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HOUSE OF LORDS , Fbibat . July 3 L . The Marquis of Lassdowke answered a question put by Earl Fitzhardinge , by stating that he had directed certain Medical Officers , connected with the Council , to visit those localities in the City of London where the Cholera was said to exist , and to report upon it . His Lordship had thought that step was necessary after the statement recently made by theLordMayor . ThescMedical Gentlemen had made their report , and they , therein said that they had not found & single case of Asiatic chebm . They had also visited the hospitals of those districts , and although they had there seen aggravated cases of that kind of cholera prevalent at this season of the year , still not one of them was of the class named Asiatic , The Railway [ Gauges Bill was read si third time and passed .
The Baths and Wash-houses Bill was read a second time , and ordered to be committed . Lord Monteagle brought forward bis motion on the encouragement of industry and employment in Ireland . The Marqnis of L & ssdowx said that hedid not then feel himself at liberty to detail tha particular measures which the government intended to bring forward for the general benefit of the Irish people . Her majesty's ministers were alive to the importance and necessity of the case , and would exert themselves to the full extent of their power in promoting the object to which the noble lord had called the ' attcntion . of thehouse . Lord Monteagle , after a few words from the Earl of Devon and Earl Clancarty , withdrew his motion . The house then adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Friday , Jew 31 . The Speaker took the chair before i o ' clock .
THE STOCKPORT IMPROVEMENT BILL . Mr . Brothkbtos movedthatthe order of the day for the third reading of the Stockport Improvement Bill be discharged , in order that a new bill might be introduced . Mr . T . Duscombb presented a petition , signed by 5096 inhabitants against the bill . The petitioners stated that nine-tenths of the inhabitants of Stockport were opposed to the bill . He would now move that the bill be read a third time that day three months , as he never would agree to the third reading of snch a tyrannical measure . Mr . Bbothbrion said the motion that he had made was tantamount to reading the bill a third time that day three months .
Mr . T . Duscombe said that unless the Hon . Gentleman would agree to the proposition of postponing tbe third reading for three months , he should feel it to be his duty to make the motion . The measure was a most atrocious and tyrannical one , and no person approved of it except those who were to benefit under it . The parties who opposed the measure had asked the Mayor to call a meeting , ' which he refused to do , or even to lend them the Town-hall ; the result was , the meeting was held in the marketplace , and resolutions were adopted against the measure , -which he believed to be a complete job . The parties had been deceived with respect to the Bill , and did not know for some time who was the
concoctor of the measure . He wished to know whether the hon . Member for Salfordwouldconsentto the withdrawal of the bill without the condition which he had stated , viz ., on the underRtandingthat he should be allowed to reintroduce it onafutureoccasion . If the hon . gentleman would agree to that , he ( Mr . Buncombe ) wonld abstain at present from entering at any farther lenghi into tbe merits of the bill . The fourth clause proposed to give to the town council of Stockport tbe sum of £ 10 . 000 out of the public funds ; and in the distribution of that sum the rate-payers would not have the slightest controul . The proposition contained in that clause was one of the most disgraceful proceedings which any body of men calling themselves liberal could make .
Mr . Bbothebtos said that he certainly should not consent to the withdrawal of the bill on the terms proposed by thehon . gentleman . After some discussion Mr . DeycojiBE said he would withdraw his amendment , on the understanding that the bill would be withdrawn . ~ The amendment was then withdrawn , and the order of the day for the third reading of the Bill was discharged . Mr . Brothertos then moved for leave to bring in a freshBillonthe subject—the Stockport Improvement Act , No . 2 . Some discussion then arose as to whether the Hon . Member was in order in giving notice of a second Bill on the subject . Strangers were then ordered to withdraw , when there appeared , —
For the motion 32 Against it 40 Against the Bill being brought in 8
FLOGGING IN THE ARMY . Lord Johs Russell said , that as notice of motion had been given by anhon . member respecting flogging in the army , he wished to inform the house that he had caused the subject to be brought under the consideration of the Commander-in-chief , the Duke of Wellington . The question was therefore at present under the consideration of the Commander-in-Chief , not , with the object of abrogating the power of inflicting corpoal punishment , but with the view of regulating it . He thought , therefore , it would not be advisable , till theresult was communicated to the house , that the subject of flogging in the army should be discussed .
Dr . Bowrisg was willing that his motion should be postponed , so as not to interfere with the proceedings of the Government regarding the question . He would , however , wish the noble lord to understand that if the measure the Governmentsubmittedwasnot satisfactory , he \ Dr . Bowing ) should be at liberty to bring forward the whole question . He was bound , before the end of the session , to bring the subject before the house . I Mr . Hcnsos took occasion to correct
misstatements respecting the Eastern Counties Railway , lie said that since the railway was opened in 1810 , eleven millions of passengers had been carried on the line and only one death of a passenger had occurred anterior to the late lamentable accident . During that period twenty-one passengers had been injured ; three had had broken legs , one a dislocated shoulder , and in other cases the suffering was slight . This statement of facts , he apprehended , would show that there was an unusual exemption from danger on the Eastern Counties line .
The house then went into a Committee of Ways and Means , to consider the Sugar Duties resolutions . Sir R . Isglis announced that neither he nor his friends weuld interfere further with the progress of public busniess by hopelessly contesting this measure after the decisive majority of Tuesday last . The House then went into Committee .. The resolutions , as proposed by the Government , were , after some observations from Mr . Barclay , Sir J . lieid , Mr . Goulburn , Mr . BorthwicK , and Lard J . Russell , agreed to . On going into Committee of Supply , Mr . Williams called attention to the manner in which L ' ourts-Martial are constituted in the British navy . Hi was replied to by Mr . Ward . The House went into Committee of Supply , and several miscellaneous items were taken .
Sir W . Somehviixe obtained leave to bring in five Bills to continue Turnpike Acts , Copyhold Commissions , and Loan Societies in Ireland . The House adjoursed at half-past Eleven .
HOUSE OF LORUS—Monday , Aug . 3 . Lord BnocouAM moved for a return of the pension ! winch had been granted since the year 183 S . He did not mean to offer any objection to the pension * which had been granted , ashs believed limy were all unobjectionable . They had been given generally U > scientific persons and to persons distinguished in literature , lhe last one which had been given he highly approved of—tint to Mr . Wilderspin , IIow-? v ? . f 3 t . was bistcricall y incorrect to say that Mr . VVdui . rs' . in was the author of infant schools , for t . iey bail previously been introduced by Air Owen of New Lanark . ( Hear . )
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The Marquis of Lansdowke observed , that the noble and learned lord opposite could not at any period of his forensic career have jftt any witness into the box more full * prepared than he > was to confirm the statement-which the house bad just heard . He concurred in all that had been gaidin approval of . the labours of Mr . Wilderspin ; but he also went along with the noble and learned lord when he stated that Mr . Robert Owen was the founder of all infant schools . He always had considered Mr . Owen to have been the founder of those schools , although no one contributed more to their extension than did Mr . Wilderspin . The names of Wilderspin and Oberlin would long be gratefully remembered in connexion with those schools . ; He had himself seen the system
as promoted by Mr . Wilderspin at full work in Dublin , and he was able to testify most unequivocally to its beneficial results . Mr . Wilderspin ' s merits were of a high order , although the design of those schools originated with Mr- Owen . The Marquis of L & hssowke moved the second reading of the Wash-houses Bill for England and Wales . It was one though humble in name , was nevertheless entitled to considerable respect . There were already established several wash-houses for the benefit of the poor , namely , ; two in London and one in Liver , pool , which produced the best effects . In London .
there was one in Glasshouse-yard , in the City , and one in Euston-square , where the small charge of three-halfpence a head was found sufficiently remunerative . The expense of-the bath in Glasshouse ^ , yard was £ 237 , while the number of persons who visited it was . 60 , 000 / and the amount of profits ;' £ 34 T , or a sum yielding very . nearly 3 J per cent . The bill did not propose to interfere with . the rights of private individuals , but to empower corporations and commissioners of cities and towns to build them for the benefit of the poor . The Bill was read a second time . The Small Debts Bill went through committee .
HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Monday , Aug . 3 . MILITARY FLOGGING , Dr . Bowsing said , Sir , it is my earnest and anxious hope , that after the inquiries , that had been made , the noble lord at the head of her Majesty ' s Ministers , may not be unwilling to state to the house , on or before Friday next , what are the intentions of her Majesty's Government with regard to military punishment , especially with a view to the abolition of military flogging —( hear , hear )—and I beg to give
notice that ! shall bring forward my motion in reference to . ' that subject on Friday , on going into Committee of Supply . At the same time I wish to state , that to-morrow I shall ask the Government whether they are acquainted with the fact that flogging has been introduced on a very large scale in the island of Hong Kong , and that on the 5 th of April last , no less than fifty-four individuals were flogged for a violation of the police regulations , and after having been so flogged , were delivered over for a second punishment to the Chinese authorities .
MILLBANK PRISON , Mr . T . S . Duncombe wished to ask a question , in consequence of some observations that had been made a few evenings ago respecting Millbank Prison . He wished to ask the right hon . baronet , the Secretary of the Home Department , whether he would have any objection to lay the report respecting that institution on the table of the house ? and also he wished to ask why it was , that in the tenth annual report of the Inspector of Prisons , Millbank Prison was specially left out . Sir George Gret said , that the report which he had by him was not a final one . As soon as he received the final report he would lay it upon the table of the house . In answer to a question by Sir De Lact Evans
, Viscount Morpeth said he had received her Majesty ' s gracious commands , that the Birdcage walk should be thrown open to the public during the recess , but that the gates should be shut at different periods . They would , however , be kept open at night in future , the same as when Parliament was sitting .
IMPROVEMENTS IN IRELAND . Sir Hexrt W . Barron , in pursuance of notice given oh a previous evening , begged to ask the right honourable gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer , how much money was now applicable as advances to private individuals or others ; carrying on improvements in Ireland , The Chancellor of the Exchequer said that £ 50 , 000 had been voted under the Public Works Act , and in the course of the ensuing week he hoped to be able to lay upon the table of the house papers connected with the expenditure ot the different sums .
Sir Henry W . Barron said he also desired to ask if it were intended to apply to Parliament for any means of employing the people on public works during the next winter . He implored the serious attention ot the Government to this subject , having received most authentic information from well-informed sources that a large portion of the potato crop was already destroyed beyond all powers of redemption . The Chancellor ot the Exchequer feared that the statement was too true as to the failure of the crop of potatoes , but , from the best information received by Government , he assured the hon . baronet that there was a sufficiency of food in private hands to meet the wants of Ireland for months , and Government would adopt the most judicial practical measures to meet any emergency .
Mr . Duxcombb said that it would tend very much towards allaying public excitement and public anxiety if the noble lord at tbe head of the Treasury now stated what alterations were intended to be made by Government and the Commander-in-Chief with respect to the infliction of corporal punishment in the army . He asked the noble lord the question because he believed it was very generally understood that some recent determination had been come to on the subject , and it would be more satifactory it the noble lord would then state its purport . Lord John Russell observed that the result of the recent deliberations connected with the important subject brought under the notice of the house would be ready for communication to the house on Friday , when he would be prepared to state what was the decision of the Commander-in-Chief .
The Noble Lord , in reply to Mr . S . Crawford , said that the Government had come to the opinion that it would not be advisable to bring forward , this session , a Bill either for the permanent or temporary compensation to tenants in Ireland , on account of the difficulty of the subject . But at the very commencement of the next session the Government would be prepared to introduce a Bill framed after mature consideration . His Lordshi p also in answer to a question from Lord Clive . stated that should the St . Asaph .
Bangor , and Manchester Dioceses' Bill pressed , he should oppose it ; although , in deference to the opinion of the House of Lords and the Bench of Bishops , the Government were disposed to give the subiect the best consideration , not with the view , certainly , of agreeing to the Bill in its present shape , but of deciding the question with reference to the state of the parished and boundaries of the dioceses . Lord Clive , upon the assurance that Ministers , would , during the recess , deliberate attentively on the subject , withdrew the Bill .
The resolutions agreed to in Committee on Ways and Means , for the future scale of sugar duties , were reported , and a Bill founded thereon ordered to be brought in . On the order of the day for going into Committee of Supply , Captain Latard moved an address to the Queen , praying Her Majesty to direct inquiry to be made , how far the reduction of the period of service in the army from the present unlimited term would tend to procure abetter class of recruits , diminish desertion , and thus add to the efficiency of the service ? The lion Member recommended ten years as the period of service .
Air . Fox Maulk said , the Government were not indisposed to consider the question of enlistment for life . althoughitwasoneof a very grave and dangerous nature . At the present time we required to have 21 , 000 soldiers in the East Indies , ami 31 , 000 in the colonies generally—making a total of 55 , 000 on foreign service . That force left this country for a period of foreign service of , on the average , fifteen or sixteen years . If , then , they had limited enlistment to ten years , they would , after the expiration of that time , have had to change the whole of these men once and a half . Was that an expense on which Honourable Gentlemen were prepared at once to embark ? Mr . HoMEassuicd the Secretary-at-War that if the adoption of the ten years' service would effect desirable reforms , he would cheerfully consent to double the estimates required for that purpose .
Sir De Lacy fcivans , Mr . Osborno , Mr . Bern . il , Mr . Williams , Col . T . Wood , and Col . Sibthorp , took part in lhe discussion that followed , and ultimately Captain Layard withdrew his motion . Mr . Hcme moved a resolution to the effect : — That in the opinion of thehouse , and according to the correspondence laid before it relative to the proceedings in the island of Malta during the Carnival holidays in February last , the conduct of the Governor and of the Magistrates acting under his orders , in the interference with the usages of the inhabitants , and their guaranteed rights and privileges ,
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was contrary to the principles of civil and religious liberty . The foundation of the charge was , that the Governor had refused to sanction the usage of making on a Sunday during the Carnival . ¦ ; Mr . HAWse , \ Mr . 0 . Wood , and Mr . Fox Maule resisted the motion , which was . supported by Dr . Bowring , Mr . V . Smith , 'Mr . Ewart , and Mr . B . Escott . The house divided—For the . Resolution ... ... " „ 12 Against it ... ... ... _ 50 , Majority against the motion ... 38 After » speech from Mr . Williams , the house at length got into Committee of Supply at half-past twelve o ' clock , and the remaining army Totes were agreed to . Some bills on the table were forwarded a stage , and others were postponed .
The Sugar Duties' Bill was brought in and read a first time .
HOUSE OF LORDS -Tuebday , Aug . 4 The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the Wool sack at 6 o ' clock .
ECCLESIASTICAL PATRONAGE AND BURIAL SERVICE BILLS . On the motion of the Bishop of LoHDON , " these bills were read a second time . :. . « , ' , ; ART-UNIONS BILL . On the motion of Lord Monteagle , this bill was read a second time .
THE BISHOP OF EXETER AND THE DUKE OF SOMERSET . The Earl of Raonob entered into explanations relative to the charge of breach of faith recently made by the Bishop of Exeter , agdinstthe Duke of Somerset , in reference to the Rev . Mr . Shore and the chapel at Bridgtown . The Bishop of Bath and Wellb , on the part of the Bishop of Exeter , who was absent , read a correspondence between the Bishop of Exeter , the Earl of Radnor and-Lord Seymour . On the motion of the Marquis of Lansdowne , the Joint-stock Banks ( Scotland ) Bill was read a first time , after a remonstrance from the Earl of Eglinton and Lord Kinnaird against pressing forward such a measure this session , and contrary to the desire of the Scottish people . The second reading was set down for Thursday .
The Irish Marriage Act Amendment Bill was read a second time . The Baths and Wash-houses Bill passed through committee . Earl Grey gave notice that , on Thursday , he would move the second reading of the Poor Removal
Bill . Lord Bbaumost gave notice that , on Tuesday next , he should move for copies of correspondence that had passed between the Government of this country and the Courts of Vienna , Berlin , and St , Petersburg !! , relative to certain events which had taken place at Cracow , in violation of the treaty of Vienna . , » HOUSE OF COMMONS .-T 0 BSDAY . Aug , 4 .
MILLBANK PENITENTIARY . Mr . T . S . LVvcohbe presented a petition from Edward Baker , who set forth that he had sometime since petitioned the house and memorialised the Secretary of State , complaining of the cruelty and mode of treatment practised in the prison at Millbank . A report had been made upon the subject which had been printed by order of the house . The petitioner asserted that the report had been made after an investigation secretly conducted within the walls of the prison , and in the absence of the petitioner , who assured the house , that it was in many parts absolutely false—that facts were distorted in it , and the truth suppressed . That notwithstanding the governor ' s denial , the petitioner again asserted
that prisoners had been closely and illegally imprisoned and kept upon bread and water , some for three days , and some even for so many as eighteen days in the month . That many had been so put upon bread and water , and that twenty persons had attempted or committed suicide in consequence of the cruel conduct of the governor , and that the state of the prison afforded a strong and melancholy contrast to that which ithad presented during the last twenty years . The petitioner further stated , that several persons in a dying state had been removed from the prison to Woolwich ; where every second ' man of them had since died , and that the object of so removing them when in that condition was to prevent inquiry and the consequent exposure of the conduct of the prison . And further , that no account had been rendered to
the Secretary of State of the fines imposed upon the officers within the prison , who were obliged to give receipts for their full amount of pay , and the deductions consequently ^ did n & t appear . The petitioner concluded by praying that the house would order a thorough inquiry into the cruelties , the deaths , the attempted suicides , and the fines upon the prison officers , and also how far the inspectors had done their duty in allowing those irregularities to exist without having reported upon them . The petitioner said he was prepared to prove all the charges he had made , and he prayed further that if such an inquiry as he sought for were granted , all the witnesses he might call for should be protected . The honourable member concluded by giving notice that he should move to-morrow that the petition be printed with the votes .
Lord J . Russell presented a petition from the booksellers , camplaining of the effects of a clause introduced into several railway bills which enabled the directors to open parcels and charge separately for their contents ; and praying that it might be amended , the effects being most injurious to their trade .
FLOGGING IN HONG KONG . Dr . Bowring rose in pursuance of notice , to ask whether the attention of the government had been called to the frequent application of flogging as a punishment for petty offences in the island of Hong Kong , it being stated that no less than 51 persons were so punished on Saturday , the 25 th of April last , for not having obtained tickets of registration ; and after such infliction were delivered over to the Chinese authorities , to be subjected to further penalties under the criminal code of that empire . The hon . member said it was stated in the Hong Kong papers that flogging was habitually practised there . For the most trifling offences the Chinese were sentenced
to be scourged , and the people of the country were impressed with the notion that we were a very cruel people . On the 25 th of April a Chinese was accused of robbery , and having been followed by some officers into an adjacent village , the natives threw stones at the officers , and succeeded in rescuing him . The consequence was a general arrest of the whole of the male inhabitants of the colony , and no less than 54 on being found without the letters of license from the authorities were publicly flogged . These persons were then delivered up to the Chinese authorities of the neighbouring districts , and for the offence of leaving their own country , they endured a second infliction , lie wished to know whether the
hon . gentleman the Under-Secretary for the Coloniet was cognizantof the facts ? Mr . Hawes said no accounts of what the hon . gentleman referred to had been received by the government . The only punishment which the magistrates couldinflict under the Registry Act was a pecuniary fine , or , in the event of the fine not being paid , imprisonment with hard labour . The attention of the noble lord at the head of the Colonial Department would be directed to the matter , and the most searching inquiries would be made .
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE . . : MORNING SITTINGS . Lord Jens Russell said that from the 2 nd of July last year the house met each day at twelve . o ' clock for the transaction of public business . He did not mean to propose that such an arrangement should come into effect this week ; but he intended moving that after the present week they should meet each day at twelve o ' clock to dispatch publics business .
THE TOBACCO DUTIES . Dr . Bowmxo . said that he felt some regret to be compelled , by a sense of duty , again to call the attention of the House to that legislation which regarded the introduction of Tobacco into this kingdom , lie took occasion some time ago to show tu the House by what he considered important facts and figures , and by irresistible statistical evidence , the evil results of the duties on tobacco . Upon « previous occasion he had shown the immense increase which had taken place in the United Kingdom in the
number of seizures in consequence of the degrading effects of the pernicious duties on tobacco alluded to , and the innumerable evils and cruelties which had arisen from the same unhappy source , lie would venture to cull upon the Right Honourable Baronet the Home Secretary to look around him , and sec the state of the law on this subject . Let him inquire why such enormous multitudes of people were brought before the magistrates , crowded into prisons , with heavy charges upon the public , in order to carry out their puishinent .
These law . i inflicted a great hardship on innocent individuals , he knew that most respectable persons , most unimpeachable in character , living in Norwich purchased a cask of tobacco , stipulating a price foi a particular quality , as t he- Excise kacw audacltnoff-
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lodged . The cask was received , the seal was broken , and the cask opened , when the tobacco was discoyeredto be of a mixed quality . The case was carried into court and the Magistrates decided that leal possession could not fix the purchasers with damages but this decision was overturned afterwards , and the purchasers were fined in the limited sum of £ 50 1 Such proceedings were a great hardship . The hen . and learned member concluded by moving— " That the state of the tobacco duties required the revision of Parliament , with a view to their earl y reduction . " The Chancbllob of the Exchequer admitted the existence of many of the evils complained of , but said that in the present state of the revenue , he was not prepared , on behalf of the Government , to agree to the motion . He could , however , assure the hon . and learned member and the house that the subject should receive the earnest consideration of the Government .
An hon . member moved that the house be counted and there being onl y thirty-five members present , the house adjourned at a quarter before six . HOUSE OF COMMONS , Wbdskbday , August » . . Mr . Mackinwon , in moving the second reading of the Public Cemetries Bill , described the objects which it was intended to accomplish , and the machinery by which those objects were to be attained . The expense which must be incurred in carrying this bill into effect , would riot exceed- 8 d » , per head per annum , and he proposed to defrajrit'by making a small addition to the poor-rates . As this subject ought to be taken out of his hands by the Government , he proposed to read bis bill « second time now , pro forma , in the hopes that in the next session the Government would found upon it a satisfactory measure . '
Sir G . Grey hoped that Mr . Machinnon , who was entitled to great credit for the pains which he had taken upon this important subject , would not call upon the house to pledge itself to the principles of his measure , but would leave the matter In the hands of Government , with the assurance that they would give to it the ^ nost anxious consideration . Mr . Mackinson assented to the suggestion and withdrew his motion . Several bills were then advanced a stage . On the motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , the Sugar Duties ( No . 3 ) Bill was read a second time .
Lohd MoRnin moved for leave to bring in a bill to empower the Commissioners of Her Majesty ' s Woods to sell , on certain conditions , sites tor dwellings for the poor , out of tbe hereditary estates of the Crotfn ; and on another bill , empowering the Commissioners of Her Majesty ' s Woods to sell , on certain conditions , sites for dwellings for the noor , out of lands vested in them under actsf or the improvement of the metropolis . The Earl of Lincoln considered the object of the noble lord to be most legitimate , but contended that it should be obtained in a legitimate mode by grants of money . . . After a few words from Mr . Hume , Sir R . luam , and Mr . Henley , the bills were brought in and read a first time . Lord Morpeth also obtained leave to bring in a bill to enable the Privy Council to make regulations for the prevention of contagious disorders , and for the more speedy removal of nuisances .
The other orders of the day were then disposed of , and the house adjourned at 0 o ' clock . HOUSE OF LORDS , Thursoay , Aug . 6 . The Irish Marriage Act Amendment Bill passed through committee . On the motion of the Lotto Chancellor , the Small Debts' Bill was read a third time and passed . The Joint-Stock Banks ( Scotland and Ireland ) Bill was read a second time . On the motion of Earl Grey , the Australian Waste Lands' Bill was read a second time .
POOR LAW REMOVAL BILL . Earl Gkey moved the second reading of the Poor Removal Bill . The Duke of Richmond urged its postponement . If the law of settlement wr . s to be altered , why was the law of removal touched until the whote question underwent due consideration ? He disliked this sort of patchwork legislation . The present measure , if passsd into a law , would only give the magistrates needless trouble , and would afford no relief to the poor . It was said that this was one of the great boons given to the agricultural interest for the Corn Bill , and the boon was that a party living five years in one parish—which , by-tlie-bye , would be difficult to prove—was not to be removed , forsooth !
lhe Marquis of Salisbury and the Earl of Winchclsea recommended the postponement of the Bill . Lord Redesdale , the Earl of St . Germans , Lord Beaumont , the Lord Chancellor , the Marquis of Lansdowne , and other noble Lords supported it . The Bill was read a second time . HOUSE OF COMMONS .-TnuitsDAT , Auausi 6 . Mr . T . Duncombe presented a petition from Thomas Mitcham , a letter-carrier , complaining of the hardship of being dismissed from the Postoffice in consequence of having given evidence before Mr , Peacock , the solicitor to that establishment , and praying for inquiry . Sir J . C . HoBiiousE presented a petition from Nottingham , complaining of the practice of flogging in the army , and praying the House to take the subject into consideration .
Mr . Hume moved for a return of the number of floggings that had taken place in the army during the past year .
RELIGIOUS OPINIONS RELIEF BILL . Lord John Russell moved the order of the daj for reading the Religious Opinions Relief Bill a second time . Mr . Estcoum opposed the measure , and moved as an amendment that it be read a second time that day six months . After considerable discussion the amendment was lost on a division , by a majority of , ft ) to 10 . The Bill was then read a second time , and ordered to be committed .
SUGAR DUTIES . The House went into Committee on the Sugar Duties Bill , and the several clauses having been agreed to , the house resumed . Several other bills were advanced a stage , and the house adjourned .
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Subscriptions received by Mr . G- Rogers , Acting Treasurer , up to August 8 : — £ s . d . Already acknowledged . . , 57 7 G Collections per llr . 6 . J , Harney ( fjth amount ) . . . . 7 11 9 Collections per Mr . Leech , Huddersfield 119 0
JE 2 C 6 is 3 YETMRAN PATRIOTS Mr . J . Shaw acknowledges the receipt of the following email sums , which he says he cannot disburse , without the sanction of tlie Committee . He also adds that his brother treasurer , holds other monies , which render it imperative on the Committee to speedily attend to business , FOB KlCHABDS . Mr . Green 0 0 C Mrs . Green 0 0 « Mr . Bann 0 10 Mr . Wtlls 0 10
FOB MBS . ELLlg . Mr . Bann 0 10 FOB VETERAN PATBIOTS , djc , Mr . Sims 0 5 0 Mr . Wilks . . . . , 010 And the sum of 10 s . 3 d . from Brighton , per G . J Harney . J , Siuw ,
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRAD-. S FOB , THE PROTECTION OF
INDUSTRY . The Central Committee met at their office ,. 30 , Llydc-strcet , Bloomsbury , on Monday , Augusts ; T . S . Duncombe , M . P ., in the chair . As usual , a voluimiious mass of correspondence from all parts of the United Kingdom \ vas read by the Secretary , and a deal of business was transacted . The Committee , in accordance with the expressed wish of the late Conference , have resolved , on sending a missionary to every town in the United Kingdom to expound the principles and practices of the Association ; Mr William Robson is appointed
Missionary . Mr . — li ' elkm , lVom the frame-work knitters , attended and submitted tho depressed condition of that trade , and the gross injustice practised on the operatives , his statement was lislencu to with great attention , and excited the svmpalh . of all present ; the Committee requested Mr . Pelkin to convey the expression of their sincere sympathy to his trade , ami at the same time , to inquire of the frame-smiths , if they avc disponed to scud ui tenders for suitable frames , with a view to the employment of the much oppressed frame-woil knitterrt .
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SECTION No . 2 . ' ' 8 HAEE 8 , Newport , per J . Williams .. <• .. 110 Toliiess , per W . M . Tanner .. .. .. 0 12 3 Derry , per J . Cameron ,. .. .. .. 1 19 0 Stockton-upon-Tees , per T . Potter .. .. i fi 0 Ilolton , perE . Hodgkinson .. « .. 10 0 Halifax , per C . W . Smith .. .. .. 370 Artichoke-inn Locality , Brighton , per J . Giles .. 0 13 Northampton , per W . Munday .. „ .. 5 0 0 Lancaster , per J . Harrison .. .. .. 3 0 0 Norwich , per S . BHgshaw .. .. .. 3 5 0 Kcighley , per J . Vicars .. . . .. „ . - . 2 0 0 Bradford , per J . Alderson 5 0 0 Ashton . undor-Lyne , per E . HoWn ,. „ 4 17 10 Leicester , per Z . AstiU ,. ., 1 10 0 Newton Abbot , per J . B . Crews " " 15 0 0 Manchester , per J . Murray .. . / ' , " 4 3 0 WilUam Bauton l . ynn ,. ... 13 0
£ 57 17 1 NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . PER Mil . o ' CONNOb . FOa CONVKNIION . Tunbridge , per W . II . Lawner .. .. ... 0 io : 6 Front the Huddersfield meeting , ; „ l g g Crayford , per J . Donald " .. ' .. ., o 9 8 Dewsbury .. .. . .. .. .. o 12 fi Rochdale , per E . Mitchell ...... ... ... l o 7 Stockport , per W . Mitchell .. .. „ 0 10 0 Carlisle , per J . Lowry ., .. „ „ o 15 V o FOB . EXEOCTIVB . James Town , Wrexham " .. „ .. 0 0 e
N . B . In consequence of the absence of Mr . Wheeler from London , the several sums of money received at the office for various purposes cannot be announced till his return next week , when all communications received during his absence , will be duly attended to .
Wilderspin Pension; Origin Of Infant Schools.
WILDERSPIN PENSION ; ORIGIN OF INFANT SCHOOLS .
To The Editor Of The Northern Star. Sib,...
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sib , —I rejoice that the Government has , by the grant of a pension to Mr . "Wilderspin , acknowledged the great importance of Infant Schools , and the service which that gentleman has rendered in the
cause . 1 confess , however , I was somewhat astonished to find by Lord John Russell ' s letter , that the pension was granted to Mr . Wilderspin as " the Founder and Promoter of Infant Schools , " because I thought the fact had been sufficiently well known , that Robert Owen , and not Mr . Wilderspin , was the Founder ^ and that the system had its ori gin at New Lanark . I have before me abundant evidence of this fact , obtained from a variety of sources ; and it has , on more than ono oooaooit »* hooa viai-cd la X \» t-Jt " amentary Debates on the subject of National Education .
The truth is , that Mr . Owen outlined the system in a work published in 1812 , entitled , " Essays on the Formation of Character ; " and about the same period commenced arrangements for puttingit in practice , b y the erection of a very large and costly building at New Lanark , which was opened on the 1 st of January , 1816 , by an address from the Founder , and on the following day the first Infant School was commenced . Mr , Owen felt that teachers for an Infant School had yet to be trained , and that the best would probably arise from the school itself , which was in fact the case , For immediate purposes ,
however , he selected James Buchanan , a simple hearted weaver of the New Lanark Mills ; who , ( to borrow Owen ' s description , ) " had a strong natural love of children , and the patience and forbeara nce necessary for the purpose , with a very pliable and teachable disposition , so far as his limited powers of mind would admit . " What follows is quoted from the introductory chapter of " Chambers ' s Educational Course .. ' Infant Education from two to six years of age , " first published , in 1836 . and will show how , and where , Mr . Wilderspin became first connected with the system . .
" In the year 1816 , New Lanark was visited by a party of statesmen , amongst whom were the Marquess of Lansdowne , Mr . ( now Lord ) Brougham , Mr . Smith , M . P ., for Norwich , and Mr . Mill of the India House . Being conducted to the Infant School , they were much struck by the novelty of the system , and not less impressed by a sense of its great capabilities , as a means of elevating the physical , moral , and intellectual condition of human beings . The formation of a Society for the Promoting Infant education , and the establishment of a Model Infant School at Brewer's Green , Tothillfields , London , were the consequences ; and Mr . Buchanan was translated from New Lanark , with
the approbation of Mr . Owen , to take charge of this more important seminary . A locality was soon after chosen for another Infant School in Spittalfields ; and , as it was impossible to obtain a teacher already qualified , Mr . Buchanan was requested to look out a person capable of being taught the art } and likely , when taught , to practice it with effect . This gentleman knew well how peculiar a range of qualifications , moral as well as intellectual , was required in an infant teacher ; how indispensable , above all things , was that benevolent enthusiasm , without which an infant school flags and expires ; and he therefore requested time to perform the duty imposed upon him . He at length recollected
that his school had been visited by a young man named Wilderspin , who was in a counting-house in the City , who seemed to differ from all other visitors in the intensity of the interest which he took in what was going on , his ready appreciation of the value of the system , and the great delig ht he displayed in witnessing the improvement and happiness of the infants . Air . Buchanan promised to sound Mr . Wilderspin as to his views in life , and to ascertain whether he mi g ht be induced to embark in the profession of an Infant School teacher , and
begin with the Spitalfields School . Mr . Wilderspin , when the scheme was proposed to him , requested some days to reflect upon it , as his acceptance , if it should take place , would be no light choice , but a pledge of the devotion of his life to the pursuit , He made up his mind , and , presenting himself to Mr . Buchanan , declared himself ready to embark in the enterprise with every energy which he possessed . After benefiting & y all the aid which fie jcould receive from Mr . Buchanan , Mr . Wilderspin was , in due course , appointed to the Spitalfields ' School . "
There is , I believe , a slig ht inaccuracy in the above , as to the date of the visit to New Lanark . It was not until the year 1818 or 1819 . The substantial facts , however , set forth by Messrs . Chambers in the foregoing paragraph , had been previously stated by Lord Brougham , in his speech upon the Education of the People , in the House of Lords , on the 21 st of May , 1835 , wherein he said ?— " In this country , I think it is now about sixteen or seventeen years since my noble friend ( Lord Landsdowne ) and I , with some others , began the first of these Seminaries , harrowing the plan , as well as the teacher , front Mr . Owen ' s manufactory , at Lanark ; and though it has been eclipsed by others , lo which it gave rise , especially Mr . Wilderspin ' s , in Spitalfields , and Wilson ' s , at Walthamstow , & c , & c . "
And again , in presenting a petition from Mr * Owen , on the 29 thof July following , Lord Brougham described Mr . Owen as having been " the first lo establish an Infant School , in which the children of the persons who were employed in his manufactory were instructed in the ways of morality and virtue . 1 have in my possession various other documents connected with this subject , among which is a copy of a letter addressd to Messrs . Chambers , by Mr . Wilderspin , in 1830 , in which , speaking of the amount given by those gentlemen , of the origin of Infant Schools , ( and which I have already quoted , ) he says , " In the main points you are correct . " ,, ^ Believing that neither you , nor the public , will misunderstand the object of this letter . I am , Sir , Your ' s , Justitia . Atlcl phi , August 3 , 181 ( 5 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 8, 1846, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_08081846/page/1/
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