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      HOUSE OF -LORDS . —Thursday , June 2 . Messengers from the Commons brought up the Gfeenock Harbo-nr Bill , the ianaii Raids Bill , and the Gr avesend Terrace Pier Bill . Petitions veie presented aaaicst the Pooi Law . Lord Blatsst moved for copies connected with the administration of the Poor Law in places in Ireland . Ordered . - . Tno I > ake of Nobfolk also presented some petitions against the Income Tax , and also several againai tks Poor Law Bill . One of th 8 petitions was withdrawn on the gronnd that it prayed not for the interference of the Honse , bat for that of the authorities . The Incumbents ; Leading Bill weiit through committee and was reported . Tbe Earl of Ripon moved the first reading of the Income Tax Bill , and stated that be proposed to more the second reading of the same on Friday next

      DISTRESS . Lord KiNXAiiD brought forward his motion for a committ « to inquire into the present state of distress in seme parts of the kingdom , and into the causa of that distress . His Lordship lamented that such a proposal had not come from some peer en his side of the Bouse more capable , from his influence as Well as fiis eloquence , of doing justice to tbe subject . His niain object was to obtain information which would put an end to the contradictory statements on both sides of the question , and to supply intsliigence of which he was persuaded many in tbe House and out of it stood in need . Those who lived at the -west end of the town knew little of the miseries existing at the east end of it . and in other qtmts . rs ; and when they went down to

      their country seats , seeing only the smiling faces of their cleanly cottiers , what could they know of the severe sufferings in immediately-adjoining districts ? He should not do his duty if he did not state some of the impressive facts which had come to his knowledge , showing that distress , which had existed Binee 1 S 2 S , "was spreading and advancing—that it had not only reached the manufacturing , but the middle classes , and that ere long it would mate its way into the agricultural districts . No doubt ministers were fully sensible of the existence and of the exUnt 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 aot by any means spproye of that letter

      distress might render it expedient , but he doubted the policy of it , and at all events he objected to it because it was addressed exclusively to the established chureb , and not to the community at large . It had not been sent to a single dissenting minister ; but whether this course had baen taken with the view of setting up the established church 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 suppres 3 and siracgle the public exhibition of distress . Noble Lords might indicate surprise , but he assorted plainly aid boldly that they had done so . That public money hsd been so applied to relieve distress was a fact

      "which no man on tbe oUitr side of the House would dare to deny . A third proof that Ministers were aware of the existing distress and of the danger arising out of it was the fact of the orders sent down from the Horse Guards , to the troops chitSy in the manufacturing districts . These precautions were most proper ^ but it was still more necessary that attention should be directed to the cauE&s , out of which the danger arose . It might on some accounts be objectionable to speak thus distinctly , but it must be known that the distressed districts were in a very dangerous state . He would do Ministers the justice to kelieve that nine or ten months ago they couid not have been aware of the distress then prevailing , otherwise nothing could have justified them in allowing such a time to elapse without making the

      slightest attempt ai alleviation . On behalf of starving thousands of fellow creatures , he appealed to their Lordships to appoint a committee to ascertain wbat had produced the suffering , the txistecce of which no man would venture : o decy . HcEdrsds and thousand a of petitions had besn presented from those who asked for Reaper food , bur lisa House hsd turned a deaf ear to their crita , aud " when they asked for bread , had given them a stone . ' The only answer to the prayers of the people waa the Cora Bill , and in const quenca of that measure wheat had risen three shillings per quarter , with every prospect of a future advance . He supposed one objection to the appointment of a committee woold "he , that if their Lordships did so , they would be holding out hopes to the distressed people which would be

      disappointed . This hi did not think a viii-l objection , - However much thfcir Lordships might be persuaded that no practical got d could resultfrois . inquiry , still , were they to concede it , the effect on the minds of those who sought it would be pacified . At all etents , they would not be any the worse for having their grievances inquired into , even though no immediate measure of relief- should Jesuit from It Ba > were their Lordships quite certain that no advantage ¦ would arise from the appointment of a committee ? They all remembered the severe terms of condemnation -which were applied by a Xobte Lord not now pr ^ eeafc ' . Lord Ashburtun ; to the report of the Import Duties committee : and yet now the members of the Government in the House of Commons were continually referring to that repoit as an authority

      whenever they wanted to argua against their opponents , who , as it curiouaiy enough happened , were chiefly found amongst their own friends . The publication of that report had been of the utmost importance , and if the committee had gone st : ll further in their inquiries , it would have been attended with the greatest advantage . Another reason for not acceding to his motion might bs that there was no necessity for it , inasmnch as the prospect of a reviving trade was most promising . He believed that the Noble Lord the President of-the Council ( Lord Whamclifie ) rather held to that opinion : and certainly the account * from Manchester within the last week were in a trilling degree better . But their Ix ) rdahip 3 would rsmember that abont 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 of the raw material , many persons were induced to speculate . But whatwas the state of the warehouses

      new ? Instead of one side of the building being filled with the manufactured article , and the other with the law material , there was never to be seen more than one oi 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 ^ Xofele Lard the President of the Board of Trade had said , that when the fund about to be collected by means of th { Queen ' s letter should be exhausted , it would be foi their Lordships to consider what next should be done t < relieve the distress of tbe poor . He ( Lord Kinnaira would entreat their Lordships not to dtfer the day The Poor l > zw was totally inefficient to snppurt th < destitute . In many places , the poor had been for a Ions time living entirely upon charity . Although the popu lation had been annually increasing , the consamp ; ion of articles of the excise and customs had diminished : —

      Net Produce : Customs and Actually Population . Excise TaxTproduosd . 1536 ... 26 . 15 S , o-24 gave £ 36 392 , 472 1537 ... 26 , 513 , SS 5 should give 3 G , 93 S 3 G 3 £ 33 958 , 42 1338 ... 26 $ 73 246 „ 37 , 454 , 254 34 . 473 , 41 1 S 39 ... 27 , 231 ) , 607 „ 38 . 030 , 145 " 35 , 01 ) 3 , 63 1840 ... 27 . 59 J . 963 „ 33 . 567 , 036 35 53 G . 1 S 41 ~ 32 , 230 . 26 1842 32 . 340 . 73 But in 1 S 40 the additional duty of five per cent , w ; imposed . If that had not been the case the receipts f < the last three years { calculating the proportions ) wou ] have been : — 1 S 40 £ 3-2 , 401 , 000 ISil 30 , 753 000 1842 30 , 723 , 000

      With respect to the poor-rate , it was a curieus f ict thai generally the amount varied according to the-averag * price of wheat ; but in the last year the poor-rate in creased , although the averages were not eo high as in the preceding year . He would take a parish whicb "was neither manufacturing nor agricultural—he would take Maxylebsue , which , perhaps , was the most-wealthy parish in the metropolis . In 1 S 3 C the poor-rate ia that parish was Is . 21 . in the pound , and the sum raised ¦ waa £ 44 , 573 ; in 1 S 10 the rate was Is . lid . in the pound , and the sum raised was £ 70 , 355 ; and it has increased Binee . It was found that when provisions were dear employment was scarce , and paupers increased ; and the reverse was the case when provisions were cheap . He would now advert to a subject that was oi great interest to their Lirciships , as being the principal landowners in the country—he meant the consumption of wheat . The actual consumption of wheat had fallen

      off during the last three years to the extent of 1 , 361 , 25 quarters annually . He had b ? en furnished with a veij important document "which had been prepared with th « the greatest care . It showed tbe quantity of whea ' consumed from October , 1 S 39 , to May , 1842 , ia seps rate periods of eight months each . The quantities o wkeat sold in the 150 townB , from which tho old aver ages were calculated , represented , as nearly as couh be ascertained , one-fifth of tbe whole quantity sold ii the kingdom . The quantity sold in these 150 towns i : eight months , from the lit cf October to the - 1 st o May of C 3 ch of the three last years , was : — Oct . 1 , 1839 , to 1 S 40 to 1841 to May 1 , 1840 . IS 11 . 1842 . 2 , 620 , 753 2 , 4 G 7 , "S 3 2 , 216 ; 2 D . These multiplied by 5 , shew the sales in the kingdom ... 5 5 13 , 103 , 765 12 , 338 , 915 11 , 081 , 00 To these quantities add the foreign Wheat , which paid duty in each period , 1 , 136 , 402 1 , 311 , 642 2 , 200 , 06 14 , 242 . 257 13 , 650 , 557 13 , 281 , 00 In the two formeryearB the foreign wheat was all con samed , and additional large quantities -were delivere for consamption in May and June ; but this year ' ther remained in warehouse 400 . 000 quarters of foreign whea Vhieh . had P ^ id doty . Thu s the difference betwee the GGBjsjxHiption in 1 S 40 and 1842 was 1 , 361 , 252 quai

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      tfers . The same result had taken place with respectto msat and other articles . The consumption of groceries and butchers * meat in Leeds was reduced ona-foaith , bat as the middle and lower classes probably did notwaanme less , the redaction had fallen on tbe operative classes ; the consumption of butcher ' s meat was half what it was in 1 S 3 i . In Manchester the receipts of the grocers and butchers had fallen off forty per cent , in two years . In Rochdale the quantity of butcher ' s meat was not hilf what it was in 1836 . In Dundee , in 1836 , the weekly number of cattle killed was 150 ; in May , 1842 , it was 71 , being a reduction of 79 , or more than one-half . The sales of bread , butter , eggs , and sugar , was reduced to one-half . The cheapest and coarsest food waa about the same . The diminution in

      the consumption of meat was not from dearnessof price , best -.. aat from November , 1 S 35 , to May , 1836 , being 6 d . i- ^ r lb . From November , 1841 , to March , 1842 , it was 7 d perlb ., and from March , 1842 , to this date , it was 6 d . per lb . These statements might be doubted ; he was , therefore , anxious for a Committee , that he might shew upon what grounds they were made . He would now call their Lordships" attention to the actual state o ! three or four of the principal towns in England , and to one or two in Scotland . Manchester had a population * f 192 , 408 . " The amount expended for the relief of the Door in 1836 , £ 25 , 669 . In the year ending March , 1841 , £ 33 938 . But this gives no idea of the ext « nt of the distress . The Rev . Mr . 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 , -ic , state that their receipts have fallen off 40 per cent , within the last two years The total number of patients admitted into the dispensaries in the Manchester district during the last six years ending in 1 S 35 , waa 54 , 000 . The number admitted during the six years of dear food ending in 1841 was 156 , 000 , 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 1 S 36 was 539 ; the number has since gradually increased , and last year it was 722 . The number

      committed for trialin 1 & 36 was 1 , 031 ; in 1841 , 1 , 992 . Empty houses . —5 , 492 untenanted dwellings , 681 shops offices , Ac .: 6 , 173 houses , shops , &c , assessed at £ 76 168 ; 11 G mills , works , tc ., idle , £ 10 , 926 ; total 6 , 289 . £ 87 , 094 . The steam power not at wsrk is 1000 horse power , the yearly value of which is much above £ mo , OOO 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 , GG 1 workpeople , either standing idle or working only fvur days a-w&ek . Iron founders , engineers , millwrights , and machine makers . —In 1836 the number employed was 2 . 110 ; there are employed at present 1325 ; discharged 785 . Carpenters , —In 1836 , the number employed was 150 ; at present

      they are reduced to 49 , leaving 101 who are permanently unemployed . Bricksctters . —In 1836 , the number employed was 130 ; zA present it is reduced to 16 Stone masons . —In 1830 , the number employed was 150 ; there are 58 employed at present . " The estimated lo 3 S of wages in Bolton alone was £ 320 , 560 in the year . What coald any charitable collection do towards relieving so large an amount of distress ? But this had not come upon their lordships suddenly ; it had been growing gradually . The spring trade had done wonders , and yet this distress existed . What had they to look forward to in the winter ? Employment was out of the question . Their lordships ought , therefore , to be prepared , bvcause 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 was another statement he wished to allude to . It had been stated that the guardians of the union of Burnley had represented to the Secretary of Stats that the distress was far beyond the reach of their meanB of relief ; they had 12 , 000 persona on their books , and must leave the matter in the hands of the Government , for they bad not wherewith to relieve them . Her Majesty ' s Government , it appeared , bad considered this statement , and he wa 3 informed that they had sent down a special commissioner , Sir John Walsh , who immediately applied for funds to meet the pressure of the momeiit , and a certain amount had been a ready sent . Now ,

      when their Lordships reflected that the surrounding to ^ n 3 were nearly in the same state as Burnley , it certainly was a state of things which it behoved them to consider deeply . This occurred in England ; in Scotland no assistance ceu ] d 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 Paisley . Tor the last three wctks , the poor there had been entirely supported by funds supplied by Government . Whence those funds came , he ( Lord Kianaird ; knew not It was public money , and he thought it was their Lordships' duty to know whence it came . At Paisley there was a commissioner-general , a commissioner-surgeon , and in short a regular establishment , under the control ef the Government . Oae

      curious circumstance was , that the relief committee of that pls . ee , who had distributed £ 25 , 000 in supporting the poor , had been comp etely set aside , and tao whole thing was now under the management of the Government . He would now , for a moment , advert to the declining Btate of trade in Scotland . The exports from Dundee had materially diminished . From the year 1327 to 1 S 34 , omitting the speculating years of 1 S 35 to 1 S 36 , x . h . 0 shipments of linens increased on an average rate 29 , 405 pieces . In 1 S 37 there were 717 , 070 pipces exported ; there was a reduction , in 2839 , of 19 , 775 pieces ; in ISil , a further reduction of 29 , 457 pieces ; and for the last eleven months , ending April , 1842 , a stiil farther reduction c-f 45 , 837 pieces , about the value of £ 90 , 000 . Of this deficiency at lftast £ 20 , 000

      consisted of wages . This diminution of exports must prss 3 very severely upon the people of Dundee , and he wished by means of a committee of inquiry to ascertain the cause . What was the reason our foreign customers no longer dealt with the manufacture'rs of Dundee ? That could be ascertained by the examination of persons connected with those countriss . More than one-fourth of the whole trade consisted in exports to the United States . " Up to September 3 d , 1841 , linens were admitted free , now they pay at the rate of 20 per cent ad valorem , and there was a bill before Congress to raise it to 30 per cent , with an additional 10 to countries which did not take their produce . This blow was evidently aimed at eur corn laws . Our next best customer was Brazil , and there we canld not take their

      produce , sugar , except at 63 s . per cwt . As soon as our commercial treaty expired , which tb&y said would be in 1842 , tbongh we contended it was not , tili 1844 , they would retaliate upon us a-3 they had done in the United States . He would onets more ref * r to the case of Paisley . " The gross tarn expended by the Renfrewshire relief committee , for procuring food principally , has been £ 25 , 000 , up to about the 1 st instant . This sum had been expended over four , and for a short time over five villages in the county , besides the town of Paisley . Daring the worst of the distress in winter , the sum expended in food alone tor Paisley was about £ SUO per -seek , for the villages about £ 100 per wetk-Tnere ha 3 betm a great deal of private charity by persons both resident and at a distance , and also a good

      deal of provisions distributed which are not taken into account in the gross earn stated . " It had been stated by ona of the magistrates ef Paisley , that oae of the reasons why government had sent down a commissioner was that they thought the local authorities had been rather too extravagant . Bat what had the commissioner done ? He had cut off those villages from Paisley , and the consequence was , that in those places there were nearly nine hundred people going about in i ? aBg 3 with no means of subsistence—all the local subscriptions having ceased . He had been informed that there vrere many industrious people who did not like being placed on the subscription list , and that in conseqaence of this a subscription aad been entered into fc-r the purpose of affording them temporary sustenance by way of loan . £ 5 . 006 had been collected for this

      purpose ; and it seemtd that the relief committee st&ndi g in need of funds , had applied to this other committee for a loan of part of the £ 5 , 000 . £ 1 , 500 was Itnt to them ; but as the committee was now broken up , of course this sum must be considered as lost . At present these persons were certainly supported from funds derived from ha knew net what source . He trusted that the government would give him some information en this point He was aware that he was trespassing on theii lordships' time , but as the subject WiS 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 Leld in his hand of the condition of the township of Leeds had been obtained from persons appointed to examine into its btote . It appeared that there was in the

      Weekly i ? . -it- j -,,- « Income , kast Ward 2 , 1 / 9 persons , with a rate per heaa of ... ... n Si ^ South 3 G 3 " * " ~ iV l »* MfS » " !»• ' "¦'¦' West 8 'J 2 „ - U " ' -A North-east 3 . ) 37 " ' «| d Mill-hill 173 " SJd " North-west 889 " , " J lJ * The average of the whole being under Is " per week for each person . At a very recent date about 9 , 000 persons had less than Is . per head per week for all their wants . The sum paid te the poor I $ 40 . 1841 184 " > in Leeds , in January ... £ XMit £ , £ £ l ~^ To other poor in the township of Leeds ... ... 211 269 370 It thus appeared that there had bS ? a ^ Seasein ' 25 poor rates of nearly 50 per cent Nor was the distress confined to one claw . Every trade was in a distressed state . He asked their Lordships whether anything had been done towards either inquiring into or meeting that distress—( hear , hear )? It had not come unawares upon them , for It had commenced so far back as 1828 and at the doBe of the List se « sion 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 at onre , because it waa not , in his opinion a teraperary stress , but arose entirely from the mischievous operation of theii commercial law . But what had been done since that time ? They had passed a corn-law , the result of which had been to raiw the price

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      of wheat 3 s . per quarter . They had also resorted to an income tax , than which nothing in his opinion could be more absurd nnder the present ciroumstanceB . It was admitted that the means of the consumer were exhausted , and he would like to knew when they called on the people to put down so much out of their income , how they were to do it without making matters worse ? He believed that a grlat many in this country lived up to their income-, and in otdei to pay the tax they would have to reduce their expenses . Whatever amount they took in tbe shape of taxation , they would diminish the means of employment ; so that when men were suffering from want ef employment and from the wast of means to pnrchas * food , they would still further increase that distress by taking away the

      means which would have otherwise been expended in giving employment to the working classes ( hear , hear . ) The next neasure of the government was the tariff , tbe principle of which he thought would puzele the wisest man . It was impossible to say what the tariff would be . Various deputations from the different trades bad come to London for the purpose of representing their cases to the government . He knew of one party who had been endeavouring to make what they call a bargain , and who , in regard to one article , had concluded a bargain on their own terms . Look to the duty proposed on coals . At first a four-ihilUngs doty was proposed . This was a most improper tax , because coils 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 to ; 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 could be established . It interfered witU the small monopolies in trade , with the monoplits in such articles as shoes and gloves ; juBt at the time when those trades were suffering under great distress it did this , and created a deflciency In the revenue iu order to keep up the great monopolies in sugar and corn , which , if not ,

      abolished , would prove most injurious to the commerce of the country . On behalf of the thousands who wero now suffering great distress , he called on their lordships to grant them an inquiry . The patience cf 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 had borne their sufferings with such patience , for he thought if he had seen his children perishing around htm from want—4 f be nad Been the felon in g * ol better treated than the person willing to work—sooner than «\ ibmit to this , he thought he would have gone an * helped himself—( laughter . ) This might be a laughing matter for their Lordships comfortably seated on these benches , but it was no laughing matter to those who

      suffered from the distress . When he asked that gentleman how it was that tbe 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 would have become reckless , and would not have cared to see your children perishing around you . " Now this , he believed , was tho 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 tbe unexaggerated sufferings of those unfortunate individuals . He would willingly adopt any mode of inquiry which their Lordships might think

      fit to recommend . The Right Honourable Baronet at the head of the Government had maintained the necessity of having extended marktt 3 , in order to relieve the pressure on the commerce of this country . He had lately been in communication with a person connected with the American trade , who bad travelled through all the United States , and who had assured him that tbe epenings in that country for the manufactured goods of England were quite beyond belief . Alung tbe banks of the Mississippi and the Ohio there were several states with an aggregate population , in 1840 , of 5 , 490 892 ,. Of thtse states two grew principally cotton for the maTket of this country ; the others were purely agricultural states , manufacturing nothing , except some coarsa stuff ,

      used for trousers . The produce of these states was carried down on rafts to N « w Orleans , to bo exchanged fur manufactured articles , and it was hero that , in tbe opinion of those connected with the trade , an openirjg existed for the manufactures of this country . A great part of the produce brsught down to New Orleans consisted of flour , which was often kept there until it turned sour . When the Cora Bill was under discussion in that Houss , he had some intention of proposing that tkis Bour flour should be admitted into this country duty free—( a laugh )—not for the purpose of its being made into food fsr th » people—Ihear , heai ) —but for the use of manufacturers , who annually consumed almost a million of quarters in the dreating of their calicoes and other articles of manufacture . Ha

      thought that this sour flour would have answered the purpose of tbe manufacturers , but aa any alteration made in the Corn Bill would have been fatal to it , he knew he had no chance of succeeding iu his object , and therefore relinquished his intention . But tbe admission of even a million of quarters of this sour flour would be the commencement of a trade with the southern parts of America . At present the 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 vf vast importance , therefore , to establish a trade of this sort . It would be

      the surest guarantee ot peace between the two countries . All h < 3 asked them to do was , to relievo this country from tho pressure of selfish imposition , and to free honest industry from the fetters restricting it The people did not CBk for charity—they sought to be allowed to carry their labour to tha best market ; and he thought their Lordships could not refuse them their request , without incurring & fearful responsibility . He felt sorry at having detained their Lordships so 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 how it could be alleviated . The law recognised the principle of sending pecuniary relief , and rates-in-aid were levied according to lair . Her Majesty ' s Government took the course which had been adopt&i » n former occasions . A latter had been sent to the Archbishop of Canterbury , which he thought had been approved of . H 6 thought the Noble Lord ( Kinnalrd ) had gone a little beyond what be 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 causea of the distress , when the existence of it was admitted on all hands . . The Noble Lord ( Kizizzaird ) had strenuously advocated ; t repeal of the Corn Laws . Now , If an alteration was to be made in those laws , let it be after a full and fair discussion ;

      but committees often created great excitement in the country ; the income of tho 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 % he basis on which they ought always to . have stood , and then they will have the means of repealing many taxes oh consumption , and manufacturing produce . By thus improving the means of manufacture , the alteration in the tariff was of vast importance to the trade of the couatry . It was owing to the pressure upon commerce , and not to the want of extended markets , that the trade was so depressed . Her Majesty ' s Government had been engaged in political arrangements , having for their object to keep the peace of the world ; and h « anticipated a speedy restoration of peace to countries at present afflicted by tha scourge vf war . All the&e things will be beneficial to tbe interests of commerce .

      Tae Earl of Radnor vindicated his Noble Friend ( Lord K ) from the aspersions of the Duke of WeJ ; iDgton . He said that his Noble Friend had merely advocated an inquiry into the causes of tiie prevailing distress . The Noble Duke should not refuse an inquiry because it might ultimately be found that the Corn Laws were the cause of the evil . The Duke of Richmond deprecated all sudden changes , because tkey would inflict distress upon the agriculturists . He agreed to the judicious distribution of the public funds , in cases of this nature , under responsible officers . After a short discussion between the Marquis CJanricarde , Lord Monteagle , and the Dufce of Wellington , Lird KiNSAiKD consented to withdraw his motion ; and their Lordships adjourned , at haf-paat eight o ' clock .

      Friday , June 3 . Petitions were prtEcnttd for the repeal of Catholic Emtmcipation , and against the Maynooth grant , the Poor Law , end toe Income Tax . Several bills were forwarded a stage . A message from the CjniEUons brought up the Liverpool Borough Court Bill and JBurntisland and Granton Pier Bill . On the motion of LordDENMAN , tbe Improvement of Evidence Bill was read a third time and passed . Oa the motion of the Earl of Ripon , the Australian and New Zealand Bill 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 Affghanistan , and entered into a lengthened statement of bia views of obt policy in the east , with s ome remarks ipon the aggressive spirit manifested by Russia .

      Lord Fj . tzgeba . ld briefly deprecated Buch discussions , and , after mutual explanations , amounting to nothing , except that there was no likelihood of a wax with Russia , the petition was ordered to He on the table aa the petition of J ^ r . Whitby , who had signed it on behalf of the body from which it emanated .-r-Their Lordships then adjourned until Monday .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Fbiiut , Mr . G . Haytek , as chairman cf the Belfast Election Committee , reported to the House that the committee had come to the following - resolutions ; -r" That James Esamersoir Tennent , Esq ., and Wim-Jjmu frlliland Jahaaoa , Esq ., were not duly elected as

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      burgesses to serve in the present Parliament at the last election for the borough of Belfast , and ought not to have been returned . That the last election for the borough of Belfast was a void election . " Mr . 0 'CONNEi . L gave notice that Le should on Monday next move for a 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 that he would move for a select committee to inquire into

      the circumstances of the case . The members for trying the election petitions for Waterford and Athlone were severally called to the table to be sworn , but in neither case did the whole of the members attend . In the case of Sir James Dtike , who was drawn on the Athlone committee , the Hon . Gentleman ' s medical attendant < Mr . Bainbridge ) was called to the bar , and Wb 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 froiniservlng ; :

      Lord Somerton , the absent member on the Waterford 1 Committee , on the motion of Lord Granyille Somerset , was ordered to be taken into custedy by the Sergeant-atArmp . . ' •/ ,: ¦ •¦ . ¦ - '¦ . . . . " ¦ ¦¦ ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' ; ¦ \ - : - ^ The Speaker acquainted the House that he had received an intimation from the petitioners against the return of Lord Howick for Saiiderland , that it waa not their intention to proceed with the petition . On the motion ef Mr . HaWES , the minutes of proceedings and evidence before the Lyme Regis Committee were ordered to be printed .

      The Wicklow Harbour Bill , the Burntieland and Granton Pier Ferry and Road Bill , the Liverpool Borough Court Bill , and the Bosten Harbour Bill , were read a third time and passed . The Blackburn and Chorley Road , and the Lagan Navigation Bills , were read a second time , and ordered to be committed . On the motion of Mr . MiLESy the Lords' amendments to the Bristol and Gloucester Railway Bill were agreed to . Mr . Olive moved the further consideration of the report of the London and Croydon Railway Bill . Sir E . Knatchbull moved as an amendment that the report be further considered this day three months . After Borne discussion , in which Lord MabshaM , Mr . Kemble , Mr . Strvtt , Mr . Darby , Mr . Wilson Patten , Mr . Childers , and other Hon . Members taok part , the House

      divided—Far the reception of the report , ... 88 For the amendsnent ... ... 148 / ¦ M . ' . ^ - . " Majority -. ——1 The bill is consequently lost . Majority The bill is consequently lost .

      60 Lord John Russeli , postponed the introduction of the'Bribery at Elections Bill till Monday . In committee of supply ; the Chancellor of the Exchequer 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 he would have given a greater advantage to the consumer if he could have done so . The reduction in colonial sugar could not be maintained unless it was determined to give up a large amount of revenue . It was also a very serious consideration that this question "waa connected with slavery . The diminution of the duties tended to encourage the growth of sugar produced by alaves . He should vote for the continuance of those duties for the present year . :: ' - : ' . : ¦ : ' " . ... . : .: ¦ ¦ ; . ' .. ' : ' ¦ ¦•¦; ¦ •"¦ '

      Mr . Roebuck rose to move , —First , That the duty on the importation of foreign sugar be reduced to that now levied on colonial sugar . Second , That : the duties on colonial and foreign timber be rendered equal . He said that sugar waa 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 in the Brazils was 21 s * per 1 cwt . ; whilst it ^ was 49 b . in the colonies ; and the people of England pay above two millious more than they need do for this necessary article of consumption , merely to put money in the pockets of tho West Iiwlia proprietors— ( hear , hear . ) Putting down slavery was the stalking horse : otherwise , why were other articles , which were the produce of Blaves , imported ?

      Mr . Godson contended that , according to tbe 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 Btate of society in the West Indies would be changed . Mr . Gladstone epppsed the motion on the principle that freedom of trade was incompatible with our 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 West Indies!!— - ( hear , bear . ) A short dieeussion ensued , after which the House divided , when there

      appeared—For the amendment .. » ... ... ... 18 Against it ...... a . ... ... ... 59 Majority ... ... ... ... ...- —41 Mr . Labolchere , in rising to move that the duty on foreign sugar , be reduced to 80 * 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 tfte conduct ef the government with regard to the . sugar duties . Mr . Hume would not believo . the House were sincere until he saw them take other articles of consumption into consideration , which were the produce of jslave 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 snowing whether they were really willing to ameliorate tbe condition of the ' wprking ' classes ,. " by effecting a judicious reduction of duties . It was a matter of great importance that articles of consumption should be rendered aa 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 fostering habits totally different from those resulting from the

      u * e of beer and ardent spirits . Twenty-flve years ago there were but forty coffee houses in all London ; 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 the gin-shop . Now , with respect t » the importation of articles the produce of slave labour : why did we not import coffee from the Brazils at is . 3 d . duty ? And was not copper in the rhines of Cuba worked by slaves ? There they had put an end to a very high rate of duty . Cheap sugar and coffee were essential to the poor man ' s comf art ; and he had no doubt that the efforts of Great Britain , in combination with all Europe , would soon have the effect of putting down the slave 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 . Berwal , 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 B&id , 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 themselves even with the motion ; and he thought , therefore , that the best way "would be to leave it in the hands of tho Government . The proposal before the House was to continue the present duties on sugar for another year ; and he thought the conduct of the Government on the tariff should be considered au earnest of its willingness "to ., deal in a liberal manner with the sugar duties . They had been taunted with a disposition to let the great ; monopolists escape , and only attack the smaller ones . Now , he firmly believed that the sugar interest was at that time the smallest In the House . They should remember that when he had made his

      proposal for the reduction on the import duty on meat , he had run the greatest risk that a Minister could have donei and therefore there was no ground for that accusation ; The Noble Lord ' s proposition of last year ww not the same as the present one , and therefore he ( the N ^ ble Lord ) could hot find fault with them for the course takeny in opposition to his former measure . The Noble Lord ' s plan involved the risk of a loss of £ <> ' 00 , 000 a year revenue * No !? , thi » he did not think was compensated by the cheapening sugar three farthings a pound , although no did not agree with an Hon . Member that this was a contemptible decrease in price . Ha did not think that if they were to allow the importation of Rugar from Cuba , and other slave-growing countries , that they would think so highly of their disinterested Gonduct in emancipating the slaves . This was a double motive , therefore , for rejecting the motion .

      After a few words from Lord John Russell , in reply ,. . :.. ' " ,, ... 7 . ''; •' ' , ' . ¦ - ; ' ' •' The House divided , whenthere

      appeared—For the motion ..... 164 Against it ........................... 246 Majority against it ......... 81 The original motion was then agreed te . The other orderai of the day were then disposed of , and the House adjourned at half-past one o ' clock .

      Monday , Jttne 6 . The cases oftwomore boroughs , whose [ constituencies are implicated in charges of bribery and corruption , were considered . The first case was that of Belfast , and was merely of a preliminary nature . Mr . O'Conn ell presented a petition from a Belfast elector , containing some curious allegations , chiefly implicating Mr . fimmersbn Tennant . The petition was ordered to be printed with the votes , and the issue of the writ was suspended until the disposal , on Thursday , of a motion for a committee of Inquiry .

      The case of Newcastle-undei'Lyne raised a discussion . The issue of the writ was moved by Mr . Adderley , and an amendment on that motion was

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      proposed by Mr . Hume , who moved the suspension of the writ for fourteen days , pending a committee of inquiry . '"¦ - ¦ . •¦ ' ? ' *' .- : ; - . . ' ¦ . ; . ¦ : •¦ V " ' : - _ : : . ' . ¦¦' - ¦ - ?" . ¦ : '¦ - ' Mr . O'Connell supported the amendment in a speech in which he brought forward ; extracts from the evidence of a committee of 1838 , as well as from the report of the committee which recently unseated the sitting member , in proof of the bribery , corruption , drunkenness , and perjury , usually practised at the Newcastle-under Lyne elections . ¦ : ' ; :. ; '¦'¦; ' '" :-. ' ' ¦ ' - ' : '¦ ¦ - ¦ ' '; . >' - . ' ' ¦ : .. ¦;¦ Mr . Liddell replied to Mr . 6 * Connell , as did also the Solicitor-General ( Sir William Follett ) , who , though condemning the practice of head-meney , considered that Mr . O'Connell's selections were partially made , and was of opinion that the House had constitutionally no power of thus suspending writs .

      Mr . Bernai ., as one of the committee , thought that the Solicitor-General took too narrow a view of the power of the House , and considered that there were grounds for inquiry . > •"•' . " . . ... ; . : ¦¦ ; Mr . Wynn also was favourable to nn inquiry . Sir Robert Peel , restating his former principle , that no general rule could be made to apply to these cases , and that each must be judged on its own grounds , gave his opinion that the case against Newcastle was not so strong as that of Ipswich , and therefore he would vote for the issue of the writ . ¦ : -

      Lord John Russell was opposed to the issue of the writ , on the very ground on which the Solicitor-General had come to an opposite conclusion , namely , the fact of head-money being paid in the borough , a practice which it was desirable to take means for suppressing . . • : ¦ " \' , ' , '; / ; ' ; '¦' : " ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ; ¦ ¦ ¦; : ' Oh a division , the issue of the writ waa carried by 143 to 97 , the latter numbers being those who voted for Mr . Hume ' s amendment . Mr . Hume suggested to the House the propriety of 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 useless 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 . " HU object waa rather : to deter from bribery , by rendering . the means of its detection more efficacious , than to check It by increased penalties . This he proposed to effect by permittingparties to give in lists of voters whom they affirmed to have been bribed at any election ; and these voters Bhould be liable to disfranchisement unless they could defend their votes . A power of granting indemnity in certain cases should be given , and the Eleetibh Committee to Whom this power would be entrusted , should also be enabled to follow up inquiries , where they believed corrupt compromises had taken place in order to conceal bribery ; the Committee to

      have legal aid in condncting the protracted investigation . On the presentatien of a petition alleging extensive bribery , the Noble Lord proposes that it should bo tried in the same manner as an election petition , the expences to fall on sitting Members or petitioners , as tho case may be ; and if extensive bribery were proved against a borough , It should be disfranchised . To obviate the difficulty of carrying DLsfranchisenient Bills through 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 four or five from tho Commons , and three or four from the Lords , te be presided over by a Peer to be named by the Crown . The bribery oath now administered ai elections to be abolished , as it only too

      generally adds the guilt of perjury to that of bribery . Lastly , the payment of any sum of money te electors or their families , either before or after an election , to be deemed to be bribery . The Noble Lord did not anticipate that legislation alone would cure the existing evils , but he hoped the law would be aided by the g re wing moral and religious feeling of the country . Sir Robert Peel gave his cordial support to the motion , considering the proposed Bill an improvement on the one of 1834 . He was even quite willing to agree to a retrospective clause , which would , for instance , be applicable to the ensuing election of Newcastle . But it was more difficult to deal with treating than with direct bribery . That treating had the effect of bribery , there

      could be no doubt ; but the difficulty was to discriminate between corrupt treating and innocent hospitality . The law respecting the practice of conveying electors to to tijepoll was also in an unsatisfactory state . Electors who had to travel twenty or thirty miles could hardly be expected to evince an extraordinary patriotism , if they had to do so at tbeir own expense . At the same time , the number of vehicles at a contested election was certainly a matter for consideration . On the whole , he Was inclined to anticipate much improvement from a law which would endeavour to remedy existing evils , such a law aa the present Bill ; for even the very discussions which bad arisen out of all these caseB of bribery and compromises had been productive of much good .

      After some remarks from Mr . Hume , Mr . Roebuck , and Lord Sandon * leave was given to bring in the Bilk The House then went into committee on the Customs Acts ( the Tariff ( , and Mr . Roebuck proposed that the duties on foreign and colonial timber be rendered equal ; He contended that the 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 us to 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 amendment , " that the duties ; on and after the 10 th 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 , as contemplated , should take place in either . Mr . Patrick M . Stewart then rose to propose another amendment , that the duty on colonial timber be , reduced to 6 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 . Gladstone defended the Government proposition , on the ground of the benefit which would accrue to trade and commerce , whilst no injury would result to colonial interests . : After some remarks from Sir Charles Napier and Mr . Hume , Mr . F . T . Baring , while opposed to differential duties on principle , was notprepared to get rid of them at once , without reference to the interests involved . But though not disposed to undervalue the benefit of a reduction on any great article of consumption , he thought that the revenue to be sacrificed on timber could have been much better appropriated to reductions on other articles . ' 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 UDnecessary delay , and Sir Howard Douglas proceeded with his statement . Sir Robert Peel replied ; and , aftersome remarks from Mr , Labouchere , Lord Sandon , and Mr . Thornley , the amendment of Sir H . Douglas was 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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      Mh . Duncombe has succeeded after much difficulty ' , in--getting a return made to the House of Commons of copies of the papers connected with Lord Plunkett'a arresfc of Mr . Gordon , upon which further proceedings will be taken as eooh as Mr . Dunoombe can got the papersprinted .

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      Destruction of the . Harriott . —One of those awful calamities which in a few minutes involve a fearful loss of life and property occurred on the river yesterday . The beautiful clipper-built bark Harriott of 396 tons burden , commanded by Captain Alfred * Beech , and consigned to Bagsbaw and Co took fire while lying off the Governor-General ' s ghat , and was destroyed . We have not been able to ascertain how the conflagration commenced , but it aDoeam that about one o ' cloofc in the afteraoon the CaDtain and officers , who were al l on board , —the ve&gftl being on the point of eailin with a rich earieo ^ Tor London ^ —became aware that she was on fire ^ ' ^ ss ^ - ' 'S ^ sJfss ** with

      ^^ . . ^^ . < fury , as to force the European seamen to jump drarboard—the native seamen had done so oa Win «» = * . breaking out of the fire . For about half In hour the ship was completely enveloped in flames , and tte strand , as well as almost every window and honHe top that commanded a view of that part of the river where the burning vessel was ' situated , was crowded with people of alniost every creed and country wha gazed upon the awfully gra ^ d Eight with intensa interest . The spectade was , indeed / terriblv snb ! lime . About half-past one o ' clock the flames reached the magazine , and the vessel blew up , fragment ^ of her stem flying high into the air , and droncinc inS .

      and strewing the river all round the site where she was anchored . Boats from all ! directions flocked ronnd thevessel , and succeeded in rescuing all but the chief mate , who , it is thought , must have sank in consequence of having beeen struck and stunned by one of the fragments of the vessel . There was a large quantity of saltpetre on board the Harriott , The Hashmey , which was situated contiguous to the Harriott , had a narrow escape . Her null caught the flames , but the splash of water caused by the tirhely eaiplosion of the Harriott , was the means of saving her . She has not , however , escaped without some injury . A considerable quantity of the saltpetre was also thrown by the explosion on board of the Hashmey .--Hurkaru . : - ;

      . Suicide op a Bor . —Anextraordinary suicide took place on Saturday last , under the following circumstances : —The name of the youth in question , whose To !^ u- u een ' is 9 P , residlnS with his parentB at 206 , H'gh-street , Wapping , London , and % ho terminated his existence by taking a larso quantity ot arsenic . It will be remembered that about fifteett months since , a hair-dresser named Dimond , ihen residing in 1 the Commercial Road East , was found guilty , and had sentence of death passed on him , bul which was subsequently commuted to transportation for "fey on a charge of having committed an' unnatural crime . The deceased boy is the apprentice on whose evidence alone Dimond was convicted , and on whom the capital offence was proved to have be ^ n committed . Since that period he has been residing with his parents , and in conseauence of th *

      untortunate circumstance alladed to has been unable to procure a situation of any description , which appeared to prey , as he increased in age , much upon his ^ mind . ^ pn Friday last he wrote a letter to one of his brothers , m which were the words , " Although I sha never meet you happy in this world , I hope rshall m the jiext . " On Saiurday he left home a ° c ! i ? ° J ^ ' ** ¦ he 8 aid » t 0 look for a sitnation at btratford . On the road he purchased half an ounce of arsenic , ^ nd called at the house of a relative at Stepney , where he asked for some water , and in which it is supposed he took the poison . He proceeded tQ Stratford , and laid himself down to dio in a hedge close on the borders of Haiflaulfc Forest , where he 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 admission .

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      From the London Gazette of Friday , June Z , BANKRUPTS . William Chappelow , of Long Acre , bridle cutter , June 17 and July 15 , at one , at the Pourt of Bankruptcy , Mr . W- Whitmore , onicial assignee , Basinghall-street ; and Mr . Hornidge , solicitor , 16 , Bloomsbury-square . :: ¦¦¦¦ .. ¦¦; - ' -y-- ¦ - .. ¦¦ - . ¦ . . ¦ •¦" ¦¦ ¦ :.: . ; Peter Anderson Hepburn , late of Hungetford-wharf , Strand , but now of 12 , Ppwis-place , Hampstead-road , bottled beer merchant , June 10 , at two , and July 15 , at 12 , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Lackington , ofiScial assignee , Coleman-atreet Buildings ; and Mr . Frpwd , solicitor , Esaex-street , Strand .

      Thomas Qaaife , Thomas Jonea Tyrrell j- and James Quaife , late of North End , Fulham , brewere , June 10 , at one , and July 15 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Johnson , official assignee , 20 , Basinghallstreet ; and Messrs . Pyson and Co ., solicitors , 8 , Fred , erick's ^ pace , Old Jewry . ¦ [ :- \; William Harper , of Cowper ' s-court , Cornhill , Ci ^ , merchant , June 10 , at two , and July 15 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . James Foster Oroom , official assignee , 12 , Abchurch-lane , Lombard-street ; aud Mr . Kirkman , solicitor , King William-street , London Bridge . -. .: ¦ . .

      Caarles Samuel Hey wood and William Hey wood , of Jrlancheater , but late of BiainghaU-Btreet , London , warehousemen , June 15 and July 15 , at ten , at the Cdmraissioners' -rooms , Manchester . Messrs . Reed and Shaw , solicitors , Friday-street , Cheapsidei London ; and Messrs . Sale and Worthington , solicitors , ; Manchester . ' . ' :. ' '' :: \ ¦ - . ¦ " -. ' . . ¦ . . \ - - ... ; . . ;; ,.- . Oeorge William Longridge , of Sunderland , Durham , ironmoDger , July 7 and 15 , at eleven , at the George Inn . fciunderland . Mr . T , M . Loveland , soucitor , 6 , Symoud ' s-inri , Chancery-lane , London ; and Mi . J . M . Cooper , solicitor , Sunderland . .

      John Gpoder , of Raistrick , Yorkshire , fancy cloth manufacturer , June 14 , at eleven , and July 15 , at twelve , at the George Hotel , Huddersfleld . MessrH . Clarko and Metcaif , solicitor , 20 , Lincoln ' s-inn-flelds , London ; and Messrs . Whitehead and Robinson , solicitors , HuJderaiMd . : Edmunii Asaworth , of Manchester , innkeeper , June 20 and July 15 , at eleven , at the Commisflioners ' -roomav Manchester- Jlessrs . Arlington and Go ., solicitbra , Bedford-row , London ; and Mr . William Christopher Chew , solicitor , Manchester . George Bower , of Weoldale , Yorkshire , woollen cloth manufacturer and clothier , June 11 , at . ten ; and July 15 , at two , at the George Hotel , Huddersfield . Mr . Daniel Cornthwaite . aolicitor , Dean ' s-court , Doctor ' s Commons , London ; and Mr . John Cornthwaite , fidlicitor , Liverpool .

      John Bainbridge , of Richmond , Yorkshire , ironfounder j June 24 , at three , afc the King ' s Head Inn , Richrnoud , and July 15 , at ten , at the Golden Lion Inn , Nprthallerton . Mr . Richard Addiaon , solicitor , 8 , Mecklenburgh-siiuarei London : and Mr . James Hun ton , solicitor , Richmond . ! William Walker , of Burton-upon-Trent , Staffordshire , mercer and draper , June 17 and July 16 , at twelve , at the Wkite Hart Inn , Burton-uponrTrenfc . Mi . Jamea Drevnry , solicitor , Burton-upon-Trent ; and Messrs . Bicknell and Co ., solicitors , 57 , Lincoln ' s-innfields , London . ¦ ¦ :: ¦¦¦ ¦¦' - / John Nottingham , of Cheltenham , GlouceBterBhire , picture dealer . June 15 and July 15 , at eleven , at the Royal Hotel ,, Cheltenham- Messrs . Roy and Co ., sell-• citprs , - , 42 , Lothbury ,: London ; and Messrs . Bubband Co . i 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 , Saffron Walden . Mr . Owen Pape Holmes , solicitor , 6 , Liverpool-street , City , London ; and Mr . John Henry Jardine , aolicitor , Stoka next Clare . Suffolk .

      PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . : John Swainaon , and Japheth Clayton , of Manchester . William Tinkler and John Newbald , of Kingstonupon-Hull , engravers . James Martin-and William Muir , of Liverpool , shawl merchants . Benjamin Bntterworth , Jdseph . Butterworth , Robert Butterwortfi , and Richard Wooffondeu ButterwOrth , of Hudderefleld , Yorkshire , woollen cloth mercfianta ( so la it regards BoDjamin Buttersrorth ) . ; William IS ortii and John West , of Bradford , Yorkshire , cotton dyers .

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      Fromthe Gazette of Tuesday , June 7 . BANKRUPTS . Thomas Ginger ,: Leighton Buzzird , to surrender th& 17 th of June instant , at twelve , and July 19 , at el even , at the Court ¦ of Bankruptcy , Brusing hall-street . Edwards , " official assignee , Frederick ' s-place , Old Jewry ; Wright , Furnivars Inn , London ; DaJ " i Woburn , Bfedfordshire . John Brettargh , timber-dealer , Pendleton , Lancashire , June 20 , and July 19 , at ten . Solicitor , Foster , Manchester ; : Nethersole , Essex-street , Strand . ¦ ; ' Henry Matthew Walker and Thomas Casson , cornfactors , Manchester , June li , at ten , at the Sessions House , Wafcefield , and July 19 , at ten , at the Commissioners' Rooms , - Leeds . Solicitors , Arlington , Gregory , Faulkner , and Follett , Bedford-row , London ; Taylor and Westmorl * Hd Wakefield .

      Josiah Barlow , hatter , Manchester , June 21 ana July 19 , at twelve , at the Commisaionera' RoonUi Manchester . Solicitor , Bunting , Manchester ; Bawet and Back , Chancery-lane , London-Godwin Pilsworth Kennan and Angustus Samson , calico printers , Manchester , June 21 and July 19 , »* eleven , at the Commissioners * Rooms , Ma uche 8 t « ' SolicUora , R . M . and C . Baxier , Lincoln ' s-inn-fiel d » , London ; Worthington , Manchester ; Lycett , Manchester . - ,. ¦ '¦¦ ¦ . . ¦ . : ' ¦ ¦ ¦' .- ¦¦ -. ! - ; :.- : - i ' :-. " - . ' :. : ' .: ¦ :. Thomas B « ter , Burgeon , Poble , June 25 and 3 ^ ¦ 19 .. at twelve , -at the office * ef Messrs . ^ arr , P ^> Solicitors , Loftua and Young , New Inn ; toaiom Parr , Poble . - ; --: .. -- ¦ ¦'¦ , - ' ¦ , '' .. : ¦ ' " "• ¦ - ¦ ' , -

      Thomas Jones , woolstapler , Brecen , July .-1 and I 9 ' at twelve , at the Castle Hotel . Solicitors , Yaugb * " * Bevari , and Lauford , Brecen ; Bicknellj Roberto , FiudJ » and Neat , Llncofii ' s-inn-neUs . William Laurence , meney scriTeneT , King WillJa ** street , June 18 , at ; one , and July 19 , at twelve ,-at tbe Court of Bankruptcy . Groom , Abchurch-lane , offie ^ assignee ; Cox , Size-lane , Buckleabury . Norman M'Leod and Cornelius Browne YanoTi ship-brokers , Liverpool , June 25 and July 13 , at two , at the Clarendon Rooms , Liverpool . Solicitors , A * , lington , Gregory , Faulkner and Follett , London ; Cramp and Hassall , LiverpopL

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      BALANCE SHEET OP THE LONDON DELEGATE COUNCIL , FROM MARCH 1 st . TO MAY 30 m .

      RECEIPTS . £ . 8 . d . Money in band last quarter 1 19 10 % From Liquidation Debt Committee 0 12 6 St . Pancrag ... ... ... ... 0 . 8 . 6 Carpenters' Arms ... ... ... 0 5 3 Globe Fields ... ... ... 0 5 0 Shoemakers , Poland-street ... 0 1 0 Walwbrth and Camberwell ... 0 5 0 Albion , Shoreditch ... ... 0 5 0 Clock-house , Leicester-square ... 0 4 6 Star , Golden-lane ... ... ..-. 0 6 0 ThreeDoves ., 0 3 4 Bricklayers' Arms ... 0 4 0 CannonCoffee-house ... ... 0 9 4 Three Crowns ... ... ....-0 5 0 Hatters , Brown Boar ... ... 0 5 0 Hammersmith ... 0 5 0 Crown Coffee-house ... ... 0 2 1 Receipt Hall of Science meeting 0 3 1 £

      Total receipts ... ... ... £ 6 9 5 ^ Ten localities , not included , ai'o in arrears the whole quarter to the Council .

      EXPENDITURE . £ 3 . d .. March 6 . Rent of Hall of Science ... 10 0 " Printing for Ditto , ... ... 0 6 6 " Mistakb in last Quarters' , : ' . balance in hand ... ... 0 2 0 April 3 . Back rent of 55 j . Old Bailey 0 19 6 - " Back salary of Secretary ... 1 49 ' "' Stationery aud postage during the quarter ...... 0 5 6 " Rent of Council Boom , . thirteen weekB , at two shillings per week ... 1 6 0 " Salary of Secretary , thirteen weeks , at five shillings per month ......... 0 16 3 Total expenditure ... £ 6 0 6 Total receipts ...... ... 6 9 51 Total expenditure ... ... ...... 6 0 6 _ Balance in hand ... ... 0 8 11 | Due by individuals to Council ... ... 112 : 6 Balance in favour of Ditto £ 2 1 55

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      33 anUruj ) tiS , 5 rc .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 11, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct757/page/6/