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      Middlesex Sessions. Jones V. A Convictio...

      - _^ £ _^ hospital , where his hand was _dreased , _^ _** £ , Wm ~ g _* re corrohorative evidence . - She _>* _% £ * hit of having been robbed , and deposed f ° « nf ' seen the prisoner throwthe purse into to WW * Tbeinry fbnrid the prisoner " Guilty . " It & _\& n that t he prisoner had been before _conirtS j _^ _jj _iandtiiathewas known as an expert _tio _tea i * £ » _^ - _^ _nrt said there was . quite _suffi-^* f ° j _£ tfie pres ent case , without reference" to _** * convictions or character , to justify the _sen-^ 0 ier which " was , that the _prisoner be transported t _** t _gnnof ten years . —Mr . Ryland said it would _^ _^ lieces *» ry to try the prisoner for the assault . * _* _nrwo Mosei Br _Fbadd . —Christopher .

      _Hatsufed 65 , wa 3 mdictedfor having _fran-W _\ _Jfc obtained by false pretences various * « f money , * _«» _£ and other articles , from one *?* if " lewis _^ Ks proper ty , with intent to . dej 0 i Vwi of thesMe . —ftapjeared that the pro-** _w _^ a tobacconist . in FeatteMtone-slreet _, _%£ _rtii and the prisoner . at one period held _G _y _^ i s " m his house . Jn tbe course of tbe early Jo 30 _f last month the prisoner applied to the _pro-* tnr for the loan : ot a trifling sum of money , _^ _Ttbat be wanted it for his daughter , who had _S _^ r _ednced to poverty by . the destruction of her " _^ rff bv a fire which had taken place in _Lam-Pjr The prosecutor , believing . this statement , tflhim a few shillings , but that sum was upon _& _« al occasions subsequently increased . About _** g Ljj of May , however , the prisoner made _an-^ application to the prosecutor ,-being at the S _* in a state of excessive grief , saying that his tnat

      r _^ _riter was dead , ana ne naa * Miin the _Ifllartin _' s-place Savinzs Bank , but that being _wble to withdraw tbat sum without " a for _t-^ , ' 3 notice he was placed in a position of _disunity as * o burying her- The undertaker , he Shied , had consented to wait for his money for the _fcrtnisht , and therefore he solicited that the _proctor would oblige bim with the loan of a suit _a tclothes to enable him to make a decent and _Lpecuble appearance at the funeraL \ _vlth this Jenuest the prosecator _, under the circumstances , «? t only complied , but also lent him another sovereign . This statement , however , ultimately « oved to" be a falsehood , as well as those he had _Cviotislymade ; fdr'hisdaughterhad not suffered L any fire nor had she died . —The jury fraud the prisoner " Guilty , " and—The learned _jafee sentenced him to six months' imprisonment _jndhard labour .

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      Codb-T Of Commox Pleas. Wbioht V. Wilcox...

      _CODB-T OF COMMOX PLEAS . WBIOHT V . WILCOX . —FALSE _MPBISOSlffiST . This was an action for false imprisonment , which _jad been brought by a sempstress against a ginger jeer manufacturer and general dealer . At . the . trial it appeared that the plaintiff , _Louisabright * jn & her three sisters , resided at Bethhal-green , and { ia defendant , who . lived in the same locality , _Knted a stable of the plaintiffs father , ia which he kept two horses . The defendant fonnd : that his _jorses , instead of improyine in condition , ; got gra _^ _da » Ky thinner , and having received , information jr em _' which he was led "to believe that , the plaintiff _jcd her sisters had stolen the chaff . with which tiie finises werefed , be eaveherand her three sisters into

      custody , npon a charge of stealing the chaff . The p laintiff and her sisters were taken before the _macstrate at the "Worship-street police court , who at once discharged the plaintiff and two-of her _jsiers , and remanded the . other . sister ,-Jane Wright } who , however , was subsequently ; _discharged . Several witnesses were called on behalf of the plaintiff , to prove 'that her father bad chaff 6 ? his own . with " which he fed his horse . On behalf cf the . defendant evidence was produced to show _gat one of the sisters of _plaintiff whose name was Jane Wright , had been seen coming from the defendant ' s stable late at night , with her apron full of something , and one witness stated that some of ( _fe linseed which tbe defendant bad pat . into tbe _auff had fallen on the sleeve of his coat . Awitness

      earned Underwood , stated that after the plaintiff _tnj two of her sisters had been arrested , the other aster , Sop hia "Wright , had been discovered by him ib < 1 the defendant's housekeeper , secreted in her _ijdroom , and had gone down upon her knees , begging forgiveness for herself ,, and charging her sisjer _^ ane with tbe felony . Sophia Wright , on the trial , was recalled , and positively denied this statement , and Jane Wright swore that she had never takeu . iny chaff ont of tiie defendant ' s stable . The ease was tried at the sittings at Nisi Prius in Middlesex , after last Easter term , before Chief Justice Hilde , when a verdict was found for the plaintiff , _famases £ 25 . —The court were of opinion that the rile for a new trial most be discharged . —Rule discharged accordingly .

      Court Of Excheqijer. ¦ S.Asbzs6t0x V. To...

      COURT OF EXCHEQIJER . ¦ S _. ASBZS 6 T 0 _X V . TOBXG . —ZCLEGAL MEASPBES . This was an action of trespass brought by the keeper ofa beer-shop at Bedford to recover damages fiora the defendant for seizing and carrying away certain mugs , tbe plaintiff ' s property . The case to tried before Chief Justice Wilde at the last assizes pf Bedfordshire , when a verdict was _entered for ihe plaintiff with 40 s . damages , subject tothe opinion of this court upon the _present special case . It appeared that the defendant , who was . Jnspector _af weights and measures , _vfeitedttiepJamtmT ' s shop to examine his measures under the provisions of the 5 fii and 6 th Will . IV ., ' c . 63 , and to ascertain _whether they were correct . The pewter measures were found to be of sufficient capacity ; but there were

      ilso earthenware mugs of varans sizes used as mea inres , and those having been found deficient in size , * ere seized by the defendant , and carried away . Hence the present action . —Mr . _O'Mallay , Q . C ., bow appeared , on behalf , of tbe plaintiff , and contended that the act of parliament authorised inspectors of weig hts and measures to examine only such measures as were stamped , and tbat no offence had beencommHted by the plaintiff by using the mugs in question . Tbey were not stamped , and therefore _irere not within the meaning of the 2 Sth section of the sratute , which enacted that only " measures " properly so called , could be seized by inspectors Then it _appeared by the 21 st section that to _consti-Zvte a violation of theacitue examination should _h _*

      fflade at the instance of a customer after the beer seller had falsely represented that the unstamped vessels used contained the full quantity called for . In this case there was no such examination by the easterner . The Drags were unstamped , and used indifrVrently . with the pewter measures , which were fonnd tp be accurate , and the defendant was nor justified in seizing them . —Mr . Tozer and Mr . Worlledge appeared ou behalf of the defendant . Although the mugs were not stamped , they were used » s measures , and as they were not capable of containing the quantity represented , they were _liable to seizure . When unstamped measures were used the act required that the beer-seller or publican ihould keep a standard measure , so that ihe _un-JtamnedVessels _miffht be tested whenever a

      customer thought fit to do so . The mugs iu this case _Ttere used as measures , and as they were not of sufficient capacity the defendant was justified in » iaug them , and the plaintiff ought to be nonsuited . —The Court were unanimously of opinion that the defendant was justified in seizing the vessels , and tbat the verdict ought to beset aside . It distinctly _ippeared that the plaintiff used them as measures tf legal capacity . His wife had produced them as _attkfand told the defendant that tfcey were so used indiscriminately with the pewter measures . The _»* o sections referred to were perfectly _reconsileable by construing the word " measures" to mean all _Tes-els ordinarily used as such , whether stamped or wt . The defendant was , therefore , justified , and the plaintiff was non-suited . —Judgment for the _defeidant . accordingly . ' j

      WCSSHMEBE V . L 0 X 6 A 5 D A 50 THEB . - ALLEGED LI 3 EL . THE " M 0 B 5 ISB POST . " This was an action to recover compensation in damages from the registered proprietors of the _& tning Post , for an allesred . libel _pHtilisht-d in that i ° urnal on tbe 20 th of February last . The _defen-^ M pleaded not guilty , and also a plea of _justification , which was specially demurred to . —Mr . * ears < in now appeared to sapport the demurrer . Amongst others , the causes of _demurrer assigned * ere , that the plea did not set out the facts and _J _^ _ges relied on with sufficient certainty . Tbe _^ consisted ofa long extract from a pamphlet Pnbli _slied at Paris by one AdoJp he Chenn , and exwnsiveU csieuls . ted in that city . The plaintiff was in

      i _^ _feactmm , and formerly prefect of _^ poliee the J _^ tt cb metropolis . Tbe libel comp lained of charged _™? with being habitually dissolute , and _associ-?™ 2 with swindlers and other bad characters ; _**** bavin ? been mainly instrumental in bringing ""tot the French revolution in _ISiS , he had been _J ? to collect a large sum of money in aid ofthe _^ f ?«« d Poles , and that he had appropriated it * "is own use . That he had also procured large * J ° '' « f money by negotiating Bills of Exchange , J ™* were dishonoured on arriving at maturity . * _« e _» ere various other charges of a political _rf _«!^ _Copying altogether more than a column _™ " » _Mornmo P _»* t Tho ol _. _iections to the nlea

      • _J * * at it did not disclose the nauie 3 ofthe bad _irjl _^ krs wjth ' whom it alleged the plaintiff had j _£ to the habit of associating , and it did not _par-S _^"? describe tbe various other acts with which J 7 _« charged , so as to enable him to rebut the _Stents made in the plea . The plaintiffs only _JM * was to vindicate bis character , as he was _Vj _^ ent in England , and about to establish _jjyp * owe asa merchant . —The Lord Chief Baron _n ] ?* ? _" application might have been made by the 5 *" _* at chambers for a bill of particulars . The r _^ sit stood was sufficient , and evidently _con-JZr matter enough to guide the plaintiff in his »{ : * _T to it—Mr . Atherton supported the rule _, _^ _w ent was not only ready but desirous to join * _hT . the Plea which was intended tobe issuable . _j _ZP _^ _twn of the parties and the nature of the _** _** libel were peculiar , hut the _Mwh _&

      Court Of Excheqijer. ¦ S.Asbzs6t0x V. To...

      thongbt _^ nad-given , ' the < pli & _ftifrqiito' : tiifi 1 . _eharapjer .- _ The -defendant _jwas anxious to' go to The _Lprdphiet _Baronteid if the ' _plamtiffs only d _«^ _!^ _wa 8 tP _^« Jdicate _hm' 4 _aracter-hehauniuch better nwke some arrangement tp-have the canse tr _^^ _assoon as . ppssible . iiiMr . Pearson said his client most felt the accusation of having _aopropri- ated . the monies collected for the relief of the Poles to lm own use , alto the charges of having associated with-swudlera and obtaining' money under-false pretences .: Those -were _^ mpsi serious charges , and eateulated not only to hold'his Pharacter up to ridicule , bnt to damage it cOnsidera _^ _fy _.- _'He-was ; werefore , anxious fo ; clear -himself . —The"lord Ch : et Baron > Baid : there was no rule in pleading better understood than that of " certainty . " The eonrt could not _distinguish the charges which were

      alleged to be of a political nature from those which were not ; but if there was a libel , it- must be answered distinctly and particulariy .- _^ Mr . Pearson disclaimed an / wish to rely npon the pore technica _l lmes of special pleading . Here the charges justified were not only serious , but of a large character , and sufficient instances of them ought tohavebeen set out on the face ofthe plea itself , so that the plaintiff might be enabled to disprove tbem . —The Court _mtimaied their " opinion : that the plea ought to be amended _. bat if top learned counsel for the defendant thought he could support-it as it stood , he might proceed with ' his argument . —Mr . - Atherton preferred amending the plea .- If his learned friend wpuld state the charges ' on . which information _, wa _» required _^ all that the defendant' was in possession of should be supplied a 3 soon as possible . —After some further discussion , liberty to amend the plea was granted . The venue to be retained in Middlesex .

      CAUBSIDIEBB tf . _LAWSOS .- _^ -ALLBGED LIBEL . — _XHE' _^ _OrBB . "' This was a similar' action by _| be same plaintiff against the Times . In addition to the libel complained of in the last case , there were some comments ; on . the subject-published ; in that . journal , whicKwefe relied on as a ground of action . The _qaestioncame ' under the consideration bf the , court on _-special demurrer , to , tbe plea , ars in the pase above mentioned . —Mr . ; _Peacpck , ( _J . C ., - suggested that the ; same direction should be given in both cases , as thb . pleas we ' re similar . The defendant wished to examine , in Paris , and there would be

      scarcely sufficient time to do so ' , ; and go to trial at the sittings after the presentterm , as the " venue was in Middlesex , He hoped , ' therefore , the epnrt would change the venue to -London . —Mr ' . Baron Piatt : Both ihese . actions were against two newspapers for the same identical libel . If the plaintiff ' s only object was to vindicate his character , would not one action suffice ? . Why hot proceed against the Km « only ?—Mr . Pearson said , the libel complained of in the action against the Times was larger _^^ _^ and contained additional matter _.- _^ _-It was ' ultimately ; _ai _^ _- ranged taat _^ the _; defendant ' " should have liberty ; to amend . the , plea , and that the venue should be ; changeq to _Surreyi—B , ule accordingly . _= „ ..: _' >

      ; ; " V ^Molvewt ^ ' Ik Ths Maiies Of /....

      ; " V _^ _MOLVEWT _^ ' IK THS MAIIES OF / . P .. UUSCKB . —HiARIUBSa _.-. " _,.-.. . cospiicT . This insplvent—a German jonrneyman tailorwith a profusion of hair on his face , was opposed by Mr . Sturgeon , for a young Welch : woman , named Sarah Jame 3 .: He was supported by Mr . Nichbk—I The complaint . against the insolvent was , that he had ' defrauded the young woman of £ 60 , and had I seduced her . Itappeared that he' eame from Germany in 1816 , and soon' afterwards he became acquainted with Sarah James , who was a servant girl . They became intimate , and -he- soon afterwards began to borrow ; money of-her , she having made deposits out of her earnings ia a savings bank . ' In the whole he had obtained' £ 60 ofher . -besides a

      silver watch , as a loan . On one occasion she advanced £ 28 to pay tbe duty of some goods sent from Germany . In April , 1848 , she left her place to be married , but he put it off , saying the Chartists were abont , and it was a bad time for business . Subsequently , he obtained farther sums , 'and in September last she found he was ¦ paying his addresses to another young woman , and whilst in the street he told her that if it was anywhere else he would " murder" her . —Sarah James stated that he had repeatedly promised to marrry her , and she believed him to be true . She * had ascertained tbat be was now married . ' After he had affected her ruin he promised her marriage . ' She had lately been a cook in an hotel atthe West-end . —Two letters were read

      which were sent by tbe insolvent from Sirah James , in affectionate terms , in which he spoke of introducing her to his parents as their daughter . —The insolvent , on his examination , denied the promise ' of marriage . He admitted he was now married . As a journeyman tailor he . earned about £ 1 a week . ne admitted he had the money of _S-irah-James , but she "forced" it upon him , and would never let bim alone .. Be spent some money on her '" arising from the sale of tbe goods seat from _^ Germany , in trips to Gravesend and Greenwich . " 'She was in the habit of cominer to where he lived , and making sucb " rows" that he was obliged to go with her : She went with him to Gravesend , after she knew he was keeping company with bis present wife , and she said she didn ' t care so long as he would go with her , and she paid the-expenses . The-watch was at a place to be repaired . —Mr . Sturgeon said it was a

      ' gross case of beartles 3 conduct on : the part of the insolvent ; he had seduced and-robbed the young woman . —Mr .- Hichols represented the patties as equally indiscreet , and -that the- money had been spent on themselves . —Mr . Commissioner ( Laws reviewed the case . Bis impression was that the money was obtained on a promise of marriage which tbe insolvent never intended to perform , and the connexion which had subsisted was not likely to encourage . He should require further evidence before he disposed of the case . Probably he should adjourn the case for a long period in the expectation that it would be settled , and if that was not done then give a judgment . —The insolvent was remanded till Wednesday to _rTorsemonger-lane Gaol , where he bad been committed on a judge's order as about to leave the country . He was ordered to bring the wateh he had of Sarah James on the next occasion . . ¦

      Cialitr Of St. Pauls Showmes—The-Public ...

      CiaLiTr of St . Pauls Showmes—The-public has known for same time how remarkable for civility and respectful _demeanour are the showmen and mor . _ey-takers of the St . Paul ' s Cathedral Twopenny Exhibition . The , politeness and courtesy of these gentlemen have at length been taken cognizance of by the Court of Aldermen , at a recent sitting of wbich worshipful _tribunal , reported in the _newspapers , Mr . Aldern an Hooper took _occasion to say on their behalf— " A more impertinent set of fellows n-ver appeared anywhere to perform duties of any kind . Some of the . femah-s of my family went to the cathedral on Sunday last to hear divine service , but it was in vain they applied to the . vergers for admission into the pews , regularly appropriated

      totbe accommodation of the ladies and families bf the aldermen . One o ? these vulgar insolent fellows said , upon being remonstrated with on the subject , that be didn ' t care about : the aldermen . In fact , nothing conld exceed the impudence of _tbcpresunr ' ng brutes . " This last remark , pace Alderman Hooper , is _rather too _s'roni ; . for . the impudence of these * ' presuming brutes " is certainly exceeded by that of tbeir employers in demanding money for the admis I'm of the pn lic int <> a national church .. " Like master like man ; " and capitular rapacity , naturally enough , is imitated by extortionate flankeydom . Mr . Hooper proceeded to state , that "a lady who happened to get a seat was surprised to . see the pew into which sbe was admitted almost filled ' with .

      strangers , who , no' doubt ) paid these ; fellows silver for the privilege . " Begging Alderman Hooper ' s pardon , we _olject to calling the sittings in St . Paul ' s Catdedral , pews . They- are , not pews , but stalk and _boxe > _, and ion get admitted to them by m ansof the ordinary si _' ver key , that is to say . by _tiiiprg the box keepT . __ To leave their _servants tb eke ont their remuneration by picking up money in this sea > pish kind of _* ay would be discreditable to tbe management of any decent theatre , and in the highest degree _scandalous to that of such a house as St . Paul ' s- The subject of _, Alderman Hooper ' s ¦ _om-laint has been referred to the Committee of Privilege * , ai ; d now that tbe _sbowfo'fcs of St . Paul ' s bave insulted the family of an alderman , perhaps thev will be _brought to tbeir senses . _—ftmeft .

      _PuuisraiKST of Death bt Bubsiho . —Some of your readers will be surprised to learn that , within the memory of witnesses still alive , a woman was burnt to death , under sentence of tbe judge of _assize , for the murder of lier husband . This crime —petty treason—was formerly punished with fire and faggot ; and the repent ofthe law is mentioned by Lord Campbell in a note to his life of one of our recent chancellors , but I bave not his work to refer to . The post to which this woman was bound

      stood , till recently , in a field adjoining Winchester . She was condemned to be burnt at tbe stake ; and a marine , her paramour , and an accomplice in tbe murder , was condemned te be hanged . A gentleman lately deceased told me the circumstances minutely . I think that he had been at tbo trial , but I know tbat he was at the execution , and saw the wretched woman fixed to the stake , fire put to the _faffgots , and ber body burnt . But I know two persons still alive who were present at her execuention . —Notes and Queries .

      GOBE OF AS ULCEBATEB Ik BT _HOLWWAV'S OlSTMEST _a-t _o Pnxs . —Mr . J ** " " - _weHknttwow _CedoDg , Port Philip publishes in the _Melbootse Mobhwo Himald . of _iSfc 1 M 9 _Tthe following _extroordinary _case- « I had _fZ . _Sbtedfor _fhreejearS with an ulcerated leg . and _itftSlS * n _^ _dicaTrSient , in Melbourne and Tan _^ me bestmemcai _iTexpenencinff any relief , when _anStaentS ° tU . part of _^ worla _^ _r _resold upon trsins them , end with grantade _i-awowleto tnat _aKrin _^ enTand attending to _tbejrbrMtton _^ _Ifimnd my _Ineffectually cured ina TWJ short time . - ( Signed ) IVBXQlXK .

      The Condition Ofl^Gland •,;,' Zz- Q^Stio...

      THE _CONDITION OFl _^ GLAND _, ; _, ' _zz- _Q _^ stion ; .-.- . ¦ a . v _^ - . _^ ; ( _Condehsed _^ fr pm the Morning 'Chronicle . ) ; THE WORKING PEOPLE OP NORFOLK ; ¦ _" ¦

      _/' SUPFOLK , _AJUDmSSEXZ : _' : . Ja _^ _o _^« _ript . arpiind _Castie " Hedm _^ ham ; and including H ! dstead > . : Sudbury , ' Clare , and 'ilaverbili ( _Kssex ) , on the borders of Suffolk , an . enormous amotint of straw-pl ' aitihg is . carried on ; For the best _kmds of work the makers" get Ss .. 6 d . a score , and one of the best hands can ma ke a score and a half in the week . Forthe inferior kind of " work the rate of ' p ay ;" _varies from 3 d . to _lOdi and _lsi per score . The _' eafWngs of . children and girls may be taken to _M-WS-. * ? _-: 10 _4 d . " per day . " These , as well as boys , art principally employed" upon _thc-coarser kinds . The _Straw _. ig usually fiurchasedoftbe farmers in tbe npighbourh ' opd at _$ d . a bundle , being ,. jh quantity , about as much as a person can conveniently .

      carry The rate of wage ' s'jmid to the agricultural labourer io this district fs wretchedly low , nbtmore ' thah 6 s . or 7 s . per week / and were it iiotfor tbe ' _straw plait , the people would generally be in afar _^ orse ' eondition than they . are at present ; , . Whenthe plaiting is depressed , a cdnsiderablequantity bf wbrkis done by _thewpmen for the cheap tailors of London , Colchester , and other places , who send the different articles to Castle Hedingham and other places in the _neighbourhood to have them made up . : " ... .,.. ' , ¦ Es 3 ex ,. 8 omp years _sincb , was fampus for its silk and worsted ( mariufiictures ; Colchester was known _for'its "b « _ays" and " says , " _andXindsey _' _forits •* Lindsey yvoolsey . " These manufactures : have now almost entirely passed away . There arehowever

      , , several mills at Braintrce , Booking , nalstead , Coggeshall , and Colchester , forthe manufacture of silk . The principal manufacturers are the Messrs . Cbnrr tauld , whohaveamillatBraintr ' eefor "throwing " the silk , at which 180 hands are employed ; one at Halstead _, at which 800 or 000 are employed ; and a third at . Bock _' ng , employing not less than 500 _persons . -Upon making application' to the / different manufacturers pf Braintree as totherates of wages , J was refused any information whatever , and jii one instance _inj-. inquiry was met by the eouhtef _qiiestion , whether I was prepared to make up _arjr i _: Seieney to . tbo workpeople , as that' would _betle ' oiily condition upon . which any information would be vouchsafed . As I w . _os unable to procure what I

      desired from the employers , I at once proceeded in search of , some ofthe weavers themselves . ' . The first personof this class tbat I discovered , was . one who was then engaged upon some work , at his own house for the parties who had requested me to make up deficiencies in the people ' s wages . His > statement was as follows : — "I am at present _ atwprkon _^ the fimcy silk , with a Jacquard loom .- Trade . has been wonderfully bad with us for the last twp years , but I ' m inhopes itVabout ' tb takeaturn . fpr the better now .- The piece , that . I ' vej got to weave will be about fifty-four yards long when wove , and I shall set £ 2 [ 53 . forAt .., I expect to finish it in a month .

      Out of that 1 shall' have to pay one shilling a week ior winding , threepence a ' week for the hire , of the loom , and if I didn ' t work at home I should have to pay Is . a week for loom hire . Then the oil to , burn at night will be 6 d . a week at least , for I know I must work fifteen hour ' s a day to get it done in ' the month . The piece thafc I ' m at ; work on is . what some people' call a * shotted' silk , it is a green cane and pink shoot ; they pay extra tor that in London , but tbey don ' t give us nothing extra here , for . it . _Well , out Pf my £ 2 5 s ., I'shall have to take off is . for . winding , Is . for loom hire , and 2 s . at least for oil—tbat' makes , 7 s . ; 7 s from 45 s . leaves 38 s . — that ' s 9 s . 6 d . a week . I ' m certain that what I ' ve

      told you is quite correct , and if yon ask any other weaver , I am sure he will tell you the , same _, _as I have done . . I should think there are ; abont . 350 hand-loom weavers in Braintree , and perhaps 150 in Halstead . "When a man is at work on : the richer _, kinds bf satins , figured ones and that ,, he can ; earn more than at the plain ones . I dare say he could earn 12 s . a week if he was to work . hard and stick close to it . I pay " 3 s . a week rent , " and have only five children . ? ' This account of the man ' s earnings was fully corroborated by the statement of another ferson who was employed npon precisely the same mdbffabric . . . - As regards the factory-workers , a young woman employed in the mill at " picking , " informed me that she got 5 s . ; a week ; the " throwsters "can

      earn from 4 s . to 5 _s . ' ppr week ; the _^ drawers" from 3 s " .- to 4 s . Ifo persons are allowed to work as drawers under fourteen years of age . ; The ' " ping winders , " whose duty H is to wind the silk oh the " plugs , " are the , best paidj and . get from 6 s . to 7 s . a week ; some ofthe best hands get even as much as 8 s ., but there are not many of tbem ., . One of the weavers employed at the Halstead mill said that she " could earn in weaving crape from " ' 4 s . to 6 s . per week—5 Kwa 8 ' abnut the" average . " At _Coirgesbnll and at Colchester the . rate of wages , was similar to those above mentioned . -I should ' . regret to give publicity to erroneous statements on the subject Of the wages ofthe weavers ; but as all assistance was denied me by tlie . employers , the only course open to me was to obtain the statements of the persons employed . I have reason to believe , from the

      nuuirierin : which they gave the information , and the evident desire on their part to avoid anything like misrepresentation ; that their accounts were substantially correct . ' ! . * _, " " - Some portions ofthe population of Essex derive employment from oyster-dredging—the principal places where this occupation is carried on being , Donald , Bowbridge , _Brightlingse _.-J , Wivenboe ,. and Colchester . About 160 boats are , engaged iii , the oyster-trade , and about 500 men . The persons so employed are mostly freemen of the river Colne , and tbey are allowed to dredge in tbe river for a certain quantity every morning—a portion of . the proceeds being handed over to the widows ofthe freemen of Colchester and the other places where

      the trade is carried on " . Another portion of the produce is set apart for the boat , and the remainder is divided among the men . " In tlie oyster season , wbich lasts from August to April , their earnings will average about 12 s ; per week . At the close of the season-the men usually start off with their boats to Guernsey , Jersey , and the Channel _IslandSj ' _-to dredge for " spat" ( which is theyoiin _^ oysters ) . When a sufficient quantity is obtained it is brought home and deposited in beds in the' river , where it remains for three or fonf years beforb the oysters are allowed tobe dredged up , as it takes that . period to allow the oyster to arrive at a ' proper size' for tbe market . The small oyster known aslhe " native " is the sort indigenous to the river ,. being , as their

      name implies , " natives of the river Colne . -, Agricultural labour , however , forms by far the most important portion of tbe labour of Essex The wages vary . considerably in different parts of . the county .- In the nei g hbourhood ofthe metropolis and among the principal farmers wtio grow for the London markets the rate is about 10 s . per week . In tbe parish of Writtle , ' which is nearly the largest agricultural parish in the county , _wages vary from 8 s . to 9 s . per week ' . At BbxwelJ , and in the immediate neighbourhood of the property' of Mr . _Brauiston , M . P . i they arc about 8 s . per week . " In the Tindring huridred'they average about 8 s . _per week for married meiy 6 s . for'unmarried . About Great Baddow the _highestwa'es are at ' present about 9 s .,

      formerly ' some were pail as high as 12 s . per week . The harvest work " is usually done either by ; the montb , Or at a certain price per acre- _^ the amount varying from 9 s . to lis . per acre . It is , however , iritheiiorthernand western portions of the county that the lowest rate of wages is found to prevail . Throughout the whole of _Jl i _.- « district the wages are invariably 2 s . or 3 s . per week ' lower than in the other portions of the countyj' ] t is in this district , bordering upon parts of { Suffolk , Cambridge , and Hertfordshire , and'including Saffron Walden , Clavering , ahd other places where the wages are equally low , that the greatest amount bf distress ahd discontent is to be found , ' and that incendiary-fires are of tbe most _frequent'becurrehce . With respect to the quality of the farming iu this district . Mr . Robert-Baker , in his prize essay on the agriculture of Essex , says— " Throughout this district , the farm premises are ill-arranged—large

      barns , sheds , and . waggon-lodges , being placed inconveniently and detached from each other , ' the accumulation of water from tbeir thatched' roofs falling into yards having large hollows and excavations made by constant scooping ' out the clay from time to time ,- as the manure is carted out , so that a person unacquainted with their , inequalities is liable to be engulfed in them , as the surface , ' _being covered with the accumulated barley-straw , exhibits all smooth to the eye ; and it is only by tbe rising of the water and sinking of the straw that he is awakened to the situation he is placed in . This , however , has heen remedied by the more spirited occupiers , but still prevails to an extent deserving their attention , as , upon a moderate estimate , one-fourth ofthe most valuable properties of the manure is thus annually lost . " When speaking to several of the farmers on this subject , I have always been told that the condition ofthe labourer is not so bad as would at first sight

      appear . A lar"e farmer in Clavering informed me that " a man with a family of five children will benearly able with 6 s . a week to buy bread enough , if he buys the coarsest flour ; his rent . he generally pays out of his harvest money ; his clothes he gets by some _meanB or other-peop le sometimes give them to him—and then , when bo is unemployed , why we keep him in the workhouse . So you see , sir , he is amply provided for , even with wages at 6 s . per week . " How far the word " amply applies to such a state of existence is a matter upon wbich ,

      probably , there may be more than one opinion . The statement given above is one that I have heard from the . farmers , not once , but many times , and it affords a key to . tbe whole system of paying the agricultural labourer _^ . Calculations are made with the greatest possible nicety , not so much , to ascertain how much ho can live upon , as how much he can live without . A scale just immediately above starvation point is fixed npon for bis , subsistence ,

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      _^ . i _S _$ i _^ _& _$ * tp . work _) they arebontent to P _3 _^ _- _?^ ain at thp _expense of-the rater lt l _Tul ' / iir % _¦* < ° _F _? _Jsrof _, course ; -, unable to ; lny _feShi j _°£ _? H . _» r otter , casualties ,-, andhe invariably ends his days _^ pauper . _:,.,... / _,... ¦ -. ' . " . „ A , more striking instanco ' . p £ .. tbe ili ' . effects of such a system 13 , perhaps ,. _iibyvher ' e _^ p'befeund than in the d' % ent : workhouses _iof-fbp _^ oMhtv _^ -One : of tne . raost atfecting sights in an agricultural county is the old men _' s _^ w ard of the : difforont'unions . In the case ot the Chelmsford union , " situated in a district where the wages _areispmewhat higher tHati iri the noighbourhoodof Saffron , Walden , ' there : were ; mthe ; old men ' s" ward , nineteen paupers , 'ivhbse _united ages were 1 , 577 . years ,-tlie ' average age being rather more than 83 .. I put anumbcr of questions

      . to each pf them , with a . view . of _asceruining their Pre . _« ou . « .. . _mployment ; . and . the rates - [ of-wages which they had received . Several lrora their extreme imbecility and _. old age , were . unable to give anything like a coherent answor to , any , question put to them , ; _-FTom 8 onie , however , I _washable ; to obtain answers ; and as it . will show ,, perhaps , more forcibly than anything else , the condition , of the agricultural labourers _^ I : will give tlio information which I was enabled to elicit . ' r ¦ ; . _v __ . Ope old man- _^ _-a picture of weakness find _exbailsfcl on " Qa " ' _' ere < _' _my inquiries _nafollowa : — " I reckon Im _/ _SSJ _^ _-pr thereabouts _^ ' 'My father lived near Braintree ; he was _tnlten for 'a soldier for the American war . I Wns a parishboy . I began to ' work

      , when I was seven years old . -I run away from the parish then to hel p my mother . . I used to live with her .. I used to get sometimes eighteenpence a day —sometimes fourteen pence . Pora particular job ' at mowing or reaping fused to get more—sometimes two shillings ' . ' ; I- always worked on _Voe farm ; I was married once and had five children . Some of em didn t turn but well ; some" of ' cm did : I think there ' s only-two of ' em living now ; but I ilon't know Where they are ; in London , I think ; I kept on working till about two years ago , when 1 come in here , ; becauso I couldn't work any longer . I never had any relief from the parish after I left the workhouse , when _p was a parish-boy . " According to this old - ' . ' man ' s statement , he had

      _worked as a farm labourer for eighty _vears . Another ' . old man ,-who was in ¦• tho _> adjoining bed ; was- if possible , morp feeblo than tlie one already mentioned . : With a great deal of difficulty I succeeded in ' obtaininf some intelligible answers to my questions : — " I think . I ' m 88 ;• 1 'dpn ' t . know exact—may be more than that . ' I began to work when I was . 14 , and was pretty liicky for f always got _iwprk . SometimesTuseUi to get eigbteeiipence a ; day , sometimes less ; - . _twd ' shifliiigs once : I've brought up ever so many children . ' T got a prize once for it , " said the old man , with a laugh , the exertion of which appeared to produce' considerable pain in bis . chest . ¦ " I think , there was nine bf ' em . The last work I got was at a gentleman ' s house ,

      but I couldn't do much ; so 4 bey turned me off ; and I came here . ' I ' ve been here—I don ' t know how lone . " The master informed me that he had been in the house about four months . The number of years he had worked as a farm'labourer was about sixty-two . . - For two years he had been at the gentleman ' s house that he spoke of ; ' The third man'I spoke to said ; "Iwasa farm labourer all my life . My fathei _* _jj ad a farm of his own . He was a wonderful man to spend money on the poor . : That ' s a long while azoi 1 don ' t know how long siiipe he gave up the farm . I used to get when I worked , sometimes 2 s . _^ _a-day , sometimes 'less . I had to work for myself when I was ten years old , and I ' ve been at-work ever since , -till a little while ago , and never-had no parish relief .- I reckohl ' m _aboqt 85 . " ., _.:: _.-..-. .

      •; Another labourer , _whb was also' confined to' his bed , „ _said , with considerable'excitement , " I ' m' 85 years old . I ' ve been a farm labourer all my life , ever- since I-was- a boy _;; and- this is what it ' s all come to . The last job I-did was for Master -- _^~ . Iwent hoein g ' a few turnips ; : and"they told me I was to get four _ 8 hillings a . week _.-,-When I was there one week they took off a . shilling . I told 'em tbat they said they'd " give me four , 'and they said if 1 didn ' t like to have that , I might have none . it all , for I hadn't worked enough to arno' more . _' I grumbled , but it was no use , and I went to work the next week , and then theysarved me worse again , for . they _ibhly-gave _. _mehalf-a-crow ' n , took off _eighteenpenceiji ' _andl said ; _d—^~ d if q'd stand it

      any longer , . and'if'they took it off any- more _Pd go to the workhouse . ¦ Well _. then I come in here , ' and I ' ve ibeen here since . ; I know . I ' _m-very old and weak , and can ' t dp . much ; and p ' raps _: didn ' t arne more than balf-a-crown , they said'they'd give me four , shillings , andrl wouldn ' t put up with it , to have it took off when tfcey come to pay . me . " The " old r _oanrcontinued / for some time to ' denounce the acts ofhis employer , in a state of the ' greatest excitement , which he displayed by gnashing : his 'gumsfor there were no teeth in his head—clenching his fist , and-shaking his .-head as be :-muttered'indistinctly _hisimpreoations on the person' _-whom he considered bad wronged him . : - _•< ' : " ¦ -: _-., ;; ; _n __ . House _. acconimodationis almost universally bad _imthese counties—I mean as regards the homes of the labourers . In one place many of the so-called

      houses were falling down from sheer neglect _r ' ohe or two of thcm _. iwhioh were uninhabited ; were used by the neighbouring houses as-a'place of common convenience , besides being a receptacle for ' the ashes and the refuse of tho other : houses in cases where the people choose to take the - trouble of carrying it beyond the . _irontof their own dwellings ; In one of these cottages lived a man and- his-wife and five children . An old stool was the only article of what might be called , furniture in the house ; a few bricks , collected from some : of the'ruins : about it , piled above one another in four _orflvo different heaps , showed , where the inmates were iri tho habit of seating themselves ; There was not- a single piece of bedding or bed-clothes inthe upper room _. ' nor an

      article of furniture of any kind , while the floor of the room , nnd tbe walls were dripping with the wet and rain that came through the roof . Along the whole line of country _fromCastte Hedingham to Clavering , there is an almost continuous succession of bad cottages ; - Among tbo worst Pf these _mieht be mentioned those in tho neighbourhood of Sible _He . dingham , _Weathersfield ; Bardfield ; Wicken and : Clavering . Great _numhers of these cottages are situated in low and damp situations , and their heavy and grass-covered thatchQS appear as if ; they had ; almest -. crushed t be buildings down into the . earth . Little or no light can ever find its way . into the wretched little windows , many of which are _, more than half stopped up with _raes and ¦

      pieces of paper . In point of fact , " there are many of them which , hut for the possession of a chimney ; would not be _superier to many of the most wretched . cabins which I have witnessed in Tipperary and many other parts ef Ireland .. The character of the farmers may . be , understood from ! the following fact . Itappenrs these worthies begrudge the poor pauper children the little education afforded them in the union workhouses . It is not . at all an uncommon complaint , to hear among the farmers that the pauper children are receiving too much _^ education ; A few days since I met with one who said that ho was opposed to all tho new . fangled education that they were giving to the paupers . « ' I ani , " Said he ; "one ofthe guardians of our union j and'I just

      happened togo into , the school-room , and there if the master wasn ' t telling the boys-to point out witha stick , on some . big , maps that were hanging up , where South Amerikey was , and France , and a lot of other places ; and they did . it , too . 'Well , when I went home , ' Itold my son of . it ; and asked him if he . could tell me where them ,- places was ; and he couldn ' t . - _Noiv ,. is it-right that these here'pauper children should know more than the person who will have to employithem ¥ ¦ ' _.-. It is one of tho anomalies ofthe poor-law , that the pauper is better fed , better clothed , and better lodged than the labourer :

      and the same person who would find fault , with the _papper receiving a better education than the child ofthe labourer ,- must also in . justice _comfdain tbat he _' _ia better fed , clothed , and , lodged , and that he is o there can be no doubt . I Let those who are able adjust .. the inequality .. In tbe case of tho-Iabourer , as of the firmer , the real cause of complaint is , not tliat the child of the , pauper is educated well , but that _| iis own is not . The community which provides _education for the _paupetonly fulfills but a portion of its obligations ; and to it . is applicable ; in its strongest _sensej the rebuke ¦ " This ought ye to have done ; but hot to have left the , other undone . " , : .: . ' ( To be Continued . )

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      _CnAKCERr _Rbfobsi . —On Tuesday evening a public meetine ; was held at the Crown and Anchor , Strand , with the view of promoting the efforts at present being made tp obtain a reform in the Court of Chancery , as regarded the time occupied and the _expense detailed in . the prosecution of suits . —Mr . Oi Walter in the chair . —Mr . Acland moved the first resolution , which was as follows : — " That the Court of Chancery , which in theory is a court of equity , is practically an engine of unprincipled extortion and heartless oppression : that many millions of property are cruelly withheld from the rightful owners by complicated and dilatory proceedings , whilst injured suitors , reduced to

      pauperism by unwarrantable extortion in the shape of costs , linger out a hopeless existence in our poorhouses and gaols , or seek relief from their grovious wrongs by suicide . That this meeting considers that the continuance of such a court is a libel upon Christianity , an outrage upon society , and a disgrace upon the legislature and government of the British empire . "—Dr . Ogilvie seconded this resolution , which was supported by Mr . Rock , of _Walnrook , and carried nem , dis ,, — Other resolutions , pledging tbe meeting to support the association in agitating for a reform in the Court of Chancery , were then agreed to , and tho meeting separated , after thankingthechairman .

      Thb Rev . 3 . Tavlob , head master of the Wakefield Grammar School , has been admonished by the governors of that establishment for exceeding his duty b y indicting undue severity upon his son , a boy of thirteen years , _ofege ,

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      : ,. ; ,-. MONDAY ; Junk ; 3 ., : ' . ' . "¦ " ' ' ' ' ¦ ¦ : HOUSE / OP- LORDS . —EcciKsiASTWAi _, App eals to tiie Pnivi Councii .. — The Bishop of London moved the second reading of bis bill for , providing a _newlcoiirt of app al in cases i involving questions of heresy in the Church of England , This court , ho explained , was to be constitutednout of tho episcopal bench , all the members of which , were to bo summoned whenever a ease turning upon doctrinal points came before the judicial committee of the Privy Council ; and tbeir decision , as expressed by _rtir ' e majority of votes , ' . was- to be _. final and binding upon that committee . The Bishop supported his measure ; by copious references to precedents and _aiinlogies . showing _whatihitd , boon thepraoticeot

      the Anglican and other , churches in . times past ana present , as " well as by pointifig to tbo course pursued bj ; tbe law courts ,, who' rcniitted questions of _Bcicncpand foreign law _whicbV were-beyond tbeir own' immediate knowledge ° ' to ; bodies of arbitrators chosen from anibng _' men prpfessidii ' ally , qualified to decide in the particular cases . '¦ ¦ He claimed an equal power for the ' church , that , namely , of deciding tippn points of her own doctrine . The bill he proposed would leave the J _. udioial Committee _competent to judge upon matters of fact , but reserve to the episcopal tribunal the filial judgment upon matters of faith . Concluding with an appeal'to their' lordships to discuss the measure calmly , rind decide upon it oohscientiously , the reverend prelate appeared to be affected even to tears while enforcing the . solenin nature of the question then before them for discussion .

      TheMiirqiiis of Lansdownb conceded the essential importanceof tho question to the well being of the church of England and the ; country generally . But from that very importance he argued the im ' - propriety of legislating upon tlie subject at this ' moment , when the public mind was distempered by the excitement consequent" upon recent proceedings , aiiil any step tending to supersede the authority in matters spiritual ofthe Privy Council would be in : terpreted with special referenco to one particular judgment lately given , and tend to aggravate a controversy in which the charge of heresy had ; been laid _againsta considerable brtdy of English .. churchmen . : Ho believed thiif the judir ' ment finally pronounced had given as general satisfaction as ii , was

      possible to expect in the disquieted : state of men ' s minds ; upon theeubject . ' Besides ' thinking the measure extremely perilous at the present moment , he eiitertiiincd serious objections to' its principle . It violated tho prerogative ofthe crown ,, which , by the constitution had been considered froni time immemorial the court bf final appeal in' all cases , in addition to the functions appertaining to it since the reformation as being the chief head of the church . By the bill a tribunal would be created whose judgments were final and irrevocable by the privy councillors of the sovereign whose oaths of office bound them to decide " according to their own consciences . There was np occasion now for a ; legal tribunal to go to sea in search of doctrines : all such questions

      were supposed to besetrlediong since .. ; All that could come before ' the Judicial ; Committee was the fact whether certain' doctrines ' were those of the church , and this fact they were as perfectly competent to decide as the Court of Chancery upon points of chemical science . The ' most important points of belief would , he added , be thrown open forcontrbversy by- the bill . The votes pf the prelates would bb canvassed and courted ; aiid : if by one convocation any question was decided in one way , the opportunity would be waited for when by an episcopal bencbdifferently constituted the deofsionmight be reversed , and those doctrines sanctioned which had previously been branded as heretical . In . moving that'the . bill ; be read a second time that day six

      months ; the Marquis of . _Lansdowne _^ explained the changes _which'he thought might be effected here ' - ' after in order to accomplish some of _i the objects set forth by the prelate who proposed it . He' was prepared torecommend that all the bishops' should be made _de _/ _wre members of the Judicial Committee of the Privy'Council , and that no dissenter should sit on that com'njjttee ' when ecclesiastical questions como before thorn -for judgment . ' ¦ ••' ¦ '' :: ' Lord _BnobotiAM disapproved of the _WU iis it stood so much that lie should have adopted the alternative of rejecting it altogether if he had not believed that it cpuld be amended so far as to be rendered unobjectionable . Holding tbeobject as above ' all important tp heal the breach in _thochuich of England , he was therefore inclined to persevere with the measure ; at least until it ' could' be seen what was to be made ' of it . After remarking upon some ofthe most objectionable provisions nnd'ob ' serving that the

      settlehiontof doctrinalquestiohs by a bare majority of votesamong' the' twenty-seven , prelates' was not only unsatisfactory in itself , but would ' have the singular result of leaving ' perhaps twelve out of the whole' body , of bishops with positive ahd ineffaceable verdicts -of' heresy recorded against * them , Lord Brougham briefly explained the- modifications ' ho desired to effect . These comprise the abrogation of the full' and final -powers to be vested in the proposed pre ' atic tribunal , and its' conversion into a simple court-Of aid or advice . 'Points were to be referred to it from tho '" Judicial Committee , on which it was to pronounce an opinion , but merely by way of guidance , leaving the ' members still free to act , as their oaths required , according to their own consciences . His lordship thencntered intoa warm panegyric of the Privy Council as a legal tribunal , followed'by another , of the church , whose members he pronounced to be distinguished among all sects and communities of the Christian world for

      piety ; learning , chanty , and meekness . : protracted debate followed , in which Lord Redesdale , Lord : Littleton , Lord Stakmt , the Bishop of Oxford , and t he Duke of Cambridge supported the bill , and'tbe Bishop of St ; David ' s , Lord Campbell , the Earl of Chichester , and the Earl of Carlisle , opposed it . ' On a division the numbers

      wore—-For the second reading ,,. „ ...... „/ ....... ol ¦ " • '•¦ Against it ........... ;; ............ 84—33 Their lordships then adjourned at _half-pastone o ' clook ; ¦ '¦>• ' . -HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Metropolitan Interments Bill . —On the order of the day that the house resolve itseif into a committee u . _p <« v this bill , ' Mr ; Lacy , referring to the numerous amendments of tho bill , of which notice had been given , _ihoved tbat it be referred to a select committee . Lord D . _Stdaut seconded this amendment , not _objecting to the principle of the bill , 'biit to its details , which made it a most unconstitutional measure , inasmuch" as it was to be worked through the instrumentality of a board , armed with power to tax the people , superseding local management , and provided for the appointment of a whole army of paid officials . -. _- ¦

      Sir G . Grey opposed tbe amendment , and recommended that time should not be wasted in irregular discussion ofthe details of the bill . Mr ; Lushington supported the amendment , and complained that the bill bad been forced on to this stage' without a discussion of its principle . 'Mr . B . Osborne said the principloof the bill was a laudable one , and if he thought that by sending it to a select committee he should throw over the measure until next session , he would not vote for the amendment ; but'he should do so because he thought it would afford the _chnnco of a better bill . Sir De Lact Evans and Sir B . Hall likewise supportedjthe amendment , on tbe ground that there had been no discussion ofthe prinoiple of the bill ;

      that there had been no opportunity of considering : its details , and that some of these details appeared highly objectionable . Mr . Mastkrman suppovtcd the amendment . -Mr . T . Duncombe , whoso rising to speak for the first time after liis long illness .- was welcomed with general acclamation , briefly supported the amendment _, j- If a select committee ' wero impartially chosen ; they would send down ; in a'short time , a better bill , and if thb'government persisted in ' _rejectingl _tthis proposal , people would suspect there wa 8 8 ome gross jobbery in the measure . _: ' -Mr . D'Eyscourt said , his constituents highly approved the object of the bill , _butstrongly condemned the manlier in which it was to he carried , out by the eentralisation principle . He hoped the government would refer it to a select committee .

      Lord J . Russell said , the question really was whether it . was desirable that any act should pass this session to prevent intramural interment ; for if this bill wero to be referred to a select committee , it was ; probable thafc no report would bo made before July , and not improbable until next session . There _was no reason why the house should not consider the objections to the clauses in committee . Mr . Alderman Sidney , said , the corporation of London had unanimously condemned the centralising clauses of the bill ; - and would prefer the evilsjof the existing system to a bill like this . Sir R . Pkkl observed that the question of centralisation was undoubtedly an important one ; but it was for this reason that it _ahould not bo delegated to a select committee , the referring the bill to which atthis period of the session would be a lamentable example of extramural interment .

      Mr . Hume wished to send the bill before the select committee . ! Mr . Wakley characterised as most obnoxious many of the provisions included in tho bill . Sir W . Cwt did not approve of tbe measure altogether , and should propose some amendments in committee , but would not vote for tho select committee . Mr . Wyld v ? as supporting the amendment , when , upon the house manifesting some loud signs bf lmpatienob , ho moved that the debate be adjourned . Mr . Bright observed that tho impatienoe was chiefly manifested upon the Ministerial bench , and enforced upon Lord J . Russell the duty of preserving order nmong his subordinates . ' The { discussion turned for some timo upon the question of disorder , Lord J . _Russelt , warmly repudiatiiiir . upon his own part , the duty of keeping quiet in a house where he said impatience was goncrally manifested _whentver members \ _rere kept waiting for a division about dinner time .

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      - ' At _iength- _'MrV WrLD ' withdrew _hismbtion _foVndjouvnment , and the house'divided on the ' original amendment ; : '; ' . _"' . " ¦ ¦'" ; ' ; ' . ; .. [ '[' . . ' , _, ' ; . ' ' ' . Ayes .. ;;; . ;;;; .......... »; .. » ...- '—• " ——•• - <>]

      -' _'No ' os !; .. ; . ' .. _" .. ; ........ . . ; _.. _v--- " _----- '" _- ""' l _^ . _: 'Majority for proceeding with the bill ...... —— -102 . The house theriwerit into committee on the . bill . Ori the _' _sccond clause , Mr . Duncombe moved an amendment for omitting that and soveral subsequent clauses , with , the view of substituting some new' provisions by which tho parisli authorities of certain metropolitan districts , wore to possess some of tho powers which , as the bill stood , would be vested in the Board of Health . - ' '

      ' This amendment was discussed at much length _^ tho amendment being supported ' on the ground that ' the powers , - and especially the _tnx-levying powers which , were assigned to the Board of Health without any control upon the pan of the inhabitants , wero anomalous and unconstitutional . In the course of the debate , Lord Ashley _pronounccif , from experience , a severe reprobation upon the metropolitan parish authorities , who were , he said ,-most intractable and sluggish in all matters connected with sanitory reform . . Lord J . Russell afterwards defended the government , who bad introduced no principle of centralisation beyond what the measure demanded for its efficient working : and as far as related to thequestion of taxation , the parochial expenditure would be considerably diminished under the bill . The committee dividednnd

      , .... Mr . _Duncombe ' s amendment was negatived by a majority of 135 to _' 57—78 ., . The clauses were then proceeded with , and ( up to 18 ) , successively agreed to ' after a variety of amendments had been discussed and withdrawn . The house then resumed . _: Several _ordei-3 of the day being passed without exciting any debate of interest , A brisk discussion took place upon the nomination of tbo select committee upon tho Prerogative ¦¦¦ ¦

      court of Ireland . ' - Mr . Napier moved an amendment to _substitute tbe name of Mr . Goulbourn for that of Mr . Sadleir as a member of that committee . Finally the house divided—For the amendment 29 . : Against ' . .... . ............ 106—77 : After a renewed debate and two more divisions on propositions for placing other members upon the panel , the committee as originally proposed was appointed . The bouse adjourned at half-past one o ' clock .

      TUESDAY , June 4 . 'HOUSE OF LORDS . —The _NaVal Prize Balance Bill and . the Exchequer Bills Bill passed through committee . . _- _"' , ' The Fees ( Court of Common Pleas ) Bill was reported , and the amendments agreed to . The Greenwich Hospital'Improvement Bill was read a third timo and passed . ; Lord Monteaole gave notice , on the part of Lord Brougham , that he should present a petition on Monday next from Australia , praying that _coansel and , agents on . behalf of the colonists should be heard ; at their lordships' bar against the Australian Colonies Bill now . before _^ the house . ..... . . Sunday _Traping Bill . — On the motion that the report on this bill-be received ,

      " ' Tho Earl of _Ellenborouop wished to offer a few words cautioning their lordships against proceeding too far with this kind of legislation . " He was . the more inclined to repeat the caution which he had before given , because , after this bill had passed , no one of their lordships , no one of the middle classes , pertainly no one of the higher classes , would bepufc to the smallest inconvenience by its provisions . They might order their carriages and drive whero they pleased ; but the poor man would , not be able to buy an ounco of tea or a pound of bread for provision for his family on Sunday ; so that if ho were , by hisown indiscretion , or by tlie lateness of the . hour at ' which he received his wages on the Saturday hisht . too late to eo to market on Saturday , ha

      would be driven to the cook-shop on the Sunday ; arid nothing he ' thought could be more injurious to the ' comfort of the working man than to be prevented from having his dinner at home with his family on Sundays . He wished to call the attention of the noble marquis , the _represehtive of the government , to one clause in the bill , wbich tended ' seriously to affect the peace of the metropolis . He referred to that clause which gave the police power to seize articles that were exposed for sale—a provision which he thought could not be carried into effect , in the presence probably of several thousands of people , without causing a riot , and he read the evidence of Mr . Commissioner May , taken . before the Select Committee , tb the same effect . Ho thought they should put an end as quietly as ' . they

      could to Sunday trading , but it ' was better to permit a market on Sunday than to createariot . One great means of checking Sunday trading would . be to inr du e ' _e the employers of labour to the pay their wbrknieti ' onthe Friday or the Monday , instead of as now bntbe Saturday ' night ; but tbey ought not to take any step in this matter which they were not sure they would be able to retain , and with this view he thought they ought not to go further at present than to prohibit the sale of all articles , except medicines , between the hours often and ons o'clbck ' on Sunday forenoon . Ho did not , however , propose any amendment to carry out this suggeslipn , because to do that it would be neccssai-y to remodel tbe whole bill ; but he would content himself with [ the Cautionihe-had now given .

      The Earl of _IIarrowby defended the provisions pf the bill , and reminded their lordships that it interfered with nothing but trade , and with the ' trade of the rich as well as of the poor . He thought tbe noble earl ' s apprehensions as to the probability of a riot from the intefcrence of the police were altogether everstrahed , and quoted from the evidence of men before the committee to show that no danger need be apprehended . It was a mistake to suppose that this measure would operate injuriously to the working classes ; it was intended to be , and be bad no doubt itwould be , a great boon to the

      poor . , The Earl of'MouNTCAsnELL stated , as a member of the committee , that the evidence taken before it showed that the measure originated with the shopkeepers and working classes , who complained of being- overworked and not bavins' a moment to themselves , and earnestly desired that this bill might pass in order to secure ; to tbem the rest of one day in seven Lord Beaumont said he also was a member of the select committee , but he bad come to a different conclusion from the noble lord who spoke last . The bill appeared to have been got up by one individual , who had been a tradesman , but who had left his business to follow the more lucrative

      profession of an agitator for Sabbath observance . [ Tha Earl of _Hareowby here indicated dissent . } He believed that professional agitation for any _question was found to be a lucrative affair . That individual drew the bill , summoned the witnesses , and suggested the line of _examination which the noble earl followed in committee . He admitted that in exposing the evils which this bill _soughtto remedy the evidence showed a much stronger ground than he had previously supposed to exist , but he certaihrj differed from the mode in which it was proposed to carry out the vomedy , and he believed that ho wait not the only member of the committee who entertained tin _siime ideas .

      Lord Portman suggested that this discussion would have been much more in order on the second reading of tlie bill . ( Hear , hear . ) The Earl of IIarrowby replied . The report with amendments was then agreed to , and their lordships adjourned at twenty minutes before seven o ' clock .

      HOUSE OF COMMONS . — THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER . — Mr . Feargus O ' Connor , gave notice that on Tuesday , the 18 th of Juno , bo would bring forward a motion for enforcing the propriety of adopting the six points of the Charter ' . namely , equal electoral districts , universal suffrage , vote by ballot , triennial parliaments , no property qualification for members , and the payment of representatives . Affairs op Greece . —In reply to Mr . Baillie , Lord _Palmrrston disclaimed , on the part of the government , having made any general demand of compensation from the Greek treasury for damages suffered bv British _aubjei-is _, and entered at some length into tho _ticeei _. ti'il interpretations of international law , to show what were and what were not injuries inflicted upon foreigners , residing in any country which their own sovereigns could mako just grounds of claim for compensation .

      Mr . B . Cochrane inquired if any steps had beea taken by the government . to secure to British subjects the payment of the interest upon the Greek loan ! , _. Lord P almerston replied in the negative , _explaia-< ne that the solvency of Greece was under the guarantee of the three protecting powers . Dublin _IIospiTALs .-Mr . _Gbooan moved for a select committee to inquire into tho Dublin _hospitals Certain government aids to these establishments being about to be withdrawn , in _consjquenca of the impending abolition of the Irish _Yicerpyalty , the hon . member entered into some prolonged statements to show , that in justice and _humanity the assistance heretofore given should be maintained to its full extent _.

      The Chancellor of tho ExeiiKQUsa could see a * reason for appointing tho select committee . Full reports on the subject already existed , and the course : determined upon had received the fullest consideration . It was upon recommendations givea long since , by various high and competent authorities , . that the reduction and ultimate cessation of the allowances tb the Dublin hospitals had receive ! the sanction of the government . The motion was negatived _without a division . Irish Poor Law . —Mr . French moved a series . fit ' resolutions relatiYO to the poor law in Ireland , _««

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 8, 1850, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_08061850/page/7/