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3 IA 5 SI 0 N HOUSE . SATraDAT .- ATTEwr Ax SinciDE .-Lcal ) ellaRalcliffe , » woman who had evident * seen tetter toys , tat ivho , aT ) pears to be spirit-broten by age ana poverty , was SK rethe Ioid Mayor , charged with atten . pt . ng celfcdestruction . Samuel Perkins deposed that he was a porter at Snan Pier , Thames-street Last night , a quar-« erbefor « nioeo ' clock , defendaatcame down andattempted tothron- herself off the pier into the water ; he rushed forward , secured her , and prevented her destroying her self . The poor old creature feebly acknowledged making lie attempt to drown herself ; her late husband had been a resident in Aldgate parish for many years . She had keen a widow for the last twelve years , and was reduced to great distress , which made her very unhappy . His lordship humanely ordered the policeman to take her to Aldgate workhouse , and present his compliments , with a request for her admission . He al&o presented Perkins with half-a-crown for saving the poor ¦ woman ' s life .
Chabce o = Embezziesekt . —Frederick Alger , a respectable-looldBg young man , was placed at the bar , charged with embezzlement . John Chatfield deposed that he was a wholesale grocer , residing in Aldgate . The prisoner was ic his employ ; he had suspected for a long time that he had been robbed . In consequence of his suspicion he . had marked a half-sovereign and given it to lit . Price , a batcher in the ilinories , and requested him 10 send to his shop with it for groceries , lie then went to "Woolwich , and when he left home there was a sovereign and a half-sovereign in the till ; when he returned there were two sovereigns and two half sovereigns . Jle did not find the marked half-sovereign there . The gold was dropped into a locked till , of which the prisoner did not possess the key . T . T . Price said he was a butcher , 5 n the Jlinories ; he received the half-sovereign from Mr . Chatfield , marked it , and gave it to a female to go to Mr .
Chatfield ' s shop for goods . Ann Milton deposed to having received the half-sovereign from Mr . Price , and to spending it at the shop of Mr . Cliatfitld : the prisoner served her , he i rat the half-sovereign into the drawer—she did net notice any mark or marks on the money . —Mr . Inspector McLean deposed , that in . consequence of an application from Mr . ChatSeld , he proceeded to the shop in Aldgate , and took the prisoner into custody . On the prisoner ' s person he found the hag now y : roduced , containing eighteen sovereigns , ten half-sovereigns , * five half , crowns , thirteen shillings , and seven sixpences ; a silver watch , acd other things . JJfr . Chatfield immediately selected tlie half-sovereign now produced as the one he had marked ; he did not identify any of the other things produced . —Mr . Cliatfitld pointed out the nark he had made on the coin . —Mr . Price also pointed out two marks lie had made . —The brother of the prisoner , a master grocer in the City , stepped into the witjiess-bos and said , Mr . Chatfieldhad onlymadethecharge
because the deieadant was leaving liis service for another situation ; ami !; c had given the prisoner a character for Irreproachai'le hosesty and integrity . —Mr . Chatfield admitted having given Alger a jtood character , r . nd likewise that he i : au sui& he hoped the prisoner would have remained with him for many years . —The prisoner said if Ms lordship wvnid permit hun , he would explain the ¦ whole circumstance . He had been collecting money from shops that liis t-niiiloycrsupp ] ied , his brother amongst the number , from whom he had received a considerable quantity of siivrr . He recollected the woman coming in io the shop , and being desirous of getting rid of the silver ; he took the half-sovereign , for which he put ten shillings into the till : when the woman said he put the half-sovereign into the the till she made a mistake—at the moment he placed it alongside the scale , in which he had weighed the goods he had supplied her with . His lordship , taking into consideration the good character the prosecutor had given the prisoner , and the probability of the truth of the prisoner ' s statement , dismissed the case .
GUILDHALL . MosDii . —Sie VTiixuh Macxat axd his Sebvaxts Agaix . —William Court , coachman in the service of Sir "Win . Magnay , Bart ., was brought before Mr . Alderman Challis , charged with stealing a quantity of hay from his master ' s stables , in Whitecross-street ; and Arthur Webb , a coal-dealer , iu the vicinity , was charged with receiving the stolen property . Sir Win . Magnay stated that having Teasoa to suspect the prisoner Court was robbing his horses of their food , he caused a watch to be kept , ; md he found that the prisoner having converted the trusses of hay iuso haybands , sold them in that shape to the other prisoner . Mary Martin stated that she resided over the town-clerk ' s stables , near the City green-yard , and her window commands a view of the * loft . She knew the prisoner . She saw a van draw up to Sir Wm . MagnayV : stables , and some haybands were thrown into it . Had seen haybands taken away t \\ ice before . Did not see who ihrew the bands out of the loft . Could see who was in the
3 oft , if the doer was open . Could not see who was there ¦ unless the party came to the door . Mary Wardle , Ihe vrife of a City policeman , said she also lived in the uicws . About half-past two o ' clock on Saturday she saw the van draw np to Sir William ' s stables , and * she saw several bundles of haybands thrown into it from the loft When it moved oft ; her husband followed it . Court was about ihe stables before and after that time . On the 5 th of May , about seven iuthe evening , the van took away another quantity , and again on the 7 th . There was the name of Jonn Webb on the side of the van . Thomas Hunt , City policeman , 454 , said the bands were of the same description as they had in the loft . Webb said , at the station , he had purchasedfourteen dozen bands , at 2 id . a dozen , and lie had sis dozen before . He produced : 1 sample of the haybands seized , and said the one he held up was neither long enough to go round a truss , nor strong enough to hold . The prisoner Court was remanded for a week , and » ebb was admitted to bail .
MJUlLBOItOUGH-STPiEET . Satcbsa ? . —Accident ro the Dike of Weuisgiox . —The Biike of Wellington attended on Saturday at the ilarlborough-street Police-court , for the purpose of preferring a charge of furious driving , whereby his life was endangered , against Henry Woods , driver of one of the Julhaju carriers' carts . —His Grace having been sworn , saia , I was walking , on Tuesday last , between two and three o ' clock , in Park-lane , on the left-hand side , going cut of Piccadilly , and when near the Duchess of Gloucester ' s house , a very heavy four-wheeled cart passed me . I endeavoured to cross the lane , to get to the pavement on the other side , under the protection of this heavy cart . I got as far as the right-hand wheel of the cart , keeping the cart at my left haud , when 1 foundniyselfstraekonthe shoulder , aiid knocked forward . It was a severe bloWj awl I found it had been given by another cart , the driver
of which did not attempt to give warning by calling out , iiotI he had struck me . I did not fall : if I had , I must have been under the wheels of both carts . Sow , I have r . o further complaint to make against the man at the bar , who drove the can , than that he was going at such a monstrous pace , thai he had no control over his horse ; indeed , he came along so fast , that he got the whole length of "Park-lane without my having perceived Mm ; and the paee he was going at was such , that it was impossible he vould stop liis horse . This is my complaint ; and I bring it forward on public grounds , because I think it is not right that carriages should £ <> alon" iuthe public streets at this great rate . The cart by which I was struck was a heavy , nlted cart : the driver was under the tilt . My groom was behind with my horses , and I called him and ¦ desired him to follow the cart . My groom trotted as hard as he could , but he was unable to overtake the cart until
lie had got as far as South-street . This will wove the rapid pace at which the driver of the cart was "oing . — The defendant said he was trul y sorry at whathad occurxed , but he declared the whole circumstance was accidental . He saw a gentleman about to cross the road , andhe caLed out to warn him , but he was not aware that he had touched any one . He was not goin ? at very great speed , lor Jus horse was an old one , and could not accomplish more than seven miles an hour , and at the time when he passed his Grace , he was going up hill . His attention was directed to the vehicles in the carriage-road , and this prevented him noticing what was doing on the foot-path . — ¦ Jlr . Hardwick : It appears from the evidence that you ¦ were driving , if not at a furious , still at a rapid rate ; but as you were going up hill at the time , had you used the ordinary precautions in driving along the public streets
, and if you had proper command overyour horse , this accident could not have occurred . This case I shall deal -with as a case of assault . Ton have committed several serious offences-first , furious driving : nest , endangering life ana limb ; and lastly , committing an assault , fer runmng against the person and striking that person with the cart is as much an assault as if the blow were given bv hand . For the assault , which is clearly proved , vou will nay a nne of £ 4 , or one month ' s imprisonment .-The defendant was then locked up . [ Would this prosecution and decision have followed , hail the parties been reversed ; Suppose "the Duke" had been "furiouslv drmn as dukes oftentimes do , and knocked down 1 > oods , when attempting to cross the lane , would he have * een locned up for a mouth ? Such a result ueccr vet followed : but then "justice is blind . " !
Mokdat . —Actogbaph or Sdakspeake . —Mi \ Fletcher , bookauctioneeer , Piccadilly , accompanied bvMr . Tavlor , and several booksellers , came into court to give an account of the possession of a small volume placed in his iS . ^ « **•? ? -deaIer > "awed Howard , and now ™ ES ? Wr l a ? lOT M *** * sto ^» from his library The hook in question had suddenly assumed not only a high monej value , but also a priceless value in the l ^^ SJZ ^ r nT ** " *** tlle recm aiswwrf of an autograph of Shakspeare , presumed to be genuine on the outside of the volume . Mr . Taylor said he had conclusive evidence that the volume in question was his property . He had for many years been engaged in col lectmg rare and rations foreign books , and nearly half a century ago he picked up the volume at a hook stall for Gil . If the book was close ! vinspectea , some short-han < i
pencil characters together with his name , would be found on one of the pages . He had also a small memorandum l » ok with him , in "which the date of his purchase was reg istered , ne had occasionally sent books for sale at Mr . J'etclicr ' s rooms ; out lie always kept an nocount of the transactions , and , on looking over his book , he could find nothing to show that the book in question had beeii sold w parted with by him . He believed lie last saw the book in his possession about a year ago , but he was unable to speak with any exactness as to the time . Mr . Howard said he would account for the possession of the book . He found it on the shelves of a book-dealer in Hoxton , named Alexander . He bought it with other books and some prints for 7 s . He made the purchase of the book in consequence of the signature , which he discovered in faint tnaracterc cutade . The a-uature had been sliown to good judges , and it liad ken pronounced " < muiiu =. He considered , admitting the authenticity of the autograph to be widisputed , that the book was * worth umvanls of
£ 100 . if the autograph was pronounced to be a for"erv then the book would not be worth more than a few pence ' The book was here produced by Mr . Fletcher ' s clerk . It was a thin vellum-bound volume , jive inches Ion" by about four broad . It was called "I Quattrol . ibri della Philosophia Xatturale die Giovan Saruria , 1565 " On the cover the nsme of W . Shakspeare , in the old stvle of penmanship , was plainly to be deciphered . There * was some writ ™ about the signature , but it was totally illegible . Sa&rsasssss&s—; SBSH&ttiaataBSia ^ faS « Ssara : sssa «« 5 S ^ j 5 S" ^ . " ¦• fle n * " * ^ d been pronounced 5 ^ tafi ^ M *?^ ^ f 3 he ? bee * ** means - « i * wtt lfcFjLS \™ ° M " ^ s ^ estimable , whieh , conc £ ^» e ^ . ^ ald never have been discovered , he c vs-: r « . ? , * ^ -l-f . Part ? best emptied to benefit by the - • " sa ^ l « ww - i . ^ - - T « adedsion ,
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aE the case was not formally before him ; but , if the parties chose to apear in court on summons , he would then go more fully into the evidence . Mr . Taylor agreed to this suggestion , and the parties left the court . [ The parties subsequently agreed to divide the proceeds of the sale . The whole case makes a " very good puff "—and is as much calculated to draw a , " good price" as if it had Toewi planned on purpose . ] "WORSHIP-STREET . Mosdat . —Cbimikal Assault . —Mr . Jacob Magnus , a person residing on Trafalgar-terrace , Hackney-road , was surrendered by his hail for final examination before Mr . Broughton , charged with having criminally assaulted a girl fifteen years of age , named Charlotte Emma Robinson , the daughter of a poor woman living at Greenwich . —The excuse by which the defendant inveigled the prosecutrix to his house was , that a friend of his , a solicitor named
Moss , residing in Queen-street , Cheapside , was in want of a nursemaid , and that if the mother of the prosecutrix would send the latter to his ( the defendant ' s ) house by a time he appointed , Mrs . Magnus , his mother , would introduce the girl to Mr . Moss ' s family , and procure her the vacant situation . It was also complained , after the defendant and his professional adviser bad quitted the couvt upon the second examination , that some female friend of the defendant had followed the prosecutrix and her mother , and not only offered them a purse of fifty sovereigns , but also engaged to permanently provide for the prosecutrix , if her family would consent to forego any further steps in the prosecution . —Mr . Broughton severely animadverted
upon the attempts made by the friends of the defendant to tamper with the witnesses for the prosecution and thwart the ends of justice , and said that , had they been further persevered in , he should have certainly felt called upon to at once commit the defendant to prison , and refuse any bail that mighthave been tendered ; but , as it did not now appeal' that any subsequent attempt of the kind had been made , he should send the defendant for trial at the next sessions of the Central Criminal Court upon the capital charge , but would allow the bail formerly put in to be extended till the trial , the defendant himself in £ 200 , and two responsible sureties in £ 100 each . —The required bail was immediately entered into , and the defendant left the court with his friends .
LAMBETH , TnussDAY . —A Novel Wat of Gettise Old Debts . — William Holding , the foreman of Mr . Shillibeer , the proprietor of the patent economic cemetery funeral carriages , and Richard Packer and Josiah Mumford , mutes in the same employment , were charged with creating a riot and disturbance at the dwelling-house of Mr , Joseph William Woolley , ironmonger , of No . 3 , Apollo-buildings , East-street , Walworth . The complainant , a middle-aged man , of respectable appearance , stated that about halfpast six o'clock on the evening before , the prisoners Packer and Mumford , who were in the sable costume of mutes , came to his house , and placed themselves at his door , one standing on each side . Holding , who had come with them , knocked at the door and demanded money ; and , upon his refusing to complywithhisrecraest , he called him a swindler repeatedly , and ho was obliged
ultimately to send for the police and give them into custod y . In reply to the questions of Mr . Norton as to the cause of the prisoners acting hi so extraordinary a manner , the complainant said that in January last he had engaged Mr . Shillibeer to bury his mother , and had also agreed to pay hun the money in a few days after if he called ; but though applications had been made for the amount , £ G ICs . Cd ., circumstances had prevented him paying it up to the present time . Mr . Shillibeer said he had repeatedly sent for the amount of his bill , £ G 16 s . Cd ., and was as often put off ; and , believing it notto be the intention of the complainant to pay it if he could , he had told his men , when they went on business into the neighbourhood , to give him a gentle call . ( Laughter . ) Mr . Norton thought it wrong that the defendant should have turned their serious calling to so ludicrous a purpose , but , under all the circumstances , lie should dismiss the case .
MARYLEBOXE . Fbidat . —Mcbdeeous AssAciT . —Charles Lindsey , a horsekeeper , employed at Hanson ' s stables , King-street , Portman-square , was placed at the bar before Mr . Long , charged with having committed a most murderous assault upon Harriet , his wife . Banister , S 3 D , deposed that on the same morning , about one o ' clock , in consequence of nformation communicated to him that the prisoner had dreadfully ill-treated his wife , he repaired to 11 , Croydon-street , Lisson-grove , where the parties lodge , a » d on entering the passage he met the poor woman , whose head and face were cut in a , shocking manner ; she was covered with blood , and was crying out , " 0 , God 2 what shall I do V The prisoner who was in his apartment up stairs , said it served her right , and on witness going into the room , he asked him ( prisoner ) how he could think of using his wife so cruelly , but he made no reply to the question . He was thentaken to fie station-house , and the prosecutrix , notwithstanding the horrible usage she had received from him , was very
reluctant to press the charge against lrin . Witness added that he assisted the sufferer to the residence of Mr . Tickers , surgeon , in Baker-street , when her wounds were dressed , and she was afterwards removed to her home in a most deplorable condition . The leg of a table with which the poor creature had been attacked was here produced : there was a portion of hair adhering to it , and numerous marks of Wood . " The room " said witness , " had the appearance of a slaughterhouse . "—Other witnesses corroborated this statement , and the magistrate directed the wife to be brought up . It was with much difficulty the poor woman could be prevailed upon to say anything against her brutal partner , but she at length admitted that lie struck her with his fists , kicked her and beat her ; vl > out with , that part of the table of which the constable took possession . She added that a quarrel had taken place , and perhaps she was in fault as well as her husband . Mr . Long observed that the outrage was one of a most serious and lamentable description , and that it was his duty to send the prisoner for trial at the Central Criminal Court .
THAMES . Tcesbat . —Robbert . —AVilliam Jolly , a flax-dresser , residin , ! . ' at Xo . 10 , Arbour-place , Stepney , Henry Jolly , his son , Phoebe Jolly , his wife , and Mary Ann Jolly , his daughter , were placed at the bar for final examination , under the following circumstances : —It appeared that the younger male prisoner , Henry , had been in the employment of the prosecutor , Mr . John Newling , draper and tailor , No . 21 , Sydney-place , Commercial-road , for the last fourteen months , during which period a large quantity of property had been missed from the premises . On Saturday week he took the materials of a jacket , ready cut for stitching up , to a tailor named Baldock , residing in Church , road , St . George ' s in the East , who was in the habit of working for Mr . Newling . Baldock not being satisfied with the account whieh the lad gave of liis possession of the materials , took them to the ' prosecutor , who recognised
them as a portion recently cut from a piece of cloth , his property . He upbraided the lad with his misconduct , and paying luni what wages were due , instantly dismissed hun from his service . Prom subsequent information , however , he went on the following Monday to the house , No . 10 , Arbour-place , where in every drawer , locker , and bos , the policeman who accompanied him discovered portions of his property , consisting of the various materials in his shop and warehouse . There were doeskins , kerseymeres , "Upacas , silks , fustians , &c , with a quantity of trimmings , and some stationery , consisting of bill-heads , which were found in a box which the elder prisoner said was his , and added that no other person had access to it . There were also found in the house several duplicates relating to property which the complainant identified as his , and which were proved to have been pawned by the female prisoners . Mr . Xewling , on
taking stock after Christmas , missed amongst other property 2 | yards of black satin , 10 J yards of black cotton velvet , 2 J yards of kerseymere , the same of check tweed , 2 j doeskin , 11 black ditto , 4 £ of trousering , If of blue cloth , 2 i of lavender-coloured kerseymere , 2 $ of stout grey ditto , 15 yards of black silk surge , 4 pieces of white calico , 2 pieces of black linen , &c . In addition to these Mr . Newfing has ascertained the loss of a vast number of other articles , of which he yesterday recited a catalogue . "Various articles of wearing apparel , newly made ¦ up , and corresponding in every respect with the stock in Mr . Newling ' s premises , were found in the house occupied by the prisoners . Some of them were rather shewy-looking articles , such as the alpaca dresses , and a rich Levantine silk scarf . In their defence the father , who it appears has hitherto passed as a very sanctified person , and is
connected with several xejigums associations , denied all knowledge of the transaction . His son accounted to him for the possession of some new garments which he had by stating that his master had made him a present of them , and as Mr . Newling hadgiven the lad clothes on a previous occasion , he ( the father ) believed the statement to be true . The mother also denied any participation in the plunder , or that she had pawned any of the articles identified . The girl admitted having pawned some of the things , and the boy , with a self-devotcdness which would have done honour to a better cause , endeavoured to shield the rest of the family by taking the whole of the blame upon himself . He particularly endeavoured to exculpate his father , who heartlessly prompted him to the effort which drew down on him the indignant observations of the magistrate . The whole of the prisoners were committed for trial .
GREENWICH . Tcesdat . —Muhdeb . at Sea Mavy Grigg , an aged widow woman , who gaveher address No . 15 , George-street , Aloanj-street , Rotherhithe , applied to Mr . Grove , the sitting magistrate , for a warrant to apprehend Richard « dhains , captain of the brig Esther , now lying in the West India Docks , recently returnedfrom a voyage in the South Sea , for shooting her son on board tliut vessel in the \\ estern Ocean , under thefollowing circumstances . —John Brown , an able seaman on board the Esther during the voyage , said the vessel , wliich had been at sea twentv-oue months , was now in the West India Docks , where it arrived on Wednesday last . Ou Sunday , October 1 , 1843 , during the passage across the Western Ocean , the captain called for a gun ; three were immediately brought by one of the mates , with one of which he shot John Grigtr , who fell lueless . There was no mutiny on board . The men had complained of being obliged to keen to the forecastle .
particularly as the caboose was used between decks , which caused the heat to be so intense that no one could bear it . They were also very badly provisioned and otherwise illtreated by the master . On the brig arriving at Rio , the captain appeared before the authorities , and was ultimately held to bail , himself in £ 500 and the chief mate iu £ 200 , to meet the charge on the vessel ' s return to England . The captain sent home three men as prisoners , and three others as witnesses , since which nothing whatever had been heard of them , except one , who it is said van away . Tho -vessel had been engaged in the seal fishery and collecting furs , and belongs to a member of the Society of Friends , re . siding in Southwark . The deceased was a good seaman , active and able . The master is a very intemperate and violent man . —Mw . Grigg said she was seventy-two years of age , and in very distressed circumstances . —Mr . Grove said the case should be gone into fully , and without avoidable delay , and they might have summonses for as many of the crew as were at present with the vessel .
Wedsesbat . —This day , Richard Lucas Williams , of Paraeise-street , Rptherhithe , master mariner , appeared to a warrant , at the instance of a poor widow named Grigg , charging him with murdering one John Grigg , her son , on the 1 st of October , 1843 , on board the brig Esther , in the Western Ocean , whilst on her passage to the South Seas . —John Brown deposed that he left London in the brig Esther on the 17 th of August , 1 S 13 . Six weeks afterwards , onthelstof October , they werenear the line in the Western Ocean , when a man , named William M'Gregor , would not turn out to his duty , the galley being in the forecastle , and the weather very hot . It was much too hot , and very rainy . They could not bear the heat . M'Gregor would not turn to . The captain wanted the men to beat him down , and put him in irons . The crew did not say they would
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not do so , but they did not attempt—they paid no attention to the order . The ship ' s officers knelt on and secured him ( M'Gregor ) . John Grigg , the deeeased , came down from the mast-head and said , " Give me a lance , and I'll release him . " Witness was standing b y and looking on when deceased said this . He ( witness ) laid hold of deceased by the shoulder and said , "Jack , that is not right " Deceased listened quietly to this , and remained on deck . A moment after , Captain Williams seized hold of a musket , and shotdeceased in the side , near his back Witness remembered Charles Lambert ( a seaman ) , and did not refuse to do his duty . M'Gregor was the only one who would not take turn . The captain read the ship ' s articles to M'Gregor , who replied that they were not the articles he had signed . _ The captain then ordered the craw to nut .
At'bregorin irons . M'Gregor then ran forward , followed by the mate . He told the mate to keep his hands off , and as the mate would not , he tried to trip him up . M'Grcgor was secured after this . John Grigg ( the deceased ) then asked Captain Williams if he intended to release the man . JLhe captain said he must do his duty . Lambert struck his fist on the vessel and said , "By God , we will make you let M'Gregor go . " Grigg never said or did anything alter witness stayed him , and was perfectly quiet when snot-Mr . Traillsaid the prisoners , M'Gregor and Lambert , had been tried before Lord Abinger in March , 1844 , when M'Gregor was found guilty and sentenced to one year's imprisonment , and Lambert was acquitted upon evidence very similar to that at present adduced by the witness Brown . Under these circumstances he declined
going on with the case . The deceased ' s mother , if so advised , could prefer a bill of indictment before the grand jury at the Central Criminal Court ; this , CaptainWilliams was liable to until the last day of his life , but he would notrecommend such a step . If Mrs . Grigg was still not satisfied , the course alluded to was always open to hev . — A person from the owner ( Mr . Sturge ) said that gentleman was anxious that the unhappy affair should be thoroughly investigated . — The warrant against Captain Williams was then discharged . The widow left the court , hoping that friends would corae forward to enable her to bring the case before a jury .
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HOUSE OF LORDS , Moday , May 26 . Lord Coitenham moved the second reading of the Ecclesiastical Courts Consolidation Bill . The noble lord , after explaining that this was not a new measure , called the attention of the house to the multitude of these courts , and the anomalous nature of the matters subject to their jurisdiction , and proceeded to give an outline of the changes contemplated in liis bill . With respect to the jurisdiction exercised by these courts over wills , nothing could be more inextricable than the confusion into which the diocesan courts , and the lesser jurisdiction of decanal and vicarial courts had fallen , so that , de facto , almost all business found its way to the court of the Archbishop of Canterbury . The proposition he intended to make
was , that a central court should be established in London , to which all wills should be sent , and that it should have surrogates acting in the towns where the diocesan courts were now held , who should grant probates when the amount of property was small , but be obliged in every case to send the will to London to be registered , so that in future time every man ' s testamentary dispositionsmightbc found in the metropolis . In questions of divorce and excommunication tliis central court would retain the power of the old courts . In the matter of church-rates , over which the jurisdiction of these courts had caused so much ilU-ill , he proposed an appeal to quarter sessions , where the rate
nau been illegally levied ; and in that of tithes , he thought the power of these courts should be abolished altogether , and that pending suits should be transferred to the Court of Chancery . He intended also to do away the criminal jurisdiction of these courts , wliich now had the power of punishing for defamation , incest , and quarrelling and brawling in churchyards . None of these propositions were his own , for each was founded on some recommendation of the many committees appointed to investigate the subject , lie had waited for some Government measure , but as none had been brought forward , he hoped the house would sanction the one now before it .
The Bishop of Lincols objected strongly that the proposed court would be a lay one , and yet would have powers of divorce and excommunication . The feelings of members of the Church would be outraged if sentences of divorce were pronounced by a purely lay tribunal . Lord Brougham thought these objections unsound , because the jurisdistion in question had been exercised by laymen in the cases of Sir J . Nicholl and i ^ X' Scott > Ifc was " S tlmfc S ' * anomalies should cease , and that the Crown shoidd appoint these judges as it appointed all others . Lord Wixciulsea doubted whether the new bill would not give rise to more discontent than the
old . 'Ihc Lonp CiiAJfCEiLon and Lord Campbell expressed their approbation of the measure ; and the bill was then read a second time . Several other bills were forwarded a stage , and their Lerdships adjourned till Friday .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Wedsbsdat , May 28 . The house met at four o'clock . IHE LEEDS AND WEST HIDING JUNCTION BA 1 LWAY DHL . Oa the motion that the amendments ( made in committee ) to this bill be read a second time , Mr . C . Wood objected to the motion , and moved as an amendment , that it lie referred back to the same committee . The grounds on wliich he moved this amendment were—first , that the company had uot kept the pledge they had made to the public with respect to the charge per ton per mile for the carriage of coals . In this respect theve was a great discrepancy between some of the clauses as to the rate of charge . In one clause the charge was set down as 3 d . per ton per mile for coals , and in another clause it was stated to be only lid . per ton per mile . The second ground of objection was , that the company had got the lease of a canal , which was a contract that the Legislature would not sanction to a railway company .
Mr . P . M . fciEWAKT ( who was chairman of the committee on the bill ) seconded the amendment for referring it back to that committee . Mr . Estwisle defended the bill as it now stood , and contended that there were no inconsistencies in the clauses , and that the company adhered strictly to the offer they had made to the Board of Trade in the first instance . After a few words from Mr . P . 51 . Stewart , The amendment was agreed to , and the bill sent back to the committee , SASATOBY 1 A . WS . tovd Di'scas asked at what period of the acBsion it was the intention of the noble lord who had charge of the measure to introduce the third and last of the sanatory bills which were promised , and which were founded on the report of the Health of Towns Commissioners , alluded to in the speech from the throne .
The Earl of Lincoln said that the greater portion of the bill was prepared , soma clauses alone being vmucv consideration ; and he hoped , at an early day , to bo able to give notice of tbe day on wliich lie should propose the second reading .
EOMAN CATHOLIC BELIEF BILL . Mr . Watson ' s bill for the repeal of the Penal Laws affecting Catholics was , after a short discussion , read a second time .
STATE OF THE COUNTRY . The adjourned debate on the resolutions of Lord John ' Russell was resumed by Mr . P . Howaed , who said lie did not feel himself justified in voting for the nine abstract resolutions of Lord John Russell , because he was convinced , that , though in a multitude of counsellors there might be wisdom , in a multitude of resolutions there could be nothing but confusion . "With respect to Lord John Russell ' s resolution on protective duties , lie thought that ike house would not be doing justice to the new tarifi ; and to the principles on which it was founded , if it did not wait for their practical operation , before it proceeded to legislate on the remaining restrictions left upon our commerce . As to the nest resolution , which was aimed against the Corn Laws , lie
thought that Lord J . Russell was not proceeding with the caution due to all classes of her Majesty's subjects , when he proposed to lower the duties on the importation of foreign corn to a fixed duty of 4 s ., as ., or Cs . a quarter . Referring to the resolution which called upon the house to revise the law of settlement , lie expressed bis hope that it would be'found practicable to combine a birth settlement with some plan for giving a settlement to those who had for some time previously bo . en resident in a given place . To a systematic plan of colonization he should offer no objection , provided that it was not compulsory . He theu expressed himself in favour of the allotment system , which he contended had exercised a favourable influence , not only on the feelings , but also on the practical condition of the people . On the subject of educat ion , he knew that the Executive Government was fettered in the course which it might be inclined to
pursue by the great number of conflicting religions in tliis country . He trusted , however , that if tho vote for educational purposes were increased , a portion of it would be extended to the Roman Catholics and to the Protestant Dissenters of tha country . Alluding to tho amendment on the nine resolutions proposed by Mr . S . Crawford , lie observed that at the present moment there did not appear to Mm to be any extensive feeling in favour of the extension of tbe suffrage . Having thus stated some of tlie reasons why he could net accede either to Lord John Russell ' s motion or to Mr . S . Crawford ' s amendment , he concluded by declaring that he had still another reason , and that was , that if either the otic or the other were intended as a censure on the present Ministers , and if the passing of such a censure would lead to their resignation , he could not give it the sli ghtest support , because we had not at present a compact body of men to supply their places .
Mr . B . Escoti was not surprised to hear that tho gentlemen opposite were not quite ready to take office , but was surprised to hear that that was the reason why they would not support these resolutions . Lord John Russell , after lamenting over the condition of thelabouring classes —a question wliich had made more way in the feeling than in the judgment of the country—had adverted to the necessity of establishing a better system of emigration . Now , in his opinion sufficient encouragement had been already given to emigration . Tbe time for encouraging it was before tbe house gave its sanction to the strict provisions of tho New Poor Law , and not now , when those strict provisions were in full operation . As to the practical substance of all the resolutions—the eventual introduction of foreign corn duty free—Lord J . Russell , who but four years ago proposed a fixed duty of 8 s . a quarter ) now proposed a fixed duty of 4 s ., or 5 s ,, or 6 s . a quarter ; and , as ] if there was to be no end of his inconsistency ,
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brought it forward within six weeks after his celebrated declaration that " protection was the bane of agriculture . " For whose benefit , then , was it that he left this amountof protection " For the benefit of the mercantile or the abouring classes ? Mr . Escott then proceeded to contend that on the subject of the present Corn Laws her Majesty's Ministers had acted not a selfish , but a generous part , and to find fault with those who called themselves tho farmers ' friends for tlie manner in which they attacked that law , after giving it their warmest support in Parliament , He showed that by tbe unskilful manner in which they had entered into collision with the opponents of the Corn Law they had knocked out the main stones which supported tho arch of protection , and laughed to scorn their unavailing attempts , during . the .
present session , to prop it up again with osier twigs for timbers , and with lard for cement . There was , in his opinion , only on » rational way in which protection could be defended . If it could not be defended as necessary to secure a domestic supply of corn for the people at a cheap averago price , it could not be defended at all for to say that it was defensible because it put money into the pockets of the landowners , and enabled them to pay their mortgages , and to make tlieir jointures ,- was an insult to the common sense of an intelligent people . Indeed , with such speeches as had been made on this subject from the day when Sir Edward Knatchbull made his celebrated declaration down to that on whieh the Duke of Buckingham made one of a similar character , it would be impossible to defend protection much longer . Believing , as he did , that the course which the Government had pursued on tho subject of tho Corn Law was the best that they
could have adopted under the circumstances in which they were placed on their accession to office , he should ill perform his duty if he should vote in favour of the resolutions ; but he could not conceal from her Majesty ' s Ministers that the time had come ' when they must go further than they hitherto had gone . He protested against their standing on the doctrino of finality , which on this , as on every other subject , was the most absurd that the wit of man had ever conceived , All that any legislature could do on matters of trade and commerce which were intended to provide the largest supply of food fov the people on the best and cheapest terms , was to stand by its measures so long as they attained that object , and no longer . When they failed in attaining that object , it must have recourse to others to obtain that great end of all good Government—the largest and cheapest supply of food for the greatest numbers .
Captain Pechell complimented Mr , Escott on his able speech , but regretted that Lord J . Russell was not to have the benefit of We vote as well as his argument . Hu corroborated the statement made on Monday night by Lord J . Russell , respecting the want of education among a part of the labouring population of Sussex , and reminded the iiouse that the noble lord had not singled out Sussex as being worse than the other counties of Englandand Wales tat hail especiall y referred to Staffordshire , and some other counties , as being equally negligent of the moral and religious instruction of tlieir inh abitants . The gallant Captain concluded his speecli by making several observations in defence of a relaxation of the Corn Laws . Sir John Walsh complained , that the introduction of so many different topics cither rendered the debato vague , desultory , and inconclusive , or else induced the speakers
to run off into party topics , to the disparagement of those which were more naturally united with it . In one of tlie many resolutions which Lord J . Russell had propounded —namely , that in favour of colonization , he concurred to a very great extent . He regretted , however , that the noUe lord had not given encouragement to colonization as Secretary of State , when he might have administered a strong impulse in its favour . He could not , however , assent to his resolutions either on protecting duties , or on the Corn Laws ; and for this reas m —that both of them were contrary to the evidence of facts , and to the testimony of experience . He then entered into a long detail to prove that protection , so far from being injurious to agriculture , had been the cause of the improvement which had beeifso remarkable in agriculture for tlie last few years .
Lord HowicR defended tlie policy which Lord J . Russell had recommended to the adoption of the house in these resolutions , and contended that thatpolicy had beta met by arguments singularly inconclusive . He had expected that Sir James Graham , when he rose to speak in behalf of her Majesty ' s Government , would have said either that the condition of the labourer was satisfactory , and that the interference of Parliament was therefore unnecessary , or that it fell short of what every man desired , but that any improvement of it was beyond tliu reach of the Legislature , and that it was therefore better for Parliament not to interfere , lest its interference should encourage hopes whieh must be ultimately disappointed . He had expected , he said , that Sir James Graham would have adopted one ov other of these courses ; but Sir James
had come down to the house , and made a speech filled with details and arguments , not refuting but confirming every statement of Lord John Russell , and had concluded it , to the surprise of everybody , by moving the previous question . That course amounted to nothing more nor less than that her Majesty ' s Government would neither afiirm nor deny that there were measures which were calculated to improve the state of the labouring population . He regretted that a question of this importance should be discussed jln so thin a house ; but still more tho absence of Lord Ashley , \ vl \ o ought to have been present to suppoi t Lord J . Russell in his attempt to ameliorate the condition of the labouring population . All tho grievances of which Lord Ashley complained , and which he wished to redress , arose from the inability of the labourer to command
suilicient remuneration for his labour ; and the object of the present motion was to obtain from Parliament a recognition of the cxistence .., of a state of things in which its interference was absolutely necessary , It had been said that these resolutions embraced too wide a field ; but in that opinion he could , not concur . They were important , not only for the . propositions whieh they included , but also for the propositions which they excluded . They were also closely . and _ inseparably connected with each other ; for the country ' was suffering at present both from the moral effects " of mental ignorance , and from the physical effects of individual poverty . Poverty was too often the result of ignorance , and of the improvidence which ignorance created ,: on the other hand , it was often the cause of ignorance "itself ; for how could it be expected
that a population suffering from hunger and distress would ever think of obtaining the blessings of education ? Lord J . Russell had pointed out the measures which he thought would prove the best combination for remed ying the double evil under which the country was now suffering . He was well awave that any attempt to raise wages by Parliamentary interference would only tend to aggravate the evil ' which he deplored . The measures which Lord J . Russell looked forward to as the means of mitigating the distress , of . the labourer went such as would free industry and ' . labour from the restrictions under which they , were sufljering at present . He confessed that some of those restrictions—for instance , those by which you prevented thqscwjio produced clothes by manufacture from exchanging their produce with those who produced corn—appeared . to . lum . to have been framed almost with the intention of-thwarting the designs of Providence . Tlie
noble lord then proceeded at great length to point out the impolicy . of supporting the existing Corn Laws , for the protection , asisome as . so . rted , but for the ultimate destruction , as he contended , of the agricultural interest , and to show that the repeal ; of those laws would increase trade in every part of the country , and thus benefit all the industrious classes of : tho community . Such were the views which he entertained , and entertaining them , he gave his cordial support to the resolutions on tho subject of protective duties fln . d of the Corn Laws ; but he would not conceal from the house that he went far beyond Lord J . Russell in the conclusion which he drew from his facts . He thought that the ,, time for compromise was gone by , and that the conclusion to which Parliament ought now to come was , that the system of restriction which takes the bread out of the mouths of the labouring classes ought to be completely abandoned .
Sir John IIanjier said , that if this were a Corn Law debate , which it was not , he should urge various reasons , which would militate , not a little , against tho conclusions of Lord Howick . He was convinced that whenever Parliament came to tho settlement of the Corn Laws , it would base them on the principle of a moderate fixed duty , not for the sake of protection , but for the sake of revenue . H » had observed , that whenever the duty was taken off from any article of foreign produce , the cost of its production increased on the other side of tlie water ; and he mentioned that fact to show that a moderate fixed duty might be imposed on foreign corn for the sake of revenue without injury to the labouring classes . He could not , however , vote for the resolutions of Lord J . Russell , because in so doing he should bo guilty of gross
injust ice towards Sir R . Peel and his colleagues ; for he should be affirming that they had paid no attention to tho condition of the country since tlieir accession to office , nhen the fact was , that their measures had been attended with the most beneficial consequences . He could not support the resolution respecting colonisation , because he saw no prospect of colonisation being undertaken on the principles on which he wished to see it conducted . The last report of the Poor Law Commissioners showed , that during the last year one-eighth of the population had been receiving parochial relief . This was an announcement wliich ought to attract the serious attention of Parliament ; and he merely noticed it at present to suggest that a trifling alleviation of the difficulty thus experienced by the poor might be found in giving in future to them and to tlieir children tome education in art and
science . Sir R . !' ££ *< denied that there was any apathy in the house to the distresses of the people , and admitted that , if such apathy existed , a stronger proof could not be given of the incompetence of the house to discliargo its duty towards the country , But the absence of Lord Ashley and other members , upon which Lord Howick had commented so severely , was not owing to apathy , but to the deep and prevailing conviction of the house that Lord J . Hussell had not brought forward this subject in a manner likely to lead to any practical result . He was not going to discuss all the various measures contained in Lord J
Russell ' s resolutions , becauso each of them , if justice were done , would require considerable time for discussion Ee should have thought that those measures were suffi ' ciently numerous ; but some gentlemen , following the course to which the noble lord had invited them , thought otherwise , and proposed to add to them the subject of the Poor Laws and universal suffrage . Independently , however , of the number of measures contained in these resonitions , he objected to any abstract resolution upon any one of them , without knowing something of the substitute which Lord J . Russell intended to provide for the present law . After making some observations on the noble lord ' s resolutions upon colonisation and education , and affr
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justifying tlie recent proceedings of Government on both those subjects , he called attention to the wide difference existing between Lord John Russell and Lord Howick on the subject of the resolution on the present Corn Laws ! Lord J . Russell proposed a fixed duty of 4 s . y 5 s ., or 6 s ., but Lord Howick was against . all duties whatsoever / and was for a perfectly free importation . of- foreign corn , because he thought that nothing , else would tend so much to restore a healthy condition to thelabouring classes . He ( Sir R . Peel ) did not wish to uiider-rate the importance of this object , but he must say that if the house should agree in these resolutions , and should determine to communicate them in an address to the Crown , it would evidently imply distrust in , and pass a censure upon , her Majesty ' s Government . It was for the house
to decide whether the Government deserved such a censure . The Government had relieved industry from many of its burdens , and had made greater efforts in three years to relieve the social condition of the working classes than had ever been made within the same time by any preceding administration . The improvement of the country was admitted on all hands ; but some gentlemen asserted that it was not owing to the measures of the Go . vernment , but to the favourable seasons of the last few years . He admitted that the seasons had been favourable ; 'but he pointed to tlie tariff , and to the remission of duties which he and his colleagues had made , as a proof that they had not been remiss in the discharge of their duties . If the house were determined to enter upon the discussion of the Corn Laws , it had better do so when the
motion for tlieir repeal was regularly brought before itby its able and consistent advocate , Mr . Yilliers , for a partial discussion of them could be productive of no advantage . With regard to Lord J . Russell ' s resolution for the abolition of protective duties , he believed that his object would be mere successfully obtained by pursuing the cautious and gradual course proposed by her Majesty ' s Government . In pursuing tlieir cautious and gradual course , the Government , according to Sir J . Tyrell , had forfeited the confidence of the agricultural interest . He did not know whether Sir John Tyrdlwas authorised to speak as the organ of that interest ; but even if he were , he ( Sir R . Peel ) would not purchase back again tlie confidence which he was said to have forfeited by uttering the slightest expression of repentance for the course
which he had pursued . When hu contrasted tbe condition of England in the winter of 1812 with its condition at the present moment , he never would admit that he had pursued any other course than that which became him as a Minister of the Crown , and as the head of the great Conservative party . He was not prepared to alter the existing Corn Law . He had proposed it after due deliberation ; and nothing could be more mischievous to tho country than to bu always tampering with such a subject . He believed that that law had been beneficial , so far as it had i > revented any increase in the price of corn , The welfare of the proprietors of land did not depend on the nominal price of the quarter ofcorn , II ' he could read to the house the accounts which he had received in 184 'J of the distress , privation , and crime
which prevailed at that time m the manufacturing districts , lie could convince the most decided advocate of the landed interest that it was threatened with grca ter danger from the . continuance of that distress , privation , and crime , than it ever had incurred from any other cause . He knew that tlie decision of the house would be governed by higher motives than its hupes of pecuniary remuneration ; but if it were not , he should emphatically declare that the state of things in 1 S 12 could not have continued long without affecting most materially the interests of land . It was said the G overnment had lost the confidence of its supporters without gaining that of its opponents . If that were so , it could not last long ; but he 6 nce more repeated , he would not , to regain the confidence wliich he had lost , utter one expression of regret for lumug proposed the measures whieh had induced that loss of confidence . The principles on which those measures were
based were sownd , aud to them Government was prepared to adhere . They would can- ) ' them into execution witli deliberate caution ; but , for the protection of individuals , and for the promotion of the cause which he and Lord J . Russell both had at heart , they would avoid that precipitate course which these resolutions recommended , but wliich was unsanctioned either by prudence or by justice . Lord John Russell , in rising to reply , observed that the sole question then before the house was this , whether , if it were necessary to make ah alteration in our protective system and in our Corn Laws , it was wise to make it now / jn a . time of political tranquillity , or to wait for a time of clamour and distress ? It was evident , from the course , not only of the present , but also of many a prcceding debate , that the cause of protection and of the Corn Laws was even now tottering to its fall ; and it was , therefore , incumbent upon the house not to be tnlcon mi .
awares , when that fall should take place . Sir R . Peel had admitted that if he had lost the confidence of liis own supporters , lie had not obtained the confidence of his opponents . As Sir It . Peel had himself adverted to that subject , he would be frank , and inform him at once , that he ( Sir R . Peel ) had not gained his ( Lord J . Russell ' s ) confidence . He disagreed with Sir J . Tyrell , when he said that the introduction of the tariff and the existing Corn Law had been injurious to the farmer ; but when the lion , baronet went on to assert that he had been taught by Ministers , when in opposition , to expect that they would be in favour " of protection and against Free Trade , he was prepared to contend that Sir John Tyrell was perfectly justified in such an assertion . At the same time , he would add , that if Sir John Tyrell were to propose a vote of a want of confidence in hor
Majesty ' s Ministers , he would not support it ; for what he had now to consider was how lie could best carry the measures which ho deemed conformable to his own principles . If he and his friends were to propose measures similar to those now proposed by Sir It . Peel and his colleagues in the Government , he know that they would be opposed by Sir J . Tyrell and many of the gentlemen who were now in office . He , therefore , thought that tlie best mode of carrying out his own principles would be by opposing Sir John Tyrell on any such motion , and by leaving measures founded on his principles to be proposed and carried by the party now iu power . There could be no deubt that Whig principles were better carried out at the present moment by the opponents of the Whigs , than they could be by the Whigs themselves .
After a lew words from Lord Clements , Tlie house divided , when there -were—For Mr , S . Crawford ' s amendment 33 Against it 253 Majority against it ,,,. 220 Sir James Graham then moved the previous question . Another division took place , when the numbers were For the previous question 182 Against it ioi Majority fov it —78 Lord John Russell's resolutions were accordingly lost . The house then adjourned .
Tuuksdat , May 29 . The Speaker took the chair shortly before four o ' clock . Tho Wilts , Somerset , and Weymouth Railway Bill was read u third time and passed . The Exeter and Crediton Railway Bill was also read a third time aud passed . Dr . BovfiuNG presented a petition , numerously signed , from Bolton , in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill .
privilege . j The Solicitob-General brought up the ' report of the Committee appointed to inquire into the case of the action of Howard u . Gossct . The report stated that on Tuesday last judgment was obtained against Sir William Gosset , and a verdict of £ 200 returned , execution upon which would be levied on the 2 nd of June . Tho Committee recommended that a writ of error should be brought on the judgment in the Court of Queen ' s Bench . As the execution would not prejudice the proceedings in the writ of error , the Committee did not feel it expedient to prevent tho levy . The Solicitor-General then moved that the report be printed .
Mr , Home thought that some day ought to be mentioned upon which to take this report into consideration . He thought that the privileges of that house were not properly protected . He thought the time had now come when they ought to ascertain whether they had any pri leges or not . The Solicitok-Geseral thought that it would be better to wait , so as to give further time for consideration . They might , it was true , take the other eourse , and he was quite willing to follow any suggestion the house might make , but he thought that there was somo further information which might be laid before tlie house ; by thus doing , the house would effectually interfere , without being committed to any course . Mr , T . Duncombe said they had got a copy of the judgment , but they wanted a copy of the warrant and of the record to enable them to proceed rightly .
The Solicitob-Genekal said that the copy of record was being printed , and he would lay copies Of it on the table in the morning , and he moved that the report be taken inio consideration to-morrow . ACADEMICAL EDUCATION MLL . Lord John Russell , seeing the right lion , baronet the Secretary of State for tlie Home Department in his place , wished to ask him if it was his intention to move the order of the day to-morrow for the second rending of the Irish Academical Educational Bill . Sir James Giiahaji replied , that if the discussion of privilege extended to any great length , which it was not unlikely to do , he should not move tho order of the dny for the second reading till Monday .
LAST SIGHT ' S DEBATE . Lord Ashley rose , and said that he wished to trespass on . tuQ house for a few moments only , on a matter personal to himself . He had understood that his absence from last night ' s debate had been very severely commented upon . He had last night taken the chair at a meeting in a remote district of Lambeth , for wliich he had leen engaged for several months , and where he had been detained for several hours , and ho did not think that at that late period of the evening it was necessary to attend that house to take part in a division upon a motion which , whether it were successful or not , could lead to no practical result , IMPRISONMENT FOB DEBT .
Mr . H . Berkley moved for a select committee to inquire into the operation of tho bill pasthast sessions of Parliament , having reference to small debts under £ 20 That measure had been attended with very bad . conse ' quences to tradesmen , placing them entirely at the mercv of fraudulent debtors . It was necessary that some wo teetion should be afforded to those parties who now com " plained He was not in favour of a return to tho old law , but he considered some medium course miriit be n
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this si'countthathewished the committee to be appoints from one extreme the house had gono to the oppositp " Under the old law , the debtor was entirely at ' the mere of the creditor , but under the present law the case via reversed ; tho creditor'was '' the victim" of the debtor After a few further observations / the lion , . member con ' eluded by moving the appoinfmentof the committee . Mr . Kemble briefly seconded the motion , Sir James Grauam said that if he properly understood the hon . gentleman who had made the motion , the object he sought to be achieved -by " the Committee was how the Act of laBt session regarding small debts had operated upon the circum&tancea , < jf tradesmen . Were tliat tho end in view he did not see any good that was to bo effected ; he could not apprehend any benefit that wouM result from such a committee . Certain defects in the Act ?™?^ l ha * }>™ una ? r tlie consideration of th
Lord Chancellor , with the object of devising a remedy and that noble and learned lord had introduced ^ bill into the other house on the subject . The hi « gentleman intimated that he had no desire to rep m the law of last session , but to effect its improvement Ee ( Sir Junes Graham ) rejoiced at this , as it wa ? £ firm opinion no step could be taken so indicative of a want of sympathy and consideration as the repeal of that law for the working classes . ' The measure had , on the whole , worked well No comptatau bad been made by the great body of tho people : the complaining parties were tradesmen , who had the remed y in their own hands if fhey chose to exercise it—the withholdin g of credit There were , no doubt , defects in the old law , still it had been introduced after great attention and consideration had been bestowed upon it . It was no such piece of crude legislation as had been affirmed .
Mr . Hawes did " not wish a renewal of the hardshi ps imposed on debtors formerl y . He considered the only eftect of appointing the committee would be to cushion the measure cmning down from the other house of Parliament . He would , therefore , object to the appointment of a committee , as he believed it would impede the imprisonment that was meaning to be made in the bill and wliich was under the consideration of the other house . The Solicitor-General said the abolition of immi . sonment for debt upon formal process , under £ 20 , llaa been effected oecause of the miseries to wliich poor debtors Tiad been subjected . He was now willing to believe , from the experience of the present law , that the " creditor was not sufficiently protected , and if any further protection could be given him it was desirable ; at tho same time , they should be cautious about placing in the hands of the creditors any arbitrary power . He hoped the lion , gentleman would withdraw his motion till lie saw what the bill from the Lords proposed .
After a few observations from Mr . Spooncr , Mr . Berkley , and Colonel ltawdon , the motion was withdrawn . The house was shortly afterwards counted out on : ; motion of Mr . Sergeant Murphy for the repeal of the tax imposed on the inhabitants of certain towns in Ireland , called ministers' money .
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•*»> — HOUSE OF COMMONS , Friday , Mav 23 . X 1 IE NAVY . Sir 0 . Kapieu explained the reason which induced him to take the discussion on the first vote in tho naval estimates—namely , on the vote of £ 1 , 273 , 78 !* for naval stores —on the present question rather than in the committee of supply . He did not object to the vote on account oi its amount ; but he ( Sir C . Napier ) did object to it on account of the wasteful and extravagant way iu which it has been hitherto expended . The gallant Commodore then repeated the critisms which he has so freouentl y made in the course of the present session , on the reckless manner in which the Admiralty has laid down ships of the line , frigates , and steam-vessels of war during the last four or five years , and contended that all their experi . ments in naval architecture had been signal failures .
Mr . Soames complained of the manner in which Sir 0 . Napier endeavoured to disparage the construction of the vessels recently built by the Hoard of Admiralty . Hi had no hesitation in saying , that her Majesty ' s steam vessels of war , 101 in number , were superior to those of any other potentate in the world . Besides these 10 ± steamers of war belonging to her Majesty , we had also lf > 0 steamers in our mercantile marine , which could speedily be converted into vessels of war ; so that in case of emergency , wo were able to meet all the steam vessels of the world
in arms . A lengthy discussion followed , in winch , as usual , all the naval officers in Opposition supported the allegations of Sir C . Napier , and those in the interest of tiie Government contradicted those allegations point blank . —The passing of the naval estimates occupied the rest of the evening ,
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'WWW ~ * # ^^^^<^^ p ^ p ^^ WW ^ - ^^ ' ^ VWW Leeds Corn Market , Tuesday , May 27 . —Although our reported supplies are small , some few vessels from the coast have made their passage , and thei * samples are sent up from below . The wheat trade this morning has assumed a considerable degree o £ firmness , and fresli qualities obtain an advance of iully Is . to 2 s . per quarter , but tlie attcndar . ee of buyers is only thin , and the market closes rather dull . In the value of barley there is no change . Beans ) must be quoted Is . per quarter higher . Oats , shelling , and other articles steady in value , with a fair demand .
Liverpool Corn Market , Monday , Mav 17 . — Thero has been a lair suppl y of Hour from Ireland , but ' of other descriptions of British produce or manufacture the [ arrivals have been light . From abroad we have only two or three cargoes of Baltic wheat . The only alteration in the duties this week is a decline of Is per qv . on beans . A continuance of cold , unfavourable weather throughout the week has rendered holders of wheat and Hour less anxious to sell their stocks , and prices of both articles have been weil maintained , with a slight improvement of value in a few instances . The best samples of Irish red new wheat have brought Gs OdtoGslOdperTOlbs ., and good marks of Irish flour 35 s . to 3 Gs . per 280 lbs .
Ihe best mealing oats , which are not plentiful , have been held for rather more money , but the demand has still been limited ; good Irish may be quotedat 2 s 10 id . to 2 s . lHd ., and choice at 3 s . per 45 lbs . Oatmeal has had a steady sale , and 24 s . 9 d . per 240 lbs . easily made for the best cuts . The transactions in . bavley , beans , and peas have been quite of a retail character , at late rates . Some speculative business has occurred in bonded articles : one or two cargoes of the Iowcl qualities of Baltic wheat have changed hands am about 1500 barrels of United States flour , at IBs . Oil . to 19 s . per 10 G lbs . A small cargo of Egyptian beaifl was sold , on Friday , to arrive , at 27 s . Cd . per 480 lbs ., cost , freight , and insurance .
Liverpool Cattle Market , Mosday , May 20 . —Wo have little or no alteration to quote in the state oi ' ow cattle market of late , the supply beiug fair for this time ot the yeav , with a numerous attendance ei buyers from all parts . There was a brisk sale , at hich prices . Beef Cd . to G * d ., mutton , Gd . to 7 Jd .. ! mnb ¦ ( " ¦ to <* d . per lb . Cattle imported into Liverpool , from the 19 th to the 26 th April : —2410 cows , 5 L calve ? , io 20 sheep , 338 lambs , 7868 pigs , 42 horses . Richmond Corn Market , Saturday , May 24 ,-W had a tolerable supply of grain in om market to-& 5 » Wheat sold from 5 s . 9 d . to 7 s . ; oats 2 s . Gd . to 3 s . 2 d . > barley 3 s . Cd . to 3 s . 9 d . ; beans 4 s . 3 d . to 4 s . Gd ., pet bushel .
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Sva-MARixE Explosion is Limeuodsb Reach . — In consequence of an announcement that an attempt would be made on Monday to remove , by means ot gunpowder , the Whiting Shoal , which l ' oi- a considerable period has greatly impeded the navigation of the Thames , in Limehouse Reach , as determined on by the City authorities , a great number of persons , despite the unfavourable state of tho weather , assembled near the bank of the river , for the [ iitrpose of witnessing tho operations . Tlie Government lighters and the usual apparatus were in complete readiness , but , unfortunately , owing to the stormy character of the day , the process was deferred for a more favourable opportuni fcy . The shoal in question extends nearly half a mile m the centre of the clian . nel , and at low water lias only a depth of seven feet . It was considered at first that it could be in some way displaced by the usual dredging machines that cleanse the bed ot the river , but on that scheme being resorted to , it was found that the shoal was of such a hardened description , like a kind of concrete of gravel aud sand , that the working of the machines had little or no eftect
upon it . The corporation were at length , informed by a lieutenant in the navy , it is understood , that it could be removed by the means of gunpowder , and , accordingly , operations were immediately adopted so as to carry out the project . Tlie first attempt waa made last Tuesday , and in every way was quite successful . A hole was bored some distance in tlio shoal , in which was deposited a tin case containing A 5 lbs . of gunpowder , and wasftred by a galvanic battery from one of the Government lighters , under the ' eoramand of Captain Fisher , the harbour master . ' The effect is described as being very singular . A lw"C
VV body of water was thrown up in a dome-like form , and the shock was plainly felt on both sides of the river . After the operation it was found that some 40 feet of the shoal was displaced . Sisgular Voyaoe . —Departure of a Snip" for Davis ' s Straits in Search op Minerals . —On Thursday week tho brig Isla , Captain Robertson , belonging to Aberdeen , sailed from Stromness for Davis ' s Straits , in search of black lead and other minerals abounding in that icy region . She is furnished with a mineralogist . The Isla is also prepared for whaling , having two boats and a crew of twenty hands . The New Market at Birkiniiead will , it is expected , be opened in about six ov eight weeka . The interior , wliich is extremely light and elegant , haa two fountains in it . —Liverpool I ' aper .
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¦ ¦ i ¦ i THE NORTHERN STAR . ^ May 3 l 3 1345 . - - ——— ' 1 ' I . .. ¦ ¦ in i - ¦
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 31, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1317/page/8/
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