On this page
- Departments (1)
-
Text (10)
-
Tr*« 12, 185k _____ THE STAR OF FREEDOM....
-
^ CRIMES AND OFFENCES. ,-tfvS1YE BILL FO...
-
lJNUUJSSTS. Toe Late Fatal Accident at t...
-
BIRTHS AND DEATHS-HEALTH OF THE METROPOL...
-
Westmksiee-bhidob.—Therewas printed on S...
-
AUU1DE.NTS AND CASUALTIES. Boiler Explos...
-
REMARKABLE ESCAPE FROM A FRIGHTFUL DEATH...
-
AWFUL AUD BEVOLTING INHUMANITY TO AN %¦ ...
-
Emwrtal PAtltomettt
-
MONDAY, June 7. HOUSE OF LORDS.—Lord LiK...
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
Tr*« 12, 185k _____ The Star Of Freedom....
Tr *« 12 , 185 k _____ THE STAR OF FREEDOM . 7
^ Crimes And Offences. ,-Tfvs1ye Bill Fo...
^ CRIMES AND OFFENCES . ,-tfvS 1 YE BILL FORGERIES .-C . IPTURE AND & CONFESSION .
-r = > police authorities of Sheffield bave in custody an ac" 4 td and hitherto highly successful bill-forger and ra ?^ l « who was captured a few days since , and has since 5 * " ° ;' fusion of no fewer than seven extensive forgeries . ¦ me is Ernest Grapel , and it has been ascertained that 1 I - " an extensive manufacturer of gutta percha wares at b ?' ' nzhatn . His arrest was brought about in tbe following S ?„ __ 0 n the day of his capture be w «» t to the ware-^ -. " of ' M essrs . Thomas Ellin and C- « ., on Sheffield-moor , J T-uted that he wanted to purchase some expensive table BD )\ Ke stated in conversation tbat the to ids were in-Li ' otthe Bishop of Osnabnrg , and that be was purt £ ,: n 5 ftr Messrs . J . C . Flack and Co ., of tbat place . He fto ' ed goods to the amount of £ 7510 s ., less an allowance f * j per cent , for himself , and got the invoice made ont to iL ^ r s . Fack . He then presented in payment a draft for rr ~ 3 s- 8 ° . on Messrs . Smith , Payne , and Smith , of
Lo Lori ° - dated Ma ? 22 nd ? 1852 , and P P ' 8 t 0 be , , " „ by the Manchester and- Liverpool Bank at Stafford . He lit n ? m antted tte balance in gold , refusing a letter of credit nl / nton on a plea that he was going immediately to Vi , Prance- This circumstance excited suspicion . Mr . G . Bar-L izytni the firm of Messrs . Ellin and Co . ) said he would , 3 * il'i the draft to the bank to bs cashed . He indorsed it « sccord ing ' y , and the stranger countersigned it "A . IV . c ] cfcont- " Tbe instrument was presented immediately » f ififWi rds to the cashier at the Smeffield Banking Comav > with a request that he would pass it to Messrs . Eilin ' s L" gjeoft and g ive the hearer £ 100 to cash . The cashier did . , ot ); i ; etbea-pearanceof the draft , so be referred to Mr .
^ \ Pd-i the sub-manager , and it was submitted to Mr . J . H . B : Bir -e rt the manager . They all agreed that it had a susrfi n -ciaus appearance , and so thought Messrs . Parkin and B B acon , engravers , to whom Mr . Barber submitted it for t £ scru ' -iny . Tbe manager thereupon procured the aid of two t > ' islice officers , who went forthwith to Messrs . Ellin ' s estab' b ! i-hraent . where the payer was waiting , and bad some convi versa'ion with him , which ultimately induced him to give ti the individual into custody . The hank manager nest proct c & d'A to the establishment of Messrs . Joshua Rodgers and S Sons , upon -whom he knew a forged draft had been palmed 1 j list suiumn . Mr . Itobsrt Newhold , a partner Jn the firm , a ! after hearing from Mr . Barber what had transpired , accomp pacijd him to the police office , and recognised the man in c custody as tbe very person who in September last paid him a a forged banker ' s draft for £ 198 lis 2 d ., in payment for i £ 30 ISs . 01 . worth of cutlery , giving as a reference , Messrs .
2 Zweleheshart and Co ., merchants , Liverpool . The draft , i it appears , purported to be drawn by the Coventry and i -Warwickshire banking company , in favour of J . J . Elder , i acd by the latter specially endorsed to B . A . Lambert , the asme by which the prisoner then passed . He got the balance in cash , and a few days afterwards the draft was discovered to be a forgery . So complete was the deception ftat ; be discovery was not made till the instrument reached the banking-house of Messrs . Jones , Lloyd , and Co ., who found it ont because they had not received any advice of it . The prisoner , finding himself completely caught , made a fail confession of his guilt , and avowed his connexion with j « or six other forgeries . He has since been very communicative , and has explained with great minuteness the wA ' M operandi which be has found so very successful in decaving both commercial men and bankers . These revelations are likely to prove of great value in the detection of future forgeries .
Tie prisoner was bronght np before the mayor on the two cnirz's named above , and farther accused [ on his own confer , on ) of another fraud of the ease nature . On Saturday week he purchased goods to the amount of £ 90 ., of Messrs . Bloomer and Co ., iron merchants , Westbromicb , tendering in pavment a draft for £ 1 S 7 7 s . 3 d ., purporting to be drawn by the Manchester and Liverpool Bank . The Westbromich bisk cashed the draft , endorsed by the prisoner , "A . W . Sitnont , " and he received the change against the purchase . This forged draft , singularly enough , passed through three hank ? , and reached Messrs . Smith , Payae , and Smiths ' , without having been detected . Some evidence having been titen , the case was remanded . j jTas Hen . Garotte Muhmh . —Snape and Smith were brought up yesterday for final elimination , on the charge of murdering and robbing William Francis Maplethornand were committed for trial ac the York assizes .
, Atrocious Outrage bt Soldiers . —Chatham , Jose $ ) .- — On Wednesday G . M'Dermot and John Hudson , private soldiers belonging to the the 69 th Regiment , quartered in Bromcton Barracks , were committed for trial by the Rochester bench of magistrates—the former charged with criminally assaulting Elizabeth Schnebbelie , and the latter with aiding him in the outrage . The occurrence took place at a ! at- Lour on Saturday night , on a public road near the barracks , and the prisoners were shown lo have acted with brutal violence towards the unfortunate prosecutrix .
Ljnuujssts. Toe Late Fatal Accident At T...
lJNUUJSSTS . Toe Late Fatal Accident at the Liverpool Corjt-Exchasge . —The adjourned inquest upon the bodies of the two workmen who were killed on Tuesday week by the falling in of an arch supporting the flooring of a portion of tne new Corn-Exchange , now in progress of being erected , was bronght to a conclusion on Tuesday evening . After a deliberation of three hours the jary returned a verdict of " Accidental death . " They also made the following presentment : — " That Philip Code { clerk of the works ) is highly blamable for allowing the centres to be removed from the upper arches without previously applying for and obtaining the express permission of Mr . Picton ( the architect . Neither do the jury consider the Corn-Exchange Committee entirely free from llaiue , and that it is a practice much to be censured tbat public bodies take the lowest tenders for work , without regard to the means of the parties to carry that work to completion . "
Deplorable Destiibtios . —Lifs axd Death is a Wagcos . —On Wednesday afternoon Mr- W . Carter held an inquest at the Cottage of Content Tavern , Lock ' s-fields , Walworth , or the body of Sarah Bygrares , aged five weeks . The mother stated that her husband was a matmaker and hawker . They had lived in a caravan now standing in a cow yard , in Lock ' s-fields , about five years , and had four children , paying , when able , Is . 6 d . weekly for rent to the owner of the vehicle , which had no wheels . Their chief food was dry bread and tea , with meat occasionally on Sundays . On Monday night the deceased was placed by her side in bed , apparently in good health , and when she awoke on the next morning the deceased was lying quite insensible by her side . A boy ran for a surgeon , but the deceased expired in a fit before medical assistance could be procure ! . The summoning officer informed tbe coroner that a child belonging to the same parents died in the caravan eleven months since . The coroner proceeded to view the body and on reaching the place referred to taev found the remains of an old broken-down caravan .
The door at the front had been blocked up , but the entrance was an opening of about twelve inches wide , and tsree feet in height ; bnt the aperture was so exceedingly low and small that several of the robust jurymen had considerable difficulty in squeezing through the opening to seethe corpse , and the interior was so small that only one person could stand in it with tbe constable . The flooring boards had been removed , and nothing but the bare rafters were placed on the ground for tbe unfortunate occupants to he down on . The rain also made its way through the roof ,
and many portions of the wood-work in the upper part had fallen down from decay . The coroner remarked that he never saw such a wretched hovel . He was only astonished to think how human beings could exist in such an ill-ventilated and fearful place . The whole of the jury said the attention of the parochial officers ought to be directed to ihe "pot , for the residence of the poor persons was not even fit for swine . ' The jury * found a verdict of " Natural Death . " The coroner thereupon gave the officer directions to lay a complaint at tbe office of Mr . Poter , the district surveyor , who had power to indict the owner of the caravan .
Births And Deaths-Health Of The Metropol...
BIRTHS AND DEATHS-HEALTH OF THE METROPOLIS . / From tha Begistrar-General ' s Return . ) . A thousand deaths were registered in the metropolis in the week that ended last Saturday , showing an important increase on the previous week , in which the number was only 683 . In connexion with this result it will be remarked that the mean weekly temperature fell from 52-7 deg . and 55-6 deg . in the second and third week of May to 50-8 deg . in the fourth , while last week it was 52-5 deg ., having been during , tbe last fortnight about 6 deg . below the average to which atmospheric change the increase in mortality is probably to be attributed . In tbe four weeks now mentioned the rain that fell amounted to 221 inches , though , in the previous twelve weeks the entire amount was less Kan one inch . . . x . In the 10 weeks corresponding to last week in the years 1642-51 the average number of deaths was 877 , which , if r « ied in proportion to the increase of population , becomes 825 ; the present number , therefore , exhibits an excess of 55 above tie estimated amount .
Las t week the births of 814 boys and 742 girls , in all l , o 56 tbildren , were registered in London . The average number 01 seven corresponding weeks in the years 1845-51 was 1 , 369 .
Westmksiee-Bhidob.—Therewas Printed On S...
Westmksiee-bhidob . —Therewas printed on Saturday , in a parliamentary document , a copy of a letter from Mr . talker , the engineer to tbe Commissioners of Wesimin-Mer-bridge , on the present condition of the bridge . The « tter is dated the 10 th of November last , and describes a ate for the new bridge . The cost of a temporary bridge wonld be £ 12 , 000 . EttraquAKs rs Sotjth Wales . — The shook of an earth-° nake m , distinctly felt on Tuesday morning in this town * ad neighbourhood . It occurred from half-past seven to a garter to eight We have heard- corresponding accounts "PmSketty , the Mumbles , and other places in the immediate neighbourhood ; likewise from correspondents at ^ eath . Aberavon , and Bridgend , so that the shock must *?* e extended over at least twenty-six miles . —Swansea fffftfd * .
Auu1de.Nts And Casualties. Boiler Explos...
AUU 1 DE . NTS AND CASUALTIES . Boiler Explosion at Oxford . —Great gloom was cast over this city on Monday in consequence of the bursting of the boiler connected with the steam apparatus in tbe pubUe baths and washouses , which were opened lo the public for the first time . It has caused tbe death of one person—a boy about tan years of age and a cripple , and five or six other persons are more or less severely injured ; one of them ( the stoker ) it is feared can hardly survive . At about ten minutes to twelve o ' clock on Monday morning the opening ceremony was concluded , and the institution was open to
the public ; bnt while several gentlemen were still about the premise ? , and the Mayor , Alderman Butler , and Alderman Browning , had just gone on the outside , the accident happened . Tbe boiler burst with a rumbling noise like distant thunder , and immediately the tall brick chimney connected with the steam apparatus fell with a fearful crash . On recovering from the shock the above gentlemen ran to the door leading to tbe engine-bouse ; this could not be opened but by the aid of a crow-bar . and then the fearful nature of the accident was apparent . The boiler had burst almost to atoms . Measures were immediafelv taken to rescue tbe
unfortunate sufferers . The poor lad , George Birchell , already raent oned , son of a tailor living in Geofge-lane , was found buried under some fallen brickwork and machinery , quite dead ; his legs appeared to be broken , and his face was \ ery black . The stoker , a young man namfd Wordsworth , was taken out of the rubbish , very severely hurt in his legs , & p . A man named Hosier , employed at the time cleansing one ofthebath ? , wass'rurkon the head by some of the falling bricks , and butt ; and two girls , who were near at the lime , received injuries . Had the accident happened ten or twelve minutes before , the consequences might have been far more fatal , as large pieces of the brickwork fell through the ridge-and-farrow roof of the washhouse , in which the opening ceremony look place .
Fatal Accident ox thb River . —On Sunday afternoon , between three and four o ' clock , a party of youtbs who had hired a small boat for an excursion , when off Chelsea Marshes , nearly facing Battersea Church , commenced playing and splashing each other with their oars , and in so doing capsized the boat . The whole of them , four in number , w * re immersed ; two of them were got out safely ; the two others rose once , clinging toech other , when they sunk , and were not seen again ; every effort was made-to recover the bodies , but without effect . Tremssdocs Conflagration in Lambeth . —On Wednesday mornine , between two and three o ' clock , a fire , attended with the destruction of property valued at some thonsand pounds , suddenly burst forth from a long range of premises situate between Bennett-street and Stamford-street ,
Blackfriars-road . The principal building was occupied by Mr . Saxton , a timber merchant , whose property extends from Upper Ground-street almost as far as Stamford-street , but owing to the large number of houses that intersected the premises on either side , it was at one period feared that every house near would have fallen a prey to the fury of the destructive element—as it was in the space of a few minutes the flames shot forth in such a body as to rise high above the houses near , and the reflection was so great that the fire could be seen for many miles distant . The Royal Society ' s fire-escapes and several engines of the London Brigade and West of England Company were prompt in their attendance . The premises in which the disaster commenced were all but gutted , and a great number of those adjoining were seriously damaged . _ .
A Collier Brig Destoyeb by Fire . —On Monday night , at eleven o'clock , information was received at the River Police Station , North Shields , tbat a vessel was in flames at Jarrow , about two miles up the Tyne . ^ The police immediately unmoored the river engine , and had it towed up to the scene of disaster . The vessel was lying off the Patent Slip , and was in one sheet of flame . Shortly after the engine arrived tbe masts fell by the vessel ' s side , and , notwithstanding an immense column of water was poured upon the burning vessel , it was not until four o ' clock in the morning that the fire was extinguished . The vessel was a total wreck . She was the Countess of Durham , belonging to Messrs . Storer , of Bedford-street , North Shields . The fire had originated in the cabin , it is supposed by tho carelessness of the cabin boy .
Collision and Loss of Life os the Manchester , Sheffield , and Lincolnshire Railway . —An alarming accident , attended with the loss of two lives , occurred on tbis line , on Tuesday afternoon , near to tbe "Woodhouse junction , and within a short distance of the spot where a collision occurred last year between a Great Northern excursion and a goods train . It appears that about two o ' clock , a ballast train , laden witb sleepers , left Grimsby for Sheffield , a passenger-carriage , containing seven or eight men , in the Company ' s service , being attached to tbe last waggon . Nothing occurred notii they arrived at the Ktveton-park station , when , in consequence of the piston-rod breaking , the engine became disabled . Efforts were then immediately made to bring the train to a stand , bat in consequence of the line at this point being on a steep incline , tbis was not accomplished until some time had elap ? ed . The moment this was done , all the men except two left the passenger carriage , and
a messenger was despatched to signal an approaching luggage train , which was then due from Retford , and the steam whistle of which was then distinctly heard , but which , in consequence of a sharp curve in the line , was not then visible . Before he had proceeded more than twenty or thirty yards , he came in sight of the train , the driver of which , as soon as he became aware of the danger , instantly reversed the engine , shut off the steam , and applied the break * after which he , together with the stoker and the guard , leaped off the train , and escaped without any serious injury . On the collision , the engine of the goods train was thrown off the rails , and sustained considerable damage . The passenger carriage , and several of the ballast waggons , were smashed to pieces , and the tiro men who were sitting m one of the compartments of the carriage , unaware of the danger , were killed on the spot . Tbeir names are William Waller and John Walker , married men , residing at Brigg . Their remains were conveyed to Woodhouse ,
Remarkable Escape From A Frightful Death...
REMARKABLE ESCAPE FROM A FRIGHTFUL DEATH . Perhaps few more extraordinary escapes from an awful death have ever been recorded than the following;—On Saturday last two men , whose names are John Waine and Thomas Liddiard , were engaged deepening a well situated at the back of some cottages belonging to a Mr . Stacey of Slough . They had been at work ail the morning , and left for dinner at one o ' clock returning at two . In a fevt minutes Liddiard was drawn in a bucket to the top of the well through a man-hole -which bad been cut in the crown . Scarcely had he arrived there when the earth gave way , falling on his luckless companion , completely burying bim . A number of fellow-woikmen were immediately on tbe spot ,
and commenced clearing tbe earth away from the body of tbe sufferer . Liddiard descended again for the purpose of assisting , and bad scarcely been drawn up for the second time when the crown of tbe well , -weighing more than half a ton of brickwork fell in also , The task of disinterring the poor man Waine became now doubly difficult , few indeed ex . pecting , when completed , to find bim alive . A gaspipe was introduced and forced down the well to afford a passage for air . After some labour it was found tbat tbe position of ibe sufferer was nearly perpendicular , affording the opportunity , -when his head should he released , ot administering stimulants . Up to six o ' clock in the evening little had been effected to give any strong hope of an ultimate rescue , and it was foreseen tbat the labour of excavating must be continued for hours to come , and through tbe night . Pipes were laid from the gas main to the mouth of the well , and
tbe labourers commenced excavating by the light thus afforded at the side of the well , and some yards from its mouth . By extraordinary exertions the upper portion of Waine's body was released by one o ' clock on Sunday morning , and stimulants in the shape of small doses of brandy were administered by the medical gentlemen of the town who were in attendance during the whole time . At half-past four o ' clock the exertions of all wete happily crowned with success , when at that time the sufferer was seen emerging from his dreaded prison , walking up the ladder with a firm step and a cheerful countenance . A warm bath was in readiness at the workhouse , whither the patient was removed , and is recovering speedily , after a fearful incarceration of fifteen hours and a half at a depth from the surface of the earth of nearly twenty-two feet . Too much praise cannot be given to those by whose exertions the life of a fellowcreature has been ultimately saved .
Awful Aud Bevolting Inhumanity To An %¦ ...
AWFUL AUD BEVOLTING INHUMANITY TO AN % ¦ _ IDIOT LAD . Open your ears , you philanthrophists , real and sham , to a fact almost beyond the bounds of belief , as a specimen of the humanity of some Yorkshire manufacturers . A poor idiot lad , who resides at Hudderafield , is emp loyed by a dealer in cotton warps at that town , to wheel , m a common one-wheeled barrow , twenty-cotton . warps per day , from thence to Bradford . The journey has to bo performed twice a day , or ten warps each time . The average weight of each wwpistwelve pounds , and the distance from Bradford to HMaersneld is eleten miles . On Thursday , being market-day , be has to wheel ' t % ty warps , or fifteen each time . He thus travels' fofty-mur miles each day , wheeling 240 pounds weight , besides the weight of the barrow , for twenty-two miles froai Huddersfleld to Bradford , and the empty barrow twenty-two miles from Bradford to Huddersfleld . Ou Thursdays he performs a similar
journey with the enormous load of 360 pounds . We , who write this , have just seen the unfortunate idiot resting his barrow opposite the Horse and Trumpet Inn , Manchester-road , Bradford , the landlord of which called oar attention to this disgusting and brutal exhibition . The poor fellow was bare ' ooted , and wore a long coat decorated with livery buttons , by way of mockery , and to make the matter worse , his barrow was decorated with the following inscription , done in first-rate style : " Huddersfleld Royal Mail , patronised by her Majesty the Queen . " Here , then , we behold an unfortunate fellow creature whose infirmity is taken advantage of by some of the better classes (?) andby one individual who is running this boy to death , and causing him to carry 1 , 560 pounds of cotton warps a distance of 264 miles , for the weekly payment of Ss . Good God ! Can this be commented on , working men ! Can anything further be added to show deep degradation ? Judge ye ! . . . _ CQmxmxvmi p . S , —Names can be given , lfjnecesaary ,
Emwrtal Patltomettt
Emwrtal PAtltomettt
Monday, June 7. House Of Lords.—Lord Lik...
MONDAY , June 7 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Lord LiKDnuRsi presented a petition . relating to the claim of Baron de Bode , and gave notice of a motion for the appointment of a select committee on the subject for Friday , June 11 , The Marquis of La . v » dow . ve , at the request of Lord Derby , postponed trie discussion which was to have taken place today on the Corrupt Practices at Elections Bill until this day week . Tho bill will only be read a second time pro forma , to-night . Earl Gret moved for the correspondence which had taken place between the government and the Canadian Commissioners in tbe matter of a railway communication between Halifax and Quebec , and a discussion of considerable length ensued , in whioh Lord Derby , Lord Monteagle , Lord Desart , and Lord Powis took part . The motion was then agreed to . The Representative Peers for Scotland Act Amendment Bill was read a third time and passed .
Some other business was despatched , and their Lordships adjourned . HOUSE OP COMMONS . —Tho house met at twelve o ' clock . On the order for bringing up the report of tbe Committee of Supply , Mr . Bersal adverted to the calamitous condition of the island of Jamaica , through the deficiency of labourers inquired of the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he was prepared to initiate , or promote , or confirm anv effort for affording Jamaica , and other colonies in the same category , a proper supply of labour ?
Sir J . Pakikgton said , tbat the question having been put to him unexpectedly , he could return only a general answer , This subject had engaged his attention long before lie had entered into office , and since then he had received from delegates and from other sources painful representations of the distressed condition of the island of Jamaica , and of tbe particular causes of that distress . The cholera , being a visitation of Providence , did not touch the legislation or policy of this country ; but , irrespective of that visitation , he had always thought that the distress of the colonies must be traced in a large degree to the policy adopted by tbis country in 1810 . Upon a careful consideration of tho subject , however , her Majesty ' s government did not think themselves justified , under the circumstances , and in their present position , in making the case of Jamaica , painful as it was , an exception to the general rule they had laid down .
The report of tbe Committee of Supply was then brou"bt up and agreed to . B The house then went again into Committee of Supply on the Civil Service Estimates . On the vote for the consula establishments , Lord D . Shjart made a complaint against Mr . Scarlett , Secretary of Legation at Florence , of want of attention to the interests of British subjects , and Lord SrASLEr promised that an inquiry should take place . The vote was agreed to , and the following votes : — £ 3 , 219 for relief to Toulonese and Corsican emigrants & e ., ana American Loyalists . ' £ 2 , 000 for the expense of tho National Vaccine establishment . fSV ^ -W ^ S 501 , the Destitut e ; and ± . 4 , 300 for Polish Refugees and distressed Spaniards onIa 7 ^ L 5 , ° fe M - f <» " miscellaneous allowances formerly defrayed from the civil list , the hereditary revenues , " & c . ' l '
Mr . Akstey noticed that the first items were for " poor French Refugee clergy , " and " poor French Refugee laity Was the vote of an ecclesiastical or religious character ? ° Mr . G . A . Hamilton answered that the grant was to these persons as Refugees ; some of them might be clergymen , but that was accidental . " 6 J , "JC "> Mr . Assiet could not understand why the recipients , now that order waa restored iu France and it had the blessing of a despotic government , should remain in this here , tical , infidel , and revolutionary country . If the grant partook in the slightest degree of an ecclesiastioalcharaeter it came within range of the principle on which he opposed all these grants . He objected to an item of £ 89 granted to the BwhopofSodor and Man to be distributed amons incumbents and sohoo masters in the Ialo of Man ; also , to £ 92 paid to the Bishop of Chester for stipends of two preachers in Lancashire . The original object was to
pay preachers against Popish recusancy ; but there were now n ° ^ Popish reoasan' 8- The office was now a sinecure , as . a , though there were still Papists in Cheshire , there were no popish recusants . He should oppose the vote , and divide upon it , no matter what might be the explanation of the government . He should alsoopposo the grant to the Bishop of Sodor and Man for schoolmasters , but there was another vote which required more lengthened observation -he alluded to the grant for the College of St . David ' s , Lwnpeter which was a gross job . This college was founded to educate church clergymen , and fully endowed by grants and subscriptions ; but now it had a yearly defacit , although the livings which had been granted for its support must , under tho Tithe Commutation Act , have annually increased iu value . It was remarkable that
notwithstanding the changes . in the value of ecclesiastical property , the authorities of Lampeter returned tho same annual amount of assets , and the same deficit , £ 400 . The fact was , that the heads of the college , refused all intelligible accounts , and then came like fraudulent beggars to the house to make good their deficiency . They had been applied to for accounts , but had sent them in so garbled a form as to be unintelligible . Besides , one of the livings allotted to the support of the college had been given to the ¦ luiu , i ; " araB » a clergyman wholly unconnected with the college . He did not blame the present government which waa merely provisional ; and besides , as he knew , they acted on a certificate sent in by the heads of the college . The parties certified that the net proceeds of the livings did not exceed £ 560 , and that the expenses
con-, /?«;? <* ceet , e < 1 A 8 0 "» ar »< l Prayed that the usual grant of £ 400 might be conceded . The grossest misrepresentations constantly occurred in these certificates . Among others the Bishop of St . David ' s certified that two livings , which he had himself acknowledged to be worth £ 300 and £ Ja 0 respectively , were together worth only £ 400 , in order to show the annual deficiency of exactly MOO . These livings were the only livings in England and Wales that had not increased in value since the Tithe Commutation Act . But he did not believe a word of the statement , turther , he believed that the benefactions of the religious public m England had largely added to the revenues ol the colle
ge , and that if true accounts were rendered a large surplus instead of a deficiency would be ; the result . If he thought he were obstructing the progress of education in Wales he should not oppose the vote , but he believed tbat the intention with which Bishop Jenkinson founded the college was completely frustrated by the system carried on . The pupils only lost tbe stock of Welsh they brought to school , and were prepared ( in the Welsh language ) for ordination by Welsh dissenting ministers , who wrote their ordination sermonB . He moved tbat this portion of the vote of £ 1 , 800 be struck out . The house adjourned at four o ' clock to six . The Speaker took the chair at six o ' clock .
Prussia and NaoFcriAiEL . —Lord John Russell asked , whether any communications had been received by her Majesty ' s government respecting a great conference between the representatives of the great powers of Europe , with reference to the claims of Prussia upon Neufchatel ; and if the noble lord knew of any objection to lay the papers before the house ? Lord Stanley was understood to reply , that a conference had been held , and a protest signed by the representatives of the four great powers on the subject of tbe Prussian claims on Neufchatel . There was no doubt that Prussia had certain rights over Neufchatel , which rights had been recognised by the treaty of 1815 . It mi ght not oe altogether irrelevant to observe , as it was important , that this was the first public act by which France , under her present ruler , had recognised the settlement of Europe , made in 1815 . At the present time , at all events , it would be iinpossible to lay the papers connected with the conference before the house .
Public Bosinbbs . —The Chascbllob of the Exchequer , in redemption of his promise to state the views of the government in respect to business before the house , adverted to the speech of Sir J „ Graham last week , which was calculated , he said , to arrest public attention , and to produce considerable affect upon tho liouse . According to tbe right hon . baronet , the state of publio business in tbat house waa highly unsatisfactory ^ there' being , he stated , a vast accumulation of matters of a highly important and pressing character , whence he had inferred that there was reason to apprehend that representative government itself might be brought into disrepute . Sir James had very properly laid stress upon the bills' for legal reform—the Common Law Procedure Bill , the Equitable Jurisdiction Bill , and the Masters in Chancery Abolition Bill ; all of which had been
read s second time , ' while the Suitors in Chancery Relief Bill and the Law of Wills Amendment Bill bad passed tbat house . Her Majesty ' s government , therefore , were not arrogant , he thought , in supposing that these five bills for legal reform would pass into law without interfering with the termination of parliament . Then oame the colonial bills , of which the New Zealand Bill had nearly got through committee ; the Hereditary Casual Revenues in the Colonies Bill , of only two clauses , the government hoped they would be as successful in passing , as well as the Bishopric of Quebec Bill , and the Colonial Bishops Bill , both of which were of small dimensions , and had passed the other house . Then there were three bills in the department of the Board of Works-namely , the Intramural Interments Bill , the Metropolitan Water Bill , and the Metropolitan Buildings Bill . The two former he did not depair of passing without unduly prolonging the session . With resnect to the last .
he was prepared to move that the order for the second reading of that bill be discharged . Sir James had further called the attention of tbe house to the state of the Supply , remarking that 200 votes bad to be passed . Of these votes , however , there now remained only nineteen . Of the other miscellaneous bills noticed by Sir James , the Navy Pay Bill , was not opposed ; the Patent Law Amendment Bill had already passed the Lords , and had been referred in this house to a committee . Of Irish bills , tbe Valuation of Lands Bill he heard from all sides was a very good bill , and he was not prepared to give that np ; but the Whiteboy Acts Amendment Bill he did not wish to press . There were certain continuance bills , among which was the Crime and Outrage Act , which it was the opinion of the government should be renewed . He had now gone through , he laid , the colossal catalogue of the right hon . boronet , and he asked the hou ? e to decide whether the state of business was so unsatisfactory as was pointed ont last week .
Miuru Bill , —Me . Rice moved an amendment to put off the bill for three months , i . e ., for the session . Hes bowed at great length that the proposed force would be woolly
Monday, June 7. House Of Lords.—Lord Lik...
inadequate as an efficient means of defence , and that a reserve of trained and disciplined soldiers might be provided , if necessary , at far less expense . Mr . M . ackin . vo \ - ' seconded the amendment . Lord II . Vane supported the third reading of theBill , Mr . Headlam and Mr . Ewakt opposed the reading of the Bill . , . Mr . M'Grsgok . protested against the measure as wholly uncalled for . Sir H . Vernet said , he thought it was a matter for consideration whether it might not be advisable to adopt other precautions for the defence of the country ; and in his opinion a small increase of the army , especially of the rifle force , the artillery and tbe engineers , might bo made with advantage , lie would also recommend that swivel guns should be remounted upon tbe martello towers on the southern coast , as those fortications would be able to offer an efficient resistance to any enemy who attempted to effect a landing it
, .. , . ,.. , . Mr Osborne said , for the last five hours honourable eerttlemen had risen to record their opinions against the principle of the bill j hut they had been unsuccessful in obtaining anyresponse from the Govornmentbenchjand the honourable and gallant member for Bedford ( Sir H . Verney ) seemed to have taken upon himself the defence of tbe bill and responsibility of passing it into law . ( A laugh . ) He must say he never heard so warlike a speech as that of the honourable baronet , expressed in such bland tones . fLauphter ) Tho honourable baronofc not only asked the house to give a third reading to this bill , but he called upon the government to put the martello towers in order , to produce the swivels that had been laid by sinco the war , and to laugh to scorn a French invasion . He ( Mr . Osborne ^ must say that he believed no money had been more
completely thrown away than that expended m the construction of the martello towers . His objections to thia bill were not founded upon what were commonly called the views and principles of the peace party , in or out of that house . At the same time , he would never undervalue the exertions or impeach the motives of that truly benevolent body of men . He ( Mr . Osborne ) felt certain that any impartial student of the history of our past wars and taxation would come to tbe same conclusion with a celebrated wnter-tbat taxes were not raised to carry on wars , bat that wars were raised to carry on taxes . He believed the large majority of that house would not dispute the proposition that the greatest glory of war was only an occasion of taxation , and that the most expensive luxury of the day was a successful material oisuncuon
general . He drew , however , a oetween armies raised for foreign conquest and armies for home defence . He was aware that some lion , members of that house were opposed even to any measures of defence ; but he might remind those hon . gentlemen that in Utopia , the inhabitants of which—according to the pious and learned Sir T . More—were living in a state of priraasval happiness , detesting war , despising glory , prohibiting alike lawyers and soldiers —( a laugh)—the people were not debarred from the use of arms in case their liberties were attacked , but they were allowed to fight in defence of their rights and institutions . ( Hear . ) He could not , therefore , ; imagine that there was any person in that house more Utopian than the Utopians themselves who would seek to denude the country of its natural defence against foreign invasion .
He certainly thought , looking at the state oi the continent , at the gigantic armies there assembled , and at the reactionary rulers who were at the head of those armies , that the parliament of this country were fully justified in reviewing the capabilities of the defences of the country , with the view of putting them in the most efficient state . It might be very well for hon . gentlemen to say that they had great confidence in Louis Eapoleon . Ho ( Mr . Osborne ) did not wish to say an } thing tbat could trench in any * way upon the prejudices of the most fastidious Frenchman , but he could not say that be shared in the feeling of confidence that had been expressed in the present President of France . He thought it most natural that a man who had rais d himself by the power of the military order should act in accordance with military prejudices . There could be no
doubt , whatever might be said , that the power dreaded by this country was France . They had no confidence in Louis Napoleon , nor had they any reason to entertain suoh confidence . He thought thoy might with advantage take a lesson from the French estimates . It was an old saying that one Englishman was equal to two Frenchmen , and it seemed to be true in this respect—tbat one English soldier cost double as much as any French soldier . ( Laughter . ) The British military force was 113 , 287 men , whose cost was £ 9 , 337 , 000 , or £ 82 8 s . 4 d . per man . The French force in 1843 was 338 , 053 men , whose cost was £ 12 , 183 , 000 , or i" 41 12 s . 8 d . per man , The number of generals in the British-army was 117 ; while in the French army tbere were eight marshals and 143 general officers . In total" coafc . of staff and regimental offiaers in England
was £ 1 , 207 , 000 , or a charge for effective services of £ 3 , 154 , 000 , being about 38 i per cent . ; while the cost of the Frenoh staff was £ 2 , 260 , 000 , on a charge of £ 12 , 000 , 000 or under nineteen per cent . The clothing by contract for 302 , 500 French soldiers cost £ 166 , 500 , while the clothing for 113 , 000 English soldiers , including great-coats , was £ 360 , 000 , or 12 s . a-head more than the cost of the most expensive uniforms in the French army—those of the engineers . The charge for military justice in the French estimate was £ 8 , 000 , while in this country it was £ 32 , 000 . When it was shown that the French army was kept in tho highest state of discipline and efficiency at one-half the cost of the British army , he thought it must be clear tbat there was something wrong in the conduct of our departments , Ho would therefore suggest that the house should
postpone this bill , and should institute an inquiry on the subject . Why , a foreigner would be surprised to sea how matters of this kind were brought before the house . The Home Secretary , who was , no doubt , very skilful in the conduct of a Chancery suit , came to the house asking them to raise a militia of 50 , 000 men . Now , what could a Chancery barrister , and the Home Secretary , know about tho army ? ( " Hear , hear , " and a laugh . ) He ( Mr , Ofiborne ) did not attribute any blame to the right hon . gentleman , but the fault was in the system ; and his opinion was , that such matters should be in the hands of a War Milliliter in tbat house , who should be responsible for the government of the army . ( Hear , hear . ) He had seen in the papers of that day an address from the Chancellor of the Exchequer to his constituents in Buckinghamshire—the confiding
farmers who believed in him—( a laugh)—describing this bill as " a measure of internal defence whioh , it is believed , will soon prove both popular , economical , and efficient . " He ( Mr . Osborne ) was not much inclined to indulge in prophecy , but he believed that , so far from proving a measure of internal defence , it would produce an internal complaint whicb would be neither economical , beneficial , nor desirable . ( Hear , hear . ) The bill was , in fact , a species of parliamentary patchwork , which was not intended for the defence of the country , but for tbe political exigencies of a Ministry ; and he called upon the house to reject the bill , which was of no use as a measure of defence . Everybody would admit that her Majesty ' s Ministers , were a nimble and active troop . ( Laughter . ) The noble lord at the head of the government had been successful in executing a very
difficult manoeuvre , namely , changing his front in the presence of tho adversary . ( Great laughter . ) The Chancellor of the Exchequer was well versed in light infantry movements , and knew well how to advance and retire on a budget . ( Laughter . ) The Home Secretary was equally export in avoiding the file-firing of questions . ( Laughter . ) His neighbour the right hon . member for North Essex ( tho ( Seoretary-at-War ) was an experienced soldier , and would avoid danger at any quarter ; but the Attorney-General had not been able to get much farther than the rudiments of " goose step , " ( Laughter . ) But the force which was pro . posed to be raised would he a farce—an *« organised hypocrisy . " ( Laughter and cheers . ) The bill was not worth the paper , ana would more probably tempt invasion than renel aeeression . ( Cheers . ) At the end of five years , after
121 days drill , the men were to be dismissed to their homes . Why , such a force would be nothing but an irregular horde , more likely to be dangerous to the regular soldiers than to their foes . ( Cheers . ) He . was much surprised that a minister at the ere ot an election , and therefore anxious , he presumed , to acquire a little popularity , and to consult tho " genius of the epooh " —( laughter)—should have proposed to exempt peers from serving . ( Cheers . ) An hon . gentleman beside aim had alluded to tbe militia in America ; but Washington bad always spoken of it with the greatest contempt . In 1776 after the battle of Brooklyn , where the militia men were repulsed with ignominy , Washington denounced them in the strongest terms , and said that the depressed state in whioh the American cause then stood , arose from " short enlistments , short drill , and placing too great dependance
on the militia . " ( Hear , hear , ) He believed the true policy of this country was to look to their wooden walls , to have an overpowering naval force , such as no other power could compete witb , and to give full scope to volunteer rifle corps , if rifles they wanted . But he called on the house ia the words of a statesman now no more , not to be caught by a fear of invasion into the snare of a designing ministry , not to pass a measure proposed by a ministry scrambling for a party , and discussed in the panic of an expiring parliament . ( Cheers . ) The Solicitor Gbsbral referred to the authority of the Duke of Wellington and Lord Hardinge in favour of the bill , and contended that in the circumstances of Europe government were bound to provide for the protection of the country . Mr . Peio opposed the bill ,
On a division the third reading was carried by 220 against 148 votes . ; t . / e The third reading then passed . A clause exempting members of tho London University was inserted . Mr . W . Williams moved tbe omission of the ballot clause , upon whioh another division took place , when the clause was affirmed by 187 to 142 , An amendment proposed by Sir Du L . Evans , preventing the application of the ballot in time of peace , was also divided upon and lost pj 178 to 82 . The bill then passed , and the other orders having been disposed of , tbe house adjourned at a quarter past one , TUESDAY , Jdne 8 . HOUSE OF LORDS .-The Lord Chancellor took his seat at five o ' clock . The Militia Bill was brought up from tbe Commons , and read a first time .
London Aeckofoms and National Mausoleum Bin . —On the motion of Lord Reoksdalb this bill was , after a short discussion , read a second time . ¦ The Corrupt Practices at Elections Bills passed a second reading ; and the Industrial and Provident Societies Bill was also read a second time . SHRRSKDBB OP CMU 1 NAL 8 ( COMVBNHON WITH FbASCB ) Bin . —The Earl of Maliksbuht proposed the second reading of this bill . Up to this moment France and England had not been placed on an equal footing on this subject . Whilst the convention signed in 1843 acted well as regarded 1 BngliBn criminal ! who abKoodod to France , it did not
Monday, June 7. House Of Lords.—Lord Lik...
practically give to that country the power of obtaining the surrender of their criminals by England . There was a considerable difference between tho laws of the two countries with reference to the power of magistrates to commit offenders . There was considerable difficulty here in proving tho identity on oath , and it was impossible for magistrates to detain persons accused until they could get evidence from the other side of tbe channel . Tho consequence had been to place France in the position of having a negative convention , so much so , in fact , tbat out of fourteen warrants issued for the surrender of criminals in this country ,
thirteen had miscarried , and only one criminal had been taken , and that in Jersey . The existing convention was signed in 1813 , and he believed that in 1 S 45 the noble earl opposite ( the Eavl of Aberdeen ) attempted to improve that convention , and a draft , he believed , was actually drawn np , but for some reason it never came to maturity ; and he was informed that in 1818 , in consequence of tho French revolution , no more not ; ee nad been taken of it until hia predecessor m office and the French ambassador laid tbe nnmh « f ^^ P * "' convention , which extended the number of criminals for mutual surrender .
p « rt l « I ? A w ? wnw said he was afraid that the noble of the auhieer l ? ? ^ P re 83 ed wi * the great difficulty TheobSSS \ ° . ^ tal £ en in hand . ( Hear , hear . ) 8 iraole Butthei ? W Carl . had in ™ " was mostde-Sfflmri r * of S , , ? - f mi S imag ^ **> afc tho real difficulty of tho subject was , when he told them that in freonenl ZTJ ^ l * " * two Wments had been iJ ? S n « f u * * c ommunication on this subject , until , m the year MS , he concluded a convention with CountSt .. AulairctheFrenohambassador fctheconvention which he concluded in 1843 he took for a precedenUhe crimes specified in the convention of 1 S 02—naraelv thone of murder , forgery , and fraudulent bankruptcy , instead of the three offences provided for by the present law the bill before ; their lordships proposed to introduce twenty different offencep , all , no doubt , very proper to be brought to trial if the commission of them could be ^ fcablished . He would not oppose the second reading of the bill , but he thought it would require very serious consideration . ( Hear . )
Lord Brougham concurred in thinking that the measure would require much consideration . Jt was extraordinary that the two nations should have existed so long under a state of law which gave comparative impunity to offenders on crossing the ChannefT-He ' agreed witfr-the nobleiwd as to the difficulty of the question ; he had himself taken Fl ' ' ? Ta"ous attempts to frame some convention , but they had all been unsuccessful . The first difficulty was thedifferences between the law ef this country and that of France . Hero an offender must be positively identified by witnesses as the party who committed the offence before he could be arrested and given up ; it was necessary to go through almost a trial of the man before the magistrates . In France it was sufficient simply to point out a person as one against whom a warrant had been issuedThere was
. no wonder tbat tho French government was dissatisfied with the proceedings in this country , and even with what this bill proposed to give . It proposed that French offenders should be given up on being pointed out as such . It was matter of grave doubt whether that ought to bo sanctioned m this country . The seventh article of the convention expressly excluded political offenders from its operation ; and it was provided that the act should not take effect till a similar act bad been passed in France , and till the consent of both governments was given to the convention to come into operation . The convention could only be terminated by six months' notice ; and in these days of rapid legislation , when acts were quickly repealed , sooner almost than they were enacted , it might happen that the aofc would be repealed while the convention remained in
force , and thus power might be obtained by France to arrest political offenders . They were now called on to deal with a number of offences which had not before been dealt with in this way ; he did not know whether being concerned in a duel was not included . On tho other side the Channel , he found tho bill was in a very forward state ; and ' as the g ov < £ nment had a S » od working majority of something like 200 to three- ( Jaughter )—it might be taken for granted that that act would soon be law . It contained some most extraordinary provisions . Frenchmen might by it be tried for offences—including political offences—committed in England ; their English accomplices might also be tried there ; and even Englishmen themselves , without any complicity with Frenchmen , might be tried in France for offences against the French government .
Lord MAiMEsncRY—The noble lord is mistaken in that . The bill has passed , and it is bow confined to-Frenchmen alone . Lord Campheii , said they were all anxious to see a measure of this kind established ; but he looked with considerable apprehension on the proposal that a party should be delivered up merely on the production of a warrant and oath of identity . Let the extradition in England be conducted on the same rule as it was in France . The noble and learned lord then referred at great length to the existing state of the international law between this country and the United States , and cited a case in which he had been consulted , and had advised the government not to deliver up a slave who was sought to be proceeded against on the pretence of horse stealing in the state of Maine . Tbe Lord Chancellok said it was understood that we should have the same facility in France as the French government had here , and by Section 11 power was given to the Secretary of State to suspend proceedings under the act when he saw fit .
The Duko of Argylh said it was provided thatpeisma should notbe taken under this convention and tried for political offences . The noblo and learned lord on tho woolsack said they must trust to France to carry tbat out , but what guarantee had they ? We bound ourselves by an act of parliament , whereas the French government was not to bind itself . lie thought they were bound to see that tbe French government bound itself equally as much as this government did . Considering the rapid changes continually taking place in the French government he did not think that any not of the French government would be a guarantee equal to that of their own . At tho same time , they must take it . There were no less than twenty offences described in this act , and some of them , it appeared , migbt be classed as political offences in the time of commotion .
These were points of detail , but still they involved a principle . If they wero to be bound to give up prisoners without proof of identity , and on mere accusation , they ought , at leasb ^ to take care that the number of offences should be as limited as possible . . Lord CftAswoRtH said , if he could see his way to any possible means of making this bill tolerable , his objections would be removed , but it seemed to bo a bill to carry out a treaty , the terms of whioh wore inadmissible . The Earl of M & lubsburv said he had the bill brought first into their lordships' house rather titan in the House of Commons because the greatest lawyers sat in that house , and he trusted to them to put tho bill in a proper shape . . He quite agreed with the noble lord that if it was to be looked upon as an insuperable objection that prisoners should not bo given up without proof of the crime-Lord Camfbeu observed that tbat was not required . All that they required was reasonable evidence . The Earl of Malmesbort said it struck her Majesty's
government , that by giving discretion to the magistrates here , that they might by sufficient proof , though not by direct proof of identity , have power to remand for a month —a power that did not exist under the present convention —that would give time to investigate the case as far as it was " possible to do so . It was his conviction that if they tricd ' more than that , tbey would get into exactly the same difficulty they had before , tbat their convention would be a dead letter , that * their criminals would escape , ¦ and that they would have a number of French rogues in this country whom they could not get rid of . The greatest political offenders , persons who bad committed treason to the state , might get a ifriend to charge them with some minor offence , and they might be taken to France on the charge , and that would exempt them from the greater offence . The bill had been considered by the Home-office for the last two months with the greatest attention , and he hoped their lordships would agree to the second reading , amending tbe bill in committee .
Earl Gret concurred in the opinion tbat this bill ought not to pass in its present shape . He was as anxious as any one for a convention between the two countries , but a mere statement of a person being accused of a crime in France was not sufficient for apprehending him and taking him over to that country . The magistrate ought to bave suoh an amount of evidence as was ordinarily thought sufficient to justify him in committing for trial , and if he was not mistaken that principle was acted on in the convention with the United States , and was found to answer , and he did not see iwhy the same principle should not be applied to France . l Lord Brougham suggested that the difficulty might b * met by requiring the depositions against a prisoner to bo laid before the Secretary of State , Lord Sianlei of Alderlev said there had been no difficulty found in carrying out the convention with tbe United States , and he should therefore like to be informed why a similar convention would not work equally well with France .
The Earl of Malmbsbubi said one of the most important points was the power of remand . In order to a new convention , he wanted to know what power they would give . " He was at that moment legislating for France , and nol for this country . " This country was at the present moment satisfied with the present convention , and it was because he was afraid of losing that convention that he wanted to satisfy the French government that they would be placed on an actual footing with ourselves , . Lord Campbell said the question was , could they go on with that bill ? It would be contrary to tho title of the bill to alter one iot » of it . It was a bill to carry into effect a specific convention , and they must carry it into effect as it waa . They could not alter it . The bill was then read a second time , and their Iorisbipi adjourned at half-past seven o ' clock .
HOUSE OF COMMONS .-At the early sitting tho adjourned debate on the Maynooth question was taken , which Mr . Freshfleld re-opened with a speech in favour Of Mr , Spooner ' s motion . Mr . H . Hebbbbt spoke against both the motion and tb . Q amendment . Sir W . Vbbnbr , in advocating the appointment of the committee , alluded to the practice of denouncing persons from the altar , as practised by the Roman Catholic priests in Ireland , and referring to an instance in which a gentleman was so denounced , but whose name he declined to give , not wishing , as he said , to hold him up to the hand of the assassin , met with a direct contradiction from Mr Magan , who was called upon by tbe Speaker to retract " Mr . Magan explained that he spoke in a " parliamentary 060 SO * Mr . V . Soulm described tho demand for inquiry as 1 !! sham , " brought forward for electioneering purpose * .
-
-
Citation
-
Northern Star (1837-1852), June 12, 1852, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_12061852/page/7/
-