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£ The Northern Star. May 31, 1845,
£ THE NORTHERN STAR . May 31 , 1845 ,
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3 IA 5 SI 0 N HOUSE . « ., ™ , „ .-r ATTEWT at Suicide . — IsabellaBatcliffe , Sattodat -Aw ^ scen 1 | eMer d bnt wh 0 » woman who h ^ den J ^ & poverty , was 2 T Ko « £ e lord Mayor , charged with attempting b * t ^ aal Samnd Perkins deposed that hc was a ^ ttl ^ n Ker , Thames ^ treet last night , a quarfp ^ SbVe nfceo ' clock , defendantcame down andattempted ? Tttaow herself < # the pier into the water ; he rushed forward , secured her , and prevented her destroying her self The poor old creature feebly acknowledged making Ihe ' attempt to drown herself ; her late husband had been a resident in Aldgate parish for many years . She had been a widow for the last twelve years , and was reduced to great distress , which made her very unhappy . His lorddiip humanely ordered the policeman to take her to illdgate workhouse , and present his compliments , with a request for her admission . He also presented Perkins with half-a-crown for saving the poor woman ' s life .
Chabce of Embezziisiest . —Frederick Alger , a respectable-looking young man , was placed at the bar , charged with embezzlement . John Coalfield deposed that he was a wholesale grocer , residing in Aldgate . The prisoner was in his employ -, he had suspected for a long time that he had been robbed . In consequence of his suspicion he had marked a half-sovereign and given it to 3 Ir . Price , a buteher in the Minories , and requested him 40 send to his shop with it for groceries , lie then went to "Woolwich , and when he left home there was a sovereign and a half-sovereign in tlie till ; when he returned there were two sovereigns and two half sovereigns . He did not find the marked half-sovereign there . The gold was dropped into a locked till , of which tlie prisoner did not possess the key . T . T . Trice said he was a butcher , 5 n the Minories ; he received the half-sovereign from Mr , Chatfield " , marked it , and gave it to a female to go to Mr .
Chatfield ' s shop for goods . Ann Milton deposed to having received the half-sovereign from Mr . price , and to I spending it at tbe shop of Mr . Chatfield ; tlie prisoner served her , he put the half-sovereign into the drawer—she did not notice any mark or marks on the money . —Mr . Inspector McLean deposed , that in consequence of an application from Mr . Chatfield , he proceeded to the shop an Aldgate , and look the prisoner into custody . On the prisoner ' s person he found the bag now y : roduced , containing eighteen sovereigns , ten half-sovereigns , " five half , crowns , thirteen shillings , and seven sixpences ; a silver watch , and oilier things . JMr . Chatfield immediatelyselected the half-sovereign now produced as the one he had marked ; he did not identify any of the other things produced . —Mr . Chatfield pointed out the mark he had made on the com . —Mr . l ' rice also pointed out two marks he had made . —The brother of the prisoner , a master grocer hi the City , stepped into the wit- j jiess-bos aud said , Mr . Chatfield had only made tlie charge
because the deiead . -mt was leaving liis service for another situation ; aud he had given the prisoner a character for irreproachable host-sty and integrity . —Mr . Chatfield admitted having given Alger a jtood character , and likewise that he had said he hoped the prisoner would haverejnaiaed * vi *" i Inm for many years . —The prisoner said if ibis lordship v . uuld permit hun , he would explain tlie whole circumstance . He had been collecting money from shops that liis emi'loyersuppneu , his brother amongst ihe number , from whom he had received a considerable quantity of silver . He recollected the woman coming in Jo the shop , and being desirous of getting rid of the silver ; he took the half-sovereign , for which he put ten shillings into tlie till : when the woman said he put die half-sovereign into the the rill she made a mistake—at the moment be placed it alongside the scale , in which he had weighed tlie goods he had supplied her with . His lordship , taking into consideration the good character tlie prosecutor had given the prisoner , and the probability ofthe truth of the prisoners statement , dismissed the case .
GUILDHALL . MoKDiV . —Sill WlLMAM MaCSAT ASD HIS SEBVASTS Agaix . —William Court , coachman in the service of Sir Wm . Magnay , Bart ., was brought before Mr . Alderman Chains , charged with stealing a quantity of hay from his master ' s stables , in IVnitecross-street ; and Arthur Webb , a coal-dealer , in the vicinity , was charged with receiving the stolen property . Sir Wm . Magnay stated that having reason to suspect the prisoner Court was robbing his horses of their food , he caused a watch to be kept , and he found that the prisoner having converted the trusses of bay into haybands , sold them in that shape to tlie other prisoner . Mary Martin stated that she resided over the lown-clerk' s stables , near the City green-yaitl , and her window commands a view of the * loft . She knew the prisoner . She saw a van draw up to Sir Wm . Magnay * . * stables , and some haybands were thrown into it . Had seen haybands taken away tw ice before . Did not see who ihrew the bands out of the loft . Could see who was in the
loft , ii tlie doer was open . Could not see who was there unless the party came to Hie door . Mary Wardle , Ihe rrife of a City policeman , said she also lived in thc mews . About half-past two o ' clock on Saturday she saw the van draw up fo Sir William ' s stables , and * she saw several bundles of haybands thrown into it from theloft . When it moved ofi" her husbaud followed it . Court was about ihe stables before and after that time . On the -5 th of May about seven iuthe evening , the van took away another quantity , and again on the 7 th . There was the name of John Webb on the side of the van . Thomas Hunt , City policeman , 454 , said the bands were of tlie same description as they had in the loft . Webb said , at the station , he had purchased fourteen dozen bands , at 2 id . a dozen , and be had six dozen before . He produced a sample of the haybands seized , and said the one he held up was neither long enough to go round a truss , nor strong enough to bold . The prisoner Court was remanded for a week , and Webb was admitted to bail .
M-MlLBOItOCGn-STriEET . Satctidat . —Accident to the Dcke of Wellington-—The Duke of Wellington attended on Saturday at tlie Marlboroagh-street Police-court , for the purpose of preferring a charge of furious driving , whereby his life was endangered , against Henry Woods , driver of one of the Julhaui carriers' carts . —His Grace baring been sworn , said , I was walking , on Tuesday last , between two and three o ' clock , in Park-lane , on the left-baud side , going ont of Piccadilly , aud when near the Duchess of Gloucester ' s house , a very heavy four-wheeled cart passed me . 1 endeavoured to cross the laue , to get to the pavement on the other side , mi Jer the protection of this heavy cart . I jot as far as lkeright-hand wheel of the cart , keeping the cart at my left baud , when I found myself struck on the shoulder , and knocked forward . It was a severe blow , and I found it had been given by another cart , the driver
of which did not attempt to give warning by calling out , vzzil he had struck me . I did not tall : if I had , I must have been under the wheels of both carts . ~ ff ow , I have r , o farther complaint to make against the man at the bar , who drove the cart , than that he was going at such a monstrous pace , thai be had no control over his horse ; indeed , be came along so fast , that he got the whole length of Park-lane without my having perceived Mm ; and the pace he was going at was such , that it was impossible he vould stop liis horse . This is my complaint ; and I bring it forward on public grounds , because I think it is not right that carriages should go alouj « i the public streets at this great rate . The cart by which I was struck was a heavy , tilted cart : the driver was under tlie tilt . My groom was behind with my horses , aud I called him and -desired him to follow the cart . M y groom trotted as hard as he could , but he was unable to overtake thc cart until
Jie had got as far as South-street . This wUl prove the rapid pace at which the driver of the cart was going . — * Ihe defendant said he was truly sorry at what had occurred , but he declared the whole circumstance was accidental . He saw a gentleman about to cross the road , and he called out to warn him , but be was not aware that he had touched any one . He was not goint- at very great speed , for Ids horse was an old one , and could not accomplish more than seven miles an hour , and at the time when he passed his Grace , he was going up hill . His attention was directed to the vehicles in the carriage-road , and this pre vented him noticing what was doing on the foot-path . — Mr . Hardwick : It appears from the evidence that you were driving , if not at a furious , still at a rapid rate ; but as you were going up hill at the time , had you used the ordinary precautions in driving along the public streets
and if yon had proper command over your horse , this accident could not have occurred . This case I shall deal with as a case of assault . Ton have committed several serious offences—first , furious driving : nest , endangering life and limb ; and lastly , committing an assault , fer running against the person and striking that person with the cart is as much an assault as if the blow were given by band . For the assault , which is dearly proved , you will pay a fine of £ 4 , or one month ' s imprisonment . —The defendant was then locked up . [ Would this prosecution and decision have followed , bad the parties been reversed ? Suppose "the Duke" had been "furiously dririutv" as dukes oftentimes do , and knocked down Woods , when attempting to cross the lane , wonld he have been locked up for a month ? Such a result ucccr yet followed : bat then "justice is blind . " ]
Mosdat . —Actogbaph or Shakspeabe . —Mr . Fletcher , bookauctioneeer , Piccadilly , accompanied by Mr . Taylor , and several booksellers , came into court to give an account of the possession of a small volume placed in his hands for sale by a bookdealer , named Howard , and now claimed by Mr . Taylor as having been stolen from his library . _ The book in question had suddenly assumed not only a high money value , hut also a priceless valne in the eyes of the literat i , in consequence of the recent discovery cf an autograph of Shakspeare , presumed to be genuine , on the outside of the volume . Mr . Taylor said he had conclusive evidence that thc volume in ' question was his property . He bad for many years been engaged in collecting rare and curious foreign books , and nearly half a century ago he picked up tlie volume at a book staU for ( hi . If * the book was closely inspected , some short-hand pencil characters , together with his name , would be found
on oue of the pages . He had also a small memorandum book with him , in which the date of Ids purchase was reg istered . He had occasionally sent books for sale at Mr . Jietehcr ' s rooms ; but he always kept an aocount of the transactions , and , on looking over his book , he could find nothing to show that the book in question had beeu sold ot parted --villi by him . He believed be last saw the book in his possession about a year ago , but be was unable to speak with any exactness as to the time . Mr . Howard said he would account for the possession of the book . He found it on the shelves of a book-dealer in Hoxton , named Alexander . He bought it with other books and some prints for " s . He made the purchase of the book in consequence of the signature , which he discovered in faint characters outside . The signature had been shown to goodTJudges , aud it had ken pronounced genuine . He considered , admitting the authenticity of the autograph to be undisputed , that the book was * worth upwards of £ 100 . If tbe autograph was pronounced to be a forgerv ,
then the book wonld not be worth more than a few pence . "The book was here produced by Mr . Fletcher ' s clerk . It was a thin vellum-bound volume , five inches long by about four broad . It was called" ! Quattrol . ibri della Philosophia Xatturale die Giovan Saruria , 1-565 . " On the t-orer the rtsme of W . Shakspeare , in the old style of penmanship , was plainly to be deciphered . There * was some writing about tbe signature , but it was totally illegible *" j . Taylor said be could account for tbe faint appearance cf thewriting . When he bought the book the covers were * n a very filthy condition . He had them washed , but ib 0 Wl " noticed there was something in writing brought eut by the process of ablution , his attention was not par-3 scularly attracted to its signification . Mr . Howard said —tertamly not . The autograph had been pronounced ff ^ J ? " m ? » utllority , and , as be had been the means wid ^ Sf to tiie vro * : 1 * a " "fcso inestimably whieh , couceS ™« ; 1 * Toda J » ever have been discovered , he c . - -,- ^^ e Party best ea £ ! ed to benefit bythe - - •¦ - .:-.- said he wonh . ; - ¦ : ;' ve a decision
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as the case was not formally before him ; bnt , if tbe par . ties chose to apear in court on summons , he would then go more fully into the evidence . Mr . Taylor agreed to this suggestion , and the parties left the court . [ The parties subsequently agreed to divide the proceeds of the sale . The whole case makes a " very good puff "—and is as much calculated to draw a " good price" as if it had be « n planned on purpose . ]
WORSHIP-STREET . Mosdat . —Csihikai , Assaext . — Mr . Jacob Magnus , a person residing on Trafalgar-terrace , Hackney-road , was surrendered by his bail for final examination before Mr . Broughton , charged with having criminally assaulted a girl fifteen years of age , named CharlotteEmma Robinson , the daughter of a poor woman living at Greenwich . —The excuse by which the defendant inveig led the prosecutrix to his house was , that a friend of his , a solicitor named Moss , residing in Queen-street , Cheapside , was in want of a nursemaid , and that if the mother of the prosecutrix would send the latter to his ( the defendant ' s ) house by a time he appointed , Mrs . Magnus , his mother , would introduce the girl to Mr . Moss ' s family , and procure her the vacant situation . It was also complained , after the defendant and his professional adviser had quitted the court upon the second examination , that some female friend of thedefendanthadfoUowedtheprosecutrixandher mother ,
and not only offered them a purse of fifty sovereigns , but also engaged to permanently provide for the prosecutrix , if her family would consent to forego any further steps in the prosecution . —Mr . Broughton severely animadverted upon the attempts made by the friends ofthe defendant to tamper with the witnesses for the prosecution and thwart the ends of justice , and said that , had they been further persevered in , he should have certainly felt called upon to at once commit the defendant to prison , and refuse any bail that mighthavebeen tendered ; but , asitdidnotnow appeal- that any subsequent attempt ofthe kind had been made , be should send tbe defendant for trial at the next sessions of the Central Criminal Court upon the capital charge , but would allow the bail formerly put in to be extended till the trial , the defendant himself in £ 200 , and two responsible sureties in £ 100 each . —The required bail was immediately entered into , and the defendant left the court with his friends .
LAMBETH , Thcbsdav . —A Novel Wat of Gettike Old Debts . — William Holding , the foreman of Mr . Shillibeer , the proprietor of Hie patent economic cemetery funeral carriages , and Richard Packer and Josiah Mumford , mutes in the same employment , were charged with creating a riot and disturbance at the dwelling-house of Mr , Joseph William Woollcy , ironmonger , of No . 3 , Apollo-buildings , East-street , Walworth . The complainant , a middle-aged man , of respectable appearance , stated that about halfpast six o ' clock on the evening before , the prisoners Packer aud Mumford , who were in the sable costume of mutes , came to bis house , and placed themselves at his door , one standing on each side . Holding , who had come with them , knocked at the door and demanded money ; and , upon his refusiu * - to comply with his request , ho called Iiim a swindler repeatedly , and bo was obliged
ulti-I niately to send for the police and give them into custody . In reply to tlie questions of Mr . Norton as to tbe cause of the prisoners acting iu so extraordinary a manner , the complainant said that in January last he had engaged Mr . Shillibeer to bury his mother , and had also agreed to pay bun the money in a few days after if he called ; but though applications bad been made for the amount , £ 6 16 s . fid ., circumstances had prevented him paying it np to tlie present time . Mr . Shillibeer said he had repeatedly sent for the amount of his bill , £ 6 lCs . Cd ., and was as often put off ; and , believing it notto be thc intention of the complainant to pay it if he could , he had told his men , when they went on business into the neighbourhood , to give him a gentle call . ( Laughter . ) Mr . Norton thought it wrong that the defendant should have turned their serious calling to so ludicrous a purpose , but , under all thc circumstances , he should dismiss the case .
MARYLEBOXE . Fbidat . —McBDEEons Assault . —Charles Lindsey , a horsekeeper , employed at Hanson ' s stables , King-street , Portman-square , was placed at thc bar before Mr . Long , charged with having committed a most murderous assault upon Harriet , his wife . Banister , S 5 D , deposed that on the same morning , about one o ' clock , in consequence of liformation communicated to him that the prisoner had dreadfully ill-treated his wife , he repaired to 11 , Croydon-streer , Lisson-grove , where the parties lodge , and on entering the passage he met the poor woman , whose head and face were cut hi a shocking manner ; she was covered with blood , and was crying out , " 0 , God ' what shall I do V The prisoner who was in his apartment up stairs , said it served her right , and on witness going into the room , he asked him ( prisoner ) how he could think of using bis wife so cruelly , but he made no reply to the question . He was then taken to tlie station-house , and tbe prosecutrix , notwithstanding tlie horrible usage she had received from him , was very
reluctant to press the charge against hun . Witness added that he assisted the sufferer to thc residence of Mr . Tickers , surgeon , in Baker-street , when her wounds were dressed , and she was afterwards removed to her home in a most deplorable condition . The leg of a table with which the poor creature had been attacked was here produced : there was a portion of hair adhering to it , and numerous marks of blood . " The room , " said witness , " had the appearance of a slaughterhouse / ' —Other witnesses corroborated this statement , and the magistrate directed the wife to be brought up . It was with much difficulty the poor woman could be prevailed upon to say anything against her brutal partner , but she at length admitted that he struck her with his fists , kicked her aud beat her about with that part of the table of wliich thc constable took possession . She added that a quarrel had taken place , aud perhaps she was in fault as well as her husband . Mr . Long observed that the outrage was one of a most serious and lamentable description , and that it was his duty to send thc prisoner for trial at the Central Criminal Court .
THAMES . TcES » AT . —RoBDEitT . —William Jolly , a flax-dresser , residuisr at Jfo . 10 , Arbour-place , Stepney , Henry Jolly , his son , Phoebe Jolly , his wife , and Mary Ann Jolly , his daughter , were placed at the bar for final examination , under the following circumstances : —It appeared that the younger male prisoner , Henry , had been in tlte employ ment of the prosecutor , Mr . John Ncwling , draper and tailor , No . 21 , Sydney-place , Commercial-road , for the last fourteen months , during which period a large quantity of property had been missed from tlie premises . On Saturday week betook the materials of a jacket , ready cut for stitching up , to a tailor named Baldock , residing in Church , road , St . George ' s iu the East , who was in the habit of working for Mr . Ncwling . Baldock not being satisfied tilth thc account which the lad gave of his possession of ihe materials , took them to tlie prosecutor , who recognised lhcm as a portion recently cut from a piece of cloth , his
property . He upbraided the lad with his misconduct , and paying him what wages were due , instantly dismissed him from his sen-ice . From subsequent information , however , he went on the following Monday to the house , No . 10 , Arbour-place , where iu every drawer , locker , and box , the policeman who accompanied him discovered portions of his property , consisting of the various materials in Ms shop and warehouse . There were doeskins , kerseymeres , alpacas , silks , fustians , & c , with a quantity of trimmings , and some stationery , consisting of bill-heads , whieh were found in a box which the elder prisoner said was his , and added that no other person had access to it . There were also found in the house several duplicates relating to property wluch tlie complainant identified as his , and which were proved to have been pawned by the female prisoners . Mr . Xewling , on taking stock after Christmas , missed amongst other
property 2 § yards of black satin , 10 } yards ot black cotton velvet , 2 J yards of kerseymere , the same of check tweed , 2 j doeskin , 11 black ditto , 4 | of trousering , If of blue cloth , 2 J of lavender-coloured kerseymere , 2 J of stout grey ditto , 15 yards of black silk surge , 4 pieces of white calico , 2 pieces of black linen , & c . In addition to these Mr . Newhhg has ascertained the loss of a vast number of other articles , of which he yesterday recited a catalogue . Yariotts articles of wearing apparel , newly made up , and corresponding in every respect with thestockin Sir . Newling ' s premises , were found in the house occupied by the prisoners . Some of them were rather shewy-look ing articles , such as the alpaca dresses , and a rich Levantine silk scarf . In their defence the father , who it appears has hitherto passed as a very sanctified person , and is I connected with several religious associations , denied all
knowledge of the transaction . His son accounted to him for the possession of some new garments which he had by stating that his master had made him a present of them , and as Mr . Xewling hadgiven the lad clothes on a previous occasion , he ( tbe father ) believed the statement to be true . The mother also denied any participation hi the plunder , or that she had pawned any of the articles identified . The girl admitted baring pawned some of the things , and the boy , with a self-devotcdness which would have done honour to a better cause , endeavoured to shield thc rest of the family by taking the whole of the blame upon himself . He particularly endeavoured to exculpate his father , who heartlessly prompted him to the effort which drew down cm him the indignant observations of the magistrate . The whole of the prisoners were committed for trial .
GREENWICH . Tcesdat . —Muhdeu at Sea . —JIavy Grigg , aw aged widow woman , who gave her address No , 15 , George-street , Albany-street , Rotherhithe , applied to Mr . Grove , the titring magistrate , for a warrant to apprehend Richard Williams , captain ofthe brig Esther , now lying in tbe West India Docks , recently returned from a voyage in tlie South Sea , for shooting her son on board that vessel in the Western Ocean , under thefollowing circumstances . —John Brown , an able seaman on board the Esther during the voyage , said the vessel , wliich had been at sea twenty-one months , was now in the West India Docks , where it arrived on Wednesday last . On Sunday , October 1 , 1843 , during the passage across tlie Western Ocean , the captain called for a gun ; three were immediately brought by one ofthe mates , with one of which he shot John Grigg , who fell lifeless . There was no mutiny on board . The men had complained of being ohlteed to keen to the forecastle .
particularly as the caboose was used between decks , which caused the heat to be so intense that no one could bear it . They were also very badly provisioned and otherwise illtreated by the master . On the brig arriving at Rio , the captain appeared before the authorities , and was ultimately held to bail , himself in £ 500 and the chief mate in £ 200 , to meet the charge ou the vessel ' s return to England . The captain sent home three men as prisoners , and three others as witnesses , since which nothing whatever had been heard of them , except one , who it is said ran away . Tho vessel had been engaged in the seal fishery and collecting furs , and belongs to a member of the Society of friends , re . siding in Southwark . The deceased was a good seaman , active and able . The master is a very intemperate and violent man . —Mrs . Grigg said she was seventy-two years of age , and in very distressed circumstances . —Mr . Grove said the case should be gone into fully , and without avoidable delay , and they might have summonses for as many ofthe crew as were ' at present irith the vessel .
Wedsesdat . —This day , Richard Lucas WiHiams , of Paradse-street , Rotherhithe , master mariner , appeared to a warrant , at the instance of a poor widow named Grigg , charging him with murdering one John Grigg , her son , on the 1 st of October , 1843 , on board the brig Esther , in the Western Ocean , whilst on her passage to tlie South Seas . —John Brown deposed that he left London in the brig Esther on the 17 th of August , 1843 . Six weeks afterwards , onthelstof October , they werenear the line in the Western Ocean , when a man , named William M'Gregor , would not turn out to his duty , the gaRey being in the forecastle , and the weather very hot . It was vouch too hot , and very rainy . They could not bear the heat . M'Gregor would not turn to . Tbe captain wanted the men to beat him down , and put him in irons . The crew did not say they would
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not do so , but they did not attempt—they paid no attention to the order . The ship ' s officers knelt on and secured hun ( M'Gregor ) . John Grigg , tlie deceased , came down from the mast-head and said , " Give me a lance , and I'll release him . " Witness was standing by and looking on when deceased said this . He ( witness ) laid hold of deceased by the shoulder and said , "Jack , that is not right . " Deceased listened quietly to this , and remained on deck . A moment after , Captain Williams seized hold of a musket , and shotdeceased in the side , near his back . Witness remembered Charles Lambert ( a seaman ) , and did not refuse to do liis duty . M'Gregor was the only one who would not take turn . The captain read the ship ' s articles to M'Gregor , who replied that they were not the articles he had signed . The captain then ordered the crew to put M'Gregor in irons . M'Gregor then ran forward , followed by the mate . He told the mate to keep his hands off , and as the mate would not , he tried to trip him up . M'Gregor was secured after this . John Grigg ( the deceased ) then asked Captain Williams if he intended to release the man , The captain said he must do his duty . Lambert struck
his fist on the vessel and said , "By God , we will make you let M'Gregor go . " Grigg never said or did anything after witness stayed him , and was perfectly quiet when shot—Mr . TraiU said the prisoners , M'Gregor and Lambert , had been tried before Lord Abinger in March , 1814 , when M'Gregor was found guilty and sentenced to one year ' s imprisonment , and Lambert was acquitted upon evidence very similar to that at present adduced by the witness Brown . Under these circumstances he declined going on with the case . The deceased's mother , if so advised , could prefer a bill of indictment before the grand jury at the Central Criminal Court ; this , CaptainWilliams was liable to until the last day of his life , but he would notrecommend such a step . If Mrs . Grigg was still not satisfied , the course alluded to was always open to her . — A person from the owner ( Mr . Sturge ) said that gentleman was anxious that the unhappy affair should be thoroughly investigated . — The warrant against Captain Williams was then discharged . The widow left the court , hoping that friends would come forward to enable her to bring the case before a jury .
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HOUSE OF LORDS , Moday , May 26 . Lord Coitenham moved the second reading of the Ecclesiastical Courts Consolidation Bill . The noble lord , after explaining that this was not a new mea sure , called the attention ofthe house to the multitude of these courts , and the anomalous nature ofthe matters subject to their jurisdiction , and proceeded to give an outline ofthe changes contemplated in Ms bill . With respect to the jurisdiction exercised by these courts over wills , nothing could be more inextricable than the confusion into which the diocesan courts , and the lesser jurisdiction of decanal and vicarial courts had fallen , so that , de facto , almost all business found its way to thc court ofthe Archbishop of Canterbury . The proposition lie intended to make
was , that a central court should be established in London , to which all wills should be sent , and that it should have surrogates acting in the towns where the diocesan courts were now held , who should grant probates when thc amount of property was small , but be obliged in every case to send the will to London to be registered , so that in future time every man ' s testamentary dispositions might bo found in the metropolis . In questions of divorce and excommunication this central court would retain the power ofthe old courts . In the matter of church-rates , over which the jurisdiction of these courts had caused so much ill-will , 'he proposed an appeal to quarter sessions , where the rate
had been illegally levied ; and in that of tithes , he thought the power of these courts should be abolished altogether , and that pending suits should be transferred to the Court of Chancery . He intended also to do away the criminal jurisdiction of these courts , wliich now had the power of punishing for defamation , incest , and quarrelling and brawling in church yards . None of these propositions were his own , for each was founded on some recommendation ofthe many committees appointed to investigate the subject , lie had waited for some Government measure , but as none had been brought forward , he hoped the house would sanction the one now before it .
The Bishop of Lincoln objected strongly that thc proposed court would be a lay one , and yet would have powers of divorce and excommunication . The feelings of members of the Church would be outraged if sentences of divorce were pronounced by a purely lay tribunal Lord Brougham thought these objections unsound , because the jurisdistion in question had been exercised by laymen in the cases of Sir J . Nicholl and Sir W . Scott . It was right that such anomalies should cease , and that the Crown should appoint these judges as it appointed all other , ? . Lord WrxciuxsEA doubted whether the new bill would not give rise to more discontent than tlie
old . the Lonn Chaxceilok and Lord Campbell expressed their approbation of the measure ; and the bill was then read a second time . Several other bills were forwarded a stage , and their Lordships adjourned till Friday .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Wednesday , May 28 . The house met at four o'clock . IHE LEEDS AOT > WEST HIDING . JUNCTION BA 1 LWAY BILL . On the motion that the amendments ( made in committee ) to this bill be read a second time , Mi-. C . Wood objected to the motion , and moved as an amendment , that it he referred back to the same committee . The grounds on wliich he moved this amendment were—first , that the company had uot kept the pledge they had made to the public with respect to the charge per ton per mile for the carriage of coals . In this respect there was a great discrepancy between some of the clauses as to thc rate of charge . In one clause the charge was set down as 3 d . per ton per mile for coals , and in another clause it was stated to be only 1 Jd . per ton per mile . The second ground of objection was , that the company had got the lease of a canal , which was a contract that the Legislature would not sanction to a railway company . Mr . 1 " . M . Siewakt ( who was chairman of the committee on the bill ) seconded the amendment for referring it back to that committee .
Mr . Estwisle defended the bill as it now stood , and contended that there were no inconsistencies in the clauses , and that the company adhered strictly to the offer they had made ' to the Board of Trade in the first instance . After a few words from Mr . P . M , Stewart , The amendment was agreed to , and the bill sent back to the committee , SANATORY LAWS . Lord Di-scajj asked at what period of the session it was the intention of the noble lord who had charge ofthe measure to introduce the third and last of the sanatory bills which were promised , and which were founded on thercpovt of tlie Health of Towns Commissiohers , alluded to in the speech from the throne .
The Earl of Lincoln said that the greater portion of the bill was prepared , seme clauses alone being under consideration ; and he hoped , at an early day , to bo able to give notice of the day on which he should i > ropose the second reading . BOSUN * CATHOLIC BELIEF BILL . Mr . Watson ' s bill for the repeal of the Penal Laws affecting Catholics was , after a short discussion , read a second time .
STATE OF THE COUNTBY . The adjourned debate on the resolutions of Lord John Russell was resumed by Mr . P . Howabd , who said he did not feel himself justified in voting for the nine abstract resolutions of Lord John Bussell , because be was convinced , that , though in a multitude of counsellors there might be wisdom , in a multitude of resolutions there could be nothing but confusion . With respect to Lord John Russell ' s resolution on protective duties , he thought that the house would not be doing justice to the new farifi ; and to the principles on which it was founded , if it did not wait for their practical operation , before it proceeded ro legislate on the remaining restrictions left upon our commerce . As to the nest resolution , which was aimed against the Corn Laws , he
thought that Lord J . Russell was not proceeding with the caution due to all classes of her Majesty ' s subjects , when he proposed to lower the duties on the importation of foreign corn to a fixed duty of 4 s ., as ., or Cs . a quarter . Referring to the resolution whieh called upon the house to revise tlie law of settlement , he expressed his hope that it would be found practicable to combine a birth settlement with some plan for giving a settlement to those who had for some time previously been resident in a given place . To a systematic plan of colonization he should offer no objection , provided that it was not compulsory . He then expressed himself in favour ofthe allotmentsystcm , which he contended bad exercised a favourable influence , not only on the feelings , but also on the practical condition of thc people . On the subject of education , he lmew that the Executive Government was fettered in the course which it might be inclhicd to
pursue by the great number of conflicting religions in this country , no trusted , however , that if the vote for educational purposes were increased , a portion of it would be extended to the Roman Catholics and to the Protestant Dissenters of the country . Alluding to the amendment on the nine resolutions proposed by Mr , S . Crawford , he observed that at the present moment there did not appear to Mm to be any extensive feeling in favour of the extension of the suffrage . Having thus stated some of the reasons why he could not accede either to Lord John Russell ' s motion or to Mr . S . Crawford ' s amendment , he concluded by declaring that he had still another reason , and that was , that if either the one or the other were intended as a censure on thc present Ministers , and if the passing of such a censure would lead to their resignation , be could not give it the slightest support , because wc had not at present a compact body of men to supply their places .
Mr . D . Escott was not surprised to hear that tho gentlemen opposite were not quite ready to take office , but was surprised to hear that that was the reason why they would not support these resolutions . Lord John Russell , after lamenting over the condition of the labouring classes —a question wliich had made more way in the feeling than in the judgment ofthe country—had adverted to the necessity of establishing a better system of emigration . Now , in his opinion sufficient encouragement had been already given to emigration , Tbe time for encouraging it was before the house gave its sanction to the strict provisions of tho New Poor Law , and not now , when those strict provisions were in full operation . As to the practical substance of all the resolutions—the eventuaHntro duction of foreign corn duty free—Lord J . Russell , who hut four years ago proposed a fixed duty of 8 s . a quarter , now proposed a fixed duty of 4 s ., or 5 s ., or fis . a quarter , - and , as'if there was to be no end of his inconsistency ,
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brought it forward within six weeks after his celebrated declaration that " protection was the bane of agriculture . " For whose benefit , then , was it that he left this amountof protection ? For the benefit of the mercantile or the labouring classes ? Mr . Escott then proceeded to contend that on the subject of the present Corn Laws her Majesty ' s Ministers had acted not a selfish , but a generous part , and to find fault with those who called themselves the farmers ' friends for tlie manner in which they attacked that law , after giving it their warmest support in Parliament , He showed that by tbe unskilful manner in which they had entered into collision with the opponents of the Corn Law they had knocked out the main stones wliich supported tho arch of protection , and laughed to scorn their unavailing attempts , during . the
present session , to prop it up again with osier twigs for timbers , and with lard for cement . There was , in his opinion , only on * rational way in which protection could be defended . If it could not be defended as necessary to secure a domestic supply of corn for the people at a cheap average price , it could not be defended at all for to say that it was defensible because it put money into the pockets of thc landowners , and enabled them to pay their mortgages , and to make their jointures , was an insult to the common sense of an intelligent people . Indeed , with such speeches as had been made ou this subject from the day when Sir Edward Knatchbull made his celebrated declaration down to that on which the Duke of Buckingham made one of a similar character , it would be impossible to defend protection much longer , Believing , as he did , that the course which the Government had pursued on tho subject of the Corn Law was the best that they
could have adopted under the circumstances in which they were placed on their accession to office , he should ill perform his duty if he should vote in favour of the resolutions ; but he could not conceal from her Majesty ' s Ministers that the timo had come ' when they must go further than they hitherto had gone , lie protested against their standing on the doctrine of finality , which on this , as on every other subject , was the most absurd that the wit of man had ever conceived , All that any legislature could do on matters of trade and commerce which were intended to provide tlie largest supply of food for the people on the best and cheapest terms , was to stand by its measures so long as they attained that object , and no longer , When they failed in attaining that object , if must have recourse to others to obtain that great end of all good Government—the largest and cheapest supply of food for the greatest numbers .
Captain Pecuell complimented Mr . Escott on his able speech , but regretted that Lord J . Russell was not to have the benefit of his vote as well as his argument . He corroborated the statement made on Monday night by Lord J . Russell , respecting the want of education among a part of the labouring population of Sussex , and reminded the house that the noble lord had not singled out Sussex as being worse than the other counties of Englandand Wales , but had especially referred to Staffordshire , and some other counties , as being equally negligent of the moral and religious instruction of their inhabitants . The gallant Captain concluded his speech by making several observations in defence of a relaxation ofthe Corn Laws . Sir 3 ohn Walsh complained , that the introduction of so many different topics cither rendered the debate vague , desultory , and inconclusive , or else induced the sneakers
to run of : into party topics , to the disparagement of those which were more naturally united with it . In one of the many resolutions which Lord J . Russell had propounded —namely , that in favour of colonization , he concurred to a very great extent . He regretted , however , that the noble lord had not given encouragement to colonization as Secretary of State , when ho might Imve administered a strong impulse in its favour . He could not , however , assent to his resolutions either on protecting duties , or on the Corn Laws ; and for this reas m—that both of tiiem were contrary to the evidence of facts , and to the testimony of experience . He then entered into a long detail to prove that protection , so far from being injurious to agriculture , had been the cause of the improvement which had beetfso remarkable in agriculture for the hist few years .
Lord HowicR . defended the policy whieh Lord J . Russell had recommended to the adoption of the house in these resolutions , and contended that thatpolicy had betn met by arguments singularly inconclusive . He had expected that Sir James Graham , when he rose to speak in behalf of her Majesty ' s Government , would have said either that the condition of the labourer was satisfactory , and that the interference of Parliament was therefore unnecessary , or that it fell short of what every man desired , but that any improvement of it was beyond the reach of thc Legislature , and that it was therefore better for Parliament not to interfere , lest its interference should encourage hopes wliich must be ultimately disappointed . He had expected , he said , that Sir James Graham would have adopted one or other of these courses ; but Sir James
had come down to the house , and made a speech filled with details and arguments , not refuting but confirming every statement of Lord John Russell , and had concluded it , to the surprise of everybody , by moving the previous question . That course amounted to nothing more nor less than that her Majesty ' s Government would neither affirm nor deny that there were measures which were calculated to improve the state of the labouring population . He regretted that a question of this importance should be discussed in so thin a house ; but still more tho absence of Lord Ashley , who ought to have been present to suppoi t Lord J . Russell in his attempt to ameliorate the condition of the labouring population . All thc grievances of which Lord Ashley complained , and which he wished to redress , arose from the inability ofthe labourer to command
suilicient remuneration for his labour ; and the object of the present motion was to obtain from Parliament a recognition of the cxistence . flj" a state of things iu which its interference was absolutely necessary , It had been said that these resolutions embraced too wide a field ; but in that opinion he coul ' dnot concur . They were important , not only for the . propositions which they included , but also for the propositions which they excluded . They were also closely , and inseparably connected with each other ; for tlie country " was suffering at present both from the moral effects of mental ignorance , and from the physical effects of individual poverty . Poverty was too often the result of ignorance , and of the improvidence which ignorance created ,: on the other hand , it was often the cause of ignorance . itself ; for how could it be expected
that a population suffering from hunger and distress would ever think of obtaining the blessings of education ? Lord J . Russell had pointed out the measures which he thought would prove the best combination for remedying the double evil under which the country was now suffering . He was well a , wave that any attempt to raise wages by Parliamentary interference would only tend to aggravate the evil ' which ho deplored . The measures which Lord J . Russell looked forward to as thc means of mitigating the distress , of .-the labourer were such as would free industry and labour from the restrictions under which they , were suffering at present . He confessed that some of those restrictions—for instance , those by which you prevented those „ wjio produced clothes by manufacture from exchanging their produce with those who produced corn—appeared . to . hiin . to have been framed almost with the intention of thwarting the designs of Providence . The
noble lord then pr . gceed *> d at great length to point out the impolicy , of supporting tlie existing Corn Laws , for the protection , asisome asserted , but for the ultimate destruction , as he contended , of the agricultural interest , and to show 'that the repeai ; of those laws would increase trade in every part of the country , and thus benefit all the industrious classes of : tho community . Such were the views which he entertained , and entertaining them , he gave his cordial support to the resolutions on tlte subject of protective duties ap . il of the Corn Laws ; but he would not conceal from the house that he went far beyond Lord J . Russell in the conclusion which he drew from his facts . He thought that fhe ,. time for compromise was gone by , and that the conclusion to which Parliament ought now to come was , that the system of restriction which takes the bread out ofthe mouths ofthe labouring classes ought to be completely abandoned .
Sir John IIanjier said , that if this were a Corn Law debate , which it was not , he should urge various reasons , which would militate , not a little , against the conclusions of Lord Howie ! ,. He was convinced that whenever Parliament came to tho settlement of the Corn Laws , it would base them on the principle of a moderate fixed duty , not for the sake of protection , but for the sake of revenue . H » had observed , that whenever the duty was taken off from any article of foreign produce , the cost of its pYodnction increased on the other side of the water ; and he mentioned that fact to show that a moderate fixed
duty might be imposed on foreign corn for the sake of revenue without injury to the labouring classes . He could not , however , vote for thc resolutions of Lord J . Russell , because in so doing he should be guilty of gross injustice towards Sir R . Peel and his colleagues ; for he should be affirming that they had paid no attention to tho condition of the country since their accession to office , when the fact was , that their measures had been attended with the most beneficial consequences . He could not support the resolution respecting colonisation , because he saw no prospect of colonisation being undertaken on the principles on which he wished to see it conducted , The last report ofthe Poor Law Commissioners showed , that ( hiring the last year one-eighth of the population had been receiving parochial relief . This was an announcement which ought to attract the serious attention of Parliament ; and he merely noticed it at present to suggest that a trilling alleviation ofthe difficulty thus experienced by the poor might be found in giving in future to them and to their children some education in art aud
science . Sir R- P ££ 1 - denied that there was any apathy in the house to the distresses ofthe people , and admitted that , if such apathy existed , a stronger proof could not be given ofthe incompetence ofthe house to ilischai-go its duty towar ds the country , But the absence of Lord Ashley and other members , upon which Lord Howick had commented so severely , was not owing to apathy , but to the deep and prevailing conviction of the house that Lord J . Russell had not brought forward this subject in a manner likely to lead to any practical result . He was not going to discuss all the various measures contained in Lord J .
Russell ' s resolutions , because each of them , if justice were done , would require considerable time for discussion . He s hould have thought that those measures were sufficiently numerous ; but some gentlemen , following the course to which the noble lord had invited them , thought otherwise , and proposed to add to them the subject ofthe Poor Laws and universal suffrage . Independently , however , of the number of measures contained in these resQlutions , he objected to any abstract resolution upon any one of them , without knowing something ofthe substitute which Lord 3 . Russell intended to provide for the present law . After making some observations on the noble lord ' s - resolutions upon colonisation and education , and after
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justifying tlie recent proceedings of Government on both those subjects , he called attention to the wide difference existing between Lord John Russell and Lord Howick on the subject of the resolution on the present Corn Laws J Lord J . Russell proposed a fixed duty of 4 s . y 5 s ., or 6 s ., but Lord Howick was against . all duties whatsoever / and was for a perfectly free importation . of-foreign corn , because he thought that nothing , else would tend so much to restore a healthy condition to the labouring classes . He ( Sir R . Peel ) did not . wish to uhder-rate thc importance of this object , but he must say that if the house should agree in these resolutions , and should determine to communicate them in an address to the Crown , it would evidently imply distrust in , and pass a censure upon , her Majesty ' s Government . It was for the house
to decide whether the Government deserved such a censure . The Government had relieved industry from many of its burdens , and had made greater efforts in three years to relieve the social condition of the working classes than had ever been made within the same time by any preceding administration , Tfteiniprovemeiit of the country was admitted on all hands ; but some gentlemen asserted that it was not owing to the measures of the Go . vernment , but to the favourable seasons of the last fewyears . He admitted that the seasons had been favourable £ but he pointed to the tariff , and to the remission of duties which he and his colleagues had made , as a proof that they had not been remiss in the discharge of their duties . If the house were determined to enter upon the discussion of the Com Laws , it had better do so when the
motion for tlieir repeal was regularly brought before itby its able and consistent advocate , Mr . Villiers , for a partial discussion of them could be productive of no advantage . With regard to Lord J . Russell ' s resolution for the abolition of protective duties , he believed that his object would be mere successfully obtained by pursuing the cautious and gradual course proposed by her Majesty ' s Government . In pursuing their cautious and gradual course , the Government , according to Sir J . Tyi-ell , had forfeited the confidence of the agricultural interest . He did not know whether Sir John Tyrellwas authorised to speak as the organ of that interest ; but even if he were , he ( Sir R . Peel ) would not purchase back again the confidence which he was said to have forfeited by uttering thc slightest expression of repentance for the course
which he had pursued . When he contrasted the condition of . England in the winter of 1812 with its condition at the present moment , he never would admit that he had pursued any other course than that which became him as a Minister of thc Crown , and as thc head of the great Conservative party . He was not prepared to alter the existing Corn Law . He had proposed it after due deliberation ; and nothing could be more mischievous to tho country than to be always tampering with such a subject , lie believed that that law had been beneficial , so far as it had prevented any increase in the price of corn . The welfare of the proprietors of laud did not depend on the nominal price of the quarter of corn , If he could read to the house the accounts which he had received in 181 'J of the distress , privation , and crime
which prevailed at that time m the manufacturing districts , he could convince the most decided advocate of the landed interest that it was threatened with greater danger from the continuance of that distress , privation , and crime , than it ever had incurred from any other cause . He knew that the decision of tlie house would be governed by higher motives than its hopes of pecuniary remuneration ; but if it were not , ho should emphatically declare that the state of things in 1 S 42 could not have continued long without affecting most materially thc interests of land . It was said the G ovemment had lost the confidence of its supporters without gaining that of its opponents . If that were so , it could not last long ; but be Once more repeated , he would not , to regain the confidence which he had lost , utter one expression of regret for having
proposed the measures which had induced that loss of confidence . The principles on which those measures were based were sound , and to them Government was prepared to adhere . They would cany them into execution with deliberate caution ; but , for the protection of individuals , and for the promotion of thc cause which he and Lord J . Russell both had at heart , they would avoid that precipitate course which these resolutions recommended , but which was unsanctioned cither by prudence or by justice . Lord Joux Russell , in rising to reply , observed that the sole question then before the house was this , whether , if it were necessary to make ah alteration in our protective system and in our Corn Laws , it was wise to make it now , i ' n a . time of political tranquillity , or to wait for a time of clamour and distress ? It was evident , from the
course , not only ofthe present , bnt also of many a preceding debate , that the cause of protection and of the Corn Laws was even now tottering to its fall ; and it was , therefore , incumbent upon the house not to be taken unawares , when that fall should take place . Sit- R . Peel had admitted that if he had lost the confidence of his own supporters , he had not obtained the confidence of his opponents . As Sir R . Peel had himself adverted to that subject , he would be frank , and inform him at once , that he ( Sir R . Peel ) had not gained his ( Lord J . Russell ' s ) confidence . He disagreed with Sir J . Tyrol " , when he said that the introduction of the tariff and the existing Corn Law had been injurious to tbe farmer ; but when the hon . baronet went on to assert that he had been taught by Ministers , when in opposition , to expect that they would be in favour of protection and against Free Trade , he was prepared to contend that Sir John Tyrcll was perfectly justified in such an assertion . At the same time , he would add , that if Sir John Tyrell were to
propose a vote of a want of confidence in her Majesty's Ministers , he would not support it ; for what he had now to consider was how ho could best carry the measures which ho deemed conformable to his own principles . If he and his friends were to propose measures similar to those now proposed by Sir R . Peel and his colleagues in the Government , he knew that they would be opposed by Sir J . Tyrcll and many of the gentlemen who were now in office . He , therefore , thought that the best mode of carrying- out his own principles would be by opposing Sir John Tyrell on any such motion , and by leaving measures founded on his principles to be proposed and carried by tho party now in power . There could be no doubt that Whig principles were better carried out at the present moment by the opponents of the Whigs , than they could be by the Whigs themselves . After a few words from Lord Clements , The house divided , when there
were—For Mr . > S . Crawford s amendment 33 Against it 253 Majority against it ,.. ¦—2 20 Sir James Graham then moved the previous question . Another division took place , when the numbers were—For the previous question ... 182 Against it 104 Majority for it —78 Lord John Russell ' s resolutions were accordingly lost . The house then adjourned . Tuuksdat , May 29 . The Speaker took the chair shortly before four o ' clock . The Wilts , Somerset , and Weymouth Railway Bill was read a third time and passed . The Exeter and Crediton Railway Bill was also read a third time and passed . Dr . Bowisino presented a petition , numerously signed , from Bolton , in favour ofthe Ten Hours' Bill .
PRIVILEGE . The Solicitor-Genekal brought up the report ofthe Committee appelated to inquire into the case of the action of Howard v . Gosset , The report stated that on Tuesday last judgment was obtained against Sir William Gosset , and a verdict of £ 200 returned , execution upon which would be levied on the 2 nd of June . Tho Committee recommended that a writ of error should be brought on the judgment in the Court of Queen ' s Bench . As the execution would not prejudice the proceedings in the writ of error , the Committee did not feel it expedient to prevent tho levy . Thc Solicitor-General then moved that the report be printed .
Mr . Home thought that some day ought to be mentioned upon which to take this report into consideration . He thought that the privileges of that house were not properly protected . He thought the time had now come when they ought to ascertain whether they had any pri leges or not . The Solicitob-Gesebal thought that it would be better to wait , so as to give further time for consideration . They might , it was true , take the other eourse , and he was quite willing to follow any suggestion the house might make , but lie thought that there was some further information which might be laid before tlie house ; by thus doing , the house would effectually interfere , without being committed to any course . Mr . T . Duncombe said they had got a copy of the judgment , but they wanted a copy of the warrant and of the record to enable them to proceed rightly .
The Solicitor . Genekal said that the copy of record was being printed , and he would lay copies Of it on the table in the morning , and he moved that the report be taken inio consideration to-morrow .
ACAPF . MICAL EDUCATION BILL . Lord Joun Russell , seeing the right hon . baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Department in his place , wished to ask him if it was his intention to move the order of the day to-morrow for the second reading of the Irish Academical Educational Bill . Sir James Graham replied , that if the discussion of privilege extended to any great length , which it was not unlikely to do , he should not move the order of the day for the second reading till Monday .
last night ' s debate . Lord Ashley rose , and said that he wished to trespass on tho house for a few moments only , on a matter personal to himself . He had understood that his absence from last night's debate had been very severely commented upon . He had last night taken the chair at a meeting in a remote district of Lambeth , for which he had leen engaged for several months , and where he had been detained for several hours , and ho did not think that at that late period of the evening it was necessary to attend that house to take part in a division upon a motion , which , whether it were successful or not , could lead to no practical result . IMPRISONMENT FOB DEBT .
Mr . II . Bebklev moved for a select committee to inquire into the operation of tho bill pasthast sessions of Parliament , having reference to small debts under £ 20 , That measure had been attended with very bad . consel quences to tradesmen , placing them entirely at the mercy of fraudulent debtors . It was necessary that some protection should be afforded to those parties who now complained . He was not in favour of a return to the old law , but lie considered some medium eourse might be ndonted to meet f' . ' . e hanVhi' nf (]•« c <~ , T' -- ^ o-.
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this si-count that he wished the committee to be appointed From one extreme the house had gone to the opposite Under the old law , the debtor was entirely at " the mercy of then-editor , but under the present law the case was reversed ; thc creditor-was '' the victim " of tlie . debtor . After a fewfurther observations / the hon , . member con * , eluded by moving the appointment of the cotutu ' t & s , Mr . Kkmble briefly seconded the motion . Sir James Graham said that if he properly understood the hon . gentleman who had made the motion , the object be sought . to be achieved by " tlie Committee was how the Act of last session regarding smaU debts had operated upon . the circumstances , of tradesmen . Were that tho end in view he did not see any good that was to bo effected ; he could not apprehend any benefit that ivouhl result from such a committee . Certain defects in the Act complained of had been under the consideration of the
Lord Chancellor , with thc object of devising a remedy and that noble and learned lord had introduced a bill into the other house on the subject . The hon gentleman intimated that he had no desire to repeal * the law of last session , but to effect its improvement He ( Sir James Graham ) rejoiced at this , as it was hi $ firm opinion no step could be taken so indicative of a want of sympathy and consideration as the repeal of that law for the working classes . ' The measure had , on the whole , worked well . No complaints bad been made by the great body of the people : the complaining parties were tradesmen , who had the remedy in their own hands if they chose to exercise it—the withholding of credit . There were , no doubt , defects in the old law , still it had been introduced after great attention and consideration had been bestowed upon it . It was no such piece of crude legislation ns had been affirmed .
Mi-. Uawes did * not wish a renewal ofthe hardships imposed on debtors formerl y . He considered the only effect of appointing thc committee would be to cushion the measure coming down from the other house of Parliament . He would , therefore , object to the appointment of a committee , as he believed it would impede the imprisonment that was meaning to be made in the bill , and which was under the consideration of the other house , Tlie Solicvtor-General said thc abolition of impri . sonment for debt upon formal process , under £ 20 , had been effected oecause of the miseries to which poor debtors 1-adbeen subjected . He was now willing to he . lieve , from the experience of the present law , that the creditor was not sufficiently protected , and if any further protection could be given him it was desirable ; at tho same time , they should be cautious about placing in the hands of the creditors any arbitrary power . He hoped the lion , gentleman would withdraw his motion till he saw what the bill from the Lords proposed .
After a few observations from Mr . Spoouer , Mr . Berkley , and Colonel llawdon , the motion was withdrawn . The house was shortly afterwards counted out on : motion of Mr . Sergeant Murphy for thc repeal of the tax imposed on the inhabitants of certain towns iu Ireland , called ministers' money .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Friday , Mav 23 . THE NAVY . Sir C . 1 * Aririt explained the reason which induced him to take the discussion on the first vote in tho naval estimates—namely , on thc vote of £ 1 , 273 , 7811 for naval stores —on the present question rather than in the committee of supply . He did not object to the vote on account oi its amount ; but he { Sir C . Napier ) did object to it on account of the wasteful and extravagant way iu which it has been hitherto expended . The gallant Commodore then repeated the critisms which lie has so frequentl y made in tlie course ofthe present session , ou the reckless manner in which the Admiralty has laid down ships of tlie line , frigates , and steam-vessels of war during the last four or five years , and contended that all their experi . ments in naval architecture had been signal failures .
Mr . Soames complained of the manner in which Sir 0 . Napier endeavoured to disparage the construction of the vessels recently built by the Board of Admiralty . Ha had no hesitation in saying , that her Majesty's staam vessels of war , 101 in number , were superior to those of any other potentate in the world . Besides these 10 i steamers of war belonging to her Majesty , we had also lf > 0 steamers in our mercantile marine , which could speedily be converted into vessels of war ; so that in case of emergency , we were able to meet all tbe steam vessels ofthe wwlil
m arms . A lengthy discussion followed , in winch , as usual , nil the naval officers in Opposition supported the allegations of Sir C . Napier , and those in the interest of the Government contradicted those allegations point blank—The passing of the naval estimates occupied thc rest of the evening ,
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SvB-MiUiixE Explosion in Limehouse IIeach . — In consequence of an announcement that an attempt would be made on Monday to remove , by means oi gunpowder , the Whiting Shoal , which for a considerable period has greatly impeded thc navigation of thc Thames , in Limehouse Reach , as determined on by the City authorities , a great number ofpersons , despite thc unfavourable state of the weather , assembled near the bank ofthe river , for the purpose of witnessing the operations . The Government lighters and the usual apparatus were in complete readiness , but , unfortunately , owing to the stormy character ofthe day , thc process was deferred for a more favourable opportunity . Tlie shoal in question extends nearly half a mile m thc centre of thc chan « nel , and at low water has only a depth of seven feet . It was considered at first that it could be in some way displaced by the usual dredging machines tha t cleanse the bed of the river , but on that scheme being resorted to , it was found that thc shoal was of ' stich a hardened description , like a kind of concrete of gravel aud sand , that the working ofthe machines had little or no effect
upon it , 1 he corporation were at length informed by a lieutenant in thc navy , it is understood , that it could be removed b the means of gunpowder , and , accordingly , operations were immediately adopted so as to carry out the project . The first attempt waa made last Tuesday , and in every way was quite successful . A hole was bored some distance in the shoal , in which was deposited a tin case containing i 5 lbs . of gunpowder , and wasfired by a galvanic battery from one of the Government lightens , under fchecoramand of Captain Fisher , the harbour master . The effect is described as being very singular . A huge body of water was thrown up in a ( Tome-like form , and the shock was plainly felt on both sides of the river . After the operation it was found that some 40 feet ofthe shoal was displaced .
Singular Voyage . —Departure of a Ship" for Davis ' s Straits in Search op Minerals . —On Thursday week the brig Isla , Captain Robertson , belonging to Aberdeen , sailed from Sti-omncss for Davis ' s Straits , in search of black lead and other minerals abounding in that icy region . She is tarnished with a mineralogist . The Isla is also prepared for whaling , having two boats and a crew of twenty hands . The New Market at BiRKi . vnE . in will , it is expected , be opened in about six or eight weeka . Thc interior , which is extremely light and elegant , has two fountains in it , — Liverpool Paper .
Leeds Corn Market, Tuesday, May 27.—Aitl...
Leeds Corn Market , Tuesday , May 27 . —Aitliougii our reported supplies are small , some few vessels from tiic coast have made their passage , ana their samples are sent up from below . The wheat trade this morning has assumed a considerable degree o £ firmness , and fresh qualities obtain an advance of fully Is . to 2 s . per quarter , but the attendance o £ : buyers is only thin , and the market doses rather did ) . - In the value of barley there is no change , lienna i must be quoted Is . per quarter higher . Oats , shell- ing , and other articles steady in value , with a fair c demand .
Liverpool Corn Market , Monday , Mav 17 . — * Thci-o has been a fair suppty of flour from Ireland , I , but ^ of other descriptions of British produce or maim- ifacture thc [ arrivals have been light . From abroad d wc have only two or three cargoes of Baltic wheat , t . The only alteration in the duties this week is a de- aeline of Is per qv . on beans . A continuance of cold , i , unfavourable weather throughout the week has ren- ndered holders of wheat and flour less anxious to sell ell tlieir stocks , and prices of both articles have been wdl ail maintained , with a slight improvement of value in a i a few instances . The best samples of Irish red new jw wheat have brought Gs OdtoO' slOdperTOl ' j s ., and ml good marks of Irish flour 35 s . to 3 Gs . per 280 lbs . bs .
The best mealing oats , which are not plentiful , have , vo been held for rather more money , but the demand iiasiaa still been limited ; good Irish may be quoted at 2 s I 0 id . id . to 2 s . lHd ., and choice at 3 s . per 45 lbs . Oatmeal eal has had a steady sale , and 24 s . 9 d . per 240 lbs . easily iily made for tlie best cuts . Tho transactions in barley , ley , beans , and peas have been quite of a retail character , ten at late rates . Some speculative business has occurred -red in bonded articles- . one or two cargoes ofthe lower :-ver : qualities of Baltic wheat have changed hands , and a « d about 1500 barrels of United States flour , at 18 =. Oil . Oil . to 19 s . per IDG lbs . A small cargo of Egyptian bean 3 ? a » " 31 was sold , on Friday , to arrive , at 27 s . Gd . per 480 lus ., lus .,, cost , freight , and insurance .
Liverpool Cattle Market , Moxday , May 20 . —We-We ! have little or no alteration to quote in the state of oiu'i ' oin . ' : cattle market of late , the supply being fair for tin ' s this ; time of the year , with a numerous attendance oke on buyers from all parts . There was a brisk sale , at hicj" hicjn prices . Beef Cd . to Gid ., mutton , Gd . to W „ ! aw »! ainbl 7 d . to IU . per lb . Cattle imported into LiverouoWo ' ,, from the 19 th to the 26 th April : —2410 cows , 51 ca " lvf ?* Ivf ? i 1520 slwcp , 338 lambs , 7868 pigs , 42 horses . Richmond Corn Market , Saturday , May 24 .- »' --. 'V--had a tolerable supply of grain in our market to- & Svd » S Wheat sold from 5 s . Cd . to 7 s . ; oats 2 s . Gd . to 3 s . 2 d . i 2 d . J J barley 3 s . Gd . to 3 s . 9 d . ; beans 4 s . 3 d . to 4 s . Gd „ P « L , p « H bushel .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 31, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_31051845/page/8/
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