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      lu ivpiy iu <) uesii > ib& iruirt S < r J Gbaiiah '" The &UKCEU . W of the Exchequeb stated tint lie eould not aniw . r off band as to the daily cost « f the ra-% . ou »; bu » - the sum which it was calculated would be > Kjair ^ l for them b ; tn een the 24 th of May aad the close « i a . M D- cembef * as £ 2 , 631 , 000 . lie understood ^; . late * bid b .- « i struck , or w « r » proposed to be stra ^ in all the oni-ms where the relief system was in ^ ork , but hn h *< l no : yet reciived any account < nat such rates tad « we « l ? TKii . Sir 3 . Gams . lplalneil bU reason * for puttfog » w « quw . i . us to ti-e Chancellor of the 2 w * equer . X * the B-.-ion tvai drawing to a close , it was a » " * U * W they tfcould be aware of th * posits . Hedid . otir-gar . Hho mniM < . f the Chanc Hor ci the Bxeh ^ aa a * at all a Iberia ; one The o :. nt . » u ^ expert ™ which ap-| K . « d to be r qaireU ~ * Arming . He attached great Snpwciceto bavin- ' the rates not only struck but in t tawoibekcteWVl »«*•* **«* e ™? *«*« ¦*" vmi ^ should be made t « electoral divisions .

      In an «« er to some observations made bj Mr Roebuck , blaming the measures or ihe government , and the abusss ana tout fill expenditure which had taken place under them , l-iHJ . RosstM . briefly renewed tba state of society in Ireland , with a triow to show the abject and helpless condition or that country » hen the great calamity of last year bvtel it . and the uecessity which exUtel for resort , jne to extraordinary measures of r < lief to m-et that cvlamitv . He was not prepared to justify all those mea-MiruS as the uWeu that eauW have been devised . Great ahiKr * mi ght hare sprung tip under them , but these ahu < ps were mneh l < fKS than minid hate been the Stiff r-

      iw » . the ert's , and the confasion which they would have ba-l to apprehend if- they had not adopted the measures in question . There was n < tw great room to hope for the fu nr iinptiiv-ment of Ireland , and this being so , the go-eminent was justified in subjecting tbis country to cx .-ena to save Inland from sinking into a state which be could not contemplate without horror . As to making further aiivunces e » c , pt on the security o " rates in process df being actually levied , the government had a discretion to makti no advance when the rates had been truck lint not levied , when it was ascertained that they w * r * not levied , not irom want of the means to pay them , but from a desire to evade their payment . lie trusted the h « u « e would grant the sum now required , pledging himceif that the attention of the officer * of the government « ould be given to the correction , as far as possible , of all abuses in its expenditure . The resolution was agreed to , acd reported to the housp .

      The other orders were thei disposed of , and the house aiijmrncd at ball-pi" one o ' clock . TUESDAY Joke 1 . HOUSE OF 1 OKDS . — The house met at five oVimk , A c nference was appointed to meet one fram tne Conmun * . and to obtiin from them their reasons for dis « - nt ng from some of the amendments made by their lorrttlnps > n the P'n . r R -lii-f ( Ireland ) Bili . and the Lasdeii Propenj ( Inland ) Bill ; and upon this report the H rquis of Lansduwne g £ Te notice that he would on T »; ir <> d < y move that these reasons be taken into consideration . T « e Factories Sill was read a third time and passed . At a su' s-quent period of the evening , L-rl Ashbcrtoh complained that this bill had been read a third tiine at so early a period of the sitting as to preveut him from offering the opposition to it which he ha't intended .

      Tut ) Mxrquis of Clihbicabde end several other P-eieejpaiHrd thitit w ** nut taken until neatly halfpast fife , that no undue haste whatever bad been practised . Sev-ral other Bills were forwarded a stage , and their lor-tfch ' ps a ^ j-mrned . HOGaE OF COM HOKS . —Lord J . Rdsseu stated in r ply to a quesiion from Sir R . Peel , tbat it was the intention of the government to go on with the Irish Rtii ways Bill . Ths E irl of Iikc . in moved an addreii to the Queen , praying her Majesty to take into consideration the m < au « by winch comiiizstion may bemadetubsidiary to other measure * for the improvement of the -o . ial condition ot Ireland ; and by which , consistently mth toll

      rejrard totfie interests of the colonies themselves , the com . fort and prosperity of those who emigrate may be effectually promoted . The noble lord argued , at great letu ' h , that the Poor Law was inadequate , and that the meisnres proposed by tlie government as auxi iary to the Pour Law w . re insuffici nt to find permanent unpluyment and snppon to tbe Irish popalation , He also cudeavoared toestabli h tbat there was in Ireland are . daudauce of able-bodied labourers , tbat a redaction of the number was necessary , and that coloniiation ras the best means of effcting this object . With r . gard to his proposal of colonization , he had no new plan to lay brfore the house . Our North American colonies were the chief locilites he contemplated for tbegecrption of the emigrants ; but he recommended the Province of Natal , on the E ^ tt coast of Africa , as a place peculiarly

      suited fur Irish colHnists . There were in this province tit mitliuu acres of fertile lauds , i t was unpeopled , the eiima-e was ta ubrious , and th « re was abundance of iron and c pper . The nob ' e lord brought under rtview all the schemes ot colonisation which had been of late years pr . iumUated , and , witoout objecting to am of them , Br ^ ed u pon the government the advisability o inquiring iubi all these schcmeB , and of endeavounug to extract from tacm some practicable plan . He concluded by dec-aring that he intend-d his motion to bs iio party one , bet tbat he made it with fie object of bringing tbe vieTs of oJiers on the que-ti in ot colonisation before the bouse , am with the hope of obtaining tbe appoint , msnt <> f an unpaid commi > siOB of three or fire eminent and practical men , to determine en the best plan tbat drramst ^ nces will admit ot adopting ..

      Mr Hawls accepted tbe declaration that the motion was no party one , and complimented the Ji- < ble Lord for tbe spirit in which he ba < 1 made his proposition , leaving It open to members to vote for or against it without any cou-ideration of party . Bat he objected to the motion n the ground that as the decision of tbe commission woull necessarily be delay d for some time , it wonld not operate as any imme-iiate relief to Irtland , which was tbe recommendation urged in its behalf . He also objeted to the scheme of colonization shadowed out , thai by it a chssof able-bodied Uoonrers , who ought to tw kept at home , would be taken away , while the iufitm and tbe old would be still left a burden upon Ireland . Tne adoption ot the motion would also put a stop to ths tmigr . uion at pr < sent going on , and to all voluntary efforts . For thes-s reasons Ur Hawes opposed tlie motion , although , as he agreed in many of the principle * laid ilonn by the Noble Lord , be did not with to mettit with a direct negative . In conclusion , he expressed a hope that tbe Soble Lord wonU withdraw th « t motion .

      Mr Gbeg . jb t supported the motion , and urged tbe great benefits that Irtland would derive from a large scheme of colonisation . Mr Vebhos Smith did not think the House was ot all indebted to tbe Voble Lord < or tbe manner in which he brought the question betore it . After having held such high offices , it was extraordinary that he was not able to state to the hou-e the yie « s which he entertained on a subject upon which fa « had evidently bestowed much consideration . The Noble Lord had no plan , but be talked of a large scheme of colonisation in opposition to emigration . Tbe only diff .-r . nce he ( Mr Y . smith ) could see . between colonization and emigration was tbat " large schemes of co ! oniz < tien" was a phrase ever nsed on the Opposition side of tbe House ; while '' little emigration" was the only phrate recognised on the Ministerial benches . Unless some distinct scheme should be brought btfore tbe House , with a stab-aunt of the expenditure necessary to carry it into execution , he did not think the Hon < e could decide upon the question .

      Sir R . Pea . thunght that the spescb of Mr V . Smith contained all the arguments which could possibly be adduce-1 against tbu motion ot tie nuble lord , and be left it to ths house to decide whether or n « t these arguments constitutml an answer to tbe noble lord ' s speech . The first argument was that parties were compelled to alternate , as inty changed side 6 iu the bouse , between colonization and emigration . Bat why did they ds this ! Simply b . cause the public offices were now so overburdeueJ with business that it was impossible that those who filled Umm could properly attend to everything broagutnnder thfir consideration . Tbat was one oi the b = st reasons tbat cuuM be adduced for changing their plan , and for throwing the duty of investigating this important snfcj * ct on Rome other parties than tte

      official * at the Colonial Office . The tight honourable gentlemin thea addressed himself to the other points of Mr V . Smith ' s speech in a mode which elicited a good dealufmeitimentin the house . He did not see why , because other plant had failed , the House was to assume that no practicable scheme of colonisation could be devised . But to devise such a scheme , it was essential that ths most ample information sh . nld belaid before the House . To receive this information it was not necessary to constitute a Toving com . m : a-sion , which would occupy a long time in their inves . tigatioas . The commission co « : d derive prompt and accurate information in reference to the colunies from

      parties rtsident there , which infornmion would aid them m com : ng to their conclusion * . From all the information now before the public it appeared tbat the Ir . sh character wag will adaptad for emigration . He regarded Mr Godlej ' aplan as proposing too sudden and ton large an outlet for the surplus population of Ireland . It was a proposition which would , therefore , not only in ' jure the colonies , but fail to benefit the emigrants , or t » relieve those whom they left behind . If , instead of tr ^ n ^ portins twa millions of people at once to CinaJa . they sent oat about SfiO . COO , and settled them well in the r Bew home , they wouM do far mote tu benefit Ireland , and promote future emigration , than by - at once srnliu * six times that number across the Atlantir .

      Hi trust d that Lord Jaliu Russell would remember the entire absence of ail party feeling with whicli the Opposition aide of the H-. m ^ a had treated all qtestions during tbe j-restatsession , wliich his Govitum ; nt ^ a 1 prest-med to Parliament , ami that , if au \ ] d' -ubt or wan t of information bow existed us to tbe sun - }<« ' of emijration . he would iivo t ? iem the benefit of that doubt , and consent to ihe appointment of the cotn-Ji . ission dem ^ ed . Tb . ey had on the otr . er sideofth-Anantu : n »> ulfic « a ; province , imp .. 'r ! ectl > pecplfd , b . \ filling which with c sKifej - al anil energetic imputation to «« ou ; d )} d , J tothi : siren lh ' ot « V . e country , and leave thera-ielrtsioom f . » r Uia permanent amt ; . " sition of those whrtremiinvdathoaio . T o » t } lfr ^ , ( . they bad w ^ - ^ -i ^ i ^ iTCSsa :

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      enjoying comfort and ' ^ 0 ^ tne colon ! eg < Tnig being the case , w- „ ({ . ^ ^^ ^ the Government to erant a WHj ^ , ; SS 5 on Hn i woulll j OqU ^ { nt 0 rtle OMttnoJe of transferring that inrplua pipu ' ation from f ovfrpwnled totheunderp < -opli < d country , eniieclaO y when lbs Government would have in its own htn 4 n the aptxvntment of that commission ! ib ^ re was no cer . tatutythat the potato rrop would not fall neMn this year , ' andwhatwonldbethecondition nflrelandatidthees ense which would be entailed upon this country , unless snire mode wcradetised in time of relieving Ireland from the pressure of her enonuoui pauper population !

      Lord J . RossEti recapitulated what ha * been done by the Government an- by Purliament in promoting emigration ; and pointrd out the danger that would arise from lea dine America and our . North American coJonips to suppose that we were anxious to get rid of the rub . hish of our population , by shipnine them off from our own sl . orei , and landing them on the shores of the United States and of Canada . He objected , th n fore , to tbe a ' option of any proposition which wonld conntpnnnce the notion that we were about to set on foot any great icheme of colonisation , for the purpose of relieving ourselves from our redundant population . By < me of the plans , chiefly approved by the noble lord wl > o brought forward the motion , it appeared thnt little benefit would be derived by Ireland , unless within three years two millions of people could be transmitted across ( he Atlan'ie . fbat was an extent of emigration which conld not be contemplated without alarm With reapest to the

      commission of inquiry , no information was neces « pry relative to Ireland , and the proper way of obtaining infor raation f om the colonies would be through our Governand their Councils : through the Provincial Asspmhlies . and thronsb oar colonial executive r > 'Beers . The prnpnsed enmtnimion would doubtless agree to enrne pup- r plan cf colonisation , and then leave it to the Government to ask Parliament for the millions tbat would b * r- ijui . site to carry it into effect ; bnt it would be much b-tter t" leave the matter in t ' . 'e hand * of the Government . The Prime Minister closad his remarks by naying that he was not ready to advise tb « Crown to appoint a commission Immediately for the special object named by the noMe lord , and in the spirit indicated hy h ' < tn . ( cause it would raise extravacant exrectut ens on tbis s ! d « the Atlantic , and extravagant apprehensions on the othe « ther Bide : hat be would consent to tbe letter of the motion , and agree to the address . Hr HorE » poke in support of the motion .

      Mr Hoke considered that the inquiry ought to be Into the system of government that exists in the colonies If the colonies were properly poverned , the stream of emigration wouid flow an without any interference on the part of this country . After a few remarks from Ur H . J . O'Connell and Lord J . Manneri . Sir Wutsb Jahei Ihnueht that Lord John RuaHl ' s speech cot rid of Lord Lincoln ' s motion by a side wind The noble lord had consented to the words but not to the suhntanceof the moiion , and bad thereby g'catlj defeated the object which Lord Lincoln had in view . Mr Scott then briefly addressed the house , as did alto Mr Agiionby , after which

      Th Earl of LtftcoL * kerved that he still adhered to the opinion which he hud expressed , to the rffrct that the inquiry goueht wonld be most efficientl y prr . S'Cuted by a commission . H had , however , no rieht tc dictate to the nohle lord as to the natnre of the advice which he should tender to his Sorer ign , any more f-sn he would hav . had to have dictated to him » be nomination of the csmmission . had the noble lord agreed to appoint one . He treated that dome good would en « u » from the inquiry which th government was about to institute . The motion wsb then aereed to without a division . Tbe house was counted out immediately after this motion was disposed of a * on" o'clock . WEDNESDAY , Jom 2 . HOnSE OF COMMONS . —The speaker took tbe chair at 12 o ' clock . Codhtt Electors Poms' Bill . —Mr Friwen moved the seennd r-adine of this hill .

      Sir G GaEY concurred ' n the principle of the measure ; but . under the circumstances of a gen * ril election in the course of th » present year , and of the extreme difficult / there wonld be in arranging in tlmef > e eX « M polling < laces m-qnired by the bill he could not assent to it « further progress this session . Mr Fbbwem thouehtthit extra polline placen miehtbe fixed before an election ; but . at the right bon . baronet's desire , he wonld withdraw tbe bill . Bill withdrawn . Jovenile Offenoebb' Bill . —On the motion of fr T . Pikisgton , tbe house went into committee on this

      bill . Tbe Attobnet-Gbnebal sucrpe . sted tbe omiRBion of the words giving power to whip juvenile off . nders publicly . SirT . Pikihgtoh consented to omit tbe words , and they were vxpnnped accordingly . Col T . WnoD proposed to omit tbe words giving power to whip iuvenilo prisoner * more than once . Mt Esctvrr objfcteii to » be infliction of any whipping at all , and would mov » an amendment to that 'ffect . Mr G&ebwc intimating that tbis amendment could not be made until the report , Mr Escott said he should divide tbe committee against the danse altogether .

      Mr Wikiet wm convinced that whipping was a very bad punishment , and the sooner it wm wholly disenn tinned the better . The magistrates of this coun < ry < v' - » not a very wise and discreet body of men . nor w-re they always selected on account of their 1-ve of justice ; he had seen enotub of th-ir conduct to tremble at a propo * nl to place more power in their hand * . Snch a Mil an this oneht not to have received any support from the government . The Attobnet-Ginebal thought the bon . member ought not to blame th » government without first ronni . derin ? what was tbe present state of the low . A child

      mieht now be committed to gaol , stay therefor week * , and then be tried as a felon , and sentenced to tie nnre , twice , or thrice , whipped . The question ws , whether , having a defective mode of punishment *> t present . Parliament oueht , in altering the tribunal , to disarm if of the power of sentencing a child to be privately whipped instead of imprisoned , the whipping beine under the control of the superintending justices , and rernlated by the rules of the pri-on . ¦ It should be rememhered , too , tbat the present hill was not to apply to cases where the young persoB charged " orjsc ted to the case being mmmarily dicposrd of * under these , provisions .

      Lord Sihdok thought tho power to sentence to a whipping wa « exceedingly important , even *« r the interests of the poor th » miie ! ves . Why should a boy , token op for stealing a few arpta , he sent to orison for several weeks to be then discharged , ruined in character * A good wholesome thrt-hine would be infinitely better for him . ( A < a gh . ) It wa < use-Us to try reformatory dis ciplme for less thnn several nonths , anil bow could any one stand up for a longtentencs ot itnprisonmmtfor hoyith offences , which wer * often brought before a raagis . trate in too serious a manner ? .

      Mr Wakkt wondered why , if the noble lord thought the lash so pond for bny « , he did nat propose i t ah « as s punishment for len . Did not be believe that a boy felt a Wow as much as n mm ? It was a thing that a boy never forgot . He ( Mr Wakley ) would say , •« don '< whip , but educate . " Fl-epinit was altogether an impmppf species of of purishment . and the power of inflicting it ought not to be in the hands of the magistral- » Every time a hoy * as flogged , he became worse than he was be f ore ; it nourished him in a bad , revengeful disposition . Lord S * ndon danied that the punishment of flogging was the tame to boys as to men ; by men it wa » ft-lt to be a degradation—by boys it wag not . How would the bon . meu . brr propose to punish boys for trifling offinces ? Mr Asdebut remnrk-d , that th * qu sti . m was not s-ttled by saying , " D-. n ' t whip , but educate , " for whip , pine was a part of education .

      Mr Dogd » le remarked that the hon . member for Finsbury himself ma ' e out tbat whipping wait an effective punishment , far he laid a boy would recollect it at long a- ; he lived . Hr Waklet did not see tbat any advantage came of bis recollecting it —( a laugh )—and s « to whi p ping being a part of education , he ( Mr Wakley ) pre . ferred an education tbat dealt with hind rather than tail . He knew an instance lately where a poacher ' n son was subjected by b magistrate to great severity , in the opinion of tfce ton , because his father was a poacher : and he ( Mr WaUlev ) could not consent to givine a large d ' scretionary power to miieiitrates , howev , r exct-llrni they might be . He was not for long impmonmrnu , but with the present system he hardly knew what to propose . We wanted not merely good laws , but a better mode of administerinir them . I u our courts of la w justice seemed to be denied under cei tain circumstance ; » nd fcelinc wereinopcratxn there which , in his opinion , were most pr » judicial to society .

      The committee then dicided ; the numbers wf re—For the amendment i Against it 55 Majority _ 48 Mr Bodsik bavin ; condemned tbe power given by the . clause of substituting a fine for flogging in certain case ? , the committee again divided up-n the original proposition , nhich was carried by a majority of thrrp , the numbers being 30 to 27 , after which the remaining clauses were aereed to .

      Poor anb Higii way Rates Ei £ hi > tion Bill . —Mr P . Scbope . in mov : ng the see ind reading of tl . e bill , said tbat its object was to exempt oceupi' -rs of tencme « ti below a certain vnlue from the piy ent of poor and highway rates . The principle of the measure was alrrady sanctionedby tbe legislature , for the exemption of po « r i-ewons applied to all direct personal taxation . The houjetax , whilst it continue .. ! , was in » t ajijiliert tohonsn which weroicnted below « . a » d homes which did not possKss a certain number of windown wereexemp-cd from : ne wiiidow . tax . ^| , game principle governed the exemption from the payment of pr » p , t ty-tax of nil person * ¦ thoseincomes wru nn ^ er £ l 50 a year . The p , inni ,. Ic of exenipu

      ,,,, ran through all the items of di . ect taxntlon ; and it was but r .-asonahle t at it should l , \ Mx « lOMl as wen a , - ^ eral taxation . Tne principlp .. inntcl , was moRmzed with rCfp , « , 0 lmal ... x ^ . o . i nnd all lie wished was to vary the mo . Je of ap ,, jjj llff if . Tho -13 rd of El zib . th iirufessed tor . te persons a .-iwrtinj . ,, ' heir nbility tojiuy . and toolc as a judo mnudni-il ' of tl at j biliiy the value of liolJin » R , Oyiiig : o the i-ifflculty nt-< en >! ant upMi the coliection of ratig irum po . r persons ithad been fuund txpednnt to exempt them from the payment of pour and other local rate * - l . y \ Ut 51 h of ( J . orj ? e HI ., cap . 170 . Umh-t- th it net - •« latgc uumi > i-r of ! ll « poorer classes inn ] a large ' inn 5 ? of pj ojierty a < 6 ' > » vtrf eX j ;«> etsd from thvpaj mvnt of r « cs . jj ^ t lw tnodc oJ

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      iiffording this ^ , . | ief Was ol . jrctioimbiisbtcauRp . tt \\ a * att tided wi >' , i ciinsiderable trouble and expense . Tli- >' « a * a > ways a larue number « f person * vn the very line o-demarcation with respect to Whom it was . ) ou >» tful whether they oucht to be exempted from the p » ym < nt of rates or not . Between these persons and tint overseers and the churchwarden * a strutfs ' o took place annually , or rather qunrterly . Poor persons appealed to them v gi ^ -rati-s at petty sessions , and their ci ^ ea were htnrrt nt length , to the great loss of time of the niHgistra ' . es , nnJ ovei seew , and churehwaniens . whilst the parochial officers had to sustain , in addition , » pecuniary loss of 5 s . - r 10 a . for cults , incurred in nt-emptin ^ to recover 2 a . The magistrates xter- frequ-mly puzzled as to tlu-coime vch ' ch they ought 'O tHke under such circumst-nne ? , for

      nuthinir could be nv > ra indefinite than the plea of poverty —nothing more difficult to deride upon . All the pre sent bill proposed was to carry outthn principle nf exempting po-r per-ons from tlw payment of ratHf . In a tnor < - simple manner than the existitiir hw did , an < l that object would be eff cted by nmhintf ths exvmption depend upun the value of the nrcupi ' tion , Thi ; value of the occupation was the principlf upon which riitt-n werecollecttd ; it ouuht to be thi principle oh wh ' ch ratrs should he excused . It might he said that the < « t ! iblithm < nt of a definite rule of voliu wouldcavs- the exemption of a larpn mass of property . but of what would that property i-onsist ! Of the dwellings ofpwor pet sons . The house need not ho reminded that th * property of several rich classes of the comniUHiiy was ' txvnipH from local tnxHtuw . ns , for inntnnce , niiMerhls , » toirk in trade , nnd the fun-fs . amouniinj ; in vbIuh to tiutidreds upon hundreds nf millions . Under the present

      imperftet Ajstetn , prnpurtyon considerable extnit wii » alwady n . mpteii . Th « pnnisioiiR » f the bill would not probably curry tlie exemption further . Hit would put it on a rlear and inrclegible ground . In Livvrpi >» l , out of 40 000 hou = es . 32 000 werv exempted from Hut pa ) . ment of ratrs . Practic . illy . all the houses in Livcrponl r « nt > d at 1-ss than £ 13 a ji-ar were exempt-d On > - resut Hliieh might be aniieipnted from the passing of the billwoud be the huilding of a b-tter desciiptiim of hontes for the habitation * of the poor , The number of cottage residences was not increasing ; tbe conscquet ci > was . therecrowded S'ai * produced pro A evils ; a > lultB of both sexes were ob iged to * letp in the oamis romnfamilies that riquiri d tno ruoms having but ohp . An- ) tin re was a strong prejudice among thon » who hnd not n fleeted on the moral misery iicuaMoned by this state of things auninst parties buililiiijs thischss iftinuS' . s ; th y t -oujht ' they were to be discouraged rathir than oih rwi « e .

      air G Gbei quite conourred in the neces » uy of iraproving the ai'ui > nimodatton of < he poor ; t'Ut Mr 8 « r > ' { . (? ha I no- convinced him thvt bin bill wouM aeeomolisii that object . The h-in . gentleman ha . l ulluii > -d tu tin .- dir . creasi- in the amount of Imusu uicommoiiation but hbelieved it might be attributed to causes ci > niiecivd wttl : the general law of suttlenvnt . The b'll Mould not remedy the indisposition to build that wasnta e « l toexisi the measure applied to towns as w- II as to the coutury ; nd the hon . gentlemen had not fixed « hat should lie the ma *» m « in of exemption in the towns . The effi-ct of ihe m- 'isure , if passed , would bit t > give a dirt ct premium tu tiiiilding the lowest class of houses ; he up ;< retien < it : ii th-it must be the result . Great uncertainty must uIahjh attend the valuation of hous > s not liable to be rated to the poor . Tbe only test was the rent actually paid , or :

      the amtunt that might , be paid ai fixed by nsurvijor . By this hill those houses were not pei mi'ted to be rutedat all . Another source , of uncf-rtain'y was cr . ftteil by the fact that a house fetching £ 6 u year in some ouuntrj town minht cost double the sum in Manchester , Fui these reasons be should not wish the b II to rcc . ive ihv sanction of the house . He was not prrpnrvd to « a » the law of rating was in a satisfactory stnte , or that ahus ^ s did not spring from it ; the wlioU gulj-ut wus ontth .. t diserved cohsiieratiun . 1 I « hoped the same course would be taken with respect to this bill as with thu mun sure proposed b y Mr Wadlingtonin Ueearly part « f tin sessiun . Some clau . es t . f the ine ; iture mivhi , pi-rhaps , have been altered iucttmnrilits ; but he had such utrotig olij-ctions to the whole bill , thnt he must move it be ruad a secunf time that dav six months .

      Mr Wakley gave the hon . member for Siroud credit 'or the beBt motives , but feared the bill would notaccom . plish what h > -desired . In the first pluco , he tliuugi . t , with Sir G . Gwy , that it would lead to the building ol the very norrt class of houses , fur which the | iOi > r would have to pay at a higher rate than at present , lie wan sure the bill would not iin | -Kve these dwellings or reduce their rents ; he doubted if any direct legislation could do so . It waB undeniable that the poor p-ikl pro porttonabl y higher rents for their bouses thmthi nuh ; nut the hon . gentleman legislated as if these habitutioHs

      belonged to the poor th msclves ( hear , heat ); they were not their property , but generally tint of the matt wealthy persons in the neighbourhood , who laid out large sunn in building hou 3 es for the poor , ami thenscrewvii the rents up to tue l > ighe 8 t point , Heobjccted to inuking the tenanu punishable if thu drainage of the tu ighbour . hood was In a bad state ; it was not in their power to alter it ; such a system of 1 > gislation was not Bound . He hnped the bill woulil be wiihilrawn ; hut the object wag a most important one , aiid ought to bo taken iuto cuusideration by the government .

      Cnloin . 1 T . Wo . d said the effect of exempting such tenement * in Coventry had beiii this—many person * had built a very interior class of bouses , in the worst Nanmr , and , not satisfied vtiih a return of 12 J or 13 per cent ., charged an additional Id or 2 a « . wet k for them , because they were exempted from the Poor Rate ; be stated tbis from the evidence givtn tij Mr Gulsontothe Committae on the Law otStiilem nt . Mr P Scbope having briefly replied , The bill was withdrawn . The home adjourned at half past three o ' clock .

      ( from our Third Edition nf last wtek . ) FRIDAY , Mat 28 . HODSE OF COMMONS . —The House re-asscmbled for tint firm time after the htiHdaj * . Mr Ewabt rose to bring forward the reiolntions of which he bad given notice against the preset sjBtcm of di « ct taxation , the bon . membtTcontetiding . ina sjntch f some length , that a more direct mode of t » x « tion wi . uld be moio beneficial to thecoramunity , andnpucially to the piM . nr portions of it . TJik CiuncELidB qf . the Exchiquib said that the entire sutiject of taxation would com * beforo Parlinm ^ nt next session , and he thought it « ould be inconvenient to anticipate that discussion . Mr Ewabt , with tbe ' eonsent of the House , withdrew his motion ..

      The house then went into Committee on tbe Estimates , and a number of votes having been tgreed t » , ihe Chairman repotted progress , and the house adiournsd .

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      THAMES . —Shuous Case . —On Wednesday , a tall and vowenul man , named Henry James Harrison , wan brought before Mr IWlantine , charged with assaulting and Hounding Anne P ^ x , wl . o was aot expected to survive many hours . The case was brought before tin mauistrate by Poliee Constable Nicholas , No . 1 K , in connequ ! ncc of a communication made tu that officer b . \ Mr Clelund , a surgeon , residing in Ratcliff , that a patisnt of hi * was in a dying state , from the effects of injuries ehe ncaived from her husband . Nicholas immuniatel . v took the prisoner into custody . Harrison is a labourer and was formerl y a police constable of the K division Sarah Ince stated that 011 Saturday fortnight the prisoner cam- home very tipsy after the witness hud been to market , and quarrelled with Anne Fox , a woman witli

      whom he cohabited , and kicked her on tho stair * . Fox immediately afterwards exclaimed , " Oh , Harrison , yuu have murdered me . " He then kicked her , alter she was d » wn . and the woman bad been ill ever since , and'nas now dying . Nicholas then put in the following certilic " te : — "I hereby certify , that Mrs Fox , of DunsUnphce , ha * beeu under my can ; for the last fortnight with an it . fl . imrant ry affection of the b ' . wels , the mult , os . he states , of violence offered to her by her husbnnrt—a khk on the storaaiU—and from which I believe her to be in imminent danger . —A . Cleland . Jan ., surgeon , Ratcliff-, June 2 , 1847 . " Mr CltlBnd gave evidence in von . Gruiiition ot bin certificate . The woman was in the most imminent danger . Mr Dallantine gave directions tu Invprctor Bilson , of the K division , to proceed to tbehoust !

      iu DunKtai .-ptace , and takedown in writing any statement nh cb Anne Fox might have to make , in tho presence of the prisoner , nna bring the case btfore him avail * in the afitrniMin . Sume liours afterwards the prisoner was ajrain arraigned in the duck . He was in a very excited ftutc , and was nude fully uwnre of his perilouB situBtion . Inspector Biljon said ho found the wonmii very ill indeed , life was last ebbing , and the doctor saM he bulie . vtd his patient was in a rtjing statf . ] IB tmk down the stateinent of Anne Fox in writing , in the . nr . sence of the prisoner , and she aftirwards sijjned it . Mr Symons , the chief clerk , rend tho statement , which »»< " <> the foliowing iff . ct : — "Anue Fox , residing at No . 6 , Dunstan-alley , parish of Stepney , snys—On last Saturday fertM |; ht , the 16 ; h of May , between eleven t » nd

      twelve o ' clock , the prisoner , Henry Jonus lUrrison , with whom 1 have Lecn living about eighteen months ns man and wife , earno homo very tipsy . Hv Bint fur souio Kin , part of which I drank , and part the prisoner drank , about eleven o ' clock . Nt » quarrel took place at the time , hut on my returning bttive . en eleven und twelve o ' clock , bavin ; : been to market , the prisoner locked me out of the room . I kicked the panel of the door , which I pushed out , and putting my h « nd in » ide let myself in the room ; the pritomr jumped up and marie use of tho expnsfion , ' 1 will scrag the —— , ' nnd kii-ked me In the stomach . I fell flown by the room door in consequence of the kick , after I was upon the floor the prUonir again kicked me in the side ; I then called out' Police ! ' and said , ' I am a murdered woman . ' Sarah Ince came up stairs to my assistance , nmi I asked her to go for tho police—she Uf «

      for ttmt purpose , and a police constable ciimo into the room in a few nrniitcs . 1 did not call on the constable to t : ike the prison , r into custody . 1 firml y believe thai theillnecfi I » ninow livb ^ uritig undw , \\ % ., pi « B » \ n \ V . t Etiiinich , was occasioned by the violence of the pviidit ) oti tliu night in question , as I nas previous ( 0 thnt in liood health . Taken on the 2 ml of June , 1847 , —Anne Fox . " Mr ltallautinc , iiildressini ; the prisoner , bhiiITliis is the declaration of the unfonunate womim , ! : in . the iluvtiir sa > fl she is t ! lirobubly to be comtnitttd lor wilful murder .

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      WES TMINS rFJL . —TnE Absiw . * on tdi Police . — Thttprl'oii' -rvinhn German . Drnnis Gormin . JHrnes Coffer , -Jfho Bilbsn and C » tiiwin » Gorm-m , the mother of ih « lw «> mnl « pr ' nonvrs of that name , were fnal ' y exwmined , ch : irgeil with a series of the most desperate a « - laults upon the police , ' who had been c'llled upon to take S'niie of ih » sccusrd tato custody for ill treating a man : and Ellrn Gorman wa * churned with att ' tnptii ! j ? torfSCUl one of the prisoner ! , Tho details nppenied in the Nor'hern Miiroflastwe k . . MrOro < l ( rpoh ^ rrini ; some imliffurencH » s to wh . it benme » f himself on lhepart , nl * n « of the defen d ants , observ- d that ho wns fsoinjc to be tried f » r an nffence which might sffent his life . Thi five first-named pritoiirtg were then committed to Newgate for 'Vloniouvly HB *» ultintranri woumling the officerd nnd E'len German , who who m' -r » -Vv proved to have trkc tu rflRiMie her husb « nd wns held to bull .

      CI . EHKESWELL— ErrscTs of Dmonkbnhi'bb . —Mr Sm . iri , 11 respectable tradesman , residing nt 54 . Judd sm ft . Bvui » wick . iqn » re . cha b * i ! his wife with threa'cn ine bis life . The unfortunate defendant , the wrerk of a lie : iutiful woman , whs assisted in the prisoner ' s bot . her emacii'ted frame sinkine in a nvmt aliirmini ; nnd painful niHiiner Her husband stated that forn'onyyearihebtd bi'im msrrle . l to the accused , who h'd borne him 0 Inrire family , seven of whom are still living . She hod darted her homo f ; r intoxicating liquors frequ » ntly , nnd ho bad n ? often forgiven her , not' ithstandinf he was at the same time i « danger of his life . On the pi'eceriin ? day , whilst inetiTiiited , she mad' an atturk on him , threRteninit ti do him a serious injury ; nnd for t >> e safety , and « lso for the protection ot himself arid children , he had rclmttiintly given lur in'oi'u > to <) y . Themngistrate asked the defendant if she wished t make any remark She . looked imphiringlv at her htisbiin-J , aid excliirwed .

      " Oh fori'lre me , anil h-nneforwaH I wi 1 never take spirituous HquovB ! " Mr Miillett ( the cfetk )—You have frequently miule a vimilnr promisi * . Detvndant ~ -Rot this time—thi * lost time—I eolcm . ly Rwenr that I will reform—that henceforward no ' -no « l < all hsve ocension to find fault with me . Mr Tyrrwbit Have you any rompl . iint . xgHiust your husband f Defendant ( llftine up her liHt'ds )—Ct-mplBint ! Oh , - no ! ho is the bcrt 0 * hi ) Rbanrl <; and how awful that I should thus disgrace him , and tnytrlf , and poor children ! ' B'lt , " add . d the wretuhe 1 creiitttre , lonkinc at liir hunnatid . " Will you oncetwtln 1 ecelvemu hem-nth your roof ! Will yonblrss me with ahomea ^ ain , tlmt I m : i > - have an opportunity Ubeitritpfnlto y « n » nd to bless you and my poor children ! " ( She Robbed loudly . nndBeemlnRly firventij ) Complainant ( crjiii (?)_ I vi-1 forgive jou . and forget al " . if jou do as jou say Tin . ' nv-lonchi-ly « cene closed by thi . ' oomplnlnant leadtvi ; ana > thf miserable , but , it is tu be liniieil npniti'tit wK * .

      SOUTHWAUK . —Attempt to Poisoha Motdee a » d Cmin by a Son . —11 . A . Fitzjuneu . ahoy between 11 mid 12 yeni » of ag » , was chnrecd with attempting to pni «(> n l-is mother , « n « l luriniant itf three months old . Ann Fitsjatnes Ptiited thnt fl'io was the wifw ofatrn . V . Her now iibroud . On Sunday morning she h » d coff e f > r b > eukf «« t , an < l about half an hour after partaking of it she became violentl y ill . She tnok eopinus draushts nf hot water , nnd becnnie h'tter . Sh « - afterwards made mm * inquiries shout theeffyp of her dau . hter , a l ! ltle Kirl , nnd from hir she hr ord that her son , the hy at tl e ha " , lvid . thrown a quantity of preclpitiite powder into th" jug which conuintd the water with nhich » hs ma << e coffee for lireakfast , nnd that itemised her illness . Mr CtmiKhain : Can you till therensen why he attempted

      such n wicked act—had you chastised him . or ni v < n him any c » u « e to he provoked » ith jou!—Mrs Fi' ^ anits : None that I am aware of—he lias crtuinlj be-11 a bad boy , wnil h . is . on different nrcn'inns . abstrnrted-money and othir ' proptrty . Mrs Fitrjwus msinifested great dl-incliniitlun todinclosc nil the circumstances , and In . " ptc ' or Hurnshy was Bworn , and said that Mm Fitz jiim ^ R . wh < n g ivi ng the buy into cusvdy . mentiontd that the boy had attempted to poison his master ; and her infant , if ihrei-momlw .. Id , wnsthm in a djinif state , from precipitatB powder and broken Blanc , which the bo , v had mhed lip in it * fool . Mrs Fi'zJHmes was re examitied , and said , that about five weeks airo she ( ie . tewed » pnwdar , ve . senihlinp ihe srsi-nii ' , in the water she whi about to u » e : thai ( the did tint take the water

      to a rhu'i'ist to ImVe it analyzed , unner theapprehensi n * . h ^ t it would gft th e boy in trouble , it btinp such a dreadful thing for n mother to acense fcer Bon of an attempt to pnl on her . On that occasion , nhenshuquestionertthe boy , heailmitud ih » t he had mixed arivnio In thf watt r uddinsr that a casual pnuper . named Jones , gave it > n him . ttlliiijt him that if Wn mother swalinwrd it , it would kill her , and tlmt then he would have « l ) her money . On that occasion she was exceedingly ill , har . in ); drank a small portion of the water ; she went to a medical man . bnt did nnt declare to him her uppr > hen-• ions about heiuff poisoned . She never saw the man Jones . Mr Cdtlinuham , thin » ddreF 8 ini / the prisoner , who cried the greater pactio'i of th » examinnt ' on , asked him what ha had to sav relativo to the chaw . Pri .

      toner—I ntv ^ r put ur « t » rio or precipitute powder in the coffee nr water . J .-nen wanttd m" to give my mother poison in kill her , that I might get her property , but I t > ld him I woul'inot . MrCottinitham- How long have you known Jones f Prisoner—Siiipb Christina *; I met him ia the Horougli Market , aft . r I ran away from my muster . The neit time . I saw Jones lit ) proposed that I should kill my mother . nt \ d haul that he had poison to Kive m « to do it . He showed me a powder , oaying it was arsenic , but I refused to accept of it . In reply to Mr CottiHuhnm , Mrs Fitzjames fai-l tbat sho threw awny the coff-e-ground » -, that nhe k' jit no precipiinte powdi r , urseii . o , »> r anyihing else of a poisonous mi'ure in her hou ^ e ; that » h « remembered severnl months nto

      scmiin ; : out the pri « oii « rfora pi-nnyworth of p'ecipitiite powder , the erenter portion which w »» nsi-d for herehl . ilren ' s heads , but ? be did not know where he purclias-d it . lit r infant wa « ver . v bad that tm . rnine , nnd not expected 'o live . She had not . m-ntioned to the doctor nho atietideil it about the . prvcipitnt ^ . yo « d « r or glass suspected to hay . ; c&UBt-d its illni rs , und r the fear ot the . cui'iquences toiler oth-r child ( thu pri 6 oner ) . Mr CoMitmhsitn said tha ; the ease nt presrnt was involved in my « U-i y , lmt he did not believe one word of the boy ' , assertion with record to being udr sed by a m ; m named lonesto pouon hia own mother . The prisoner was re . iivjmk'd for a week . He flubbed itloud on hearing that he was point ; to be sent to prison , and when lie was removed from the bar .

      LAMBETH . —Enoch Redmond , the driver of one of Jones ' s Dulivkh ointiihu-ts , No . 1 , 467 blid Indgf 29 , op-^ e nred before the Maisiottnte to uiit > v \ vi to a cliaige of currying a greater number of passengers than the law p . rmits . A centitnian named 1 )< nn tiff , sitid thnt . n thr night named in the summons , he w » g retutnini ; iiotu Dulwich , und the weatherb ^ imt > xc «« siveiy ' . 10 ' , he complained to the defendant about his paving too many persons iuto the vehicle , but lie took no iiHtlce of hi . remonstrance , and ultimately had no less than 38 per » un « inside , 12 of whom were fu ' l-grown , five wlio * a sues rotiB « d Irom 11 to 14 years , and une a child in arms . The def ndant pleaded guilty in the iff-nce , and the complainant finding he had ilonoso , ricoinmendi d him to thtttneruiiui > 'iingidt ration of ihe Court . Mr Enioit observed that ii , « offence complainet ! of . in such weather ns that of the iart week , was a very ? eri ^ us one . but in consiilerution of the compluinant ' s rfcuninirndntion , he shouM millgate the penalty to Mo , ami costs . ur ttndajs ' iiniirisonm . nt .

      GREENWICH—Toe Fomce Again Police-consta-We Thomas Cootl « ell . 300 R , was clmrgeii with assaultintj Maria Brown—Mrs Bronn was reiurniiip Viome . ii the night of Sunday last , when the difeiidunt came up to her , and asked why ghu was nut bo late He followed her to Mujor ' s-couit , Church street , where she refilled with her husband , and followed her into the pipage . She told him it he did not no the would throw some water over him , which slie di < J . Witness then went to thu ncor , and ordered him awny . De / etninnt itiuck her on the forehead , knocked her down , and Uuilt upon her . She called nut" murder . " A B'enileinan , who was

      passing , picked her up , when another police constable camo up . Tho defendant seized hur , putliNf . iotiiKainat the door , and got in , und thrt&tvni'd to take her into custody to the station-houBe . The dtf-ndnnt adniimd following her home , believing tbat « oiheinipni . fr conduct was going on in the bouse . A felnjht alteration had taken place about serving a summons on another puny . Mr Traill said the defendant had eiceeded hi » duty by going into the house , even if nothing fuitlur had occurred He fchould , however , remand tho final hearing of the ense in order to make strict inquiries into the whole transaction ,

      GUlLI > llALL . — OMNii . ns NnsANCB . —Georgo Haw . kins , omnibus conductor , No . fiC 3 , was summoned before A'dei man JohiiB « n , b > Alfred Winvh , Crivtr of an om . uilius , for uaint ; ahusivu language to him . Air Lewis for complainant , nMd hio clitnt required protection f « r the futurx agaii > it the provoking courso pursued by the defendant . Thu complainant BtHted that a * lit was driving through Fkst-nmet , tbe omnibus before him ot which thedifcndantwa 6 thec . onduc . tur . Btopped pniliUnly , and complainant nearly drove into it . He hiippily did no mischief . Tha deft-ndant , however , beijan to almsi him very coarstly , beginning with " nhj iliil not you drive it , you , " and tellinit him be waB a baftnrd , and could not tell who his father or mother hub . TIiu defendant ktpt up with him round St Puul ' s and through

      Cheopsidc , using insuUinit gestures and corrse language , TI 10 idefcudant urged that thu complain'M [ wan tie nggressor in driving up too c 1 opo | and in also runii'iig ti )! uiH 8 toncof bis hvrses , and mftkin R grimaces ath < tn . Mr Lewis asked the complainant if tiny were competii g omnibuF . es , The complainant said they we . ro on ihe F . ame line of road only as fnr as tho liunk , where the defendant tuniel off for llncknty . Mr Alderman Johnson said he cured not who was originally in fault , or ubat damage the complainant lmd iioue . He nrglit have been eummoneil ior m . y misconduct . Ladies Irequcntly voile in omnibuses , «« il it whs his duty to protect iho public from tlic aunoya :: cc 0 ' lics'iiiu fuuIi language as ihe dtfendant had usee . He sliould pass Buch n

      judgmi'iit on the dcfi-ndnnt an * would put 1 ' iiin on his gunnl for ihe future , unQ ho ordered him to pay atim of £ 3 , or be comaiittcil to lisrd labour for out ! month . He begged him to mitigate the flue , ns his mother wuj lying ileml , and lie could seaicil y raise tlie money tibnvj htr . Mr AldiTuian Johnson caiii ho wiMie ' i ti ch . ck a great nuisance , iinci In ; could not alter the fine He iilso bound the defendant to uc O f ., od behaviour fo . tix months . The defendant pni . i th f , nc WOHSIlIPSTUBB r-ExTKiio W « A , I » c , » b » t .-Scrjeunt Pnc « of the H Uivlmon . attVudod buf , ro M . 1 rouu . ton , to request l . is ,, ( iv | ,.,. | , v to pn-cecd und . t tbe to . l » wi » g m » teri « u » clreuninanfM :-Thc mi-aw ¦ tat « a tkatAbontouu ' ciMk o « ihon « nnn ot Hund «)

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      last lou I cries of ' ^ police , " » nd " murder , " were heard from one of the houses in . pioffer and Deaiwitreet , Spital&elds , and the policeman on duty , on reachinK the spot , discovered a nun lying on the parement , bl edinu profusely from » ev « . ral severe wounds about tbe head ami face , and apparently insensible . He wus immediately conveyed to the London Hospital , where It wa » ascertained that , in addition to nverul Berioua wounds nnd lacerations , his thi ^ h and one of his knee caps had been ractured . He wo * pronounced by the surgeon to he in a state of considerable danger . Having afterwards proceeded to the hou » e to n quest an explanation of the circumstanced , hewiiB informed by the inmnies that the man , vbose name was Michael Sweeney , had only lodger ! there that iiUht , and that either under the influence of

      norat arabuliBm , or aome strange mental hallucination , he suddenly sprung out of bed and flung himself through thu window into the street . Late in the afternoon the policeman rec ived a haBty summons to attend the boapital , at the injured man was anxious to make a statement , which was taken down The man stated that he hud arrived on Sunday afternoon from Cork , and bavinc been recommended to the above house to procure a Hint ' s lodging , he undressed himself and went to bed in » n apanment on the second floor , and wan just fulling to sleep when four men entered with alight , one of whom lay down upon an adjoining be I , but shortly afterwards got up again , and said to his companion ' , " I thinli he linn got' rhino * about him , und notv ' s th « time to cut hi * throat , " F « rlimr sathfierl it iraa their intention to muriltr

      him he jumped out of bed and made for the door ; but finding it lock- d , he fell down upon his knees and implored them to spare his life . They paid no attention to his entreaties , but blew out the lipbt , and he m » de hit way to the window , and raised the cry of' ' police , " when one ef them called out , "Don ' t let him escape . " anil they were about to seizit him when be succeeded by a desperate effort in forcinjt himself out , anil fe'l headlong into the street . The Serjeant added thnt the mini seemed to "e perfectly calm and collected when be made this statement , and expressed bis readiness to verify it upon oath , hut as tbe extraordinary nature of the circumstances appeared to reqnire further invert gation , the applicant returned ( 0 the house , where he saw two or three men , apparently tramps , who admitted having slept in tbe

      tame room with Sweeney , and stated that they were aroused at midnight by a cry of terror from their fellowlodger , who exclaimed , "For God ' s sake don ' t murder me ; " and before they had time to inUrpoBe he jumped out of bed , and rushinj to the window , precipitated bimnelf into tlie street . As all the parties positively deniet having molested or interfered with ihe man in any way , he ( the 8 erj » ant ) did not feel Justified in taking them Into custody upon bo serious a charge until he brought the matter under the notice of the bench , and obtained explicit inductions on the lubject . Patrick Cronin , a shoemaker , and brother-in-law of Sweenej , assured the magistrate that , from his knowledge of the man ' , character , and the composed and earnest manner in which he

      made the declaration , hr was himself fully impres « ed . wiih tbebeliefthathehad been really assailed , and trusted that the perpetrator * of such an outrage would be brought to justice . A certificate from Mi flash , the ., house-surgeon of the I'ospital , wa- put in , describing the nature ot the man ' s ii jurian , and statingtliathis life was at present In danger . Mr Broujrhton said that in tbe present state et the ease it was impopsi We to orrive at any satisfactory conclusion rrspectini ; the resl origin of such a singular occurrence , and hesbouid , therefore , leave the matter in the hands of the p-. lice to prosecute further inquiries , and adopt such steps as mijtht appear warranted by the result of their investigation , and he requested ' . hat the serj . ant would give him timely notice ot any Berious alteration in the man ' s condition .

      MAHLBOROUGH . STKEET . —The G » sj o » thx Hon Hindi Amjndei . —A tolicitor and a gentleman , understood to be the uncle of the Hon . HenryjArundel , who whs lately fined £ 5 for an indecenta 6 > . iult upon an Italian hoy * , and , in addition , sent to prison for a month for an assault upon n police conntaMo , enured the court on Tuesday , and mentioned to Hr Hardwick that an application had bf en made to Sir George Grey the Secretary ior the Home Department , for a commutation of the sentence of imprinotiraenton the Hun . Henry Arundel , and that this application was now under consideration . The solicitor also wUhed to know h » w it hupp-ned that the dreumstunceofibe apprehension of Mr Arundel be . ciime known to a certain individual who made , his

      appearance in court , and took an active purt in attempting to procure an alteration of the sentence on Mr Atunilel Mr Hardwick said he could giv » nn imormaiion on that point . The police must be applied to . Mr Hardwiek , said the public , and , indeed , persono connected with the law , who might be sHpposod to know better , exhibited remarkable ignorance with respect to tbe powers vested by law in magistrates in cases of assault . In all cases of common assault , howeeer outrageous in character , or however rexpectahle the station of the accused , a maturate was pr < ih bited Irom inflicting a penalty hipbir than £ 5

      Now as this ptn<j was found to be totally inadequate to repress the taste for such outrages on police constables , tlie law was altered , and a mngist-ate had power given to biro to subsiitute a limited imprisonment for a fine . The exercise of this power had been found to pro . duresalutary nsuits , and it wa » penetally retorted to hy mrgintrnteg . and this was the reason why he had inflicted this punishment ou Mr Arundel . Magistrates were fr qurntly abused ami vilified , and had all sorts of imputations cast on them because they had not gone beyondthekwin cases of outrage , and inflicted a punish , roeiit that the law did not permit . The applicants , aftt * jomc further conversation , left tbe court .

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      CORJT , iic The Skasov . — Prospect of thk Crops . —The account contained in the provincial papers from all quarters of the country coincide in describing the prospect of the harvest as most favourable , and the effects of the present genual wrathcras most beneficial , The crops are * vcrv . wheie looking remarkably fine , and no doubt appears as yet to be entertained of an earl y and abundant harvests Heview of the Rbitish Corn Tradk . —One of those sudden changes which ui-der peculiar circumstances ore not unfrcquent in the grain trade has t . ikon place . Up t" the commencement of May the spring was cold aiid uni : eiiial ; and as the autumn , sown crops were supposed to have been previmsly more or less injured by the extreinn severity of the winter , the most gloomy forebodings respecting theprnbabl" result of the next harvest were en .

      tertained . The uneasiness on this score was heightened by the ; $ tutc of the stveka in arivnary , by the belief that ti : e quantity in the hands of the growers was likewise very ihort , ami the diiily exports on an extensive scale from this country to France and other continental states . Thvrewas , cmisequ-ntly , nothing extraordinary in the rapid rise which occurred in prices ; indeed for several weeks in succession tho supplies proved inadequate to mert the home and foreign demand , and holders were enablnil to obtiin almost any price they chose to ask . At firvt the beneficial change which took place in the weather produced little or no effect , but the wonderful improvement which waa gradually being worked in the growing crops sunn began to operate , and in districts where scarcely any corn was before supposed to be left the sup . plies inci eased nt the some time arrivals from the Baltic bet'nn todrnpin atscvenilof the principal ports ; whilst

      buyers contracted their operations in proportion as sellers manifested anxiety to realise , until business has conic to a ciimplrtu stand . Hating arrived at this point , it mav , perhaps , not b- amiss to examine a Jitt e into the reo state ot the cugr . and end . ovour to ascertain in how far our position is actually changed for the better . The chief if not the only liberation : n our favour , appears to us to ' be tbat the harvest , which threatened to bit a very late one may now be reasonably calculated to commence ' a 6 curly as m average years ; whilst there is nothing about the aspect of the crops to give rise to any fear an to the pro . bablejield . This is certainl y nn immense pointBained , as we are likely t-i huve . the new crop rcauy for consumption three weeks earlier than , wns supposed would be the case , which will make groat dill' rence in the quantity required to be imported , Tho cessation of exportation to th * continent hat , besides , done away with an extra tram stocks

      on .. uv ; and the . reaction in prices thus far appears , therefore , warranted by circumstances . There is , however , some danuer that the fall way continue too long . W » euy danger , for iu that enso the den and from foreign countries would probably revive . ; and if prices licrc were to recede hi low the level of the continental countries where scarcity prevails , n portion of the supply ¦ an gina . !; intended for Gre . it Britain would be sure to be diverted from us to those states , which might prove a mmusiuc- nveuienet . in case , anything untowards should ccur to lender the harvest less favourable than is now exported . Thefnllin the value of wheat from the highest point , takta * one market with the other , canm . r he esti . mated at less than 15 s per qr . to this time ( S aturday .: 9 ih May ;> and there i « every appearance uf prices goiiig considirably lower ; but when once tho lowest point shall have been rc « cln d . we are liko . y to have au extensive de . maud . —Mark-lane Express .

      tt ertnetday . Juim : ' .- Although the accounts relative to the gi-owii g crops ¦ re very favourable rather more firm ness mis msimffsted on the part of the holders of wheat o f home produce , the prices of whicli were steadily sup L-ortciU In lov-isrii wlia . it conuiMi'utivel y little business was uonig . yt t we can notice no alteration in value Livkri-ooi ., AVednesday .-The corn market wns considerably firmer ; clu . fly owing to the accounts from America , and to tlie sninliness of the arrivals . The ttratler continues to lie magnil ' cant . and the crous iu tins iiriglibouvhond urc all that conld be wished . The heat itiul dry ness are favourable to the wheat , and hitherto they ha * cone , no injury tvthc S pring corn .-Zivtrneo ! Junes , Thurstlav . * "jnm

      ANOTHER GREAT FALL IN TRICES ! Mask Lane . Monday , May 31 .-Freshup this day from Essex , Kent . Cambridgeshire , as well us from nil other quarters , the arrivals of wheat were unusually small but tl . rqunhtjWBBT . rygo .-d . Notwithstanding the slZ Olympics . wui ; limit , d . TIwd » anw . d for all Wiptium murg to the nb-eucc of the principal dealers , the unwil Imgness , „ the pa , t ,. f tl e millers to get into ' stuck a resent luul . vat . s . and tbe prevailing fine , weather f , r h * irrowin ^ crops was excesMvei y hcTvy-indeed , ¦• , „ Vk « yam . .-ok place in the tnuW ' -and the quota ? £ " f " W" ?* - ' «!«*«•> }« i tho ^ obtaineil on Monday "Hf nm ,, 'Ti ' 0 tWlvu sllillill ' I ' V- " '"" 1 > t which 'S '" •» ejirewiu »»« ttom . tl , inp ' »« , loin at kit the S ! fU 1 > plj" maa "' * unsold "" fc cios ' \ ™ Z ™ B a VC ° ' " aIefor beims ' at ls t 02 e Pw Vbt ^ pL "" W" ? lit 18 MHS doi " ^ aud al 1 kil ^ ««* n . 5 « Vho" * , M . i ; . s . ve | iorteJ in iniUan «> r " . wwdi n . u ^ t he . 'allcil Us to 3 s liciieath latu rat . s . nillXl ^ br ,: ' 11 " ''^ " r : llUf 5 Slier ™*' Ukitish —Whfsit : Kent . Kssex , and Suffolk , old rcil SCS to h-ts . ii-w ri ' il Hs to SSs , o ! J whito HisloSIOs iich " ' iioMlstiiDSs , Nurf .-IU and Lincoln i . M ml 81 s to S 8 s , olil white ! M : s toD- . ' s .-Byo liils to < i 8 s .-liar > y : grinding 8 . to nt )? , disti ' . liii" :.. i t * to t ' . ls . nn-liii-. p , 'i . ss to i : « s . —Malt ; Brown ( i-s to 7 « s , pale 7 fls to iris . Snllnlk nnd Norfi . 1 " 7-ls to ilis . —Rent : 'licit 4 Xs to fils . p igeon fSs to t 0-. ^ - Iliimiw newf . ls to f > : is . —rc . -. s : while « Hs to Ills , grey and i « . i ] . ! e JiGs to His . —O : it <« : Kng . ish feed Mis to 3 . \« , I ' nlantl 8 . 1 s to asH , . Scutch feed ; , 8 . '« to -10 s . Tottitoc 4 'js to 41 s Irish , L . tncviclt , and Newry 81 » to \\ i , Cvrltand Yougha

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      bhek ^ st 85 b . ~ Fl » uf :-Town nrnfo 7 ( 1 . 7 " " ^^' and toft * fo e 85 , ^ , n ( 1 t ^ & S FonEl 6 N .-Pree Wheat : ¦ Dnhtrie nnd v . " to 99 s . Mecklmhurg 80 B . to 85 ™ n « MlHn S' ^ Sls nnrley : grinding -8 s to Ms . maltino " 51 n V ' 8 V Egyptian . 40 . » o 42 , Mediterrane " % '" »^ -B « fe nussian 3 i ? Sto 3 ' s . Mecklenburg 32 s to 3 isti « " ^ i can flour iOs to 4 ss per l 9 Glbs . lU 0 ls Per qr .- . ^ I ? ICH . « OND jiToRKSniRK . ) M . iy 29 -W . h » I supply of wheat in our Market to-dav Z , £ ? tkl , dull . Wheat sold from Us U to i : tg « d ' ? < a 'e *> . 5 b : barley , 5 s 3 d to fis 3 d beans 78 to 8 » ' n ! k' 3 j « dh MvERPcni . Tuesday June I . -ThS \ n » rS " « ' . a . thin attendance of the country trml ea " " » " ' j ^ fa samples of all kinds of ( rmin . flour , Ac TIipT s | "" « o 1 in wheat were very limited at . 1 decline of fid ^ SS prices of thw . lay week , bein 2 d lower tliim VS "I Flour met a moderate retail salo aOilisnnd W » Fril 1 »» 4 ? SforHaltiinorea .. d Philadelphia , and atm ^^ io per barrel 6 ll ^ i 3 | CATTLE , Ac RmithfieM ) , Monday , May 3 ' .-Therewcren about 300 oxen nnd cows . 300 sheep and lamb , " ' *' * ' * calves from Holland , Germany , and Russia , * * 3 » quality of this stock was not tossy good tH . ' ,, % comparatively spi-iiking , heavy at fat- rates p ev . own jrrazinc districts the arrivals of be . ist » fn ., 1 1 n "It mornine were Reasonably pood , hut the ecnprni ni ' U ««¦> ooiiicniiiiviiiiriH'

      rco mpiirea With that PihiV "J several previous days . Owing to the preva' !'' " ' weather , and the thin attendance of hnth »„ Il ( t country buyrs , the . ho ? f trade wns » .. ine «] ia » i '' " * and in some instances the quotations ilediiuxl 0 , 1 "X the highest figure for the best Scots bf'ti- 5 « w ^^ h The hullock Hrovcs from Norfolk , Suffolk V . ^" " " Cambrideeshire « nmpn > ed about , l . ? 0 OS ( . fR h , \ . « J and shorthorns ; from the We « te-n and HMhrnl C « f > flflO Herefovds , runs Dcvrms . &c .- from otw ^ *» Eneland * M of various breeds ; and frnmS tl horned and polledScots , thcrem inder of thcsiin i , » h J 01 derived from abroad and theneigh-... Urhood of tl L ? polls . "" W'tro , There was n larg « increase in the- price of sliccn ft quality of which was pood . On the whole , the 2 " trade was steady , fliouirli not to say brisk , sit pr c « a " equ . l to thoscpaid on Monday last thenrimwifoM d ,, ™ . out of the wool producing f . s 8 d per ? lbs . With l .-imhVW were well supplied , y . ; t the demand for that descrihi ,, „ { stock wa ^ ready nt last week ' s quotations- viz ,, from e to 7 s per Slbs . There was a fair sale for calves , at aWi ast week ' s currencies . '

      In pigs very little was doing :, yet prices were mostly « up . Coarseand inferior beasts 3 s I dto 4 s * dpsenondqu : > iit » ditto 4 s fid to 4 s 86 , prime large oxen 4 s Ifld to « s , prim Scots , Ss to Ss 2 d , coarse and inferior sheep 4 s fid to 4 s 8 d . second quality ditto is 8 d ro 4 s ltd . prime coarn wonlled sheep 5 s -id to Ss 4 d , prime south down ditto Ss » d to 5 s 8-1 , largo coavse calves 4 s 8 d to 5 s 2 ! . prime smaJl ditt- > 5 s 4 d to 5 s 8 d , lanre hogs 4 s to « r Rd , neat small poTkers 4 s ioa to Ss 2 d . larnh * Rs to 7 s per 81 hs to sink th » offal . Suckling calves 2-ls to 30 s , and quarter old store pigs 18 s to 23 s each . POTATOES .

      BoBnnon and Spitalvields . Mnndsv , 3 l —York reflt 240 s to 2 G 0 s , ditto Regents ? 4 fls to 280 !> , ' ditto < -hnws 2 o » to 220 b , Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire Reeen's 2 fi «« to 2808 , ditto Kidneys 180 s to 22 s , Dutch li'Os toHOi per ton . Re-appeabavce or tub Potato Disk'se . —TVe art sorry to say that the disease in the potato crop has auaiii shown itselfi .. the South and centre of Ire'nnd . mid in one or two English counties Considering the universal prcvailancc ol the disease last year , tbis is much lens « matter of surprise than regret j for it was contrary fo all reason to expect that , the seed nfa plant , which w . is al . most universally blighted , should itself produce healthy plants . Theearlv appearance of the disease tlmsensnn . snows that the plant is becoming weaker every year . In 18 < 5 it was nnt noticed in Inland , until the ' middle of Au ? ust : nor was It noticed last year uoti" the middle nf inJyj whilst this year it shows itself before the end of May . This is very fortunate in oiie respect as it eivti sufficient time to sow turnip seed in the 1 laoe of the pota-o , an < J thus to raife a valuable crop where the potato hai failed . —Liverpool Times ' —Tues ay

      TESETAtLKS AND FRUIT . Covent Gabden , Tuesday , June I .-The marVetwai completely gutted this morning with a laree variety . of horticultural produce , and has found its equilibrium , ins general sense , with regard to prices . CornMi bveoli , nrnv upon the wane , is 4 s per dozen , and young-crop , is « d per bundle ; asparagus ( whii-h owinir to the recent extreme sultry weather is fast living into seed ! v riei frmi 2 s to 4 s per full bundle ; sen kale clmost wit ) Is per punnet : young greens 3 s to 4 s per . twelve bunches ; rhnhard 6 s per ditto : horseradish 3 s per bundle ; n'd carrots 7 n to Ids per twelve , bnni'hes : young < Utto 2 s per hunch : turnips ls fid per ditto ; old onions 7 sfid to ifl . vper bushel j young d itto 4 s per band ; Spanish , ditto 3 s per dozen : fpinaoh 4 s fid to 6 s per barge ( best le ; if > : Jerusalem artichokes 3 d per measure : forced French beans 2 s

      per basket j young shelled green peas ( natives ) 15 s to ? 11 per quart in the pod 5 s per pocket measure ; tnr . iip radishes Is 4 d per score bundles ; cucumbers - -. 'd to isfld each ( very fine ) . young lettuces Is Vd per score ; beet roofs 38 per do » en ; summer cabbi'ges 2 s per dozen : jnung potato's 4 d to Sd per th .: old nitto fmm Ud to 3 d per ditto ; New Orleans < id per ditto ; Dutch kidnovs 2 dper ditto ; and ashleaved kidneys fi-. l per ditto ; New Forest truffle * 'sperlh .: and mushrooms ( now becomim ? plenti . full fid to s per punnet : pineapp ' e » avs from Rs to ins tier lb .: and hothonsucrapes from 7 s to In * p » r lb . according to kind and quantity ; Rhine ditto 2 « per lb . ; meloni iDutch produce ) 3 » to 5 s fid each neaches 24 s to 30 s per dozenand tariiv 2

      , nec s Rs peril- zen ( the two latter cannot he eonsuWed , at pres-nt . legitimately qin > t . ib ' e ); . rounc apricots for tarts 1 s * d per punnet : gooseberries id per pint ; currants 6 d per pint ; strawberries ls ppr- small pottle to 3 s per choice punnet : cherries I -s per ditm table apples ( very scarce ) i » s t-i 21 s par hnshel ; peart ( still more searcelfi ? to Ss per d-zen ; Multa blond .. ranim 3 s ; Seville ditto 3 r . nnd egg ditto 3 s per dozen respectively ; best St Michael ' s ditto U fid per d ttji ; pommeloet fis per ditto ; n mfisra-at s 3 s per di-bi ; lemons Ss to l . ' g per 1 ( 1 ; sweet table ditto 3 s per dozen ; walnut * 2 s . nnd he 5 tnuts ? c pnrrO ; cobnuts ls , and native fi'herts 2 s per lb . ; cocoa nuts « s per doze : ( full fruit ); and Turkey fige 2 s per small catty . ,

      WOOL . Lonbov , May 31 —The import's nf * ool last week . con . sisted of ? , « no bales from Port Philip , and 1 , 90 " ditto from various other quarters . Privately , the demaid f » r all kinds of wool is very heav , and the quotations have a downward ^ ten deney . THE MANUPAf . TTTRING ''ISRICTS . STATE OP TRADE . Leeds . —In tbe Cloth Halls , with the exception of a few low-priced goods , purchased by the American houses , » here has been little business done . Goods calculat-d for tho home demand arc scarcely moving at all Thu supply rf goods from the country has been lc .= s t-an f . rmany years at the same season . The few huyers who vifU th « warehouses purchase in the most spuring mnnrier . and only f « r absolute need . Prices are about the s ; . ine as hey have been for some time p'ist . Ubadtobd . —Wool -Th » transactions in wool ' contiWf limited , and but little coming to market . Prices show no notable alteration . Halifax . —Our market was airain dull , althm'b rather more pieces changed hands , but prices an- no better , larn continues languid , and but little doing . In wool there is no alteration to notice .

      RocnDAiE Flannel Mar ET .-The flannel market hni 1 been moderately attended , and a ft it was an extrcuiely dull market , buyers were offering less mnnej , nnd in many instances mannfdcturers were obliged ' to sell at lowi t prices . Manchesteb , June 1 . —Though we have had consider , able inquires to-day for both el- th and yarns , and though a tolerable amount of business has been dun . at the full rat .-s current for the last fortnight , 't ill . taMng into arcount tbe rise in the staple of fu Iv 5 per cent , ths position of both manufacturers and * spinners iMnuch worse , and not better , than on this day fovtnigbt . The tendency > n tbe Liverpool market t . > a further advance , places the producers i > i" gnoils and twi « ts in a most unrnvinble position , and from which , at present , at least , there seems no chance of relief .

      NoTTtxo . iiAM , Tuesday . —Considerable excitement prevails here , in consequent * of the bakers refusing torednc * the price of bread in proportion to the reduct on in tho price of corn . Thousands of people are parading th * streets , principally woninn , visitiiiu the bakers' shopf , and demanding . ! reriucli-. n in the price ff bread . ' . BAB » sLEy . June 2 . —Trade is very bad here » tpresent , with a downward tendem y . This day » he public crter , maile the following niinouncrnients in the com market amongst all the Inrmers : — " Tins is to give notice lo nil armors -md corn millers that wheat lowered I 2 sperqr , itbe London

      » market , nn Monday last , but at the sly sales which took place after the market closed . » furthHreduction of fis per qr . was submitted to , which mudVa . reduction of 18 s on tbat . All farmers are requested to sell their wheat cheaper so sis to allow a furtler n-duc ion m flour , so tbat the working peoples children may 110 longer cry for the want of bread . " Ten df . ys aco the lowest price of flour w : is four shillings per f . urtcen pounds , now it is three shillings per fourteen pound * . LiYERP-ioL , ' eiliicsdhy . — Tneve wns again , \ gcod demand for cotton yesterday , the sales amounting to 7 , 009 bales .

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      - «— ... 1 DIKI ) . On tbe 24 tb ult , nt 11 , Fludyer street . Westmirstw .-j Christian Huttner , Ksq , twenty nineje :. isiu the . Foi « ip » office , aged 82 , ? f nppupli'xy of the heart . " 11 thc 2 'th ult ., ot consiiinpti"ii . . Ch : irlottc Amelia , w&e ' of Mr Francis He ' iijiimin 1 'altoii , surgeon and tlilrd \ duiighteri . f thu late Jnhn Hott , Esq ., Secre nry to the I Privy I'urse of King William IV ., in the 3 Uh year of hir ' age . ¦ .,. ' On the 25 th iilt ., ntGoriJon bouse , leamimrton Rnhert VViUougbby , & ,.. tate , f Kuigslmr , cliSTSg in Jus 83 rd year , oi dco : iy of nature . On Sunday ln « t , at his house in Ilevtfnrd . street , P ; irk- I lane , tlie hon . and very rev . the Dean of Manchcster . in his ' t . Oth year . The deceased was uncle to the Earl of Cuer- i mtrvon . ! A few dnjs ago , at Springwood , Huddtrstield . Thomas ; S arkie , Esq ., of Ilie fun . of Sta . kie Hrothcrs , and » ; ' magistrate for the West Kiting of Yoiksbire ! On the 13 th May , at Rume , n ' ftw im illness of onlj tno ' diiys , Lady Dudley S-uiirt second daughter of LtwiinA Konnparte , Prince i . f Canino . :

      On Wednesday j u , 2 nd , at 38 , Quc ^ n-street . Slu-lBiW , Mis Hachel Himholumow , in thu 7 Sth vcarofluraw-1 he deceased who was tbe mother of Gei . rcc Ciiviil , th « wiilous Clmrtist . was lierFelf also warmly attai-ln-U lo tl C principles of democracy . She was highly reyptit . dby VJ " . ° * , liew her » ilIul lllls ( lil ! l 1 hitneiitcd by lu r family and friends . ' On theinn inst .. in the 73 rd year , Thomas HnrsJ . Esq ., foinieilr of the cniinent firm of Messrs Longmanaud Co . » ratei'nostcr-iow . On tbe 30 tb ult . .. Charles Kinnaiid Phrridan ( son cf the nte Thomas Slievulaii . and gratulson of Iliol . iJd Urinsley Sheridan ) , one of tlie Attaches of the British Embassy nt Paris , in the . Hotel of the EmbasK .

      On tlie 3 lft nt bis residence at Mornugnile , Dr ¦ Chelniers the ibief ol'llio Scottish Yin- Chunk I'l ilv . I * j the previous « la . v he . wxs appan-ntly iii ( : ootl 1 ivr .: ti ' , lut ! on the morning ol ' Mondny lust wa « founilricniliMlifrntri * I The Doctor , it ftppenrul , hnd been sitting e vi't nlun i orri'tuhvn by the Ktruke of de : itli ,.-i . nil be still reiiiint'il in i \>\\ x \ w ttnU pnsWiou . 'Vlie massy li « : id g > i > tl > 1 friimil lltt \ the j . illmv . Ti-e aims wire fuUU-tl jicacehill . v mi tli" ! breast . There was : i ^ li . ^ lit nil 1 « . f oj . j-ivpsii . ti sunl l . taviiios on the brow , but nut n wrinkle , not a tnn'C v f seilOW ; ur pain disturbed its sinoi .. thi ! ess . !

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      sim-t , llayn . niKut , in tin : City of Wi-siiniiifter . nl 1 I 18 Ollice , in the smih' Stn-t t and Parish , fur ilie ' lVopi'H'tor , FE . MiOVS OTOSNOIl , Ks ( ., and j . hI' . Wi' ' bj William HiwriT , of No . 18 , Clmrlep ^ tnet . Hiimilon stii'f-t . Wa . wnrtii , in t !; e parish til" St . Mmr . ' Vtir " l ' Htuii , in thw Ci . uutywf Surrey , « t O . oOnicr . 'So . l ( i » Oicttt Wii ^ iHilU-ivvitt , llay . iu . iUut , in ilie , Cit > vlWvkW mu »«« r , Saturday , June 8 Ui , JM 7 .

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      L'Rinlcil By ' Docoal , Il'gowan, Of Hi. Great Windmill-

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 5, 1847, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1421/page/8/