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HOUSE OF LOEDS . —Tnursday , June 2 . llVsseageis from the Commons brought np the Greenock Harbour Bill , tha Lanark Roads BUI , and the Grav&send Terraae Pier BilL Petitions were presented against the Poor Law . Lord Blatket moved for copies connected with the administration of the Poor Law in plases in Ireland . Ordered . Tba Duke of Norfolk also presented some petitions agaisat the Inooms Tax , and also several against tie Poo ? Law BUL One of the petitions was withdrawn on t&e ground that it prayed not for the interference of a » House ; bat tor that of the authorities ; Tea incumbents * Leasing Bill went through committee and was reported . Ti > e Earl of Bipon mo-red the first reading of the Income Tax-Bill , and stated Si&t he proposed to move the second reading of the same on Friday next
DISTRESS . L-rd KiSNAnu ) brought forward hia motion fora committee to inquire into the . present state of distress in s me parts of the kingdom , and into the cause of that distress . His Lordship lamented that rash a proposal had not come from some , peer on his side of the Hoof-e sore capable , from his kfljienca as veil a * Us eloquence , of doing justice to the subject . Sis main onj&et -was to obtain information which would put an end to the contradictory statement * on both sides -of tha question , and to supply intelligence " of which he "Was persuaded many ic the House and out of it stood in neetU Those who lived at tie wast end of the town knew little of the miseries existing at the Bast end of it , asd in other quarters ; and whea they went down to
their country seats , seeing only the sailing faces of tbeir cleanly cottagers , what could they know of the severe suffering * in immediately-adjoining district *? He tiiouid not do hii duty if he did not state some of tbe impressive facts whisk had come to his knowledge , showing that distress , whieh had exirtsd since 1828 , iti spreading and advancing—that it had not only reached the nunufactsring , but the middle classes , and that ere long it would m&ke ito way into the agricultural district * . No doubt ministers were fully sensible of tie -existence and of the extant of the evil , and they had proved their acquaintance with it by advising h « r Majesty to write round tie country a begging letter for charitable contributions . He owned that he could sot by aay means approve of that letter :
diita ess 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 ehurth , and not to tfee community at large . It had not bean sent to a single dissenting minister ; but whether this comae had been taken with the view of setting up the established ehnroh as the greatest patron of charity he did not pretend to decide . Another fact , proving that ministers were aware of the extent and nature of the prevailing distress , was the unconstitutional use they had made of the national funds , in order to suppress and strangle the public exhibition -of distress . Noble Lords might indicate surprise , but ha asserted plainly and boldly that they had done so . That public money bad 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 tba existing distress asd of the danger arising out of it ws ? the fact of the orders sent lawn from the Horse Guards , to the troops chiefly is the manufacturing tistrict * . The * precautions were most proper , but it was still more necessary that attention should be directed to the causes , out of which the danger arose . It might on some accounts be objectionable to speak thus distinctly , bat it must be known that the distressed districts were in & very dangerous state . He would do Ministers the justice to selieve that nine or ten months ago they could r ^ ot hwebeen aware of ttxe d&tress then prevailing , otherwias nothing ccnld have justified them in allowing such a time to elapae without making the
¦ lightest attempt at alleviation . Oa behalf of starving thousands of fellow creatures , be appealed to their Lordships to appoint a committee to ascertain what had produced the suffering , the existence of which no man would venture to deny . Hundreds and thousands of petitions had been presented from those who asked for cheaper food , but the House had turned a deaf ear to th&ii cries , ar . d " when they asked for bread , had given them a stone . * ' The only answer to the prayers of the peop ' e was the Com Bill , and in consequent of that meviirre whe * t had risen three shillings -per quarter , with every prospect of a future advance ,. He supposed one objection to the appointment of a committee would bs ^ ihat if their Lordships did so , they would be holding out hopes to the distressed people whieh would be
disappointed . This he did not think a valid objection . However much their Lordships might beptnoadedlbatno practical good could result from inqulry . still , were they to eonoede U , the-effect on Us minds of those who sought it would bt ) pacified . At all events , they would sot be any t £ a worse for having their gnsv&coea inquired into , even tboogh no immediate measure of relief should resEJiirom ii . . Bat ware their Lordship * quits certain that oo advantage would arise from the sppeintanent of a ccmoittee ? . They all remembered the aavere terms of condemnation which were applied by a Noble Lord sot now present ' . Lord Ashberton ) to the report of the Import Ihiiiaa committee : and yet now th » members of * he GoTsrnmanfc in the House of Commons were cobtinnaily referring to that report as an authority
whenever they wanted to argue against their opponents , wii » , aa it carioasly exwmgh happened , were chiefly farad aiaongst tf » ir own fneeds . . The publication of that report bad been of the utmost importance , and if the committee Yf *^ cone still further in their inquiries , it would have been , attended with , the greatest advantage . Another reason far not acceding to his motion might be that there was so necessity tor it , inasmuch u the prospect of a reviving trade was most promising . He believed that the Noble Lord the President of the Council ( Lord Whameliife ) rather held to that opinion : and certainly the accounts iroai Manchester within the last week were in a trifling degree batter . But their Lordships 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 tJie raw material , many persons were induced to speculate . But what was the state of the warehouses
sow ? Instead of ona side of the building being filled with the manufactured article , and the other with the raw material , there was never to be seenmore than one of these in the same warehouse ; either the building was overstocked with goods that could not be sold , or was filled with the raw material which it was net to the interest of the manufacturer to work up . The Uoble Lerd the President of the Board of Trade had said , that when the fund about to be collected bj means of the Queen ' s letter should be exhausted , it would be for their Lordships to consider what mxt ahoald be done to Teli&ve tae distress of fcae poor . He ( Lord Kinnaird ; wonld entreat their Lordships not to defer the day . The Poor Law was totally inefficient to support the destitute . In many places , the poor had been for a long time living entirely upon charity . Although the popifc ktion had been annually increasing , the consumption of articles of the txcise and cus ^ &asjiadjdiminiahed : — "We * O » j-w ^ T » r * r * '
* Customs and Actually Papulation . Excise Tax . prodneed . 1835 ... 26 . 153 , 524 gave £ 36 , 392 , 472 1837 . ; . 26 , 518 . 835 should give 36 , 938 ; 363 £ 33 , 958 , 421 1 SSS ... 26879 246 „ 37 , i 84 , 25 i 34 , 478 ,-417 1839 ,.. 27 , 239 , 607 „ 38 , 030 , 145 35 , 093 , 633 1840 ... 27 , 599 968 „ 38 , 567 , 036 85 . , 469 1841 32 , 230 , ^ 61 1842 „ 32 . 340 , 739 But in 1840 the additional duty of five per cent , was imposed . If that had not been the case the receipte for tiie list three years ( calculating the proportions ) would have been : — 1840 £ 32 , 401 .
1841 30 , 753 . 1842 30 , 723 , 000 "With respect to the poor-rate , it was a enriensfaet that generally the amount vwied according to the average price of wheat ; bat in the last year the poor-rate increased , although the averages were cot so hffi as in the preceding year . He weuld take a parish which was neither manufacturing nor agricultural—he would take Marylebone , whieh , perhaps , wasthe most wealthy parish in the metropolis . In 1836 the " poor-rate in that parish was Is . 2-3 . in the pound , and the sum raised was £ 44 , 573-, in 1840 ths rate was Is . lid . in the pound , and the sum raised w&s £ 75355 ; and it has increased since . It was found that when provisiona were dear employment was scarce , and paupers increased ; and the reverse was the case when provisions were cheap . He wonld now advert to a subject that was of great interest to their Lordships , as being the principal landowners in the country—he meant the consumption
of wheat The actual consumption ef wheat had fallen off during the last tires years to theextent of 1 , 361 , 252 quarters annually . He had been furnished with a veiy important document which had been prepared with the the greatest care . It showed the quantity of wheat consumed from October , 1839 , to Jiay , 1842 ,-in separate periods cf eignt months each . The quantities of wkeat sold In tha 150 towns , from which the old averages were calculated , represented , as nearly as could be ascertained , one-fif th of the whole quantity sold in the kingdom . The quantity sold in these 150 towns in eight months , from the l « t of October to the 1 st of May of each of the three last years , was : — Oct . 1 , 1839 , to 1840 to 1841 to May 1 , 1840 . 1841 . 1842 ; 8 , 620 , 753 2 , 4 « 7 , 783 2 , 216 , 201 These multiplied by 5 , thew the sales ia the kingdom ... 5 5 5
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13 , 103 , 765 12 , 338 , 915 11 , 081 , 005 To these quantities add the foreign Wheat , whieh paiddtttyineack period ............ 1 , 138 . 492 1 , 311 , 642 2 , 200 , OM
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14 , 242 , 257 13 , 650 , 557 13 , 281 , 005 In the two fanner years the foreign wheat was all consam # d , and additional large qaaatities wtre delivered far eikwisiptloo in May and June ; but this year there remalnaditt warehouse 400 . 000 quarters of foreign wheat w ' hUh . had paid duty . Thus the difference bstwetn t&e OOMBSpiipa In 1840 aod 1842 was 1 , 361 , 252 qsar-* " V * ^ -
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ters . The same result had taken place with respectto meat and other articles . The consumption of groceries and butchers' meat in Leeds was reduced one-fourth , but as the middle and lower classes probably did not consume less , the reduction had fallen en the operative classes ; the consumption of butcher ' s meat was half what it was In 183 4 . In Manchester the receipts of the grocers and batchers bad fallen off forty per cent in two years , la Rochdale the quantity of butcher ' s meat was not lialf what it was in 1836 . In Dundee , in 1836 , the weekly number of cattle killed waa 150 ; In May , 1842 , it waa 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 diminution la
coarsest food was about the same . The the consuHiption of meat was not from desmess of price , best meat from November , 1835 , to May , 1836 , being 6 d . per lb . From November , 1841 , to March , 1842 , It was 7 d per lb ., and from March , 1842 , to this date , it was 6 d . per Ibv These statements might be doubted ; he was , therefore , anxious for a Committee , that he might shew upon what grounds they were made . He would now call their Lordships' attention to the actual state of three or four of the principal towns in England , and to one or two in Scotland . Manchester had a population ef 192 . 468 . " The amount expended for the relief of the poor in 1836 , £ 25 , 669 . In the year ending March , 1841 , £ 33 938 . Bat this gives no idea of the extant t £ the distress . The Bev . Air . Hearne stated
at the conference that in one district there were 2 , 000 families without a bed among them , and 8 . 666 persons whose income is only Is . 2 id- each per week . The grocers , butchers , drapers , &o ., Btate 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 , 080 , 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 1838 was 539 ; the number has since gradually
increased , and last year it was 722 . The number committed for trlil In -1836 was 1 , 031 ; in 1841 , 1 , 992 . Empty houses . —5 , 492 untenanted dwellings , 681 shops offices , && : 6 , 173 houses , shops , fee , assessed at £ 76 . 168 ; 116 mills , works , &c ., idle , £ 10 , 926 ; total 6 / 289 , £ 87 , 094 . The steam power not at wark is 1000 horse power , the yearly value of which is much above £ 100 , 000 of unproductive rateable property . " In Bolton , containing a population of about 50 , 000 , there are 50 mills , usually employing 8 124 workpeople ; of these there are 30 mills and 5 . 061 workpeople , either standing idle or working only fmr days a-week . Iron founders , engineers , niillwrJghta , and machine makers . —In 1836 the number employed was 2 , 110 ; there are employed at present 1325 ; discharged 785 . Carpenters .
—In 1836 , the number employed was 150 ; at present they are reduced to 49 , leaving 101 who are permanently unemployed . Brioksttters . —In 183 « , the number employed was 130 ; at present it is reduced to 16 Stone masons . —In 1 S 36 , the number employed was 150 ; there are 5 d employed at present . " The estimated Io 3 s of wages in Bel ton alone was £ 320 56 Q in the year . What could any charitable collection do towards relieving so large an amount of distress ? But thix had not come upon their lordships suddenly ; it had been growing gradually . The spring trade had done wonders , and ^ et this distre ss existed . What had they to look forward to in the winter f Employment was out of the question . Their lordships ought , therefore , to be prepared , because the local funds were nearly exhausted .
These were able-bodied men who were destitute of any legal means of support , and the inhabitants of the town had no possible provision for them during the winter . There waa another statement he wished to allude to . It had been stated that the guardians of the union of Burnley bad represented to the Secretary of State that the distress was far beyond the reach of their means of relief ; they bad 12 , 000 persons on their books , and mu 3 t leave the matter in the hand * 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 had sent down a special commissioner , Sir John Walsh , who immediately applied for funds to meet the pressure of the moment ,
and a certain amount had been a ready sent . Now , when their Lordships rtfiVcted that the surrounding towns were Btarly in the same Etate as Burnley , it certainly was a state of things which it behoved them to consider deeply . This occurred in England ; in Scotland no assistance ceuld be afforded to the able-bodied , for there were no workhouses . The same system had been acted upon there , and more especially with respect to Paisky- For the last three weeks , the poor there had been entirely supported by funds supplied by Government . Whence those funds came , he ( Lord Kinsairdj knew not It was public money , and be thought it was their Lordships' duty to know whence it come . At Paisley there was a commissioner-general , a commissioner-surgeon , and in short a regular
establishment , under tfee control ot the Government One curious circumstance was , that the relief committee ef that place , who bad distributed £ 25 . COO in supporting the poor , had been comp etely set aude , and the whole ihing was now under the management of the Government He would now , fox a moment , advert to the declining state of trade in Scotland . The exports from Dundee had materially diminished . From the year 132 ; to 1834 , omitting the speculating years of 1835 to 1 S 36 , the shipments of linens increased on an average rate 29 , 405 piece * . In 1837 there were 717 , 070 pieces exported ; there was a reduction , in 1830 , 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 cf 45 , 837 pieces , about the value
of £ 90 , 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 tj meant of a committee of inquiry to ascertain the cause , What waa 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 States . Up to September 3 » , 1841 , linens were admitted free , sow they pay at the rat 9 of 20 per cent ad valorem , and there waa a bill before Congress to raise it to 30 per cent ., with an additional 10 to countries which did not take iheir 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 a . per cwt . As soon aa our commercial treaty expired , which they said would be in 1842 , though we contended it was not till 1844 , they would retaliate upon us as they had done in the United States . He would once more refer to the case of Paisley . " The gross * um expended by the Renfrewshire relief committee , for procuring food principally , has been £ 25 , 000 , up to about the 1 st insiant This sum had been expended over four , and for a short time over five villages in the county , besides the town of Paisley . During 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 bees a great deal of private eharity by persons both resident and &t a distance , and also a good deal of provisions distributed which are sot taken into account in the gross mm stated . " It had been stated by one of the magistrates ef Paisley , that one of the
reasons why government had Bent down a commissioner was that they thought the local authorities had been rather too extravagant But wh&t 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 abeut 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 this a subscription had been entered into for the purpose of affording them temporary sustenance by way of loan . £ 5 , 009 had been collected for tliia purpose ; and it seemtd that the relief committee standi ' -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 sow broken up , of coarse this sum must be considered as lost . At present theae 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 aware that be 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 Leeds h 3 d been obtained from persons appointed to examine into its state . It appeared that there was in the Weekly Income . East Ward 2 , 1 / 9 persons , TriJi a rate per head of oi
... ... ; .. on nsaa ... ... 8 li . South SC 3 „ „ 8 id Nflnh 1 , 420 '„ I 1 .. 85 : TVesl 802 „ „ " Is 3 id North-east 3 , 137 £ sfd Mill-kill 173 " sld North-west 889 " \\ sU The average of the whole being under Is . per week for each person . At a very reeent date about 9 , 000 persons had less than Is . per head per week for all their wants . The sum paid to the poor 1840 . 1841 . 1842
in Leeds , in January ... £ i , 044 £ 1 , 062 £ 1 , 336 To other poor in the township o ? Leeds ,.. ... 2 U 269 S 70
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£ 1 , 255 £ 1 , 331 £ 1 , 706 It thus appeared that there had been an increase in the poor rates of nearly 50 per cent Nor was the distress confined to one claw . I | ¥ ery trade -was in a distressed state . He aaked their lordships whether anything had been done towards either inquiring into or meeting that distress —( hear , hear )? It had not come unawares upon them , for it had commenced so far back as 1828 ; and at the 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 pretend to say that Government could be expected to relieve the distress st ones , because it was not , in Ma opinion , a temporary distress , but aroee entirely from tie mischievous operation of their commercial law . But what had been done since that time ? They had passed a eom-law , the result cf which had bsen to r&iso the price
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of wheat 3 s . per quarter . They bad 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 taey called oa the people to put down bo much out of their Income , how they wexe 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 hate to reduce tbeir expenses . Whatever amount they took In 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 wonld still further increase that distress by taking away the
means which would have otherwise been expended in giving employment to the workiag classes ( hear , bear . ) The next measure of the government was the tariff , the principle of which he thought would puzzle the wisest man . It was impossible to say what the tariff would be . Various deputations from the * different trades had come to London for the purpose of representing their 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 , bad concluded a bargain oh their own terms . Look to the duty proposed on coals . At first a four-shillings duty was proposed . This waa a most improper tax , because coals 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 conld 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 the revenue in order to keep up the great monopolies , in sugar and corn , which , if not ,
abolished , wonld prove most injurious to the commerce of the country . On behalf of the thousands who wer « 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 had lately asked a gentleman connected with a town in which distress existed , how it was that the people bad borne their sufferings with such patience , for he thought if he had Been his children perishing around him from want—if be had seen the felon in gaol better treated than the person willing to work—sooner than abmit to this , he thought he would have gone and helped himself —( laughter . ) This might be a laughing ninttsr for their Lordships comfortably seated on these benches , bat It mi no ltuehlnz matter to those who
suffered from the distress . When he asked that gentleman bow it was that the people had been so patient , he was answered , " If the bread had been taken from you suddenly , you might have gone and helped yourself ; but if you had been gradually reduced to starvation , and weakened from not getting food sufficient to support the energies of nature , you wonld bave become reckless , and would not have cared to Bee your children perwhiDg around you . " Now this , he believed , wa » the truth—the horrible truth . He deeply lamented it , and he only wished the committee which he intended to move for would visit those scenes of distress , and become convinced of the unexaggersted sufferings of these nnfortunate 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 commerce of this country . He bad lately been in communication with a person connected with the American trade , who bad travelled through all the United States , and who bad assured him that the epenings in that country for the mannfactnred 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 5 , 499 882 ,. Of these states two grew principally cotton for the market of this country ; the others were purely agricultural states , manufacturing , nothing , except some coarse stuff ,
used for trousers . The produce of these states was carried down oa rafts to New Orleans , to be exchanged foe manufactured articles , and it waa 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 soar . When the Corn Bill was under discussion ia that House , he had some intention of proposing that this boot flour should be admitted into this country duty free—( a laugh )—not for the purpose of its being made into food for the people—( hear , hear ) - —bat for the use of manufacturers , who annually conaumsd almost a million of quarters in the dressing of their calicoes and other articles of manufacture ^ He
thought that this sour flow wonld have answered the purpose of the manufacturers , but as any alteration made in the Corn Bill would have been fatal to it , he knew he bad no chance of succeeding in bis object , and therefore relinquished his intention . Bat the admission of even a million cf quarters of this soar flour would be the commencement of a trade with the southern parts of America . At present too trade there was principally with Germany and France , both of whom could undersell this country , and both of whom had more ships trading with that part of America than England had . He thought it would be « f vast importance , therefore , to establish a trade of this sort . It would be
the surest guarantee of peace between the two countries . All he asked thum to do was , to relieve this country from the pressure of selfish imposition , and to free honest industry from the fetters 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 having detained their Lordships eo long , but he would now conclude by moving that a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the cause of the present general distress . The motion having been put ,
The Duke of Wellington said , that every one admitted the existence of great distress in the country ; but they ought to consider bow it could be alleviated . The law recognised the principle of sending pecuniary relief , and ratea-in-aid were levied according to law . Her Majesty ' s Government took the course which bad been adopted « n former occasions . A letter had been sent to the Archbishop of Canterbury , which he thought had been approved of . He thought the Noble Lord ( Kmnaird ) had gone a little beyond what he bad authority for stating . Her Majesty had acted 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 tae distress , when the existence of it was admitted on ail hands . The Noble Lord iKiun&ird ) had strenuously advocated a repeal of the Corn Laws . Now , if an alteration was to be made in those laws , let h be after a tall and fair discussion ;
but committees of ten 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 cf vast importance to the trade of the country . It was owing to the pressure upon commerce , and not to the want if extended markets , that the traie was so depressed . Her Majwatys Government h&d been engaged in political arrangements , having for their object to keep the peace of the world ; arid h * anticipated a speedy restoration of peace to countries at present afflicted by th « scourge cf war . All these things will be beneficial to the interests of commerce .
Too Earl cf Kadnob vindicated bis Noble Jftiend { 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 should not refuse an inquiry because it might ultimately be found that the Coin Laws were the cause of the evil . The Duke of Richmond deprecated all sudden changes , because tfeey would infitet distress upon the agriculturists . He agreed to tjtte judicious distribution of the public funds , in caeea of this nature , under responsible officers . After a short discussion between the Marquis Clanricarde , Lord Monteagle , and the Duke of Wellington , Luti KlNKiiHD consented to withdraw his motion ; and their Lordsaips adjourned , at ha f-past eight o ' clock .
Friday , June 3 . Petitions were presented for the repeal of Catholic Emancipation , and against the Maynooth grant , the Poor Law , and tne Income Tax . Several bills were forwarded a stage . A message from the Commons brought up tho Liverpool Borough Court Bill and Burn tisland and Gran ten 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 Kipon , the Australian and New Zealand BUI passed through committee . Lord Beaumont presented a petition from the Indian committee of the Colonial Society , praying for inquiry into the origin and causes of the war in Affghauistan , and entered into a lengthened statement of hia views of oar policy in the east , with some remarks npon the Aggressive spirit manifested by Rossi * .
Lord Fitzgerald briefly deprecated each discaBsiont , and , after mutual explanations , amounting to nothing , except that there was no likelihood of a war with Russia , the petition waa ordered to lie on the table aa the petition of Mr . Wbitby , who had signed it on behalf of the body from which it emanated . —Their Lordships then adjourned until Monday .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Friday . Mr . G . Hatteb ., as chairman of the Belfast Election Committee , reported to the House that the committee had come to the following resolutions : — "That James Eaameraon Tennent , Baq ., and Wimliam G : lliland Johnson , Esq ., were not duly elected as
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burgesses to serve in the piesent Parliament at the last election for the borough of Belfast , and ought not to have been teturned . That the last election for the borough of Belfast was a void election . ' ' Mr . O ; C 0 NNELL gave notice that Le ahoald on Monday next move for > suspension of the Writ for the borough of Belfast , on the ground 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 thai he would move for a select committee to inquire into
the circumstances of the case . The members for trying the election petitiona for Waterford and Atblone were severally called to the table to be sworn , but in neither case did the whole of the members attend . Ia the case of Sit James Duke , who was drawn on the Atblone committee , the Hon . Gentleman ' s medical attendant ( Mr . Balnbridge ) was called to the bar , and his evidence taken , which went to shew that Sir James Duke ' s health was in such a state that attendance on the committee might be injurious . He was in consequence excused from serving .
Lord Somerton , 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 Speakbbacquainted the Hon « e that he had received an intimation from the petitioners against the return of Lord Howick for Stmderlaad , that it was not their intention to proceed with the petition . ¦ - . ' : On the motion ef Mr . Hawes , the minutes of proceedings and evidence before the Ly me Regis Committee were ordered to be printed .
The Wicklow Harbour Bill , the Butntisland 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 Rood , and the L 3 gan 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 . Mjr . ~ Cl . iTE' moved the farther 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 MAKSHaM , Mr . Kemble , Mr . SxRWTT , Mr ; Darby ; Mr . WixsON Patten , Mr . Childers , and other Hon . Members took part , the House
divided—Fo » the reception of the report , ... 88 For the amendment ^ . ... ¦ "/¦ - ¦¦' . " ¦ ¦ ^ :- :.. ' " : Majority " ——60 The bill is conscqnently lost-Lord JOHN RU 8 SEIX postponed the Introduction of the Bribery at Elections Bill till Monday . In committee of sapply , the CilANCELLOE of the ExCHEQUEH said , that he certainly would not have advocated the continuance of the existing sugar duties
for another year , had he not been persuaded that the exigencies of the state required it ; and tie would have given a greater advantage to the consumer if be could have done so . The redaction in colonial Bugu 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 . ¦ . ¦ ¦ ' [ : "¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ .:.. - ' ' ¦ : ¦ . - , ¦¦ ¦ . ¦ ' ¦
Mr . Roebuck rose to move , —Fir 8 t , That the duty on the importation of foreign sugar be reduced to that now levied on colonial sugar . Second , That the duties on colonial and foreign timber be rendered equal . He said that sugar was one of the greatest necessaries of life , in the present state of society ; and its consumption tended very much to promote the morals of the people , inasmuch as it was calculated to foster habits totally opposed to that vicious class of habits resulting from the indulgence in spirituous liquors . The price of sugar ia the Brazils was 21 s . per cwt ; whilst it was 49 s . in the eolonies ; and the people of England pay above two millions more than they need do for this necessary article of consumption , merely to put money In the pockets of the West India proprietors—( hear , hear . ) Putting down slavery was the stalking horse- otherwise , why were other articles , which were the produce of slaves , imported ?
Mr . GODSON contended thit . according to the arguments of his Hon . and Learned Friend , with respect to going to the cheapest market , the negroes could not be paid their wages , and the present state of society in the West Indies would be changed . Mr . Gladstone opposed the motion on the principle that freedom of trade was incompatible with oar existing institutions . Mr . Cobden said that slave-grown sugar from Brazil Was imported into Liverpool , and from thence transhipped to all parts of the world , even to the blacks themselves in the Weet Indies!!—( hear , hear . ^ A shott discussion ensued , after which the House divided , wheu there appeared—For the amendment ... ... ... ... 18 Against it ... ... ... i .. ... ... 59 Majority ............ ; ..- —41
Mr . Laboxicqere , in rising to move that the duty on foreign 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 sugar duties . Mr . Hume would not believe the House were sincere until lie saw them take other articles of consumption into consideration , which were the produce of slave labour . ::... . ¦ " . ¦ •;'¦"¦ \ ., ¦ ¦ ..- . . ' . '¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦• . - .. . . " . ¦ . ¦ ¦' •• ¦ .. Mr . Stuart defended the government . He considered it their duty to protect the trade of the colonies from foreign competition . ;
Lord John Russell said , the House had now an opportunity of putting their sincerity to the test , by 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 and sobriety among the working classes , by festering babits totally different from those resulting from the
U"e of beer and ardent spirits . Twenty-five years ago there were but forty coffee houses in all LoBdon ; but there were so many now that they could accommodate 180 , 000 persons . People now go there instead of going to the public-house and th « gin-shop . New , with respect to the importation of articles the produce of slave labour : why did we not import coffee from the Br&zils at Is , 3 d . duty ? And was not copper In the mines of Cuba worked by slaves ? There they bad pat an end to a very high rate of duty . Cheap sugar and coffoe were essential to the poor maa ' s cemfart ; and be had iio doubt that the efforts of Great Britain , in combination with all Europe , would soon have the effect of putting down the Blave trade .
Mr . Roebuck said the tenor of the whole night ' s argument was how the people might get cheap sugar and the colonies protection . This was absurd ; it must be' protection or no protection . The West India interest ought to be sacrificed . He should not care if Jamaica were to sink to the bottom of the sea , and the Antilles were to follow ; they had always been more expense to us than they were worth . After a few words from Mr . P . Stewart and Mr . BERjiAL , 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 , as 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 taemsblves even with the motion ; and be thought , therefore , that the best way would be to leave it in the hands of the Government . The proposal before the House was to continue the present duties on sugar for another year ; and b . 6 thought the conduct of the Government on the Uufiff ahonld be considered an earnest of its willingness to deal in a liberal manner with tho 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 smallest in the House . They should remember that when he had madfchis
proposal for the redaction on the import duty on meat , be had run tha greatest risk that a Minister could have done , and therefore there was no ground for that accusation . The Noble Lord's proposition of last year was not the same as the present one , and therefore he ( the Noble Lord ) could not fiud 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 £ 000 , 000 a year revenue . Now , this be did not think was compensated by the cheapening sugar three farthings a pound , although ha did not agree with an Hon . Member that this wa » 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 eonduct in emancipating the slaves . This was a double motive , thereforej for rejecting the motion . After a few words from Lord John Russell , in reply , ¦• : : ¦ . v '¦ v ~ ^ -y ¦¦¦ ¦ "¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' . ¦ ¦ ¦'¦¦ The House divided , when there appeared—For the motion ..................... 164 Against it ......... ; .-. ; ..-,..... ' . ' ...... 245 Majority against it ......... 81 The original motion was then agreed to . The other orders of tho day were then disposed of , and the House adjourned at half-past one o ' clock . MqRday , Ju ? ut 6 .: The cases of two more boroughs , whose constituencies are implicated in charges of bribery and cerruption , were considered . The first case was that of Belfast , and was merely of » preliminary nature . Mr . O'CONnbll presented o petition from a Belfast elector , containing some curious allegations , chiefly Implicating Mr . Emmeraon Tennant The petition was ordered to be printed with the votes , and th » 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 the writ was moved by Mr . Adderley , and aa amendment on that motion waa
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propessd by Mr . Hume , who moved the suspension of the writ for fourteen days , pending a committee of inquiry . '¦ . ~ . ' ¦• . , : ~~ ' - . . ¦ . ~ . . ^ . ; , ¦ ¦;¦ .- ; : ¦'•¦ . , ¦ . . ; ¦ - ¦ ' - ¦ Mr . O'CoNiJfELli supported tbe amendment in a speech in which he broaght forward extracts from the evidence of a committee of 1838 , as well as from the report of the committee which recently unseated the sitting member , in proof of the bribery , corruption , drunkenness , and perjury , usually practised at the Nesrcistle-under-Lyneelections . ' : ' . ¦ ¦ . : " . ' . ¦; . -., " , / . - ¦ ¦' . '• ' . ¦ : ¦ : Mr . LiDDELL replied to Mr . O'Connell , as did also the Solicito ^ -Generel ( Sir WTlliam Follext ) , who , though condemning the practice of head-nit-ney , considered that Mr . OConnell's selections were partially made , and was of opinion that the House had constitutionally no power of thu * suspending writs .
Mr . Bern al , as one of the committee , thought that thei Soticltbr-Gsneral took too narrow a view of the power of the Hou 3 «> , and considered that there were grounds for inquiry . : - ¦ .. :-.. - Mr . Wynn also was favourable to nn inquiry . Sir Robert Pbel , restating his former prinoiple , that no general rule could be made to apply ta these cases , and that each most be judged on its own grounds , gave his opinion that the case against Newcastle was not so strong as that o £ Ipswich , and therefore he would vote for the issue of the writ
Lord John Russell was opposed to the issue of the writ , oa the very ground on which the Selicitor-Generai had come to an opposite conclusion , namely , the fact of head-money being paid in the borough , a practice which it was desirable to take means for suppressing . ¦ ¦ , ; V :... ' •¦ .. . ' . ' . ' . . ; . ¦ ' : ¦' ; . ; . . ¦' .. ¦ .: .: ' . /¦ ¦' ; ¦ - ; . On » division , the issue of the writ was carried by 143 toS 7 , the latter nnmbers being those who voted for Mr . Hume ' s amendment . Mr . Hume suggested to the House the propriety of repealing all the laws against bribery , and thus freely to permit the electors to sell themselves as they pleased —a proceeding which would save much time and useleas discussion .
Lord John Russell then rose to ask leave for Introducing his Bill "for the better discovery of , bribery in the election of Members Of Parliament" His object was rathe * to- deter from bribery , by rendering the means of ita detection more efficacious , than to check it by increased penalties . This he proposed to effeet by permitting parties to give in lists of voters whom they affirmed to have been bribed at any election ; and these voters should be liable to diBfranchisemeDt unless the ; could defend their '* - votes . A power of granting indemnity in certain cases ahoald be given , and the Election Committee to whom thia power would fee entrusted , should also be enabled to follow npicqairiea , where they believed corrupt compromises had taken place in order to conceal bribery ; the Committee to
have legal aid In conducting Uie protracted investiiiatlon . 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 Menjbers or petitioners , as tho case may be ; and if extensive bribery were proved against a borough , it should be disfranchised . To obviate the difficulty of carrying Disfranchiaement Bills throngb Parliament , the inquiry into bribery alleged against any constituency to be conducted by a Committee composed of members of both Houses , in the proportions of foar or flvo from the Commons , and three or four from the Lords , te be presided over by a Peer to be named by the Crown . The biibery 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 mondy 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 weuld care the existing evils , but be hoped the law would be aided by the g re wing moral and religious feeling of the country . Sir Robert PEEL gave his cordial eupport to the motion , considering the proposed Bill an improvement on the one of 1834 . He was even quite willing toegrce to a retrospectivo 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 bad the effect of bribery , there
could be no doubt ; but the difficulty was to discriminate between corrupt treating and innocent hospitality . The law respecting the practice of conveying electors to to the poll was also in an unsdtlsfactory state . Electors who had to travel twenty or thirty miles eould hardly be expected to evince an extraordinary patriotism , if they bad to do so at their own expense . At the same time , the number of vehicles at a contested election was ctrtainly 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 put of all these cases of bribery and comptomists had been productive of much good .
After some remarks from Mr . Home , Mr . Roebuck , and Lord Sandon , leave was given to bring in the Bill . The House then Went Into committee oh the Customs Acts ( theTariff ; , and •• . '"; Mr . Roebuck proposed that the duties on foreign and colonial timber be rendered equal . He contended that the discriminating duties on timber were a loss to this country of two millions per annum , that they were of no , use to Canada , of but little value to the shipping interest , and that there was no consideration which could justify duties compelling ostto take inferior timber at a high price .
Sir Howard Douglas repudiated the specious principles of free trade , and contended that the tariff was based on protective principles , adapted to the actual circumstances of each case . He concluded with proposing an amendnient , ' * that the : duties , on arid after thelOth day of October next , should be fixed at 30 s . on foreign timber , and 38 s . on foreign deals , both per load ; and that no ulterior reduction , si contemplated , should takeplace In either . Mr . Patrick M . Stewart then rose to propose another amendment , that the duty on colonial timber be reduced to 5 s . per load , and the duty on foreign timber to 35 s . ; and that the admeasurement of deals , for the purpose of charging duty , be taken in conformity with the recommendation of the Committee of 1835 . ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦" ' :. ' ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ : ' .. ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ .. ¦ "
Mr . Gladston E defended the Government proposition , on the ground of the benefit which would accrue to trade aud commerce , whilst no iDj ' ury would result to colonial Interesta . After some remarks from Sir Charles Napier and Mr . Hume , " . ' . ¦ . ¦ ; . ¦ . ¦ .:. - . . . , - .. - . ., , ;¦ ..- '• Mr . F . T . Baring , while opposed to differential duties on prinoiple , was not prepared to get rid of them at once , without reference to the interests involved . Bat though not disposed to undervalue the benefit of a reduction on any great article or consumption , he thought that the revenue to be sacrificed on timber could have been much better appropriated to redactions onothtrartlclea . . , . - . . 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 Robs rt Peel replied ; and , after some remarks from Mr . Labouchere , Lord Sandon , and Mr . Thoruley , the amendment of Sir fl . Douglas waa negatived without a division . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ :-. " ¦ The schedule of Timber Duties was then agreed to ; after which the House resumed , and then adjourned .
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BALANCE SHEET OF THE LONDON DELEGATE COUNCIL , FROM MARCH 1 st TO MAY 30 th . RECEIPTS . " .. . ¦¦ -.,.. -. / ¦ ¦ , £ . s . A-. Maney iu hand last quarter ... 1 19 10 $ , From Liquidation Debt Committee 0 12 6 SwPancras ... .. ... ... 0 8 6 - Carpenters'Arms ... ... ... 0 5 3 Globe Fields ... ... ... 050 Shoemakers , Poland-street ... 0 1 0 Walworth and Camberwell ... 0 5 0 Albion , Shorecltch ... ... 0 5 0 Clock-house , Leicester-square ... 0 4 6 Star , Golden-lane ... ... ... 0 6 0 Three Doves ... ... ... 0 3 4 Brioklayera ' Arms ... ... ... 0 4 0 Cannon Coffeo-house ... ... 0 9 4 Three Crowna ... 0 5 0 Hatters , Brown Bear ... ... 05 0 Hammersmith ... ... ... 0 5 0 Crown Coffee-house ... ... 0 2 1 Receipt Hall of Science meeting 0 3 U Total receipts ... ... ... £ 6 9 5 % Ten localities , nofc included , arc in arrears the whole quarter to the Council . EXPENDITURE . ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ ' .. ¦ ' ¦; ¦ ' . ¦ . ;¦¦¦ £ b . d . ' March 6 . Rent of Hall of Science ... 1 0 0 . **• Printing 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 .. ' " Back salary of Secretary ... 14 9 " Stationery and postage duriug the quarter ...... 0 5 6 " Rent of Council Room , thirteen weeks , at two shilUnga perwaek ' . " '/ ... \ Q 0 " Salary of Secretary , thirteen weeks , at five shilliflgs per month ... ... ... 0 16 3 TotalezjpeadUure ... j 66 0 6 Total reoeipts ... ... ... . * .... 6 9 5 * ToUl expendieure ... ... ... ... 6 0 6 Balance in hand ... ... 0 8 II * Due by iuamdual 8 to Council ... ... 1 12 6 Balance iia favour of Ditto £ 2 1 5 %
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Destruction of the Hahbiott . —One of those awfdl calamities which in a few minutes involve a fearful loss of life and property ocenrred on the rivei ' yesterday . The beautiful clipper-built bark Harriott of 396 tons , burden , commanded by Captaia' Alfred Beech , and consigned to Bagshaw and Co . ; took fire while lying off the GoTernpr-General ' s ghat , and was destroyed . We have not been able to asceriain how the conflagration commenced , but it appears that about one o ' clock in the afternoon the CaDtain and officers , who were ^ all on Jwar d ^ -tbe vessel beins on the pomt of sailing , W 1 th a rich cargo , tot London , —became aware that she was on fire -and fe'M ^^ J !^ I * outWsuch
™* fury . as to force the European seamen to jump 0 ^ board—the native seamen had done so o » «^ a « ZL . breakup out of the fire . Por abonfhS SS tho ship was completely enveloped in flames and th « strand , as well as almost eyery window and hon ^ top that commanded a view of thatpart of the riv s ^ where the burning vessel was situated , was crowded with people of almost every creed and country who gazod upcn .. the awfully grand Eight with intensa interest . The spectacle was , indeed , terribly sublime . About half-past one o ' clock the flames reached the magazine , and the vessel blew up , fragments <\ f
Her etern filing nigh into the aiiv and dropping into and strewing the river all round tho site where sh « was anchored . Boats from all directions flocked round the Vessel , and succeeded in rescuing all but the chief mate , who , it is thought , must haver Bunk in consequence of having beeen struck and stunned by one of the fragments of the vessel . There wasa large quantity of saltpetre on board the Harriott . Tho Hashmey , which was situated contiguous to the Harriott , had a narrow escape . Her hull caught the flames , bat the splash of water caused by the timely explosion of the Harriott , was the means of BaviDg her . She has not , however , escaped without some injury . A considerable quantity of the saltpetre was also thrown by the explosion oa board of the Hashmey . —Hurkaru .
Suicide of a Bor . ^ -An extraordinary suicide took place on Saturday last , under the following circumstances : —The name of the yonth in qoestioni whose age is but fifteen , is Coe , residing with his parents at 206 , High-street , Wapping , London , and who terminated his existence by taking a large quantity of arsenic . It will be remembered that about fifteen months since , a hair-dresser named Dimond , then residing in the Commercial Road East , was found guilty , and had sentence of death passed on him , but which was subsequently commuted to transportatioa for Me , on a charge of having committed an unnatural crime . The deceased boy ia the apprentice on whoso evidence alone Dimond was coavicted , and 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 cirenmstance alluded to has been unable to prccure a situation of any description , which appeared to prey % as he increased in age , much upon l ; is mind . ^ On Friday last he wrote a letter to one oi his brothers , in which were the words , "Although I shall never meet you happy in this world , I hope I shall in . the next . " On Saturday he left home about six 0 clock , as he said , to look for a situation at btratford . On the load he purchased half aa cunce of arsenic , and called at the house of a relative at Stepney , where he asked for some water , and in whi ^ ch it is supposed he took the poison . He proceeded to Stratford , and laid himself down to die in a hedge close on the borders of Hainault Forest ; where lie was found by some police of the K division , and in an almost lifeless condition , in which state he was conveyed to the London Hospital , where he died shortly after aimission . ""' ¦'
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From the London Gazelle of Friday , June 3 . ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦ . . - . ' BANKBUPIS . ¦ . : ¦; . - ... , ; . ; William Chappelow , of Long : Acre , bridle cutter , Jane 17 and July 15 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . W . Whitmore , official assignee , BaaiDghall-street ; and Mr . Hcrnidge , solicitor , 16 , Bioonisbury-square . ; > ' . ' . Peidr Anderson Hepbam , ; late of HungeTford-wbarf , Strand , bat now of 12 , Powis-place , Hampstead-road , bottled beer laerchant , Jane 10 , at two , and JulylS , at 12 , at the Coart of Bankraptoy . Mr . Lackington , official assignee , Coleman-street Buildings ; and Mr . Prowd , solicitor , Essex-street , Strand , , Thomas Quaife , Thomas Jonea Tyrrell , and Jamea Quaife , late of North JEnd . PulhaBi , brewers , Jane 10 , at one , and July 15 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Johnson , official assignee , 20 , BasiDghailstreet ; and Messrs . Fyson and Co ., Bolicitors , 8 , Fred erick ' s-p ace , Old Jewry . : .
Wiliiam Harper , of Cowper * s-court , Gemhill , City , mercbaut , June 10 , at two , and July 15 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Jamea Foster Groom , official assigaee , 12 , Abchurch-lane , Lombard-street ; and Mr . Kirkmwi , aolicitor , King William-street , London Bridge . : . , Caarles Samuel Heywood and William BTeywood , of Manchester , but late of BasingbalJ-atreet , London , warehouaemen , June 115 and July 15 , at ten , at tne Cominiasioners ' -roonis , MancheBter . Messrs . Bsed and Shaw , solicitors , Friday-street , Cheapside , London ; and Measra . Sale and Worthington , solicitors , -Mattcheater . - . ¦ .. ¦ ^' : ¦/¦"¦'¦; '' ...-r-, .. ' \>—\ ¦;;' Qaorge William Longridge , of Sunderland , Darham , ironmonger , Jaly 7 and 15 , at eleven , at the ( Jeorge Inn . Sunderland . Mr . T . M , Loveland , seUcitov « > Sjrmond ' s-inn . Chancery . lane , London ; and Mr . J . M . Cooper , solicitor . Sonderland . -
John Qoodet , of Kafatrick , rorkshire , fancy clotti manufacturer , June 14 , at eleven , and Jaly 15 , at twelve , at tha George Hotel , Huddersneld . Messrs . Clarke and Metcaif , solicitor , 20 , Lincoln ' s-inn-flelda , London ; and Messrs . Whitohead and Robinson , solicitors , HttddertSeldu . - f Edmund A « hworth , of Manchester , innkeeper , June 20 and July 15 , at eleven , at tha CommiBaioners' -rooma , Manchester . Ilesars . AdliDgton and Co ., solidtow , Bedford-row , London ; and Mr . William Chri « tonh « Chew , solicitor , Manchester . George Bower , of ^ : W « oldale > Yorkshire , wooUen cloth manufacturer and clothier , June 11 , at ten , aad Jaly IS , at two , at the George Hotel , Huddersfield . Mr . D ^ alelCornthwai te . aolioitor , Dean ' s-court , Doctor ' a Commons , London ; and Mr . John Cornthwaite , solicitor , Liverpool . ' .-. . ¦ ¦ ' : - : , ; ¦•' . ' ¦ ¦ . ' -.-.- ; ¦ ¦¦"_ -, - : - . " : " . - \ -.
John Bainhridge , of Richmond , Yorkshire , tronfounder , Jane 21 , at three , at the King ' s Head Inn , Richmond , and July 15 , at ten , at the Golden Lion Inn , Norinallerton . Mr . Richard Addiaon , solicitor , 8 , Mecklenburgh-square , London : and Mr . Jamea Honton , aolicitor , Richmond . ' - , \ ' William Walker , of Borton-upon-Trent , Staffordshire , mercer and draper , June 17 and July 15 , at twelve , at the White Hart Inn , Burton-upon-Trent . Mr . James I > rewry , solicitor , Burton-upon-T « ent ; and Messrs . Bicknell and Co ., Bolidtoia , 57 , Lincoln ' B-innfields , London . - John Nottingham , of Cheltenham , Gloacestershire , picture dealer . Jane 15 and July 15 , i » t eleven , at the Royal Hotel , Cheltenham . Messrs . Roy and Co ., solicitors , 42 , Lotfebury , London ; and Messrs . Bubband Co ., solicitors , Cheltenham .
Henry William Jackson , late of Haverhill , Essex , wine merchant , June 17 , at four , and July 12 . at two , at the Rose and Crown Inn , SaflFron Walden . Mr . Owea Tape Holmes ; solicitor , 6 , Liverpool-Btreet , City , London ; and Mr . John Heniy Jaidine , solicitor , Stoke next Clare , Suffolk . : ;
PABTNERSHIPS DTSSOLVKD . John Swainson , and Japheth Clayton , of Manche »" ter . William Tinkler and John Newbald , of Kingatonupoa-Hull , engravers . James Martin and William Mulr , of Liverpool ; shawl merchant * . Benjamin Butter worth , Joieph Butterworth , Bsbert Butter worth , and Richard Wopffenden Butterwortb , . of Hudderefield , Yorkshire , woollen cloth merolutnta ( so for a regards Benjamin Butterworth ) . William North and John West , of Bradford , YorkBhlre , cotton dyers .
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From toe Gazette of Tuesday , June 7 . BANKBDFTS , ¦ . : ' : [ ' \ . . ; : : " Taomis Ginger , Leighton Buzzard , to surrender the 17 th of June instant , at twelve , and July 19 , at eleven , at the Ccurt of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street Edwards , official assignee , Frederick * s-p 2 ace , Old Jewry ; Wright , Fornival ' s Inn , London ; Dafi Woburn , Bedfordshire . John BrettargM , timber-dealer , Pendleton , Lancaahire June 20 , and Jaly 19 , at ten . Solicitor , Foster , Manchester ; Nethersole , Essejc-atreet , Strand . Henry Matthew Walker and Thomas Casson , cornfactors , Manchester , June 14 , at tea , at the SessioM Houae , WakeSeld , and July 19 , « t ten , at the Com * mlssipnera' Rooms , Leeds . SeltcitoH . Adlingtoni Gregory , Faulkaer , and Follett , Beiford-iow , London ; Taylor and Westmorlaad Wakefleld . '" . ' - ' ¦
Josiah Barlow , hatter , Manchester , June 21 and July 19 , at twelve , at the Commissioners ' vBoqim . Manchester ^ Solicitor , Banting , Manchester ; Bawer and Back , Chaneery-lane , Loadoo . : Godwin Pilsworth Kennan and Augustus SamMPf calico printers , Manchester , June 21 and July 19 , ft * eleven , at the Commissioners' Rooms , Jlanc&e ster , SdlicUora , R . M . and C B » xier , Lincoln ' s-inn-flelds Louden ; Worthington , Manchester ; LjceW , Maa « Chester . " , ; - "¦ ;; ' , ; . ¦ : ¦ ' t - ' , ; : y y . y-. - ; ,...- ' ::- ¦ ¦ , T ^ mas J ^ rter , eurgeon , Poole . June 25 and JuU 19 , at twelve , at the offices ef Measrm , Parr , Pwlft Solicitors , Loftua and Young , New Inn , London ; Parr , Poole . ; , - -v- . . . ¦ - . ¦ , . '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ .::: "¦ ' . ¦ - ¦ : ¦; - Thomas ; Jones , woolfltapler , Brewn , July 1 and 19 , it . twelye , at ; UxaCaBtlo Hotel . Solicitorflj Yjwgbw * Bevaii , and Lauford , Brceou ; Bicknell , Roberta , Finabi and Neat , LincoIn ' B-Inn-flelda . ^ .
William Laurence , meney ( scrlyener , King WiUiam street , Jane 18 , » t one , and July 19 , at twelva , at tte Court of Bankruptoi . Groom , Abehurch-lane , offldal assignee j Cox , Size-lane , Buekleabury . Norman M'Leod and Cornelias Browne Yarrow , ship-brokers , Liverpool , June 25 and July 19 , at two , at ; tha Clarendoh Rooms , Liverpool . Solidtors , A ' ilington , Gregory , Faulkner and Follett , London ; Gtw ® B and Haasail , Ll 7 « rp 6 ol . V ;
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Mb . Duncombe has succeeded after much d'ffi cutty , in getting a return made to the House of Cemmons of copies of the papers connected with Lord Plunkett ' s arrest of . Mr . Gordon , upon which further proceedings " . will be taken as booh ^ as Mi . Dunoombe cau got the papers printed .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 11, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct602/page/6/
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