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conceive vmdom - in" the plans , or generosity in the motfrts , of either partj . He should say that such a maa would take a false view both of the two great parties of tte state , and also ' of the individuals who composed it . . Mr T . Suxcoxbe declared that , if lie stood alone , Ice would go oat in tapport of the resolution of Sir v 7 .. Mole ? worth . * He could not tote for any grant . in which the Roman Catholics did not participate . He said , the other evening , that negotiations had been going on with xespectto the exclusion of Roman Catholic * from any portion of the grant , an 1 upon thatthe right hon . geutlemam themtmbsr for Edinburgh contradicted him , and said it ¦ was a "mms romance . " He had taken the trouble of examining the subject since that occurrence , and again had no hesitations saying that aneB etiationwaR earned
on-afliscracefnlnegoiiaaon-between the government and the Wesleyans . at the sacrifice and expense of their Boman Catholic fdlow-countrvmen . He did not like to Eee a priesthood endowed by the State ; bat it was the duty ofthe government to educate the people by means cf the state . The " money given ought to be given with a gracious hand , and received with a grateful spirit , but end * would not be the case in consequence of thedivisions and sects into which the country was split ; and it would , therefore , in his opinion , be a g * eat failure . All the funds would , he believed , gointo tbehandsof the Church , inasmuch as the Dissenters would refuse it , and the Bonun Catholics were excluded altogether . It had been said that no patronage would devolve upon the government in consequence of this measure , but what was the
fact ! Ho was informed by a friend that a person applied , not long since , to Mr Kay Shuttleworsb , for an inspectorshi p of schools , an-l the answer was , that he had none then at : his disposal ; but , if the present measure passed , he shcuM have at least fifty , and each of these , the hoare would recollect , was worth a salary of £ 850 a year . They had a powerful majority the other night he admitted , but it was one got by means of truckling with tdcotry ; and if the Roman Catholics got a portion of the public money , they would be mainly indebted to the sent iments expressed in that house by Sir R . Peel and Sir J . Graham . They gained that majority at the sacrifice of those whose wrongs they so deeply sympathised , with when out of office ; but who , in the plenitude of their power , they so cruelly abandoned .
Sir W . UoLtswoBTH requested leave to withdraw his amendment . Several other members objected to the withdrawal , and forced on a division . There were—For the original metien 20 ft For the amendment ... 22 - Majority agafost the amendment — . 181 HrEwAU then moved a resolution , that in districts where there it only one school receiving state support , children , whose parents object to the kind of religious instruction administered there , may be admitted to the school ¦ without being subject to such religions instruction .
Sir ft . Gset opposed it on the ground that the principle of it was precisely the same with that of the resolution moved by Sir W . Clay on a former evening , and then negatived by a large majority . A discussion of some length ensued . It was ultimately terminated by Mr E ^ art allowing his resolution to be negatived without a division , and the report was received . Aovihck to Imsh RuitfiTS . —— The" Chih-CELioa of the Exchequer moved a committee of the -whole House for the purpose of considering a resolution
for the granting of a loan for Irish railways . He had sot , he said , expressed any opinion against loans to Irish railway * when Lord G . Bentinck brought ¦ forward his plan , he had only objected to the extensive system then proposed . The resolution he had to submit to the committee wonld be , that a loan of 620 . 0001 . shuuld be given to three Irish railways that had complied with the terms tinder which the Loan Commissioners were in the habit of advancing money . The railways be proposed to assist were , the Great South-Western of Ireland , with 500 000 L ; the Waterford and Kilkenny , 83 , 0001 . ; aud the Dublin and Dtwheda . 36 . 0 Q 0 L
Mr Hume objected , ia the present depIor&Ue and alarming state of the English money market , to enter into the consideration of so large a grant , he therefore sieved that the chairman report progress . Lord 6 . Behtisck said he had no objection to the re . solution—lie had great joy over a sinner repentant , and lie was gkd to find the Chancellor of the Exchequer had at length discovered that it was cheaper to expend money in reproductive than in unproductive works . The noble lord , referring to the panic which exists in the money market , asked if it were not tha < the Bank Charter Act , so much lauded of late , was the cause of all the pressure so severely felt . He implored the government to give the Bank of England some discretion , so as to rente ly the evils inflicted on the country by this ' fairweather Act "
Lord George ' s statements called from the Chancellor of the Exchequer a ! ong reply in explanation of the facts on which his lordship bad grounded his apprehensions Sir J . Graham . Mr Hudson , Mr T Baring , Ur A . Smith , and the Marquis of Granby followed ; but it was ultimately decided that the dehate on the subject should be resumed on Tuesday , and the House adjourned at halfpast one o'clock .
TUESDAY , Anil . 27 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Accidents nt Coal Miitcb . — Etrl Fitzwiuiah presented a petition from the coroner * jury which inquired into the deaths of the seventy-three persons who recently perished from the explosion of the foul air in a coal-mine near Barutley , in the West-Biding of Yorkshire . The petitioners prayed that means might he teken to ensure the adoption of proper means of ventilatioa , and also that an efficient system of inspection might be introduced as likely to be of utility in the prevention of accidents . So far as he was personally concerned , he had no objection to a system of inspection—a system already in operation as to some other purposea , and be had no doubt it might be advantageously extended to collieries . "
The Bishop of Duihah urged the great importance of some means being adopted to prevent colliery accident * . Thesnbj . et * aswell w . rthy the attention of htr Majesty's government , ior the loss of life was far greater than any one not connected with the working of collieries Cjnld imagine . Lord Whazsclifk : hoped the government weald turn their attention to this most important ra'ject . At the same time he feared the petitioners expected more advantages to arise from a system of inspection than it would be found capable - of affording . In factories it might be good , but in coal , mines the benefit would be extremely doubtful . Besides , the parties themselves gen rally maintained inspection , and these accidents occurred for the most pan through neglect on the part of the sufferers of the rules laid dawn .
Lord C * M » BEli assured the noble earl that her Majesty's government felt the great importance of the subect mentioned ia the petition . The loss of life in coal mines was most lamentable , and it was sufficient to bring discredit on the national character if means were not taken to abate it . He feared , however , that inspection could do but little in that respect . The best inspection and snperrision was from the owners and the manageis « . f mines ; and he reminded the house that by his hill of last year , if life was lost by negligence , the Eurvmaffriendsoftheparrybadaremedy . There could bs so doubt batif that bill had passed , the sums awarded , in damages would have made the parties more careful ( Hear . ) .
Isccubeked Estates ( Ibelakd ) Bill . — The Losd CHAXCEUoa moved the second reaiing of the Irish In . cumbered Estate Biil , its object being to facilitate the means of offering for sale this description of property ly the removal of existing impediments , and by adopting a less formal and less expensive m « de of procedure in Chancery than is the ease at present . The Iferquis of Wzstheath , the Earl of Wioklow , and Lord Monteagle , concurred in the expression ef their thanks to hegovenmv . ntfor the introduction of so beneficial a measure . Lord As HBoatoN aroredd of the principle at the bill , but objected to some oits etails . The bill was readasceond time , and their lordships sojourned .
HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The Lobd Advocate , in answer to Mr Watson , i spued that he was not aware that the Scotch judges were in the habit of taking private arbitrations , and deeding on them on the payment of fees .. He bad known some instances not involving tha latter result , bat he thought those judges who Bad refused to do so under aay circumstances had pursued the
course . Seamkk ' s Ejuisxxext Act —Sir C . Katie * moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the Seamen's Enlistment Act ; the principal proposition being , that the crown should be enabled by proclamation to call out any number of teamen that might be required in peace or war , after the gorrrnment had gone to the fullest extent to obtain seamen by voluntary enlistment , and that such proclamation should call on all young seamen who had completed their apprenticeships to enter the navy ,. but if that were found insuScent for the required purpose , then that tho ; e who had been ont of their time for one ,
two , three , or four years , should be called upon in rotation . He aUo proposed that the masters of merchant ' vessels should be compelled to discharge the men who came within the proclamation , by which means they would be compelled to enter the navy . He thought such apian would put an end t < the old system of impress ment , which would only bear comparison with that of kidnapping slaves on the coast of Africa . The bill proposed to enact , also , that double bounty should be given , provided the men came in within a certain limited period , pnt if after that time then only single . Capt , Pioxbpqe seconded the motion .
Mr Waib -hoald not give any opposition to the introduction of this bill , bat without seeing it he could not undertake to five . off-hand auy opinion on so difficult a subject . He wan not prepared to take the credit of Sir C . Kaj . iet » s scheme , if it snoceede 4 ' n 6 r ; therespoasibi r litv if it failed . .. ... . Leave . was then given to bring intfie bill . \ ' ' Decuul Smex or Coiwa « e . — Dr Bowtixo , after showing that the adoption of a detimal system of coinage currency aud account , which was now in fotce in most of . the nations of the continent ^ wonld be a great public convenient moved that an bumble address be presen . ted to Her Majesty , requesting that she would be gracionry p ! ea * td to authorise tint issue of coins represeatingtha Taloeof tw { tthUlingt , beiiiK jj ,, tenth of a pound sterling ,-and WogtsW / ina two-fiiths , being ! the bundnedthparf Qf . » , pouna sterling , such coins to be calkd gueeuani Victoria * , or any other namswhich ' to Her H > jetty night sett * fcest . MrHmm MtwM tht motfe * ; bat 1 » tiwacat Oat
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hfchon . friea 4 6 t « bVtonavegone : farther , ' fornVwas of opinion the tim ?/ was come for adopting the . aecimal system generally . He boned to are the decimal system earned out as he » w free trade carried ok £ . ; He believed that » h « consequence would b » , that every onewhonow ' kept five clerks would save one . It would be ' a cre « t boon to men of property— ( Iaug 1 iter ) --for hV-scircelv , ver met a man of property -who knew anything of a * count * . ( Laughter . ) The decimal system would be important to them , a , it would enable £ m ™ count * £ tir ?; ( La ^ , ; K lth * bten ln «« ° « S 2 ^« t Tr mMla wUb 0 Ut <**» wi « a that was a E ? 2 ^ ° / 1 M . ' r ! orit ' - ( Hear , hear . ) " The . ecu-™* * " 1 f " * * ' * <*» " <* they ma ^ le calculationB
surpmmr . He had no doubt the same , thing would it . ? £ Vi ! ?!! IT 8 J 8 tem wag in mt in th » country- He thoughtthatthere shonld be an inquiry on the subject . Jhe Chancellor of the . EicHEQOEB was not unaware of the advantage of a decimal currency -but was afraid thatthepeople of , this couBtry had a stronitpredilection for their ancient . , system of keeping accounts . He had no objection to strike a . two-shilling piece , as the first step in the experiment which Dr Bowring wished to make ; for , if the people did not like it , no harm would be done . He did not , however , thick that an address of this kind should be carried up to tbe Crowa ; and , if Dr Bowrine pressed it , be should be compelled to move the previous question . .
Mr Staffoed O ! Beieh congratulated Dr Bowrinff on the | : partial success of his motion . When he found the hon . member for Montro ? e so far foregoing his principles as to speak of immemorial usage as constituting a strong ground for adopting the decimal systfm , he could not bat hail his language as a syirptom of a better state of things . ( Laughter . ) He deeply regretted that the right hon . gentleman , the Matter of the Mint ( Mr Shell ) , had not addressed the housa on that occasion . { Great laughter . ) The oonntry of which the right hon ucntUtleman was a native was the only one on record which , after having a modified decimal system , had departed from it . - Of course he referred them to the ancient ten . penny of Ireland , which was now abolished . ( Laughter . ) Mr S hiil said he had felt that it would be officious on
his part to intrude himself on the tome before the Chan , cdlor of the Exchequer . ( Hear , hear , and laughter . ) He had directs * his attention to this subject in IreUnd , and in reply to a letter which h « wrote to the ' Chancellor of the Exchequtr , he received an answer conveyinp'the same opinions in substance which his right hon . friend hed just expressed . Having afterwards written ! to Mr Trevelyan on the subject , that gentleman communicated with Mr Peanington . -The latter gentleman , speaking of Professor De Morgan's plan , published In 1841 , said , "In this way , no doubt , a decimal currency slight be established , but mark the- consequtneea . ' A labourer whose wai » eswere 16 d . a day , and who , at the end of a
week , might expect to be in possession of sixty pence , or 210 farthing * , would find that he could obtain for that , not Si in , silver , but 4 s 2 d . " It was added that a shypkeeper . who had been in tbe habit of selling an article for 33 , and who expecte ' ¦ for four of those articles to receive the value of Is , would find that he had to receive fonr percent , less . ( Hear , hear . ) He had consulted some gentlemen eminent in knowledge of the science of numbers , and they thought there wonld be no difficulty in dealing with any snm above 6 d . If thera were a new coinage , all new coinage would , of courso , be made with reference to it . ( Hear , hear . ) He thought the 2 ' piece might be called a royal , the Is half a roy a ] , and Cd a quar . ter of a royal .
» rW . Bsowif observed , that he bad been in the habit of keeping accounts both in decimals and in the English coinage . When the Americans changed pounds sMHinps aud pence into decimals , for a short period some little difficulty was experienced ly tradesmen , but as the law of the United States required that accounts should be kept in dollars and cents , the matter . ioon became fomi . liar , and it was found that decimals afibrded a much smaller chance of mistake . He hoped that the govern , ment wonld at the earliest possible period adopt tbe decima mode of reckoning . Sir G . CtEBK feared that as thetwo-shilling piece would in size be so near that of « he half-crown piece , many persons would be led into mistakes . ' D' Boweiko said he wonld not press his motion . He believea that the government would soon be able to in . trodnce the decimal system w : th the concurrence of tiie nation . The motion was then withdrawn .
STAJl of Ceeice . — lord J . Manheib then r » 32 to call thea ttention of the house to the state of Greece , when , afte r having proceeded to take an historical review of the political condition of that country , of the extraordinary state of its financial affairs , and of the falsification of the pablic accounts , in order to prevent the appearance of a surplus revenue , under the apprehension that foreign governments wonld require some portion of snch surplus to be applied in the payment of the debts due by Greece to them—an hon . number moved that the house be counted , and forty members not being present , the house stood necessarily adjourned , WEDNESDAY . Apbil 28 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Juyemie Offemdxbs Bum . —On Sir J . Pauhgton moving tbat this bill be read a second time ,
Mr Roebuck , moved that it be read a second time that day six months . He objected to it on three groundsfirst , because it tended to . do away with the system of a jury ; secondly , because the justices would have the power of adjudicating in the cases that came before them in private and not in pnblic ; and thirdly , because it gave to two justices , and at last to one on the confession of the party accused , the power of decking in a sum . marymannw . Those were powers which nobody of men who wished to stand well with the community could desire to take upon themselves .
Sir G . Gbei admitted . the importance of the subject to which the bill had reference , expressing his hope that in committee it may be f o amended as to entitle it to the support of the government . With regard to the exercise of the propos ed summary jurisdiction in private , he had no doubt the hon . baronet wonld concede that point ; ss unquestionably such proceeding !! ought to be public . Tbe whole subject was surrounded by great difficulties ; one of tht principal of which was , how children of tender years were to be disposed of . who were sentenced to transportation , sach sentence being generally accom . panied by a recommendation from the court , that it should not be carried oat . which no one would dream of doing . Sueh offenders undoubtedly ought to lie taken charge ofby the government , with atiew to their reformation , in order that they should not be thrown back
upon their parents or friends , who neglecfcd their education , and allowed them to be trained up in vice and crime . Though he despaired of being ab ! e to grapple with all the difficulties which presented themselves . did hape to be able , during the present session , to bring in a bill to enable towns and boroughs to provide ssvlmns for such criminals , if they ought to be so designated , thinking that it arose more from misfortune than crime , that they were brought nithia the operation oflhelaw . He did not concur ia the opinion that the magistrates were unfit to exercUe the proposed extension of summary jurisdiction , but he thought it would be desirable to extend the principle of stipendiary magistrates , not to the exclusion of the local magistrates , but to a-.-t with them . He was anxious to affirm the principle of the measure , and wonld lend his best assistance , in order to put it in a more acceptable frrm .
MrLAwandMrB Denisos concurred in the application of Sir G . Grey to Sir J . Pakiagton to withdraw thiibilL Sir J . Pakinstor had considered this subject with great attention , and ; could not rfincern any mischief that woald arise from the small addition which this bill would make to the existing powers of magistrates . Sir E . Ryan , who was at the head of the Criminal Law Commission , Sir F . Pollock , tbe Chief Baron of the Exchequer , Sir E . Wilmot . the late Governor of V-. n Diemeii's Land , and Lard Campbell , the lata Attorney-G . neral , were decidedly infavouroftheprincipleonwhicbitwas founded . The law on this subject was full of anomalies , and it wa * to correct those anomalies , and at tbe same time to prevent the contamination of youth by lone imprisonment before trial , that he had introduced tb . it bill . Fueling , as be did , the necessity for im-noiiUte legislation on this subject , he could not consent to withdraw this
measure . After some further discussion , in which the Attorney . General , Mr Packe , Mr Adderley . Mr R . Palmer , nnd Mr Protheroe supported tho principle of the bill , and Mr Henley and Mr B- Escott declared their intention of voting againt its secend reading , the house divided , when the numbers were : — ' For the second reading 75 Against it .. ; ... 23 Majority in ' itgfavoor 52 Bating or Tbnehemts Bill . —On the motion for resuming the adjourned debate on this bill , '
Sir G . Gbet said that the time which h *< t elapsed since this bill was before the house on the former occasion , did not induce him to consider it in a mure favourable light . A great disturbance of the rating '•>{ property would be created by it , and the subj- ; ct r . quired more consideration before he could conseuttu the s-con'l read , ing . ( Hear . ) * Mr P . Scbofx hoped the house would not a « srnt to the second reading . By the act of tho 54-b of beo . Ill , , cottages below a certain value were cxwni < t from the pay . ment of rates . In the town of Liverpool there were £ 30 , 000 out of £ 100 . 000 excused to the occupiers of snch cottages , ( Hear , hear . ) Then the qa-sticm e . nvaa whether it was the occupier or the owu-r that was to pay . The owners of such cotuges were gem-r * lly email speculators , and it would be unjust to impose by an invidious
ex post facto law , a direct rate on that class of property . Those persons conferred a great benefit by providing cottage habitations for the pour , and would tbity oppose an obstacle to that aopply , by impoMng a rate on such property ! He thought they would act unwisely if they ; didso . He knew that at present gnat ( rouble and expanse were incurred in ascertaining who were proper objects of exemptien from paying th * rule * and as the overseers had their favourites , it also gnve run to favour , itism ; bat the bill which stood in his name , and which was to come on immediately , wonld do away with that , forko diew abroad line , by fixing the amount at which the cottage shonld begin to be rated . Iu th it bill he confined the exemption to houses mrer jfe " ; In large towns he proposed tbat houses uuder £ 8 < jr £ 10 a ' year should be ' exempt .
Mr Cum said that of all friends of the p >« r faeprayed to be delivered froa a political <«» noinist . ( L ^ ogbter . - } Th « hon . member was oae of that sect , nun fai had Uk « h aa Bfportaalty ef nnwhtisg bis favarito iogm * witk .
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out urging a single valid objectionto the measure beiore them . - \ : > r . ¦ : ¦ . ;¦¦ : , M --r-:, : •( ,- * -- . . ; - ¦(•¦ : ^ .. ( - - ^^ y Mr Vebnoh denied that speculators In cottages were the best friends of the poor . There were no greater tyrants to the poor than Email capitalists , who run up house ' s tolet to the class below them , and for his own part he should be glad to eee such speculative building put an end to ; and each landlord obliged to build a sufficient number of houses of a good clasp , for thehabitatiao . of tbelabonwrs on bis estate . . ' -. >' . ' .... . After : some further aisccstlon , tbe second reading was negatived by a majority of 18 , the numbers being 89 t 07 t . . ¦ ¦ • ¦ : ^ ' ¦ . ¦• ¦ ¦ .. • - .. Teuantb ( Ibeiand ) Bill . — Mr S . Cbawfobd mov ( d the second reading of this bill . '¦ ,
MrB . Osboene objected to the second reading . 'It was , he said , very fashionable in that bouse to talkabont giving compensation to Irish tenants , and he was free to confess that he himself was formerly in the same state of ignorance on the subject ¦ as many other honourable members . ( Laughter . ) A two years' residence in Ireland had , however , shewn him that great sympathy was due to the landlord as well as to the tenant ,- ( Great laughter : ) . The tenaHt right might be consecrated in Uhter , but he protested against its introduction in the soutb of Ireland . He could assure the house that he had had tenants owing him three or four years ' rent , to whom he had been obliged to pay £ 20 eacb , in order to induce them to give up possession , ( langhler . ) . Tbe first thing which the house ought to do was to ; confirm the right of property . ( Hear , hear . ) The hon . mem , ber . concluded by moving that the bill be read a second time that day six months . ' .
Mr Monaqhah requested Mr S . Crawford , os th » Secretary for Ireland and other influential members of the government were unavoidably abseBt , to allow the debate to be adjourned for the present . Mter some oiBcussion , Mr S . CBAwrsKD reluctantly assented to the adjournment of it until Wednesday neit . '¦' . ¦•' " ' ' ' : - - : ' - . ••> ¦ :, ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦ . . r . The house then adjourned at five o ' clock .
( Prom our Second Edition of last vxik . ) < THURSDAY , A pbil 22 . HOUSE OF LOBDS . —After the presentation went number 6 f petitions for and against the Governof a Scheme of Education , the . Fever ( Ireland ) Bill ment through committee , and the Home adjourned .-. ¦ ¦ ¦ . HOOSE OF COMMONS ; —A number of ' petitions were ' presehted for and against the Government Scheme of Education , tbe latter being the most numerous . > Education . — Adjoubned Debate . — The adjourned debate oh the motion to ' go into committee of supply on tbeEiueatlongrant , and Mr T . Duncombe ' s amendment thereto , was resumed by Sir W . Clay . , The hon , Baronet opposed the plan as unjust , inexpedient ; and inefficient . ¦ ¦
. Sir J . Pabkirotoh supported the measure ,: Ur , Home supported Mr . buncombe's amendment . Sir W . JAHEsand Sir 3 . Eabthoje spoke in favour of the minis , terial proposal . Mr S . Cbawfobd opposed the minutes in Council , and' blamed Lord Arundel and Surrey , for havinp , as the head of the Roman Catholics of England , accepted a proposal that was an insult to the Roman Catholic community , Sir W . Moieswobtb and Lord Mahou supported the measure . . Sir James Giabak having to decide between the motion of the government to go into committee of supply to consider a vote of £ 100 , 000 for the purposes of general education , and the amendment proposed' : by Mr Duncombe for the appointment of a committee of . inquiry , could not hesitate to vote against an inquiry that he believed to be altogether superfluous , and for the motion to consider the education grant . . ;¦ .. .
Lord John Rdbsell replied at considerable length to the arguments adduced by his opponents , after which Sir Robe&t Peel spoke in favour of the government plan . . Mr Doncvmbe asked leave of the house to withdraw that part of his motion which implleda censure on the Government . ' . -. ¦ . .-. . . LordJ . Russell consented , and the house divided on the altered amendment : — ' ' ' ¦ ¦ . : For Mr Duncombe's amendment ... 47 Againstit ... ... ... ... 372
Majority againEt the amendment 825 - On thejmotion of Lord J . Russell , the further proceed , ing was adjourned . ¦¦' ¦ . / -. The house rose ' at one o ' clock . ¦ ( From wr Third Edition of latiuxtb . ) FRIDAY , Apbil 23 . . HOUSE OF LORDS . —A number of bills received the royal assent , Ccstox <> Dutieb Bill—Lord Clabendoh moved the second reading of the Customs' DutieB Bill . The Duke of Montbose moved , as an amendment , that a Committee of Inquiry on the subject be appointed . After much discussion , the second reading was agreed to by a majority of 9 , the numbers being— Contents , 57 ; Non-contents , 48 . The House then adjourned ,
HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Business of the H 0 E 6 B — Lord J . Rdssell said he shonld propose that , on the assumption that the house resolved itself into Committee that night , and came to the conclusion of the debate upon the education vote , the report of the Committee on the miscellaneous estimates , No . 4 , should be received the first thing on Monday next . Then the Chancellor of the Exchequer wished to take a vote ia order to enable th « Exchequer Loan Commissioners to advance large sums of money for certain railways in Ireland , which
those railways could borrow on usury . The Secretary of State for the Home Department proposed next to take into consideration the Prisons Bill . Oa Friday he proposed to bring forward two bills with r « pect to Ireland , the one a bill for the supervision of the poor law , aad tbe other a bill for the suppression of vagrancy . Monday , the 3 rd of May next , he should be at liberty to move thn third reading of the Ten Hours' Factory Bill . ( Hear , hear . ) On Monday , the 10 th of May next , he pro-J * sed to goon with the Railway Bill brought in by Mr Strutt . . . ¦ ...
The remainder cf the evening was occupied in discussion oh Sir W . Clay's amendment in regard to the GovernmentScheme of Education , to the effect , "That it is expedient tUet in any plan for promoting the education ofjthe people by pecuniary assistance from the State , provision should be mane , tbat , in schools receiving such asssstance , the opportunity ef participating in all in struction other than raiigious should be afforded to children whose parents may objeot to the religious doctrines taught in such schools . " ¦ On a division , the numbers were—for the amendment , 74 ; against it , 210 ; the atnend-nent was cousequvntly lost by a majority of 13 G . The vote wasthen agreed to and ths house adjourned . -
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INFERNAL CRUELTIES COMMITTED : BY FRENCH SLAVEHOLDERS . ' . : . The desire of the French nation to accomplish the abolition of slavery led to the adoption of a law in July , 1846 , intended as the forerunner of that object . This project provided for the establishment of free workshops , the granting one day a week to the slaves to enable them by their industry to purchase their freedom , the ; limitation of the hours of labour , the encouragement of marriage and tbe promotion oi education . The instruments by which these several prpvisionswere to receive effect were the colonial magistracy and the slave-owners themselves , who also constituted the majority of the former body . The practical effect has been that the law has become a
dead letter , all its provisions being utterly abortive , and the condition of the slaves , physical and moral , beingworse than ever . There is , in fact , no administration-of justice where a remedy is sought by a slave against his proprietor . The tribunals are composed of a majority of slave-owners , anil if there be a few individuals in the minority disposed to administer justice , they are overruled by public opinion in the colony . To such a scandalous pitch has the flagrant defiance of every principle of justice in the cundust of these tribunals been carried , that in some instances where they have pronounced an acquittal or a nominal punishmentagainBt delinquentpropriet tort , the atrocity of the criminal has been so greathat the colonial governor lias felt compelled to exer ; cise a discretion with which he is invested by exiling the offender from the colony . ; ;
Amongst other horrors unvieled in the Chamber of Deputies on Monday last , by M . Ledru Rollin , were the following : — ' J An old woman , bound hand and foot , received 29 stripes , of such severity that her blood flew out and fell—on whom ; ? On her own son , forced to hold his mother whilst she received her punishment . A commissary of police struck moat violently a woman who bad been only a fortnight confined , and the sliock forced her to keep her bed for a length of time .. ' ¦ :. ; . - A little negro boy entered a garden , he was seized on by the owner , and taken before the mayor , tbe latter drew imt his penknife , and cutting off the end ot the boy ' s ear forced him to bw&IIow it . A female , five months gone with child , was bound upon a ladder by the fourlirabs , a billet of . wood being stuffed between her bosom and the ladder , to rentier her back convex . The lash was then anolied .
until prenmure delivery was produced under the operation of the torture . The blows inflicted upon her head broke but her teeth , destroyed one of hev ojef , and depoived her of hearing : and " the man , " exclaimed M . Ledrii Rollin , " who thus proved himself more oruel than the executioner ; and more inexorable than the guillotine , being brought before the correctional police , was sentenced to fifUen days ' imprisonment !" Another female , also pregnant , was submitted to the whip until her back was covered with bleeding woundB . and then , by a devilish refinement of torture , aselution of pimentum and lemoa-juince was poured into the wounds . . A child was suspected of having poisoned an ox , which had died . The head of the ox being cut off , pas suspended round the neck of the child , who was compelled to carry it until the effluvia proceeding from the decorapoaitien of the flesh relieved the little viotims from its tormentsi by death .
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-1 jA . mbeth . — a NewDodqe . —Ellen Williams , -a middle-aged female , ' who refused to give her address , - was seea by Cockrill , 108 L . to follow a gentleman , into a waterinr place near tbe Crown public house , at the corner of the lambeth-rbad . He' asked the prisoner her business there , and her reply was that she was waiting for a friend . .. The . gentleman by . this time bad come out of the place and not only denied all knowledge of her , bnt said she had followed him for some distance ; and at the time hig watch and eye-glass wero very muoh exposed . He ( witness ) then told the prisoner that unless she went about her business he must remove her to the statiou-boTiie . She appeared reluctant to eo . ' At the
time ' two respectable-looking men came up , and advised her to do as she was told , upon which she turned round and struck . one of them .. Witness then laid hold of her and requeBted the men to accompany him to the station to give-her in charge , and . the latter expressed . their willingness to do bo . They had notproeeeded far , however , when one of them slipped four half-crowns into his hand , and requested that the prisoner might be allowed to po about her business . Having no doubt from this circumstance that the men were her accomplices , he sprung his rattle , but the men disappeared before assistance came up . The officer added , tbat within tbe last ten days no leas than three robberies had been effected
by females following gentlemen into watering placeB , and while there two men made their appearance , one of whom generally charged their victim with taking his wife there for an improper purpose , made use of violent threats , and allowed the thief to eBeapp with a w atch , or whatever she could lay her hands on . The prisoner , who denied the charge nf intentional robbery , said she was a respectable married female , and in the stay trade , but refuted to ghv her real name or address , Mv Norton observed he was thoroughly convinced that plunder was her object in following the gentleman to the place above described , and ordered her to find good bail for one montb , ¦ ;¦ . ' ¦ - ¦ : ...... , . .
, WORSH 1 P . STREET . —A Pauper ' s Homk . — A fine , tall , hale-looking old man , eijshty-nlne years of age , of very venerable appearance , and with long flowing white hair , was placed before tbe magistrate under tbe following circumstances : - He had been rhe years receiving an allowance from Shoreditcli parish ( 3 s . a week ) , but living during that period in Bethrial . green , and the Shoreditch pari « h now refused to nllew him anything further , on the ground that the recent Act of Parliament , with respect to-the removal and settlement of tha poor , had the tffect of transferring his claims to relief to the parish of Bethnal-green , in consequence . of his five . years' residence
there The Betbnal . green parish officers , however , would only consent to take him into' their workhouse , instead of allowinghiro any outdoor relief . Mr Broughton ntked the old applicant why he refused to enter the workhouse ?—Th « old man said he had teen married nfty . six years to his wife ( whoiR eighty ) , and they would feel it as ft cruelty to separate thm until it should please God to take them , Mr Broughton asked if it was a matter of necessity to 8 rparate such an old coupla in . the workhouse ! Mr Christie said it was ; the law was imperative in that respect . Mr Broughton gave him some assistance frem the poor-box , until hit case had been further conMdered by the parish officers .
130 W-STREET . —A Paope » 's Bobi . — A few weeks back a female casual pauper , whose husband had previ ' . eusly died in St Giles ' s workhouie , was sent with others to the King's College Hospital , in PortURal-street , Lin . coin ' s Tnn-fields , where she has since died , upon which Mr Lyons , the secretary , communicated the circum . stances to the parish authorities , at the same time requesting that the body should be moved by them for interment . The application was met l y a refusal on the part of the parish authorities , on the grounds that as the hospital was in a different parish , they could not be
called upon to bear nny portion of the expanses consequent on the removal or intermant of the deceased . The qu « stion led to a lengthened investigation before the magistrates , when it was arranged that the whole matter should be brought before the St Giles's Board , and in the meantime . 'the body was removed by , tha parish authoritiesfromthehospital for interment . Saturday a letter was received from the chairman of St Giles ' s pirish , ' informing the magistrate that the matter would le entertained on the board day , with a view to submit tbe question to the coniideration of the Poor Law Com . mipfli ners . ' ' .
Fraionn Dbivinow—W . Price , driver of omnibus , 1 , 744 , pljing between Charing . cross and Brixton-hill , appeared before Mr Jardine , upon a oummonB charging Mm with hnvlng , on the . 19 th instant , by carelusnets , inflicted cer ' ain injuries on ahorse , the property of the Earl of Clare , to which he pleaded guilty . William King , hit lordship ' s coachman , stated that on the evening of the day in queition he wat driving ft pair of horses attached to acarriage containing bis lordship ana two . children down Whitehall towards the HouBe of Lords , when the defendant drove his vehicle in tbe same direction , and suddenly crossed tho road at a furious rate . Witness was at the right hand side of the cab rank at the time , driving at the rate of five miles an hour , and the wheel of the omnibus injured one of . the . horses to much that it had been lame eversir . ee . In answer to the charge the
defendant said that he was a driver ten years without any complaint being made against him during that time , and after the accident occurred , which was earned by a cart which drove near him at-, the kerb , he apologised for what bad happened . Lord Chre snid . that ha < Vthe defendant stopped and apologized for his conduct no further notice would have been taken of the circumstance , but observing every day the manner in which ponderous vehicles wero driven through . the streets , to the . danger of tbe public , he considered , it his duty to bring the mat I or before the . court , with a view , if poisiWe , to put a check to such practices ; at the same time he was bound to admit defendant apologised for what had happened when he was overtaken , but not till thea . Mr Jardine Raid that there was gross carelessness on the part of the defendant , not only , in driving against the horse , but
not' stopping immediately when the occurrence | took . lace , and it was necessary , for the benefit of the public , for him to know that the court , had power to send the defendant , in such a case , to prison for three months , and also to impose a punnlty of £ 8 , with the liability of all the damage done ; but as there was no disposition to preKR for such punishment he would mitigiite the penalty to 40 a ., or one month's imprisonment . —The fine was paid . .- -.. . ¦ // . ,,, ; . .. ' - ¦ - . . ,..., : MAUI 1 BOROUGH-8 TREET—ABHioesiiic ViBitis . —A lady ; evidently suffering under mental distress , accompanied by her legal adviser , made an application to Mr Bingham . Tbegentlemsn said : Sir , I have to solicit your advice in a case of a very painful nature ., It in a cose in which I do not know whether it is in the province of this court to ' cive assistance , and this Increases ,
if possible , the painfulness of this pablic application . This lady is the CnuntesB of Mornington .. She has been separated from her husband ( the present Eirl of Mornington ) for about fourteen years . At the time of the « eparafon the Earl of Morniogton settled on this lady £ 1000 , to bo paid ont of his estates .. The arrears , which have Accumulated for thirteen or fourteen years , amount to £ 14 , 000 , or , if Lady Mornington is entitled to chsirge interest , to £ 17600 . . About six or seven months ago Lady Mornington came to England to sea about hi . 'r Chancery suit . She resided at Hutohett ' s Hotel , and she hits no cause of complaint avainst Mr Thomas , the proprietor , except that looking to his own interest , and sueing no prospect of speedy payment , of his bill , he gave her Indjship notice to loave the hotel on Saturday , Lady Mormngton , therefore , at this moment is in a state of complete destitution . . Lord M « rnington ' s family have been appealed to , but they all r > fuse to interfere in any matter in which Lord Moroington i « concerned , and state
that in every thing connected wth Lord Mornington the law mutt Uka iti course . My application is to know if you , by some summary process ,, can bring Lord Morn , ington , who it now at Mivart ' c Hotel , before you to show cause why he does not properly maintaiu his wife . Mr Bingham : I see no difficulty in the case whatever ; tbe course to take appears to toe perfectly plain . This lady complain * that her husband does . not allow her suppoi t , I understand she lives at Hatshett ' s Hotel , which is in the parish of St George's , Hanover-square , She is nt pr « Esnt without the means of support , and « he therefore comes wit hin the description ef casual poor . The lawful course ib for her to apply to the parish authorities to he relieved . The husband is bound to supply means of subsistence to his wife , and a parish has power to compel him to do , what a husband is bound to do , namely , to contribute to the support of , his wife . The applioant , on behalf of Lady Mornington , thanked the magistrate for bis advice , and then withdrew .
Mobk Furious Bbitiko . — Francis fikipp , described on the police-sheet , as a " gentleman , " was charged with having furiously driven two horses in a carriage , and also with having injured and otherwise endangered the lives of two young women named Fry . Sophia Fry , of 30 , Great Ormomi . street , said about halfpast nina o ' clock on Sunday evening she was about to cross Leicester-square ,. when she was suddenly knocked down by the horses in a carriage , driven by the defendant , Tho horses were coming along at a very great peed , ami on their wrong side . Her arm was broken , her head was injured by one of the horse ' s booft , and her leg was badly bruised . Elisabeth Fry said sha wa * with ber sister at the time of the injury . The
horses and carriage came on at such a rapid rate that it was impossible to get out of their way . She was also knocked down , and her side very much braised , James Dimes , a cabman , said ho saw a carriage coming along on the wrong side of tbe road . The defendant drove tha carriage against his cab , and did damage to the amount ot 30 s . The defendant then ran against a lamp-post , and concluded his drunken career by knocking down two females . The . horses were galloping furiously at tho time . ' Mr Biagham inflicted the fines of £ 10 for the injury on Sophia Fry , and £ 10 for tbe injury on Elizabeth Fry , to be awarded to these parties" by way ofcompeniation ; 40 a . for furious driving , SOs . for damage to the cab , am ! 5 s . for loss of tiino to the cabman ; in all £ 23 lSi .
The defendant was at this court a short time ago , and was then fined 40 » . for furiously driving , SOUTHWARK—ViotsNt Assault . —T . Cook was placed before Mr Cottingham , charged with commitling a violent assault on Eliza Mairs , The complainant , a you us woman , " of 18 years of ago , stated that she lived witu licr mother , in Suffolk-court , Snow ' s-fields , Southwark , and that sbo obtained her living by selling fruit . That ou tho preceding evening , about seven o ' clock , while d )« whs waiting for her mothi * , in St Jsmes ' g . s quare . ttieprisouur and another man camejup driving a oab , Hnd aitkbd her if sane would get into the vehicle and they wonld drive her home , As she was tired and had " a " long way to go , ihs accepted of their invitation , and " aeuon
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[ ngly got into tbVcab , ' both '' 'ihe ^ priaoner . and'iKno ti * .. ' man , naraed Mills , being on the .. box :. together . " When they got seme distanco they pullgdup . ' ana Mills got Into the cab with her , although sheobjected to it , and tried ' to get out herself . bnt . was prevented . The prisoner drove forward and stopped at a public-honse in the Strand and had sorne liquor with his companion , after which he continuedthejourney until ttiey came near Finsbary-gquare , at which place the prisoner changed places with Mills , who got out ef the vehicle , and the pritoner no sooner lot down by her side than be began to take improper liberties , which she resisted , at the same time calling aloud for assistance , but the cab was driven along with such fury that her cries were drowned in the noise of the wheels , and it continued until they reached Snow ' n . fields . ^
the prisoner , all the time , making the utmost exertions to overpower her . By great exertion on herfpart she at length forced upon the door , and although the cab was still going at a rapid puce , tsho jumped out , at the risk ofherlife , and was much hurt , and had her gown , bon . net , and otherslothes , torn to pieces . She here exhibited her clothes , which were in the condition described . Policeman 117 M stated , that while he was ondntyin Snow ' s-fieldB the previous night he Baw a cab coming along at a rapid rate , followed by several persons attraoted by the complainant ' s cries . When it had proceeded some distance the complainant was seen to jump eut , and he went In pursuit of the vehicle , and succeeded in stopping the horse and securing the prisoner , who was inside , while Mills was on the box driving . The policeman
added , that when he went up . to tbe complainant she was insensible from the fall , lying on the ground , and as she appeared to bs much hurt , he conveyed her home , where she soon recovered sufficiently to be enable to describe tbe outrage , as she had done in court . The prisoner said the complainant got into his cab without pressing , and rode with Milln inside , who gave her . a shilling , and that she permitted him to do what he pleased '; that he ( prisoner ) afterwards entered tho vehicle , and that she jumped out . Mr Cottingham questioned the complainant , and in reply she declared that Mills , the fint man who entered the cab , did not attempt to take liberties with heir , nor did he give ber a shilling ; that she wai leading a virtuous life , and lived with her parents , in Snow ' s-fields ; she was aware now she had acted most
indiscreetl y in getting into the cab , but she did it under tbe impression that as the prisoner was going over London-bridge it would be uo trouble to him to Bet her down near her home ; that had she not resisted with all her strength , the prisoner would have effected his purpose . The magistrate said that such a charge should certainly , undergo further investigation ^ and be directed immediate inquiry to [ be made relative , to the complainant . ' The priioner was therefore remanded , ¦ THAMES . —Alitgid Cbcilti oh the Hian SiA 8 . _ Mr Richard Essirion , muster of the Enchantress , - wat brought up in custody of Inspector Evans , of tbe Thames police , charged with an assault on the high seas upon a lad named Henry Hausford , his cabin boy , who was about fourteen or fifteen years of age . The casehowever
, , as it proceeded , seemed to involve a charge of a much more serious nature . John Porter , the chief mate , stated tbat on the passage t » Sydney , for which the Enchantress left on the 1 st of May , 1846 , the " deceased became ill , about the following January , and remained ill for a month , but witness could not tell what was his complaint . Ho was confined for a week to his hammock , Md lulieqnntlj died of fever , being delirious part of the time . ievmumy lo this , he said the captain struck him . Witness remembered the occasion , for he beard the boy shrieking in the cabin , and when he saw him the boy appeared to be iu great pain . The captain , explaining tbe matter to witness , said he thought some one had come to Bteal the storei . The deceased afterwards went oh board n . M . S . Driver , where he wanted to engage , but Cwptain
Essinon would not assem to it . Prisoner : I only gave him a back-handed blow on the . shoulder . We put in at Batavia after ' that , where the boy could have bad a doctor , but he never complained . We were also at Samarang , where eome of tbe men were placed under the care of a physician , but the boy did not avail himself of the opportunity ., In answer to the magistrate , Porter said the boy complained of tlie blow about a month be . fore he died . The second mate , William Proctor , on returning from Surra Bay , en board the Enchantress , found the deceased lad moaning on the deck . He was ill from that time till the time of his death . One of the men wro had been left behind told witness that the boy aaid the captain was the cause of his death . Witness
did not know that the boy complained of illness before he received the blow . He complained of pain near the ribs , and on the right side . No medical man saw him . Mr Yaro'ley could not say whether it was not a case for further inquiry . There was no evidence to send it at one of manslaughter to the Central Criminal Court . A bill of indictmunt might be prepared if deemed advisable ; meantime tbe defendaut should procure two sureties to answer any charge that might be preferred against him . These not being forthcoming , he was bound in his own recognizances of £ 100 , to appear at this court on Wednesday . The parties then left , both the relatives of tlw lad and the captain ox pressing a desirs for the- fullest inquiry . . ¦ ' ¦ . . ; ' . J" 'C " . :, ; V- .. ;
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ROBBERY AND CAPTURE BY MEANS OF THE RAILWAY TELEGRAPH . In the latter period of last week , a young man named John Bourne , respectably attired , took lip bis residence at Mr John Gox ' s , the Otd Arras Inn . Scots wood-road , Newcastle , for the ostensible purpose of being . trained by Henry Clasper to row a skiff match at Manchester , and Mr Cox , in order to make him comfortable , gave up his own sleeping apartment , in which was a chest of drawers containing a sum of money amounting to above £ 200 . Bourne ' s deportment altogether was such that not the slightest suspicion was attached to his proceedings until Tuesday afternoon , between five and Bis o ' clock , when the drawer containing the money ,
together with a cash box in which it was deposited , was found to have been broken open , and the entire contents of the , box taken away . The alarm was immediately given , when it was ascertained that Bourne had left the house about two o ' clock , and from various circumstances no doubt was felt tbat Bourne was the guiity party , and it was concluded that he would make dawn to Gatesbead and take the train southward . Mr Taylor , of Salwellj accordingly mounted his hoive , and rode direct to the Westgate station , where : he gave information of the robbery , and a description of the drsss Bourne had on , to Mr Inspector Little , who , with Sub 4 nspectur Drummond , proceeded at once to the telegraph office , at the . Gateshe ; ul station . Almost simultaneously Mr Cox hiniself . callod at Mr Stephens ' , the
siinerinjendent of police , and gave information there , with a ull description of Bourne ' s person and dress , with the amount and description of the notes stolen . This was sentover immediately to Mr Johnson , the station piaster at Gateshead , who felt the importance of this additional iniorination , and instantly set the telegraph to work ; and . , these particulars , were so full and accurate that the Mation master at Normanton felt no hesitation in acting upon them . This would be aboutsixo ' elock , and as the mail train left at a ( m atter past three o ' clock , it was conjectured that if he had left with it he might be intercepted . When the account of the robbery and a description ot the person reached Y <; rk the train had passed , and the information vast , lorwRrded to N 01 manton , in advance of the train . Tiie station master at Normanton sent instantly lor a pbliceofficer , and in the meantime the train had arrived . On the officer
hearing the description read over , ho at once remarked that a man answering the description was standing on the platform , where he had just passed lira . The station master gave orders to apprehend lira , and when the oIKcer went up , and seized him > y the arm , and asked him to walk into tho station , he refused , and considerable force was necessary to get him there . He ihew refused to bo searched , but that was at length vflweted in spite of the resistance he offered , and the aim cf £ 203 8 s . fouud upon him , which consisted of two £ 5 nines , £ 192 in gold , and 28 b , in silver . He was then brought back to York by the next tiain , and information was transmitted by telegraph to ( J . itMliead thai he had been apprehended . The telegraph was potto work aboutiaeveu o ' clock , nnd at » ine , two hours afterwards , intelligence was received t ' -iat tho . man had been approlended a hundred' emi ten miles distant . On the inof
tcili ^ ence Bouroo having been apprehended reaching Gateshead , Mr Inspector Little proceeded by the next train to York , and returned with his prisoner at half-past one o ' clock the following day . Ho was takon before Mr Aldi ' minn Dunn , and transferred to the county , . when the particulars wero laid before Dixon Dixon , Esq ., and the prisoner was remanded . Bourne , it seeui !" , is tweHty-two year * of age , and belongs 1 to Manchfistor , where his wife and family are residing .
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Meibopolitan Police . —The anrual return of the number of persons taken into custody by this body during 1848 ; has jusf . been issued . The total number "f persons taken into custody was 62 , 834 , being 42 , 269 mate ^ and : 20 . 665 females . . Of tbu number , 31 , 389 were discharged by . the magistrates , 26 , 333 Bummarily disprwea of , or held to bail by the magigtraun , and 5 , 112 committed for trial . EXTKNSl Tif RoBUKkY . BXi CoSIIBBRTUL ClUBI — tbe managing clerk of the North Mall Distillery Cork , has absconded with upwards of £ 400 , tho property oTIm employers , Messrs Wise and Gifford . tie hud been clerk and manager of the spirit establishment at Tralee , and is well known to ever * soldier who iuu boeu stationed in Traleo Barracks for the last Bix years , lie ib accompanied by his wifeand
, they are W . ieved to have gone to Liverpool for the purpose « f < tvnisirating to the United Slates . Fatal Accident .-By Mr Wakley . at the King and Queen , PaddinBtou-jireen , on William Town " end aged 24 , a journeyman painter in the employ ol Mr Ackdeld . On Muudnj . mornin deceased , while pai . uting the h < mse 23 , NorfoiCrescent , E ^ gewareroad , ascended a ladder 80 feot hi gh ; before the man on the roof could secure the fathom rope , a heavy squall of wind carried away the , Wder , pitching do ' censed into the are * . After a few sighs he expired , hia skull having btten frnotured in several places . Verdict , ' Accidental death . " All the inhabitants , about l , ft ) 0 in number , of ' :. the village of Oleimn , near Wolkojiatein , in Saxony / havo ju » t abandoned the Lutheran for the German Catholio Church . '
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: . . -- ' »^~ i {* -.-- ... . ; ;¦ . . ; , _ . _ co&s . &c . ^''^ - > .: r ^ :. ^ ., MiBK-IiNE , Monday ^ [ April' S 0 ^—During ' -laBt week the arrivals of English wheat for our market coastwise were on the increase , but by no means extensive . From Ireland . and Scotland next to nothing came to .-hand , bnt the imports of foreign wheat , barley , and oats ,: th « re , being nearly 30 , 000 qunrters of the latter , were large ; those 0 other grain small , Fresh up this morning a fa . r suppl y 0 £ wheat came to band from Kent , but that from Essex and our various other districts was small . At the commencement of business the factors demanded extravagantly hi ^ H prices for all kinds of wheat of home produce , as muck as ' 34 s having been asked for Essex white , but which , however , the millers were not inclined to give . There was an increase in the show of foreign wheat . . ; ' ¦ •' ¦ -. ' Liverpool , Saturday , April 26 . —At yesterday's market a decline of 3 d per bu 6 hel on . wheat , and Is 6 d per barrel oh flour was submitted to on a limited business .:
Liverpool , Tuesday , April 27 . —At our Corn Exchange tliis morning there was a middling attendance oi the trada and a large show of flour , and Indian corn fresh arrived , and fair of other grain . The market was extremely depressed for every article , at a decline 011 prices of this day week of 3 d . to id . per 70 lbs . on wheat ; 2 s . to 2 s . 6 d . per barrel ou flour . Oats , beans , peas , and barley , all fiat , and scarcely anj tiling done in them , . Manchesteb , Saturday , April 24 . —The excited reportsreceived during the week from various leading markets , as likewisa from ' the agricultural districts , caused holders of flour to demand greatly enhanced prices for the article , and which necessitous consumers were compelled to comply . The 8 n es mude , however , were ' chiefly confined to choice fresh qualities ,, and for prime . vorfolk whites even 63 b per sack was realised ; but the high prices demanded reduced the transactions to a very limited compass . ¦ Richmond ( Yorkshire ) , Saturday , April 2 * . —We only had a thin supply of grain in our market this morning .-. Wheat sold from 10 s to 12 s ; oats , 3 s 6 d to 4 s 8 d ; barley , 6 s 6 d to ( is 9 d ; beans , ts 9 d to 7 s per bushel .
.. .. CATTLE , 4 o . Smithfield , Monday , April 26 . —Since Monday last , up to Saturday morning , the imports of lire stock into London were composed of 102 oxen , 800 cows , J . 020 sheep , and 96 calves , chiefly from Rotterdam and Harlingen . At the outports about 10 U beasts , 220 sheep , and 35 calves , have come to hand , in , for the most part , fair average condition . Tcday thsro were on sale here about' 250 beasts ; 200 sheep , and 40 calves from Holland . From Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire , we received about 1 , VOO Scots , hoinebrede , andshorthorns ; from the Western and midland districts 80 U Ueiefords , runts , Devons , < 5 sc . ; from other parts of England 750 of various breeds ; and from Scotland 2 'IH horned aud polled Scots . For the time of year the numbers of sheep were small , though of full average quality . , ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦•¦¦ - LiTEBPooL . — Cattle Ihpobted , — From Thursday , April 22 nd , to Monday 28 tb , there arrived nt this port : — Cows , 1 , 113 ; calves , 4 ; sheep , 929 ; lambs , 1 D 4 ; pigs , 678 ; horses , 2 i . > .
POTATOES . , Bobouqh and Spitalhelds , Monday , April 26 . —The supplies uf . potatoes on stile here this morniug were very small , while the trade ruled firm at the following quotations : —York Kegeuts ' . ' 4 O 6 to V 8 i-s , ditto Reds 2 iUs to 280 s ditto Sbaws 220 s to 230 s , Dutch whites loOs to 18 . g , Lin . colnshire and Cambridgeshire Kegeuts , 210 s to 23 i ; s , dittd kidneys , 220 s to 2 oUs per tun .. . „ Wedsbsdat , Apbil- 28 . —The arrivals ot Euglish whea have been tolerably good this weekV yet the show of sam pies here to-day was by no means large .- All kinds moved off steadily , at about HonUay ' s quotations . * The best qualities of foreign wheat are held at full priceB , but all other description met a slow inquiry ; Lfeds , Tuesday , April , 27 . —The arrival of wheat is pretty good ; the trade having purchased freely last week , are not disposed to increase stocks , consequently little business done , and sales a ret barely equal ttf Friday's terms . Average prices : — Wheat , 78 s ; barley , 52 s 3 d oats . 35 s 2 d . ¦ -, , '
Death of the Duke op Akoyll . — John Douglas Edward Henry Campbell , Duke of Argyll , died at inverary Castle , on Monday last , lie was in his seventyth year , having been born in 1777 . In early lifts he entered the army , und served under the Duke of York and Sir Ralph Abercromby in Holland , tie is succeeded in his estates and honours by his only son George , ' Marquis of Lorn , who niarriei , in 18 * 3 , the eldest daughter of the Duke of Sunderland . ...:. ¦ . . ,
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STATE .. OF TRADE
Blackboen . —The trade at Blackburn and the neighbourhood is in a very precarious state , the working ot ' short time , and the closing of cotton factories , owing to the advance which has taken place 011 * the raw material , is still progressing , and to a considerable extent' Distress is alarming both amvugst cotton-mill operatives , and the handloom cotton weavers . Several large firms have this week given notice , that if an alteration for the better does not speedily take place , they will give up the cotton business altogether . - .. . Beadfokd , —Wool : The spinners buy with greatoaution aud the purchases made during the week arc less thaa usual . The market is not abundantly supplied , which keeps prices stationary . Halifax . —The dulness in the worsted trade remains ,, and there is no perceptible change either in demand or ia prices , - Hbddebsfield . —The market has been very dull . There are » few buyers , but ttu-re is no inclination to speculate beyond their immediate wants . . ..
LEhDS . —Though the rise in the price cf grain and tbe state of the moniy market have checked the demand for Wuoilen goods , u fair amount of business has been dene ( luring the week at the warehouses . Livekpoul . —Cotio . m Mauket . —Our market continues very Hat aud heavy , nor can we hope for any amendment while the present pressure on the money-market continues so severe . . liociiDALE . —We have had but little doing in tbe piece market , but prices are much the same as last week . Total mills closed , 17—number of hands out of employe irieut , upwards of 3 , 000 . Several firms that are working short time intimate , their intention of closing their fac tories . ' ' < ' ¦¦' . '¦ : - . - Stockport . —Masters have bad meetings every day , but they ure . afraid to close their mills at present ... LEiCESTEB . —Trade continues dull . More hands ore unemployed , but wools and yarns remain without alteration . ' - ' ¦ '¦' .. - ¦ .
Manchester . —Our market has been very languid , the depression having become more decided as the week has advanced . The business doing is extremely limited , nor is there any immediate prospect of an alteration fur the better . The distress in all the towns fifteen mileB round . Maucheateramongn cotton-mill operatives h alarming in the extreme , ami unless something be done very speedily , it is feared there will- be disturbances . The towns uy » crowded with Irish beggars and with operatives ' out of work . ¦ •' . : j { Nottingham .-Lace :. The state of the yarn market , with the somewhat increased pressure for money , and the continuous cold weather , combiua / to exert a most baneful influence on this branch of local manufacture . T . ere have ' heensomu buyers iutlie town mixing the week , but their purchases have been insufficient to produce acy activity in the market , ilusiery : The home inai Itets continue in ^ a very inactive state for . the season of the year , although wo have heard of a partial improvement in some brunches . ¦
Oldh am .-The cotton trade at Oldham , Roy ton , and Crompton , is getting worse every day , and this week many occupiers of cotton mills , whw have been working short time , have given uot ' ce to their hands of their intention to close their tiictorl .-s . Tiie shopkeepers are becoming alarmed , and will only purchase small quantities of provisions , owing to the reports that many are afraid 01 ' an outbreak .
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( From tlie Gusette of Friday , April 28 , ) William Toivniey , Little James-street . Bedford-row , St Andrew ' s , uolboru , voavhmuker—Henry Francis , lloole , High-street Suuthwark , grocer — Robert Tajc , Regentstreet , silversmith — Charles Brooks , ' Vine-ard , ' Lanestveet , carman— Uiehard l * eake , St gtepheu ' s Hertfordshire , fanner — William Shuker , Salisbury , licensed victualler—Mary Elizabeth aud James Hell , Fincii-lane , CornhiU , news ventierti— William Walker , Berutfordsqunre , Woolwich , grocer—Thomas . Oaks , tt'alsall , mne ddali'r . —Jaiia-s . Loiiginore W'ilUs , VVor ° est r , tailor-Michael M'Doniiell , Liverpool , ship bvoker—John Jonos , Llangefni , Anglesea , North Wales , grocer—Ralph l'ickstone , Mauuh&itei-, grocer—Joseph . audUenjamiu Shepherd .- Exeter , vniue merchants—William liradley , sen ,, Kirbi'y Lousdule , Westiuoreland , inukceper—James Lee , Four Oaks , Warwickshire-, cabinet-case maker .
( From the tiuzcUe : t Tuesday , April 27 . ) Joseph Woolcombe and Henry Wooicombe , of 76 , Cornhill , gUipping agvnts—Uichuvd Butcher , juu ., of Epsom , painter—John Davy Langmcud , of 2 « , Judd ^ treetj draper —John I ' owtll aud David Puwell , of Woolwich , linen drapers—Francis Mackit , of Southampton-row , ttussellsquare , tuiUir—Juhn 1 ' etupher , of 2 , -Ko ' chester . road , Cumdcn town , builu ' er-Jacques Louis Bourdonauu l ' et « r Joseph Meugens , of Finch-street , Whitcehapel , sugar tenncrs-George Barnard , oflli ^ h Wyeouibc , grocer—I ' eter Francis Adrian Vander Vyvcr , formerly of London-strtct , Fenchurch-street , anti n . iw . 11 Crutcla-a fiiurs , merchant —John Burton , ot Tuuut vnl ' co . icli proprietor—Samuel Witlmall and William Cartwright , of Kcrshaw-bridge and Saiford , dyers—Alice Johiibtun , of Liverpool , tailor-Edward liridcut , of Chelteuham , iroumonger—Robert Law of Bristol , ii-ontiionger— H'iiliam KnoweJl , of Bristol , carpenter .
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MARKIED . On Saturday , in Chmley Wood Church ,- by the Rev . Mr Thompson , John Hobiiiaon , a sterling Chartist , and the perBon who il-, \ ted the houses on the U'Oormorville estate , to Aiary Winiiot , of Ciiorley Wood-bottom , . youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Wiunett . The event created considerable interest in th . neighbourhood , and many friends accompanied the bride and bridegroom to tho church ; after which au excellent dinner was served up to a delighted party , and the remaining porUouof . th « day was &peu tin a very agrctable manner . - •¦ , m DEATHS .- , Mr Thomas Martin , M . I ' ., one of the representatives for tlie County Galwa . v , died un FrMay hut s » few days ogo at Bfllliunalnucu Caitle , vonuemara , froiii the eUects of nialigimnt fever , caught in the discharge of his duty as Poor-law Guardian of tlie Clifdin Uni .. n . _ Lady Alicia Gordou dieil on Saturday , at hor residence , "i ^' . "o ^ -street , Mnj-fair . Jitr Ladyship wasdnughter ot the late , and sister to the presentEari of Aberdeen . Ch
, ^>» n aiile ' s I'Hica , Baht . — This vcnerabla baronet , whose namu has bwou for several year * back « o tamiliar in City circles , from being tUe head of th « eminent banking firm of Trice , llarryett , and Co ., expired on Mond » y last , nt his scut , Spring . grove , near iUchnioud , aged seventy-two . ; Sin Daviooe Godlu . —V \' e hive to announce the death o £ tho senior Aiiiiiiml of the Red , Sir Daviilgc Gould > 6 . C . H ., Yicc-Ailmiral ' of the United Kingdom , without a t >\ vuv > gle ami without pain ; at his seat iu Herts , on Friday , the 38 rd inst . He was iu lib 9 iith year , upwards of seventy years of which had been spent iu the public service . This dUtinuuithedufiici-r s ^ rtoti under and was the friend and messmate of Neltou , fioducy , Hood , Hothaiu , Hjde , Farker , « 5 sc . . Thb Mayor of Cokk . — Thomas Hackett , Esq ., lata Mayor of Cork , ilied ut hi < residence , in that city , on Thursday eveuing . Deceased was in his 68 th year .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 1, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1416/page/8/
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