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conceive wisdom in the plans , or generosity in fhe no . thru , of either party . He should say that such a man would take a false view both of the two great parties of do state , and alto _' of the individuals who composed it . Mr T . D-Kcoxbb declared that , if he stood alone ; he would go out iu rapport of the resolution of Sir W . Mole-worth . He could not vote for auy grant ' in which * tfce Roman Citholics did not participate . ' He said , the Other evefiing , that negotiations had been - Sgf w , ai xespectto the exclusion of Roman Catholics _fronT-hy portion of tho grant , an _. upon that the right hon . gentleman the member for Edinburgh contra-toted h _« n _» , «•*¦ » s , a » _wasa- _' _merarom-oce" He Bad taken the trouble of
examining the subject since that occurrence _^ and again had nohesitationio saying that a negotiation was earned on-a _-isET-eefulnegbtiation-between the _government and the Wesleyans . atthe sacrifice and expense of their Jtoman _C-. tholic fellow-countrymen . He did not like to cee a priesthood endowed by the State ; bnt it was the _anty-fftegovernawnt to educate the people by means of the state . The money given ought to be given with a gracious hand , and received with a grateful spirit , but such would not be tbe casein consequence of the divisions and sects into wbich the country was split ; and it wonld , therefore , in his opinion , be a g'eat failure . AU thc funds would , he believed , go into _tbehands oi the Church , inasmuch as the Dissenters wonld refuse it , and the
Soman Catholics were excluded altogether . It had been said that no patronage would devolve upon the government in _consequence of this measure , but what was the fact ! He was informed by a friend that a person applied , not long since , to Mr Kay Shuttleworth , for an inspectorship of schools , and the answer was , that he bad none then at-his disposal ; but , if the present measure passed , heshould bave at least fifty , and each of these , the house would recollect , was worth a salary of £ 850 a year , They had a powerful majority the other night he admitted , hut it was one got hy means of truckling with bigotry ; and if the Roman Catholics got a portion of the public money , tbey would be mainly indebted to the sentiments expressed in that house by Sir R . Peel and Sir J . Graham . They gained that majority at the sacrifice of those whose wrongs they so deeply sympathised witb vt hen out of office ; bnt who , in the plenitude of their power , they so cruelly abandoned .
SirW . Moliswobth requested leave to withdraw his amendment . Several other members objected to the withdrawal , and forced on a division . There were—For the original metien ... ... SOS For the amendment 22 Majority agaiast the amendment —— 181 Vr Ewabt then moved a resolution , that ia districts where there it only one school receiving state support , children , whose parents object to the kind of religious ns traction administered there , may be admitted to the ¦ chool without being subject to such religious instruction .
Sir G . Grey opposed j } on the ground that the princip _l e of it was precisely the same with that of tbe resolution moved by Sir W . Clay on a former erening , and then negatived by a large majority . { _| A discussion of some length ensn . d . It was ultimately terminated by Mr Ewart allowing bis resolution to be negatived without a division , and _tfcp report was rceived . . Abv _ hc _ 3 to Ibish R-ilv-. s . The ; Cn _ Kc __ lob ofthe Excheq _.-- moved a committee of the whole Hoasefor the purpose of considering a resolution
for the granting of a loan for Irish railways . He had not , he said , expressed any opinion againstloans to Irish railway * when Lord G . Bentinck brought forward his plan , he had only objected to the extensive system tben proposed . Tke resolution be bad to submit to tbe committee would be , that a loan of 620 , 0001 shonld be giren to three Irish railways tbat bad complied with the terms nnder which the Loan Commissioners were in the habit of advancing money . The railways he proposed to assist were , the Great South-Western of Ireland , with 500 , 0001 . ; the Waterford and Kilkenny , 83 , 0001 . ; and the Dublin and Drogheda , 36 , 0001 *
Mr Hume objected , in the present' deplorable and alarming state of the English money market , to enter into the consideration of so large a grant , be therefore moved that the chairman report progress . Lord G . B _. ktixc- said he had no objeotion to the re . solution—he bad great joy over a sinner repentant , and le was glad to find the Chancellor of the Exchequer had at length discovered tbat it was cheaper to expend Money in reproductive than in unproductive works . The noble lord , referring to the panic which exists in the money market , asked if it were not that the Bank Charter Act , so much lauded of late , was the cause of all the pressure so severely felt . He implored the government to give the Bank of England some discretion , so as to remedy the evils inflicted on the country by this " fairweather Act . "
Lord George ' s statements called from the Chancellor of the Exchequer a long reply in explanation of the facts on which bis lordship had grounded his apprehensions . Sir J . Graham . Mr Hudson , Mr T . Baring , Mr A . Smith , and the Marquis of Granby followed ; but it was ultimately decided tbat the debate on the subject should be resumed on Tuesday , and the House adjourned at halfpast oneo'elock . TUESDAY , Aran . 37 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Accidents in Coa _ Minis . — Earl Fnzwiu . _1 am presented a petition from the coroner ' s
jury which inquired into the deaths oi the seventy-three persons wbo recently perished from the explosion of the foul air in a coal-mine near Barnsley , in the West-Biding of Yorkshire . The petitioners prayed that means might be taken to ensure the adoption of proper means of ventilation , and also that an efficient system of inspection might be introduced as likely to be of utility in the prevention of accidents . Sd far as he was personally concerned , he had no objection to a system of inspection—a system already in operation as to some other purposes , and be bad no donbt it might be advantageously extended to collieries .
The Bishop of Dobhah urged the great importance of some means being adopted to prevent colliery accidents . The subject was well worthy the attention of her Majesty ' s government , for the loss of Ufa was far greater than any one not connected with the working of collieries could imagine . Lord WHA-NCU . F- hoped the government weuld turn their attention to tbis most important sahject . Atthe tame time he feared the petitioners expected more advantages to arise frem a system of inspection than it would be fouud capable of affording . In factories it might be good , hut in coal mines the benefit would be extremely doubtful . Besides , the parties themselves generally maintained inspection , and these accidtntsoo eurred forthe most partthroughneglect on the part of the -offerers of the rules laid dawn .
Lord _C-HTB-U _, assured the noble earl that ner Majesty ' s government felt the great importance of the subect mentioned inthe petition . Tbe loss of life in coal mines was most -uneatable , and it was sufficient to bring discredit on the national character If means wen not taken to abate it . He feared , however , that inspection conld do bnt Utile in that respect . The best inspection and _superr-don was from tbe owners and the San-gets of mines ; and he reminded the house that by bis biU of last year , if life was lost by negligence , the surviving friends of the party bad a remedy . There eould be no doubt butif that bill bad passed , tbe sums awarded _, in damages would bave made the parties more careful ( Hear . )
Ixcokbeb-D _Es-ATis ( Ibe __ bd ) Bir _ , . —The Lobd C _ a * CE _ io * moved the second reading of the Irish Incumbered Estates Bill , its object being to facilitate tbe means of offering for sale tbis description of property by tbe removal of existing impediments , and by adopting a less formal and less expensive mode ef procedure in Chancery than is the ease atpresent . Tbe Marquis of _WestheatH , the Earl of _Wicxtow , and Lord Monte acli , concurred in the expression ef their thanks to the government for the introduction of so beneficial a measure . Lord As hbo-tox arovedd of the principle of the biU , bnt objected to some oits etails . The bill was _readasceond time , and their lordships adjourned .
HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The Lobd Advocate , in answer to Mr Watson , replied that he was not aware that the Scotch judges were in the habit of taking private arbitrations , and deeding on tbem on the payment of fees . He bad known some instances not involving the latter result , but he thought those judges who had * refused to do so under any circumstances had pursued tbe
wiser course . _Seaices - Eh _ i _ t _ -H _ Act . —Sir C Nawe * moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend tbe Seamen ' s Enlistment Act ; tbe principal proposition being , that the crown should be enabled by proclamation to call ont any number of seamen that might be required in peace or war , after the government bad gone to tbe fullest extent to obtain seamen by voluntary enlistment , and that sucb proclamation should call on all young seamen wbo bad completed their apprenticeships to enter the navy , but if that were found _insufficent for the required purpose , tben that those who had been out of their time for one ,
two , three , or four years , should be called upon In rotation . He also proposed that tbe masters of merchantvessels shonld be _compellsd to discharge ths men who came within tbe proclamation , by which means they wonld be compelled to enter the navy . He thought such apian wonld put an end to the old system of impressment , wbich would only bear comparison with that of kidnapping slaves on the coast of Africa . Tbe bill proposed to enact , also , that double bounty shonld be given , provided the men came in within a certain limited period , put if after that time then only single . Capt . PLUM-IDG- _seco-ded the motion .
Mr Waeb should not give any opposition to the introduction of this bill , but without seeing it he conld not undertake to give off-hand any opinion on so difficult a subject . He was not prepared to take the credit of Sir C . Napier ' s scheme , if it succeeded , nor theresponsibilitv if it failed . Leave was then given to bring in the bill . _D-coiai . _Sist-H of Coihage . — Dr Bowbe _* -, after showing that the adoption ofa decimal system of coinage currency and account , wbich was now in force in most of the nations of the continent , wonld be a great public convenience , moved that aa humble address be presented to Her Majesty , requesting that sbe would be graciously pleased to authorise tbe issue of _coias _representing the value of two shillings , being tbe tenth of a pound sterling , and twopence and two-fifths , being the hundredth part of a pound sterling ; such coins to be called Queens aud Victorias , or any other name which to Her Majesty might _sesm best . Mr Haw _seconM tho motion : but ho thought tbat
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his hon . fnttA ought to have gone farther , for be was of opinion tbe time was com . for adopting tke decimal system generally . He hoped to see the _declmalsystem carried out as he saw free trade carried out , He _Relieved that the consequence would be , that every ona who now kept five clerks would save one . It wonld bo a great boon to men of property— ( laugh ter)—for be scarcely ever met a man of property who knew anything of accounts . ( Laughter . ) The decimal system would be Important to them , as it would enable them to count their money . { Laughter . ) It had been in use in China from time _knmemorMJWthout thange , and that was a great test of _JkuupiSity . ( Hear , bear . ) The accuracy and fad-tly wifr which they made calculations
upon ten bulls attached to so _maay brass wires was surprising . He had no doubt the same thing wonld resuit if the same system was in use in this country . He thought that there shouldbeanHnquiryon the subject . The Chanc-Liox of the Eichequeb wawiot unaware of the advantage of a decimal currency ; bnt was afraid that the people of this country bad a strong predilection for their ancient system of keeping accounts . He bad no objection to strike a two-shilling piece , as the first step in tbe experiment wbich Dr Bowring wished to make ; for , if tbe people did not like it , no barm would be done . He did not , bowever , think tbat an address of this kind sbould be carried up to the Crown ; and , if Dr Bowring pressed it , be should be compelled to move the previous question .
Mr S-ArroBD O'Bkiek congratulated Dr Bowring on the * partial success of his motion . When be found the hon . member for Montrose so far foregoing his principles as to speak of immemorial usage as constituting a strong ground for adopting the decimal system , he could not bat hail his l _. nguage as a symptom of a better state of things . ( Laughter . ) He deeply regretted that the right hon . gentleman , the Master of the Mint ( Mr Shell ) , had not addressed tbe bous _« on tbat occasion . ( Great laughter . ) The eountry of which the right hon . _gentletleman was a native was the only one on record wbich , after having a modified decimal system , bad departed from it . Of course he referred tbem to the ancient tenpeuny of Ireland , which was now abolished . ( Laughter . ) Mr Sain , said bs bad felt that it would be officious on bis part to intrude himself on the house before the
Chancellor of the Exchequer . ( Hear , hear , and laughter . ) He had directed his attention to this subject in Ireland , and in reply to a letter which ha wrote to the Chancellor of the Exchequer , he received an answer conveying the same opinions in substance which bis right hon . friend had just expressed . Having afterwards written to Mr Trevelyan on the subject , that gentleman communicated witb Mr Pennington . The latter gentleman , speaking of Professor De Morgan ' s plan , published ia 1811 , said , "Iu tbis way , no doubt , a decimal currency might be established , but mark the consequences . A labourer whose wages were I 6 d . a day , and who , at the end of a week , might expect to be in possession of sixty pence , or
210 farthings , wonld find that he conld obtain for that , not 5 s in silver , but 4 s 2 d . " It was added tbat a shop _, keeper , who had been in the habit of selling an article for 3 d , and who expected for four of those articles to receive the value of Is , would find tbat be bad to receive fonr percent , less . ( Hear , bear . ) He had consulted some gentlemen eminent in knowledge of the science of numbers , and they thought there wonld be no difficulty in dealing witb any sum above 6 d . If thera were a new coinage , all new coinage wonld , of course , be made with reference to it . ( Hear , hear . ) He thought the 2- piece might be called a royal , tbe ls half a royal , and 6 d a quarter ofa royal .
Mr W . _Bsowit observed , thathe bad been ib tbe habit of keeping accounts both in decimals and in the English coinage . When the Americans changed pounds shillings and pence into decimals , for a short period soma little difficulty was experienced by tradesmen , but as tbe law of the United States required that accounts should be kept in dollars and cents , the matter soon became familiar , and it was found tbat decimals afforded a much smaller chance of mistake . He hoped that the govern * ment would at the earliest possible period adopt the deci-i * mode of reckoning . Sir G . Clxbk feared that as thetwo-shiUing piece would in aixe be so near that of the half-crown piece , many persons would be led into mistakes . Dr Bowbiko said be would not press his motion . He _. _elievei tbat the government would soon be able to introduce the decimal system with the concurrence of the nation . The motion was then withdrawn .
Statu or _Geiece . — Lord J . Mahkiis then rose to call thea _ttention of tbe house to the state of Greece , wben , afte r having proceeded to take an historical review of the political condition ef tbat conntry , of the extraordinary state ofits financial affairs , and of tbe falsification of ths public accounts , in order to prevent the appearance of a surplus revenue , nnder tbe apprehension that foreign governments would require some portion of such surplus to be applied in the payment of the debts due by Greece to them—an hon . member * moved that the house be counted , and forty members not being present , tbe bouse stood necessarily adjourned . WEDNESDAY , Amid 28 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Juvenile Oihnd _. h Bill —On Sir J , Pakisqton moving that this bill be read a second time .
Mr Roebuck moved that it be read a second time that day six months . He objected to it on three groundsfirst , because it tended to do away with tbe _syttsm ofa jury ; secondly , because the justices would have the power of adjudicating in the cases that came before them in private and not in public ; and thirdly , because it gave to two justices , and at last to one on the confession ofthe party accused , tbe power of deciding in a summary manner . Those were powers wbich no body of men who wished to _-itand well witb the community could desire to take npon themselves . Sir-. _Gssr admitted the importance ofthe subject to which tbe bill bad reference , expressing his hope that in committee it may be so amended as to entitle it to tbe support of the government . With regard to the exercise ofthe proposed summary jurisdiction in private , hehad
no donbt the hon . baronet would concede that point , u unquestionably sucb proceedings ought to be public . The whole subject nas surrounded by great difficulties ; one of the principal of which was , bow children of tender years were to be disposed of , who were _sentenctd to transportation , SHch sentence being generally accompanied by a recommendation from the court , that it should not be earned out , which no one would dream of doing . Sueh offenders undoubtedly ought to be taken charge of by the government , with a view to their reformation , iu order tbat they sbould not be thrown back upon their parents or friends , who neglected tbtir education , and allowed them to be trained up ia vice and crime . Though he despaired of being able ta grapple
with all the difficulties wbich presented themselves , he _didhepetobeable , during fhe present session , _tobringia a bill to enable towns and boroughs to provide asylums for sucb criminals , if they ought to be se designated , thinking that it arose more from misfortune than crime , tbat they were brought within tbe operation of the law . He did not concur io the opinion that the magistrates were unfit to exercise the proposed extension of summary jurisdiction , but he thought it would be desirable to extend the pr inciple of stipendiary magistrate * , not to tbe exclusion ofthe local _magistrates , but to act with them . He was anxious to affirm the principle of the measure , and wonld lend bis best assistance , in order to put it in a more acceptable form .
Mr Law and Mr B . Dekko , concurred in tbe application of Sir G . Grey to Sir J . _Paldagton to withdraw this bill . Sir J . _PauksTo . had considered this subject with great attention , _andjeo _. Id not discern any mischief that would arise from the small addition which this bill would make to the existing powers of magistrates . Sir E . Ryan , who was at tbe head of tbe Criminal Law Commission , Sir F . Pollock , the Chief Baron of the Exchequer , SirE . Wilmot , tbe late Governor ofVan Diemea _. Land , and Lord Campbell , tbelate Attorney-General , were decidedly in favour ot tbe principle on which _itwas founded . The law on this subject waB full of anomalies , and it was to correct those anomalies , and at the same time to preveut the contamination of youth by long imprisonment before trial , that he had introduced this bill . Feeling , as he did , the necessity for immediate legislation on tbis subject , be could not consent to withdraw this measure .
After some further discussion , in which the Attorney-General , Mr Packe , Mr Adderley , Mr R . Palmer , and Mr Protberoe supported the principle of the bill , and Mr Henley and Mr B . Escott declared their intention of voting againt its second reading , the house divided , wben tiie numbers were : — Forthe second reading . _ ... 76 Againstit ... > M ... ... 23
Majority in its favour e 62 Ratix . or Tbhekents Bui . —On the motion fer resuming the adjourned debate on this bill , Sir G . Obex said that the time which bad elapsed since this bill was before the house on the former occasion , did not induce bim to consider it in a more favourable light . A great disturbance of the rating of property would be created by it , and the subject required more consideration before he could consentto the second reading . ( Hear . ) Mr P . Scxon hoped ths house would not assent to the second reading . By the act of the 5-th of Geo . WI ., cottages below a certain value were exempt from the pay . ment of rates . In tbe town of Liverpool tbere w « r « £ 80 , 000 out of £ 100 , 000 excused to the occupiers of sucb cottages . ( Hear , hear . ) Then the question came whether it was the occupier or the owner that was to pay .
The own . ™ of sucb cottages were generally small _speculators , and it would be unjust to impose by an _iav _' _-toas ex ' postfacto law , a direct rate on that class of _preperty . Those persons conferred a great benefit by providing cottage habitations for the poor , and would thsy _oppasa an obstacle to that supply , by imposing a rate oa such property ! He thought they would act unwisely if thsy did 60 . He knew that at present great trouble and expense were incurred in ascertaining who were proper objeets of exemption _frsm paying the rates ; and as the overseers had their favourites , it also gave rise to favouritism ; but the bill which stood in his name , and which was to come on immediately , would do away witk that , for he drew a broad line , by fixing the amount at which the cottage should begiu to be rated * In that but he confined tbe exemption to houseB nnder £ t . Ia Urge towns he proposed that houses nnder £ 8 or £ 11 a year should be exempt .
Mr _CuiPrs said tbat of all friends of the poor beprafed to be delivered from a political economist . ( Laughter . ' The boa . member was one of tbat sect , and he hadtoken an _opportunity of _tnuueiatue his favorite dsgma with
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out urging a _singli valid objectionto ths measure bttore them , . Mr Yxbhok denied that speculators in cottages were the best friends of tht poor . There were no greater tyrants to tbe poor than small capitalists , who run up houses to let to tho class below them , and for bis own part he should be glad to sea such speculative building put ah end to , and each landlord obliged to build a sufficient number of bouses of a good class , for tht h » bi \ atiuo of ' -. labourers on bis estate . After some further discussion , the second reading ; was negatived hy a majority of 18 , the numbers being 89 toll . ' _ Tenants ( _Ibbland ) But . — Mr S . - _CsAwrojfl raovi d the second reading of this bill . " _^
Mr B . O . bobks objected to the second reading , It was , he said , very fashionable iu that house , to talk about giving compensation to Irish tenants , and he was free to confess that he himself was formerly in tbe same state of ignorance on the subject as-many other honourable members . ( Laughter . ) _Atwojcars'residence in Ire . land bad , however , shewn bim tbat great sympathy was due to the landlord as well as to tho tenant , ( Great laughter : ) The tenant right might be consecrated in Ulster , but he protested against its introduction in the south of Ireland , He could assure the house thathe had bad tenants owing bim three or four years' rent , to whom he had been obliged to pay £ 20 each , in order to induce them to give up possession . ( LaugWer . ) The first thing which the house ought to do was to confirm the right of property . ( Hear , hear . ) The hon . member concluded by moving that the bill be read a second time that day six months .
Mr _Mohaouam requested Mr S . Crawford , as tha Secretary for Ireland and other influential members of the government were unavoidably absent , to allow the debate tobe adjourned for the present _. After some discussion , Mr S . Cbawfobd reluctantly assented to the adjournment of it until Wednesday next _. The house then adjourned at five o'clock . THURSDAY , Ami . 39 . " HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Hoke . Cams . —Lord _Bbouohak stated that the existing tightness of the moneymarket was very _severelj felt in Lancashire , where the manufacturers had large orders to make up from America , but were unable to do so from the high price of money . He inquired whether Government was prepared to diminish the evil and prevent a commercial crisis , by introducing a temporary measure for thc purpose of relaxing the operations of Peel's Act of 1844 .
Tbe Marquis of _Lakbdotthe saia _, In answer , tbat Government bad bad the subject under its consideration , but ha was not prepared to say whether it would adopt the course suggested . ' Lord _Asbbubton said it would be better to have no currency law at all tban be exposed to such constant fluctuations . Ibish Poob Law Bill . —The Marquis of Lansdowne moved the second reading of the Poor Relief ( Ireland ) Bill , Having described the condition of Ireland as suffer _, ing under tbei _. fliction of the potato failure , superinduced upon her habitually destitute state , the noble marquis explained the provisions of the bill , which be said be
proposed , not as a remedy , but as a great palliative , and tbe only palliative that had been devised , of the evils nnder which Ireland was depressed . The principle of the bill was not an absolute right of out-door relief , as bad been thought by some , but a very modified system of out-door relief in food when ths workhouses shall be full . The noblo marquis expressed a hope that , whatever alteration their lordships might think fit to make in the bill , they would not throw the whole burden of the poor-rate tn Ireland on the tenant , because he considered it would be most desirable to remove the impression tbat prevailed that absentee Irish landlords did not contribute to the relief of the poor in Ireland .
The Earl of Clancabti moved , as an amendment , that the bill be read a second time that day six months _. He objected to the rating divisions , to the increase of _ee-c-JJlcio guardians and to other portions of this bill . The effect of the measure would be to destroy the feelings of tharity and humanity so remarkable In the Irish , and to substitute for it the cold , unfeeling relief administered by relieving officers . It would also amount to a confiscation of property in that country . After some discussion tht amendment was withdrawn and the bill read a second time . The Landed _Propsrty ( Ireland ) Bill was read a second time . The Incumbered Estates Bill ( Ireland ) then went through committee , and the House adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Mr T . _Bdi-cohic presented petitions from Korwich prajing for tbe repeal of the ratepaying clauses ofthe Raform Bill .
Dr _Bowbino moved a series of resolutions on tbe subject of the mode of keeping the public accounts and suggesting a new system . After some discussion fhe motion was withdrawn . Mr Hume moved for an inquiry into the state of the Navy since 1832 as regards the building , alterations , and repairs of her Majesty's ships . Lord _Ingestrie seconded the motion . Mr Ward opposed the inquiry , as quite uncalled for . Sir J . Graham , Sir C . Napier , and Mr Corry followed , and the house _divided—Forthemotionj 13 Againstit 6 S Majority against the motion .... —S 3 The otber orders of tbe day were disposed of , and the house adjourned . FRIDAY , _Apbil 30 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Tbe Encumbered Estates ( Ireland ) Bill went through Committee . The remaining business was of no public importance .
HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The Monet _Mabket—Ibish Railwiis . —On the order of the day being read for going into committee of Supply on the Railways , Ac . ( Ireland ) Bill , Mr Roebuck objected to £ 699 , 000 of tbe public money being devoted to such objects , and moved , as an amendment , that other orders ef the day be read . The amendment being _presaed to a division , was rejected by 203 votes against 14 . The house then went into committee on the bill , when the Chancellor ofthe Exchequer proposed that loans be advanced to certain railways in Ireland . In so doing he took occasion to observe , that the panic which
prevailed so generally in the money-market , within the last few days , was altogether without foundation . He was enabled to make tbat statement , not only from an inter _, view which he had had with the Governorof the Bank of England , but from recent intelligence from America . In consequence ofits being found impossible to make the reclamation of Waste Lands Bill in Ireland work practically , at least for the present , that measure which gave one million fivehundred thousandpounds was abandoned , and tbe five hundred thousand pounds of tbe money proposed to be given bj instalments , for the advancement of those lines .
A lengthened debate ensued , and ultimately the bouse divided , when there appeared *]; for the motion , 203 ; against it , 75 ; majority in favour of the government , 133 . Tha other orders of the day were then disposed of , aad the bouse adjourned ,
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Sbaxspebe . Bibth . dat , — The anniversary of the poet's birth day was celebrated , as usual , at the place of his nativity , on Friday , the 23 rd of April . In the early part of the day , the _Shaksperian Club held its twentythird anniversary ; William Lucy , Esq ., in the chair . The proceedings derived-some interest from the subject discussed ; it was that of the purchase of the old bouse , within the walls of which the bard first saw the light . This tottering edifice , by the provisions of tbe will of the last male owner , was to be sold at the death efhis wife . This lady-expired at the close of the last year , and the society not possessing any funds wherewith to purchase the building , application was made to government , through Lord Morpeth , ' the Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests , and the following was received in reply : —•
" Sir , —I am extremely obliged to you for the communication you have been good enough tomako tome on the part of the _Shaksperian Club , respecting the approaching disposal of the house in which the gfeaieft of our poets was born ; but , upon the whole , ' the members ofthe government are disposed to think that the acquisition of so interesting a property pertains still more to the people of England than to its governmsut . I have the honour to be , & c , * - o _ i _ th . In these circumstances , coupled too , with tho fact that the present holders ofthe property decline to name any price for the building , but have resolved on submitting it for public competition , the _committea of the club have ben reluctantly compelled to abstain taking any further steps in the matter , so that this property bids fair to
become at ths mercyof some chance purchaser . It Is tobe hoped , however , that comething may yet be done to purchase the house for the publio . The dinner in the evening at the _Shakspere-hall , wai attended by many of the country gentry . T . H , Bracebridge , Esq ., presided ; and Mr M , Philips , M . P . for Manchester , was a guest , Unfortunately , however , the committee has been unsuccessful in their efforts to obtain tbe attendance of any of the literati of the day . Amongst those to whom Invitations bad been sent , were the venerable poet Wordsworth , who , in return , expressed the deep interest he felt in the society , and the delight it would have afforded bim to have been present , but he found the journey to Stratford lm .
possible . Serjeant Talfourd , _overwhelmed with briefs , could not spare the time from his professional duties , to visit ( to adopt his own expressive language ) "the most sacred spot in Britain ; " aad Mr W . S . Landor , a Warwickshire man , found himself compelled , from otber causes , to decline . Notwithstanding these ' drawbacks , however , the affair passed off well . Besides the toast of the evening , " The immortal memory of William Shakspere . " The following among others , were also drunk : "Wordsworth and the British poets , " "the Garrick Club , " and "Sheridan Knowles and the Drama , " The second dinner atthe Falcon was also well attended by tha tradesmen of the town and others ,
' The Rev . Hugh M-Neilo is announced to _preao _. the annual serine- in London for the Church Pastoral Aid Society , on Monday , 10 th May . There is now to be seen at Castle Donnington an apricot-tree , with fruit upon it the she of walnuts , belonging to Mr Josh . Leawood . The apple trees of Devonshire present a fine appearance of bud ; some of the trees are already in full bloom-It is said that Mr Maddox , the lessee of tho Princess ' s Theatre , has offered Mr Macready an engagement for twenty weeks , of the next season , at 100 guineas per week . His performance to be three times a week at stipulated intervals .
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" LAMBETH . '— A Hew Dona .. —E llen Williams , a middle-aged female , who refused to _gifehsr address , was seen by Cockrill , 108 L , to follow a gentleman into a waterinr place near the Crown public house , at the corner of the _Lambeth-road . He -asked the prisoner her business there , aud her reply was that she was wait-, ing for a friend . The gentleman by this time had come out of the place and not only denied all _knowledge of her , but said sbe bsd followed him fqr some distance ; and at the time his watch and eye-glass wera very much exposed , He ( witness ) then told the prisoner that unless she went about her business he must remove her to the _stattou-hou'e . She appeared reluctant to go . At the time two _ruspectable-looking men came up , and advised her to do as she was told , upon which she turned round nnd struck one ofthem . . Witness then laid hold of her and requested the men to accompany htm to tho station to give ber in charge , and the latter expressed their _willihsness to do so . They had not proceeded far ,
however , when one ofthem slipped four half-crowns iuto his hand , and requested that the prisoner might be allowed to go about her business . Having no doubt from this circumstance that the men were her accomplices , he sprung his rattle , but the men disappeared before assist ' nnce came up . The officer added , that within tbe last ten days no less than three robberies had been effected by femaUB following gentlemen into watering placeB , and while there two men made their appearance , one of whom generally charged their victim with taking his wife there for an improper purpose , made use of violent threats , and allowed the thief to escape with a natch , or whatever she could lay her hands on The prisoner , who denied the charge of intentional robbery , said she was a respectable married female , and in the stay trade , but refused to give hsr real name or address . Mr Norton observed he was thoroughly convinced that plunder was her object in following the gentleman to the place above described , and ordered her to find good bail for one month .
WORSHIP-STREET . —A PACm ' s HoM . — A fine , tall , bale-looking old man , eighty-nine years of age , of very venerable appearance , and with long flowing white hair , was placed before the magistrate under the following circumstances :-He had been fire years receiving an allowance from Shoreditch parish ( 3 s . a week ) , but living during that period in Bethnal-green , and the Shoreditch parish now refused to _allew bim anything further , on the ground tbat the recent Act of Parliament , with respect to the removal and settlement of the poor , had the effect of transferring his claims to relief to the parish of Beth _, nal . green , in consequence of bis five years' residence
there The Bethnal-green parish officers , however , would only consent to take bim into their workhouse , instead of allowing him any out- door relief . Mr Broughton asked the old applicant why be refused to enter the workhouse f—Ths old man said he had been married fifty . six years to his wife ( whois eighty ) , and they would feel it as a cruelty to separate them until it should please God te take them . Mr Broughton asked if it was a matter of necessity to separate such an old couple in tbe workhouse 1 Mr Christie said it was ; the law was imperative in tbat ' respect . Mr Broughton gave him some assistance frem the poor-box , until his case had been further considered by the parish officers .
BOW-STREET . —A _Paumb . Bonr . — A few weeks back a female casual pauper , whose husband had previously died in St Giles ' s workhouse , was sent with others to the King ' s College Hospital , in Portugal-street , Lincoln ' s Inn-fields , where she has since died , upon wbich Mr Lyons , the secretary , communicated the circumstances to the parish authorities , at the same time requestingthat the body should be moved by them for in . terment . The application was met by a refusal on the part of the parish authorities , on the grounds that as the hospital was in a different parish , they could not be
called upon to bear any portion of the expanses consequent on the removal or interment of tbe deceased , Tbe question led to a lengthened investigation before the magistrates , when it was arranged that the whole matter should be brought before the St Giles ' s Board , and in the meantime the body was removed by the parish authorities from the hospital for interment . Saturday a letter was received from tbe chairman of St Giles ' s parish , informing the magistrate that the matter wonld be entertained on the board day , with a view to submit the question to tbe consideration ofthe Poor Law Com . _mlesioners _.
Fo _ ionsDBiviHo <—W . Price , driver of omnlbus , l _, 7 _W , plying between Charing . crossand Brixton-bill , appeared before Mr Jardine , upon a summons charging him with having , on the 19 th instant , by carelessness , inflicted certain injuries on a horse , the property of the Earl of Clare , to which he pleaded guilty . William King , his lordship ' s coachman , stated that on the evening of the day in question he was driving a pair of horses attached to a carriage containing his lordship and two children down Whitehall towards the House of Lords , when the defendant drove bis vehicle in the same direction , and suddenly crossed the road at a furious rate ; Witness was at the right hand side ot the cab rank at the time , driving at tbe rate of five miles an hour , and the wheel of the omnibus injured one of the horses so much that
It had been lame ever since . In answer to the charge the defendant said thathe was a driver ten years witbout any complaint being made against him during that time , and after the accident occurred , wbich was caused by a cart which drove near bim at the kerb , be apologised for what had happened . Lord Clare said that bad . the defendant stopped and apologized for his conduct no fur . ther _notiee would have been taken of the circumstance , but observing everyday tha manner in which ponderous vehicles wera driven through the str « _ets , to the danger of the public , he considered it his duty to bring the matter before the court with a view , if possible , to put a check to such practices ; at the same time he was bound to admit defendant apologised for what had happened when he was overtaken , but not till thea . Mr Jardine
said that there was gross carelessness on the part ef the defendant , not only In driving against the horse , but not stopping immediately when the occurrence _jjtonk lace , and it was necessary , for the benefit of the public , for him to know that the court had power to send the defendant , in such a case , to prison for three months , and also to impose a penalty of £ 3 , with tbe liability of all the damage done ; but as there was no disposition to press for _Buch punishment he would mitigate the penalty to -0 _s „ or one month ' s imprisonment . —The fine was paid . MARLBOROUGH-STREET- _—AaisioeBA ne Tibt _» m . A lady , evidently suffering under mental distress , accompanied by her legal adviser , made an application to Mr Bingham . Thegentieman said ; Sir , I have to solicit
your advice in a case of a very painful nature . It is a case in which I do not know whether it is in the province of this court to give assistance , and this Increases , if possible , the _painfulness of this public application . This lady is the Countess of Mornington . She has been separated from her husband ( the present Earl of Mornington ) for about fourteen years . At the time of the 8 eparat ' on tho Earl of Mornington settled on this lady £ 1 . 000 , to be paid out of his estates . The arrears , which have accumulated for thirteen or fourteen years , amount to £ 14 , 000 , 01-, If Lady Mornington is entitled to charge interest , to £ 17 , 500 , About six or seven monthB ago lady Mornington came to England to see about her Chancery suit . She resided at Hatchett ' s Hotel , and she has no causeof complaint against Mr Thomas , tbe
proprietor , except tbat looking to his own interest , and ageing no prospect of speedy _payment of bis bill , he gave her ladyship notice to leave the hotel on Saturday , Lady Mornington , therefore , at this moment is in a state of complete destitution , Lord _Mernington _. family have been appealed to , but they all _refuse to interfere in any matter in which Lord Mornington in concerned , and state that in every thing connected wth Lord Mornington the law mutt take its course , My application is to know if you , by some summary process , can bring Lord Mornington , wbo is now at Mivart ' _s Hotel , before you to show cause why he does not properly maintain his wife . Mr Bingham : I see no difficulty in the case whatever ; the
course to take appears to me perfectly plain . This lady complains that her husband does not allow her support . I understand sbe lives at Hatchett's Hotel , which is in the parish of St George ' s , _Hanover-square . She is at present without the means of support , and she therefore comes within the description ef casual poor . The lawful course , is for her to apply to the parish authorities to be relieved . The husband is bound to supply means ef subsistence to his wife , and a parish has power to compel him to do what a husband is bound to do , namely , to contribute to the support of his wife . The applicant , on behalf of Lady Mornington , thanked the magistrate for his advioe , and then withdrew .
Tbe Countess of _Mernington , pursuant to the magistrate ' s recommendation , appeared on Thursday at the Marlborough Police Court , in order to enable the parish authorities of St George ' s , Hanover-square , on whom her ladyship had become chargeable , to proceed in tbe usual way against ths Earl of Mornington , for neglecting and refusing to maintain his wife . Her ladyship had , it appeared , applied for relief , as a casual pauper , to the parish , and , having been relieved , her deposition was taken according to tbe customary form . The deposition was to the effect "that she , Helena , Countess of Mornington , had been lawfully married in 1828 , la Hertfordshire , to William Pole
Tylney Long Wellesley , the present Earl of Mornington ; that she had applied for assistance to ber husband-,, that she had been refused any kind of support ; and that Bhe was , at present , entirely destitute of any means of ordinary subsistence . " Mr Thomas , the proprietor of Hatchett ' 8-hotel , deposed that It was bis opinion that the statement of complete destitution put forth by her ladyship was true . Her ladyship , who appeared to feel acutely her peculiar situation , was then sworn to the truth of her statoment , The warrant , which ordered that the ** body of the Earl of Mornington be forthwith taken , and brought beforo the signing magistrate , " was then signed by Mr Bingham , and the parties left the court .
Mobe Fubioo . DBivit * _.. — Francis Skipp , described on the police-sheet as a " gentleman , " was charged with having furiously driven two horses in a carriage ; and also with having injured and otherwise endangered the lives of two young women named Fry . Sophia Fry , of 30 , Great _Ormond-street , said- about half _, past nine o ' clock on Sunday evening she was about to cross Leicester-square , when she was suddenly knocked down by the horses in a carriage driven by the defendant , The horses were coming along at a very great speed , and on their wrong side . Her arm was broken , her head was injured by one of tho horse ' s hoofs , and her leg was badly bruised . Elizabeth Fry said she was with her lister at the time of the injury . The honei and carriage eam » on at such a rapid rate that
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it was Impossible te get out of tbeir way . -he was als _° knocked down , and her side very much bruised . Jams * Dimes , a cabman , said he saw a carriage coming f long on the wrong side of the road . . The difsn _. _ant drove the carriage against his cab , and did damage tb the amount of 80 s , The defendant then ran against a lamp-post , and concluded his drunken career by knocking down two females . The horses were galloping furiously atthe time . Mr Bingham inflicted the fines of £ 10 for the injury on Sophia Fry , a _ d £ 10 for tbe injury _onEUtabsth Fry , to bs awarded to _thess parties b y way of compensation ; . Oa . for furious driving , _SOs . for das-age to the cab , and 5 s . for toss of time t » tbe cabman ; in all £ 23 15 a . ' The defendant was at tbis court a short time ago , and was tben fined __ 0 s . for furiously driving .
_SOUTHWARK—tiolen _^ Assam ,.. —T . Cook was placed before Mr Cottingham , charged with committing a violent assault on Elita Mairs . Tbe complainant , a young woman , of 18 years of age , stated that she lived with her mother , in Suffolk-court , Snow .. fields , Southwark , and that she obtained her living by selling fruit . That on the preceding evening , about seven o ' clock , while she was waiting for her mother , in St James ' _s-iq _. are , theprisoner and another man camejup driving a cab , and asked her if _sshe would get into the vehicle and they would drive her home . As she was tired and had ' a long way to go , she accepted of their invitation , and accordingly got into the cab , both the prisoner and another man , named Mills , being on the box together When they got seme distance they pulled np , and Mills got into
the cab with her , although she objected to it , and tried to get out herself , but was prevented . The prisoner drove forward and stopped at a public-house in the Strand and had some liquor with his companion , after which he continued the journey until they came near _Finsburj-square _, at which place the prisoner changed places with Mills , who got out ef tbe vehicle , and the prisoner no sooner sat down by ber side than he began to take improper liberties , which she resisted , at the same time calling aloud for assistance , but tbe cab was driven along witb such fury tbat her cries were drowned in the noise of the wheels , and it _continaed until they reached Snow ' s-fields , the prisoner , all the time , making the _utmostexertions to overpower her . By great exertion on _berjpart she at length forced upon the door , and although the cab was
still going at a rapid pace , she jumped out , at the risk of her life , and was much hurt , and had her gown , bonnet , and otber slothes , torn to pieces . She here exbibited her clothes , which wero in the condition described _. Policeman 117 M stated , that while he was on duty in Snow ' _s-fieldsthe previous night he saw a cab coming along at a rapid rate , followed by several persons attracted by tbe complainant ' s cries . When it had proceeded some distance tbe complainant was seen to jump out , and he went in pursuit of the vehicle , and succeeded in stopping the horse and _sesuring the prisoner , who waB Inside , while Mills was ou the box driving . The policeman added , tbat when be went up to the complainant she was insensible from the fall , lying on the ground , and as she appeared to be much hurt , he conveyed her home , where she soon recovered sufficiently to be enable to describe the outrage , as she had done in court . Theprisoner said the complainant got into his cab without pressing ,
and rode with Mills inside , who gave her a shilling , and that she permitted him to do what he pleased ; that he ( prisoaer ) afterwards entered tbe vehicle , and that she jumped out . Mr Cottingham questioned tbe complainant , and in reply she declared that Mills , the first man who entered tho cab , did not attempt to take liberties with ber , nor did be give her a shilling ; that she was leading a virtuous life , and lived with ber parents , in Snow ' s-fieId 8 ; she was aware now she had acted most indiscreetly in getting into tbe cab , but she did it under the impression that as the prisoner was going orer London-bridge it would be no trouble tohim to set her down near her home ; that bad she not resisted with all ber strength , the prisoner would have effected bis purpose . The magistrate said that such a charge should certainly undergo farther investigation , andhe directed immediate inquiry to Tbe made relative to the complainant . The prisoner was therefore remanded .
THAMES . —Alleged Cbceltx on the High Seas . — Mr Richard Essinon , master of the Enchantress , was brought up in custody of Inspector Evans , of the Thames police , charged wiih an assault on tbe bigb seas upon a lad named Henry Hausford , his cabin boy , wbo was about fourteen or fifteen years of age . Tbe case , however , as it proceeded , seemed to involve a charge of a much more serious nature . John Porter , the chief mate , stated tbat on the passage to Sydney , for which the Enchantress left on the lst of May , 1846 , the deceased became ill , about the following January , and remained ill for a month , but witness could not tell what was his complaint ; He was confined for a , week to bis hammock , and subsequently died of fever , being delirious part of the time . Previously to tbis , he said the captain struck him .
Witness remembered tbe occasion , for he heard the boy shrieking in the cabin , and when he saw him the boy appeared to be in great pain . The captain , explaining the matter to witness , said he thought some one had come to steal the stores , The deceased afterwards went on board H . M _. S . Driver , where he wanted to engage , but Captain Essinon would not assent to it ; Prisoner : I only gave him a back . handed blow on the shoulder . We put in at Batavia after that , where the boy could have had a doctor , but be never complained . We were also at Samarang _, where some of the men were placed under the cava of a physician , but the boy did not avail himself of the opportunity . In answer to the magistrate , Porter said the boy complained of the blow about a month before he died . The second mate , William Proctor , on returuiug from Surra Bay , on board the Enchantress , found the deceased lad moaning on the deck , He was
ill from that time till the time of his death . One of tbe men wbo had been left behind told witness thattheboy said the captain was the cause of his death . ! ' Witness did not know that the boy complained of illness before he received the blow . He complained of pain near the ribs , and on the right side . No medical man saw him , Mr Yardley could not say whether it was not a case for further inquiry . There was no evidence to send it as one of manslaughter to the Central Criminal Court . A bill of indictment might be prepared if deemed advisable ; meantime the defendant should procure two sureties to answer any charge tbat might be preferred against him . These not being forthcoming , he was bound in his own recognizances of £ 100 , to appear at this court on Wednesday . The parties then left , both the relatives ofthe lad and the captain expressing a desire for the fullest inquiry .
Robbery And Capture By Means Of The Rail...
ROBBERY AND CAPTURE BY MEANS OF THE RAILWAY TELEGRAPH . In the latter period of last week , a young man named John Bourne , respectably attired , took up his residence at Mr John Cox ' s , the Ord Arms Inn , Scotswood-road , Newcastle , for the ostensible purpose of being trained by Henry Clasper to row a skiff match at Manchester , and Mr Cox , in order to make him comfortable , gave up his own sleeping apartment , in which was a chest of drawers containing a sum of money amounting to above £ 200 . Bourne ' s deportment altogether was suoh that net the slightest suspicion was attached to his proceedings until Tuesday afternoon , between five and six o ' clock , when the drawer containing the money , together with a cash box in which it was deposited , was found to have been broken open , and the entire contents of the box taken away . The alarm was
immediately given , when it was ascertained that Bourne had left the house about two o ' clock , and from various circumstances no doubt was felt that Bourne was the guilty party , and it wa 3 concluded that he would make down to Gateshead and take the train southward . Mr Taylor , of Salwell , accordingly mounted his horse , and rode direct to the Westgate station , where he gave _information ofthe robbery , and a description of tbe dress Bourne had on , to Mr Inspector Little , who , with Sub-inspector Drummond , proceeded at once to the telegraph office , at the Gateshead station . Almost simultaneously Mr Cox himself called at Mr Stephens ' , the superintendent of police , and gave information there , with a full description of Bourne ' s person and dress , with the amount and description of the notes stolen . This
was Bent over immediately to Mr Johnson , the station master at Gateshead , who felt the importance of this additional intormation _, and instantly set the telegraph to work ; and these particulars were so full and accurate that the station master at Normanton felt no hesitation in acting upon them . This would be about six o ' clock , and as the mail train left at a quarter past three o ' clock , it was conjectured that it'he had left with it ho might be intercepted . When the account of the robbery and a description oi the person reached York the train bad passed , and the information was forwarded to Normanton , in advance of the train . The station master at Normanton sent instantly for a police officer , and in the meantime the train had arrived . Ou the officer hearing the description read over , he at once
remarked that a man answering the description was standing on the platform , where he had just passed hira . The station master gave orders to apprehend him , and when the officer went up and seized him by the arm , and asked him to walk into the station , he refused , and considerable force was necessary to get him there . He then refused . to be searched , but that was at length effected in spite ofthe resistance he offered , and the sum of £ 203 8 s . found upon him , which consisted of two £ 5 notes , £ 192 in gold , and 28 s . in silver . He was then brought back to York by the next train , and information was transmitted by telegraph to Gateshead that he had beeu
_aimre-- ended . The telegraph was put to work about seven o ' clock , and at nine , two hours afterwards , intelligence was received that the man had been apprehended a hundred and ten miles distant . Ou the intelligence of Bourne having beea apprehended reaching Gateshead , Mr Inspector Little proceeded by the next train to York , and returned with his prisoner at half-past one o ' clock the following day . He was taken before Mr Alderman Dunn , and transferred to the _couuty , when the particulars were laid befsre Dixon Dixon , Esq ., and the prisoner was remanded . Bourne , it seems , is twenty-two years of age , and belongs to Manchester , where his wife aud family are residing .
A Bed Of Oysters Has Been Discovered At ...
A bed of oysters has been discovered at a short distance from Catania , in Sicily . They are small , but succulent , and among them are some which a committee of naturalists pronounce to bo of a species known to the Romans , and which in the time of Cicero were called the _oarsof Venus .
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CORN , <_ c . _Mabk-Lahe , Monday , April 26 . —During last wartthe arrivals of English wheat for our market coastwii _. were on the increase , but by no means extensive , prom Ireland and Scotland next to nothing eame to hand W tho imports of foreign wheat , barley , and oats , there b ein nearly 30 , 008 quarters of the latter , were large , _thossnr other gr , ain small . Fresh up this morning a fair _supnlv % wheat came to hand from Kent , but that from Essex am ? our various other districts was small . At the _comuienp ment of business the factors demanded extravagantly hn " prices for all kinds of wheat of home produce , as much . 94 s having been asked for Essex white , but which he * ever , the millers were not inclined to give . There waT increase in the show of foreign wheat . 8 n W _ d . iesd 4 t , _Awti _* . 28 . —The arrivals of _Englfsf _, „„ have been tolerably good this week , yet the show of _« _i ' pies here to-day was by no means large . All kinds mm a off steadily , at about Monday ' s quotations . The hi qualities of foreign wheat are held at full prices , but _ ii other description met a slow inquiry . *
Fbidav , April 30 . —The English wheat offered for sai » this day was small in quantity and fetched fully as _ l or better prices than were obtainable on Monday . Forei __ in good request to country buyers at ls . per ar . advance with more export demand . Flour steady , Barley malt peas , and beans , in good consumptive request at the recent improvement . Indian corn here If . to 2 s . dearer _Li-eds , Tuesday , April , 27 .-The arrival of wheat is pretty good ; the trade having purchased freely last week . are not disposed to increase stocks , consequently little business done , and sales are barely equal to Friday ' s terms . Average prices : — Wheat , 78 s ; barley , 52 s 3 d . oats , 35 s 2 d . * _Liv-BPoot , Tuesday , April 27 . —At our Corn Exchano _»
this morning there , was amiddling attendance of the trade and a large show of flour , and Indian corn fresh _atTired _antl fair of other grain . The market was extremely depressed for every article , at a decline oil prices of this dav week of 3 d . to 44 . per _Tulbs . on wheat ; 2 s . to 2 s , ( id , par barrel on flour . Oats , beunB , peas , and barley , nil flat and scarcely _anything done in them . ' Friday , April , 30 . —There was a good show of _sample of all kinds of grain , flour , & c . For wheat there was an extensive country demand at the prices of Tuesday , and in some instances an advance of 2 d- ' per 70 lbs . was re . alized _.-
_M-f-cn _ 8 T _ B , Saturday , April 24 . —The excited reports received during the week from various leading markets , as _likewise from the agricultural districts , caused holders of-our to demand greatly enhanced prices for the article , and which necessitous consumers were compelled to comply . The sacs made , however , were chiefly confined to choice fresh qualities , and for prime Norfolk , whites even S 3 s per sack was realised ; but the high prices demanded reduced the _transac . ons to a very limited compass . KicnMOND ( Yobksuihe ) , Saturday , April 21 . —We only had a thin supply of grain in our market this morning-Wheat sold from 10 s to 12 s ; oats , 3 s Gd to 4 s 8 d ; barley , 6 s 6 d to 6 s 9 d ; beans , _Cs Od to 7 s per bushel . Wakefield , April 30 . —The arrivals of wheat continue limited , and holders are firm in requiring last week ' s prices , but the demand being inactive the sales made are at a slight reduction in value . Barley is scarce , and maltsters biing unable to . supply themselves , extreme prices are obtained . Oats are jd . per stone , and shelling is . to 2 s . per load higher . CATTLE , _ c .
SHi-mmi _,-, Monday , April 26 . —Since Monday last , up to Saturday morning , the imports of live stock into London were composed of 102 oxen , » 00 cows , 1 , 020 sheep , and 96 calves , chiefly from Rotterdam and Harlingen . At the outports about 100 beasts , 220 sheep , and 35 calves , have come to hand , in , for the most part , fair average condition . Tg _. day thtre were on sale here about 2 . 0 beasts , 200 sheep , and 40 calves from Holland . From _Ji . rfolk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire , we received about 1 , 200 Scots , homebreds , and shorthorns ; from the ""' stern and midland districts 800 _Herefords , runts , Devon * , & c . from other parts of England 750 of various breeds ; and from Scotland 220 horned and polled Scots . For the time of year the numbers of sheep were small , though of full average quality .
Fbidat , April 30 . —There was a large supply of beasts , but , provisions of all kinds being dear , there was an in . crease in the consumption of this article , and , consequently , there was no difficulty in effecting sales at fally lato rates . There was a good supply of sheep ; the de . maud , however , was large , and prices were fully 2 d . per 81 bs higher than on Monday last . Trade for lambs was scarcely so good , the choicest with difficulty _naVing 6 s . Sd . Good calves were scarce , and rather dearer ; iu middling qualities no improvement was observable . Figs were not quite so plentiful ; small porkers made rather more money . Coarse and inferior beasts , 3 s 2 d to 8 s 4 d ; second quality ditto , 3 s fid t ) 3 s 8 d ; prime large oxen , Ss lOd to 4 s 2 d ; prime Scots , 4 s 4 d to 4 s ( id . Coarse and inferior sheep , 4 s 2 d to 4 s Gd ; second quality ditto , 4 s 8 d to 58 Od ; prime coarse woolled sheep , 5 s 2 d to 5 s fid ; prime South Down ditto , 5 s Sd to Cs Od . Large coarse calves , 4 s 6 d to 5 s Od ; prime small ditto , 5 s 2 d to 5 s fid Large hogs , 3 s lOd to 4 s 6 d ; neat small porkers , 4 s 8 d to 5 s 2 d . Lamb , 5 s 4 d to 6 s id , per 81 bs to sink the offal , Suckling calves , 18 s to 30 s ; and quarter _« ld store pigs 16 s to 21 s each .
Liverpool . — Cattle Imported , — From Thursday , April 22 nd , to Monday 28 th , there arrived at tbis port : — Cows , 1 , 113 ; calves , 4 s ; heep , 92 !)* ; lambs , 194 ; pigs , 678 ; horses , 23 ,
POTATOES . _Bobouoh and Spitalfields , Monday , April 2 C .-Th _» supplies of potatoes on sale here this morning were very small , while the _tradu ruled firm at the following quotations : —York Hegents 240 s to -Bus , ditto Beds 2405 to 280 s , ditto Sbaws 220 s to 230 s , Dutch whites lb'Os to ls ' s , Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire Rogents , 210 s to 230 s , ditto kidneys . 220 s to 230 s per ton .
State Of Tkade. Buckbubn.—The Trade At B...
STATE OF TKADE . BUckbubn . —The trade at Blackburn and the neighbourhood is in a very precarious state , the working of short time , and the closing of cotton factories , owing to the advance which has taken place on the raw _material , is still progressing , and to a considerable extent . Distress is alarming both amongst cotton-mill operatives , and the handloorh cotton weavers . Several large firms hare this week given notice , that if an alteration for the hotter does not speedily take place , they will give up the cotton bnsL ness altogether . _Bbadfobd . —Wool : The spinners buy with great caution and the purchases made during the week are less than usual . The market is not abundantly supplied , which keeps prices stationary . Halifax . — The dulness in the worsted trade remains , aud there is no perceptible change either in demand oris prices . _Huddibsfield . —The market has been very dull . There are a few buyers , but there is no inclination to speculate beyond tbeir immediate wants . Leeds . —Though the rise in the price of grain and the state of the money market have checked the demand for woollen goods , a fair amount . of business has been done during the week at the warehouses .
Livebpooi .. —Cox-row Aiabket . —Our market continues very flat and heavy , nor can we hope for any amendment while the present pressure on the money-market continues so severe . _Kocudale . —We have had but little doing in tbe piece market , but prices' are much the same as last week . Total mills closed , 17—number of hands out of employment , upwards of 3 , 000 . Several firms that are working short time intimate their intention of closing tlieir fac torles . Stockpobt . —Masters havehad meetings every day , but they are _* afraid to close tlieir mills at present , _ eice-v __ . —Tr __ e co „ tm _ e 8 dull . More hands are unemployed , but wools and yarns remain without alteration .
_Manche 8 Tee . —Our market has been very languid , the depression having _becoTie more decided as the week has advanced . The business doing is extremely limited , nor is there any immediate prospect of as alteration for the better . The distress in all tlio towns fifteen miles round Manchesteramongst cotton-inill operatives is alarming iu the extreme , and unless something he done very speedily , it is feared there will be disturbances . The towns are crowded with Irish beggars and with _operauves out of work . iNoTTiNGnAM .-Lace : The state of the yarn market , with the somewhat increased pressure for money , and the continuous cold weather , combine to exert a most _baue . ful influence on this branch of local manufacture . There
have been some buyers in the town during the week , but their purchases have been insufficient to produce any activity in the market . Hosiery * The home markets continue in _* a very inactive state for the season of the year , although we havo heard of a partial improvement in some branches . Oldham . —The cotton trade at Oldham , Royton _, ana Crompton , is getting worse every day , and this week many occupiers of cotton mills , who have been working short time , have given not ' ee to their hands of their intention to close their factories . The shopkeepers are becoming alarmed , and will ouly purchase small quantities of provisions , owiug to the reports that many nre afraid oi an outbreak :
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( From the Gazette oi _Tnesday , April n . ) Joseph Woolcombe and Henry Woolcombe , of 16 , Cornhill , shipping agents—Richard Butcher , jun ., of _i-psona , _paintcr-Joliu Davy _Langmead , of 26 , _Judd-s-eet , draper Ijohn -Powell and David Powell , of Woolwich , linen drapers—Francis Mackie , of _Southampton-row , _Busseu . square , tailor-John Fettepher , of 2 , _Rochcstcr-road . Cuinden town , builder—Jacques Louis Bourdon and Peter Joseph _Meugens _, of Finch-street , Whitechapel , sugar refiners— George Barnard , of High Wycombe , grocer—I _' _sttf Francis Adrian YanderYyver , formerly ' of London-street , _Fenchurch-street , and no wot * Crutchcd-friars , merchant —John Burton , of Taunton , coach proprietor—Samuel Withnall aud William Cartwright , of _Kershaw-bridge and Salford , dyers—Alice Johnston , of Livorpool , tailor-Edward Bridcut , of Cheltenham , ironmonger—Robert Law of Bristol , ironmonger—William _Khowell , of Bristol , carpenter .
( From the Gazelle of Friday , April 80 . ) William Blinco , late of Beacorisfield , but now of West Smith-fild , and of 17 , Northampton-street , Lowcr . road , Islington , cattle dealer—William Amos , of Whitstable , coal merchant—John Humphrey , of North Walsham , grocer-Henry Sydney Brazier , of Oxford ,. tailor—Thos . Starling , sen ., aud William Starling , of Stratford , slaters —John Clarke , of Portwood , Cheshire , machine maker-John Ward , of Runcorn , grocer-David Richard Thomas , of Carmarthen , draper—James - . met , of Sunderland , hosier—Richard Ray and Thomas Wynne , of Longton , Stoke-upon-Trent _, china manufacturers .
The First Private Carriage Whioh Waa Set...
The first private carriage whioh waa set up ia Man * cnester was by a Madam Drake ; in 176 .. Disturbances have taken place at Prague among the working classes , in consequence ol great distress The troops had to be called out to re-establish order . Mkiropoutan Police . —The annual return ol the number of persona taken into custody by this _ooay during 1846 , has just been issued . Tho total numoer of persons taken into custody was 02 , 834 , oeing 42 , 269 males , and 20 ,-65 females . Of this number , 31 , 389 wero discharged by the mag istrates , / o , _* w *> summarily disposed of , or held to bail by the magistrates , nnd ., 112 committed for trial .
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street , Haymarket , in tlio _Uity ot _- _*«* — Office , in tlie same Street and Parish , for the iroprietor , FEARGUS _O'CONNOR , Esq ., and pu-hs & ea by Wilmam Hewitt , of No . 18 ,. Charles . treet , JJran . . _dOn-street _, Walworth , in the parish of St . Mary , _sewing ton , in tha County of Surrey , at the Ollice , mo . _t » , Great _Windmill-sti . ot , Haymarket , in the . City _onvestminster , Saturday / May lst , 1847 ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 1, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_01051847/page/8/
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