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' f » keii to * he hospital , where , his hand was dressed . j * tfjs Bison gave corroborative evidence . She * Z ^ d » foct of hav }» g beea robbed , and deposed CtaviDg seen thc P nsoner throw the pnrse into rtcrirer . Theiurj found the prisoner "Guilty . " It * "L ho » n that the prisoner had been before con' ~ wed twice , and that he was known as an expert Ntnocfcet- The conrt said there was quite suffifl ^ rTn the present case , without reference to frsgr convictions or character , to justify the seni ! \ Z which was , that the prisoner be transported frAe termof ten years . —Jir . RyianH said it would , ie nec essary to try the prisoner for the assault Obiai « Moxet bt Fraud . —Chrietopher Hat" a * ed 65 , was indicted for having frauwise ^ ' fikeri to the hospital , where , his hand was dressed . P *? z -iiram save corroborative PvMonno ci , »
Snlendy obtamea oy pretences various zLs ofra ouex , » coat , and other articles , from one Tnhn W . Le wi ? . his property , with intent to dell od him of the sauie .-It appeared thattlie prol £ utor is a tobacconist in Feathcrstone-strcet , ? ijv-road , and the pnsoner at one period held l join ' s in his house . In the course of the carlv ^ J 5 of last month the prisoner applied to the i > ro-Lntor for th loan 0 . trifling sum of money , ^ nn " that he wanted it for his daughter , who had r ^ Educed to poverty by the destruction of her tuflicriy by a fire which had taken place in Lam-Lh . The prosecutor , believing this statement , rt « him a f < - -w shillings , but that sum was upon Sever al occasions subsequently increased . About * ie 35 th of May , however , the prisoner made anther api'lic 31 * " to the prosecutor , being at the * : 3 ! e in a state of excessive grief , , savin ? that his S ' jprtter was dead , and that he had £ 40 in the
« r Martin s-puce savmss JianK , but that beinw ynaWe to withdraw that sum without a for £ unit ' s notice lie was placed in a position of digiuhy as to burying her . The undertaker , he added " , had consented to wait for his money for thc for tnight , and therefore he solicited thafc ' the procecotor would oblige him with the loan of a suit { . { clothes to enable him to make a decent and re spectable appearance at the funeral . With this request the prosecutor , under the circumstances , tot only complied , but also lent him another sovereign . This statement , however , ultimatel y pro ved to be a falsehood , as well as those he hail j reviously made ; for his daughter had not suffered from any fire nor had she died . —The jui-v found the prisoner " Guiliy , " and—The learned J " 'liie sentenced him to six months' imprisonment srA hird labour .
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COCIIT OF COMMON PLEAS . WEIGHT V . WILCOX . —FALSE IMPKISOXMEXT , Ibis was an action for false imprisoument , which iad been brought by a sempstress against a ginger ker manufacturer and general dealer . At the irhl it appeared that the plaintiff , Louisa Widit and her three sisters , resided at Bethnal-green , and { he defendant , who lived in the same locality Kilted s stable of the plaintiffs father , in which be kep t two horses . The defendant found that his horse ? , instead of improving in condition , pot graonally thinner , and having received information from which he was led to believe that the plaintiff a-d her sisters had stolen the chaff with which the horses were fed , begaveher and her threesisiws intn
ca stodv , upon a charge of stealing the chaff . The j . hintiff and her sisters were taken before the mag : ? traie at the Worship-street police court , who at once discharged the plaintiff and tw © of her sisters , and remanded the other sister , Jane Wright , who , however , was subsequentl y discharged . Several witnesses were called on ' behalf ef the plaintiff , to prove that her father had chaff of his own -with -which he fed his horse . Oa behalf cf the defendant ^ evidence was produced to show iuat one _ of the sisters of plaint !^ whose name was J . iiie Wright , had been seen coming from the defendant ' s stable late at night , with her apron full of something , and one witness stated that ' some of th e linseed which the defendant had put into the cbiff had fallen on the sleeve of his coat . A witness
ranied Inderwood , stated that after the plaintiff sad two of her sisters had been arrested , the otiier Kater , Sophia Wright , had been discovered bv him an ] the defendant ' s housekeeper , secreted in her tedroom , and had gone down upon her knees , bei :-Eiusr forgiveness for herself , and chanrias ; her s : ster " J ; ice with the felony . Sophia Wrfghf , on thv trial , was recalled , and positively denied this stutemenf , and Jane Wright swore that she had m-ver taken rny chaff out of the defendant ' s stable . The case was tried at the sittings at Xisi Prius in Middlesex , after last Easter term , before Chief Justice ¦\ ViMe , when a verdict was found for the plaintiff , { Linages £ 2-3 . —The court- were of opinion that t ' uo rale for a new trial must be discharged . —Rule ilismnred aceordiiiL'lv .
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COURT OF EXCHEQUER . WASH 1 SGTOX T . TOUXG . —ILLEGAL MEASLSZS . This was an action of trespass brought by the heei * r of a beer-shop at Bedford to recover damages from the defendant for seizing and carrying awar Certain mugs , the plaiiitiff ' s ' property . " The case MS tried before Chief Justice Wilde at the la > t ossizas of Bedfordshire , when a verdict was entered !••? the plaintiff with iOs . damages , subject to the opinion of this court npon the pre-cnt special easi-. It appeared that the defendant , who was inspector of weights and measur es visited the plaintiff ' s shop t ) examine his measures under the provisions of the ?••! and Gth Will . IT ., c . Go , and to ascertain whether they were correct . The pewter measures were found to be of sufficient capacity ; but tliere were
a ' u-o earthenware mugs of various sizes used as mea - sares , and those having been found deficient in size , were seized by the defendant , and carried awav . Hence the present action . —Mr . O ' . MaUay , Q . C ., row appealed , on behalf of the plaintiff , and contended that the act of parliament authorised inspectors of weights and measures to examine only such measures as were stamped , and that no offence had leeLcommitted by the plaintiff by using the mags in question . They were not stamped , and therefore ¦ cere not within the meaning of tlie 2 Sth section of the statute , which enacted that only " measures " properly so called , could be seized by inspectors Then it appeared by the 21 st section that to constitute a violation of the act the examination shmihl ba
lcade at the instance of a customer after tbe beer seller had falsely represented that the unstamped v essels used contained the full quantity called for . In this case there was no such examination by the customer . The mugs were unstamped , and used in-
customer thought fit to do so . Thc mugs in i ' . tis case were used as measures , and as they were not of sufficient capacity the defendant was justified in seizing them , and the plaintiff ought to be nonMiitcd . —The Court were unanimously of opinion ibat the defendant was justified in seizing the vessels , and t ' j at tlie verdict ought to be set aside . It distinctly appeared that the plaintiff used them as measure of legal capacity , llis wife had produced them as scebfand told the defendant that they were so used iiidiscriminntcly with the pewter measure ; . The t ^ o sections referred to were perfectly reconsileable by construing the word " ine .-isures " to rac-an all T * 5-els ordinarily used as such , whether stairsped or sot . The defendant was , tterefore , juctined , and the plaintiff was non-suited . —Judgment for the defendant accordingly .
C 1 VSS 1 DIESE V . UOyii AX 5 ) 4 X 0 THEE . -XUS 032- LIBEL . THE " MORXIXG POST . " ^ This was an action to recover compensation in damages from the registered proprietors of the laming Post , for an alleged libel published in that journal on the 20 th of February last . The defen-<* ast pleaded not guilty , a :: d also * a plea of jnstifi-Catlon , wLieh -was specially demurred Jo . —Mr . ¦ I&irson bow appeared to support the dc-miJiTer Among st others , the causes of demum-r assigned were , that the plea did noi set out the f ; -. cts and charges relied on with suffieient cerlaioty . The ¦ J oel consisted of a long extract from a pr . mplilet
Published at Paris by one Adolphc Chenu , : ; i ! il ex-« . ensivel y circulated In that city . The plaintiff was ^ Fr enchman , and formerly prefect of ^ police in the French metropolis . The libol complained of charged ™» with bsing habitually dissolute , and associatia u' with swindlers and * other bad characters ; '" at , having been ia . vnly instrumental in biieginsr aliont the French revolution in ISiS , lie had . becii » j ! c to collect a large sum of money in aid of tbe distressed Poles , nhd that be had apprcpiiated it w his own use . That he had also procured large Swiss of money by negotiating Bills of Exchange , * ? hich were dishonoured on arriving . at maturity , lucre were various other charges of a political
nature , occupying altogether more than a column ° f the Morning Post , ^ he objections io the plea ^ ** , that it did not disclose the names of the bad c haracters with whom it alleged the plaintiff had ™ o « in the habit of associating , and it did not particularl y describe the various other acts with which * c was charged , so as to enable him to rebut the -ateiuents made in the plea . The plaintiff ' s onlj " yect was to vindicate his character , as be was £ ? w resident in England , and about to establish aimself here asa merchant . —The Lord Chief Baron ^ w , an application might have been made bv the Pontiff at chambers for a bill of particulars . * The P / ea as it stood was sufficient , and evidently conj ^ ned matter enough to guide the plaintiff in his t ^ er to it . —Mr . Atherton supported the rule . £ "« c lient was not only ready but desirous to i oin ~» ne on the plea which was intended to be issuable . ^ position of the parties and the nature of the wieged libel irere peculiar , but the defendant
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== 5 = 552—thought he had given-the -plaintiff quite sum = «^ S' ^ &IS SaiiT f ^^ s ^ bette ? Sa £ Rn » J Cate hlS ch ^ cter : he had much £ <^ ZB& 2 sxirz ~ p £ SSS ££ JS& 8 F& to his own use , also the charges of having assocS with swindlers and . obtaining money under faS pretences Those were most serious charges and calculated not only to hold his character up to ridifcWf ? t 0 ^ amage ifc , considerably . He was , tnerefore , anxious to clear himself . —The Lord ttret Baron said there was no rule in pleading better understood than that of " certaintv" The court could not distinguish the chaw ™ Uinh w » rA = i Ii I m _ m i . ' . . _ : «„? : „*•„— .-i : — : ! .. -Pamtaff quite suffi-
alleged to be of a political nature from those which were not ; but if there was a libel , it must to S JS" » H «> otl and particularly—Mr . Pearsoh disclauned any wish to rely upon the . pure technicalities of special pleading . Here the charges iustified were not only serious , but of a largo character , and Bufltoentinstances of them ought to have been set ? S »? fcfi , ° l ? plea itself so that tbe plaintiff might . be enabled to disprove them—The Court intimated their opinion that the plea ought to be amended , but if tbe learned counsel for the defendant thought he could support it as it stood , he might proceed with his argument .-Mr . Atherton preferred amending the plea . If his learned friend would state the charges on which information was required , all that the defendant was in possession of should be supplied as soon as possible . —After some further discussion , liberty to amend the plea was granted . The venue to be retained in Middlesex . ¦
CAUSS 1 DIERE V . LAWSON . —ALLEGED LIBEL . — ME" TIMES . " This was a similar action by the same plaintiff against the Times . In addition to the libel complained of in the last case , there were some comments on the subject published in that journal , which were relied on as a ground of action . The question came under the consideration of the court on special demurrer to the plea , as in the case above mentioned . —Mr . Peacock , Q . C ., suggested taat the same direction should be given in both cases as the pleas were similar . The defendant wished to examine in Paris , and there would be
scarcely sufficient time to do so , and go to trial at the sittings after the present term , as the venue was in Middlesex . He hoped , therefore , the court would change thc venue to London . —Mr . Baron Platt : Both these actions were against two newspapers for the same identical libel , " if the plaintiff * s " only object was io vindicate bi 3 character , would not one action suffice ? Why not proceed against the Times , ^ T- ^ " - Pearson said , the libel complained of in the action against the Times was larger , and contained additional matter . —It was ultimatel y arranged that the defendant should have liberty to amend the plea , and that the venue should be changed to Surrey . —Rule accordingly .
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INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT . IX THE UATIEE OF J . . F . MUXCKS . —HBAKTLESS COXDCCT . This insolvent—a German journeyman tailorwith a profusion ^ hair on his face , was opposed by Mr . Sturgeon , for a young Welch woman , named Sarah James . He was supported by Mr . Nichols . — Tlie cosiplaint against the insolvent was , that he had defrauded the young woman of £ G 0 , and had seduced her . It appeared that he came from Germany in 1846 , and soon afterwards he became acquainted with Sarah James , who was a servant « irl . They heenmo intimate , and he soon afterwards began to borrow money of her , she having made deposits out of her earnings ma savings bank In the whole he had obtained £ G 0 of her , besides a silver wateh , as a loan . On one occasion she
advanced £ 2 S to pay the duty of some goods sent from Germany . In A pril , 1 S 4 S , she left her place to be married , but he put it off , saying the Chartists were about , and it was a bad time foi business . Subseuently he obtained further sums , and in September last she found he was paying his addresses to another young woman and whilst in the street he told her that if it was anywhere else he would " murder' her . —Sarah James stated that he had repeatedly promised to marrry her , and she believed him to be true . She had astertnined that he was now married . After he had affected her ruin he promised her marriage . She had lately been a cook man hotel at the West-end . —Two letters were read which were sent by the insolvent from Sirah James in affectionate terms , in which he snoke of introduce
: ng her to his parents as their daughter . —The insolvent , on his examination , denied the promise of marriage . He admitted he was now married . As a journeyman tailor he earned about £ 1 a week . He admitted he had the money of Sarah James , but she "forced" it upon him , and would never let him alone . He spcut some money on her arising from the sale of the goods sent from Germany , in trips to Gravesend and Greenwich . She was i ' n the habit of corning to where he lived , and making such " rows" that hn was obliged to go with her . She went with him to Gravesend , after she knew he was keeping company with his present wife , and she said she didn ' t care so long as he would go with her , and she paid the expenses . The watch was at a place , to be repaired . —Mr . Sturgeon said it was a gross case of heartless conduct on the part of the
lusolvent ; he had seduced and robbed the young woman . —Mr . Nichols represented the parties as equally indiscreet , s . v . 0 , that the money had been spent on themselves . —Mr . Commissioner Laws reviewed the case . His impression was that the money was obtained on a promise of marriage which the insolvent never intended to perform , and the connexion which had subsisted was not likely to encourage . He should require further evidence before he disposed of thc case . Probably he should adjourn the case for a long period in the expectation that it would be settled , and if that was not done then give a judgment . —The insolvent was remanded till Wednesday to Horsemonger-lane Gaol , where he had been committed on a judge ' s order as about to leave the country . lie was ordered to bring tbe watch he bad of Sarah James on the next occasion .
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Civilitt of St . Pauls Shores — The public has known for some time how remarkable for civility and- respectful demeanour an ; the showmen and nio ^ ey-takers of the St . Paul ' s Cathedral Twopenny Exhibition . The politeness and courtesy of these gentlemen have at length been taken cognizance of by the Court of Aldermen , ax a recent sibling of which worshipful tribynal , reported in the newspapers , Sir . Alderi :. an Hooper took occasion to say on their behalf— " A more impertinent set of fellows niver appeared any where to perform duties of any kind . Some of thc females of my family went to the cathedral on Sunday last to hear divine service , but it was in vain they applied to the vergers for admission into the pews regularly appropriated to the accommodation of the ladies and families of
the aldermen . One of these vul gar irsolent fellows said , upon being remonstrated with on the subject , that he didn ' t care about the aidermen . In fact , nothing could exceed tbe . impudence of tlie presumes brutes . " This last remark , pace Alderman Hooper ^ is rather too stronz ; for the impudence of these " presuming brutes " is certainly exceeded by that of their employers in demanding money for tiic adniis -inn of the puMic int'i a national church . " Like master like man ; " and capitular rapacity , naturally enough , i 3 . imitated by extortionate flunkeydom . Mr . Hooper proceeded to state that " a lady who happened to get a seat was surprised to see the pew into which she was admitted almost filled with strangers , who , no doubt , paid these fellows silver
for tiie privilege . " -Begging Alderman Ilooper ' s pardon , we olyect to calling the sittings in St . Paul ' s Cathedral , pews . They are not pews , but stalls and boxes , and you get admitted to them by nv-ansof the ordinary silver key , that is to say , by tippfogthe boxkeept-r . To leave their servMitsto eke out their remuneration by picking up money in this sea : ! pish kind of * ay would be discreditable to the management of any decent theatre , and 5 n the hi ghest degree seandilous to that of such a house a 3 St . Paul ' s- Tbe subject of Alderman Hooper ' s roraplaint has been referred to the Committee of Privilege ? , and now that thc showfoiks of St . Paul ' s have insulted the family of an alderman , perhaps thev will be brought to their senses . —Punch .
PcsismrexT or Death by Buksixc—Some of your readers will be surprised to learn that , within the memory of witnesses still alive , a woman was burnt to death , under sentence of thc judge of assize , for the murder of her husband . This crime —petty treason—was formerly punished witli fire and faggot ; and the repeal of tlie law is mentioned by Lord Campbell in a note to his life of one of our recent chancellors bull hare not his work to refer to . The post to which this woman was bound
stood , till recently , in a field ai'j oiuin < r Winchester . She was condemned to be burnt at the stake ; and a marine , her paramour , and an accomplice in the murder , was condemned to be hanged . A gentleman lately deceased told me the circumstances minutely . I think that he had been at the trial , but I know that he was at the execution , and saw the wretched woman fixed to the stake , fire put to the faggots , and her body burnt . But I know two persons still alive who were present at her cxecucution . —Notes and Queries .
Coke of ax Uicekated Leo Br Hocsoitat ' s Oixtjiext axd PiLts . —Mr . John Olive , well known in Geclong , Port I'liilip , publishes iu tlie llEtiionRSE Morning IIebald , of June 22 . 1 S 49 , the following extraordinary case— 1 had been afflicted for three years with an ulcerated les , and had the best medical treatment , in Melbourne and Van Diemen ' s Land , without experiencing any relief , when hearing of the wonderful cures effected by Ilollowaj ' s Pills and Ointment iu this part of the world , I resolved upon trvin" them , and with gratitude I acknowledge that after using them and attending to the directions , I found my leg effectually cured iua very short tfme . ' _ ( SisnedJ JoaaOurE .
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THE- eONDITION- OF-ENGLAND QUESTION . | ^ ^ S ^ SS ^ OLK ,, aKfarJrffiSSS . wS be from 3 d . to 4 d . per day . These , as weU , Tbovs SeSW * 7 loyed , upon ^ -oSirkK : lhe straw is usuall y purchased of the farmer * in t . hc TmiWnnMnimirv ^
ueiguuournood at Cd . a bundle , bein » in mn-titv about as much „ a person can ' confenien ^ iS in tto l ° f ^? P aid > . t 0 Fl ^ "cu'tural labourer in this district is wretchedly low , not more than 0 s . ? L ™ T week ' aud we it not for the straw plait , tta . r gene > ally be in a far ™ « c ° nJil £ a y " *?/* p . rcsent - Wlen the Plaiting is depressed , a considerable quantity of work is done by the women for the cheap tailors of London , Col-, ! ft . ' . an ? er . ces wh 0 send the different articles o Castle Hedingham and other places in tlie neighbourhood to have them made up . Essex , some years since , was famous for . its silk and worsted manufactures ; Co lchester was known for its " bays / ' and " says , " and Lindsey for its Lindsey wooisey . " These manufactures have now almost entirel y passed away . There are , however , several mills at Braintrec , Hocking , Ilalstead , Coggeshall . ' and Colchester , for the manufacture of silk lhe principal manufacturers are the Messrs .
Courtaum , wno havoa mill at Braintreefor "throwing " the silk , at which ISO hands are employed ; one at ilalstead , at which S 00 or 900 are employed ; and a third at Bocfcng , employing not less than 500 persons . Upon making application to the different manufacturers of Braintrce as to the rates of wages , I was refused any information whatever , and in one instance my inquiry was met b y the counter question , whether I was prepared to make up any deficiency to the workpeople , as that would be the only condition upon which any information would be vouchsafed . As I was unable to . procure what I desired from the employers , I at once proceeded in search of some of the weavers themselves . Thc
first person of this class that I discovered was one who was then engaged upon some work at his own house for the parties who had requested me to make up deficiencies in the people ' s wages ; His statement was as follows : — " I am at present at work on the fancy silk , with a Jacquard loosi . Trade has been wonderfully bad with us for the . last two years , but I ' m in hopes it ' s about to take a turn for the better now . The piece that I ' ve got to weave will lie about fifty-four yards long when wove , and I shall get £ 2 5 s . for it . I expect to finish it in a month . Out of that I shall have to pay one shilling a week for winding , threepence a week for the hire of the lonmj-and if I didn ' t work at home I should have to pay Is . a week for loom hire . Then the oil to burn
at , night will be 6 d . a week at least , for I know I must work fifteen hours a day to get it done iu the month . The piece that I ' m at work on is what some people call a ' shotted' silk , it is a green cane and pink shoot ; they pay extra for that in London , but they don ' t give us nothing extra here for it . Well , out of my £ 2 os ; , I shall have to take off 4 s . for winding , Is . for loom hire , and 2 s . at least-for oil—that makes 7 s . ;' 7 s . from 45 s . leaves 33 s . — that ' s 03 . 6 d . a week . I ' m certain that what I ' ve told you is quite correct , and if you ask any other
weaver , I am sure he will tell you the same as I have done . I should think , there are about 350 hand-loom weavers in Braintrce , and perhaps 150 in Ilalstead . When a man is at work on the richer kinds of satins , figured ones and that , he cap . earn more than at the plain ones . I dare Bay he could earn 12 s . a week if he was to work hard and stick close to it . I pay 3 s . a week rent , and have only five children . " This account of the man ' s earnings was fully corroborated by the statement of another person who was employed upon precisely the same kind of fabric .
As regards the factory-workers , a youn <* woman employed in the mill at "picking , ' 1 informed me that she got 5 s . a week ; the "throwsters" can earn from 4 s . to 5 s . per week ; the "drawers"fron ; 3 s . to 4 s . No persons are allowed to work as drawers under fourteen years of age . The "plug winders , " whoso duty it ib to wind the silk on the " plugs , " are the best paid , and get from 0 s . to 7 s . a week ; some of the best hands get even . as much as Ss ., but there arc not many ofthem . One . of the weavers employed at the Halstend mill said that she " could earn in weaving crape from 4 s . to 0 s . per
week—5 s . was ab < uit tlie average . " At Co < rsesh ; ill and at Colchester the rate of wages was similar to those above mentioned . I should regret to give publicity , to erroneous statements on tlie subject of the wages of the weavers ; but as all assistance was denied me by the employers , the only-course open to me was to obtain the statements of the persons employed . I have reason to believe , from the manner in which they gave the information , aud tho evident desire on their part to avoid anything like misrepresentation , that their accounts ' were substantially correct .
Some portions of the population of Essex derive employment from oyster-dredgine— the principal places where this occupation is carried on bein " , Donald , Itowbridge , Brightlingsea , Wivonhoe , and Colchester . About 1 G 0 boats arc engaged in the oyster-trade , and about 500 men . The persons so employed are mostly freemen of tho river Colne and they are allowed to dred ge in the river for a certain quantity every morning—a portion of the proceeds being handed over to the widows of the freemen of Colchester and the other places where the trade is . carried on . Another portion of tbe produce is set apart for the boat , and the remainder
is divided among the men . In thc oyster season which lasts from August to April , their earnings will average about 12 s . per wcuk . At the closo of the season the men usnall y start oft with their boats to Guernsey , Jersey , and the Channel Islands ,, to dredge for " spat" ( which is the young oysters ) When a sufficient quantity is obtained it is brought home and deposited in beds in the river , where it remains for three or four years before the oysters are allowed to be dredged up , as it takes that period to allow thooyster to arrive at a proper size for the market . The small oyster known as the " native " is the sort indigenous to thc river , being , as their name implies , " natives" of the river Colne .
Agricultural labour , however , - forms . b y far the most important portion of the labour of Essex Tlie wages vary considerably in different parts of tho county . In the neighbourhood of the metropolis and among the principal farmci' 3 who grow for the iiOndon markets , the rate is about 10 s . per week In the parish of WrittlOj which is nearly the torcrest agricultural parish in the county , wages vary from Ss . to 9 s . per week . At RoxweU , and in the immediate neighbourhood of the property of Mr . Biamston , M . P ., they are aboutSs . peVweek . In the Tindring hundred they average about Ss . per week for married men , Cs . for unmarried . About Great Baddow the highest wages are at present about 9 s .. formerly some were paid as high as 12 s . per week The harvest work is usually done cither by the month , or at a certain price per acre—the amount vary-in ? from 9 s . to 11 s , per acre .
It is , however , in the northern and western portions of tho county that the lowest rate of wages is found to prevail . " Throughout tho whole of this district the wages arc invariably 2 s . or 3 s . per week lower than in tho other portions of tho county . It is in this district , bordering upon parts of Suffolk , Cambridge , and Hertfordshire , and including Saffron Walden , Claveririg , and other places where the wages are equally low , that thc greatest amount of distress and discontent is to be found , and that incendiary fires are of the most frequent occurrence . With respect to the quality of the farming in this district . Mr . llobert Baker , in his prize essay on the agriculture of Essex , says— "Throughout this district , the farm premises are ill-arranged—large barns , sheds , and waearon-loilges , being placed inconveniently and detached from eftch other , the
accumulation of water from tlicir thatclicd roofs falling into yards having large hollows ' and excavations made by constant scooping out the clay from time to time , as tho manure is carted out , so that a person unacquainted with their inequalities is liable to be engulfed in them , as the surface , beii ) g covered with tbe accumulated barley-straw , exhibits nil smooth to the eye ; and it . is * only by the rising of the water and ' sink ing of the straw that ho is awakened to the situation ho is placed in . This , however , has been remedied by tlie more spirited occupiers , but still prevails to an extent deserving their attention , as , upon , i moderate estimate , one-fourth of the most valuable properties of the manure is thus annually . lost . " When speaking to several of the farmers on this subject , T have always been told that the condition of the labourer is not so bad as would at first si ght
appear . A large farmer in Clavering informed me that " a man with a family of five children will ho nearly able with Cs . a week to buy bread enough , if ho buys the coarsest flour ; his vent he generally pays out of lits harvest money ; his clothes he gets by some mean 3 or other—people sometimes give them to him—aud then , when lie is unemployed , why we keep him in tlie workhouse . So you see , sir , he is amply provided for , even with wages at G . s . per week /' " llow / ar the ward " amply " applies to sucli a state of existence is a matter upon which , probably , there may be more than one opinion . The statement given above is one that I have heard from the fjivmers , not once , but many times , and it affords a key to the whole system " of paying the agricultural labourer . Calculations are made with the greatest possible nicety , not so much to ascertain how much he can live upon , as how much he can live without . A scale just immediately above starvation point is fixed , upon for bis suMstenoe ,
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Eers Th « Wlum at the expense of . the rate-KiJSiUinif bo u ori 8 ' ofcourso ' unabletolay S | fefe ^— IeMnd h 0 i system U ^ "S Stance of the ill effects of such Jh 7 S £ 5 r ? ft ' nowhere t 0 « ° found than in KmoKr ? orkh . ous ° s of the county ; ; One of he « old £° 1 ! # 81 "h , ts in an ^ cultural COUnty is he ciseonffnu ^ d , of tho ^ rent unions .. In trict whel / h Chell » sfo ^ union , situated in a disthe neh ? hhn , ! i ° ? , s are somewhat higher than in n the " ol ? l °° . . ? f Silffron Wulden ' there were , united iJS ? men ?¦ ¦ 'ard > ni ^ n Papers , whose ruher mZ 7 ^ ° ^ f ? ears ' the avera ^ S ™ ff tl iS , of ^ 1 , ™ ^ 7 pufc a numbcr ~ Wons r ;? l ° "thaview of ascertaining their
which tl . fiv P 7 " > "" I . the -rates of wages reme imbLfe 1 > eC ? , , - Several trom theil > « - SSlff u dold 3 ge ' were unaWet 0 S » c to t em v , Oherent answer t 0 any q ^ stion put Sin , ZwJ l 0 ln s 1 0 me > however , I was able to obfo ci ' bh S and . ^ wiU ¦ show > P MlM > P " . more wTcultuSn ,. anythlng T C ^ the condition of thc " wlSlwal b n / > Iwi 11 S ivo tho information wtucu l was enabled to elicit . tinn-inio }~ P icture of weakness and exhausi ' m 89 T ? ! 1 uiriesasfollow 3 :- " wkon BHntL i tlere ! lb 0 ut 3 > ^ father lived »«» ui' . uitree » he was taken for a soldier for the American war . I was a parish boy . I began to work « ben l was seven years old . I run away from the parish then to help my mother . I used to live with
her . I used to get sometimes eighteenpence a , dav -sometimes fourteen pence . For a particular job at n ' ° 7 o ° . ; . w « PingIused to get more-sometimes two shillings . I always worked on'the farm . I was married once and had five children ; Some of em < l , dn t turn out well j some of ' em did . I think there s only two of ' em living now , but I don t know where they are ; in London , I think 1 kept on working till about two years ago , when I come in here , because I couldn't wortiuylomror . I never had any relief from the parish after I loft the workhouse , when I was a parish-boy " According to this old man ' s statement , ho had worked as a farm labourer for eighty rears Another old man , who was in tho adininind
bctl , was if possible , more feeble thau the one already mentioned . With a great deal of difficulty I succeeded m obtaining some intelligible answers to my questions :- " I think I ' m 88 ; 1 don't know exact- ^ -niay be more than that . I began to work when I was' 14 , and'was pretty lucky for I always got work . Sometimes I used to get oighteenpenco : i day , sometimes , less ; two shillings once I ' ve brought up ever so many children . I got a prize onco for it , " said the old man , with a laugh , tho exertion of which appeared to produce considerable pain in his chest . ¦ " I think there wasninoof ' em The last work I got was at a gentleman ' s house but Icouldn t do much , - so they turned me off . ant Icamo here . . I ' ve been here—I don't know . how
long . " The master informed me that lie ha ~ d been in the house about four months . Thc number of years he had worked as . a farm labourer , was abou sixty-two . For two years he had been at'tho gentleman ' s house that he spoko of .. The third man I spoke to said , "I wast . farm labourer all my life My father had a farm of his own . He was a wonderful man to spend money on the poor . That ' s a longwhile ago . I don't know how Ion * since he gave up the farm . I used to get whcnl worked sometimes 2 s ; a day , sometimes less . ' I had to work for myself when I was ten years old , and I ' ve been at work ever since , till a l ittlo while a * o and never had no parish relief . I reckon fm about So . "
Another labourer , who was also confined to bis hod , said , with considerable excitement , « ' 1 ' nr 85 years old . I ' ve boon a farm labourer all my life , ever since I was a boy , and this is what it ' s all eomo to . The last job I did was for Master I went hoeing a . few turnips , and they told mo I was to get four shillings a week .. When I was there one week they took off a shilling . 1 told ' cm that Ihey said they'd give me four , and they said if 1 didn't liko to have that , I might have none at all , for I hadn't worked enough to arne more . I grumbled , but it was no use and I wont to work tho next week , and then they sarved me worse again , for they only gave . me half-a-crown , took off
eighteenpence ; and I said , d d if I'd stand it any longer , and if they took it off any more I'd co to the workhouse . Well , then I como in here , and I ' ve been here singe . . 1 know I ' m very old and weak , and can ' t do much , and p ' raps didn't arne more tlmn half-a-crown , they said they'd give me four shillings , and I wouldn't put up with it , to have it took off when they come to pay mo . " The old roan continued for some time to denounce the acts of his employer in a state of the greatest excitement , which he displayed by gnasliing his Bumsfor there were no teeth in his head—clenching his fist , and shaking bis head as he muttered indistinctly his imprecations on the person whom ho considered had . wronsred him .
House accommodation is almost universally bad in these counties—I mean as regards the homes of tho labourers . In one place many of the so-called houses were falling down from s ' beer neglect ; one or two of them , which were uninhabited , were used by thc neighbouring houses as a place of common convenience , besides being a receptacle for thc ashesiindthcrefu . se of the other houses in cases where thc people choose to take tho trouble of carrying it beyond tho front ' of their own dwellings . ' In one of these cottages lived a man and his wile ami five children . An old stool was the only article of what might be called furniture in the house ; a few bricks , collected from some of the ruing about it , piled above one : another in four or five different
heaps , showed where the inmates were in the habit of seating themselves . There was not a single piece of bedding or bed-clothes in the upper room " , nor an artideof furniture of any kind , while tho floor of the room and the walls were dripping with tho wet and rain that came through the roof .- Along the whole line of country from Castlo Hedingham to Clavering , there is an almost continuous succession of bad cottages . Among tho worst of these might be mentioned those in the neighbourhood of Siblo Hodinghain , Weathcrsfield , ' Bardfield , ¦ \ Yicken . and Clavering . Great numbers of these cottages are situated in low and damp situations , a : id their heavy and grass-covered thatches appear as if they had almost crushed tho buildings down
in to the earth . Little or no li ght can ever find its way into the wretched little windows , many of which are more than half stopped lip with ra « s and pieces of papor . In point of fact ; there arc manv of them which , but for tho possession of a chimncv , would not bo superier to many of the most wretched cabins which I have , witnessed in Tipperary and many other parts ef Ireland . Tlie character of the farmers may be understood from the following fact . It appears these worthies begrudge the poor pauper children the little education afforded them in the union workhouses . It is not at all an uncommon complaint to hoar among tho farmers that the pauper children are receiving too much education . A few days since I met with one who said that he
was opposed to all the now fangled education that they were giving to the paupers . " I am " said he , " one of tlie guardians of our union ; and Ijivst happened to go into the school-room , and there if the master wasn ' t telling the boys to point out with a stick , on some big maps that were hanging up , where South Amerikey was , and France , and a lot of other places ; and they did it , too . Well , when I went home , I told my son of it , and asked him it lie could tell mo where thorn places was ; and he couldn ' t . Xow , is it right that these here pauper children should know more than the person who will have to employ them ? " It . is one of tho anomalies of tho poor-law , that the pauper is better fed
, better clothed , and better lodged than the labourer ; and thc same person who would find fault with the pauper receiving a better education than the child of the labourer , inusfalso in justice complain that bo is better fed , clothed , and lodged , and that ho is to there can bo no doubt . 'Let those who arc able adjust tho inequality . In tho case of tho labourer , as of thc farmer , the real cause of complaint is , not that the child of the pauper is educated ' well , but that his own is not . The community which provides education for the pauper only fulfills but n portion of its obligations ; and to it is applicable , in its strongest sense the rebuke "This ought yo to have done ; but not to have loft tho other undone . " ( To be Continued . )
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Cuaxceky Refohm . —On Tuesday evening a public meeting was held at tho Crown and Anchor , Strand , with the view of promoting tho efforts at present being made to obtain a reform in the Court of Chancery , as regarded the time occupied and tho expense detailed in tho prosecution of suits . —Mr . 6 . Walter in tho chair . —Mr . Acland moved the first resolution , which was as follows : — " That the Court of Chancery , which in theory is ii court of equity , is practically an engine of unprincipled extortion and heartless- oppression : that many millions of property are cruelly withheld from the rightful owners by complicated and dilatory proceedings , AYhilsfc injured suitors , reduced to pauperism by unwarrantable extortion iu tho shape of costs , linger out a hopeless existence in our
poorhouses and gaols , or seek relief from their grcvious wrongs by suicide . That this meeting considers that the continuance , of such a court is a libel upon Christianity , an outrage npon society , and a disgrace upon the legislature- and government of the British empire . "—Dr . Ogilvie seconded this resolution , lvliieh was supported by Mr . Hock , of VValbrook , and carried siera . dis . — Other resolutions , pledging tho meeting to support the . association in agitating for a reform in tlie Court of Ch ' aRoery were then agreed to , and tho mooting separated after thanking the chairman . ' The Rev . J . Taylor , head master of tho 'Wakefield Grammar School , has been admonished by the governors oF 4 hat establishment for exceeding his duty , by . inflioting undue severity upon his son . a boy of thirteen years ofage . '
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.--, MONDAY , Juse 3 ¦ '¦¦ . HOUSE OF LORDS .-1 ecclksu siicai , APPEALS io Tire PBivr Council . -ThoiBUbop Q ( London moved-the second reading of his bill ., ' for provid £ a new oourt of appeal in cases involvinir auostinn ^ of heresy in tho Church of England ? Tm " com he explained , was . to be constituted out of the episcopal bench , all the members of which were to be summoned whenever a caso turning upon doctrinal points came before ' the judicial committee of the Privy Council ; and their decision , as expressed by the majority of votes , was to bo final and binding upon tiiat committee . Thc Bishop supported his measure by copious references to precedents and analogies , showing what had been the practice , of tho Anglican and other churches in times past and
present , as well as by pointing to tho course , pursued by the law courts , who remitted questions of science and foreign law which were beyond their own immediate knowledge to bodies of arbitrators chosen from among Hien professionally qualified to decide in the particular enses . lie claimed an equal power for the church , that , namely , of deciding upon points of her own' doctrine . The bill he proposed would leave tho Judicial Committee competent to judge upon matters of fact , but reserve to the episcopal tribunal tlie final judgment upon matters of faith . Concluding with an appeal to their lordshi ps to discuss the measure calmly , and decide upon it ' consoicntionsly , thoroveraid prelate appeared to be affected even to tears while enforcing the solemn nature of the question then before them for discussion .
; The Marquis of Laxsdowne conceded tho essential importance of the question to the well beincof the church of England and the country generally . But from that very importance ho argued , the impropriety of legislating upon the subject at this moment , when the public mind was distempered by thc excitement . consequent upon recent proccViin"s and any step tending to supersede tho authority in matters spiritual of tho Privy Council would bo interpreted with special reference to one particular judgment lately given / and tend to aggravate aeontroyersy m which the charge of heresy had boon laid against a considerable body of English churchmen . He believed that the judgment finally pronounced had given as general satisfaction as " ii , was
possible to expect in the disquieted state of men ' s minds upon the subject . Besides thinking the measure extremel y perilous at tho present moment , ho entertained serious objections to its principle . It violated tbe prerogative of the crown , which , bv the constitution had been considered from time immomoml the court of final appeal in all cases , in addition to the functions appertainingto it since the reformation as being the chief head of the church . By tho bill a tribunal would be created whose judgments wore final and irrevocable by the privy councillors of the sovereign whoso oaths of office ' bound them to decide according to their own consciences . There was no occasion now for a legal tribunal to go to sea in search of doctrines ; all such questions were supposed to be settled long since . All that could come before the Judicial Committee was the fact whether certain doctrines were thoseof the church , and this fact they were as perfectly competenttodecide
, . ' as the Court of Chancery upon points of chemical science . Tho most important points of belief would , he added , be thrown open for controversy by the bill . . Tho votes of the prelates would bo canvassed and- courted ; and if by one convocation any question was decided in ono way , the opportunity would be waited for when by an episcopal bench differentl y constituted the decision might bo reversed , and those doctrines sanctioned which had previousl y been branded-as heretical . In moving that the bill be read a ' second time that day six months , the Marquis of Lunsdowne explained the changes ' which he thought might be effected hereafter in order to accomplish some of the objects set forth by the prelate who proposed it . He was prepared to recommend that ail the bishops should lie made clejure members of the Judicial Committee of tho Privy Council , and that no dissenter should siton that committee when ecclesiastical questions come before them for judgment .
Lord Brougham disapproved of thc bill as it stood so much that he should have adopted the alternative of rejecting it altogether if lie had not believed that it could bo amended so far as . to bo rendered unobjectionable . Holding the object aaabove all important to heal the broach in tlm church of England , he was therefore inclined to . persevere with the measure , at least until it could bo seen what was to bo made of it . After remarking ' upon some of tbe most objectionable provisions and observing that the settlement of doctrinal questions by a bare majority of votes among the twenty-seven " prelates was not only unsatisfactory in itself , but would have the singular result of leaving perhaps twelve out of the whole body of bishops with ' positive and ineffaceable
verdicts of heresy recorded against them , Lord Brougham briefly explained the modifications bo desired to effect . These comprise the abrogation of tho full and final powers to bo vested in the proposed pro atic tribunal , arB its conversion into a simple court of aid or advice . Points were to be r eferred to it from the 'Judicial Committee , on which it was to pronounce an opinion , but merely by way of guidance , leaving the members still free to act , as their oaths required , according to their own consciences . His lordship then entered into a warm panegyric of the Privy Council as a legal tribunal , followed by another of the church , whoso members he pronounced to bo distinguished among all-sects and communities of tho Christian world for piety , learning , charity , and meekness .
A protracted debate followed , in which Lord IIedesdalis , Lord Littleton , Lord Stanley , the Bishop of Oxford , and the Duke of CAMnniDGE supported the bill , and tho Bishop of St . David ' s , Lord Campbell , the Earl of Chiciikster , and tho Earl of Carlisle , opposed it . On a division the numbers were—For the second reading 51 Against it 81—33 Their lordships then adjourned at half-past ono o ' clock .
HOUSE OF COMMONS .-Metropolitax Interments Bill . —On the order of the day that the house resolve itself into a committee upon this bill , Mr . Lacy , referring to the numerous amendments of tho bill , of which notice had been given , moved that it be referred to a select committee . Lord D . Stuart seconded this amendment , not objecting to tho principle of the bill , but to its details , which made ifc a most unconstitutional measure , inasmuch as it was to ho worked through the instrumentality of a board , armed with power ' to tax the people , * superseding local management , and provided for tho appointment of a whole army of paid officials .
Sir G . Grey opposed the amendment , and recommended that time should not be wasted in irregular discussion of tbe details'of tho bill . Mr . LusiiiNGioN supported the amendment , and complained that the bill had been forced on to this stage without a discussion of its principle , Mr . B . OsnoiiNE said the principle of the bill was a laudable one , and if he thought that by sending it to < v select committco ho should throw over the moasuru until next session , he would not vote for the amendment ; but he should do so because he thought it would afford the chance of a better bill . Sir Dk Lacy Evans and Sir B . Hall likewise supported tho amendment , on tho ground that there had been no discussion of tho principle of tho bill ; that there had been no opportunity of considering its details , and that sonic of these details appeared highly objectionable . Mr . Masterman supported the amendment .
Mr . T . Dukcomdb , whose rising to speak for the first time after bis long illness was welcomed with general acclamation , briefly supported the amendment . If a select committee were impartially chosen , they-would send down , in a short time , a better bill , and if tho government persisted in rejecting this proposal , people would suspect there was soino gross jobbery in the measure . Mr . D'Ey-ncourt said , his constituents highly approved the object of the bill , but strongly condemned the manner in which it was to be carried out by the centralisation principle . He hoped the government would refer it to a suloot committco .
Lord J . Russkll said , tho question really was whether it was desirable that any act should pass this session to prevent intramural interment ; for if this bill were to bo referred to a seleet committee , it was probable that no report would bo made hdovo July , and not improbable until noxt session . There was no reason why the house should not consider tho objections to the clauses in committee . Mr . Alderman Sidney said , the corporation of London bud unanimously condemned the centralising clauses of the bill , aud would prefer the evils of th . n oxistim : system to a bill like this . Sir R .. Pi-: el observed that the question of centralisation was undoubtedly an important one ; but it was forthis reason that it should not bo delegated . to a select committee , thc referring tlie bill to which at this period of tbe session would be a lamentable example of extramural interment .
Mr . Humk wished to send tho bill before thc select ; committee .-Mr , -Wakley characterised as most obnoxious many of the provisions , included in the bill . Sir \ Y . Clay did not approve of the measure altogether , and should propose soivio amendments in coinmitt . ee , but would not rote for the select committee . Mr , M ' YiD . was supporting tho amendment , when , tipon the house manifesting some loud signs of impatience , ho moved that the debate bp adjournod . Mr . Bright observed that tho impatience was chiefly manifested upon the Ministerial bench , and enforced upon Lord J . Russell the duty of preserving order his subordinates .
among Tho discussion turned for some timo upon the question of disorder , Lord J . Russell warmly repudiating , upon his own part , tho duty of Keeping quiet in a house where he said impatience was generally manifested whenever members -wevo l ^ ept waiting for a division about dinner time *
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Atlength . MivlfVYLD ; withdrow-his motion for adjournment , and the house , divided on the original amendment . ' ' ' / ' Ayes ..,.. ' 57 : Noes ;; .. ; ............:... 159 . Majority for proceeding with the bill —102 . Tim house then went . iuto committee on tho bill . On the second ' clause , Mr . Duncombe moved an amendment for omitting that and several subsequent , clauses , with tho view of substituting some now provisions by which tho parish authorities of certain' metropolitan districts , were toposses 3 some of tho powers , which , as the bill stood , would be vested in the Board of Ilealth .
This amendment was discussed at much length , the amendment being supported on tho ground that tbo powers , and especially the tax-lowing powers which were assi gned to tbe Board of Health without any control upon the part of the inhabitants , wore anomalous and unconstitutional * In the courso of tbo debate , Lord Ashley pronounced , from experience , a severe reprobation upon tho metropolitan pariah authorities , who were , he said , most intractable and sluggish in all matters connected with sanitory reform . Lord J . Russkll afterwards defended tho government , who had introduced no principle of centralisation beyond what the measure demanded for its efficient working : and as far as related to the question of taxation , the parochial expenditure would bo considerably diminished under the bill . : Tho committee divided , ' and
Mr . Duncombk ' s amendment was negatived by a majority of 135 to 57—IS . the clauses were then proceeded with , and ( up to 18 ) successively agreed to after a variety of amendments had been . discussed and withdrawn . The house then resumed . Several orders of the day being passed without exciting any debate of interest , A brisk discussion took place upon tho nomination of tho select committee upon the Prerogative court of Ireland . Mr . Napier moved an ameno ' ment to substitute the name of Mr . Goulbourn for that of Mr ; Sadleir as a member of that committee .
Finally tlie house divided—For the amendment 29 Against .... 100-77 After a renewed debate and two more divisions on propositions for placing other members upon the panel , the committee as originally proposed was appointed . The house adjourned at half-past one o ' clock . TUESDAY , June 4 . HOUSE OF LORDS—The Nnial Prize Balance Bill and -the Exchequer Bills Bill passed through
committee . Tho Fees ( Court of Common Pleas ) Bill was reported , and the amendments agreed to . Tho Greenwich Hospital Improvement Bill was read a third timo and passed . Lord Monteaole gave notice , on the part of Lord Brougham , that he should present a petition on Monday next from Australia , praying that counsel and agents on behalf of the colonists should be beard at their lordships' bar against the Australian Colonies Bill now before the house .
Sunday Trading . Bill . - On the motion that tho report on this bill be received , The Earl of Ellen-borough wished to offer a few words cautioning their lordships against proceeding too far with . this kind of legislation . He wa 3 tho nore inclined to repeat the caution which he had before given , because , after this bill had passed , no oue of their lordships , no ono of tho middle classes , certainly no ono of tbe higher classes , would be put to tho smallest inconvenience by its provisions . They might order their carriages and drive where they pleased ; but the poor man would not be able to buy an ounce of lea or a pound of bread for pro * vision for his family on Sunday ; so that if ho were , by hisown indiscretion , orbythelateness of thehour
at which he received his wuges on the Saturday .-night , too lato to go to market on Saturday , he would bo driven to the cook-shop on the Sunday ; and nothing ho thought could be more injurious to the comfort of the working man than to be prevented from having his dinner at home with Ms family on Sundays . He wished to call the attentioii of tbo noble marquis , the representiye of the government , to one clause in the bill , which tended seriously to affect tbo peace cf the metropolis . He referred to that clause which gave the police power to seize articles that were exposed for sale—a provision which he thought could not be carried iato effect , in the presence probably of several thousands of people , without causing a riot , and be read
the evidence of Mr . Commissioner May , taken before the Select Committee , to tho same effect . lie thought they should put an end as quietly as they could to Sunday trading , but it was better to permit a market on Sunday than to create a riot . Onegreat means of checking Sunday trading would be to induce the employers ot labour to the pay their workmen on tbo Friday or the Monday , instead of as now on tho Saturday night ; but they ought not to take any step in this matter which they were not sure they would bo able to retain , and with this view he thought they ought not to go further at present than to prohibit tho sale of afl articles , except medicines , between the hours of ten and one o ' clock on Sunday . forenoon . He did not , however , propose any amendment to carry out this suggest
turn , because to do thnt it would be necessary to remodel tho whole bill ; but ho would content him « self with tho caution he had now given . The Earl of Uarrowdy defended tho provisions of tho bill , and reminded their lordships that it interfered with nothing but trade , and with the trade of thc rich as well as of the poor . He thought tho noble earl ' s apprehensions as to the probability of a riot from the inteferenee of the police were altogether overstrained , and quoted from tho evidence of men before the committeo to show that no danger need be apprehended . It was a mistake to suppose that this measure would operate injuriously to the working classes ; it was intended to be , and , bo had no doubt it would be , a great boon to the poor .
Tho Earl of Moustcaskell stated , as a member of the committee , that the evidence taken before it showed that tho measure originated with the shopkeepers and working classes , who complained of being overworked and not baying a moment to themselves , anil earnestly desired that this bill might pass in order to secure to them tho rest o ? one day in seven . Lord Beaumont said he also was a member of tho select committee , but bo had corao to a different conclusion from tiio noblo lord who spoko last . The bill appeared to have been got up by one individual , who bad been a tradesman , but who had loft his business to follow the more lucrative
profession of an agitator tor Sabbath observance . [ Tho Earl of Harhowbt here indicated dissent , ] lie be « lioved that professional agitation for any question was found to bo a lucrative affair . That individual drew the bill , summoned tho witnesses , and suggested the line of examination which the noble earl followed in committee , lie admitted that in exposing the evils which this bill sought to remedy the evidence showed a much stronger ground than ho had previously supposed to exist , but ho certainly differed from the mode in which it was proposed to carry out tho remedy , and he believed that ho was not the only member of thc committee who entertained tin * sumo ideas .
Lord PoimiAN suggested that this 'discussion would have been mucVfmore in order on tho second reading of the bill . ( Hear , hear . ) The Earl of Harrowbv replied . Tho report with amendments was then agreed to , ' and their lordships adjourned at twenty minutes before seven o ' clock .
HOUSE OF COMMONS . — TIIE PEOPLE'S CHARTER . — Mr . Feargus O'Connor gave notice that on Tuesday , the IStlvof June , ho would bring forward a motion for enforcing the propriety of adopting the six points of thc Charter : namely , equal electoral districts , universal suffrage , vote by ballot , triennial parliaments , no property qualification for members , and the payment of representatives . Affairs ov GnsECE . —In reply to Mr . Baillie , Lord Palmeustox disclaimed , . on the part of tho government , having made any general ^ mand of compensation from tbo Greek treasury fordaniages suffered by British subjects , and entered at somo length into the accepted interpretations of international law , to show what wore and what were not injuries inflicted upon foreigners , residing in any country which their own sovereigns could make just grounds of claim for compensation .
Mr . B . Cociiraxk inquired if any steps had been taken bv tho government to sccuro to British subjects ' the payment of the interest upon tho Greek loan ? , - Lord rAiMERSTox . wplied in the negative , explainin" - that the . ¦ iolrensy of Greece was under the guarantee of the three protecting powers . Dudlin Hosr :-ms . —Mr . Ghocas moved for a , select commutes to inquire into thb Dublin hospitals . Certain government aids to these establishments beiiiff about to bo withdrawn , in consequence of tho impending abolition of the Irish Yiceroyalty , thc lion , rsember entered into some prolonged statements to . show , that in justice ami humwiitj-the assistance hcretoforo given should be maiyfeaineu to its full extent .
Thc Chancellor of tho Exchequer : could see no reason for appointing tho select committee . Full reports on tho subject already existed , and the course determined upon had received the fullest consideration . It was upon recommendations given long since , by various high and competent authorities , that tho reduction and ultunato cessation of the allowances to the Dublin hospitals bad received tho sanction of tho government . - Tho motion was negatived w ithout a division . Irish Toon Law . —Sir . French moved a series of resolutions relative to the poor ivn in Ireland , w *
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