpool , cork manufacturers , sa far as regards the said Joseph Fox Maraton . James A . dstiea < i and Robert Scott , of Manchester , hosiers . Joseph Hardy and Robert Barker , of Manchester , curriers .
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From Uie Gazette of Tuesday ^ July 19 . BANKRUPTS . Divid Low , merchant , Adam ' s Court , Old Broadatreet , City , to Burrocder July 26 , at two / and August 30 , at one , at the Court of Bankiupifccy , Basingballstreet . SelJcitors , Messrs . Druce and Sons , Billiter Square- Mr . Ptnnell , official assignee . >¦ . ^ James Atkins , sen ., arid James Atkins , jun ., limemerchants , Coukison , Surrey , August 5 , at one , and August ' 30 , at two , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basing--halt-street Solicitor , Mv , Smith , Bridge-streefe ,: Southwark ; Mr . Edwards , official assignee , Frederick ^ Place , Old Jewry , City . ¦ .-. '• " , Charles Massey Darby , printer , Regent-street ^ Middleaex ^ July 29 , at half-past eleven , and August 30 * afc eleven , at the Court of Bankrnptcy , Basuighall-street Solicitors , Messrs . wimburn , Collett , and Collett , Chancer / Lane ; Mr . Whitmore , official assignee , Basingball-streefci ' ¦¦ ¦ / ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ . ¦¦ ¦ ¦/' . ' . '• -. - v . ¦¦' ¦; . ¦ - ¦ ¦¦ ¦ . -
John William Vbgel , bookseller , Cloak Lane , London ; July 27 , at one , and Augoat 30 , afc ten , at the Court of Bankruptcy , BasinghaU-Btreet . Solicitorj Mr . Moss , Cloak Lane ; Mr . Gibson , official assignee , Basinghallstecets .- . ' , '•• ¦"¦ ; ¦ . "¦¦ ¦; . ' •; . --: f ' . :: ¦" •¦; ' ; :. ¦¦' ¦ '" y "•'¦ ¦'¦ v ; - ' - ¦ . ¦ ¦" : . ' ' ' John Sparham , mnieriTrostob , Suffolk , July 25 and Aug . 30 > at . twelve , at the Globe Inn , Bury St . Edmnnds . Solicitors , Mr . Wing , Bury St Edmunds ; and Messrs . Chilton and Acland , Caancery Lane , London . " - ¦ ¦ , . ' ¦; ::. : ' :-- " \ ' :. : ' : ¦ - ' ¦ ¦ John Rate , fellmonger , Eiatgate , Bourn , Lincolnshire , July 28 and August 30 , at eleven , at StandweU'a Hotel , Stamford . Solicitora ; Mr . WillderSj Bourn | and Measra , Allen , Gwlby , arid Allen , Carlisie-strcet , Sdho Square ,. London .: : : : .
Joshua . Bolshaw , sail-maker , Xiverpool , August 3 and 30 j at one , > at the Clarendon Rdouis , Liverpool . Ssolieitora , Mr , Thompson , Liverpool ; and Messrs . Norris , Allen , and Simpson , Bartlett ' s Buildings , Holborn t London . ; ' . . " . ¦ ¦' :. ¦ . '' . . ' . ¦ . " . '¦¦ '' : ' --, ' -r-.: ' . .. Jonathan ^ mUh Spin ks and John Mols on , cpal-merchants , Liyerp 6 ol , A . uguat 3 and 30 , at two ,: at tbe Clarendon RoQms . LiverpooL Solicitors , Mr . Cornthwaite , Liverpool aid Mr . Corrithwaite , Dean ' s Court , Doctors * Commons , Lori Jon . ¦ James Stuart , draper , Liverppoli August 3 and 30 , at one , at the Clarendon Rooma , Liverpobl .- Solicitors , Mr . Evana , LiverpooJ ; and Ut . Oliver , Old Jewry , London .. . - ^ ; '¦ ¦ .. ¦ ,: : ' -y- - - ;¦ ¦' / . : ¦ . / . ' : - . '¦ ' ' : .. - ¦ : -:.-x William ; Williams , ^ wheelwrigat , Gou ^ hurat , Kent , August 2 and 30 , at eleven , at the George Inn , Hnwtgreen , Salehurst , Sussqx . . Solicitora , Mr . Miller , Goudburst ; and Mesars . Wilton and Blackman , Baymdnd Buildings , Gray ' a InnLondon .
, ... Samuel Brown , miUwrighfc , Liverpool , July 28 and Aagnst 30 , at twelve , at toe , Clarendon Rooma , LiverpooL SoUoitow , Measra . Brabner and Atkinaon , Ltveri poel ; and Meaara . Tiocent and jBhetwood , Temple , London . . . .. •;¦ - ' .: ; v-- / - '¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ •' v . ' . ' : ''•; ¦ , •• : ... ' : - ¦" _ Thomas Brooke , Joseph Lang , Joseph TWlby ; and Jonns Milnes , blanket-mannfacturere , Liversedce , YolKBQire , July 30 . at ten , and August 30 , at twelve , at tha George Inn , Hudderafleld . SeUcitors , Mr . Watt * , Dembury ; and MesarB . Jaques , Battye , and Edwards , Ely Place , Leadon . i - ' r ~^
Samuel Halatead Smythi coach-maker , Camb , ridga » August 1 and 30 , at eleven , at the ; JEagle Innv ^ Cani . tmdge . Solicitors , Messrs . Twias and MarabftH , Cambr » age j and Mr . Pike , Old Burlingtett-stteet , London . £
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BALANCE-SHEET OF THE LONDON DELEGATE COUNCIL FROM JUNE 1 st TO JULY , 1842 . RECEIPTS . £ b . d . June 1 Money in hand ... ... ... 0 8 11 § 15 From Liquidation Debt Committee ... ... 0 9 6 July 3 Brompton ... ... . 026 June 5 Cannon Coffee-house ... ... 0 2 0 5 Star Coffee-house ... 0 7 0 12 Albion ... ... ... — 0 2 6 19 Shoeriiakers , Foley-placo ... 0 4 2 26 Limehouse ... ... ... ... 0 10 0 Hatters .. ... 0 2 C 12 Crown and Anchor Shoemakers 0 3 4 For carriage of cards ... ... 0 0 7 h
Total Receipts £ 2 13 1 | DISBUHSEMENXS . June 26 Month ' s rent ... ... ... 0 8 0 July 17 Three weeks'ditio ... ... 0 6 0 Secretary ' s salary for eevea weeks ... ... ... ... 0 8 9 June 12 Minute and three cash books ... 0 " . 1 c CarriaKe of 500 cards ... ... f > 2 6 26 Plan of lecturing committee ... 0 9 o Pbatage , stationery , &c .... ... 0 4 1 Total expeniture £ 1 19 10 Total receipts , „ ... 2 13 1 £ Totalespenditure ... ... 1 1 £ ) 0 Balance in hand ... £ 0 13 3 ^ DUE TO THE COUNCIL , From Theatre Fund , on account of Shpemakers , eiock-house ... ... ... 1 0 0 Carriage cards ... ... ... ... 0 1 10 . Mr . Cameron ... ... ... 0 5 0 " Mr . Gopdfellow ... ... ... ... 0 18 0 Total due ... £ 2 4 IQh Money in hand ... ... 0 13 3 fc Due to Council ... ... 2 4 10 * Balance in favaur of Council £ 2 18 ' . \ % Audited and found correct , R . POTSES , G . JHUMPHBEYS , E . LangwIth . BALANCE SHEET OF MOKET nECEIVED BY THE tONDON DELEGATIS COUNCIL , FOB THE CONVENTION . ¦ . ; ;' . ' . ¦ .: ¦ . . - . ¦; . ¦ ' ¦'¦ . £ . .: s . " :: d . - -. ¦ '¦ ¦ ' ¦ Carpenter s Arms ... ... 2 10 , 0 Limehouse ... ... ... 2 0 0 Albion ., ; ... ... 10 0 Crown and Anchor ... 0 15 0 Globe Fields ... ... I O Q Buck ' s Head ... ... 0 15 t Clock House ... ... 10 0 Red Lion , shoemakers ... 0 3 0 Bricklayer ' s Arms ... 0 15 4 Goldbeater's Arms ... 1 0 0 Camberweil .. ; ... ... 1 0 0 Star Shoemakers ... ... 2 0 Q Three Doves 0 17 0 Westminster ... ... 0 15 0 Mr . Nagle ... ... ... 0 5 0 Total received „ . £ 15 16 4 Paid as per books to the Convention Finance Committee ; . ¦ - . ' ..: ,- ' < ¦ ¦ ' . ' ¦¦ ¦ . ' - ; - / ; - : :- . ¦ " ' ¦ ¦ "¦ ¦ . ' " ¦ "" i , AAiditedand foundcorreefc . RlCHABD POTSEK . John Simpson , ; : v Theophilvjs Sax « ox
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Due to the Executive from the sale of Atkin son ' s Breakfast Beverage : — . ¦ ' . ' ' ¦ . '¦ ' . ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ . 8 . d . Mr . Heywood ... ... ... 0 9 Mr , Baird , Bolton ... ... 2 0 Mr . Sharpies , Lanoaster ... 2 0 Mr . Swinglehurst , Preston , the Wholesale Ageut for North Lancashire ... ... ... 2 0
6 9 Due to the Executive from the sale of Messrs . Crow and Tyrell ' s Chartist Beverage for the week ending July 16 th : — . '¦ ¦ ¦ : . ¦ '" £ s . d . Mr . Joshua Hobson , Northern Star Office , Leeds , and Wholesale Agent for the Distriot of Yorkshire ... ... ¦ " ¦ ' , ' 1 I 0 Mr . James Leach , Manchester , and
Wholesale Agent for Lancashire 15 6 Mr . Vickera , Belper ... ... 0 3 9 Mr . James Arthur , Carlisle ... ... 0 3 9 Mr . Cater , London ... ... 0 3 0 Mr . John Wa / ker , juni , King-street Patk , Stockport ... ... 0 3 0 Mr . G . White , Birmingham ... ... 0 2 3 Mr . Thomson , Stockport , Cheshire ... 0 2 3 Mr . Robinson , Derby ... ... 0 0 9 Mr . Griffiths , Worcester ... .... 0 0 9 Mr . Cavili , Melton Mowbray ... 0 0 9
£ 3 6 9 INCOME OF THE EXECUTIVE FROM JULY THE 13 th , TO JULY 18 tb-Honley ... ... ... 0 3 Oi Yevr Green ... ... ... 0 1 4 . J Lepton ... ... ' ... 0 6 8 Kirkheaton ... ... ... 0 1 ( J Sheffield Youths ... ... 0 5 0 Hanley ... ... ... 0 6 8 London , per Lefevre ... ... 0 7 0 Bristol ... ... ... 1 5 0 Ormskirk ... ... ... 0 ' 2 0
Chelmsford ,.. ... ... 6 5 6 Glossop ... ... ... 0 8 4 London , Bermondsey , per Frampton ... ... ... 0 15 0 Manchester , Carpenter's Hall ... 0 16 8 Salisbury ... ... ... 0 10 0 Atkinson ' s Breakfast Beverage 0 46 NottinghamShoemakers .... D 13 4 Sheerriess ... ... ... 0 5 0 HooleyHill ... ... ... 0 1 4 Bingley ... ... 0 13 4 Salford Youths ... ... 0 6 0 Manchester Smiths ... ... 0 B 4 Star Office ... ... ... 2 12 6 I cannot report the receipts for a fortnight , as I shall be from home for a week . JOHN CAMPBELL , Secretary .
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DISTRESS IN THE METROPOLIS . To the eye cf ibe snperflcbl observer , there is little , if indeed any distress to be found in this mi / hty metropoli ? . The suburban fairs are well attended , the rivtr Thames crowded -with st-axn boats , and the various peaces of public amusement , thronged with spp r * ntiy buppy faces and light hearts ! There are t > ut f ^ -w t » ejgars in tbe streets ; and no partiaJar object of distress mesfs the eye—or if it dotB , it is passed by , as unworthy of notice , and rmdeserving in itself , la short , society in London presents a eompltta collection of contradictions—as monstrous as the portres 3 of he . l in 3 iiiton—half divinity , half sn-iic—majestic and beautiful above , ijrovellina and poissnous below . Whoever desires to obtain tven a bare existence in the metropolis must sacrifice the physical wants to the artificial—from the office clerk to the messenger , and from the artisan to the veriest shop boy .
It is from these false appearances that a mistaken idea of abundance and conifort arises ; the face Wears the smile of plenty , but tb . e canfeer of poverty is eating into the heart . It is the hectic flush of consumption , sp-sking only of the worn and decaying system . Tbere are in London and Southwark five eourts for the recovery of small debts—the City Court of Requests —the Osbornc-street Court for the Tower Hamlets—tbe Castle-street Gourt for tbe City and Liberty of Westminster—the Southwaik Court of Br quests , and the Middlesex Cotmty Court in Kingsgate-street , Holborn J It is to these places that the eye of the benevolent shonld be turned—it is here that tbe manifold wants
vnA miseries of tens of thousands become but too painfnKy calpsble— litre the under current of hum ; ia life flo ~ s openly and freely—here may be observe ! daily the struggling of honest poverty with overwhelming Lopelessn-ese—mothers eloquently and children mutely imploring " Have pit ; ecce , and I will pay thee all . " The Ecenes of sVjeci distre ? 3 , and tfce constant resur-Teiice of them , might melt the heart of any ; so artless , indeed , sud yet -s-irbal so ieartrendiug , are many of tbe CaS £ S in tb . fcir detail , that many plaintiffs , on getting acquainted with the particulars , have generously forgone their claims , and regretted that their enforcement had ever be ^ n attemntcd .
The following is au illustrative case in point . It affirds also an instructive le&son of the manner in which tLc faces of the poor are gioucd to the eaith by both Christian aud Je- ^ sl opssllers : — Wesim ^ steu CorsT ok Kequests . —A tall , care" ! rOin-looitng Tfidof -woman , ( It -would not be out of plsce to say widow lady , } of about forty years of age , , ind wh ^ se carriage and manners evident y showed how trtnly a S € Esitive mind was struggling up against misfortane , was EaremcEeJ for £ 1 1 S 3 . by a Scotch baker , named Charles Watts . On the name being Tjellowed forth by the crier , the poor lady seemed to shrink within herself as ahe stepped before the gszs of the commissioners and a very crowded court .
The usual interrogatories having "been pnt to the plaintiff and swora to , the defendant waa asitd wby sne-bad refused to pay a deb !; which she did not dispute?—Because , Sir , said the defendant , choking witfe gritf , I am utterly unable . Commissioner : —Then why did you contract it?—To keep lay poor daughter from a prtmnture death by starr&tion L bursting Into teartj . Sir , I have thres helpless daughters , and hoped , by untiring indusVry at the needle , together with &uch Tutle aid as they cculd give , to Snd ourselves a s , caiity portion oi bread and tea , and a boms , however liumLlB , to rest in ; but from morning until midnight , the nttsrmost we can earn barely txceeds a shilling per day I Commissioner : —What dessripticn cf work isit?—Shirt and collar raaking , Sir , for a large warehouse in the City .
Commissioner : —And how are you paid ?—Defendant : —For some shirts twupence aad twopetce-haifpenny each—these are gentlemen ' s fancy coloured sidrU : bat for tie very best work—for a shirt that the fastest workwoman cannot make in a -whole day— -we seldom are paid as much as a ehiiling . For collars , it , a penny and three-haifpeccs e-cb . —never more I Commissioner ( a warm-hearted looking fellow )—Merciful God ! why , how do you contrive to exist ? Sir , Baid the poor widowed woman , it is not an existence 1 —it is a lingering death , of protracted starvation . I feel my strength to be fust wearing away % but this I know , that there are thousands of poor women even worse than I , and God above knows that my home , like Eiy heart , is cheerless and desolate —( extreme sympathy appeared to be manifested by all present . ) I cannot , said the poor woman , pay the demand yet ; it is a jnst one , I admit , and I will
strive" Saenaamau abootiv' 8 aid the plaintifijwho during the foregoing recital had been fidgeting aboat with the most apparent uneasiness , " » e nae mair aboot it . Why did nae ye tell me a" this—without coming here , aya , lassle-Hlaaghter . ) TelootUaye sae cleanly and alway at work , I neeterally thoct it waar wiefnl aye ye to no pay the siller . As it's turn'd aboot , ye'Il jest pay me when ye may , aud gin ye want a dozen more loaves , ye ' r right welcome , and the Peel tak the hulkin maniken that can browse on the leebonr of sic as yonxBel—{ laughter and applause . ) Cbeer np , lassie ; God tempers the "wind to the shorn lamb , ' and if a no for Sandy to htap sorrow on the widow and the fatherless . Come along , lassie . " W ) ie poor- -widow Milj wept her thants , and tha
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 23, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct608/page/6/
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