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      HOUSE OF LORDS— Thursday , June 2 . "Messengers from the Commons brought ap the Grreenock Harbour Bill , the Lanark Koads Bill , and the Gravcsead Terrsce Pier Bill . Petitions -were presented against the Poor Lvw . Lord BlaTNET moved for copies connected "with the aamicistraiioa vi the Poor Lyw in pla ; es in Ireland . Ordered . The Date of Kosfolk . also presented some petitions against the Income Tax , and also several against tke Poor La * Bill . One of the petitions was -withdrawn on the ground that it prayed not for the interference of the House , but for that of the authorities . The Incumbents' I / easing Bill -went through committee and was reported . The Earl of RiPOX moved the first reading of the Income Tax Bill , and stated that be proposed to moTe tho second reading of the same on 'Friday next .

      DISTRESS . Lord KIKNAIB . D brought forward Ms motion fora committee-to inquire into the present state of distress in some parts of the kingdom , and into the cause of that distress . His Lordship lamented that such a proposal had not come from some peer on his side of the House more capable , from his Influence as well as bis eloquence , of doing justice to the subject His * main object was to obtain information which would put an end to tha contradictory statements on both sides of the question , and to supply intelligence of which he ¦ was persuaded many in the 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 quarters ; and when they went down to their country seats , seeing only the smiling fsees of tieit cleanly cottiers , what could they toiow of the severe suc-rings in immediately-adjoining districts ? He Ehould not do his duty if he did not stite some of the impressive facts which had come to his knowledge , showing that distress , which liad existed since 182 S , was spreading and advancing—that it had not only reached the manufacturing , but the middle classes , and that ere long it would make ite way into the agricultural districts . Xo doubt ministers were fully sensible of the existence and of the extent of the evil , hnd they had proved their acquaintance with it by advising her Majesty to write round tie country a Pegging letter for charitable contributions . He owned that he

      could aot by any means approve 01 that letter ; distress misnt render it expedient , but he doubted the policy of i ; , and at all events he objected to it because it was addressed exclusively to the established -church , and not to tke community at large . It had not been sent to a single disstnting minister ; but whether this course bad been taken with the view of setting up the established church as the greatest patron of charity lie did not pretend to decide . Another fact , proving that ministers were aware of the extent and nature of the prevailing distrtss , was the unconstitutional use they had made of tho national fuads . in order to suppress and strangle the public exhibition of distress Noble Lords might indicate surprise ,-but he asserted plainly and boldly that they had done so . That public

      money had been so applied to relieve distress was a fact ¦ which no man on the othur 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 chkfly in the manufacturing districts . Thesa precautions were most proper , but it was still more necessary that attention ahould . be directed to the causes , ooi 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 Relieve that nine or ten months ago they could 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 at alleviation . On behalf of starving thousands of fellow creatures , he appealed to their Lordships to appoint a committee to ascertain what had produced the suffering , the existence of which no man would venture to deny . Hundreds and thousands of petitions hid been presented from those who asked for cheaper food , but th 9 House had turned a deaf ear to their cries , a _ d " when they sliced for bread , had given them a stone . " The only answer to the prayers of the people was the Corn Bill , and in consequence of that measure whtat had men three shillings per quarter , ¦ with every prospect of a future advance . He supposed one objection to the appointment of a committee would be , that if their Lordships did so , they would be holding

      out hopes to the distressed people which would be disappoints . This he did not think a valid objection . However much their Lordships might be persuaded that no practical good could result from inquiry , still , were they to concede it , the effset on tie minds of those who sought it would bfe paeified . At all events , they would not be any the worse for having their grievances inqnired into , even though no immediate measure of relief should Jesuit from it . Bat were their Lordships quite certain that no advantage would arise from the appointment of a committee ? They all rtmeinbered the severe terms of condemnation which were applied by a Noble Lord not now present ' . Lord Ashburtonj to the report of the Import Daises committee : and yet now the mtmbera 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 , whe , as it curiously enough happened , were chiefly found amongst their own friends . The publication of that report fcari been of the utmost importance , and if the committee liad gone still further in their inquiries , it would have been attended with the greatest advantage . Another reason for no . acceding to his motion might be that there waa no necessity for it , inasmuch &s the prospect of a reviving trade was most promising . He believed that the Noble Lord the President of the Council ( Lord WharncliiFe ) rather held to that opinion : and certainly the accounts from . Manchester within the last week were in a trifling degree better . But their Lordships wo'ald rsmembfer that about three weeks or a month ago the 8 ame thing took place at Liverpool , and on inquiry , it was found that owing to the very low price of the raw materiJ , many persons were induced

      to speculate . But what was tbe state of the warehouses new ? Instead of one side of the building being filled with the manufactured article , and the other with the raw material , there was never to be seen more than one of these in the same warehouse ; either the building was overstocked with goods that could not be sold , or , was filled with the raw material -which it was net to the interest of the -manufacturer to work up . The Xoble Lsrd the President of the Board of Trade had said , that ¦ when the fund about to be collected by means of the Queen ' s latter should be exhausted , it would be for their Lordships to consider what ntxt should be done to relieve the distress of the poor . He iLord Kinnaird , would entreat their Lordships not to defer the day . The Poor Law was totally inefficient to support the destitute . In many places , the poor had been for a long time living entirely upon charity . Although the popu . lation had been annually increasicg , the consumption of articles of the excise and eustoms had diminished ¦ —

      Net Produce : Customs and Actually Population . Excise Tax . produced . 1 S 36 ... 26 15 S , 52 ig 3 Ve £ 30 392 . 472 1 S 37 ... 26 , 518 . 885 should give 36 : 938 363 £ 33 053 , 421 1 S 38 ... 2 D 579 246 „ 37 , 484 , 254 34 . 47 ^ . 417 1839 ... 27 , 239 , 607 „ 38 . 030 , 145 35 , 093 , 633 1840 ... 27 . 539 363 „ 23 . , 036 35 . 530 .-16 y 1841 32 , 230 . 2 ol 1 S 42 32 , 340739 Bat in 1340 the additional duty of five percent-was impo 3 e £ . If that had not been the case the receipts for the list three years { calculating the proportions ) would have been : — 1 S 40 £ 32 , 401 , 000 ISil 30 , 753 600 1 S 42 ..... 30 , 753 , 000

      With respect to the poor-rate , it was a curieua fact that generally the amount varied according to = the average price of wheat ; bat in tbe last year the poor-rate increased , although the averages were not so high as in the preceding year . He would take a parish which was neither manufacturing nor agricultural—he would take ilar ^ leb ^ ne , which , perhaps , was the most wealthy parish in the metropolis . In 1 S 3 G the poor-rate in that parish was Is 21 . in the pound , and the sum raised was £ 44 , 573 ; in 1 S 40 the rate was Is . lid . in the pound , and the sum raised was £ 76 . 355 ; and it has increased since . It waa found that when provisions were dsiremployment was scarce , and paupers increased ; and the reverse was the case when provisions were cheap . He would now advert to a subject that was of great interest to their LirJships , as being the principal landowners in the country—he meant the consumption of wheat . Tie actual consumption of wh&ft had fallen

      off during the last tb . reeyea . rs to the extent of 1 * 301 , 252 quarts annually . He had bsen furnished with a vt : y important document which had been prepared with the the greatest care . It showed the quantity of wheat consumed from October , 1639 , to May , 1642 , in separate periods of eight months each . The quantities of wkeat sold in the 150 towns , from which the old averages were calculated , represented , as nearly as could be ascertained , one-fifth of the whole quantity sold ia the kingdom . The quantity sold in these 150 towns in eight months , from the 1 st of October to the 1 st of Slay of each of the three last years , was : ¦ — OcLl , 1839 , to 3 S 40 to 1841 to May 1 , 1840 . ISil . 1 S 42 . 2 , 620 , 753 2 , 467 , 7 S 3 2 , 210 , 201 These multiplied by 5 , shew the sales in the kingdom ... 5 5 5

      13 , 103 , 765 12 , 338 , 915 -11 , 081 , 005 To these quantities add tiie foreign Wheat , which paid duty in eack period 1 , 138 , 492 1 , 311 , 642 2 , 200 , 060

      14 , 242 , 257 13 , 650 , 557 13 , 281 , 005 In the two former years the foreign wheat was all consumed , and additional large quantities were delivered for consumption in May and June ; but this year there remained in , warehouse 400 , 000 quarters ot foreign wheat which had paid dutj . Thus the difference between the coffiSJSJPtioB ia 1 S 40 and 1842 was 1 , 361 , 252 quar-

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      ters . The sr . me result had taken place with respect to meat and oilier articles . The consumption of groceries and butchers' meat in Leeds was reduced one-fourth , but as the middle and lower classes probably did not consume ie = 3 , the redaction had fallen on the operative classes ; the consumption of butcher ' s meat was half whnt it was in 1 S 3 4 . 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 half what it was in 1836 . Ia Dundee , in 1836 , the weekly number of cattle killed was 150 ; in May , 1 S 42 , it was 71 , being a reduction of 79 , or more than one-half . The s&lea of bread , butter , eggs , and snirar , was reduced to one-half . The cheapest and coarsest food was about the same . The diminution in of not of

      [ the c ^ isuK . ption meat was from dearness price , ! best :.. « it from November , 3 S . 15 , to May , 1836 , being 1 ver lb . From November , 1841 , to March , 1842 , it ! was 7 d per lb ., and from March , 1842 , to this date , it was 6 d . per lb . These statements might be doubted ; he was , therefore , anxious for a Committee , that he might shew uoon what grounds they were made . He would now call their LordshipB' attention to the actual i state of three or four of the principal towns in England , j and to one or two in Scotland . Manchester had a I population * f 192 , 408 . " The amount expended for the ! relief , of the noor in 1 S 36 , £ 25 , 669 . In the year ending

      March , 1841 , £ 33 . 938 . But this gives no idea of the extent of the distress . The Rav . Mr . Hearne slated at the conference that in one district there were 2 , 000 families without a bed among them , and 8 . C 66 persons whose income is only Is . 2 id . each per week . The grocers , batchers , drapers , &c , state that their receipts have fallen off 40 per cent within the last two years The total cumber of patients admitted into the dispensaries in the Manchester district daring the last six years ending in 1835 , was 54 , 000 . The number admitted during the bix years of dear food ending in 1 S 41 was 1 S 6 . , an increase of more than 200 per cent . The deaths in tha dispensaries during the s ) x

      years of scarcity Bhowed an increase of 1 . 180 over fte mortality of the six yearB of comparatively cheap food . The average daily number of prisoners in the New Bailey in 1836 was 539 ; the number has since gradually increased , and last year it was 722 . The number committed for trial in 1836 was 1 , 031 ; in 1841 , 1 , 992 . Empty houses . —5 , 492 untenanted dwellings , 681 shops offices , < 3 r& : 6 . 173 houses , shops , < 5 ca , assessed at £ 76 . 168 ; 116 mills , works , fcc ., 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 £ 100 , 000 of unproductive rateable property . " In Bolton , containing a population of about 50 , 000 , there are 50 mills , usually employing 8 . 124 workpeople ; of these there ara 30 mills and 5 , 061 workpeople , either

      Btanding idle or working only four days a-week . Iron founders , engineers , millwrights , and machine makers . —In 1836 the number employed waa 2 . 110 ; there are employed at present 1325 ; discharged 785 . Carpentei-s . —In 1836 , the number employed waa 150 ; at present they are reduced to 49 , leaving 101 who are permanently unemployed . Brickettters . —In 1 S 36 , the number employed was 130 ; &t present it is reduced to 16 Stone masons . —In 1836 , the number employed was 150 ; there are 59 employed at present . " The estimated 1038 of wages in Bolton alone was £ 320 , 560 in the year . What conld any charitable collection do towards relieving s > o large an amount of distress ? But this had not eome 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 , Incause the local fands 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 State that the distress was far beyond the reach of their means of relief ; they had 12 , 000 persons « a their books , and must leave the matter in the hands of the Government , for they had not wherewith to relieve them . Her Majesty ' B

      Government , it appeared , had considered this statement , and he was informed that they had sent down a special commissioner , Sir John Walsh , who immediately applied for funds to meet the pressure of the moment , and a certain amount bad been a ready seat . Now , when their Lordships rtflected that the surrounding towns 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 ceuld be afforded to the able-bodied , for there were no workhouses . The same system had been acted upon there , and more especially with respect to Paisley- For the last three weeks , the poor there had been entirely supported by funds supplied by Government . Whence those funds came , he ( Lord

      Kinnaird / 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 coininissioner-surgeon . and in short a regular establishment , under tke control ef the Government . One curious circumstance was , that the relief committee of that place , who had distributed £ 25 , 000 in supporting the pour , had been comp ttely set aside , and the whole thing M as now under the management of the Government- He would now , fur a moment , advert to the declining state of trade in Scotland . The txporta from Dundee had materially diminished . From the year 1327 tolS 34 , omitting the speculating years of 1835 to 1 S 36 , the shipments of linens increased on an average rate 29 , 405 pieces . In 1837 there were 717 , 070 pieces

      exported ; there was a reduction , in 1 S 39 , of 19 , 775 pieces ; in ISil , a further reduction of 2 y , 457 pieces ; and for the last eleven months , ending April , 1842 , a still further reduction cf 45 , 837 pieces , about the value of £ 90 , 000 . Of this deficiency at lsast £ 20 , 000 consisted of wage 3 . This diminution of txporta must press very severely upon the people of Dundee , and he wished by means of a committee of inquiry to ascertain the cause . What was toe reason our foreign customers no longer dealt with the manufacturers of Dundee ? That could be ascertained by the examination of persons connected with those countries . More than one-fourth of the whole trade consisted in exports to the United States . Up to September 39 , 1 S 41 , linens were admitted free , now they pay at ths rate of 20 per

      cent , ad vO ' -oiem , 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 . Tbis blow was evidently aimed at eur com laws . Our next best customer was Brazil , and there we ceuld not take their produce , sugar , except at 63 s . per cwt . As soon as our commercial treaty expired , which they said would be in 1842 , though we contended it was not till 1844 , they would retaliate upon us as they had done in the United States , He would once more ref * r to the ca ^ e of Paisley . " The gross Eum expended by the Renfrewshire relitf committee , for procuring food principally , has been £ 25 , 000 , up to about the 1 st ins ' . att . Tbis sum had been expended over four , and for a short timo over five villages in the county , besides the town of

      Paisley . Daring the worst of the distress in winter , tne sum expended in food alone for Paisley was about . £ 800 perwetk , for the villages about £ 100 per week . Tnere has been a great deal of private charity by persons both resident and at a distance , and also a good deal of provisions distributed which are not taken into account in the gross sum stated . " It had been stated by one of the magistrates ef Paisley , that one of the reasons why government had sent down a commissioner was that they thought the local authorities had been rather too extravagant . But what had the commissioner done ? He had cut off those villages from Paisley , and the consequence was , that in those places there were nearly nine hundred people going abeut in caEg 3 with no means of snVsistence ^—all the local subscriptions having ceased . He had been informed that there were laaay indu ; triou 3 people who did not like being placed on the subscription list , and that in constqaence of this u subscriptien had been entered into

      ft-r the purpose of affording them temporary sustenance by way cf loan . £ 5 . 009 had been collected for this purpose ; and it Eeenud that the relief committee stacdi . g in need of funds , had applied to this other committee fora loan of part of the £ 5 , 000 . £ 1 . 500 waa lent to them ; but as the committee was now broken up , of course this sum must be censiderei a 3 lost . At present these persons were certainly supported from funds derived from ha knew net whit source . He trust-d that the government wonld give him some information en this point He was aware that he was trespassing on their lordships' time , but as the subject woa 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 ¦ s-hich he held in his hand of the condition of the to-wtsbip of Leeds had been obtained from persona appointed to examine into its state , it appeared that there waa in the

      Weekly r- rrr , - ,. _ Income . . Last Wara 2 , 1 / 9 persons , with a rate p ** . ^ eadof 8 i dp ^ outh 353 ofj &T * i , 42 u ;; ls . g £ Vvest 802 „ i * <* Id ssLt & ; «¦ at The average of the whole being under 1 b " 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 1 S 40 . 1841 . 1842

      in Leeds , in January ... £ i 044 £ i ) 0 G 2 £ 1 , 336 To other poor in the township of Leeds ... ... 2 ll 269 370

      It thus appeared that there had been an in ' crease in ' the poor rates of nearly 50 per cent Noj was the distress confined to one class . Every trade was in a distressed state . He asked their Lordships whether anything h » d been done towards either inquiring into or meeting that distress —( hear , heat )? It had not come unawares upon them , for it had commenced bo far back as 1828 ; and at the close of the last setsion 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 once , because it wa « not , in his . opinion , a teraparary distress , but arose entirely from the mischievous operation of their commercial law . But what had been done since that time ? They had passed a 6 orn-law , the result of which had been to raise the price

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

      means wbich would have otherwise been expended in giving employment to the working classes { hear , hear . ) The next neaaure of the government was the tariff , the principle of which he thought would puzzle the wisest man . It was impossible to say what the tariff would be . Various deputations from the different trades 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 , bad concluded a bargain on their own terms . Look to the duty proposed on coals . At first a four-shillingB duty 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 so ; bnt 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 with the small monopolies in trade , with the monoplies in such articles as shoes and gloves ; just at the time when those trades were suffering under great distress it did this , and created a deficiency in the revenue in order to beep 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 were now suffering great distress , he called on their lordships to grant them an inquiry . The patience cf the people had been extolled , but not mure than it deserved . He kad 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 ho had seen his children perishing around him from want—if he bad seen the felon in gaol better treated than the person willing to work—sooner than tubmit to tbis , he thought he would have gone an A helped himself—( laughter . ) Thia might be a laughing matter for their Lordships comfortably seated on these benches , but it was no lauehine matter to those who

      suffered from the distress . When he asked that gentleman how it was that the people had been so patient , be 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 cf nature , you would have become reckless , and would not have cared to see your children perishing around you . " Mow this , he believed , wasthe truth—the horrible truth . He deeply lamented it , and he only wished the committee which be intended to move for would visit those scenes of dlstresB , and become convinced of the unexaggerated sufferings of those unfurtunat 9 individuals . He would willingly adopt any mode of inquiry which their Lordships might think

      fit to recommend . The Right Honourable Baronet at the head of the Government had maintained the necessity of having extended markets , in order to relieve the pressure on the commerce of this country . He had lately been in communication with a person connected with the American trade , who had travelled through all the United States , and who had assured him that the « pening 8 in that country for the manufactured goods of England were quite beyond belief . Aleng the banks of the Mississippi and the Ohio there were several states with an aggregate population , in 1840 , of 5 , 499 8112 ,. Of these states two grew principally cotton for the market of this country ; the others were parely agricultural states , manufacturing nothing , except some coarse stuff ,

      used for trousers . Tne produce of theBe states was carried down on rafts to New Orleans , to be exchanged fur manufactured articles , and it waa here that , in the opinion of those connected with the trade , an opening existed for the manufactures of this country . A great part of the produce breught down to New Orleans consisted of flour , which waa often kept there uatil it turned sour . When the Corn Bill was under discussion in that House , he bad some intention of proposing that this four flour should be admitted into this country duty free—ta laugh )—not for the purpose of its being made into food fKr the people —( hear , hear ) —but for the use of manufacturers , who annually consumed almost a- million of quarters in the dressing of their calicoes and other articles of manufacture . He

      thought that this sour flour wuuld have answered the purpose of the manufacturers , but as any alteration made in the Corn Bill would have been fatal to it , he knew he bad no chance of succeeding in his object , and therefore relinquished bis Intention . But the admission of even a million of quarters of this sour flour would ba 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 wf vast importance , therefore , to establish a trade of this swt . It would be

      the surest guarantee of peace between the two countries . All he naked them to do was , to relievo this country from the pressure of selfish iroposltioa , and to free honest industry from the fetters restricting it . The people did not ask for charity—they sought to be allowed to carry their labour to the best market j and he thought their Lordships coald not refuse them their request , without incurring a 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 . Tho law recognised the principle of sending pecuniary relief , and rates-in-aid were levied according to law . Her Majesty ' s Government took the course which had been adopted » n former occasions . A letter had been sent to the Arcbbisbep of Canterbury , which he thought had been approved of . He thought the Noble Lord ( Kinnaird ) had gone a little . beyond what he bad authority for stating . Her Majesty had acted judiciously ia ajopting 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

      i Kinnaird ) had strenuously advocated a 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 cotnitry ; the income of the country should be made to defray its own expenditure , and the interest of the national debt . The finances of the country ought to be placed upon a proper basis;—upon iho basis on which they ought always to have stood , and then they will have the means of repealing many taxes on

      consumption , and manufacturing produce . By thus improving the means of manufacture , the alteration in tho tariff was of vaBt importance to the trade of the country . 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 ha anticipated a speedy restoration of peace to countries at present afilicted by tha scourge cf war . All these things will be beneficial to the interests of commerce .

      The Earl of Radnor vindicated his Noble Friend ( Lord IL ) from the aspersions of the Duke . of ' . Wellington . He said that his Noble . Friend had merely advocated an inquiry into the causes of the prevailing distress . The Noble Duke should not refuse an ' inquiry because it might ultimately be found that the Corn LaW 3 were the cause of the evil . Tue Duke of Richmond deprecated all sudden changes , because tkey would inflict distress upon the agriculturists . Ho agreed to the judicious distribution of the public funds , in cases of this nature , under responsible officers . After a short discussion between the Marquis Clanricarde , " tore ! Monteagle , and the Dake of Wellington , Lurd KlXN . UHD consented to withdraw bis motion ; and their Lordships adjourned , at ha f-past eight o ' clock .

      Friday , June 3 . Petitions were presented for the repeal of Catholic Emancipation , and against the ilaynooth grant , the Poor Law , and tne Income Tax . Several bills were forwarded a stage . A message from the Cjuihioiis brought up the Liverpool Borough Court Bill and Burntisland and Granton Pier Bill . On the motion of Lord De . nman , the Improvement of Evidence Bill was read a third . time and passed . On 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 bi £ views of our policy in the east , with some remarks tpoB the aggressive spirit manifested by Russia .

      Lord Fitzgerald briefly deprecated such discussions , and , after mutual explanations , amounting to nothing , except that there was no likelihood of a war with Busaia , the petition was ordered to He on the table as the petition of Mr . Whitby , who had signed it on behalf of the body from which it emanated . —Their Lordships then adjourned until Monday .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Friday . Mr . G . Hatl-ter , as chairman of the Belfast Election Committee , reported to the House that the committee had come to the following resolutions : — " That James Emmerson Tennent , Esq ., and Wimham Gilliland Johnson , Esq ., were not duly elected aa

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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 ¦ waa a Void election . " Mr . O'CoytiElL gave ^ natice that he should on Monday uext 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 Atblone 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 Duke , who was drawn on the Atblone committee , the Hon . Gentleman ' s medical attendant ( Mr . Balnbridge ) was called to the bar , and his evidence taken , which went to shew that Sir James Duke ' s health wasin such a state that attendanoe on the committee might be injurious . He was in consequence excused from serving , . ^

      Lord Somerton , the absent member on the Waterford Committee , on the motion of Lord Cfranville Somerset , was ordered to be taken into custody by the Sergeant-at-Arme . ¦ ¦> ' ' ¦' .:. ¦ ¦/ ¦ - ' ' . ' The Speaker acquainted the House that hehad received ; an intimation from the petitioners against tho return of Lord Howick for Sunderland , ( hat it was 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 Htitbour Bill , the Burntieland and Granton Pier Ferry and Road Bill , the Liverpool Borough Court Sill , and the Boston Harbour Bill , were read a third time and passed . The Blackburn and Chorley Road , and the Logan Navigation Bills , were read a second time , and ordered to be committed . On the motion of Mr . Miles , the Lords amendments to the Bristol and Gloucester Railway Bill were agreed to . Mr ; Clive moved the further consideration of the report of the London and Croydon Railway Bill . Sir E , Knatciibull moved as an amendment tbat the report be further considered this day three months . After some discu . 'Bion , in which Lord Marsh am , Mr . Kemble , Mr . SaRWTT , Mr . Dabby , Mr . Wilson Patten , Mr . Childehs , and other Hon . Members taok part , tha House divided—Fer the reception of the report , ... 88 For the amendment ... ... 148

      Majority —— -60 The bill is consequently lost . s Lord John Russell postponed the introduction of the Bribery at Elections Bill till Monday . In comrnittee 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 , bad be not been persuaded that the exigencies of the state required it ; and he would have given & greater advantage to the consumer if be could have done so . The reduction in colonial sugar could not be maintained unless it was determined to give up a largo amount of revenue . It was also a very serious consideration that this question was connected with slavery . The diminution of the duties tended to encourage the growth of sugar produced by slaves . He should vote for the continuance of those duties for the present year . ¦ ^

      Mr . Roebuck rose to move , —First , That the duty on the importation of foreign sugar be reduced to that now levied on colonial sugar . Second , That tho duties on colonial and foreign timber be rendered equal . He said that sugar was one of the greatest necessaries of life , in the present state of society ; and its consumption tended Very much to promote the morals of the people , Inasmuch as it was calculated to foster habits totally oppased to that vicious class of babita resulting from the indulgence in spirituous liquors . The price of sugar in the Brazils was 21 s . per cwt ; whilst it was 49 » . in the colonies ; and the peoplo of England pay above two niillious more than they need do for this necessary article of consumption , merely to put money in the pockets . of the West India proprietors- ^( hear , hear . ) Putting down slavery was the stalking horse : otherwise , why were other articles , which were the produce of slaves , imported ?

      Mr . Godson contended that , according to the arguments of his Hon- and Learned Friend , with respect to going to the cheapest market , the negroes could not be paid their wages , and the present state bf society in the West Indies would be changed . Mr . Gladstone epposed the motion on the principle that freedom of trade was incompatible with our existing institutions . Mr . Cobden said that slave-grown sugar from Brazil was imported Into Liverpool , and from thence transhipped to all parts of the world , eyen to the blacks themselves in the West Indies ! . ' —( hear , bear . ) A short discussion ensued , after which the House divided , when there

      appeared—For the amendment -.. ... 18 Against it ... ... 5 U Majority ... ... ... ... ... ——41 Mr . Lauoucueke , in rising to move that the duty on forei ^ u sugar be reduced to 80 s per cwt ., and on colonial Bugar 20 s . per cwt ., contended for the propriety of enabling the poorer classes of this country to obtain cheap provisions . They were called on to give the people relief at this period of distress . Mr . Gladstone vindicated the conduct ef the government with regard to the sugar duties . Mr . Hume would not believe the House were sincere until he saw them take other articles of consumption into consideration , which were the produce of slave labour . ^ Ir . Stuart defended the government . Heconsidered 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 te ^ t , by showing whether they were really willing to ameliorate the condition of the working classes , by effecting a judicious reduction of duties . It was a matter of great importance that articles of consumption should be rendered as cheap as possible in this country , to enable the productive classes to have a full share of the conveniences and comforts of life . This would apply particularly to the articles of sugar and coffes , the consumption of which was so well calculated to promote good order and sobriety among the working classes , by fostering nabita totally different from those resulting from the

      u * e of beer and ardent spirits . Twenty-five years ago there were but forty coffee houses in all 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 te 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 mines of Cuba worked by slaves ? There they had put an end to a very high rate of duty . Cheap sugar and coffee were essential to . - . the poor man ' s comf jrt ; and he had no doubt that the efforts of Great Britain , in combination with all Europ 6 , 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 . Bernal , the latter of whom did not agree with the sweepingprinciple cf the ¦ Hon . Geatleiaea who had just spoken with resard to our colonies .

      Sir Robert Peel said , as to the opinion of the Hon . Member who had wished Jamaica sunk at the bottom of the sea , and the Antilles following Jt . 9 precedent , there wasno meeting it in calni 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 the Government The proposal before the HouBe was to continue the present . duties on sugar for another year ; and be thought the conduct of the Governinenton the tariff should be considered an earnest of its -willingness to deal in a liberal manner with the sugar duties . They had been taunted with a disposition to let tho great monopolists escape , and only attack the smaller ones . Now , ho firmly believed that the sugar interest : waa at that time tlio smallest in the House . They should remember ' . that when he had made hi 3

      proposal for the reduction on the import duty on meat , he had run the greatest risk that a Minister could have done , and therefore there was no ground for that nccusation . The Noble Lord ^ s proposition of last year was not tne same a ? the present one , and therefore he ( the Noble Lord ) could not find fault with them for the course taken in opposition to his forme * measure . The Noble Lord ' s plan involved the risk of a loss of £ 600 , 000 a year revenue . Now , this be did not think was compensated by the cheapening sugar three farthings a pound , although he did not agree with an Hon . Member that this wa « a . contemptible decrease in price . H 0 did not think that if they were to allow the importation of sugar from Cuba , and other slave-growing countries , that they would think so highly of their disinterested conduct in emancipating the slaves . This waa a double motive , therefore , for rejecting Vhe motion . After a few words from Lord JOHN Russell , in reply ,: The House divided , when there appeared—For the motion ... ,..... „ . 164 Against it ................. 245 Majority against it ......... 81 The original motion was then agreed to . The other orders of the day were then disposed of , and the House adjourned at half-past one o'clock . Monday , June 6 . The cases of two more boroughs , whose constituencies are implicated in charges of bribery and corruption , were considered . Theflrstcase was that of Belfast , and was merely of a preliminary nature . - Mr . O'Connell presented a pttition from a Belfast elector , containing some curious allegations , chiefly implicating Mr . Emmerson 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-under-Lyne raised a discussion . The issue of the writ was moved by Mr , Adderley , and an amendment : on" that motion waa

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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 , O'Connell , as did also the Solicitor-General ( Sir William FpLLETT ) , "who , though condemning ; the practice of head-meuey , considered that Mr . O Connell ' s selections were partially made , and was of opinion that the House had constitutionally no power of thua suspending writs .

      Mr . Bernal , as one of the committee , thought that the Solicitor-General took too narrow a Tiew of the power of the House , and considered that there were grounds for inquiry . r Mr . Wynn also waa 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 , . - ¦ ¦ ' . .- " - ¦ ¦ : . ' . ¦ . _• , ; ¦ ¦ : ;¦ -.:..: . ' ¦ ' ' On a division , the issue of the writ was carried by 143 to 97 , the latter numbers being those who voted for Mr . Hume'samendment 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 toast leave for introducing his Bill " for the better discovery of bribery in the election of Members of Parliament" Hia object was 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 efieet by permitting parties to give in lists 0 / voters whom they affirmed to have been bribed at any election ; and these voters should be liable to disfranchisement unless they could defend their votes . A power of granting indemnity in certain cases should be given , and the Election Committee to whom this power would be entrusted , should also be enabled to follow up inquiries , where they believed corrupt compromises had taken place in order to conceal bribery ; the Committee to

      have legal aid in conducting tba protracted investis } a tioD . On tke presentatten of a petition alleging extensive bribery , the Noble Lord proposes that it should be tried in the same manner as an election petition , the expences to fall on sitting Members or petitioners , as tho case may be ; and if extensive bribery ; were proved against a borough , it should be disfranchised . To obviate the difficulty of carrying Disfranchisement Bills through Parliament , the inquiry into bribery alleged againBt any constituency to be conducted by a Committee composed of members of both Houses , in the proportions of four or five from the Commons , and . tbree or four from the Lorda , te be presided over by a Peer to be named by the Crown , The blibery oath now administered at elections to be abolished , as it only too

      generally adds the guilt of perjury to that of bribery . Lastly , the payment of any sum of money to electors or their families , either before or after an election , to be deemed to be bribery ^ The Noble Lord did not anticipate that legislation alone would cure the' existing evils , but be hoped the law would be aided "by the growing moral and religious feeling of the country . Sir Robert Peel gave his cordial support to the motion , considering the proposed Bill- an improvement on the one of 1834 . He was even quite willing to agree to a retrospective clause , which would * for instance ^ be applicablo 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 disctimi-. nate between corrupt treating and innocent hospitality . The law respecting the practice of eonveyiag electors to to the poll was also iu an unsatisfactory state . Electors who bad to travel twenty or thirty miles could hardly be expected to evince an extraordinary patriotism , if they had to do so at their 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 as the present BUI ; for even the very discussions which had arisen out of all theBe cases of bribery and compromises bad been productive of much good .

      After some remarks from Mr . Hume , Mr . Roebuck , and Lord Saudon , leave was given to bring in the Bill . The House then went into committee on the Customs Acts ( the Tariff ) , and . ¦ . .-. ' . Mr . Roebuck proposed that the duties on foreign and colonial timber bo rendered equal . He contended tbat 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 , 6 " n and after the 10 th day of October next , should be fixed at 303 . 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 Sir . Hume ,

      Mr . E . T . Baring , while opposed to differential duties on principle , was not prepared to get rid of them at once , without reference to the Interests involved . But though not disposed to undervalue the benefit of a 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 tohis amendment , proposed an adjournment of the debate ( it being oDe o ' clock ); but Sir Robert Peel strongly deprecated unnecessary delay , and Sir Howard Douglas proceeded with his statement Sir Robert Peel replied ; and , after some remarks from Mr . Labouchere , Lord Sandon , and Mr . Thornley , the amendment of Sir II . 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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      BALANCE SHEET 01 ? THE LONDON DELEGATE COUNCIL , FROM MARCH 1 st TO MAY 30 th .

      RECEIPTS . £ . s . d . Meney in hand last quarter .... 1 19 10 £ - From Liquidation Debt Committee 0 12 6 ' St . Pancras ... ... ... ... 0 8 6 Carpenters' Arms ... ... ... 0 5 3 Globe Fields ... ... ... 0 5 0 . - Shoemakers , Poland-street ... 0 1 0 . Walwoitb . and Camber well ... 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 Cannon Coffee-house 0 9 4 Three Crowns ... 0 5 0 Hatters , Brown Bear ... ... 0 5 0 Hammersmith ... ... ... 0 5 0 Crown Coffee-house ... ... 0 2 1 Receipt Hall of Science , meeting 0 3 li Total reoeipfcs ... ... ... £ 6 9 5 % Ten localities , hot included , are in arrears the whole quarter to the Council .

      EXPENDITURE . £ B .. d . ' . March G . Rent of Hall of Science ... 1 0 0 " Printing for Ditto , ' ... ... 0 6 6 " Mistake in last Quarters ' balance in hand ...... 0 2 0 April 3 . Ba « k rent of 55 , Old Bailey 0 19 G " Back salary of Secretary ¦' .... 1 4 9 " Stationery and postage during the quarter ... ... 0 5 6 Rent of Council Room , thirteen weeks , at two shillings per week ... 1 6 0 " Salary of Secretaryi thirteen weeks , at five shillings » per month ... ...... 0 16 3 Total expenditure ... £ 606 Total receipts ... ... 6 9 5 * Total expenditure ... ... 6 0 6 r > v „ BaJanceinhand ... ... 0 8 Uf Due by individuals to Council ... ... 1 12 6 Balance in favour of Ditto £ 2 1 " 55

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      Destbuction of t : he Harriott . —One of thOBa awful calamities which in a few minutes involve a fearfnl loss of life and property ocourredon the river yesterday . The beautiful clipper-bailt bark Harriott of 396 tons burden , commanded by Captain Alfred Beech , and consigned to Bagshaw and Co , took fim while lying off the Governor-General ' s ghat and was destroyed . We have hot been able to ascertain how the conflagration commenced , but it apoeaw * that abont one o ' clock in the afternoon the CaotaS and officers , who were all on board , —the vraMi being on the point of sailing , with a rich eaW ^

      London , —became aware that she was on fire and shortly afterwards the flames bnrsfc out with ' such fury , * H »> rce the European seamen to jump o ? e board ^ -the native seamen had done so Or tKa «^ f * breaking out of the fire . For abo ^ haff an W the ship was completely enveloped in flames , and the strand , as well as almost every window and hon ^ top that commanded a view of that part of the river where the burning vessel wa 3 situated , was crowded with people of almost every creed and country who g azed upon the awfully grand sight with intensa interest . The spectacle was , indeed , terribly sublime . About half-past one o ' clock the flames reached the magazine , and . the vessel blew np , fragments of her stern flying high into tho air . and dropping into and strewing the river all round the site where she was anchored . Boats from all directions flocked round the vessel , and succeeded in rescuing all bnt tne cmet mate

      , wno , it is thought , must have sunk in consequence of having beeen struck and stunned by one of the fragments of the vessel . There wa . 3 a large quantity of saltpetre ou hoard the Harriott The Hashmey , which was situated contiguous to the Harriott , had a narrow escape . Her hull caught the flames ; but the splash of water caused by the timely explosion 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 of a Boy . —An extraordinary suicide took place on Saturday last , under the following circumstances : —The name of the youth in question , whose age is but . fifteen , is Coe , residing with his Darents

      at 206 , High-street , Wapping , London , and who terminated his existence by taking a large quantity of arsenic . It will be remembered that about fifteen months since , a hair-dresser named Dimond » thea residiDgin the Commercial Road East , was found guilty , and had sentence of death passed on him , but which was subsequently commuted to transportation for life * 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 been , committed . Siace that period he has been residing with his parents , and in consequenco of the unfortunate circumstance alluded to has been unable to procure a siiuation of any description , wbioh to he

      appeared prey , as increased in age ^ much upon bis . mind . . On Friday last he wrote a letter to one r , . V rofcner 8 » m which were the words , " Although 1 shall never meet you happy in this world , I hope I . shall m the next . " On Saturday he left home about six 0 clook , as he said , to look for a : situation at btratford . On the road he purchased half an ounce of arsenic , and called at the house of a relative at Stepney ^ where he asked for some water , and in whic ^ it is supposed he took the poison . He proceeded to Stratford , and laid himself down to dioina hedge close on the borders of Hainault Forest , where he wasfound 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 Me Londoii Gazette of Friday , June 3 . BANKRUPTS . William Chappelow , of Long Acre , bridle cutter , June 17 and July 15 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . TV . Whitmore , official assignee , Basing , ball-street ; and Mr . Hornidge , solicitor , 16 , Blooms bury-square . .: _; -.. : ' .-. r . ¦ .. . ' .- -. ¦ ¦ ., Peter Anderson Hepburn , late of Hurigerford-wharf , Strand , but now of 12 , Powis-place , Hampstead-roa ^ , bottled beer merchant , June io , at two , nnd July 15 , at 12 , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Lackington , official assignee , Coleman-sireet Buildings ; and Mr , Frowd , solicitor , Eaaex-street , Strand .

      Thomas Qaaife , Thomas Jones Tyrrell , and James Quaife , late of North End * Fulhaai , brewers , June 10 , at one , and July 15 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Johnson , official assignee , 20 , Basinghallatreet ; and Messrs . Fyaon and Co ., solicitora , 8 , Frederick ' a-p ^ ce , Old Jewry . William Harper , of Cowper's-court , Cornhillj " City mercbant , June 10 , at two , and July 15 , at ' : eleven , at the Court . of Bankruptcy . Mr . Jamea Foster Groom , official assignee , 12 , Abchurch-lane , Lombard-street ; and Mr , Kirkman , solicitor , King vVilliam-street , London Bridge . : .

      Caatles Samuel Heywood and William Hey wood , of Manchester , but late of Basinghall-street , London , warehousemen , June 15 and July 15 , at ten , at the Cdmmissiohers ' -rooms , Jlanchester . Meesra . Keed and Shaw , solicitora , Friday-street , Cheapside , London ; and Messrs . S 3 le and Worthington , solicitbrs , Manchester . - ¦ ' . ¦ ' ¦ . •' ¦ " ¦ '; ¦ . '• ;¦ : ¦ ¦ . ; . - ¦ : ' ¦ V' ' : ; ; George William Longridge , of Sunderland , Durham , ironmonger , July 7 and 15 , at eleven , at the George Inn . Sunderland . Mr . T . M . Loveland , solicitor , 6 , Symond's-inn , Chancery-lane , London ; and Mr . J . M . Cooper , solicitor . Sunderland .

      John Gooder * of JRaiatrick , Yorkshire , fancy dota manufacturer , June 14 , at eleven , and July I 6 i- at twelve , at the George Hotel , Huddersaeld . Messrs . Clarke and Metcatf , soUcitor , 20 , Lihcoln's-inn-fields , London ; and Messrs . Whitehead and RobinBon , soilcitora , Hu Idersfleld . Edmund Aaaworth , of Manchester , innkeeper , June 20 and July 15 , at eleven , at the Commissioners ' -rbomB , Manchester , llesars . A . dlingtoh and ! Co ., solieitora , Bedford-row , London ; and Mr . William Christopher Chew , solicitor , Manchester . George Bower , . of Weoldale , Yorkshire , woollen cloth manufacturer and clothier , June 11 , aV ten , and July 15 , at two , at the George Hotel , HudderafleW . 'Mr . Daniel Cornthwaite . aolicitbr , Dean'srcourti Doctor's Commons , London ; and Mr . John Cornthwaite , solicitor , Liverpool ; ¦ .. ' ¦ . ' . ' . - ' : ¦; ¦ ¦ ¦" .-

      John Bainbridge , of Richmond , Yorfeehire , fronfounder , June 24 , at three , at the King ' a Head Inn , Richmond , and July 15 , at ton , at the Golden Lion Inn , Nortballerton . Mr . Richard Addison , solicitor , 8 , Mecklenburgh-square , London : and Mr . James Honton , solicitor , Richmond . .. William Walker ^ of Burton-upon-Trent f Staffordshire , mercer and draper , June 17 and July 15 , at twelve , at the White Hart Inn , Burton-upon-Trent . Mr ., Jam . es Drewry , aolicitor , Burton-upon-Trent ; and Measrs . Bicknell and Co ., splicitora , 67 , Lincoln ' a-innfields , London . John Nottingham , of Cheltenham , Gloucestershire , picture dealer . June 15 and July 15 , at eleven , at the Royal Hotel , Cheltenham . Messrs . Roy and Co ., selicitors , 42 , Lothbury , London ; and Measra . Bubb and Co ., solicitors , Cheltenham ,

      Henry William Jackson , late of Haverbill , Essex , wine merchant , June 17 , at four , and July 12 , at two , at the Rose and Crown Inn , Saffron Walden . Mr Owen PapeHolmea , solicitor , 6 , Liverpool-street , City , London ; and Mr . John Henry Jardine , Bolicitor , Stoke next Clare , Suffolk .

      PARTMERSH 1 PS DISSOLVED . John Swainson , and Japheth Clayton , of Manchester . William Tinkler and John Newbald , of KingstonuponrHull , engravers . ; James Martin and William Muir , of Liverpool , shawl merchants . Beiijaiuin Botterwotth , Joseph Butterworth , Robert Butterwortb , and Richard Wooffenden Butteirworth , of HudderEfleld , Yorkshire , -woollen cloth merchants ( so far as regards 1 Benjamin Butterworth ) . William North and John West , of Bradford , Yorkshire , cotton dyers .

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      ¦ - ¦ - T- ¦ ¦ — ¦ ¦ ' .:-.. Mr . Duncombe has succeeded after much diiffii culty , m getting a return made to the House of Lommon 3 of copies of the papers connected with Lord Plunkett's arrest of Mr . Gordon , upon which farther proceedings will be taken as soon as Mr . Dunoombe can got the papers printed .

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      From the Gazette of Tuesday , June 7 . BANKRUPTS . Thomas Ginger , Lcighton Buzzard , to surrender the 17 th of June instant , at twelve , and July 19 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinihali-street Edwards ,. official assignee , Frederic& ' fl-place , 013 Jewry ; Wright , ForuVval ' s Inn , London ; Day , Woburn , Bedfordshire . John Brettarghj timber-dealer , Pendleton , Lancashire , June 20 ^ and July 19 , at ten . Solicitor , Foster / Manchester ; Nethersole , Essex-street , Strand . Henry Matthew Walker and Thomas Casson , comfactors , Manchester , June 14 , at ten , at the Se&dotn House , Wakefield , and July 19 , at ten ,- at the CommissioneraV Rooms , Leeds . . Salicitora , Arlington , Gregory , Faulkner / and Follett , Bedford-row , London ; Taylor and Westmorland Wakefleltl .

      Josiah Barlow , hatter , Manchester , June 21 and Jaly 19 i at twelve , at the Commisaionera Koonwi Manchester . Solicitor , Bunting , Manchester ; BaW « and Back , Chaneery-Iane , London . Godwhl Pi'awOTth Kennan and Augustus Samscty calico printers , Manchester , ; June 21 and July 19 , at eleven , st the CommiBaionera ! Rooms , Manchester Solicitors ^ B . M . aad C . Baxter , Lincoln ' s-inn-fleldJi London ; Worthington , Manchester ; Lycett , Man " Chester . - . . , .: ¦ : . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ .. - ¦ . . ... . . -, :: ' . ¦ Thomas Barter , surgeon , Poole , June 25 and JoJj 19 , at twelve , at the offiee * ef Meaariu Parr , P *> fc Solicitors , Loftua and Young , New Inn , London ; Parr , : Poole . - \ ¦ ¦<¦¦¦ :.- '¦¦ ¦• .. ; ¦ " ¦ ¦ - ¦' - . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ' : ¦ '¦'

      Thomas Jones , woolstapler , Brewn , July 1 imdl 9 » at twelve , at the Castle Hotel . Solicitors , Yaugntf * Bevan . andLauford , Breceh ; Bicknelli Roberta , Findii and Neat , Lincoln ' a-inn . flelda . William Laurence , meney Bbrivener , Bang Williamstreet , June 18 , at one , arid July 19 , at twelve , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy . Groom , Abchurchrlane , office * assignee ; Cox , Size-lane , Bucklesbury . Norman ftl'Leod and Cornelius Browne Yarrow ship-brokers , Liverpool , June 25 and July 19 , ^ t tw o , at the Clarendon Rooms , Liverpool . Solicitors * Arlington , Gregory , Faulkner and Follett , London ; Crainp and Hassall , LiverpooL

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      n ' -.- ¦ THE NORTHERN STiR . ~

  • 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-ncseproduct892/page/6/