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HOUSE OF LOKDS , Mosbat , Akux 28 . The IfaJrf SSSSSSri their Lnrd ine -Marquis ^ lThssracefn \ scene which took Alps' attention * ft | fS onof the delivery of Jf" * * £ S * Z 2 ? to £ the execution of the the wndenmed sermon jn effect toned STTSS ^ afii were admitted by tickets fV ^ m the sheriffs , and the criminal was . so placedlas tobe Sn to the scrutiny of all those who , actuated more by curiosity than proper feeling , had found Seals to be admitted to witness what might almost Kfed the performance . The noble marquis condemned in the strongest manner the course pursued by the Citv authorities , and moved for certain returns with ' the view of ascertoinmg the correctness rftiie descriptions given in the public papers and mvventinathc recurrence of such scenes in future .
There was one feature ol ute transaction particularly Lord Brougham also condemned the practice , and warned the City authorities , if they wished to preserve their privileges respecting the administration of justice , how they allowed practices so revolting to be carried on under their own immediate supervision . There was a perversion of justice in the course pursued , for to one class of prisoners this exposure in the chapel would be a serious aggravation of the punishment to which they were condemned , while to another class , of which Hocker formed one , it would be in the nature of a reward , ministering to their morbid love of notoriety at the very time when their attention should be directed to an atonement for
their cranes . Lord Stanley said there could be but one opinion as to the gross impropriety of the transactions referred to . They were deserving of the strongest condemnation , but if the noble marquis would withdraw Ms motion , he would undertake that the Secretary of State should make inquiry into the whole of the facts , after which , if necessary , the noble marquis might again bring it under their lordships' con sideration . Lord Redesdale said that the proceedings at the execution were a continuation - of the theatrical scene at the condemned sermon , and almost equally reprehensible . The Marquis of Claxricamie adopted the sugges tion of Lord Stanley , and withdrew his motion . A great number of petitions were presented , after -which their lordships adjourned .
Tuesday , April 29 . After a conversation on the proposed bill for the union ofthe sees of St . Asaph and Bangor , Lord Dennian moved the second reading of the Oaths Dispensation Bill ; but , on the suggestion of the Duke of Wellington , be consented to withdraw it , in the hope that a more general measure might be introduced . The Earl of Daliiocsie moved the second reading of tbe Auction Duties Bill ; the tax had been fjund to be unjust and oppressive , and , besides , one which was constantly evaded . Lord Biioi'GUA « said this was the only part of the
budget wliich he did not moderately admire . . No sue , not even the auctioneers themselves , complained ofthe tax ; he did not profess to know much about the matter , but he knew enough to oppose the details ofthe bill . Lord Staxlet had understood the second reading was only pro forma , and that discussion was to be postponed till a Liter stage . As Lord Brougham ' s objections seemed directed against tiie details of the measure , and not against its principle , he hoped their Lordships would allow the bill to be read a second time .
It was accordingly read , several bills were for warded a stage , and the house adjourned .
Friday , May 2 . The Duke of Buckingham , in allusion to the confession of Tawcll , retained by the chaplain of the prison in which that criminal was confined , asked if he was justified in refusing to give up such a document when requested to do so by the magistrates . The Duke of Wellington said , that the confession was made to the chaplain in his spiritual capacity , and lie thought the rev . gentleman had exercised a
wise discretion in refusing to make it public . Lord Brocgham protested against the opinion that the confession of the convicted felon should be required to satisfy the public of his guilt ; and the Marquis of Nonuanby complained ofthe publication of Hocker ' s letters , which he justly characterised as " disgusting and disgraceful . " Lord Denman expressed his entire acquiescence with Lord Brougham ; and , after a few words from Lord Stanley , the subject dropped .
Earl Fowis moved the second reading of the bill for repealing so much ofthe Act ofthe 5 th and Cth of Wm . IV ., as provided for the union of the sees of St . Asaph and Bangor , and for the endowment of a bishop of Manchester . The noble carl repeated all the arguments so strongly urged last session in support of his proposition , contending that when the bill for the union of" the sees originally passed , the current of feeling ran so strongly in favour of the measure that it was hopeless to make the slightest effort to resist'it , but now he hoped that reflection would convince Parliament that the ecclesiastical
commissioners were mistaken in this one point—the union of these sees . The Dnkc of Weui »; tox opposed the second reading of the bill , contending that by the previsions of the Act ofthe 5 th aud Cth of William IV ., every precaution was taken that all the duties of the united bishoprics should be efficiently performed by the appointment of archdeacons and other officers to aid the bishop in the performance of the additional duties which would be thrown upon him . The noble duke moved as an amendment that the bill should be read a second time that day six months .
Earl Fitzwilliam , Lord Lyttelton , and the Earl of Carnarvon , severally supported the bill ; after which their lordships divided , and the second reading was rejected by a majority of 12 i > to 97 .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Moxpav , Aphil 28 . MATXOOTH . Ou the question that the r eport on the Maynooth College Bill should be brought up , Mr . Law moved that the report should be brought up that day six months . The hon . gentleman contended that they should cither continue the usual grant of £ 3000 , or abrogate the grant altogether , leaving the Catholics of Ireland to support the College in the efficiency in which they might think it ought to be maintained . Mr . V . Smith would support , at any individual risk , a bill which he considered as a satisfactory movement towards the ultimate endowment of the Catholic priesthood of Ireland . Lord Xorreys , Lord Dakneny , Sir G . Douglas , and Mr . llawes severallv spoke in support of the bill .
Mr . Hixdlet opposed the bill upon the voluntary principle , and contended that its opponents ought not to be charged with bigotry because they repudiated any further endowment of religious opinions . The bill was subsequently supported by Mr . Round and Mr . Borfhwick , aud opposed reluctantly by Mr . Brotherton ; after which Mr . Fox Maule said he looked upon the bill as leading to an endowment of the Catholic religion , although Sir R . Peel had stated that he saw great difficulties in the way of any such endowment . The right hon . baronet , however , would have said four or five years ago that he saw great difficulties in the way ofthe Maynooth College Bill , and yet the right hon . baronet himself had now introduced it . Mr . Fox
Maule then proceeded to charge Sir R . Peel with liaving encouraged the " No Popery" cry , in order to defeat the Melbourne Cabinet , in the year 1838 , and quoted a letter from the Rev . Dr . Buchanan , of Glasgow , giving a quotation from a speech of Sir R . Peel to a deputation which waited upon him relative to church extension in Scotland . That quotation was expressive of apprehension inconsequence ofthe exertions making for the extension of the Roman Catholic religion throughout Europe . Mr . Peisole said he was present as one of the deputation , and had no doubt of the correctness of the quotation . He believed Sir It . Peel spoke his real sentiments on that occasion , and he believed that he still entertained those sentiments , and that
he would never have proposed the bill on the table if he thought it possible that it could prove injurious to the Protestant Church . On this point he differed from his right hon . friend , for he was of opinion that it would prove decidedly injurious , and therefore it was that he opposed it . Mr . M . J . O'Coxiell supported the bill . Sir Ii . Pkel defended the bill and adverted to the letter read by Mr . Fox'Maule , whom he charged with want of courtesy in not showing him the letter before reading it to tiie house . He had no recollection of the language he used on the occasion referred to , but must say that the tone ofthe hon . member's quotation was not consonant to that which he was in the habit of using . It was not his custom to designate Catholicism as Popery . He had never sought , even when opposed to Catholic emancipation , to raise the cry of " No Popery , " nor had he eversuggested the propriety of petitioning against that measure . On
jhe contrary , he had always recommended that the subject should be left to the decision ofthe legislature . l ? e deeply regretted the agitation which the bill had riv ^ n rise to , but he felt it the more necessary steai'SIy io persevere , in order to convince the Cathi « es I * * public men iu this country were swayed only by " a senBC ° f * J ' - jjk d > scombe supported the amendment of Mr . Law . ' TL'e right hon . baronet was forcing this bill in defiance ofthe opinions of the people of England . The hon . me' *» ber wr the City of London had stated that it was th » ' preliminary measure to the endowment of the Ca & olic clergy in Ireland , and to that this country nevtT would submit . Even the motion ofthe hon . member' for Sheffield would have removed the objection . becan « e the < n « at objection was the principleof endowment ; - To that principle the people strongly objected , from whatever source the money « une , whether fromthe Consolidated Fund or from the revenues of the Church . They objected to the
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establishment of another church in a country where there was onetoo many .- ( Laughter . ) The right hon . baronet had now set the public opinion at defiance ; having a majority in that house , made up of his political opponents , he was prepared to set a ^ ery great amount of public opinion at defiance , The right hon . baronet had proved himself the greatest friend to the extension of the elective franchise in the country , because the public would not allow it , to remain as it was at present after they had been so contemned . Mr . CoLLEir supported the bill . His constituents felt deeply obliged to the right hon . baronet , not only for the measure but for the noble and confiding manner in wliich it was introduced : but their gratitude
would have been greatly increased had the money been taken from some less objectionable source than the Consolidated Fund . They would have found no objection tohave had it taken from the surplus of the revenues of the Irish Church , so far as they were sufficient ; and , if they were not sufficient , they might easily find other sources . For instance , they might take £ 5000 from the revenues of the Bishop of London . If that were not enough , let them apply to the Lord Bishop of Exeter for another £ 5000 , and having reduced their pomp and arrogance to that extent , thereby p lacing them more upon a level with the apostles , of whom they facetiously called themselves the descendants ( laughter ); but they were no more so than was he . ( Loud laughter , and cries of divide . " )
The house then divided , and Mr . Law ' s amendment was defeated by a majority of 232 1 * 119 . Mr . Tancred then moved , to add to thp resolution of the committee , that provision be made out of the consolidated fund for the endowment ofthe College of Maynooth , the following words : — " Until provision shall be made for the same by any Act to be passed in this or any subsequent session of Pariiamcnt , either out of any surplus in the hands of the ecclesiastical commissioners of Ireland , or by au assessment of the lands of Ireland to an amount equivalent to the remission of tithes made to the landlords of Ireland by the Tithe Commutation Act , as Parliament may deem most advisable . " The house again divided , when Mr . Tancrcd's amendment was defeated by a majority of 128 against 52 . The report was then received . The other orders of the day were then disposed of , and the house adjourned .
Tuesday , April 29 . There not being more than forty members present atfour o ' clock , the house stood adjourned .
Weuxesdat , April 30 . The house met at four o'clock . Mr . T . Ddscomde gave notice , that if the Maynooth bill was read a third time , he should move a clause limiting its operation to three years . Mr . S . Crawforo gave notice , that when the noble lord the member for London moved the resolutions of which he had given notice , he should move an amendment on one of them , to the effect that the house do pay immediate attention to the claims urged in the petitions of the people for extension of the chums
urged in the petitions of the people for extension of the suffrage , and that resolutions 4 and 5 be omitted . Mr . Ewart gave notice , that on the third reading of the Maynooth Endowment Bill , he should move , — " That while is is expedient to open all the educational establishments of Ireland to the Catholics , to reduce to its due dimensions tbe Irish Church , and establish entire civil and religious equality between Groat Britain and Ireland , it is not advisable to extend the principle of making any religious denomination endowed by and dependent on the State . "
STATE OF THE POOR . —LORD 3 . RUSSELL S MOTIO-N
rosTPOXEn . Lord J . Russell , with reference to the resolutions of which he had given notice for to-morrow , said , that as the right hon . baronet was anxious to take the committee on the Maynooth Bill on Friday , and as the debate on the resolutions would most probably be an adjourned one , he was unwilling to interfere with the order of the day on Friday , and therefore suggested to the right hon . baronet that he should # ive him up some early Government day next week lor his motion . Sir it . Peel said he was unwilling that the progress of the Maynooth Bill should be impeded . It would probably pass through committee on Friday , and be reported on Monday , after which it would depend on circumstances how long tbe debate might be on the third reading . Perhaps his hon . friend ( Sir R . Inglis ) would state the course he intended to pursue with respect to that . If his hou . friend thought it would
be impossible to conclude the debate on the third reading by Friday week , then he thought it would be much better to fix an early day for the third reading after Whitsuntide . As it might be inconvenient to take it on Friday after the meeting of the house , he thought that perhaps the following Monday would , in that case , be the better day . He would then propose to give the noble lord the first Monday after the third reading for his motion . If , then , the third reading were fixed for the 19 th of May , he would propose to give the noble lord Monday , the 2 Cth . Sir It . Ixglis expressed his willingness to concur in the suggestion of the righ * hon . baronet as to the Maynooth Bill , and he haol no doubt that his hon . friends who acted with him woidd do the same . Sir R . Peel then fixed the thud reading of the Maynooth Bill for the 19 th , and Lord J . Russell ' s motion for the 2 Gth of May .
Lord J . Russell then postponed his notice till after Whitsuntide .
ACAOEMICAL EnUCATIOX IX IRELAND . Mr . F . Maclb inquired when the right hon . baronet proposed to state his plan with respect to other academical institutions in Ireland ? Sir R . Peel hoped that a member of the Government would be able to make that statement on Friday before the house separated . The Government were expecting a deputation from the north of Ireland every day on the subject ; but they would do the best they could to have the statement made on Friday . The Calico Printworks Bill was read a third time and passed .
ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL . On the order of the day for the second reading of this bill , Sir J . Graham appealed to the hon . member ( Mr . Watson ) who had introduced it to delay the second reading till the Government had received the report ofthe Commissioners on the Criminal Law , to whom the subject of these penal laws affecting the Roman Catholics and some of the Dissenters had been referred by the Lord Chancellor . He hoped that the
hon . member would defer the second reading to an early day after Whitsuntide . On receiving the report of the commissioners , the Government would propose some measure on the subject . Mr . Watson was most anxious to have the bill passed this session ; and he would not object to the right hon . baronet's proposal , provided the progress ofthe bill was not obstructed any further than was necessary to make it accord with " the report of the commissioners : He would propose that the bill should be read pro forma , and be discussed at a futur e stage .
Sir J . Graham assured the hon . and learned member that nothing was further from his intention than the obstruction ofthe measure which he had brought forward . ( Hear . ) But he must beg to call his attention to the fact , that the operation of his bill was confined to England , whereas the instructions issued to the commission already referred to were to inquire into the penal laws affecting the Roman Catholics aud Dissenters , not only in England , but also in Scotland and Ireland , and the coniniissioners had already referred several questions upon this subject to the Lord-Advocate and to the Attorney-General for Ir eland ; the result of those inquiries would necessarily be to render the abolition of these penal laws far more extensive than the present measure effected . He therefore thought it not unreasonable to ask the hon . and learned member to postpone his measure until the report of the Law Commission was made
, in order that the Government might have the advantage which that report would give them in dealing with this subject . He trusted that the report would be soon ready ; but , under the present circumstances , he must say that the request which he made was not , in his opinion , an unfair or unreasonable one . Mr . Watson would not , after what the right hou . baronet had said , press his bill on the present occasion ; but he would take the earliest opportunity that he could obtain after the recess to move the second reading . He saw so nvus . lv vneonsistcnev in the penal laws upon religious points that he apprehended the greatest difficulty in getting them remedied . But he wanted , above all things , to establish the principle that penal laws directed against persons of a different religion to the Church of England were acbVrace to the statute-book . The motion was withdrawn .
ARRESTMENT OF WAGES . Mr . T . Dcncombe said , he had hoped to have moved this bill forward another stage , in order that the working classes in Scotland might beputuoon the same footing as they were in Ireland and Eng - land ; and also that their employers might be relieved from the disagreeable position in which they were placed by the operation of the existing laws in that country ; but finding many difficulties , he had , at the suggestion of several individuals who had come up from Scotland to give evidence on the subject , consented to modify his measure . Those persons had promised him the draught of a bill wliich would satisfy all parties , and which he would submit to the
Lord-Advocate as soou as he got it . The views taken by the persons to whom he referred were very liberal . They proposed never to arrest more than half the amount of wages due , and likewise to take the circumstances of men with wives and families of childr en into consideration , so that they did not suffer too much by the operation of the new bill . He did not know if these views suited the Lord-Advocate , but they would be submitted to him . He was aware it might be deemed a liberty in him to interfere in a matter affecting Scotland , but he had done SO because ofthe urgency of the case , aud because also be had observed , that whenever a similar measure had been introduced , it had always been stifled , owing to local influence or some other cause . He knew , also , it
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had been urged that if the present system in force in Scotland was abolished , the truck system would be introduced , to the injury of the working classes Now , no one had ever objected more strongly than himself to the truck system , and his mode of checking it would be by punishing those who were a second time convicted of that offence with imprisonment , let their wealth or station be what it might . The people who interested themselves in the measure would have no objection to such an enactment , but it could not be introduced into the bill which lie had prepared . The couise which he should take was to ask leave to withdraw the present measure , and to discharge the order of the day for the second reading ; and he did so upon condition that he was to be permitted at a future time to bring in another bil l for the same purpose .
The Lord-Advocate said that the matter to which the bill of the hon . member referred certainly deserved attention , but he feared that a measure such as that was would not effect the desired remedy . Mr . F . Mauls said that the difficulties to which the hon . member alluded , with reference to former measures ofthe same description as his own , arose out of the extreme difficulty of dealing with the question . Sir J . Graham said , that he had had some communication with Sir William Rae upon the subject , and that learned person was of opinion that an extensive alteration in the existing law respecting wages was required in Scotland , but at the same time he expressed an opinion that the law could not be safely altered , unless some further precautions were taken against the track system . He was of opinion that the practice of arrestment of wages was carried to extremes , but that it ought not to be altogether abolished .
Mr . Rutherford observed , that there was no arrestment of wages practicable until execution had been obtained . Mr . T . Duncombe observed , that his opinions differed so slightly from those expressed on the opposite side ofthe house on the subject of his bill , that he earnestly wished the Lord-Advocate would undertake the subject . The motion was then withdrawn . The other orders ofthe day were then disposed of , and the house adjourned at six o ' clock .
Thursday , Mat 1 . The early portion of the evening was occupied in a discussion on the Railway clauses . Consolidation Bills for England and Scotland now returned back with amendments from the House of Lords . On the motion of Lord Granville Somerset the bill relating to England was agreed to . The bill relating to Scotland was thrown out on account of some objectionable clause giving extraordinary powers to Sheriffs , which had been surreptitiousl y intr oduced into the bill by the lord advocate . The understanding was that it should be introduced as a new bill with the amendments of the Lords added to it .
SCOTCH UNIVERSITIES . Mr . Rutherford moved for leave to bring in a bill for regulating the admission to the chairs of the Scotch Universities . The design in -view by the hon . member ' s bill is to remove certain restrictions which at present are imposed on those who seek to be appointed to the professorships of the Universities of Scotland . At present the said professors were bound to take certain oaths , by which the chairs ofthe universities were closed to all who dissented from the Established Church . This state of things was admitted by all parties in Scotland to be very bad , and the result of this feeling had been an agitation , which , if not put down by a change in the law , would do great damage to the efficiency of these
seminaries ot learning . Mr . Horse Drummond agreed with the hon . gentleman who had introduced the question . In former times no doubt it was necessary , when a stringent state of the law was necessary , but that period had gone by , and the law should now be adapted to the altered state of public opinion . Mi * . Ackxand , seeing that the question was one of some importance , agreed to the first reading of the bill . He thought , at least , the house should make inquiry into the state ofthe Universities north ofthe Tweed . Sir James Graham , after taking a retrospective glance at the history of the two countries , suice the Union , contended that Parliament was under strong pledges to the Church of Scotland , in reference to the
matterof University education . He thought , however , ifanycoucessionwas tube made on the subject , the present time was as good as any to make it ; as not only the majority ofthe people of Scotland , he believed , but theheadof the Universities , with oneortwo exceptions , were in favour of an alteration in the tests applied to candidates for professorships . Under all these circumstances , he thought it would be unwise in the Government to object to the introduction of the bill , but he hoped it would not be pressed forward to the second reading till the house and the country had had ample time to examine , and to express an opinion not only on the details , but the principle of the bill .
Mr . Fox Maule thanked the Secretory of State for the Home Department for the manner in which he had met the motion . He thought the measure would go a long way to remove a great deal of contention now existing in , Scotland on the subject of University education . Leave was then given to bring in the bill . field gardens , pleasure grounds , and enclosures .
THE ALLOTMENT SYSTEM . The Earl of Lincoln rose to ask leave to bring in a bill for appointing a board of commissioners for regulating and facilitating the enclosure of commons and waste lands , and . allotting them as gardens to the poor in England and Wales . - His bill proposed to divide the lands to be enclosed into three classes . With regard to the first class , he proposed to give the commissioners power to authorise the enclosure of them without the intervention of Parliament ; he meant that class of lands included in the 7 th William IV . Over mixed commonable land he proposed that the commissioners should have the power without the intervention of Parliament . He proposed that the commissioners should make every inquiry , and upon
these inquiries found a report annually to the Secretary of State , to be by him laid before Pariiamcnt . He then proposed that an annual biU ,- authorising the enclosure of such lands , should be presented to Parliament , for which provision would have to be made in the standing orders ofthe house . The third class affected by the bill would be those lands within a certain radius ofall towns above a certain amount of population . He proposed that the commissioners should be bound within such radius to take no steps whatever without making full inquiries into all circumstances connected with the lands , and making thereon a special report to the house . The bill further provided that all village greens should be exempted from its operations , but the commissioners would have power to beautify and
drain those village greens which at present , in many instances , were little better than swamps . The bill provided that the land so reclaimed or enclosed should be let out to the poorer classes in gardens and allotments , at such an adequate rent charge as would keep up the regular market value of property . These were the main features of the bill he asked leave to introduce , some of which , he said , were borrowed from the hon . member for Hertford . ^ [ As this subject is of immense importance , we here give Lord Lincoln ' s speech at length , in explanation of this Government Measure to promote Allotments of land . As soon as the bill is printed , we shall take an early opportunity of calling attention to its
leading provisions . Meantime , let the following description of it be well conned over . ] The Earl of Lincoln , in moving for leave to introduce a bill to facilitate the enclosure of commons and waste lands in England and Wales , said that he might consider that the principle had been already recognised and adopted , by the manner in which his noble friend ' s ( Lord Worsley ) bill had been received by the house . It was then of great importance to all who were interested in the cultivation of the soil that this bill should pass this session , and that legislation on the subject should not any longer be suspended . He would now proceed without further comments to state the leading features of this measure , without entering intoall the details of itwhich were very
ex-, tensive . It had been contended very generally that by an enclosure bill they would be withdrawing from the proper jurisdiction of Parliament every enclosure , and would be subjecting the poor to a great infraction of their rights , over which Parliament would have no sufficient check . That was altogether a mistake . He believed that the commission to be constituted for thepurposeof carrying out the princi ples of tins bill must necessarily attend more to the rights of the poor than any private legislation in this house would be abletodo ( Hear . ) It was impossible that the poor , who had a strong interest in this subject , could appear before a committee of that house either by themselves or their agents ; and in mneteen cases out of twenty the rights of the noor
were therefore grievously negleeted-not by the wilful neglect of these committees , but simply because their poverty prevented the poor from being able to bring under the notice of the committee their particular claims . He proposed to give power to the Secretary of State to appoint three commissioners , two of whom were to be unpaid undone of them to be remunerated . He proposed to divide the lands to be enclosed into three classes . One of these he proposed to enable the commissioners to advise tbe TiS ?^ w lthou , t the "Omentum of Parliament taat related to such commons as emiM b « sit . mwumt
HLf ' f ,. Sieved , the 7 th William IV . . , % ? , Ti . * ? n ? bh ? E the commission to deal with S £ SSw a * ^ : ' had been founder the provisions of that Act that great inconvenience and difficulty arose in carrying out the principle in consequence of titles and private agreement interfering with it . Great facility was here given to enable hi commissioners to enclose under the powers of this Act . He proposed to enable them to do so without the intervention of Parliament , for thl reason ,-that partus holding lands alone were those that should be considered deeply interested in respect to them . With regard to ^ SLfiJdS of lands which was of a more important descripSn ,
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such as were copyhold or freehold , he proposed that these commissioners should have no powers of authorising the enclosure of them without the intervention of Parliament . He proposed that they should make , in the first instance , from the parties inter ested , the necessary aud the fullest inquiries in respect to such lands , that the commissioners should tlien make their report to the Secretary of State , and that tbe Secretary of State should lay such report beforeithe house within a certain time , in which the conditions by which the enclosures were recommended were set forth . Whatever number of enclosures so recommended to be made by the commissioners should be reported to the Secretary of State antecedent to the meeting of Parliament . He proposed
that within a given time after the meeting ot Parliament this report should be laid upon the table of the house , and that an annual bill to make provisions for these enclosures would be requisite . It . would be thus seen that the complaints which had been made in respect to withdrawing these enclosures from the control of Parliament would be altogether obviated . ( Hear . ) In all the stages of this annual bill it was clear that the house would have a greater control over these lauds than if they were still left under private legislation . If the commissioners should make any reports from which parties dissented , such persons would , of course / have much greater opportunities of appealing against them through their representatives in this house . With respect to the third class—he
alluded to lands adjoining populous towns—his first intention was to have exempted these lands altogether from the operation of this bill ; but on making inquiry into the subject he found that such a proceeding would be most unwise and improvident legislation . It was then thought most desirable to keep these lands within the powers of the Act ; but to obviate the danger of depriving large towns of these healthful means of recreation , he proposed that the commissioners should be bound , in all cases within a given radius , which should be small or large according to the population , a special report stating all the circumstances connected with such laud , should be made by the commissioners to this house , which would , lie thought , be a sufficient check against any unfair encroachment being made upon the rights of the poor ; and if an order should be made , requiring the enclosure of such land to be earned out , he proposed that the right to do so should be embodied in
a separate bill to that which comprehended the other classes . Another objection had been very fairly raised with respect to village greens . He proposed to make provision for the draining and fencing of those village greens . This , he thought , was most desirable , because village greens were frequently mere swamps ( hear , hear ) : and no power had hitherto been vested- in any one to make these village greens such as they were originall y intended . He proposed in all cases that the commissioners should have the power to keep these places in such a condition as would serve for the exercise of the inhabitants ; but , of course , varying in extent to the population that surrounded tliem . He proposed adopting to a certain extent some of the provisions of the bill introduced by the lion , memberfor Hertford ( Mr . Cowper ) , so as to provide means by which the commissioners could allot field gardens or allotments to the poor . ( Hear , hear . ) He would not enter into the merits of the Field Gardens Bill . Whatever merits that
system under such a bill proposed they were entirely dependent on the proiiinquity of those allotments to the habitations of tho poor , as great evils were likel y to arise from allotting gardens to the poor which were two or three miles away from their homes . Under these circumstances he proposed to have the power , when the commissioners were enabled to do so , to exchange lands that were to be enclosed at a distance for lands th . it were in the vicinity of a town which might be allotted for field gardens . He was anxious that no power should betaken that could at all be considered an infraction of the rights of property . ( Hear , hear . ) He did not propose to allot these gardens without proper care , or obtaining an adequate rent . He should take
care , as regarded the regulation of rent , that it should be neither too high nor too low , either of which might prove injurious to the poor . The rent charge he should propose to be Sxed under some such regulation as the Tithe Act , which might , under ordinary circumstances , be allotted to such persons as were entitled to allotments under the Enclosure Act . He could not but think that this measure would be an improvement on that which had been introduced by the noble lord in the last session ; and lie believed that if it were passed in the spirit in which it was drawn it would be found to be at the greatest advantage not only to the landownflft , but also to the people generally . ( Hear , hear . ) There were provisions in his noble friend ' s bill in respect to former enclosures ; he also proposed a provision for the exchange of land under certain circumstances . He proposed to limit this provision , not to any given number of acres , but to limit it to such circumstances
as when the commissioners should think that the exchange would prove conducive to the more profitable cultivation of the soil . Another alteration which he proposed with respect to the allotments was introduced with a view to the greater economy of those transactions , and that was , that they should be made by the valuer , and not by the assistant commissioners , , as was the case in the bill of last session . In conclusion , he had only to assure the house that every endeavour had been made in framing the present measure to prevent the rights of all parties from being interfered with in any manner ; but above all , he could say , that the rights ofthe poor were secured more extended protection than they had enjoyed under any other previous enactment . ( Hear , hear . ) The noble lord then moved for leave to bring in a bill to facilitate the enclosure of commons and waste lands in England and Wales . Leave was then given to bring in the bill .
Tho orders of the day were then disposed of , and the house adjourned .
Friday , Mat 2 . On the motion that the Speaker should leave the chair to go into committee on the Maynooth College Bill , Mr . Hindley contended that the measure had produced confusion throughout this portion ofthe kingdom , without proving at all satisfactory to Ireland . The dissenters , although favourable to the utmost concession of civil rights to the Roman Catholics , would sooner consent to the repeal ofthe union than
see the principle ot Church endowment extended . Colonel Sibtiiorp also opposed the motion , expressing his doubt as to the fact of ' Sir Robert Peel ' s being a Protestant , He also charged him with having duped and deceived all parties . Mr . Plumptre objected to the bill entirely on religious grounds , trembling for the consequences if it should pass , and intimating to the Government that the feeling against it would not have subsided by the time ofthe next general election . Col . Vernek also protested against the bill .
Mr . lluniNOTON said that a large number of the Protestant gentry of Galway had expressed themselves decidedly in favour of the bill . Sir R . Peel said he had not anticipated any discussion on this stage of the bill , which , however , he was resolved to carry forward , though it was impossible in doing so that he could be accused of pr ecipitating it through the house . In Ireland far less opposition to the measure had been offered than might have been anticipated on the part ofthe Protestants , while many of them had expressed themselves decidedly in its favour . After some observations from Sir R . Inglis and Sir A . Brooke , the house divided , and the resolution for tho Speaker leaving the chair was carried by a majority of 160 to 52 . The house then went into committee . On the proposal of the first clause ,
Sir 11 . Inglis proposed that the trusteeship of the College of Maynooth should be vested in the Board of Commissioners for Charitable Bequests , Sir R . Peel could not acquiesce in the proposition . The transfer would only throw suspicion on the motives of Parliament in passing the bill without any adequate advantage to counterbalance the evil . The clause was then agreed to without a division . On the second clause , Sir J . Hanmer moved the omission of the words wliich limited the trustees of Maynooth from taking any amount of real property with which it might be desired to endow them . After considerable discussion , in which the Attorney-General for Ireland , Mr . Roebuck , Lord J . Manners , Sir R . Inglis , Sir R . Peel , and other hon . members took part , the amendment was negatived without a division .
Mr . Stafford O'Brien moved that the amount of real property to be held by the trustees should be £ 30 , 000 , instead of £ 3 , 000 . Some discussion ensued , but on a division , the amendment was negatived by a majority of 100 to 32 . On the 10 th clause being proposed , Mr . Law moved its omission ; but , on a division it was earned b y a majority of 210 to 88 . The remaining clauses were then agreed to . Sir 11 . Inolis moved an additional clause , to the effect that in the event of the repeal of the bill no professor at Maynooth should be considered as liaving such a vested right as would entitle him to compensation . The clause was , however , negatived without a division .
The house then resumed , and the report was or dered to be brought up'on Monday . The house then adjourned .
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GUILDHALL . Monday — Mb . Bush , the Baebistek . —Mr . Dunn was summoned heforc Alderman Humphery to answer a charge of assault preferred against him by Mrs . Mary Wall , a charwoman . —The complainant stated that she was in the habit of washing for Mr . Dunn , when in the Fleet Prison , and on one occasion his bill came to 2 s . 5 d ., which he refused to pay , alleging that a shilling was too much lor washing a dressiug . gowu . She knew that it was not , as she washed all his things very low . Witness refused to give up the gown ; when one morning , on calling at his room for the money , he closed the door on her , and said that she should give it up , hut she still persisted in her resolution , at the same time saying that no one
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should have it but tiie police , upon which he pushed her about the room and struck her several times . Comp lainant screamed out , when he swore that by "Jnbus" he would not pay , and that he would cleave her with the poker if she did not give up the dressing-gown . —Alderman Itumphery : When did this take place?—Complainant : Two years and a half ago , your worship . ( Laughter . )—Alderman Humphery : Two years and a half ago ! Then why did yon not apply to the governor of the Fleet , who would have prevented your being treated iu that way ? Have you any witnesses here to prove you were hurt ?—Complainant : The sorra a one , your worship , except myself to prove it , —Alderman Humphery : Where ' s your husband ?—Complainant : His dead , your honour . —Alderman Humphery : You have not proved the assault , and , therefore , I must dismiss the summons . —At the instance of the Alderman , however , Mr . "Dunn made the woman a present of half-a-crown , not as a compensation , but as a free gift .
Tuesday . —Charge of "Abrog . 4 xce . "—Augusta Barvant , a native of Berlin , aged 20 , residing iu Trcatonalley , Goulston-street , Whiteehapel , was charged with annoying Mr . Wenstern , a tailor , residing in Sun-street , and pulling at his coat as he walked through the streets . —Mr . Alderman Humphery asked if he knew the woman ? —The complainant said he did . She was formerly the servant in his house . —The defendant at the same time explaincdthat he was the father of an infant six weeks old which she earned in her arms , and which he refused to maintain . She said he was a Pole . If he had been a German she should not have suffered thus . —The complainant said he did not acknowledge the child . —She asked why he paid the doctor if he did not own the child ?
—Mr . Alderman Humphery asked liun if he had ever slept with the girl '—Complainant said he had , but he did not acknowledge the child . —Mr . Alderman Humphery asked what would have been done if this had happened in his own country ? Would he not be compelled to keep his own offspring , as every honest man should do ?—The complainant said he did not know . — "Then you never had a child before , " said the magistrate 1—Complainant said he had not . —Mr . Alderman Humphery discharged the prisoner , observing that the complainant , had brought the annoyance upon himself by his indiscretion . The young woman must not annoy him again , but the officer should accompany her to the Thames Police-office to take out a summons to affiliate the child , and he gave her half-acrown for her present relief .
WORSHIP STREET . Weunesdav .- — Novel Mode of Feaud . —A respectably-dressed man , about thirty years of age , named Henry-Webb , was placed at the bar before Mr . Broughton charged with having obtained the sum of 20 s . from Mr , William Butt , a tradesman in Wheeler-street , Spitalfields by means of the following novel and artful stratagem . A . great number of other tradesmen , from all parts of the metropolis , were also in attendance to prosecute charges of a similar description against the prisoner . It appeared that on the 19 th instant a decently dressed woman entered the shop of Mr . Butt , who had only that day commenced business , and requested to be served with 91 b . of German lead , the same quantity of Derby rottenstonc , and 211 ) . of crocus powder , for looking-glasses , none of which articles the prosecutor had , but promised to procure them for her . About half an hour after she had left the shop , a man ( not the prisoner ) , who represented himself as a traveller for Messrs . Jones and Co ., wholesale colour
manufacturers in the Southwavk-bridge-road , called and solicited on behalf of that firm , and was directed to send in a quantity of the articles the woman had just before inquired for to the amount of £ i , part of which the same man soon afterwards brought , and was paid £ 2 4 s . for . At a later hour the prisoner himself called with the remainder of the goods , on account of which he received 20 s ., and was desired to call for the balance on the following Monday . Nothing more was seen of the woman who had ordered the goods ; and when the prisoner called again on the Monday , the goods liaving in the interim been found to be of the most spurious description , and it having also been ascertained that Messrs , Jones and Co ., of the Southwark-bridge-rnad , were not in existence , he was immediately handed over to the custody of a policeman . Five other charges were afterwards substantiated , and the prisoner , who declined offering any defence , was ordered to be brought up again next week , that the remaining testimony might be taken preparatory to his committal for trial .
BOW . STKEET . Mondat . — RoBBEitv bi A Clerk . —• A young man named Richard Green was placed at the bar before Mr . Hal ) , charged with breaking open a drawer in the office of Messrs . Pickering aud Co ., 4 , Stone-buildings , Liucolu ' s , - iim , solicitors , and stealing therefrom two £ 5 Bank of England notes , with other monies , the property of his employers . —The prisoner said nothing in his defence , and bail being refused for his future appearance , he was ordered to be remanded for a week .
MARYLEBOKB . Satubday . — The Mdkdei of Eliza Davis , Eight Years ago . —It will be in the recollection of our readers that on the 9 th of May , 18 i "> 7 , a barbarous murder was committed on the person of Eliza Davis , barmaid to Mr . Wadlcy , landlord of the King ' s Arms , Frederick-street , Ucgent ' s-park . The horrid affair caused a considerable excitement , but no clue could be gained with regard to the perpetrator of the sanguinary deed . This day a welldressed young man , who gave his name Walter Chambers , and who stated at the Albany-street station-house that lie resided at Xb . -10 , Wlu ' ttfcoury-street , Euston-sqiiare , was brought up in custody and placed at the bar before Mr . Long , charged on his own confession with having committed the murder . A vast number of persons congregated in the vicinity of the court , and , as may be imagined , the proceedings excited a very great degree of interest . —Harriot Spavkes deposed thatshewas barm aid atMr . Wadley ' s ,
the lung ' s Arms , and that on the previous morning , between ten and eleven o ' clock , the prisoner came into the house and said , " This is tiie place , I believe , where the girl was murdered . " She told him it was , and he said , " I did it ; I cut her throat over the bar . ' *—Mr . Long : What further passed ?—Witness : He called for a quartern of gin , and asked me to give him credit for it , as he had no money She told him that she had not the power to give credit , when lie said , " I'll jump over the bar and serve you the same . "—Hilsden , 42 S , took the prisoner into custody on Saturday morning , at the King ' s Arms , in consequence of information which he ( witness ) had received as to the confession made by the prisoner respecting his being the murderer of Eliza Davis , the barmaid . —Lewis French , a , coffee and eating-house keeper , living at 19 , Little Charles-street , Kegent ' s-park , stated that on the previous morning ,
between ten and eleven o ' clock , the prisoner came into his ( witness ' s ) house , and partook of some coffee , Ac . He wan a little the worse for drink . —Mr , Long : Tellme everything that transpired between you as to conversation . —Witness : He said to me , "I am the murderer . I cut the girl ' s throat . " —In answer to further questions put by the ma ? gistrates , witness said the prisoner was not so far gone in drink as not to know what lie was about . — -Mr . Agirs said that the verdict of the jury , who sat upon the body , was that of Wilful Murder against gome person or persoi ^ unknown . —The prisoner , on being asked whathehad to say , replied , " I have got myself into trouble , and 1 must get out of it , 1 suppose , in the best way I can . "—He was remanded till Friday next . On the arrival of the Government van a great crowd was collected , and tiie utmost anxiety was manifested to obtain a view of the self-accused murderer .
SOUTHWARK . Tuesday . — "Mrs . Caudle" and ueu Husband in " Queer Compakv . "—Yesterday , Mary Wilson , a young woman with an infant in her arms , was brought up , charged with stealing a watch from theperson of a tradesman named Routh , living in Tooley-street . The com . plainant stated that as he was returning home the preceding night from a public-house in which lie was in the habit of spending a few hours of an evening , he was accosted by the prisoner as he was passing through one of the arches of the Greenwich railroad ; he , however , repulsed her , telling her he was going home , hut she still continued by his side , and with great dexterity pulled the watch out of liis fob , and went away with it . He added that he gave information of the robbery , and tho prisoner was taken into custody the same night with the watch in her possession . The magistrate expressed some surprise that the complainant should have permitted the prisoner
to go away with his watch , as it could not have been difficult to overtake her , especially as she had an infant in her arms at the time . In reply to the magistrate , the complainant said that he did not stop to converse with the woman , nor had he made any improper overtures to her . Tliis latter assertion , however , was contradicted by the prisoner , who declared the defendant began pulling her about . She added that he gave her the watch to keep till next day , saying he had no change to give her . During the above statement , the complainant ' s wife , who had got wind ofthe affair , entered the court , and on hearing the account given of the transaction by the woman , manifested the strongest indignation , and said , " that her husband deserved to lose his watch for talking to such a husscy . " The complainant in vain endeavoured totranuuillise his wife , who even * now and then darted at him a
look of tho most sovereign contempt . The subsequent apprehension of the prisoner , and the finding of the watch were as follow : —After she had left the complainant , she met a young man to whom she exhibited the watch , when he tried to prevail upon her to let him accompany her to her lodgings . She , however , refused , shutting tlie ' door in his face , and he went and gave information at the stationhouse , which led to her being taken into custody . After a lengthened inquiry , the magistrate said that , under the peculiar circumstances of the case , if he sent the prisoner for trial , no jury would convict her ; lie should , therefore , discharge her , and order tho watch to be restored to the owner . . The complainant said that he had no wish to press any charge , and quitted the court closely followed by his wife , who seemed determined on venting her rage upon him when an opportunity presented itself .
THAMES . Wedhesdat . —Manslaughter . —An Irish labourer , named John Denny , was yesterday brought up on remand , charged with having caused the death of a man named William Bates , lately carrying on the business of a springmaker , in Black Lion-yard , Whitechapel-road . —It ap . peared that on Wednesday , the 23 rd ultimo , the prisoner on his way from Romford to London went into the Rabbits public-house , at Little Ilford , where the deceased and some others were sitting in the yard . Deceased began to " chaff" the prisoner about his country , and though requested by one of the persons present to desist , lie still went on . At last the prisoner threw some porter in Bates ' s face , and struck Wm : a scuffle then ensued , in the course of which they got in amongst some carts , where they fell , and deceased , who was bleeding at the nose and mouth , exclaimed that his leg was broken . The prisoner still conu ' nued very violent , and a constable was called in , but , on leaving a half-sovereign as security for a table which he had broken and some glasses , he was suffered to depart , and the injured man was conveyed home , where he was
attended by Mr . Llewellyn , surgeon , of Mount-place , Whitechapel , who tuuud his left ankle joint dislocated , and one of the bones of the leg fractured . The patient went on rather favourably until Saturday , when delirium tremens supervened , and he died about half-past one o ' clock on Monday morning , as Mr . Llewellyn had no doubt , of the injuries which he had sustained . There was a contusion between the ankle and the knee , another behind the left ear , one on the left eye , aud some others on the chest . The prisoner was arrested on Monday , at his residence , 10 , Globe-lane , Mile-end , —Denney , in his defence , said , that when he was about to sit on a seat near the deceased , the latter moved away , on wliich he ( Denney ) said , " I ' m not lousy , " to which the deceased replied , " You arc an Irishman . " Denney answered , "I know I am- , but I am not the worse for that . " Bates then kept egging him on , until he admitted that , in his aggravation , he threw some beer in the deceased ' s face . Bates then got up aud " rolled into him , " on which a " scrummage" followed , aud they both fell , when tiie deceased exclaimed that his ankle was put out . —The prisoner was committed to take his trial for manslaughter at the Central Criminal Court .
Outrageous Conduct . —An old man , named Martin Loyal Browning , was charged with a violentand cowardly assault on Benjamin Bowdcn , a lad about 13 years old , potboy to Mr . Webb , proprietor of the Mowers' Arms public-house , Bow-common . It appealed that the prf . sonev went about five o'clock on Saturday evening to the Mowers' Arms , aud remained there for a considerable time using most abominable language , which disgusted all who heard him . Whilst in the tap-room the fellow made a kick at the landlord ' s daughter , when the complainant ( who whilst giving his evidence seemed to suffer great
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pain ) threw lumsell between and received the kick in w groin ; The landlord ; not being aware that the W ] , « sustained any injury , jut the prisoner out of the iious « on which the latter turned round , and dashed his hand through a square of glass with such violence that a ni » , of the broken square struck Mrs . Webb on the neck , influx * ing a wound which bled profusely . The prisoner w « given into custody for the wilful damage , and in tiiemean time , as the ladcomplained of great suffering he was taken to Mr . Smytbe . the sureeon , of Bromley , who found « , « he was suffering from a severe rupture , wliich would com for the remainder of his
pel him to wear a truss Ufe > r ~ the boy had never exhibited any such symptoms befor ! there was no doubt the injury was the result of the kj c t The prisoner in Ids defence , said—I am move si-n- necl against than sinning . It is too frequently the case that elderly men are mocked at by young people , and thev ' all jeering me . I did not get out of my scat , but merrfv threw up my leg . Mr . Broderip : Yes , and you have in a probability , ruined this poor lad for life . You mUst g-j bail to answer this charge eliewhere , yourself in £ 40 a I" two sureties of £ 20 each . Not being able to find hail the prisoner was locked up . ' e
Too Bad . —The following announcement lias an peared in various papers : — "The Rev . S \\ D ealuv D . D ., Chancellor ofthe diocese , Canon of the CatS ' dial Church of Winchester , Prebendary of South well , and rector of the parish of Clapliani , Suiwv has been appointed , by the Lord Bishop of Winehp ter , to the Archdeaconry of Surrey , void by ^ " elevation of the Venerable Samuel Wilberforcc to tliii Deanery of Westminster . " Poor Dr . Dealt ™ 1 We feci for him deeply . How will he ever get throJli the work which he will now have to do ? Hc w ° already laden with four several offices in the Church and saddled with the obligation of being in three dill ' erent places at once . He had to pray , pveach exhort , console , convert , and go about visitiiic ' tlm
sick and doing good at Winchester , Southwell , and Clapham ; besides all which , he had his Cha ncellor ' s business to attend to . And now , in addition an archdeaconry , is clapped upon his shoulders . i { e ' aj | ¥ this is working a willing horse to death . There a not , wc arc persuaded , a negro in ail Kentucky fagged to the extent that Dr . Dealtry will he . \ yiiat has the poor clergyman done to deserve such treatment ? How , we would wish to know , would the Bishop of Winchester like it himself ? It is t \ Wc ^ more like a Turk than a Bishop to make . 1 fellowcreature to toil in this way . 11 e say it is a great deal too bad of his Lordship , and recommend Uvra to be mere considerate in future . We shall be told that Dr . Dealtry will be well paid for his labour . Yes ; but what has that to do with the matter ? What pay can compensate a man for exertions which must necessarily kill him ?—Punch .
'I ' m Ciin-DREx op John Taweu .. —The two childron of this wretched man , by Sarah Hart , the woman for whose murder he was executed , are still under the care of Mrs . Ilallet , their maternal grandmother , at Gravesend . We understand that the Kcv . Mr . Scott , the Wesleyanminister at Gravesend , iias received a letter from Mrs . Tawcll , in reply to one addressed to her by that gentleman , expressive of her wish that the children should be carcfiiHv attended to , stating that her own impaired health pvcv ents Iter from doing move at present than writing , and approving of the children being baptized ami named as proposed , in conformity with the cnuulmother's wishes on the subject . This religious ceremony will , wc understand , be performed on
Sunday next by that gentleman in the Wesleyan 1 'Impel , Gravesend . _ Statements have been puulisnwl that some provision for the bringing up of the children was made by Tawcll . We are assured that up to the present time no specific intimation of the kind has been made to Mrs . Hallet or to her husband , whose trade , as a whitesmith , is utterly inadequate to sustain the additional expense of supporting and educating these children . If any provision has been made , even though it be not immediately available , a communication to that effect should be made to the poor old people . Their anxiety would thus be removed , and they would know what they have to depend upon as to the means of meeting the charge which has been cast upon them . —Globe .
UoitiuntK Occuiire-vcb . —The family of a labourer named John Hughes , residing in the rural district of Powick , near Worcester , had for some days detected an unusual impurity in the water of the well , but were unable to conjecture the cause of such impurity . On Wednesday last , however , on drawing up sonic water , _ a substance of . 1 whitish colour was discovered in it , and this , on examination , proved to lea portion of human skin , apparently belonging to the foot of an infant , and to which a part of tile toes ami toe-nails were attached . On making this horrible discovery the inmates immediately proceeded to make further search , and eventually succeeded in diviiriug ; out of the well with a hook the body of a full grown male infant , which had been sunk in the well by a brick being tied to the body . At present no clue has been obtained likely to lead to the detection of the perpetrator of the murder , but there is little doubt that the body was brought from : i distance , and deposited in the well as a spot the ieissi likely to lead to detection . —Hereford Journal .
The Pksxv Duke of Buckingham . —At the Buckingham Sessions—as we learn from the Aylesbury News—the chivalrous , the magnificent , tiie ' battueloving liuckingliam , prosecuted one Caleb Uiackwcll , for '' having damaged a fence , to the amount of one pmny . '" jJlackwell , it appeara , was a poacher , and had twice before been summarily convicted . Whereupon , for this third offence , he was sentenced to " four months" imprisonment with hard ' labour , and to be once privately whipped ! " And yet there are falsifying people , who avouch that the Duke of Buckingham is not beloved by the peasantry Scandalous malignity . ' He is beloved ! and henceforth , let Ids reputation , like the name of Whittington , go down to posterity , for ever associated with a cat . —Punch .
Musical 1 heat . —We have attended one ' of Mr Henry Smith's vocal entertainments at the Western Literary and Scientific Institution , Leicester-square , and have been highly pleased with the performance . It is no oa « y task for a singer to entertain an audience for a couple of horn's , unvaried by anything save bis own pattering on the piano : bnt ' Mr . ' Smitii succeeds admirably . His songs are well selected to show the power of an excellent baritone voice , "The Old Ann Chair" and the " Gambler ' s Wife" tell most effectively on the audience . The whole of hi * songs are well sung , and the accompaniments on the pianoforte judiciously played . Axciext OniiER of Druids . — Piiese . vtitio . vs . — Last week the members of the Manchester district of this philanthropic society presented V . A . and P . K . R . A . William Butterwo ' rth with a handsome patent lever watch , as a token of esteem , and a reward for the very valuable services lie has rendered
to the district during a servitude of five years as district master . Latterly , also , the members of the II . A . C . Degree , No . 13 ofthe above order , !; c ) d at the Peacock Inn , Dale-street , Manchester , presented P . E . R . A . Richard Smith with a splendid silver medal , value £ 2 10 s ., in consideration of his cfiicient services whilst holding the office of K . R . A . Liabilities of ax Editor . —Lord Denman has laid down the law recently , that an Editor has no right to insert any paragraph before lie has ascertained "that the assertion made in itisabsolutely true . "So then , in the case of the late discoveries maito by the Earl of Ross ' s telescope , an editor ou-hl to have proceeded to the different planets mentioned before lie inserted any statement respecting them . According to Lord Denman the Man in the Moon and Orion would both recover swingeing damages from almost overy editor in the United Kingdom for the rcllcctions cast by the earl ' s telescope on their characters a » 1 planets . —Punch .
Lancashire Mixers' Intelligence . — The next t general delegate meeting of Lancashire Miners tfil ¦ ¦ be held on Monday next , at the house of Mr . Ros- ibottom , Bowling-green Inn , Clmrnock-arwii , near r Chorlcy . Chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the e forenoon . There ivill also be a public meet Ing , which h will be addressed by W . P . Roberts , Es ^ ., and several d other gentlemen . The levy , including general con- 1 tribution , is 2 s . Id . per member .
TAHITI , __ News from Tahiti has been received to the 23 n | 01 01 November . Five French vessels of war were at Tahiti , ti , together with sovorai guard vessels , ami the strictest jst martial law prevailed . The natives generally re-remained in arms in the mountains . The r ' rench were a * erecting numerous fortifications . The dwelling-ighouses ofthe natives and foreigners , without distinc-nction , had been seized by the French and appropriated t « as hospitals for the sick and wounded . It was re- re ported that a battle had been fought , iu which the tin French sustained a loss of 60 killed , and the nativesive about 100 . All the munitions of war and other sup-sup plies were strictly prohibited from being landed , andaw the coast was strictlyguaid (( top infrac-Vat : ct cf this or '
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BANKRUPTS . ( From Friday ' s Gazette , May 1 . ) John Henry and Frederick Hensman , Adelphi-wlmrlliarM Strand , coal-merchants — Edward Slater , ( Jiiuen ' s-builiiniilii-l iiijjs , Brompton , cabinet-maker—William Clialeroft Tup-Tup ^ per , Catherington . IIants , grocer—LouisLeplfiStrier . Alfteulfteulll street , Iiiver-tcrrace , Islington , watchmaker-James Eds Edl ward Smirk , Broad-court , Bow-street , Cover . t-gardeiitdeii j licensed victualler—Benjamin Chandler , Stanmore , iron-iron-i monger —Thomas OlbVer , Prcstbury , GloucestL-rsln ' reshirce livery-stable-keeper—Henry Nichols , Coteforu , Glott « s « « s « rt shire , auctioneer-James Lee , Tadeastcr , Yorkshire , por-, po " tcr-incrchant—Thomas Rusltforth Knott , Boltou-le-Moofiloor » "i Lancashire , druggist-Joseph Cooke , Worn , Shropstiirt > stiirt' < brewer-Thomas Capas , Bordesley , Warwickshire , biiWuiUM —Henry Pares , Loughborough , Leicestershire , plumbcr-ibcr-James Heaton , Ludlow , Shropshire , stationer—Thoniaiionia a Hodgkiss , Wellington , Shropshire , licensed victunllcr-nllcr--Harry Warr , Bridport , Dorsetshire , currier . ============-= — - —— - = —; e * - * s
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 3, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_03051845/page/8/
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