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HOUSE OF LORDS , _Moseat , Aran , _- e _. The IfaJ ? F & £ 2 SSkA their UrAJS _* _Sdon To the disgraceful scene which took SatSate _, on the occasion of thc uchvery of _« S | scrnmnpno _^ _«— £ 5 _Sf _tSr _^ _vSVS _Xlted by ticket * _£ _mtfe _griffs , and the criniin _^ w _asso pkcedas _Ste epen to the scrutiny of all _ff _^' _f _^ nd Sore by curiosity than proper feeling , had found Scans to be admitted to witness what might almost " _^ called the performance . The noble marquis condemned in the strongest manner the _wurse pursued bv the City authorities , and moved lor certain retails with the view of -isccrtammg the _correctnea _nf ihe descriptions given in the public papers , and
preventing -the _rccuirence of such scenes in future . There was one feature of tbe transaction particularly reprehensible . Lord Bhotoham also condemned the practice , and _warned the City authorities , if they wished to preserve their privileges respecting the administration of justice , how they allowed practices so revolting to be carried on under their own immediate supervision . There was a perversion of justice in the course pnr-BueiUfor to one class of prisoners this exposure in the chapel would be a serious aggravation of the punishment to which they were condemned , while to another class , of which Hocker formed one , it would be in the nature of a reward , ministering to their morbid love of notoriety at the very time when their attention should be directed to an atonement for their crimes .
"Lord Stasley said there could be but one opinion as to the gross impropriety of the transactions referred to . They were deserving of the strongest condemnation , bnt if the noble marquis would withdraw lus motion , he would undertake that the Secretary of State should make inquiry into tbe whole of tbe facts , after which , if necessaiy , the noble marquis might again bring it under their lordships' consideration . Lord Redesdale said that the _proceedings at the execution were a continuation of the theatrical scene at the condemned sermon , and almost equally reprehensible . The Marquis of _Claxeicaude adopted the sugges tion of Lord Stanley , and withdrew his motion . A great number of petitions were presented , after which their lordships adjourned .
Toesdat , April 29 . After a conversation on tbe proposed bill for the union ofthe sees of St . Asaph and Bangor , Lord "Denman moved the second reading of the Oaths Dispensation Bill ; but , on the suggestion of the Duke of Wellington , he consented to withdraw it , in the hope that a more general measure might be introduced . The Earl of _Daluocsie moved the second reading ofthe Auction Duties Bill ; tbe tax had been found to be unjust and oppressive , and , besides , one which was constantly evaded . Lord Brougham said this was the only part of the
budget which he did not moderately admire . No one , not even tbe auctioneers themselves , complained ofthe tax ; be did not profess to know much about the matter , but he knew enough to oppose the details ofthe bill Lord Siaslet had understood the second reading was _ohtymofornui , and tliat discussion was to be postponed till a later stage . As Lord Brougham ' s objections seemed _directed against the details of the measure , and not against its principle , he hoped their Lordships would allow the bill to be read a second time . It was accordingly read , several bills were forwarded a stage , and t iie bouse adjourned .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Fbidav _, Aprii 25 . After -tbe presentation of a number of petitions , Sir R . Feel gave bis promised explanation of the measure contemplated by the Government for regulating the system of banking in Scotland and Ireland B y the Bank Act , passed last session for England , a principle was established which it was desirable , expedient , and just should be extended to Ireland and Scotland . By that bill a security for converti bility was given to the publie , while issues were left unchecked , provided that all issues beyond the existing amount were based on gold and silver actually in possession of the bank . In England that measure had worked well , and in a time of increased commerce and extensive speculation had met all
emergencies to such an extent that those who were originally opposed to it were now compelled to admit that it bad given greater confidence man previously existed in the general stability ofthe monetary concerns ofthe country . In addition to regulating the issues in England there was a prohibition against tbe establishment of any new bank of issue , and this principle he proposed to extend tothe whole of the united Kingdom . The law in Ireland relating to banking was complicated and uncertain , and at a future period it should be revised and amended , but at present he would confine his attention to banks of issue . To tbe Bank of Ireland tbe Government was indebted to a considerable sum , bearing interest at : }* percent ., and this bank had tbe privilege of
exclusive issue within sixty-four miles all round Dublin , and no other bank of issue could bave a place of business or a bouse of agency in that city . This was a serious inconvenience , and he proposed to enable the other seven banks of issue to circulate their notes and have places of business in Dublin . The Bank of Ireland had treated the Government Tery liberally in this matter , consenting at once to the abatement of their privileges , and reqiiiring only that the same restrictions should be placed on other banks as they were liable to . The directors bad also voluntarily proposed that there should hereafter be no distinction in thc oaths taken by Protestant and Roman Catholic directors and proprietors . The bank wonld still remain the bauk of the
Uoverument , and would receive for ten years certain 3 } per cent , on the debt due to it—this to include all charges for management . A weekly return should be made the same as that required from the Bank of England , thus giving a feeling of confidence and security to the commercial world . In Scotland they had no national bank , but they had nineteen banks of issue in all , three being chartered banks with a limited liability . The eight banks in Ireland , and nineteen in Scotland , now issued notes under £ 5 value ; and with this power be did not propose te interfere , though he would not guarantee that no change in that respect should ever take place . This privilege of issuing small notes he proposed should continue , without any restriction as to the
proportion-which £ 1 and £ 2 notes should bear to notes of higher value . In accordance to the principle of the English bill , a return should be made of the average issues during a given period , and such average issue be proposed should be tbe maximum of issues on securities . Any amount " of paper circulation beyond the average must be based on gold and silver in possession of the bank , or Bank of England notes ; but as in Scotland Bank of England notes do not ordinarily circulate , this excess of issue there might be based exclusively on specie . The period for ascertaining the average should be the thirteen lunar months succeeding April 27 th of last year . A separate mode of return would be requisite for Scotland , owing to the _pecoliaritiesof its circulation .
"With respect to these occasional excesses of circulation , the Government intended to trust to the honour ofthe banks , reserving to itself the power of inquiry if any suspicion should arise as to the falsification or incorrectness of reiurns . The returns would specify , as matters of statistical information , the amount of notes above or below the value of £ 5 ; tbe names of the partners , whicli should be periodically published ; and there should be also a weekly private return to the Government of the amount of specie held by each bank . This would not be published , but be altogether for tbe information of the Government . He proposed that the law should come into operation _xju the 1 st of January next , thus affording ample time
for preparatiori . 'Aerightkon . baronetthen showed that , at most , those _baiiiS making an over issue could not be called upon to have a larger _aS ? _* - * ° * specie than a fifth of their whole circulation ; while flie Provincial Bank of Ireland , without any over issue , always bad about a third , and generally nearly half the amount _^ of their issues in specie . He deprecated all discussion at tbat moment . The object was to bave a uniform system of banking throughout the United Kingdom , so as to give tbe Bank of England the power of guarding against political or commercial panics , and place our monetary system on a stable foundation , and any improvement is -the bill bad better be postponed until hon . < _rentlemen should have had time to consider the
particulars of its provisions after it should have been printed . The right hon . baronet concluded by moving for leave to bring in two bills , one for Ireland and the other for Scotland , to amend the laws relating to banking in those countries . & reply to questions from Mr . C . Wood , Sir R . Peel said he had not provided for the prohibition of notes of 30 s . and other fractional sums in Ireland , but be thought it would be an improvement io put a stop to them , aud he hoped there would be no objection to it . With respect to the amount of specie usually held by the Scotch and Irish banks ,
that specie would answer as the depositpro tanto for any extra issue of paper whieh might take p lace . Mr . F . Maule said that , without giving any opinion as to whether the bill was a good or a bad one , he felt bound to say that it was by no means so alarming in its nature as he expected . Mr . P . M . Si-swart feared that Sir R . Peel had an intention at some remote period of establishing one bank of issue , and one onlv , for the United _King-2 ' , , _fle was _"Smprised that the right hon . baronet should ever have pledged himself to interfere with a system of banking so unobjectionable as that of
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Mr . Hume thought the banks in Scotland would make no objection to any one proposition contained in the bill of the right hon . baronet , except that which took the average . This would operate inconveniently , for at some periods of the year the issne in Scotland was always beyond the average of the year ' s circulation . Sir R . Peel said he was aware of that , but he did not restrict the issue ; he only required that the additional issue should be upon specie . Leave was then given to bring in two bills , one for Ireland and the other for Scotland . On the motion for going into committee on the Maynooth College Bill , Mr . Law , at the suggestion of Sir R . Pcd , said he would not bring forward his motion that evening , but would on Monday move , on the report being brought up , that it should be received that day six months .
The bill was passed through committee , and was ordered to be reported on Monday . The remaining business was then disposed of , and the house adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS , Mosdav , April 28 . MATXOOTH . On ihe question that the report on the Maynooth College Bill should be brought up , Mr . Law moved that the report should be brought u * o that day six months . The hon . gentleman
contended that they should either continue tbe usual grant of £ 9000 , or abrogate the grant altogether , leaving the Catholics of Ireland to support the College in the efficiency in which they might think it ought to be maintained . Mr . V . _Smthi would support , at any iudividual risk , a bill which he considered as a satisfactory movement towards the ultimate endowment of the Catholic priesthood of Ireland . Lord Xorreys , Lord Dalmeny , Sir C . Douglas , and Mr . Hawes severally spoke in support of the
bill . Mr . HixntEV opposed tha bill upon the voluntary principle , and contended that its opponents ought not to be charged with bigotry because they repudiated any further endowment of religious opinions . The bill was subsequently supported by Mr . Round and Mr . Borthwick , and opposed reluctantly by Mr . Brotherton ; after which Mr . Fox Maule said he looked upon the bill as leading to an endowment of thc Catholic religion , although Sir R . Peel had stated that he saw great difficulties in the way of any such endowment . The right hon . baronet , however , would have said four or fire years ago that he saw great difficulties in the way ofthe Maynooth College Bill , and yet the right hon .
baronet himself had now introduced it . Mr , Fox Maule then proceeded to charge Sir R . Peel with having encouraged the "No Popery" cry , in order to defeat the Melbourne Cabinet , in the year 1838 , and quoted a letter from the Rev . Dr . Buchanan , of Glasgow , giving a quotation from a speech of Sir R . Peel to a deputation which waited upon him relative to church extension in Scotland . That quotation was expressive of apprehension in consequence of the exertions making for the extension of the Roman Catholic religion throughout Europe . Mr . Piusgle said he was p * esent as one of the deputation , and liad no doubt of the correctness of tbe quotation . He believed Sir R . Peel spoke his real sentiments on that occasion , and he believed
that he still entertained those sentiments , and that he would never have proposed the bill on the table if he thought it possible that it could prove injurious to the Protestant Church . On this point he differed from his right hon . friend , for he was of opinion that it would prove decidedly injurious , and therefore it was that he opposed it . Mr . M . J . O'Conxell supported the bill . Sir R . Peel defended the bill and adverted to tbe letter read by Mr . Fox Maule , whom he charged with want of courtesy in not showing him the letter before reading it to the house . He had no recollection of the language he used on the occasion referred to , but must say that the tone ofthe hon . member ' s quotation was not consonant to that which he was in the
habit of using . It was not his custom to designate Gatbolicism as Popery . He had never sought , even when opposed to Catholic emancipation , to raise the cry of " No Popery , " nor had he ever suggested the propriety of petitioning against that measure . On the contrary , he had always recommended thatthe subject should be left to thedecision ofthe legislature . He deeply regretted the agitation which tbe bill had given rise to , but he felt it the more necessary steadily to persevere , in order to convince the Catholics that public men in this country were swayed only by a sense of duty . Mr . Descojibe supported the amendment of Mr . Law . The right hon . baronet was forcing this bill in defiance ofthe opinions of the people of England . Tbe hon . member for the City of London had stated that it was the preliminary measure to the endowment of the Catholic clergy in Ireland , and to that
this country never would submit . Even the motion ofthe hon . member for Sheffield would have removed the objection , because the great objection was the principle of endowment . To that principle the people strongly objected , from whatever source the money came , whether from the Consolidated Fund or from the revenues of thc Church . They objected to the establishment of another church in a country where there was one too many . ( Laughter . ) The right hon . baronet had now set the public opinion at defiance ; having a majority in tbat bouse , made up of bis political opponents , he was prepared to set a very great amount of public opinion at defiance . The right hon . baronet had proved liimself the greatest friend to the extension of the elective franchise in the countiy , because the public would uot allow it to remain as it was at present after they had been so contemned .
Mr . Coixett supported the bill . His constituents felt deeply obliged to the right hon . baronet , not only for thc measure but for the noble and confiding manner in which it was introduced ; but their gratitude would have been greatly increased had the money been taken from some less objectionable source than the Consolidated Fund . They wonld have found no objection to have had it taken from the surplus ofthe revenues of tlic Irish Church , so far as they werc sufficient , * and , if they were not sufficient , they might easily find other sources . For instance , they might take £ 5000 from the revenues ofthe Bishop of London . If that were not enough , let them apply to the Lord Bishop of Exeter fbr another £ 5000 , aud liaving reduced then * pomp and arrogance to that extent , thereby placing them more upon a level with the apostles , of whom they facetiously called themselves the descendants ( laughter ) , * but tbey were no more so than was he . ( Loud laughter , aud cries of
divide . " ) The house then divided , and Mr . Law ' s amendment was defeated by a majority of 232 to 119 . Mr . Task-bed then moved , to add to the resolution of ihe committee , that provision be made out of the consolidated fund for the endowment ofthe College of Maynooth , tbe following words : — "Until provision shall be made for the same byany Act to be passed in this or any subsequent session of Parliament , either out of any surplus in the hands of the ecclesiastical commissioners of Ireland , or by an assessment of the lands of Ireland to an amount equivalent to the remission of tithes made to the landlords of Ireland by the Tithe Commutation Act , as Parliament may deem most advisable . " The house again divided , when Mr . Tancred ' s amendment was defeated by a majority of 128 against 52 . The report was then received .
The other orders of tbe day were then disposed of , and the house adjourned .
Tuesday , April 29 . There not being more than forty members present atfour o ' clock , tbe bouse stood adjourned .
Wedxesdat , April 30 . The house met at four o ' clock . Mr . T . DcxcoxiBE gave notice , that if the Maynooth bill was read a third time , he should move a clause limiting its operation to three years . Mr . S . Cbawford gave notice , that when the noble lord the member for London moved tbe resolution *) of which he had given notice , he should move an amendment on one of them , to the effect that thehouse do " *;*; _J _^^ _nediate attenti on to the claims ' _Zv > ea va the petitions of the people lor extension of the _C-lsims
urged m tne petitions of tbe people for extension of the suffrage , and that resolutions 4 and 5 be omitted . Mr . _Ewart gave notice , that on the third reading of the Maynooth Endowment Bill , he should move — " That while is is expedient to open all the educational establishments of Ireland to the Catholics ,, to reduce to its due dimensions the Irish Church , and establish entire civil and religious equality between Great Britain and Ireland , it is not advisable to extend the principle of making any religious denomination endowed by and dependent on the State . "
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_postponed . Lord J . Russell , with reference to the resolutions of which he had given notice fbr to-morrow , said , that as the right non . baronet was anxious to take the committee on the Maynooth Bill on Friday , and as the debate on the resolutions would most probably be an adjourned one , he was unwilling to interfere with tbe order of the day on Friday , and therefore suggested to the right hon . baronet that he should g ive him up some early Government day next week for bis motion . Sir R . Peel said he was unwilling that the progress of the Maynooth Bill should be impeded . It would probably pass through committee on Friday , and be
reported ou Monday , after which it would depend on circumstances how long the debate might be on the third reading . Perhaps lus hon . friend ( Sir R . Inglis ) would state the course he intended to pursue with respect to that . If his hon . friend thought it would be impossible to conclude the debate on the third reading by Friday week , then he thought it would be much better to fix an early day for the third reading after Whitsuntide . As it might be inconvenient to take it on Friday after tbe meeting of the house , he thought that perhaps tbe following Monday would , in tbat case be tbe better day . He would then propose to give tbe noble lord the first Monday after the third reading for his motion . If , then , the third
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reading were fixed for the 19 th of May , he would propose to give the noble lordMonday , the 26 th . Sir R . Ixolis expressed his willingness to concur in the suggestion of the right hon . baronet as to the Maynooth Bill , and he had no doubt that his hon . friends who acted with him would do the same . Sir R . Peel then fixed the third reading of the Maynooth Bill for the 19 th , and Lord J . Russell ' s motion for the 26 th of May . Lord J . Russell then postponed his notice till after Whitsuntide .
ACADEMICAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND . Mr . F . Maule inquired when the ri ght hon . baronet proposed to state his plan with respect to other academical institutions in Ireland ? Sir R . Peel hoped that a member of the Government would be aole to make that statement on Friday before the house separated . The Government were expecting a deputation from the north of Ireland every day on the subject ; but they would do the best tlicy could to have the statement made on Friday . The Calico Printworks Bill was read a third time and passed .
ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL . On the m _* der of the day for the second reading of this bill , Sir J . Graham appealed to the hon . member ( Mr . Watson ) who had introduced it to delay the second reading till tbe Government bad received the report ofthe Commissioners on the Criminal Law , to whom the subject of these penal laws affecting the Roman Catholics and some of the Dissenters had been referred by the Lord Chancellor . He hoped thatthe lion , member would defer the second reading to an early day after Whitsuntide . On receiving the report of the commissioners , the Government would propose some measure on the subject . Mr . Watso . v was most anxious to have the bill passed this session ; and he would not object to the
right hon . baronet ' s proposal , provided the progress ofthe bill was not obstructed any further than was necessary to make it accord with the report of the commissioners . He would propose that the bill should be read pro forma , and be discussed at a future stage . Sh * J . Graham assured the hon . and learned member that nothing was further from his intention than the obstruction of the measure which he had brought forward . ( Hear . ) But he must beg to call his attention to the fact , that the operation of his bill was confined to England , whereas the instructions issued to the commission already referred to were to inquire into the penal laws affecting the Roman Catholics and Dissenters , not only in England _j but also in Scotland and Irelandand the commissioners had
al-, ready referred several questions upon this subject to the Lord-Advocate and to the Attorney-General for Ireland ; the result of those inquiries would necessarily be to render the abolition of these penal laws far more extensive than the present measure effected . He therefore thought it not unreasonable to ask the hon . and learned member to postpone his measure until the report of thc Law Commission was made , in order that the Government might have the advantage which that report would give them in dealing with this subject . He trusted that the report would be soon ready ; but , under the present circumstances ,
he must say that the request which he made was not , in his opinion , an unfair or unreasonable onc . Mr . _Wxtaos would not , after what the right hon . baronet had said , press his bill on the present occasion ; but he would take the earliest opportunity tbat he could obtain after the recess to move the second reading . He saw so much inconsistency in the penal laws upon religious points that he apprehended thc greatest difficulty iu getting them remedied . But he wanted , above all things , to establish the principle that penal laws directed against persons of a different religion to the Church of England were a disgrace to the statute-book .
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ARRESTMENT OF _WAOBS . Mr . T . Duncombe said , he had hoped to have moved this bill forward another stage , in order that thc working classes in Scotland might be put upon the same footing as they were in Ireland and England ; and also that their employers might be relieved from the disagreeable position in which they were placed by the operation of the existing laws in that country ; but finding many difficulties , he had , at the suggestion of several individuals who had come up from Scotland to give evidence on the subject , consented to modify his measure . Those persons had promised him the draught of a bill which would satisfy all parties , and whicli he would submit to the Lord-Advocate as soon as he got it . The views taken
b y the persons to whom he referred were veiy liberal . They proposed never to arrest more than half the amount of wages due , and likewise to take the circumstances of men with wive 3 and families of children into consideration , so that they did not suffer too much by the operation of the new bill . He did not know it" these views suited the Lord-Advocate , but they would be submitted to him . He was aware it might be deemed a liberty in him to interfere in a matter affecting Scotland , but he had done so because of the urgency of the case , and because also he had observed , that whenever a similar measure had been introduced , it had always been stifled , owing to local influence or some other cause . He knew , also , it had been uvgedthat if the present system in force in
Scotland was abolished , the truck system would be introduced , to the injury of the _wavki-fig classes Now , no one had ever objected more strongly than himself to the truck system , and his mode of checking it would be by punishing those who were a second time convicted of that offence with imprisonment , let their wealth or station be what it might . The people who interested themselves in the measure would have no objection to such an enactment , but it could not lie introduced into the bill which he had prepared . The course which he should take was to ask leave to withdraw the present measure , and to discharge the order of the day for the second reading ; and he did so upon condition that he was to be permitted at a future time to bring in another bill for the same purpose .
The Lord-Advocate said that the matter to which thc bill of thc hon . member referred certainly deserved attention , but he feared that a measure such as that was would not effect the desired remedy . Mr . F . Maule said that the difficulties to whicli the hon . member alluded , with reference to former measures ofthe same description as his own , arose out of the extreme difficulty of dealing with the question . Sir J . Graham said , that he had had some communication with Sh-William Rae upon the subject , and that learned person wasof opinion that an extensive alteration in the existing law respecting wages was required in Scotlaud , but at the same time he expressed an opinion that the law could not be safely altered , unless some further precautions were taken against the track system . He was of opinion that the practice of arrestment of wages was carried to extremes , but that it ought not to be altogether abolished .
Mi " . Rutherford observed , that there was no arrestment of wages practicable until execution had been obtained . Mr . T . Duxcombe observed , that liis opinions _differed so sb ' ghtly from those expressed on the opposite side ofthe house on the subject ofhis bill , that lie earnestly wished the Lord-Advocate would undertake thc subject . Thc motion was then withdrawn . The other orders ofthe day wire then disposed of , and the house adjourned at six o ' clock .
TnuRSDAT , Mat 1 . The early portion of the evening was occupied in a discussion on the Railway clauses . Consolidation Bills for England and Scotland now returned back with amendments from the House of Lords . On the motion of Lord Granville Somerset the bill relating to England was agreed to . The bill relating to Scotland was thrown out on account of some objectionable clause giving extraordinary powers to Sheriffs , whicli had been surreptitiously introduced into the bill by the lord advocate . Tne understanding was that it should be introduced as a new bill with the amendments of tbe Lords added to it ,
, SCOTCH UNIVERSITIES . Mr . Rutherford moved fbr leave to bring in a bill for regulating the admission to the chairs of thc Scotch Universities . The design in view by the hon . member ' s bill is to remove certain restrictions whicli at present are imposed on those who seek to be appointed to the professorships of the Universities of Scotland . At present the said professors were bound to take certain oaths , by whicli the chairs ofthe universities were closed to all who dissented from the EstablishedChurch . This state of things was admitted by all parties in Scotland to be very bad and the result of this feeling had been an agitation , wni
cu , n not put aown oy a change in the law , would do great damage to tbe efficiency of these seminaries of learning . Mi * . Horse Drujimond agreed with the hon . gentleman who had introduced the question . In former times no doubt it was necessary , when a stringent state of the law was necessary , but that period had gone by , and the law should now be adapted to the altered state of public opinion . Mi * . Acklaxd , seeing that the < _juestion was one of some importance , agreed to the first reading of the bill . He thought , at least , the house should make inquiry into the state ofthe _Univei-sities north ofthe Tweed .
Sir James Graham , after taking a retrospective glance at the history of the two countries , since the Union , contended that Parliament was under strong pledges to the Church of Scotland , in reference to the matter of University education . He thought , however , if _anyconcession was to be made on the subject , the present time was as good as any to make it ; as not only the majority ofthepeopfeof Scotland , hebelieved , but theheadof the Universities , with oneor twoexceptions _, were in favour of an alteration in the tests applied to candidates for professorships . Under all these circumstances , he thought it would be unwise in the Government to object to the introduction of the bill , but be hoped it would not be pressed forward to the second reading till the house and the country had had ample time to examine , and to express an
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op inion not only oh the details , butthe principle ol Mr . Fox Maule thanked the Secretory of State for the Home Department for the manner in which he had met the motion . He thought thc measure would go a long way to remove a great deal of contention now existing in Scotland on thc subject of University education . Leave was then given to bring in the bill . FIELD GARDENS , PLEASURE GROUNDS , AND ENCLOSURES . THE ALLOTMENT SYSTEM . The Earl of Lincoln rose to ask leave to bring in a bill for appointing a board of commissioners for regulating and facilitating the enclosure of commons and waste lands , and allotting them as gardens to the noor in England and Wales . His bill proposed to
divide the lands to be enclosed into three classes . With regard to the first class , he proposed to give the commissioners power to authorise the enclosure of them without the intervention of Parliament ; he meant that class of lands included in the 7 th William jy . Over mixed commonable land he proposed that the commissioners should have the power without the intervention of Parliament . He proposed that the commissioners should make every inquiry , and upon these inquiries found a report annually to the Secretary of State , to be by him laid before Parliament . He then proposed that an annual bill , authorising the enclosure of such lands , should be presented to Parliament , for which provision would have to bo made in the standing orders ofthe house . The third
class affected by the bill would be those lands within a certain radius of all towns above a certain amount ' of population . He proposed that the commissioners should be bound within such radius to take no steps whatever without maldng full inquiries into all circumstances connected with the lands , and making thereon a special report to the house . The bill further provided that all village greens should be exempted from its operations , but the commissioners would have power to beautify and drain those village greens which at present , in many instances , were little better than swamps . The bill provided that the . land so reclaimed or enclosed should be let out to thc -poorer classes in gardens and allotments , at such an
adequate rent charge as would keep up thc regular market value of property . These were the main features ofthe bill he asked leave to introduce , some of which , he said , were borrowed from the hon . member for Hertford . [ As this subject is of immense importance , we here give Lord Lincoln ' s speech at length , in explanation of this Government Measure to promote Allotments of Land . As soon as the bill is printed , we shall take an early opportunity of calling attention to its leading provisions . Meantime , let the following description of it be well conned over . ] The Earl of Lincoln , ia _moving for leave to introduce a bill to facilitate the enclosure of commons and waste lands in England and Wales , said that he
might consider that the principle had been already recognised and adopted , by the manner in which his noble friend's ( Lord Worsley ) bill had been received by the house . It was then of great importance to all who were interested in the cultivation ofthe soil that this bill should pass this session , and that legislation on the subject should not any longer be suspended . He would now proceed witliout further , comments to state the leading features of this measure , without entering into tall the details of it , which were very extensive . It had been contended very generally that by an enclosure bill they would be withdrawing from the proper jurisdiction of Parliament every enclosure , and would be subjecting the poor to a great infraction of their rights , over which Parliament would
have no sufficient check . That was altogether a mistake . He believed that the commission to be constituted for the purpose of carrying out tbe princi ples of this bill must necessarily attend more tothe rights of the poor than any private legislation in this house would be able to do . ( Hear . ) It was impossible that the poor , who had a strong interest in this subject , could appear before a committee of that house either by themselves or their agents ; and in nineteen cases out of twenty the rights of the poor were therefore grievously neglected—not by the wilful neglect of these committees , but simply because their poverty prevented the poor from being able to bring under the notice of the committee their particular claims . He proposed to give power to the
Secretary of State to appoint three commissioners , two of whom were to be unpaid and one of them to be remunerated . He proposed to divide the lands to be enclosed into three classes . One of these he proposed to enable the commissioners to advise the enclosure of without the intervention of Parliament . That related to such commons as could be at present enclosed under , he believed , the 7 th William IV . The object of enabling the commission to deal with such lands was this—it had been found under the provisions of that Act that great inconvenience and difficulty arose in carrying out the principle in consequence of titles and private agreements interfering with it . Great facility was here given to enable the commissioners to enclose under the powers of this
Act . He proposed to enable them to do so without the intervention of Parliament , fbr this reason —that parties holding lands alone werc those that should be considered deeply interested in respect to them . With regard to another class of lands which was of a more important description , such as were copyhold or freehold , he proposed that these commissioners should have no powers of authorising the enclosure of them without the intervention of Parliament . He proposed that they should make , in the -first instance , from the parties interested , the necessary and the fullest inquiries in respect to such lands , thatthe commissioners should then make their report to the Secretary of State , and that the Secretary of State should lay such report
beforeltbe house within a certain time , in which the conditions by which the enclosures were recommended were set forth . Whatever number of enclosures so recommended to be made by the commissioners should be reported to the Secretary of State antecedent to the meeting of Parliament . He proposed ihat within a given time after the meeting of Parliament this report should be laid upon thc table of the house , and that an annual bill to make provisions for tliese enclosures would be requisite . It would be thus seen that the complaints wliich had been made in respect to withdrawing these enclosures from the control of Parliament would be altogether obviated . ( Hear . ) In all the stages of this annual bill it was clear that the house would have a greater control over
these lands than if they were still left under private legislation . If the commissioners should make any reports from wliich parties dissented , such persons would , of course , have much greater opportunities of appealing against them through tlieir representatives in this house . With respect to the third class-he alluded to lands adjoining populous towns—his first intention was to have exempted these lands altogether from the operation of this bill ; but on making inquiiy into the subject he found that such a proceeding would be most unwise and improvident legislation . It was then thought most desirable to keep these lands wi thin the powers of the Act ; but to obviate the danger of depriving large towns of these healthlui means of recreation , he _nroDosed that the
commissioners should be bounif , in all cases within a given radius , wliich should be small or large according to the papulation , a special report stating all the circumstances connected with such hind , should be made b y the commissioners to this house , wliich would , he thought , be a sufficient check against any unfair encroachment being made upon the rights of thc poor ; and if an order should be made , requiring the enclosure of such land to be carried out , he proposed that the right _tu do so should be embodied in a separate bill to that which comprehended the other classes . Another objection had been very fairly raised with respect to village greens . He proposed to make provision for the draining and fenciug of those village greens . This , he thoufrht . was mnaf .
desirable , because village greens were frequently mere swamps ( hear , hear ) : and no power had hitherto been vested in any onc to make these village greens such as they were originally intended . He proposed in all cases that the _cowmissioaprs should have the power to keep these places in such a condition as would * e _** yc _ICI * uie exercise of the inhabitants ; but , of course , varying in extent to the population thatsurrounded them . He proposed adopting to a certain extent some of the provisions of the bill introduced by the hon . member for Hertford ( Mr . Cowper ) , so as to provide means by which the commissioners could allot field gardens or allotments to the poor . ( Hear , hear . ) He would not enter into thc merits of the Field Gardens Bill . Whatever merits that _svstem under such a bill proposed they were
entirely dependent on the propinquity of those allotments to the habitations of the poor , as great evils were likely to arise from allotting gardens to the poor which were two or three miles away from their homes . Under these circumstances he proposed to have the power , when the commissioners were enabled to do so , to exchange lands that were to be enclosed at a distance for lands that werc in the vicinity of a town whiok might be allotted for field gardens . He was anxious that no power should be taken that could at all be considered an infraction of the rights of property . ( Hear , hear . ) He did not propose to allot these gardens witliout proper care , or obtaining an adequate rent . He should take care , as regarded the regulation of rent , that it should be neither too high nor too low , either of which might prove injurious to the poor . The rent
charge he should propose to be fixed under some such regulation as the Tithe Act , which might , under ordinary circumstances , be allotted to such persons as were entitled to allotments under the Enclosure Act He could not but think that this measure would be an improvement on that wluch had been introduced by the noble lord m the last session ; and he believed that if it were passed in the spirit in which it was drawn it would be found to be of the greatest advantage not only to the _landowne _** , but also to the people generally ( Hear , hear . ) There were provisions in his noble friend ' s bill in respect to former enclosures ; he also proposed a provision for the exchange of land under certain circumstances . He proposed to limit this provision , not to any given number of acres , but to limit it to such circumstances as when the commissioners should think that the exchange would prove conducive to the more profitable
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cultivation of the soil . Another alteration which he proposed with respect to the allotments was introduced with a view to the greater economy of those transactions , and that was , that they should be made by the valuer , and not by the assistant commis sioncrs , as was the case in the bill of last session . In conclusion , he had only to assure the house that every endeavour had been made in framing the present measure to prevent the rights of all parties from being interfered with in any manner ; but above all , he could say , that the rights ofthe poor were secured more extended protection than they had enjoyed under any other previous enactment . ( Hear , hear . ) The noble lord then moved for leave to bring in a bill to facilitate the enclosure of commons and waste lands in England and Wales . Leave was then given to bring in the bill . The orders of the day were then disposed of , and the house adjourned .
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GUILDHALL . SATUBDAr . —A Brute of a Husband . —Elizabeth Stignal was this morning charged " before Sir John Pirie with liaving threatened to commit suicide . On Friday evening she came to the station-house in a state of great excitement , and said she was resolved to put an end to her life . On her being asked ( lie reason by the officer , she said because ofthe sly treatment of her husband . The officer detained her , and now brought her before the magistrate . She appeared very dejected , and expressed great sorrow for what she had said , as she was so distressed in mind at the time , that she hardly knew what she was doing . She resided at Wandsworth , and her husband was in the habit constantly of abusing and heating her , so that she had in a moment of desperation concluded to malie away ivith herself . Sir John Pirie
thought it _ivould he best to detain her till Monday in order to bring up her husband , but slie begged to be liberated as her husband was at present doing no work , and the family was altogether dependent on her exertions . She had some work at present , which if sho did not execute , would deprive her of further employment . On these considerations the magistrate consented to her discharge . Mistaken Identity ; or , Taking the Wrong Man . —Daniel Griffith , a decent-looking man , about thirty years of age , was brought up on suspicion of being concerned in a robbery lately committed at a gentleman ' s house , "So . 46 , "Devonshire-street , Portland-place . Miss Elizabeth George , a servant at No . 11 , Great Warnerstreet , Gray ' s Inn-road , stated that , about a month ago , she called at the house in Devonshire-street , where she saw the prisoner , whom she understood was courting her sister . About a week after , she went into the country , and in the evening hack to town . She called a second
time to see the prisoner , when she learned that he had ah . sconded , taking with liim a considerable amount ofhis master ' s property . A sum of money was advertised for his apprehension , and the witness was instructed to give him into custody if she saw him . That morning she accidentally met liim in Clieaptide , when she called a policeman and gave him in charge . She had no ill will whatever towards the prisoner . The accused protested his innocence , and said that he had never been a footman as alleged , or had seen the witness in his Ufe . He was a grocer , and had been so for fifteen years , ne resided at No . 62 , Snowhill . Two respectable grocers werc then called who had known him for twelve years , who said he had been in the employment of one of them in the City for the last five weeks . Sir John Pirie said it was clear to him the young woman had made a mistake regarding the identity of the accused . He dismissed the case , remarking that Mr . Griffith left the Court without the least imputation on his character .
_"JionDAV . —Ma . D-onn , the Barrister . —Mr . Dunn was summoned before Alderman _Humphei-y to answer a charge of assault preferred against him by Mrs . Mavy Wall , a charwoman . —The complainant stated that she was in the habit of washing for Mr . Dunn , when in the Fleet Prison , and on one occasion liis bill came to 2 s . 3 d ., which he refused to pay , alleging that a shilling was too much for washing a dressing-gown . She knew that it was not , as she washed all his things very low . Witness refused to give up the gown ; when one morning , on calling at Ufe room for the money , he closed the doov on her , and said that she should give it up , but she still persisted in her resolution , at thc same time saying that no one should have it but the police , upon which he pushed her about the room and struck her several times . Complainant screamed out , when he swore that by " Jabus" he
would not pay , and that hu would cleave her with the poker if she did not give up the dressing-gown . —Alderman Humphery : When did this take place ?—Complainant Two years and a half ago , your worship . ( Laughter . )—Alderman Humphery : Two years and a half ago ! Then why did you not apply to the governor of the Fleet , who would have prevented your being treated in that way ' Have you any witnesses here to prove you were hurt IComplainant : The sorra a one , your worship , except myself to prove it . —Alderman Humphery : Where's your husband ?—Complainant : His dead , your honour . —Alderman Humphery : Tou have not proved the assault , aud , therefore , I must dismiss the summons , —At tlic instance of the Alderman , however , Mr . Dunn made thc woman a present of half-a-crown , uot as a compensation , but as a free gift . Tdesdav . _—Ciiarqe or " _ABROgAKCE . ' '— Augusia
_ilarvant , a native of Berlin , aged 20 , residing in Treatmiallej _* , _Goulston-street , Whitechapel , ivas charged with annoying Mr . Wensteni , a tailor , residing in Sun-sfrcet _, and pulling at his coat as he walked through the streets . —Mr . Alderman _ITuniplierj- asked if he knew tlic woman ? —The complainant said he did . She was _fovnacvly tins servant in his house . —The defendant at the same time explained that he was the father of an infant six weeks old which she carried in her arms , and whicli he refused to maintain . She said he was a Pole . If he had been a German she should not have suffered thus . —The complainant said he did not acknowledge the child . —She asked why he paid the doctor if he did not own thc cliild ? —Mr . Alderman Humphery asked him it' lie had ever
slept with the girl ?—Complainant said he had , but he did not acknowledge the child . —Mr . Alderman Humphery asked what would have been done if this had happened in his own conntry ? Would he not be compelled to keep his own offspring , as every honest man should do *—The complainantsaid he did not know . — "Then you never had a child before , " said the magistrate ?—Complainant said he had not . —Mr . Alderman Humphery discharged tlio prisoner , observing that the complainant had brought thc annoyance upon himself by his indiscretion , The young woman must uot annoy him again , but the officer should accompany her to the Thames Police-office to take out a summons to affiliate the cliild , and he gave her half-aciwvn for her present relief .
_r- _jUEEX _SfJDAllE . Saturday , —Hoaxing aw M . P . —Begging Letteii Fkaud . —Elizabeth Webbing was charged to-day , before Mr . Barrel , the sitting magistrate , by the Hon . Mr . Chavtcris , M . P , for Gloucestershire , with getting money from him under the following false pretences : —Mr . Charteris deposed that about a month ago the prisoner called at his house , in Chcsham-placc , and had an interview with liim , during which she represented herself to be a Mrs , Clifford , wife to a farmer in Gloucestershire , and one of prosecutor ' s constituents . She said her husband had got into difficulties by putting his name to a bill for £ 1 , 000 , and that , in order to meet the expense , he had been obliged to sell off all he had , farm , stock , Sic A few days ago they had come up to London together , to settle the lawyer ' s account having taken up the bill , when it was found they were somewhat deficient in the amount , and the husband was thrown into the _Quaen's Bench ' where he at present lay . She had scraped up all the mone _' v could for his
she release , but she was still £ 2 las . short which she begged that he ( Mr , Chartcris ) would advance to her . In support of her story she gave reference to several parties in Gloucesteshire , which he ( Mr . Chartcris ) knew , and hence he gave her the £ 2 15 s . When she had gone , suspecting the probability of the Story , he sent liis footman to watch her . Tho latter followed for some time , but at last lost her at the turn of a street . He went to the Queen ' s Bench prison , wliere he learned that no sueh eprson as Clifford was described to her , was _incarcerated there . He next went to the police-office , and gave information respecting the case . Nothing was hear 1 of her till a few days ago , when her husband was taken into custody for a begging letter imposition , and through him information was obtained which led to the apprehension of the prisoner . She was found at 27 , _Cranbourne-strcct , New Kent-road . —The footman corroborated the main features of Mr . Chatteris ' s evidence . —The officer of the Mendicity Society said that both her and her husband were well known begging letter impostors . "When thc
prisoner was taken , a great number of' letters were seized , purporting to be written by the leading members of the aristocracy . He had been committed for an offence of the same kind , not long ago , before the Lord Mayor , and her husband had been twice in prison for similar cases of fraud . —The case was remanded for a week , order that any other case that might be discovered should be preferred .
WORSHIP STREET . Wednesdat . —Novei Mode of Fiuod . —A respectably-dressed man , about thirty years of age , named Henry Webb , was placed at the bar before Mr . Broughton charged with having obtained thc sum of 20 s . from Mv , William Butt , a tradesman in Wheeler-street , Spitalfields by means of the following novel and artful stratagem . A great number of other tradesmen , from all parts of the metropolis , were also in attendance to prosecute charges of a similar description against the prisoner . It appeared that on the 10 th instant a decentl y dressed woman entered the shop of Mr . Butt , who had only tliat day commenced business , and requested to be served with 91 b . of German lead , the same quantity of Derby rottcustonc _, and 21 b . of crocus powiler , for looking-glasses , none of which articles the prosecutor had , but promised to procure them for her . About half an hour after she had left the shop , a man ( not the prisoner ) , who represented himself as a traveller for Messrs , Jones and Co ., wholesale colour
manufacturers in the Southwark-bridgc . ro . id , called and solicited on behalf of that firm , and was directed to send m a quantity of the articles the woman had just before inquired for to the amount of £ 4 , part of which the same man soon afterwards brought , and was paid £ 2 4 s . for . At a later hour the prisoner himself called with the remainder of the goods , on account of which he received 20 s ., and was desired to call for the balance on the following Monday . Nothing more was seen of the woman who had ordered the goods ; and when the prisoner called again on the Monday , the goods having in the interim been found to be ot" the most spurious description and it having also been ascertained that Messrs . Jones and Co of the Southwark-biidge-road _, were not in existence he was immediately handed over to the custody of a police man . Five other charges were afterwards substantiated and the prisoner , who declined offering any defence , was ordered to be brought up again next week , that the re mammg testimony might be taken preparatory to his committal for . trial . J *
BOW . STREET . Monday , —Robbert bt a Ciem . _ A voumr , named Richard Green was placed at the bar W _™> m _» Hall , charged with breaking _Ipen a d _.-aw _* er in _thfofficX _* Messrs . Pickering and Co ., 4 , Stone-buildings , Lincoln ' s inn solicitors , and stealing therefrom two £ 5 Bank of England notes , with other monies , the property 0 nl" _" m
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ployers . —The prisoner said nothing m his defence , and bail being refused for his future appearance , he was ordered to be remanded for a week .
MARYLEBONE . Saturday . —Stabbing , —James Nicholls , a lad aged fifteen , was charged with stabbing WiUiam Cushma > another lad , in thc belly with a clasp knife with wliich he was eating his dinner . It appeared Uiat the lads were _qiiaiTelling in thc cabin of a boat lying in . the basin of thc Regent ' s Canal , adjacent to the wharf of Mr . Mat < tliewman , and tho prisoner stabbed liim in the belly The boy was taken to the hospital , where he lies in a dan . gcrous state , with little hope ofhis recovery . Tlie _prf _! soner , who said CusJiman pushed him about and yu i _^ him out of the cabin head first , was remanded ( j ) Thursday .
Saturday . — The Murder of Eliza Davis , Eight Years ago , —It will be in the recollection of our reader * that on the 9 th of May , 1837 , a barbarous murder wu committed on the person of Eliza Davis , barmaid to _lir Wndley , landlord of the King ' s Arms , _Frederieft-strcet llegent ' s-park . The horrid affair caused a considerable excitement , but no clue could be gained with regard to the perpetrator of the sanguinary deed . This day a well dressed young man , who gave his name Walter Chamber- " and who stated at the Albany-street station-house tint hL resided at No . 40 , Whittlcbury-strect , _Euston-squai . e ' : "; brought up in custody and placed at the bar before Mr _Loug , charged on his own confession with having commit ted the murder . A vast number pf persons cvugre < - at (! _J in the vicinity of the court , and , as may be imagined the proceedings excited a very great degree of interest , —linnet Sparkes deposed that she was barmaid at Mr . Wadlev _* _. "
XI . - L-:...-l „ A - -.. A _. l . n _" - _„ ,. _4-lw , _r . „ n ..: _^ ...- J '' l the King ' s Anns , and that on the previous morni"i »* ir ' tween ten and eleven o ' clock , the prisoner came inu _, _« , « house and said , "This is the place , I believe , wliere the Jl-i was murdered . " She told him it was , and he said " i _S it ; I cut her throat over the bar . "—Jfr . Long * . \ vila' f , tliei * passed 1— "Witness * . He called for a quartern of ehi and asked me to give him credit for it , as he had mi mone She told him that she had not the power to give _weilif when he said , " I'll jump over the bar and serve tou tnrl same . "—Hilsdcn , 42 S , took the prisoner into custody on Saturday morning , at the King ' s Arms , in consequence nf information wliich he ( witness ) had received as to the en fession made by the prisoner respecting his being thcninr " derer of Eliza Davis , the barmaid . —lewis French , a coffee and eating-house keeper , living at 19 , Little Charles . 5 tr 0 t , t Itegent's-park , stated that on the previous morning _bel
tween ten and eleven o ' clock , the prisoner came into his ( witness ' s ) house , and partook of some coffee , Sic lie was a little the worse for drink . —Mr . Long : Tell mc everything tliat transpired between you as to conversation . —Wi ' tn _^ s ; He said to me , " I am the murderer . I cut the gjrj _' _j throat . "—In answer to further questions put by the ma . gistrates _, witness said the prisoner was not so far gone in drink ns not to know what he was about . —Mr . Aggs said that the verdict of the jury , who sat upon the bod y , . f as that of Wilful Murder against some person or person _^ _un , known . —Tlic prisoner , on being asked what he had to sav replied , " I have got myself into trouble , and I must get ont of it , I suppose , in the best way I can . "—He was re . mnnded till Friday next . On the arrival of thc Government van a great crowd was collected , and tlic utmost anxiety was manifested to obtain a view of tlic sell-accused murderer .
SOUTHWARK . TotsDAY . —" Mrs . Caudle" and nER Husband is " Queer Company . "—Yesterday , Mary Wilson , a young woman with an infant in her arms , was brought up charged with stealing a watch from thc person of a trades ' _, man named Routh , living in Toolcy-street . The com . plainant stated that as he was returning home the preceding night from a public-house in whieh ho ivas in the habit bf spending a few hours of an evening , hewas accosted by theprisoner as he was passing through one of thc arches of the Greenwich railroad ; he , howeTcv , repulsed her , telling her he was going home , but she stiU continued by his side , and with great dexterity pulled the watch out of his fob , and went away with it . ' He added that he gave information of the robbery , and the prisoner was taken into custody the same night with the watch in her possession . The magistrate expressed some surprise
that the complainant should have permitted the prisoner to go away with his watch , as it could not have been difficult to overtake her , especially as she had an infant in her arms at the time . In reply to the magistrate , the complainant said that he did not stop to converse with tlio woman , nor had he made any improper overtures to her . This latter assertion , however , was contradicted by the prisoner , who declared the defendant began pulling her about . She added that he gave her the watch to keep till next day , saying he had no change to give her . During the above statement , the complainant's wife , who had got wind ofthe affair , entered the court , and on hearing the account given of the transaction by the woman , mani . fested thc strongest indignation , aud said , " that her husband deserved to lose his watch for talking to such a bussey . " The complainant in vain endeavoured to trail
quillise his wife , who every now and then darted at him a look of the most sovereign contempt . The subsequent apprehension of the prisoner , and the finding of the watch were as follow : —After she had left the complainant , she met a young man to whom she exhibited the watch , when he tried to prevail upon her to let him accompany her to her lodgings . She , however , refused , shutting the dour in his face , and he went and gave information at the station _, house , which led to her being taken into custody . After a lengthened inquiry , the magistrate said tliat , under the peculiar circumstances of thc case , if he sent the prisoner for trial , no jury would convict Ucv - , he shouM . tUrarefote _, discharge her , and order the watch to be restored to the owner . The complainant said that lie had no wish to press any charge , and quitted thc court closely followed by his wife , who seemed determined on venting her rage upon him when an opportunity presented itself .
THAMES , Wednesday . — Man-slaughter , —Au Irish labourer , named John Denny , was yesterday brought up on remand , charged with having caused the death of a man named William Bates , lately carrying on the business of a spriiignuiker , in RIack Lion-yard , Whitechapel-ruad . —It appeared that on Wednesday , the 23 rd ultimo , the prisoner on liis way from Jtomfoi'd to London went into tlio _Jtabbits public-house , at Little llfovd , where the deceased and some _others were sitting in the yard . Deceased began to " chaff" the prisoner about his country , and though requested by one of thc persons present to desist , he still went on . At last thc prisoner threw some porter iu Bates ' s face , and struck him : a scufllo then ensued , in the course of which they got in amongst some carts , wliere they fell , and deceased , who was bleeding at thc nose and mouth , exclaimed that his leg was broken . The prisoner still continued very violent , aud a constable was called in , but , on leaving a half-sovereign as security for a table which he had broken and some glasses , he was suffered to depart , and the injured man was conveyed home , where he was
attended by Mr . Ll' -wcll-yn , surgeon , of Mount-place , Whitechapel , who found his left ankle joint dislocated , and one of the bones of thc leg fractured . The patient went ou rather favourabl y until Saturday , when delirium tremens supervened . , and he died about half-past one o ' clock on Monday morning , as Mr . Llewellyn had no doubt , of the injuries which he had sustained . There was a contusion bctwe .:: ihe ankle and tbe knee , another behind the left oar , one on the left eye , and some others on thc _t-liest . 'I he prisoner was arrested on Monday , at his residence , 10 , Globe-lane , Mile-end . —Dcnncy , in liis defence , said , that when he was about to sit on a scat near the deceased , the latter moved away , on which he ( Dcimev ) said , " I ' m not lousy , " to which the deceased replied , " Vou arc an Irishman . " Denney answered , " I know I am ; but I am not the worse for that . " Bates then kept egging him on , until he admitted that , in his aggravation , hu threw some beer in the deceased ' s face . Bates then got up aud " rolled into him , " ou which a " scrummage" followed , and they both feU , when the deceased exclaimed that his ankle was put out . —Thc prisoner was committed to take his trial for manslaughter at the Central Criminal Court .
Outrageous _Cosoucr . —An old man , named Martin Loyal Browning , was charged with a violent and cowardly assault on Benjamin Bowden , a lad about IV . years old , potboy to Mr . Webb , proprietor of the Mowers' Anns public-house , Bow-common . It appeared that the prisoner went about five o'clock on Saturday _evemng tothe Mowers' Arms , and remained there for a considerabto time using most abominable language , which disgusted all who heard him . Whilst in the tap-room the fcllmv "ia , le a kick at the landlord ' s daughter , when the _coiiip lahiant ( who whilst giving his evidence seemed to _solVer great pain ) threw himself between and received tho kick in his groin . The landlord , not being aware that the boy had sustained any injury , put the prisoner out of the house , on which the latter turned round , and dashed his hand through a square of glass with such violence that a piece of the broken square struck Mrs . Webb on the neck ,
inflicting a wound which bled profusely . The prisoner was given into custody for the wilful damage , and in the meantime , as the lad complained of great suffering hewas taken to Mr . Smythe , the surceon , of Bromley , who found that he was suffering from a severe rupture , wliich would compel him to wear a truss for the remainder of his life . As the boy had never exhibited any such symptoms before there was no ' doubt the injury was the result of the kick . The prisoner in his defence , said—I am move sinned against than sinning . It is too frequeiit _/ v the case that elderly men are mocked at by young people , and they were all jeering me . I did not get out of my seat , but merely threw up my leg , Mr . Broderip : Yes , and you have , in a " probability , ruined this poor lad for life . You must fi _»<| bail to answer this charge elsewhere , yourself in £ 40 nnd two sureties of £ 20 each . Not being able to find bail the prisoner was locked up .
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Too Bad . —Thc following announcemen t has appaired in various papers : — "The Rev . \\ . _ft «»« 'i ' \ XD ., Chancellor ofthe diocese , Canon oi the Cathedral Church of "Winchester , Vrehemlavy of Southwell , and rector of the parish of Clapham , Surrey , has been appointed , by the Lord Bishop of Winchester , to the Archdeaconry of Surrey , void by tne elevation of the Venerable Samuel Wilbcrforce to tha Deanery of Westminster . " Poor Dr . Dealtiy We feci for him deeply . How will he ever get through the work which he will now have to do' ? He was already laden with four several offices in the Church , and saddled with the obligation of being in throe different places at once . He had to pray , preach , exhort , console , convert , and go about visiting the sick and doing good at Winchester , Southwell , anil Clapham ; besides all which , he had his Chancellor ' s business to attend to . And now , in addition , an archdeaconry is clapped upon his shoulders . Really , tliis is working a willing horse to death . There is not , we are persuaded , a negro in all Kentucky fagged to the extent that Dr . Dcaltry will be . What lias the poor clergyman done to deserve such treatment *? How , wc would wish to know , would the Bishop of Winchester like it himself ? It is much more like a Turk than a Bishop to make a fcllow creature to toil in this way . We say it is a great deal too bad of his Lordship , and recommend him to be mere considerate in future . We shall ho told that Dr , Dealtry will be well paid for his labour . Yes ; but what has that to do with the matter ? What pay can compensate a man for exertions which must necessarily kill him 1—Punch .
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street , Haymarket , in the City of Westminster , at n " Office in the same Street aud Parish , for the Proprietor , FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., _and published by WauAM Hewitt , of So . 18 , Charles-street , Bran-Jon - street , Walworth , in the Parish of St . Mary , _Newim _* - ton , in the County of Surrey , at the Office , Ko _.- _Hi Strand , in the Parish ot St , Mary-le-StraoJ , in' *' City of Westminster _Sarordoy _, May 3 , _181 t .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 3, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_03051845/page/8/
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