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va .,..--......-______ Ne &i°Y.l ltraent Did h. - Nbl Lo . . A a bet ter ,- • .t e 0 e rd mean to pro- , f in conclusion, said, that he should - vote . for'. the motion tit ,de of esiplsyirent for. ;hose children ? . of his Noble Frier& ' ta e a "id eare taken befty- - c theParlisnaentary Commit- - Lord HOWICK said he did not . knoW of . any'occasion t; b,- t Zeci ts thst thousands - of ,thd, hert were picked.up, in on which he had. found so - much difficulty.in meking•ttp a!s i hoa to the a .police . as lest. e --(Hear, hear.) Let hi mind. how to. vote as upon the present.' Ten hours t 4ttaa:'l' the reports respeeting, the, employment.of . was no incoosidefable pOrtion of labour, at any - trade or tis er t ea . .7- 3 a.„.„ 14 erti ct . mi , milliners.- . (Heareheer4 , If they in, i bueioess, for women and, children „ and when was added Psiyment in mills and factories, they .1 to that the time .employed ina going to and coining frem i_al t rl . t t err . e )_:e with emPloyment in the dr,•ssmakers- ' that labour, and the hours requisite ,for meale, a great Na) , "4, , !..t.'rintingshouse-square.-(llear, hear, and a inroad was made on. every twenty4our.-(Hear, hear.) 11 4' e s ..`ney would - be reqiered to ' heal date for the On the other hand,' while pondering over the• truth of atie g . 7 0 r .f . henra We% kit men Ware 'to, - labour apen - the 'these - thins, he . could not but reflect that, supporting 4tl:gilt. a'.oewepapra--(Hear, and a laugh.) He the amendinent . - of the - Noble Lord, he' was - very • Nth that-theY, ought welt, to consider allf these things 'probably pursuing 'the • course which might' sooner . . f 'f ,,k t 'eeer s ' y eY ta at ' t . "lite-4 . .0 legislate.- : (Elear a ltear.). , He or . later reduce wages. ' For to women though , .their a ae le aely-t..lie ,did net soy the Right •Ilon..Member legislation applied appareotly to women and ti.•e eerit ' i ain his place ; but he hoped that - the Right ,children only, yet indirectly it Most certainly applied to , 1 7aliti sa 'e,!llan . e . would acknowledge. that ho found the tadultsee-(lIe;ar, hear)-and they' would render •it prae ,ltrists ~Pt the .workipg.ciassesin the, manufacturing ticallyitnpossible , for the mill to go on beyond . the time At t l b-,.. "etter than he ex eked -Meat ) Much.as at which those women and children were employed.'- th e said of the Arcadian - P happiness'`' ' - is eaaael ._ . , .(Hear, hear,) 'Then if that were true, and the opera, ~r i t , ittural districts, . it . was,pliced upon record tires themselves \alit`, sought a ten houts'Bill admitted r ...,,, i4 r,5,p.d...t0,a1e11eu5e, that many ef those who such 'Would be the result-the remark which had' fallen a lltf le t f a e4- freni, the agriculturalldistriets to the from. the Hon. Member for ManChestee, ,(Mr. M..Gih- Rsti• e i a t t : 4 ,_t . ,deelered that ~thayi would prefer. trans- son) was. equally true, that if they adopted the limita -1,71%1 \ ,:','Fing..cpmpelled, to return to egricultare.--- . lion, of adult labour _With regard to factories, it was not e.'"Xtr e .. e ' t - - a - ttlallon...Gantleniau, concluded. by reading easy. to: see . where that limitation was to stop- . The iatth aaa irom the report of Mr. Senior, who : stated question was not now whether they would.establish a ', l ltisah;_ atr ilfaeturingpopulatieo wore in a better con- : prineiple or ' not. It • had- gone too far for this. ra t t l ,?ral and physical, than the agricultural, -end For whether the House approved the amendment or -the Iterip t erity was most strikin,g in :the girls.-:(MuCh original' 'Bill,' it 'had equally taken on itself to decide le , tr, r a_ild,l aeg as ea.). . . - :what number of hours - people ought to work daring the l ikag e t ki h 443,: WQ %TIM - . hoped the .11ouse would - ,day. The question was now really- reduced to , this -k . question from. ,party -and. irritating (pies- they had found it necessary to interfere by the pressure litstatu eahoughathat its mats the-duty .of the: Leis ; of an over-ruling necessity, in ordet to declare what !belie D r4 teet those who could notprotect themselveea should,be the length of labour . to which a certain class ' l latts t , ti ,,ed that they might take • further steps in this of artisans should' be • subjected-whether it should be 4 . 114, t h,?ut - injury,- to . the. manufacturing interest. tea or twelve lours- For his (Lord Howick's) part, then, e titi; l itton. Friend said that be entertained groat . he could not help saying that ten hours was as much as kt a 9.1 14,0 l'gi.slating at all in referenCe IA adults. He that House ought to allow.-(Loud cheers.) .He had 1..., - l a Itight..Hon. Friend should have , been the fully felt the foice of the' observations which k i a . t : . 1 1 , to urge that Objeetion' since he .himself -pro- had fallen:. from the :Right ' Honourable Baronet - (Sir ie' l la • 'eslate in reference I to females, 'including .1. Graham), but on.fairly weighitig the . ' good - and the I iluf .t $ e also . argued that the effect, of any public. evil ihe balance devil appeared to him to be in favour le Ni couldnd would belie increase machinery. .Even of a twelve hours'. Bill, and therefoteheMuet vote against i ti itsi et ,he the rase he did.not know that the would- it.. It had been said that if they took thiS decigion with s ' irroo„ l ,gu'Y great injury on the parties concerned. respecttofactory labour they would be,.called upon to sZlise ra - uaity was -that. in : proportion as; machinery go.further. He, (Lord Howick) was not without fear a .ey t avcl . would there be ari-increaaed demand for- . that such would be the ease ; and they _Must deal with ii. ta•e r . ~Fes, andatherefore, illereaseavblPloyment;-•but it when it atose. ..•The origin of. the . evils which they t iciiVPe demand was somewhat Jess ;than before, were now attempting to remedy Was, to be found in the ts9.te lai ll t ained , that the workpeople would:Mit be, intense competition which - prevailed ; and he agreed with e f irs i i•„,, c9 t allsensatian for , this, evil.: .His: Right _Hon.' the 'Hen._ MeMher for :ISlancheSter (Mr. AL Gibson) ipli si r2 , . of the lowering 'of wages as &Most serious that they •• would , not entirely remove those evils LA ha' the ,proposed. st 411); . WhY, ill an interview unless they diminished this Competition of labour and l ik, i 2 'tight Hon. Friend had had with :most intele capital, by enlarging ;the field for eniployment.--- ozlS i ons of that .elass.. to •which the -Bill would (Hear, hear.), This was only to be effected by breaking S j ", l Y. thV i 3r• he had been assured that even if it appeared down those artificial barriers and. restrictions by which t rt 3sa - t i , there would be some reduction in 'wages the labour and cepiter Were new hedged in and confined; and s':lria t t e Were ready . to trim-inter an such risk, •be- unless they were prepared to do this, they must be pre- ItiqiN at they woud - be :repaid by the 'relief Which pared to see that competition become greater and greater. it'4,,e,;e' q l 44 , talTa,t9 them,,- trio.eall,y and: physically: Lie. feared they could not expect that Parliament would aaseeajs s ince- it„Wria stated, in_ the, petitien of 300 do this _at, present,, though. ultimately he was satisfied O s tiVata of the. West, Riding, that; no necessity iwhat- this 'would be the case.-(Hear, ' hear.) Therefore he ala e :ed for the present number of-hours... Ile could for one would take the only. step which could 'be fi l g tia„ l Preashis..regretathat hiss rtight Hon.. Friend apPlied, not that he looked' uPon . it as approach iii p eh lat. it his duty ter .oppose •,this proposaL ing to .an - effectual remedy-; ..but. that until such th '' tl en employed in factories , had. a. r i g ht. t o could be.obtained, he felt bound to assist in any measure a lt ill . a .tt a i t the labour which.was bestowed should•not be by w=hich it might be hoped to palliate the evil. It cer tr;se II it tnr o a_ • , ngn a longer period than aas necessary; tairdy, did appear to him that in the absence of a real Ore t . r i ii period' was, lie would not profess to say, but remedy, they should at least adopt such checks as were l4leli . t.the state of society in the manufacturing in their power ; and in that view it was that he was pre ,J. rand etinitideriiig, the' eqUitY of this Claim,. he Pared to vote foa the measure of the Noble Lord (Ash- Otta„'_ i e•Yed th at much time wunld mit elapie before the ley) in preference to that of the Government.--(Hear.) - ZtWat and Parliemeut weuld,arrive at-the curial, At the same time he must say that this and every ether. 4k, w i llereased Proteotionwasperemptorilydemanded. discussion on, the question had Made him feel how in ttai'ailiD said no matuain - that Houle had listened competent the .House was advantageously .to deal le le at °l le Lord who had introdticed_ the motion more with subjects of that . ' neture.--L(Heat, _ hear.) It ie t tl'la l se 2fi and he was certainly -bonndtosay -that all was,; he , thought deserving the consideration of !;1iqh 1 , 63 . and all-hiss yttlpaihies were in faveur of the gentlemen on both sides .of the House, whether they I„ktch . he - had • propeseda- (Hear, hear.) - .But could not meet the difficulty of. introducing regulations kits came . to: - weigh, the consequeriecs of that for_ the guidance Of Certain 4 . trades, by. . contriving some ks- , '''s- . •'''Deil } he . loele '''' • - ~-, , e interests " the Noble • 'Lord. was ad- those trades might be brougha-togethera and by which kt,.. • :L. =hut, .to the • interests of the whole their arrangements might e enforced . It appeared to• liTtt a ,ta: q thiseountry, he thought they could not him :: - (Lord a kiewick) -the. • might. , consider - whether la Nob le Principle of ,interference to the extent which the great trades might n be organised, so that the a kaa,.. "rd . carried it without: incurring the greet, interestsof both master, ea. - inert' mighabe - represented 14 .fil ' 6ib irtY' la h• - ' • ti a _s eciu I. _. ot as rmardc&the generaltnterests each bY 1 - fS:own ' clue,' z nild" . .thus - 'regulations be IhMa , : fl trY . and - the welfare Of !the -manufacturing made, by _mutual a understending . of the two la ti air, L ta l t was perfectly . impoisible to• listen • to classes,- -which .it _appeared to hurt that rarlia le ttet alt .Of - the . Noble:- Lord, and - follow menu was unable to do with anything like advantage. l e lte. es ;', ll _ . gh . that course of., Misery and degrade.. He was the more impressed with this idea when he saw itrie a 7h, he -had - traced,' 'Spreading ' over ,so the.way in which the• trades" unions had_worked. He k „qe r i;l t t i. °n Of their PotMlation, witliout 7 iVie.hing that admitted that,. in many - eases, those unions were clan ai't"le . l e . l '"e„ Power of that Muse, to apply a remedy gerous. bodies. , They had, in fact, flourished and exer e le t as e 4 4 ;3 evils.---(H ear, hear.) Butaweuld .any deed great powers in opposition to the law, but, looking N l'4' th at they • could , apply a:. remedy ?-.-(Hear, at the manner; in, which they had- maintained them- t.l,!?4st y 7 ° I II 4 . any • one -• say. that it , inight ..not. most selyes: . and, had exercised their power, he could not but teV asar.t e ggravate • the e'vils Which: they wished to conclude that they had: originated from a necessity for 01,4,i . "if:- . !.tai% hear.) Why, the Noble Lord's argu- organisation which was felt by the trades themselves- - -= ti t V', ho ti . l ,t . were - kooti Tor . anything,' was an meet- (Hear; hear)-and if they were so organised, 'would it V l ,4tei 'P4 the . whole ri . i.;inufiteturin a fasystem, and net be a. great advantage to have them,' instead of, .as Sa t t ' t i s i k at? argument to change twelve into ten. at present, acting as_ bodies unrecognised by the law, and k k, t 4 O uties ii3l49' Bill restore !,he. votaett, to those do- frequently exercising - their powers • by intinsidation at lase y , their absence: from whieh.the . Nehle Lord --would -it not : be, he repeated, a ' .great ad kieildr deplored ? .. Would it restore thejnothur;to vantage .to,• see them recognised by working and N i Nl 4 ll ?- Would it: enable.• her: to.•perform.those exercising powers over which, .not the classes re a kita„ ' lti !Si . the neglect Of, which -*he *Noble Lord only, but the empleyers "also, should have some powers Vittilit"". the cause of so, MuchaillneSsi as well ...as of control ?-(Hear, hear.) ' &eh institutions might a th,.... ... 4 3: ‘ ,: ,. 'Would 'itl4top the; deteiieratiou of the afford nseful assistance` in enforcing' the observance of 't 'ltet; t c . " :thcatif. they.. interfered with One - elaSs - of , such regulations as those which they were' now called on k tl at ere fe,s,` to* • could' - they' deny; the .l duty , to adoPt• He admittedthat if the Bill'Passedthey Would Wal,a a ' r 'ng with all ? Tie could • ShOw• -' the be - establishing a principle for the future regulation of _ , 1 11V, 1 ? .- ritiE l i, -, ten, &- ousatiti. times ::iiorse cases than factories, and of • other trades, whickthey must be pre ..,___r_ !Plil' e t qa%7 - he. had pointed out.' lie 'Could - show' !Area to carrteturtner; mid he tratedthat - those . gen tl,i_ h 4 _4 his own Conitittients,onebraneh of industry . demur who were more able to .come to a practical con ker pa r rintely liniited life .to a certain period.. .Yet elusion on this subject than he was, would endeavour to a„, t aat "ells'ai , were forced. into such employment, devi s ee some means , y Which - they might - be enabled - to a"tatea 9 1ed - theMielVes , fOr the .temporar distal- meet the difficulties of this question.-(Cheers.) t_ fed,- they . suffered .h.i -- OW •ahnost Y: certain Loill SANDON' would'aint `enter into any details on this kts - aala la t e a ear, hear.) • Yet :this, was one- of the sub- question .. On one point, however, he would obServe. Hon. ' I I tk asal t , a which - the. Honourable . . Member - who. had : Gentlemen opposite had no right to say that the existence of the corn-laws had rendered it necessary to legislate, upon this lii te 'ata ta • es r B ed the - Homo exhorted- gentlemen on his side subjeet, far in the Countries in which no vorn-laws.existed, or , i llt;' 4 i a ' r ' m n entering upon he entreated them not ! b._ ,le t - Pon what hecalled• a party and irritating sub-• at least where none existed for any practical purpose =-- in Russia and ,the United States, for. ir . istance-they much cona k;,7ty i s ; '( ha l „ are hear.) . Why, it was not becauseit was piled to protect the labouring popula t i on by fpFtments . of me t ' . lit•i i: ' , Kl irritating subject, it was because it. was •a , this . nature as they were in this country. This question lie ll 's4 tlt , ,t "at enmtnereitil question that the subject was h a d b een brought before the House before the corn-laws • ta ti .iiiN It, weuldbevery easy. to tura. that diachs- wire in existence. :The late Sir Robert Peel had; kti c ke ; t il • coin - law deb a te, He did not wish to in- called the attention the House to this subject. in the year N 'Whi t . ft t • . subject, : but he_ had ,a right.. to 1815, either before the corn-law had passed, or se immedi. ; 0 5 4 11144,7M; • the... cause.. .of. the -pressure which. ately afterwards that it 'could not have . produced any effect; '''Set ii i earPle to submit to such hardships ?.NOinan therefore, whether- the. were right or wrong, it was il l 'at e i:a ue e his wife and children without -a' necessity' impossibl for Hon. Gentlemen opposite .to contend that the necessity for-resorting to.legislation on this subject-that all the q tli t ißs ~,,00 . 11t such a necessity as overrode all those . tle e le a 'Lih svere aSstron la implanted in the 'breasts evils of which they complained were caysed b the want isf a ) ta r __rki n ,. 1 0 , 9 4 i t ,..... 6 population _, as in those ' of any memners o f . the Member for South Lancashire, and hehad every expectation tt el '4 , a s i tri ;-( 1 Cheers.) He belieied that' there was es : and hope that their legislation =ths subject would be successful., taz SX -, , affection-as great a desire to . retain wii- , .In fact, the principle was already in operation in many pf. the. - sAI R r d o me sti c ci rc l e , i k IA . - manufacturing . districts.. in Leeds the had never worked' tea.e. tie marriages among the working , clasSes, as more than eleven hours, while their neighbours were working . twelve hours, and, notwithitanding the intensity of the conipe- NiT or xn selves.--(Hear, hear.)" Yet. such was the tition, they,,had never.. found any, necessity for resortinit to 4 illi al x.i ii ! , °e is iety, - that they. found . men' driven to, 1, iii'lle e , - "a whet). they came to reflect upon : their eon- twelve hours' labour. Surely , ' if they were able to do. this, it erirdnebe injurious toothers to insist upon them not working 'aeqt• th e n B,t B ,trUck. them as almost :criminal, ,and aablots o w ur o e u rs_ to•e.greatereatent?' He belieVed that 'this l'i•i t theilal system .-'-( Bear, hear.) • lie did not, see t m eas ur e a thetendtoequalisepassingmitigate power of machinery. If this Hill Were passed, it l t ) lltel i di t' h . e . ` l 2 . ll !..s . a labour: They ertaelad poverty by, would no longer,irs the power, of manufacturers .to execute in: s et v agi st ,endettaeured - toremore the consequences of six weeks that which it ought . tis . take 'six Monthsdoing. ,N 't., y ta aloa by limiting the peried of employment. , They would not be able to execute a largeoorder at once, and Jvi N . B " 1. , 1% him that it was not fair to allude. to the. let their factories re ma i n idle during the rest of the year. By . sub- the operation of the Bill the-demand for labour would be spread N;,• l'i ) ,„' u e4u.e it was a party and irritating f over the whole year. He.ailtnitted that - It/night produce some t '#,J 4 ' ' 1 : : an - 4 own -laws -laws did affect - ntiterially. the field. o a•‘44 ta t‘ was upon the permanent demand for, la-! effectupon wages, but h - esteemedsomething ' rd e more highly thn . wages, a he believed tat persons .withweek, leil,„: remuneration of labour and, tonsequently, ' ' provided the hours were comfortable- having, censequently, tti 4.e . ts ef the operatiee classes, depended: • ' .ro temation to wander into a public-house-would be far li t • - .1, a te. GRAHAM---That is the. whole question better off than . they . would be with 15s.- week under the to r • sii',. (Near.) --.- - ._. , . . . .present system. ' They would be better' fed; better clothed, tis' t Zth - ARti ' at ti . resumed-It was perfectily imossible to. and more moral, if they had less labour ' and only 12s. , a I , h o ted t h ' e jnanufacturing claSses were most injuriously week, 'than they would be with 16s. a week, if they fact; were overworked.. He had heard 'it • stated . that they , i) S" \l 'l'er e '',;• h t _ae operation of - the corn - laws; that, in . :4 Zehl e - .7 Main , cause of that very -degradafion which th would, if they consented Ito this measure, be obliged to -carry principle further. But that which they now wanted to ie ttl e a t i seord 'was •,seeking to remove -(Cheers ) '44 kat , Len e. d said . thath' motives . had bee . even is n; • est e ablish in the factories, was already the custom ofthe country in all other trades. The manufacturers might taunt the agri ,t'llef all ude thought :from his - look at the tune he pox- cultural employers that their labourers were not better fed or As tha t " to . what be , (Mr.. • Weed) had - said better clothed, but - at any rate they were not - overworked.- If a at_ It_ . • ~ l l 'tr t ,_tr t ?use,. and ac he svould•fiet say 'anything during the pressure of harvest women and children were em- Aaa ) 4 which,7. he 1411% - _ not • prepared to - re- . •ployed in the fields, they went to.their labour some hours after ae ra a ., Q t hat House, - he liegged'to 'repeat whet - he the men, and they. were relieved' from - work seem time Nto S t ated.. He admitted thebeitutifel hutrianity before them. The usual hours ,of labour, except in °ltte..salt?t sensibility of the ,Noble Lord's Character; ,harvest time, were from' six in the morning till six at night, t oo'hie a aL n tained that he shrank • from going to the apd the same were the hours 'of employment in other trades. If it should have tke effect of limiting the hours of adult la '1)411'011h t le evil, that he was rather dealing 'with . the , m.. spur he should not be sorry for it ; and he believed that the t 4: / t/ i v '""ati the- d_iseaseaitself.-(tlear, •h,ear.) His 4 I Y' aSII I t e ~w , th: th e Noble Lord's proposal . was not a manufacturers would be benefited rather than injured by making this a ten hours' Bill. He was aware that apprehen- e t ret cell y a evil which he pointedout.--(Hear, hear.) , sions were entertained on the subject. Parties interested in ,i'tt at)' °fa t reed . with the Right Hon. Gentleman the a ny measure always entertained exaggerated apprehensions. In I ~Pe, l ;ti.t t ,, ti z_ tate forthe .Home Departmenta.that the dealing with the tariff thev_had had to combat the exaggerated l ey pa t h ` - 'n of the proposed alteration would be an apprehensions of parties Who believed their interests would be ,tta."atl Pea wag es . • lie firmly. believed that. when affected.' Those apprehensions were, he admitted, honestly 11a ad ft7pressure of diffiCillty-in sustaining life, and a : entertained, hut still' they were exaggerated. It would be N., , w ata e:rePloyinent.,in a almost every branch of in- better at comey e e m to semo. t o t to a 6 havingnal it mades e ttlement a a r i ) n f t a h s e u rest t ion f then Nll. , t : o r e w . ould . first. be affected, and .thattheugh Wiwi by the labouring population, who were g too high-spirited, . hj7 _ they would . not, be :free - indeed, - be. too sensible, and too' %Veil acquainted with their condition l ' to ' i' ‘ ' .. f ot : tt4y, e Natalist . could , command • labour upen suffer their wives and their children to be longer degraded. o i, 6., ~,, terms. If they- foree.d. the manufacturer' Be ' Was prepared to vote with his Noble Friend the Member ,;a It a a 40profits, they would sharpen competition by for Dorsetshire for a ten hours' Bill, as the measure more Is t tia * het a. au as regarded labour... They Must look, likely to put a stop to the agitation than leaving the question I)t ti, lt t b y th an said-in that House, but at what .was said unsettled.-( Hear.) . 4 , ' letk, g4; se who were favoti rabic to the Noble Lord. ' - Mr. BRIGHT Would not have . trespassed on the . House bed ; . 'pla ti l i u, at the meeting . which took place- at Leeds? again after the great length at which he had ,aildtessed them : 4 417 4 t w ks e 'yicar of Leeds, . attended that meeting, the other night, but. being intimately connected' with the t a i., It w _uts view of the. Ten Hours ': Bill :).--.(l.lear; branch of industry which this measure was calculated to affect, •CPl o oA et r , certainly r a 'view , .ineS( desirable to be 'andhaving'passed all his fife among the,population who' would :' l . -A N teen d ' because it would. reliere,winuen , from:all be affected by _this. Billi,he hoped the .:House would, admit, hat t.' Asi_ Ale- 4 - tr - Witilld- to' G od,- - he - wottld - sa y; they could he had:some cisicato be heardon the: subject.... He. had listened to the speech of the Noble Lord, the Member • for.Dorsetshire, ~.147se ttat lia r r i t'lt_l s aid that the. business- of. women • was with surprise.. The Dibble Lord, made th e . same speech, or li t) , ii„ . ver y s .,_',A,le ...'comfortable.- 7 (Hear, : heat%) :All ,soniething very tench like it, upon a former occasiep, and: he 4`;l4:` . 04,;_; 11 ; but: when be was told .by Dr. Hook (Mr. Bright) had mot , supposed that any change..had taken (t ria,.h, t ite that for - every: :this Bill, was - a plum in the Noble. Lord's. opinions . , .He thought. the Noble t il ta rk &N 0 1 _,Ight he was entitled to ask whether the Lord had taken a one-sided view-an unjust view-not altinten kk 11 !ea r.) "7, Made out 'that :such, was the case?- tiaras! perhaps,. but a view which was not borne out by the 4 `._t 1 1 , 14 gill ~.!le could not Agrpe with the' Noble-Lord facts-a view which did not correspond with the Factory In 'specior's Report--a view which if it influenced the decision of vtot . ,ttlt4t, here calculated to effect the objects intended, 4 `ll4 fore oppose time course' he proposed . to that House, would be most prejudicial to that ye_ yr ' class7which eqa k D ' . . theltoble Lord intended to _.serve.• The Right Bon. Baronet, - the Secretary ,for the Home Department, who was, he pr e . ii ^t,' 'l'i '' G ETITOist tir...' l S - and, b -- would rote, foe the motion of his ai med, the promoter of that ' Bill in that House, .should, 11 1% - m t in t , ti ls . l : . g. reat 9e'srins that if carried. it would be pro - :lie thought,•rrehis speech have given some reason why. a, new (14 htti il e a thc ped. He - had-not-arrived-at this de- Factory Bill was introduced at all. He confessed he was im- It o ti. A .bt oo s _. ici llt great consideration, and . nothing 'able to discover any reason why the Factory Bill now t i , 1 1 :....1 t i: '4 5 4 that night hadalteredilth opinion.- in operation had failed. .He was aware that the InspeCtors t - k ei t ], th...ohservationw that .. had fallen front his had . : said that it . could not ,be fully carried out. . o t i Prit i 4eet to '.. L ajetnber for Sheffield, appeared to ,him The only reason why the present Act could not be carried out N4 4i pi tipi e , of this observation-that they _would go to was because it could not possibly be applied to a trade . so ex :l, b. rain.h. n on - interlerence ,in the sub' et. : The terisive and . intricate as that to which it applied. -He was not t tit • o 1, b . et a t „ . It e ,„. e most • properly . adopted in many one • that would venture to say that the manufacturing districts te' t teis 7 N " th ou wisely departed from in the re- • t were aparadise. - He believed that there of this . ceren country . were . in those district evils, very great and serious evils, and be had It i ger tA.,"41 the nought that the Hon Member for M an - I 1,14 -(1 st authorit I been no party to their congealment. But whatever. evils did Ai 'Rlit I tt 'eg a •Y°f a - friend' of h i s; had drawn' exist, he Maintained:that they were. evils' referable to other klas e Is e ion. p . Picture with. respect to factories.' causes .than the existence of the factories and long chimneys. tiO9, 4 Pltrtu le 'lend, the Secretary of State for the ; Most of theitateinents.which had been . made .that night at the yi eti _ad ema nts :had opposed this motion with great I table, by the Noble Lord (Ashley), might .be just as t '9 'bile of as str ong stronrespect to Birmingham, or g grounds. , Ile had-stated that aS applicable . if. ' read - with ' Vl' W t tlee o t a rs might, and probably would, be the ' this Metropolis, or the northern districts' of. the country. ttia t :t tese s s pt i ta _ e measure .-( Hear ; hear.) lie thought : But in a population . so large as that of Lancashire and York kti. ilti o. ktor rrference with factory labour .was far '. shire, where towns'were so numerous as almost to touch each tit 4 by of ‘. 3' S o d he was disposedthinkthe di other, all these evils were more observable than in a popula.- ts /th age s w , . to denies' densely crowded together. He would prove, from docu lit it , e Nine, nich might , follow • would be mill. ' ments at least as worthy the attention of the House as those ate es o rts that tvould be fI • b 4e. i 4....„ . . et : y the opera-, , Which had been read by the Noble :Lord, that what the Noble weir tia 1 - y 1). work. 'The , Noble Lord,* -• Lorst had stated l'iMT no t Aktilruth..r4itioopect to: the stettLo' f • , THE 51UN,1401.47_,D0N, SAr T DA I: nomimiNG, MARCH ;16, -.0:441_ the manufacturing districts. Every Honourable Gentleman would recollect that a very large proportion of the authorities which -the Noble Lord had quoted gave neither 'dates nor names, but he intended to give In most cases the dates and in -all cases the names; and 'he thought that no Hon. . Member would deny that the authorities he should quote would be worthy of attention. He would go over the ground of corn plaint- of .the Noble Lord; although at the risk of being tedious, but considering that for two hours and a quarter they had listened with the utmost possible attention to the charges of the Noble Lord, he therefore thought that he had a . right, con• nected as he was with that population, and with those districtsc to claim the attention of that House to the statements which he should offer to the House as counter-statements to those of the, Noble Lord. And, first of all, with respect to the health o the persons employed in the cotton- trade. Mr. Har rison, who was • the Inspecting Surgeon for Preston, said that he found. the average amount sickness, among the children he had examined;was four days each, and that that sickness was not generally caused by factory labour. He said he was not a little surprised to find so few children suffering from accidents which had been cativd by machinery.. Con sidering the protection which was given in the factories he expected that accidents would he of less frequent occurrence than they had hitherto been. He said that he bad examined 1,650 children, and not one of them was deformed. New this was the statement of the inspecting surgeon of one of the districts to which the Noble _Lord had referred. The Factory Inspector's Report of 1834 confirmed Mr. Harri son's view with respect to the effects of factory labour. He (Mr. Bright) did not see why that report was not just as good evi dence now as it' was in' 1834, considering the improvement. with respect to the .management of factories in the North,of England. That report stated 'that factory labour was. not injurious to . health and longevity compared with other employment. Mr. 'Sanders, a factory inspector, said, " it appears in evi dence 'that of all employments to which , children are sub ject, that carried on' in factories ,is among the least laborious, and the least unwholesome." Mr. Horner; in JUly, 1864, in' his report, said it was gratifying to be able to state that he had not had a single complaint .laid before him, either on the part of masters against servants; or servants against masters; nor had he seen or heard of an in stance of injury to health arising from factory employment. Mr. Harrigan, on the 24th July; 1834, in speaking of the em ployment of children, said that the eight hours which the chil dren - passed in the factories were passed more beneficially to themsels+es than if they were at home. Now there were trades in this metropolis, tee/high the Noble Lord had adverted, the employment in which was most detrimental -to health.— ( Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Bright) had some extracts from a • report which had been made respecting the' condition 'of the persons employed, and he would read one or two of them to the House. It was supposed that 15,000 young women were employed as milliners in London. The report stated these young persons were employed about four months in the year,' or during the fashionable season. Their regular hours of work were 15. in number, but were often extended' to 18. In many - establishments the hours of workieg during the season were unlimited, the young women getting six, sometimes four, and three, and occasionally-only two hours allowed for sleep out of the 24, and very frequently. they were Compelled to work all nights The Sub-Inspector described the labour of these young women as quite unparal leled in the history of manufacturing -:pursuits. Sir James Clark, the eminent physician, in his.. evidence, said, that this System had the most pernicious effect on the health of the young women: As he ( Mr. Bright) was coming down tothe House that afternoon a gentleman' placed in his hand an-ac count of a fact which - had - come:under his knowledge Within the last few" . daysiss to agirl, only seventeen years of age, with whont 401. , Was . 'paid'to - -st dressmaker at the -, west-end - of the town as 1, pronium :for three:years' apprenticeship. _ .From . Friday four weeks until Friday- last. she had little mere than. four hours' rest out of the twenty-four.. On Sunday week she worked from two o'clock on Saturday morning until Sunday morning at eight o'clock=a period of thirty hours—without any test. The gentleman who, had care of the girl, and who placed her in the situation, fetched ber back, on account of excessive cruelty ; anti this iVas net at all unusual. If he were to state the party for whom this particular dress was made, at which this unfortunate creature worked for thirty hours without any cessation, and even on the Sabbath, it must cause great pain and astonishment elsewhere, although the in dividual in question was by no means cognisant of the fact. That was something worse than factory labour—there was something worse than working twenty-two or twenty-four hours. The same circumstances that produced this misery were She cause of the distress of the labouring population of the kingdom. All these evils, came from absolute want Did they did not hear of actual starvation? And the House passing a clause in 'any Act in the same direction was nothing more than - plastering the sores which their own legislation had created; instead of going to the root of the evils— evils which some of her Majesty's Ministers knew full well the cause of as well as the majority of the Hon:Members of that House. The next question to which the Noble Lord had adverted was that of accident. The Noble Lord drew .a most deplorable pic ture of the loss of life in the Manufacturing districts. On this subject the Noble Lord had made gross misstatements. The Noble Lord mentioned Mr. Greg's name; now he would read an extract from Mr. Greg's letter, which he had received the other day, with reference to his own establishment. He said— " It is difficult to believe how this opinion can be so prevalent that accidents are of 'such frequent occurrence in mills at to justify the special' interference of the Legislature ; why,it is not only not the fact, but the very reverse of everybody's ex perience. 'ln our own mill which has now existed for seventy years; 'and in which four hundred hands are em-. ployed, there never was but one limb lost, and that was during play. Not one person's life was lost inside the mill, while no less than four fatal accidents have occurred within 20 yards of the mill during a shorter period. Why, the carter is exposed to more danger than 500 factory men. I hold a farm in Hertfordshire. I had not it in my possession !note than two years when - a carter was killed. In my 'two 'farms there have been more fatal accidents in three years than in the mill during slimy experience." The Noble Lord said he would bring, documents from infirmaries and dispensaries. He wished I the Noble Lord to bear in mind that, these dispensary .returns were most fallacious guides in this point, because they .did not state how the accidents occurred, but who the men were, who met with the accidents: Mr. Greg said that two pqsons had worked for him; that they had a quarrel, in a public house, and each man had a leg broken. 'These poor fellows were taken to the infirmary, • and the entry was "Two factory hands—broken legs:, although machinery had more .to do with the accidents thin = the Noble' Lord hiinself. He had, also received a communication from Mr. W. R. Greg; brother t& the. gentleman last:named, in confirmation of the document already quoted. On ly two fatal accidents had - occurred in this 'factOry - during ' ieveniearsi- One of. ,these was his 'carter, who'was ,run over on .the high road. , The other was drowned in the pond at the rear of his mill. In -truth, factory labourers were less liable to accidents than any others. Forty people had been killed in the mines last year, and there were more lives lost in the Government powder-mills at Waltham than at all the factories in Stock port and its neighbourhood for 'two years. Another mill owner at Bolton stated, in a letter to him (Mr. Bright), that for four years no fatal accident had occurred in his mill, and only 'one young man had received such an injury in the hand that the member was obliged to be amputated. He had received another . communication from Mr. Samuel Ashton, a . very large. manufacturer. From his statement it . appeared that from 1819 to 1830, 400 hands were employed ; from 'lB3O to 1855, 900 hands, and from 1835 to 1844,.1,200 hands - and yet from 1819 to 1844, there was not a single fatal accident in his manufactory. With another spinner who, from 1812 to 1844, had employed from 300-to 400 labourers, no fatal accident had occurred. By. Mr. Mitten, who had an interview that day with the Secretary of State for the Home Departmemt, he' was informed that he had employed for thirty years from 400 to 1,400 men, and Only two fatal accidents had occuiredone to an overlooker, who did not take proper care of himself—the other death was so mysterious and so like self-destruction 'that it could pot be called an accident. Another letter . from a manufacturer who had employed 560 from 182.4 to 1844, had only one fatal acci dent Another manufacturer stated that no fatal accident bad oc curred in his mill, but one carter connected with the establishment had last his life' by accident during thirty.five years. He could bring 'statements front every - distrtct of the cotton trede to dig-' prove the liiatements of the 'Noble Lord. - ' Was it not' trifling with,the House—was it not unworthy of the Legislature—was it - not trifling with the countty—to Waste the time of the House in passing Acts of Parliament, appointing public. pro secutors to proceed against manufacturers on the supposition that accidents.had occurred, which never took place, and which. were never likely to take place ? He had returns from Stock port and Manchester—the coroners' returns. They stated that; during the whole year—from the 11th of February, 1 842, . to the 11th of February, 1843 —there was.no one person killed by anything connected with shafts in mills, and only two per , sons by machinery 'in factories. When they considered all - the mills in that' enormous district, and the scores of thousands employed, and that only two lives were lost, was it not absurd to 'pass Acts of Parliament to_ prevent the re occurrence of accidents? Why; there were five carters killed for one factory tlabourer. The reports from Stockport were still more - decisive. , From February, 1842, to February,: ' 1843, there was no person killed by machinery, although that, district included twenty- six townships . He thought,' after, these statements, no Hon. Member would leave the' 'House, under the impression that' accidents were more common ha manufacturing than in other districts. It was Manifest that the labourers in the manufacturing districts received higher wages than any other daSs of labourers; therefore. it was' absurd for the Noble Lord to • speak- of the . cruelty of the milloveners towards their employes—their labourers were too well off, and too independent to submit to cruelty. Their position enabled them to cope with the resistance of their masters. As to the morality of the factory people, he could cite one or two authorities to which even the Noble Lord would pay deference. 'The whole of his statements were most calumniops.—(" Order, order "from the Ministerial benches. ) The Noble Lord had introduced some such statements. He had read but little about the state of education in the manufac• turing districts, or the religious instruction which prevailed in Leeds ; but in that town there was a larger proportion of free sittings in the churches and chapels, and all of. which were better filled, than in .the 'whole 'of Westminster and the Metro polis. Again the schools and chapels had proportionately in creased, much more than the pop ul ation ,. and that was a proof that both, religion and .education were progressing and not re trograding. He could afford Many proofs to the Noble Lord of the fallacy of his statement, if he (111 r. Bright) were not unwilling to detain the House, from communications which had been made to him without any application on his part. However, he felt bound to trespass on them for a short time. In a large establishment between Bolton and Blackburn, out of 1,382 hands employed in the mill, the whole of them could read and write, and a.rnajority who could do so well. He as serted.diatinctly, and without fear. of , contradiction, that the ma nufacturers of Lancashire and the north of England had done more fir the education of the children of their dependents than all of the landed preprietors who new sought - to throw obloquy upon the characters of the manufacturers of the north. He should particularly call the attention of the Noble Lord the Mem ber for Dorset to a letter from a manufacturer at StaleY bridge, which described a meeting, the objects of which _memberswer t o o promote education. ,The meeting was composed of belonging to the different Independent 'congregations of that town, and at it 2,000/. was subscribed. Out of this sum the operatives subscribed no less than 2501. He challenged any .Noble Lord or Hon. Gentleman to show a parallel case to this which occurred in any agricultural county, and hi which the operatives or laboureis entered into such a subscription - for the purpose of promoting the objects of education. He thought Mr. Horner had made a strange inistake, and done much io- - justice to 'many in his report, and - that he was also assisted and•attempted to be borne out - in that mistake by a clergy man of the Established Church. Neither of those parties had made the slightest :allusion to the, Dissenters, who were most numerous in that toi n .—(Some interruption here oc curred in consequence of cries of " Time;, time" froin the Tory benches.) He could state, on the authority of the Messrs. Chambers, the well-known publishers of Chambers' Journal, that he circulation amounted to 85,000 a week, out of which 25,000 were circulated in Lancashire, while perhaps they had not a circulation of fifty for their publication in Hampshire. It was in Lancashire,' that the London and Edinburgh publishers found the most circulation for all the works which emanated from their press. Ile should be very sorry to attempt to conceal the sufferings of the population in, the factory districts. Indeed, he came to London before he had the honour of a seat in that House, to impressmpon her Majesty's Government the extreme Misery which pervaded certain districts. But still he should assert that taking the whole island, and considering the various fluctuations which tended to depress all classes, that the rate of wages and the physical 'Comforts of the manufacturing classes were higher than those of any other trade or occupation in this country, and he was prepared. to 'establish Allis 'assertion. Aune,'" and-"--theatien "-fr,snit tite Ali . wisteria! benches.) He. should state a few facts in support of ' this assertion.—( Renewed - Cries of " Question.") He would state these facts, and although he should not publicly mention the names of those parties, yet he shOuld give theta in private to any Hon. Gentleman. ' If all the'statements of. the Noble Lord were true, they would justify any course Of legislation ; but he denied their truth. He had a letter - from Bolton from one manufacturer, .which proved that the Proportion of females in his mill was in the ratio of 131 men to 59 females, and that after the age . of . 21, the greater number of fe f males went home to attend to their domestie duties: In the Whole of that establishnient there were not three mar ried Women employed, though seven or eight hundred persons were engaged in it. He had another case of an establishment about ten miles north of where he lived, and the same results were observable there. It employed 342 hands, at average wages of 9s, 6 1 / 2 d. per week ; there w er e 32 cottages on the place, each having six inmates, the average income of each family being 11. 13s. a week. None -of the. heads- of these families had ever received any parish relief, except in the case of one widow who was injured by the burning of themill. In the county of Dorset, the Noble Lord must know that one eighth of the whole population —not of the labouring classes only—but of the aristocracy, the clergy, the bankers, the traders-.-one-eighth of the whole population had' been in the receipt -of parochial relief—of the labourers one-sixth bad been relieved by the parish. In the case of another establish ment, the avenge weekly, earn ings of each family were 455. a week, and the annual average income of the 154 families em ployed in it was 1171. 7s. 9d. The Hon. Member for Man chester had said that those who had migrated from the agricultural districts to the manufacturing, - had had no reason to repent their change. He would state one case, and if the Miinhers for Suffolk were present he would: advise them, when, they.next, met their constituents, to explain it to them. The man was an agricultural labourer in Suffolk,- earn ing himielf . as. per week ;" his eldest son, 2s. a week ; and the next; a boy .of about twelve 'years of age, Is. a Week.; he Ind ten children and a wife; they had from the parish an al. lowance of a peck of flour per week, value Is. 4d., mak ing 12s. 4d. per week for the. whole family. That family had increased since he went into Lancashire by one ; he had now eleien childrep, and was earning 555. a week, or ss. a-head for the fiMily. - There - was another case of a man who came from Buckinghamshire, who afterwards went back to see his friends, but on being asked how he should like to return altogether, said the people in Buckinghamshire worked so hard, and lived so badly, he infinitely preferred remaining where he was. He thought he had said enough—(lronical cheers from the Tory benches)-apparently two much-(Renewed cheers)—for Hon. Members who were anxious to hear only one side of this important case, and many of whom ,had. not heard even that. —( Cheers.) He admitted that, notwithstanding all this, there were great evils in these districts ; many persons were still out of employment, and the fluctuations of trade produced great calamities there. ' It was for the House to consider whether it was not implicated in some measures that might have produced those fluctuations. He was notohout to charge the Noble Lord with , anything lie 'might wish to repel. He admitted, from his speech to-night, that. he had no right to suppose but that the Noble Lord was perfectly honest in the view he took of the manufacturing districts. But he must say he thought the Noble Lord, in looking at the manufacturing districts, turned his telescope the right way, and brought. all the evils near, and. made them. very distinct, But when he looked to the agricultural district he came from, he turned the telescope the other way—all the evils were thrown to a'dis tanee, and brought down to the smallest dimensionS. He (Mr. Bright) believed that the amendnient that had taken place in the manufacturing'districts of the north of England, since the time when 4he respected father of the Right Hon. Baronet at the head- of the Government was engaged in the mannfic- Curing business, had not beer, the consequeoce of any legislative interference, het' had been caused by the growing intelligence of the public mind. If they looked at schools, lunatic asylums, or other establishments, they would find that the inmates were , better treated now, and with more humanity, than they were in the time of their fathers. From this arose the improve ments which took place in the manufacturing districts of the north of England. He did not charge the Noble Lord with any malice towards the manufacturers. He did not conceive that the Noble Lord could have any inducement to harbour 'such a feeling; but he 'believed. the Noble Lord was as com pletely deluded by the persons. he was connected with as he possibly could be. lie would not obtain much credit from the manufacturers of Lancaihire till he had obtained his informa tion from more respectable and trustworthy persons than those whom he had employed. He (Mr.. Bright) well knew the characters from whom his information was obtained. There were two books dedicated to the Noble Lord, one was " A Description of the Expen ences and Sufferings of William Dodd, once a Factory La bourer; . and now a Poor Cripple ;" the other was called " Facto 'lllustrative of the Factory System," in letters to the Noble Lord by the raid William Dodd.: He would not enter into his statements. It was not necessary for him to do so, for a very large proportion of his statements was utterly false, and the rest were grossly and malignantly exaggerated. ' He says that " at the age of 32 he was done up." That was the phrase. The fact was that he was compelled to leave the factory On account of his gross immorality. He (Mr.-Bright) had in his pocket a letter from this person, in which he stated that the Noble Lord used him as long as he could get anything out of him, and then cast him off' when no further use could be made of him. - He also stated that the Noble Lord gave him dinners at his , own house; and showed him to his visitors as the crippled factory man ; and that, when he wrote to the Noble Lord for the balance of an account, the Noble Lord replied by reminding him of the many dinners he gave him, and of the usage he gave him as an object of charity.--( Loud cries of " Oh.") He (Mr. Bright) believed the Noble Lord was perfectly honest, but he ought to take care to obtain his in formation from a more respectable and trustworthy quarter. He would not go farther into the subject.—(Cries of "Hear, hear" from the Ministerial benches.) There were 1,600,000 inhabitants in Lancashire, '900,000 of whom were employed. —(Hear, hear.) .This was more than could be said of any district of equal extent in the world.—(Hear, hear.) He admitted that the hours of working, for men, women, and chil dren' were • longer than was de , irable. . But this need not have been so had not the wealth, of the country been so unfairly distributed, and the people so much burdened with taxation imposed on them by the party opposite. This fell heavieit on those who were connected with trade. From 50 to 100 per cent. of the'value was imposed on the im portation of raw cotton. The firm with which he was .con gested paid 75 per cent. and five-sixths of the quantity im ported was re-exported without a drawback.-4 Hear, hear.) He had paid'l,ooo/. upon the bricks which forthed his factOry, While there was no duty on those used , for agricultural pur poses.--(Hear,bear. )They took away a portion of the bread, and put their band into the sugar basin, of every poor man.---! (Cries of. " Oh; oh," and " Hear, hear.") Under theie circumstances, it was no wonder that there should be an ex eessiie competition, when the people fought for' their very existence.—(Heai, heir.) He had heard the Right Hon. Baronet, a few sessions ago, when he sat on this side of. the House, - and was hungering for the opposite side, deliver a peroration which was the most disgraceful he had ever heard. —( Loud cries of b-'oh, oh," " Order, order," and :" Chair; chair.") If the Right Hon. Baronet believed what he said he was' no doubt right in speaking as-he had done, but, contrasted with what ' he had - said that night with respect to the manufacturing . districts, no two things could possibly . be uttered which were more opposite in their tendencies. The Government might pass or reject.that clauie for ten hours as they choie. He hoped they would give holi days to the operatives so as that their health might not suffer-; but now, when, the manufacturing interests were only just re - Covering from the:effects of the distr es s under which they were lately. labouring, if they Passed that measure, theymight be as sured that the next session. of Parliament . would not pass over without their being called upon to repealit. He should vote for the Sill as it was originally introduced. Lord ASHLEY thought fie had some right to make a few observations on-the speech of the' Hon, Gentleman who had just sat down:, . The charge which the Hon. Gentleman had insinuated: against hirocilled for some observation. He (Lord Ashley.) threw himself upon the indulgence and protection of the House, and he requested all the gentleman he saw around him to exercise their influence in making the Hon. Member for-Durham pursue his charge and state his case.—( Cheers from the Ministerial benches.) . , • , Mr. BRIGHT - asked *hit wits: the charge • the Noble Lord meant?—(Cries of " Oh, oh.!!) He,had told the Noble Lord the instruments with which he carried on his operations in Lan cashire were not worthy of hi s C a ni e * n e r o f hiM. He had told the Noble Lord,* that he b e li eve d h e had been misled by that Man, - and he was prepared to prove that those gentlemen were of a charadter whose evidence he would not take withie spect to agriculture, and the Noble Lord ought not to take it with respect to manufactures.—(Cries of " Oh, oh," mingled with cheers and expressions of disapprobation.) Lord ASHLEY—No charge I NO charge of nnpaid ba lances . No wilfully vremeditated parade of Cripples !' If the Hon. Member said he had made no charge—if before the assembled Commons of "England, he was prepared to assert that he made no charge, then .he (Lord Ashley) . could assure the Hon. Gentlelnan, - with infinite satisfaction , that that he would let thii matter rest where it was. Those' who heard the - Hon. Gentliniari Could best understand whether a charge had been made—those who heard the Hon. Gentle iiitrcould best tell whether that charge had been maintained., —(Ministerial cheers.) But now he would appeal to the House. Had he (Lord Ashley), in the course of the long speech that the House had indulged him in hearing from him—had he said any one thing calcUlated to cause personal ill -feeling, or, uttered one sentence that could exaspeiate a single individual, or thrown into the discussion of this great matter a sentiment or expression that ought not to be found in. treating of so sacred a subject? If the Hon. Gentleman thought that that was the way in -which he could maintain his - own cause, he (Lord Ashley) must say he was grieved for it, because he thought it was not suited to the dignity of the assembly in which they sat, nor , suited to the dignity of the honourable Society to which the Hon. Gen tleman belonged.—(lronical cheers.) _ . Mr. BRIGHT said the Noble Lord was entirely mistaken if he supposed that he (Mr. ~Bright) should judge of the Noble Lord's character by the man whom he told .him not to trust. Now he did tell tbe'Noble Lord plainly, that letters from that individual, stating what he (Mr. Bright) had stated, were now in his hs.nd.--(Cnet of "Read, read.") He would hand 'the letters with 'pleasure to the Noble Lord.—(Cries of "Read," and considerable confusion). And further he would tell the Noble Lord that that individual had offered for a sum of money to an intimate friend of his (Mr. Bright) a large number of other letters, which that friend of his was too fastidious to lay hold of ; and he further told the Noble Lord not to have anything more to do with. that man. lie acknowledged that the Noble Lord had honest convictions upon the question; but be repeated, that the instrument with which he worked was not worthy of him or his real benevolence.—( Cries of " Read," " Hear, hear," and considerable confusion, during which the - Honour able Gentlenian in vain endeavOured to get a hearing.) The writer of the letter proceeded:, to state, that having strained -at a gnat he would not swallow a camel._(Laughter): Hehad never received the wages to which he was entitled. He bad been instructed to go down to .Turton, and to get what 'evidence he could. .At his own expense 13e treated 'the people with beer, and, in his , nec ess it y , h e was compelled to write to Lord Ashley to request a remittance.— (Laughter. ), Mind ,(said Mr. Bright), I do_ not believe one word of this man's statement.—(Cheers and laughter.) Dodd went onto say that he received a vary angry letter from Lord Ashley. (Cheers and laughter.) He (Dodd) had been made a fool of by the party ; but, if he were at liberty, "he could a tale unfold."—( Great laughter.) He (Mr. Bright)'never spoke of the Noble Lord but in terms of respect, and_with a full acknowledgment of the benevolence of his motives.—(ob, ob, and cheers.) He believed that the Noble. Lord wished as he wished, that all information upon this subject should be derived from persons who could be relied on. •--( Hear, hear.) He stated these facia for the purpose of giving the Noble Lord an opportunity of rebutting the statements. Lord ASHLEY said it was perfectly true , that he had re ceived letters from the person referred to. But that person had never dined at. his table.—(Laughter.) He had come to his house, and was perhaps received with hospitality —but it was by , the servants.--( Hear, and laughter.) He agreed. however, with the lion. Member that Dodd was a person upon whom no reliance could be placed.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. WARBURTON (who rose amidst loud cries of " Ad journ") said that he thought the matter was too important to be disposed of at that hour, and he should, therefore, move that the Chairman should report progress and ask leave to sit again. The motion Was carried without opposition and the House resumed. • ' In reply to a question from Captain PECHELL, Sir J. GRAHAM said that he would bring on the New Poor-law on Friday nest. TllO House then adjourned f t One o'clock. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS . CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. The market for the English Securities - leaves off steady, Consols, for Money and Time, being at 98+ to 1. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents were 1021 to f, and India Stock, for Account, was firm at 285. There was rather more business doing in Mexican Stock, and in Time bargains the rates improved a little, viz., to 35i and 36i. The Deferred-were 144. Buenos Ayres declined to 37. Spanish Actives remained at 25*, but the . Three per Cents. were a trifle lower, viz., 34 to Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 57i, and Belgian at 1041. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these ::—Birmifigham arid Derby were 411 to 401; Eastern Counties, 111 tat - , Gravesend and Chatham 1 ; Great North of England 13 and Midland Counties, 12 discoolit. Chester and Holyhead 14 to 1; Eastern Counties, New, 5 ; Ditto Extension, R.; Great Western, 36 ; Hull and Selby, 94 ; Harrowgate. and. Knares borough, ; South Western, 41i ; Croydon, Sorip, 6i ; Manchester and Leeds, 46 to 48 ; Ditt o , N ew , 20 t o ; Ditto and Birmingham, 5• to ex dividend. Midland Counties, Quarter, 61 ; -Northern and Eastern, 121 ; North Midland, Half, 41 to 5; Paris and Rouen, 14,1; and South Eastern Scrip, 10* premium. London Joint Stock Bank Shares were 31 to premium. There was no particular literati= in the rates of the Foreign Exchanges; but, upon Paris, they were scarcely so high. (From The Sun of Last Night.) There was a very dull market for Cotton at Liverpool yesterday ; sales, 2,500 bales. Prices were d. per lb. lower than before the Hibernia arrived. Shares were, on the whole, rather firmer. Birmingham and Gloucester were 836 ; Eastern Counties, 11/. 13s. 9d. ; Chester and Holy head, 6 ; Grand Juriction, Half, 119 ; Birmingham, New , 41i ; South Western, Eighths, 4-1 ; Manchester and Leeds , ' 115 ; Midland Counties, 90 ; North Midland, Half, 45k; Paris and Lyons, 21. 13s. ; Paris and Orleans, 33i ; Paris and Rouen, 39. • - - Much interest is attached in banking circles of the City to the proceedings of the delegates. of the Private and of the loint-stock Banks to obtain concessions in their favour. The result ' of a meeting of the delegates an nounced to be held yesterday afternoon upon this subject is looked for with anxiety by all parties above referred to.. But it is much to be apprehended that unless a most vigorous stand be made, that the Bank of England will, in course of time, entirely absorb the entire privileges of issuing notes payable upon demand. The policy of the managers of the Corporation has been for some time tending in this direction; and how singular it is, that at a period so closely approaching to that when the discussion must commence relative to the renewal of the charter of the Bank of England, -which must occupy a very considerable portion of the attention of the Bank of England, a scheme should be issued, offering advantages to such country banks as will consent to give up issuing their own paper, and taking that of the Bank of England on commission, for the purposes of conducting their private business, and upoa terms and more ready advantages than those now possessed, we believe, by those establishments who use now the notes of the Corporation. It is necessary to direct the attention of the delegates now assembled in the Metropolis to this subject. A commercial correspondent in Upper Canada informs us that not only is grain. smuggled extensively across the bor der, but that American butter, cheese, lard, - Sec. is supplied in vast quantities for shipment, as British Colonial produce, to this country ; and a paragraph in the Quebec Gazette of the 14th ult. confirms this assertion in the following extract of a letter, dated Lacole (U. C.) : " It is a notorious fact, that persons residing in the vici nity of the lines, who were never known before the passing of the law to sell a single pound of butter or cheese, are now freighting these articles in considerable quantities to Mon treal. Not only are thadifferent kinds of American agricul tural produce daily brought into the province in contraven tion of the law, but the same is the case with almost every description of merchandise that can be procured cheaper on the other than on this side of the lines. " The truth is, every one who stands in need of either tea, tobacco, sugar, molasses, whiskey, cotton, cloth, &c., passes from one side of the lines to the other, on some pretence of the above nature, without attracting the slightest notice, and thus supplies himself at the expense of the revenue, and to the prejudice of the Canadian merchant and mechanic—the latter of whom, in order to compete with his neighbour on the other side of the lines, must turn smuggler." The Commissioners bought this morning 20,000/. Consols atl9Bf. For the Account an equally high rate was paid. At. the present moment the value for Account is 981, but for Money h per cent. lower. , The premium upon Exchequer bills is firm at 725. Bank Stock is at 1981; Lons Annuities (of 1860) at 121; and these are the only quotations for the ,day. Phis is. the half-monthly account to-day in the Foreign Funds. The settlement has, as yet, progressed well. Spa nish Five per Cents. for Account have been quoted at 25k, the Three per Cents. at 3514 ; Portuguese Converted at 46i ; Chilian Deferred at 501 ; Mexican at 36 ; Brazilian at an ad- . vance to 83. In other Foreign Bonds the variation has been slight. In'the Share Market not much business has been trans acted this morning, and, generally speaking, prices have re ceded. The London and Westminster Joint-Stock Bank Shares have advanced to 5i premium. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 14.—There is no animation in the market to-day, but prices remain pretty stationary. The sales are :—Eastern Counties, 14; Edin burgh and Glasgow, 621; Manchester and Birmingham, 44/ ; ,North Union, 1041 ; Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, 101; Manchester Assurance, 101. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock ' 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons. 34 per Cent. Re New 3% per Cent. lO2 % New 5 per Cent. Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 Oct. 1859 Jan.. 12 FOREIG Indian Stock pm. Ditto Bonds — pm Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities — Ex. Bills, 1,0001. 130 — pm. Ditto 5001 — pm. Ditto Small RIP Bank Stock for Acct I9S ' Consols for Acct.." BB% llndia Stock for Acct 285 S 1 FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent ....... jr !Portuguese, 5 per Cent — Belgian, 5 per Cent.... ... ... 11114 Ditto, New Ditto • Brazilian Bonds ........ ....... 81 ,Prussian,s per Cent . ..... Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent.— 37 'Russian .5 per Cent...— -- II Chllian,per Cent ' Ditto, Metallic — Colombian, 6 per Cent. l5 Spanish, 5 per Cent 25 Ditto; 1824 — IPitto, 9 per Cent 5.% Cuba Bonds, 6_per Cent 93 :Ditto, Deferred.......... ..... 14% Danish,3 per Cent ... -inench, 5 per Cent...—. —E Greek, 18.5,5 per Cent — Exchange . . ....„.„„ —f, _..c. Mexican per Cent .- Ditto, 45 per Cent., 1837 Dutch, 2% per Cent sr% Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent... :Ditto, 5 per Cent .... lOl% SHARES. Birmingham and Derby (100 paid) 59% Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) B2 Chester and Holyhead ( 5 paid) 6}i Eastern Counties (23 paid) Ditto Registered (816 s 8•1 paid) Gravesend, Rochester, and Chatham (2% paid) 2 Great North of England (100 paid) pp Great Western (75 paid) Harrowgate and Knaresboro' ( 3 paid) 34 Hull and Selby (50 paid) mg London and South Western (411. 6s. 10d. paid) London and Croydon (Trunk) Ditto Scrip ( 1% pad) Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) Ditto Half Shares (30 paid) 50% Manchester and Birmingham 45 Midland Counties (100 paid) l3B - Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) ............... .... Northern and Eastern (45 paid) - 571,( Ditto Scrip (15 paid) ... . woo.. ...... ••••••• ...... • 25 North Midland (100 paid; 9l Ditto Half Shares (40 paid) ar • Paris and Orleans (20 paid) 34% Paris and Rouen (20 paid) •• ......... South Eastern and Dover (50 paid)....... ....... • • Ditto Scrip (25 paid) ..... •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 35% • COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam CF. 12 " ' Gibraltar 6i Ditto,tt sight l2 4} Rottetdath 2 U l2 7 Leghorn Genoa Antwerp 26 0 •Hamburgh M.B. 13 15 Altona ' 14 oi 25 75 Milan Venice ........ Naples BB4 Pale 3 days' sight Ditto, 3 month■ 26 0 Marseilles ...: 26 Bourdeaux 25 Frankfort on Maine 1224 Petersburgh, 3Us 36 Berlin . 7 _ Alamo, per oz Lisbon s3i Oporto 534 Rio Janeiro 23 Bahia 23 Buenos Ayres — New York 21dys sight Vienna, effect fl. 3 M 958 Trieste; ditto Madrid 36 Cadiz 34i11)ito 36 Barcelona 36 Philadelphia : PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold, bars £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons 0 0 0 Ne* Dollars 0 4 9i Seville — Silver in . Bars 0 4 _lli PROMISSO IRY NOTES. (From Last Night's Gazette.) An account of the Average Aggregate Amount of Promis sory. Notes payable to bearer on demand, which have been in circulation in the United Kingdom, distinguishing those circulated by the - Bank of England, by Private Banks, and 33 , 1 Joint-Stock Banks, in England and Wales, by the Banks in Scotland, by the Bank of Ireland, and by all other Banks in Ireland, and of the Average Amount of Bullion in the Bank of. England, during the four weeks ending the 2d day of March, 1844, pursuant to the Act of 4th and sth Vic toria, cap. 50 : ENGLAND. Bank of England £21,471,000 Private Banks 4,992,709 Joint-Stock Banks SCOTLAAID. Chartered, Private, and Joint-Stock Banks 2,684,191 IRELAND. Bank of Ireland ....• 3,609,000 Private and Joint-Stock Banks _ . . Total ...... £38,612,587 Bullion in the Bank of England ..... .«.•••£ 16 , 01 1, 000 HENRY L. WICKHAM. Stamps and Taxes, March 15, 1844. On Tuesday evening:the first '" Social Gathering' of the club of True Highlanders took place at the Crown and Anchor. Interesting lectures were given by Mr. Menzies, on the social principle in man, and by Mr. Logan, on the influence of the Jacobitical songs on the character of the Highlanders, in the course of which several curious anecdotes were giyen. Besides the piper, an orchestra of good mu sicians was provided, and the members and their friends joined in the dance. The company shortly afterwards sepa rated, much pleased with the evening's amusemeet. SCHOOL FOR THE INDIGIERT BLlND.—Thursday the annual meeting of the members and suppOrters of this Institution, established in 1799 for the moral and religious education of the blind, and situate: St. George'-fields, was held at the. London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hills, the Right Hon. Lord Radstock, G.C.8., in the chair. The Report stated:that during a period of 43 years 304 blind persons had been educated, being able on leaving the establishment to earn from 6s. to 28s. per week.. There were now in the In • stitution about 70 males and 72 females, the produce of whose labour in the manufactory amounted, annually to about 1,4001. The . inmates were principally employed in making baskets, hampers, shoes, clock lines, and rugs. His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury was elected President, and the Marquis of Bute, Earl Cornwallis, Earl of Eldon, Bishop' of London, Bishop ,of Worcester, Lord Teignmouth, Sir T. Baring, and others, Vice-Presidents. CONYERSION OF TILE THREE..AND-A-HALFS.—The contemplated conversion of the Three-and-a-Halfs has already thrown the money market into sixes and sevens. The Bears and the Bulls are down on all-fours ; and the result is so doubtful, that it is quite a toss-up with the Bulls whether they will come Out losers by the transaction. The Chancellor of the Exchequer also contemplates the conversion of the short sixes into long fours, for he has found from ex periencethat the fours give .a much better light, and the sixes will consequently be gradually extinguished. It is gene rally believed that the conversion of the Three-and-a -Halfs is preliminary to the abolition of the income-tax. It might as well be said that the invasion of England by the Romans was preliminary to the introduction of railroads.---Punch. IThi Sheffield Botanic Gardens are about to be sold in consequence of ..thcwautof _ _ • .. • - - - f 129N1401 . 014.Api1 15.,, r Wind this day at noon t fresk breeze at W.S.Vr and.'ffne 'cleat' 'weather. ' '' •- - • -• •- - ;-DRAL;;-lituteit 14.—Wind E:S.E.z--Arrd. 'Fairy 's Qtteeti, Laing,Trinidad; ; J i umley and --Sunderland, from St. John' s New - BruasvriCkl tvening Star ; Mill, for ditto ; Eclair, ditto, fori do f IllYth;for'Beillogne,- with daMage, having been in contact on the 9,th inSt. with ,a light brig, name un known. Sld. British Empire, Madras ; Rosebery, Bombay ; Skisilia; - Boston; 'Evening Star, St. John's, New Brtinswick and the rest of the outward bound.. - • ! 7 ' ' SOUTHAM-PTON, 314Rcit 14.—Sld. Pacha steamer, Gibraltar. DARTMOUTH, 111Atica 13.—Arid. S. Durham, Hartle.: pool for Phillipville, leaky, decks swept, - loss of Sails - and rigging, and part of .cargo thrown .overboard, having . expe- . rienced very severe weather. OFF DART - storm MARCH 13.-:-Margaretha, Batavia. Ittk Prxmcarnr, itett: 14.—Wind W.—Arrd.'Trio, Cooper, Buenos Ayres. ! Si.A.INIOas.TRCRERk, - 11fARcit 14.—Arrd. Royal TaistiaMer, - Evans, 'Constantinople; left-16th ult. • OFF DATER, MARCH 14.—Calder, Kennedy, Madras. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 14.—Wind variable.—Arrd. Gla diator, London, for New Tork. Sld. Y, Newf o Undl an d. CHRPSTOW ' . MARCH.I2.—The Royal Oak. hence to Neath, grounded on the Shoots, on the. sth instant, but came off with damage; and proceeded. STOCKTON, MARCH 13.—The Bell Gowan,. or Abel - Gower, from Berwick to this port,same ashore on Coaton Sands, during a beavygale: • ! . PORTRUSH, MARCH 11.—The Bridget,. Pascoe,' froni Deny to. Liverpool, put in hereyesterday, with pumps choked, and' must discharge. GALWAY, MARCH 9:—The Rosanna; Fenton, bound to Gibraltar, has put in here with loss of bulwarks,-and making twelve inches .of water per hour, and it is expected must dis. charge. „ . _ I3ARMOUTH, MARCH" 13.—The jolly-boat of the 'Caroline, from Liverpool to Africa, last at Pwllheli yesterday, has reached the land about seven miles to the ,southward, with seven of the crew, Nine others have come ashore in the gig (three dead in the boat), and thirteen others were.left in the wreck. Mem.—An account from Aberdovey states the num ber saved at seven and eleven, and - states that a quantity of wrecked goads are to bo seen in the bay. LLHERICK, MARCH 12.—1 t has blown a very heavy gale from W. to N.W. for the last twenty-four hours. RAMSAY, Isis OF MAN, MARCH 13.—The Lark, 'Norris, of Whitehaven, for Dublin was run ashore' at the mouth of this harbour last night,leaky. DUMFRIES, MARCH 13.—The smack Jabez, from Liverpool to Ballyshannon, was run ashore to the S.W. of Southerness Lighthouse, in the Solway Firth, but may be got off ; part of cargo saved. CORK,- MARCH 12.—1 t has been blowing' a: heavy gale at N.W. for the Jest 24 hours, with violent squalls, and con tinues, but with fine weather. • WILLS, MARCEL 14.—The Bertha, Fisher, from Thirtlepool for Lynn, is ashore at Hunstanton, and it -is feared will re ceive damage. LIVERPOOL, Marten 14.—Wind S.E.—Acrd. Gulnare, Stephenson, Possession Island, South Africa; Navigator, Lefevre, Buenos Ayres, • Dec. 29 Dff, Islam, Barbadoe,s ; Athens, Mobile. Sld. Earl Harewood, Madras; Xarifa, Lima; Camoens and Huddersfield, Africa; Clio and Rival, St. Lucia ; Eureguitai Havannall ; Columbus Santa Martha; Susan, Drew, Mobil e ; F rena i ma an d Sheridan, New York; Tamworth, Boston ; Caroline, Halifax. HULL, • MAucir 14.—Wind N., light' breeze.—Sld. Prince of Wales, Greenland. TORBAY, MARCH I2.—Arrd. Ruby, Seville for London, in distress, short of proTisions, and mate washed overboard. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, MARCH 12.—The average price of wheat last week was 17f. 40c., and that of rye 10f. 67c. per hectolitre ; the import duty, therefore, remains as it has been for some weeks past, 37f. 50c. on wheat, and 21f. 50c. on rye, per 1,000 kilogrammes ; the export duty on both 25 centimes per 1,000 kilogrammes. The Chamber of Representatives, in its sitting to-day, ter minated the examination of the articles of the project of law relative to the loan of 84,656,000 francs, destined for the re• demption of a portion of the debt contracted with Holland ; it then proceeded to the vote on the whole of the laws. Of the sixty members present, fifty-two voted for the law, three against it, and five declined voting. The King and Queen returned yesterday evening at half past six o'clock from Ghent. We have stated that the financial plans of the Dutch Ca binet had been approved by the first Chamber of the States General, by a majority of 12 to 6. The Neclerlandisch Avond blad informs us that the- Ministry had nearly received a check which would have caused its dissolution. The suf frages at first were equal, nine for and nine against the law by which the project should have been rejected, if the Mi mster of Finance had not, by a speech, in which he entered into new developments," detached" three votes from the Op position, and so gained the majority, which voted for the law. . HAMB URGH MAIL. FROM THE ISAR (BAVARIA), MARCH I.—lt iS said by well-informed persons that it will depend on the re sult of the mission of Prince Wallerstein whether Bins' Otho remains on the throne of Greece or not. It is :wished in many quarters that the young Monarch, who has undergone so many trials, may lay down the purple and return to his own legal county. In that case, it is true that many millions, which, th roug h King Otho, have flowed into Greece, will have been spent. in vain ; for, considering the notorious poverty of the Greek State, an indemnity is quite out of the question. Farther accounts from Athens are anxiously expected. In consequence of the present state of affairs in Greece the King has positively given up his intention of going to Rome in about a fortnight from this time. STUTGARD, MARCH 7.—His Majesty the King has had a more tranquil night, less frequently disturbed by cough ; in other respects there is an improvement, only the fever has not much abated. BERLIN, MARCH 7.—His Highness the Duke of Brunswick arrived here on the sth, and lodges in the Royal palace, in the apartments prepared for him. Unless altered circumstances and direct obstacles in tervene, her Majesty the Queen of England, accompa nied by her Consort, will arrive at Berlin on the 15th of May. But a wish is said to have - beep expressed in Lon don that the visit, like that to Louis Philippe, may be considered as a friendly meeting,' without any political manifestation, as well in the Royal palace as in th e h o t e l of the Earl of Westmoreland, who now occupies the splendid residence of the late Minister, Von Altenstein. Preparations are making for the reception of the august guests. It is ardently desired that the opera house may be ready by that time, but this seems to be impossible. It is said that the Emperor of Russia will pay his compliments to the Queen of Great Britain before he goes to Vienna. The Queen on her return, will pass a few days on the banks of the Rhine. It is reported here that the first stone of the building for the Order of the Swan will be laid this year, and that Queen Victoria will honour the ceremony with her presence. STUTGARD, MARCH B.—The King has had a pretty good night, and is better to-day. The fever has abated. HAMBURGH, MARCH 12.—The Borsenhalle of this evening has_no account of the King of Sweden. The Stockholm Mail, of the sth of March, had arrived, but no extracts are given from it. SPORTING' INTELLIGENCE. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. —NEWTON, 1844. WEDNESDAY. Handicap for the Lord of the Manor's Gold Cup. Aristotle, 5 yrs, 9st 21b—Vibration, 5 yrs, 9st—Thirsk, 6 yrs, Bst 91b-L-Trueboy, 4 yrs, Bst lib—The Bashaw, 4 yrs, 7st-111b--Jamie Forest, aged, 7st 1 llb—Armytage, 4 yrs , -7st 111b-.Cable. 5 yrs, 7st 1 R.ohert,s_yrs, 7st 1 11b--: Hooton, 4 yrs, ist 81b—Polish, 4 yrs, 7st 81b—General Pol lock, 4 yrs, 7st 81b—Arnagill, 6 yrs, 7st 71b—The Prior, 5 yrs, 7st 71b—Lady Mary, 6 yrs, 7st 71b—Freedom, 4 yrs, 7st 51b—Phryne, 4 yrs, 7st 51b—The Broken Down, 41b—Roderick, aged, 5 yrs, 7st 41b—Martyr, 5 yrs,.. 7st 41b— Yardley, 4 yrs, 7st 31b—Princess, 5 yrs, 7st 31b—Irony, 5 yrs, 7st 31b—President, 6 yrs, 7st 31b—Colin Clink, 4 yrs. 7st lib —Xanthus, 4 yrs, Est 101b—br g by Shrigley, out of Fenella, 5 yrs, 6st 81b—Betsey Bird, 4 yrs, Est 71b—Birdeen, 4 yrs, 6st 31b—Mickey Free, 3 yrs, 6st 111—The Dog Billy, 3 yrs, Est 11b--Molec,atcher, 3 yrs, 6st—British Tar, 3 yrs, sst 131 b —Erebus, 3 yrs, sst 101b--Amabel, 3 yrs, sst 71b. To declare on the Ist of April. • WORCESTER STEEPLE CHASE--TnunsnAY. Tke Royal Birthday Handicap of 25 sovs. each, h ft, and 5 if declared, with 130 added. (30 subs, 13 paid.) Mr. Quartennaine's Discount, 1 Ist 121 b . .... (Crickmere) 1 Mr. King's Vanguard, 12st 51b Mr. Sniith's Lady Harkaway, 105 t........." ............ ••• 3 The following also ran, but were not placed :—Mr. Mason's Gaylact, l2st 101b—Mr. Page's Regalia,..list 81b—Mr. Ra worth's Robin Adair, list 71b—Mr. Bretherton's Marengo, list—Mr. Anderson's King Cgle, list—Mr. Ekins's Creeper, list—Mr. Tilbury's Culverthoriie, lOst 101b—Mr. Powell's Roulette, 10st Iolb—Mr.-Scott nd Cora, 10st 81b—Mr. West ley's Brilliant, lOst 4113—Mr. 'Griffiths' Forget-me-not, 10st 41b—Mr. Verer's Charity, 10st 41b—Mr. Moore's Jose phine, 10st. The Hurdle Race did not fill. • • - MORPETH COURSING CLUB.—SEVENTH MEET - • ING.—Mauca 11, 12. ' • • The ;Great North of England Stakes,' of 5 guineas each, (22 subs.), were won by Mr. Bell's Beeswing. Mr.. Scott's King of the Coursers ran up._ HUNTING. APPOINTMENTS. Mr,: Archer's hounds Monday at Kennel, Thursday, Eglos keriy, 101—EaSt Essex 'hounds, Monday, Green Dragon, Thursday, Marks,hall, 10-I—Herefordshire hounds, Tuesday, Lyston, Saturday, Hope Turnpike, 10—Monmouthshire hounds, Monday, Tallycoed-wood, ..Thursday, Moon Cap Inn—East Sussex hounds, Monday, Norton Top, (ll4—Mr. Trelawny's hounds, Tuesday, Fleet Western-lodge, Friday, Ply_mton—Essex and Suffolk hounds, Tuesday, Thorrington hall, Friday, Monks Eliegh, 101-CheShire hounds, Mon day; Mere, Wednesday, Bridgrnere-lodge, Doddington, Thursday, Hurlestoke, Saturday, Crewe, 104—Findon hounds,_ ntesday, Kennel], Thursday, Green-lodge, Satur day, Stoke —Cambridgeshire hounds, Monday, • Odsey, Friday, Sandy-warren—Mr. Mure's hounds, Monday, Rushbrooke-park, Thursday, Pakenham-street, 101—War wickshire hounds, Monday, Whhnpstonfbridge, Tuesday, South Village, Thursday, Red Hill, Saturday, Shuckburgh Park—Sir R. .Sutton's hounds, Monda, Greatham Inn, Tuesday, Ayston, Thuriday, Holyw e l i Hall, Saturday, Brooke Hall, 11.-Earl Fitzwilliam's hounds; Monday, Broughton Fuize, Wednesday, Titchmarsh, 11-L.-Lord 'Yar borough's hounds, Monday, Cadney village, 'Wedneiday, Wrawby !mill, Friday, Ravendale, 11—Lord Henry Ben tinck's hounds, Monday, Harby, Tuesday, - Nortonhilace, Wednesday, Scopwick, Friday, Stanfield Hall, Saturday, Wickenby, ll—Mr. Hellier's hounds, Monday, Kenwick toll bar, Tuesday, Thornton village, Thursd, North Willing ham, Saturday, Welton wood—Mr. Drak e hounds, Monday, Weston-on-the-Green, Tuesday, Stratton-Audley, Thursday, Stanton St. John, Saturday, Warkworth village—Lord Re desdale's hounds, Monday, Great Tew, Wednesday, Tar wood, Thursday, Eyforcl, 101—Mr. Musters's hounds , Monday , Thurgarton,Wednesday, Oxton-bridge, Fndey, Bth mile-stone on. the Mansfield Road, 101—Rufrord hounds, Monday, Kir 'ton village, Thursday, Thoresby Park, Saturday, Ossing thn, 104. ;• The number of newspapers forwarded to the United States and Canada, by the North American mail steamers, from Liverpool, is greatly on the increase. The last outward steamer from Englaad carried out far more ne wspapers than have ever before been transmitted by any one steamer. The number of bags, including letters, amounted' to the immense number of 150, the news thus formed almost a freight in itself. On the departure of each of these vessels, as well as of the West India steamers from Southampton, Messrs. Willmer and Smith, the active news agents of Liverpool, regularly publish a most excellent paper, under the title of their European Times, and which is of great advantage and value, as containing an admirable summary of all European intelligence, together with aecurate state ments of the latest prices in all our various markets, and an immense mass of tabular matter on all subjects connected with commerce. . tEXPi f t TON --. !S tWrgIUTATSAIENT Mr. Templeton concluded, on VGdn'es'ilay his-first serte&of musical_ 'entertainments, at thet'Altsic: Hall, Store-street. Of the enthusiasm with which 4hel, numerous : audience greeted the efforWafthi,,lVOM pushed artist for th e i r entertainment, our' rendOs - may form.some idea from , the fact that during the course of the evening there were no less than seven encores. The entertainment on Wednesday consisted of selections froin his' two popular entertainments, on the subjects of "Mary Queen of Scots and of Robert Burns. We were not before-aware that Templeton is himselLtlie__ creator of , - the spirit-stirring melody, " Put off, put off, and r ow with speed," which has always been one of the most at tractive portions of his Mary Queen of ScotS; fe is im possible to do justice to the manner in which he - gave this soul-stirring melody - on Wednesday evening; and in King James's song, "There 'was . a jolly , beggar," he.repre . - sentid . the gallant Prince to Perfection. The chtitlist be tween the artificial scenes of the Court and the naive sim plicity of the cottage, was beautifully exemplified by the second pall of the entertainment as compared with the first. The second part consisted of the beauties or Burns, and the "native wood-notes wild" of Scotia's greatest poet were warbled by Templeton .with a truth to nature which hal' never been surpassed. How could Templeton be otherwise than great on such a theme ? The son of the-poet's old schoolfellow—born and bred on that classic ground 'which.Burns has immortalized— " Each simple air his mother sung Plated on her knee, when helpless young, • Still vibrates on his ear." Ire perfectly electrified the audience by his " Scots wha hae ;" while the delicate and beautiful coMpliment, conveyed to the ladies, in " Green grow the rushes, oh! was never so completely brought out as it was by Tem pleton's' treatment of this exquisite song. At the con • elusion of the performances, Mr. Templeton announced that it was his intention, on Thursday, the 28th , instant, to produce, at the Hanover-square Rooms, a new musical entertainment, entitled the "Lays of the Last of the Scottish Minstrels, Sir Walter Scott." PRINCESS'S THEATRE. A neat little fake, entitled Gone to Texas ' the productiOn, it is. understood, of Mr. .1. Oxenford, whose former contribu tions to the stage have achieved much popularity, was brought out at this house on Wednesday evening, and met with complete success. The plot of the piece turns on the deception practised by a gentleman, of easy habits and de cent exterior, - upon a milliner's assistant, whom he induces to become his wife, under the pretence of having a comfortable situation and a trifle in the funds; whereas, iu fact„he is, on the contrary, in general difficulties, and much annoyed by duns and bailiffs. The exasperation of the lady at making this diSCovery, through the 'medium °fa I:ery'cliatty maid of-all-work, is-only heightened by finding, that the second floor lodger is her jilted lover, one Frederick Rapture, who has taken - to - the - cornet-a-piston as'a solace-for-his grief, and as. a means of melting her obdurate heart: , The manner in which lie declares his passion, and the ability with which he executes the obligato accompaniment-of the Light of other days," has no other effect upon. Mrs. Swellington (the changed name of the ladv) than creating supreme contempt for the in dividual, who thus dares to intrudehicaself upon her privacy in the hour of misfortune, and the comfort she seeks in the altered position of her affairs -is in the reflection that Swellington was always " unexceptionable iu his choice of a 'Valenti* waistcoat, ' and unsurpassed in the tone with which he or dered up a glass of mixed." Swellington being driven from pillar to post, at last avows openly to his wife his distressed condition; and, in order to gain time for the arrangement of his difficulties, proposes that he himself should go round to the creditors, none of them being acquainted with his person, and tell them, 'as "a frieudfrom the family," that he (Swell ington) had " gone to Texas." With this determination he 'goes to the legal representatives of one of his creditors, and assumes the name of Rapture, and while descanting upon his own virtues, - is attacked by that gentleman, and charged, on the authority of a - letter from Rapture's father, with cawing on an intrigue with Mrs. Swellington. This was the best *scene in the piece ; the rage of Swellington in discovering the supposed intrigue between Rapture and his wife, and which is attributed to remorse for his conduct by the legal adviser, was inimitable; the way in which he expressed, sotto voce, his determination to annihilate the guilty couple, and the broken delivery of his sentences, when, in a state of fear and jealousy, he gave vent to his opinion, elicited much applause from all quarters of the house. The whdle affair is not explained till Rapture, at the suggestion of Mrs. Swelling ton, has assumed- the part of Swellington, and finds him self arrested at the suit of one of the numerous creditors, who is lenient enough to accept 101. as a compromise. From first to last the piece was kept up with much spirit, Keeley and his wife takingthe parts of the married couple, Fitz james that of Rapture, and Granby, the lawyer. Mrs. Keeley displayed her usual vivacity of cha:racter and played ex ceedingly well ; her surprise and chagrin, at finding herself the dupe of her husband, was only equalled by the acidity, with which she treated the communication .of the servant, relative to the state of her master's affairs. Keeley never flagged at all in his exertions to bring his character out pro minently, and at the fall of the curtain the announcement of the repetition of the piece every evening was received with unanimous applause. After the many translations and adaptations that we have had of late from the French, it is rather refreshing to see something which at all events, among its palicular class, approaches near to English mariners and English customs, and which may be found in the every -day walks of life. RAILWAY BUSINESS IN PARMA. MENT. South Eastern Railway Bill,—" To enable the South Eastern Railway Company to complete and maintain a branch rail way and approach to the harbour of Folkestone, and to construct other works in connection with the said harbour and also to effect certain alterations and extensions of the works of the Maidstone branch of the said South Eastern Railway, and to amend the Acts relating to the said Com pany,' presented, and read a first time. Leeds and Selby Railway Purchase (No. 2) Bill,—" For vesting the Leeds and Selby Railway in the York and North Midland Railway Company, and for enabling that Company to raise a further sum of money to complete the purchase of such railway," presented and read a first time. Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Bill,—Reported ; Report to lie on the table, and to be printed. Maryport and Carlisle Railway - Bill,—" To amend the Acts relating.to the Maryport and Carlisle Railway, and for making certain extensions and branches connected therewith," presented,.and read a first time. Chester and Holyhead Railway Bill,—" For making a Railway from Chester to Holyhead," presented, and read a first time. • '" Blackburn and Preston Railway,—Report (13th March) from Select Committee on Standing Orders read ; Bill or dered to be brought in by MOVilson rotten, Mr. William Feilden, and Sir Hesketh Fleetwood. Eastern Union Railway Bill,—" For making a Railway from Colchester to Ipswich," presented, and read a first tiros. THE NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE, " WIIITEPRIARS OR, THE DAYS OF CHARLES THE SECOND."—The popularity foretold by the critical press for this work seems to have been already attained—a third edition having appeared. The in exhaustible variety of character, the continual change of scene, and the.highly wrought complexity of plot which dis tinguish this romance have certainly rarely been excelled. Indeed, it is among the curiosities of the criticisms on this work that the author is taxed with exhibiting too great a variety. " Take," says the Examiner, " merely a few of the scenes in which the here is concerned. He is present on the eve of the murder of LordAumerle in the Tower. He has a narrow escape from death in the,Great Fire of London. -He sits on the lap of Nell Gwyn, the orange girl. He is student with Titus Oates in the Jesuit College of SL Omer. He is witnessio the mysterious death struggle of Sir Edmondbury Godfrey. He is with Blood in his desperate robber) , of the Crown jewels. • He is. side by side with Sheriffs Bethel and Cornish at the dripping scaffold of the Popish plot . ffe stands by the side of the . Duke of Monmouth at the battle of Bothwell Brigg. Ile is confederate conspirator with William - RuSsell and Algernon Sydney. He is present when Shaftesbury:plots against his master, and Howard of Esrcicke is dragged down the chimney. He is with Captain Rumbold at the Rye-house, and with Charles in his Alsatian rambles. He takes part in the death of his mother, the infamous. Lady Howard; attends his father-in-law, Sydney, to the scaffold; and is at the gallows with a friend and protector in the person of Claude Duval." '1 c. O'CoNNELL.—We give the following.. extract from acountry paper, the Ten Towns' Messenger, published at KiddelminSter, to show how far the London press is behind -the Tory provincial papers in elegance of style_ and powerful writing DINNER TO O'CONNELL.--This most disgraceful but instructive exhibition of contempt for all the decencies of public life,''took !place on Tuesday last, at Covent-garden Theatre,.when that already degraded temple of the national drama was subjected to the yet further debasement of being made the scene of a banquet, given by a ' most reflecting public' to a' convicted conspirator,' who, in a few short days will, we hope, find his mere fitting place among the felons of a public. gaol ; who has striven, as rarely man has strove, to dismember the British empire; has' exhausted the vocabulary of even his abuse upon the men of England, and,dared to brand her women as prostitutes at heart. This man, shamelessly living upon the misery of which - he - is the very source, yet affects to be the redresser, sat down to a public entertainment at which no fewer than 1,200 guests assembled to meet him, with boxes and galleries crowded to the roof." Tun NAPOLEON MUSEUM.—We have been highly gratified and historically amused , more than. once, when in specting that singularly unique and very extraordinary ex hibition at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly —the Napoleon Museum.' On the last occasion, the proprietor hid the ho nour of handing a volume of autographs to his 'Grace the Duke of Wellington, who appeared to examine them with much interest, and on seeing those of the unfortunate Marie Antoinette, the Noble' Duke said to the proprietor, ".Has the Marquis of Huntly been here ?" "I do not know, your Grace," was the answer. The'Duke replied, " I shall inquire ; for the Marquis of Huntly has danced with the Queen Marie Antoinette at Versailles, and with . Queen Victoria at Wind sor." On ascertaining shortly afterwards whether the Noble Marquis had lieen . —for everything that our illustrious hero notices is interesting to the British public,—we were informed that a few days after his Grace asked the foregoing question, the Marquis of Huntly, accompanied by some ladies, had in spected the satnevolume that his Grace the Dukeof Welling ton took so much interest in, and, with his Noble party, remained several hours looking over the Napoleon Museum, which we were not surprised to hear, considering its very great historical importance. 1714 E MICROScQPICAL SuciETY.—The attendance of members was unusually large at the last meeting of this society. Mr. C. Pearce was called to the chair. The first object brought under the focus of the microscope was the dividend of a Waterloo-bridge share. After many experi ments, in which the strongest light, including the hydro ' oxygen, had been thrownupon it, the dividend was declared to approach nearest in. shape to that of a round figure, with nothing at all -in it,. which, upon an increased force of the glass, was found to 'be a perfect 0. The shareholder whose eyes had been opened during the investigation seemed to be forcibly, struck with the accuracy of the result. The divi dend was ordered to be depoSited in the museum of the Mi croscopical Socieo. • The next object submitted to the mi croscope was one day's ration of food as allowed by the Com missioners in a poor-law union. The microscope was magni fied to its utmost • power to allow this operation a fair chance of success ; but, after every experiment had failed, the Presi dent said " that in all his experience of atoms he bad nevex seen anything so surprisingly wanting .in size or substance , though a microscope which magnified objects no less ,than 60,000,000 times had been used to•help the discovery." This samorua sanguineient dimd members er s s c en bad to endeavouredaurise an t y o b o in d a y n ify Aft th e e r surplus of the revenue, the interest of a Pennsylvanian bo n d, and ".the sense" of the House of Commons, the microscope was locked up for the night, and the President and members adjourned to the tea-room, to refresh themselves after' the labours of the evening.—Funch. The poor's rates for the parish of Lavenham (Cosford 'Union) for the past year were about seven hundred pounds.' , Previous to the enactment of the Poor-law Amend ment Act. they sometimes amounted to that sum for t h .~ . 1 to 0' O r ' ol M 0. re ~e. t~•`~