The Sun. — London, England, 1844-05-03 00:00:00

Übirb Vbitton SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Cloch. EXCHEQUER CHAMBER. (THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Baron GURZCZY and a Common Jury.) The following undefended case] were disposed of at the sitting of the Court this morning. In each cause verdicts for the plaintiff were given. With one exception they were to recover the amounts of certain bills of exchange :—Sane v. Ashcroft, 1851. ss, 6d.; Driver v. Sparks, 541. 19$. sd. ; Hill v. Norrington, 301. 9s. 10d. ; Turner t; Swaby, 183/. 195.; Hall r. Ryall, 301. ss. Baron GurtiEv intimated to the bar that as there were a number of acrons for bills of exchange, he should give them precedence of other causes which were on the paper for to morrow, and which were likely to occupy some time. He therefiore requested that gentlemen of the bar engaged in such causes, and their witnesses, would be in attendance at an early hour. _ . SEAGR.4. I 7E V. E(GLAND. Mr. Humfrey appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Petersdorff for the defendant. This was an action to recover compensation in damages for an alleged illegal trespass and illegal ejectment. The de fendant pleaded that he was not guilty of a trespass, and that he was acting in the capacity of servant to another. The damages were laid at 800/. The circumstances of the case, as detailed by the Learned Counsel for the plain tiff and in evidence, are briefly these :—The plaintiff; Ann Seagrave, who is a widow, entered into an agreement with the defendant, Louis England, a house agent, carrying on business in New South-street, Islington, to rent a house, the. property of a Mr. Pocock, situated at No. 44, Swinton-street, King's-cross, at a yearly rent of 42/., and entered into the occu pation of the premises on the 10th of JUly, 1843, whilst they were under repair. A few days after the de-; fendant intimated to -her that the proprietor of the house was displeased with him for letting the. house to a person who had not a regular income, and said that she mu: t :we the house. Mrs. Seagrave, however, declined to accede to his revert, as she had fairly and legally entered on the premises. - linding that he could not get her to vacate the house, he resorted apparently to a mostextraordinary and illegal mode of effecting his purpose. He employed se-. veral nteu to remain in the house, who were plentifully sup plied with beer and tobacco, and whose noise, which ap peared to have been of a boisterous character, was thought likely to have the' effect of frightening Mrs. Seagrave from the premises. But the plaintiff was obdurate, and resisted so olmexious a mode of ejectment with imperturbable perse verance: The defendant then resorted to another mode of driving the plaintiff from the premises. He visited the house, and intimated that he should compel her to leave, anti on being remonstrated with by a lady who was about to become the plaintiff's tenant, he said he would " turn her (plaintiff) out neck and crop" if further remonstrance were used. a even carried his violence on this occasion so far that a person, named Mrs. Michain, fainted, and diedin two days afterwards. The defendant did not, however, commit any further trespass at that time, but in a few days employed persons to take her furniture into the street, who also compelled the plaintiff to leave the house, be knocking her down and carrying her into the street, e.: . here they laid her on the pavement, and used so muck violence that her arm was bruised, and she was confined to her bed for a fortnight. It was, therefore, contended, that the plaintiff had sustained considerable injury, in a pecuniary . .sense, from this alleged misconduct on the ple t of the de fendent. Mr. PETERDORF addressed the jury at considerable length on the part of the defendant, wham he contended acted legally in ejecting-the plaintiff from the house, who had not signed the agreement, and that she had obtained possession by unfair means ; in fact, that he *Weed the plaintiff to go with him before a magistrate to have the matter adjudicated ; and that at the time the furniture and the plaintiff were forcibly removed he had two policemen in attendance to see that no breach of the peace was committed. The de fendant merely acted in the capacity of clerk and collector to the proprietor of the house. If Mrs. Seagrave was the respectable person stated to be by the Learned Counsel, she could have had no difficulty in obtaining another house, and thus sustain no pecuniary Toss. No evidence had been pro duced to Show that the furniture had sustained any injury. Witnesses.were then called in support of this view of the case, via., the plaintiff's tenantcy - of the house, which, however, was not clearly proved. One stated, that "Mrs. Seagrave was carried out as carefully as a baby ;" and that no unnecessary violence was used either towards her or her furniture, and. that the promised to go out two days before the ejectment; that she obtained the key and possession of the house surreptitiously. Another policeman, who attended at the honse on the day in question to see that no breach of the peace was committed, also stated that no violence was used. - Mr. Pocock, the proprietor of the house, said he never sanctioned the letting of the house to the plaintiff, and he directed him to put her out, as she was there without his authority. An agreement was prepared but never signed by the plaintiff, because he disapproved of it. Mr. Hummel. - having replied, Baron Gcne thin summed up the evidence, and the jury having cousulted;f4r some time,the foreman stated that there was no probability; of their coining to a determination. ,Baron GURNEY desired them to retire and consider their verdict. _ _ The jury returned into Court at a quarter to four o'clock, after an absence of two hours, with a verdict for the plain tiff—Damages 50/. COURSE OF EXCHJ Amsterdam CF. 12 5 Ditto, at sight l2 3 Lotterilani 2U. 12 31 Antwerp 25 95 llamburgh 51.8. 13 15 Alton - 13 15 Paris, 3 days' sight..; 25 70 Ditto, 3 ►months 25 90 Marseilles Bourdeaux Fraint;t4t on Maine Petersburgb, 3Us 3t4 Berlin 7 Vienna, effee. fl. 351 955 ideate, ditto Madrid. 364 Cadiz Bilbao 36 Barcelona 36 Sevilla LNGE.—(rms DAY.) Gibraltar Leghorn 3O 55 Genoa 25 90 Milan Venice 47 Naples . PalennO, per oz ll7 Lisbon 524 Oporto s3i Rio Janeiro 23 Bahia 23 Buenos Ayres NewYork,2ldyssight Philadelphia PRICES OF BULLION, TER oz. Foreign Gold, bars. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons-- 0 0 0 Sew Dollars 0 4 Silver in Bars 0 4 11j SPIRT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. GLOBE.—Another of those instances in which party politics are permitted to interfere with the removal of acknowledged existing evils was afforded last night in the House of Lords. Lord Campbell some time since intros . duced - a Bill for their Lordships' consideration, the object of which was to allow persons convicted of felonY or misdenteanour, who appealed from the decision .of the Court be which they had" been tried, _on errors assigned on tile record, to the House of Lords as the court of final appe4 to remain at large on bail until the questioe as to the legality of, the conviction should be finally decided. The necessity of such a measure was not denied. ' The Lord Chancellor himself, who succeeded in inducing their •Lordeisips to - reject the Bill, admitted the grievance which the existing state of the law inflicts on such parties. It ought to be removed; but not just yet.. Is thee reason asked? It is at hand. O'Connell; and his co-defsndants in the proceedings now pending in the Court of' Queen's Bench, Dublin, might be preserved from imprisbninent, pending the argument on a writ of error, if the Bill should be allowed to pass. The law is to remain in a ridiculous, absurd, and inequitable state, in order that a political opponent may be subjected to imprisonnient on a conviction which may be declared illegal. This Lod Lyndhurst was compelled to admit was the real ground of his opposition to the Bill. Yet this reason a majority-of. the House of Lords deemed sufficient s and - acting, as usual in such matters, under the advice of the NOble Lords on the Woolsack, th ey th rew out t h e Bill. The Marquis of Clanricarde " repeated that the Noble and Learned Lord's opposition to the Bill was founded on the circumstance that, if the Bill passed, they would not be able wrongfully to imprison certain parties now under trial in Ireland. Ile would leave tto it Lordships ts judge whether this was a proper spirit with -which to view Acts of Parliament relating to aff a i rs i n Ire land. The Noble and Learned Lord could not deny that the effect of the-Bill was, as far as it went, to improve the laW, and if injustice was done under the existing law, were they to reject this Bill, which amended that law, because it. might lead to some particular result in an individual case ?" STANDARD.—Lord Campbell's Bill, in aid of the dilatory proceedings of the Irish convicted conspirators, was last night rejected in the - I louse of Lords without a division. The mo tien for referring the Bill to Committee (the stage in which it nret its fate) gave rise to a highly interesting debate. Before referring particularly to that debate, let us offer eternal:ls upon its general tenour. The supporters of the Bill relied upon the universal feeling of the country as to the defective state of the law with .regard to.the power of ape pealing in criminal cases. The opponents of the measure; freely admitting the defective state of the law in the particular described, objected to the Bill heiore the House, as being. subject to -suspicion, front. • being brought in . to meet a spedial case, and mere confidently ob jected to it as not 'supplying the required remedy. This ground of oppositisa, it' 4iitepported in the - matter ofTact, is surely - sufficient.. We may admit. an evil, doubtless, without being bound to accept everything that is offered in the shape. of a remedy, and - we are entitled to examine the nostrum tendered with some jealousy, when we have reason to suppose,: either from the quality of the remedy iesele or from some other circumstances, that it is offered with , a 'tiew. to private . advantage, and not to' the public good. Now, in the case of Lord Campbell's Bill, the evil to be remedied is not disputed. It is acknow ledged notsisles that our criminal jurisprudence is greatly ‘ t " o ws' al lan appellate jurisdiction, extend convictions,ing craves of tit . and extending to the merits as W elt as -to A e technicality of the original trial and conviction, attainable in Cases of it of error is practically niisdetri v eA r flour only; but in these cases it is, considering its use as a means of delay, perhaps too easily attainable (f or whateve r be cases a l s a e l s v, o i f t i f s e i l n on p y rac it tic i e s considered due es debit() justetiCe. scarcely ever asked for, because there cases of mis demeanour here is little hope court of its being ever granted ; and neither d e meanour nor felony can the of appeal, upon a Writ. of error, take into consideration the merits of the case, that_ is, the justice or injustice of a convi c ti on beyond a mere-technicality. A writ o f error is' Oarlsaona3nlLbeoinxrgd iwnsiee process, and always must re ma i n such . and Campbell's proposition, if it would not make the process snore expensive, would by another. means (the demand of heavy bail) limit the benefit of his rem e d y to the richer class of appellants. What we have said of the inadequacy of the remedy by writ of error, may be applied to the remedy by motion for new trial. It does not extend to felonies, audit to:siclies the merits only in the case where the judge misdirects i the jury bylaw misstating or evidence, or where the jury finds against the j u dges coarge --things, to a super -11431 observer only,' will seem to cover every possible arse of a false verdict. 'Now, how could this defective state of the law be improved bya law like that of Lord Campbell, ii law that would merely relieve appellants "in error" from j olt.rmeat until the determination of their appeal,_ they heavV bail? the remedy excludes all con ' di 'lts of Mons., how trifling soever the felony may be; re!omilv, it excludes all appellants but the rich, all. who ca mot give heavy bail. Let us pause here—pause to look at one - effect of this proposition. No rich man would ever receive judgment - , — in a case of serious misdemeanour, Ivithont trying the chances of a writ of error. As a rieb man be has already given bail to the trial, but upon eonyictien he has only to give the same bail to the writ oferror, and he will insure a respite from judg- NEAysi ni nt,fojr, , lt .e z n oy two. If a political offender, he may N I P; I tour, in attendance on the return to r e party with whom he can make a bar : I-0 1 n , or in . the hope of bargaining with* the party in offite. If a bold man ' as as well a rs political offender, he 71' remain at home prosecutinsedition, while the of his writ of-error drags prosecuting slow length along from el-ke • • "A'' ti 11: b. "-;.( THE SUN, LONDON,. FRIDAY EVENING, MAY a, .1844. session to session. If guilty of any of those offences The exports of Tea from Cbina were 25,922,677 lbs from the SIR A. HENNIKER'S CHARGE. which exclude men from society at home, the rich man Ist of October to the 31st of December last year. Mr. T. INWQ,'IIIIFe. rose to - celhhe attention of the has in his writ of errar a passport to the exile , which.* • SAGO.--This afte'in — Oon'Sago met w;th attention, and 28 7„ House to a. letter. which he hod received oh the subject in any ease would be his only refuge. Now _ this is 4 boxes at auction were all"§etcrat an advance of 2s per cwi, of a quotation which he had niailerorn a charge of Sir Privilege which wealth does not confer in any other country, good middling small Pearl fetched 20s to 20s 6d per cwt. A. Ilenniker's to the grand jury of Suffolk. From the and which it ought not to-confer•in this. There is a violent SrreEs.—For Cassia Lignea a reduction on former rates of noise . in the House, which continued during the whole presumption; at the very least, of guilt, in a case where Is' to.2s per cwt have been submitted to, and buyers have time the enoura .e em er was speaking, we had Ii .bY M b • ' the ordinary tribunals of the country declare a man guilty been induced to operate more freely. This afternoon, at auc -sid great difficulty in collecting even the pur after a solemn trial ;and in France, and in the other coun- , tion, 43 bags of White Pepper, sound, taken mat 5Ad to port of his tries in which, an appeal to " the Court of Cessation" is pro- for good ordinary dingy, sea damaged sold at 5,;,d to sid; 946 observations. We understood him to say that in the vided, the appellant is retained in strict custody of the law ; bags of Malabar went readily at an advance of Ad to id, fine debate on the Masters and Servants Bill he had quoted from the time of his original conviction to the determination . sound shot fetched 4d to 40, and good 3id to 3id pe lb. from a charge of Sir A. IL nniker's to the grand jury of of his appeal. Now apply these considerations to Lord Camp - 1 CO FFEE—The market has been su pp lied with clean qualities Suffolk, in which that gentleman stated his belief that _ . -is deft ' ;.n the want lof West India Coffee this week.—There was little inclhiatim unless the landlords did something to alleviate the con bell's Bill. The law of country is defective of an appellate jurisdiction, trying merits as well as techni calities. shown on the part of the trade to operate, and a reduction on former rates of 3s to 5s per cwt, was submitted to. This afternoon the.market was much better supplied with E. India Coffee ; Mocha at a decline on the rates ofyesterday of 2s per cwt ; middling greenish clean garbled went at 73s to 75s 6d, low middling ditto 72s to 73s 6d, good middling ditto 77s 6d to 78s 6d, fair yellow ragged 63s 6d to 645, ragged pale 58s 6d, middling long berry even pale taken in at 84s. Costa Rico, fine ord colory 56s to 583, sup 60s 6d to 635, fine ord foxy 54s to 54s 6d, and poddy 45s Gd. Padang taken in at moderate rates, good ordinary greenish 325. Company's Java went cheaper, and sold at 46s to 46s 6d for good fair bold pale. Batavia fetched 32s for low good ordinary brown ; Ceylon black triage lls to 13s, and broken 40s to 41s. The closing prices of good ordinary sound Ceylon were 54s to 54s 64 per cwt. Cocos.—The market is in a quiet state for West India, and former rates are barely sustained. Foreign is held with firm ness, and sales to a fair extent made privately at 28s to 30s per cwt. Rust, BRANDY, .AND HOLLANDS.—In Jamaica Rum this week holders show firmness; 28 to 30 per cent ever is 3s 4d to 3s 64 ; 33 to 35 over 3s 8d to 3s 10d ; good 3s Ild to 4s 4d ; fine 4s Gd to 4s lld ; superior 5s to 5s 6d per gallon. For De merara the dem and for small parcels onl v, 28 to 30 per cent over proof 2s 10d to 3s 2d, 33 to 35 over 3s 3d to 3s 44 ; proof Lee wards are held with firmness at 2s 2d per gallon ; cutta Rum at is 10d per gallon proof. In the Brandy Market a fall in prices of 2d per gallon has taken place. Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1838 hhds 5s Bd, puns 5s 6d ; ditto 1839, hhds 5s 6d, puns 5s 4d ; ditto 1840, hhds 5s 4d, puns 5s 2d ; ditto 1841, hhds 5s 3d, puns 5s Id ; ditto 1842, hhds 5s 24, puns 5s ; middling qualities of various marks 3s 4d to 4s sd, and low 2s 9d to 3s 3d per gal lon. Geneva for shipping at is 8d to is 9d, for fine in small parcels for home use 2s 2d to 3s paid. English Corn Spirits at lOs 2d per gallon cash. RlCE.—Carolina dull of sale at 20s to 26s per cwt. This afternoon Bengal Rice sold at easy rate's ; fine bold clean white at lls 6d to 12s, and good Ils per cwt. Ons.—For Linseed Oil in the early part of the week, pricey declined to 26s 6d, but during the last few clays prices ad vanced to 26s 9d to 275. I:ape at 39s to 40s for pale, and 38s to 38s 6d per cwt. for brown, the market appears firm. Olive Oil in excellent request, Gallipoli 521 lOs a 53/, Sicily 521, Spanish 511 a 51s lOs, and Barbary 50/ a 501 10s. Cocoa Nut Oil 29s to 30s for low mid, and 3056 d to 31s 6d per cwt for good to fine. Palm may be had at easier rates, 27s 6d per cwt for fine quality. Cod 34/ to 34/ 5s ; Southern 261 to 301; Pale Seal 33/ lOs to - 341. Southern Oil of Foreign fishing, in bond, sold at 24110 - to 2515 s per tun. This afternoon Sperm Oil sold at 72/ lOs to 74/ 15s, and headmatter 7715 s to 781155. Southern Oil at 281 to 291 15s; and Palm Oil at 23s 3d to 27s 6d per cwt. TALLOW.—For Russian Tallow on the spot former rates are barely maintained, 40s to 40s 9d is the value of Petersburgh Yellow Cand:e, in same cases 41s per cwt has been obtained. For delivery at 42s per out for the last three months of the year. American Fallew is still plentiful, and priaes continue to go down particularly for the lower qualities. Town Tallow at 40s per cwt, net cash. This afternoon North American Melted Tallow sold at 38s 3d to 40s, South American at 348 Gd to 39s Gd, and Odessa Beef at 39s 94 to 40s per cwt. INDlGO.—Holdersof East India manifest firmness, the rates paid are rather above those of the last quarterly sale. All other sorts at previous prices. In Spanish prices are very firm. dition of the labouring classes inCendiarisin would con tinue to increase, and not the whole of the metropolitan police force could keep- the country quiet. That was ss the purport of his remarks ; and he begged to say that he had not intentionally misrepresented Sir Augustus Henniker. In a letter which he had received on this subject, it was stated that Sir Augustus had said that he could not close his eyes to the wide-spread spirit of discontent. (The Hon. Member here read the letter alluded to, and it appeared, as far as we could gather, that the version of Sir Au gustus speech given in the letter did not differ mate rially from that which the Hon. Member had peevieusly given.) He (Mr. T. Duncombe) begged to express his regret if he had misrepresented the purport of the charge, but it appeared to him that the only injustice of which he had been guilty was, in net having expressed himself sufficiently strong. FACTORIES BILL. On the motion that the Order of the Day for the House resolving itself into Committee on the Factories Bill, be read, Mr. S. CRAWFORD rose to call the attention of the House to the Belfast petition, but he was interrupted by The SPEAKER, who said that the lion. Member was out of order, inasmuch, as the question had not yet been put. Mr. ROEBUCK rose amidst loud cries of " Order," but at.length gave way. The question that the Order of the Day be read was then put, and agreed to. Sir J. GRAHAM moved that the Speaker do leave the chair. Lerd.ASHLEY presented several petitions in favour of the Ten Hours' clause. Mr. ALDAM presenteee a petitiOn from persons em ployed in the woollen mills at Leeds; against the half's time clause. Mr. ROEBUCK then . rose for the purpose of moving— ' " That it is the opinion of this House that no interference with the power of adult labourers in factories, to make contracts respecting the hours for which they shall be employed, be ' sanctioned by this House."' He believed that he was perfectly in order in moving i this resolution before , the House went into Committee on the Bill. It had-been objected to him that he might have moved the resolution in Committee, but, in his opinion, great advantage would be derived from moving it as a resolution of the House. It appeared to him (Mr. Ftoebuck) that the Right Honourable Gentleman opposite was alternating between various practices—that at one time the doctrines of non-inter ference with labour prevail with him, and at another time the opposite doctrine. He was anxious to learn from the Right Hon. Gentleman the principles upon which his conduct was governed. He, therefore, should first apply himself to the general principle which -ought to prevail in order to 'deprive the Right llonoureble Gentleman of the power of apply ing his own principles in any way that he liked. He meant- to throw upon the Right . Honourable I Gentleman the onus of showing why he took from the working classes the power of contracting fur themselves-, and then he should address himself to the Noble Lord opposite, and throw upon him the onus of proving the advantage he proposed to coffer on the working classes by legislation. lie should grapple with two antaeonists who were opposed to each other ; but he wished first to place them, as that the% should not be able to draw from an arm( airy w hich did noilegitimately belong to them. But, before all, he wished to relieve himself from the odium which was cast upon him, and others who thought with him. Ile meant the charge of inhumanity —(Hear, hear)--of disregard for the people—of un natural selfishness—nay. of cold-bloodedness, which had been charged upon them. For himself he could say he had a sincere sympathy for the working classes, and so sincere was it 'that it could only be satisfied by seeing 'them vested with the power of governing themselves. The professing friends of the working classes would not agree in this. Ile (Mr. Roebuck) said to those professing friends give them the power to speak for themselves—give theta the power to legislate for themselves in this House. When they gave to the working classes that power—when # he found those who professed themselves so exceedingly anxious for the rights of the people voting for their proper representa tion in that House—then he would believe that they had some real sympathy for their sufferings. Now to his propositions. He (Mr. Roebuck) took it as a general rule that the labouring man had the greatest interest in forming a contract for himself. .The next proposition was, that the working man had the best knowledge of his own circumstances, and that no general rule could be filmed so well calculated to affect his into rest as his own strongly inclined views, his wants, and necessaries.. The general rule, therefore, must be taken to be, that they could not interfere with private interests on this subject—that the parties them selves were the best _ calculated to make their own Contracts. Those who differed from this principle and who advocated interference, must show the grounds for that interference, the onus lay upon them te do so. Now, what right bad they to interfere with them? First, he held that the parties having strong interest and pecu- I liar knowledge, it wits: incumbent for the party inter- I feting to show that they had greater knowledge ; that they had greater interest,. or that they -hal a greater • power of judging. But the Noble Lord said that there was a peculiar els ss omen this country called " factory men," that there were peculiar thins connected with their con dition that called for the interference of the Legislature, and that those peculiarities were overwork and under- I pay. Now, upon that the Noble Lord had collected a great mass of evidence which lie had flung upon the table of the House, stating that that evi ence showed great immorality and great misery. Such were the Noble Lord's premises, bet the next'step that the Noble Lord took wes a most remarkable one—he stated that great misery existed from overwor k and underpay, and he ci the working classes, to didnot support lore in that best feelings o f the human s hp t ru a tm t p e ao d isi that iittyi t_:a taliFdwas persontoanalenemy - heart, and that as such he ought to be branded as the enemy of his kind. Now, between the Noble Lord's premises and his conclusions, there was in his (Mr. Roe buck's) opinion no connection whatever. Having esta blished , that' an evil existed, he ought to have gone on to show that the proposition which lie had brought forward was a remedy for these evils.—(Hear, hear.) However anxious he might be to ameliorate the distress, he might be a bad, he might be an ignorant physican, and that what .he proposed, instead of relieving might increase the misery he described, and so far from ameliorating a single misfortune, ;might bring a curse upon those for whom he . legislated. This , he thou ght , described the position of the Noble Lord. He had be en "misled by his isym i - 1 patties, and he came to that House to show that great imisery existed in a p articular class of labourers. No w it was very ea sy fur the ranting demagogue to go, 1 a sort of Wandering instr ument , round th country. 1 for the dissemination of ignorance and ill-feeling ; that ' was a very easy thing to do ; it was assumed by the most vulgar and the most ignorant of mankind ; that was ! an object easy of attainment, but what the House required was something beyond that ignorance —something beyond that blustering weakness, something beyond that coward folloWing out of opinions which in that House dared not be maintained. That was easy ; but what that House required was that they should not only prove the ex i stence o f evils, but show also the efficiency Of their remedy ; that they should not accu-e of being the cause of the circumstances of our c ot thati" n o s d e i t le i i o v : i : l 1 : a e s .% ''' h hb u ?c m ' h its s a n r beings;o sa r o s e legislation, out that t on any claSs in this country, the odium arising from 1 that which was the mere necessity of our nature. Ile had said that 'that class of mind, which thus sought to obtain notoriety, was among the lowest and mos vulgar which could deprave humanity ; and which, though in ,a-etime of excitement !right met) with some transient favour from that House would, he hoped e when the House came to its right senses, be, as it ought to be, declared a calumny and a falsehood. The first step the Noble Lord had taken was to show that the factory labourer was ittilpeculitir position--tharhe was 1 in a situation which diStinguished him from all others — that - there was that in the peculiar incidents of his - history which enabled a Legislative body tti interfere in his behalf. Now, they wanted to know %halt were the peculiar characteristics of the factory la boUrer. First, he found that the factory labourer was quitC as well fed, to say the least of it, as any other la shew. that the factory labourer wa s better fed than an y bourmr in the community, and he should be enabled to other. . He then found that the factory labourer was not subjected to worse toil than other classes of the commu pity, and he would beg the House to remark that it was not enough to get an undigested mass of evidence on this point, for if he chose to turn the Noble Lord's weapons against himself, he could draw from it a macs of proofs of- the existence of misery of every kind among the labourers of this country.—(Hear.) Now he would take one in this town. The one he was about to mention might excite the merriment of the House ; but he ' mentioned it because he believed they were a more sorely t axed cl. than - any in the commu nit y — women-of-all --- he ass meant the of labourers women-of-all work in the City of London.—(Rear, hear. Let them compare their condition with that of the factory girls, and the condition of the latter would be found a paradise compared with that of the former.—(Hears bear.) Let them compare the men i who worked in factories with the men w ho were e ngaged 1 in agriculture.—(Hear, hear.) - He f ound tha t those who worked in factories were covered and sheltered' from ail the inclemency of the seasons; he found that they had gocd pay, and that they were far happier than the egriculturists, who were exposed to cold, and wet, , 1 and frost; and 'to have bad pay, bad clothing, and bad ! lodging.—(clear, es —Wear, hear.)- The fact or y workers h ad b better pay, less . toil, better clothing, and better Ridging. -- -And_ what was there to distin guish factory then ,ineesuels--..a....way, as to require the interference of the Legislature in - their - behalf : (Hear, hear.) He found two circumstances to diStiii eeuish his position. Those who worked in factories were 'congregated into masses which in vited investigation— which insured inspection—which brou g ht his condition continually before the public.—(Heer, hear.) They did - nut live like the agriculturists, far distant trim ' the • gaze of local superintendents, who might bring their misery and toil before the world, who could bring down indignation upon the masters, and make their agricultural tyrants tremble. Now such was not the condition of the factory workman. His condi tion was to be congregated in multitudes, which multi- THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) WHITEHALL, MAY 2, 1844. The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint the Most Honourable John Marquiss of Bnte, K.T., to be her Majesty's High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. DOWNING-STREET, MAY 3. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles Fitzgerald, DI., Commander in the Royal Navy, to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over her Majesty's settlements in the Gambia. DOWNING-STREET, MAT 2. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Major- Generals J. Grey and H. G. Smith, Companions of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, to be Knights Commanders of the said Order : and Colonel J. Dennis, 3d Regiment of Foot ; Colonel T. Valiant, 40th Regiment of Foot ; Lieutenant- Colonel A. Campbell, 9th Lancers ; Lieutenant-Colonel T. Wright 39th Regiment of Foot; Lieuteaant-Colonel C. R. Cureton, 16th Lancers; Lieutenant-Colonel G. J. M. blac dowel!. 16th Lancers; Lieutenant-Colonel J. Anderson, 50th 'Regiment of Foot ; Lieutenant-Colonel J. 0. Cluuie, 3d Regiment of Foot ; Lieutenant-Colonel E. W. Bray, 39th Regiment of Foot ; and Lieutenant-Colonel .1. Stopford, 40th Regiment of Foot, to be Companies of the said Order. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint the following Officers, in the East India Company's Service, viz :—Major- General J. R, Lumley, Bengal Infantry, Adjutant-General of the Army, Majoi-General J. H. Littler, Bengal Infantry, to be Knights Commanders of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath ; and Lieutenant-Colonel W. A. Yates, Bengal Infantry, Lieutenant-Colonel G. E. Gowan, Bengul Artillery, Lieutenant-Colonel A. Pope, Bengal Light Cavalry, Lieutenant-Colonel E. Biddulph, }egal Artillery ; and Lieutenant-Colonel C. Hamilton, Bengal Infantry, to be Companions of the said Most Honourable Military Order. CROWN OFFICE, MAY 2. MINIMA ILZTURNED TO SKUNK IN THIS PRISINT rAp.tuatiNT. BOROUGH or HORSHAIL—Rubert Henry Hurst, of Hor sham, in the county of Sussex, Esq., in the room of the Hon. 'Robert Campbell Scarlett, now Baron Abinger, and one of the Peers of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. WAR-OFFICE, MAT 3. lit Dragoon Guards--Lieutenant B. Newland to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice M. Pipon, who retires • Cornet J. S. S. ' Stuart, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Newland, May 3. Ist Regiment of Foot—Captain T. Graham to be Major, by purchase, vice Goodall, who retires ; Lieutenant F. R. Mein to be vain, by purchase, vice Graham ; Ensign A. W. Gordon' to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mein ; T. G. Coles, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gordon, May 3. 25th Foot--Lieut. N. Armstrong, from the half-pay 81st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vioe Wellesley, appointed to the 73d Foot ; Ensign W. Cumming to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Armstrong, who retires ; G. Needham, Gent., to be En aign, by purchase, vice Curl:ming, • May 3. 35th Foot-:-Ensign R. H. Price to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice T. J. G. Chatterton, who retires ; M. V. Sankey Morton, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Price, May 3. 56th Foot—Quartermaster-Sergeant W. Dougherty tl be QuOrtermaster; vice T. Debenhain, who retires upon half Tay May 3. 67th Foot— Serreant-Majoo J. Graham to be Ensign, with out purchase, vice Montgomery, deceased, May 3. 69th Foot— Captain C. E. Bevies, from the 85th Foot, to be Captain, vice O'Reilly, who exchanges, May 3. 73d Foot—Lieutenant E. Wellesley, from the 25th Foot, to be' Lieutenant, vice Cubitt, appointed Paymaster of the 7th Light Dragoons, May 3. 82d Foot—Ensign L. F. Bernard to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Nicholls, who retires, May 3 ; F. H. Garner, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase. vice Bernard, May 3. 85th Foot—Captain D. K. O'Reilly, from the 69th Foot, to be Captain. vice Bewes, who exchanges, Slay 3. 86th Foot—Ensign J. J. Matthews, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Thursbay, promoted; A. G. St. 'John Mildmay, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Matthews, May 3. 87th Foot—Second Lieut. the Hon. R. W. Shirley, to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice North, who ' retires ; J. Hallett le Conteur, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Shirley, May 3. 97th Foot—Lieutenant W. Murray to be Adjutant, vice Moore, promoted ; Ensign A. J. Loftus to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Murray, appointed Adjutant : D. R. Croasdaile, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Loftus, May 3. 99th Foot—G. H. Wynyard, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Armstrong, dec., May 3. 3d West India Regiment--Ensign F. A. Davidson to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Macdonnell, superseded ; U, M. Buike, Gent., to be Ensign ' vice Davidson, May 3. HOSPITAL STAFF . — Assistant - Surgeon N. O'Connor, M.D. from the 59th Foot. to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice W. Godfrey Watt, appointed to the 23d Foot, May 3. Memonannesi.—The date of the commission of Lieut. Whitty, of the 25th Foot, which appeared in the Gazette of the 26th ultimo, is 26th April. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, APRIL 30, 1844. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at Five o'Clock. RECAL OF LORD ELLENBOROUGH. The Duke of - WELLINGTON took that oppirtunity of informing the noble Marquis opposite ,(Normanby). that his Noble Friend, the President of the Board of Control, would be in his place on Tuesday next. The Marquis of NORMANBY said he would, under those circumstances, postpone the question. of which he had given notice' respecting the communications which had passed between the Government and the Court of Directors, regarding the recal of _Lord Ellenborough from India. The LORD CHANCELLOR presented several peti tions in favOur of the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. The Bishop of LONDON presented a petition from Belfast against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. Lord BEAUMONT preSented a petition from two Roman" Catholic congregations in Lancashire, in favour of the Bill. The Marquis of NORMANBY presented several peti tions from various places in Ireland against the Bill. He had also for presentation several petitions on the subject of the Presbyterian marriages, which he should defer, as other Noble Lords had more important petitions to present. The Bishop of LONDON presented a petition against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. Lord CAMPBELL - presented petitions for and against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill from Thetford, and from places in Ireland. The Marquis of BUTE presented similar petitions. Lord COrrENHAM also presented' petitions on the same subject. Royal Regiment of Artillery,--Second Lieut. G. H. Vesey to be First Lieutenant, vice Olphert, deceased, April 15. MzmoitANDust.—The dates of promotions of the under mentioned 'Acerb have been altered as follow :—First Lieut. 1). M. Fraser, March 7, 1844; First 1 Cut. J. D. Teller, March 30, 1844 ; First Lieut. A. C. Gleig, - April 1, 1841. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Middt sex. _ (LEFT SITTING.) Royal eastern Regiment of Middlesex Militia—T. M. Car vick (and not T. M. Carvich, ai inserted in the Gazette of Friday last), Esq., to be Captain, it-pril 22. Commiesion by the Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at. Four o'clock. Royal Wilts Yeomans) , Cavalry—W. Long, jun., Esq., to be Captain, vice Olivier ' resigned; C. J. T. Conolly, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Long, promoted; E. D. B. Estcourt, Gent., to Ir Cornet, viee Antrobus, promoted ; R. P. Long, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Aweiry, resigned. April 24. WHITEHALL, APRIL 27. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Samuel Charles Watson Buckle ' of Peterborough, in the county of Northampton, Gent to be ahlaster Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. FREDERICK FORD and FRED. RILEY BROCKLE HURST, cloth manufacturers, Bow-lane, City. ' BANKRUPTS. ' The Pontop and South Shieids Railway Bill was read a third time and passed ; as was also the Newcastle and Darlington Junction.llaila ay Bill. Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS moved that the Liver pool Docks Bill be recommitted, and that Lord Gran ville Somerset be added to. the Committee, for the Pur pose of adding a new clause to the Bill. The motion, after a'shOrt conversation, was agreed to. The Leeds and Selby Hailway PUrcha*e (No. 2) Bill was rt ad a third time and passed. • Col. WOOD presented a petition from a place in Bre ton, signed by 3,000 persons, praying for a repeal of the duty on lime u , ed for manure. Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented a petition from Roch dale in favour of a Ten Hotirs' Factory Bill. Lord INGESTRE presentt d a petition from Bolton, in the county of Durham, against the union of the Sees of Bangor and St. Asaph. Mr. W. PATTEN presented a similar petition from the Hundred of Arnoun;erness. HENRY ALDEN, printer, Oxford, to surrender, May 10, at half-past one, and June 14, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Baylis, Devonshire-square, City. JOSEPH GIBBINS, carpenter, High-street, Marylebone, May 10, and June 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee, King's Arms-yard, Moorgate-street ; Rye, Golden-square. RICHARD BARHAM, linen draper, Emsworth, Hants, May 14, at half-past one, and June 25, at eleven, at the Court. of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court; Sole and Sole, Aldermanbury. JAMES DIAMOND, merchant, George-street, Tower hill, May' 14, at eleven, and June 14, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Tin nuand, official assignee, Old Jewry chambers ; Crosby and Crompton, Church-court. JOHN GROVER, stone merchant, Regent-street, Lam beth, May 14, at two, end June 11, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lene, Lom bard-street; Beetholme, New Inn, Strand. SARAH JEVONS, shoemaker, Lincoln, May 14, at half one, and June 11, ahalf past twelve, at the Court of Bank rptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Billing, King-street, Cheapaide: AMBROSE SILLITOE, innkeeper, Suffolk, May 14, at half past one, and June 19, it eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Chilton and Co.. Chancery-lane. JOSEPH HEWITT ROBY, coffee-housekeeper, Man chester, May 16 and June 10, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Alanchtster ; Bridges and Mason. Red Lion-square, London ; Foster, Manchester. JOHN MARLING, farmer, Barnoldswick, Yorkshire, May 16, June 6, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee, Leeds ; Cowburu, and Norris, Settle ; Cariss, Leeds. Mr. PARKER presented a petition from .Sheffield, praying for a Committee of Inquiry into the principle of Atmospheric Railways. Sir E. COLEBROOK brought up the report on the Leeds and BradtOrd Railway Bill. Mr. SOTHERON presented a' petition from Ton bridge and one from Tonbridge-wells, against the South- Eastern and Hastings Railway Bill. Colonel WOOD presented a petition from the coal factors of London, against any additional tax on coal ; one to the same effect from Uxbridge ; and one also from the Enfield Coal Club. Mr. T..I)I.INCOMBE presented a petition from the inhabitants of Waltham-chase, in Hampshire, against the Commons Ine;osure Mr. AINSWORTH presented ten petitions from the persons employed in ten factories in Bolton, in favour of a Ten Hours' Bill. _ _ Mr. KEMBLE brought up the report on the London Gas Bill, which was ordered to lie on the table. The Thetford Inclosure and Drainage Bill was read a third time and pasted. • Mr. MIME presented a petition from the inhabitants of Devizes, in which they complained that the duty on tobacco was. 9,000 per cent. on -the value, and prayed that it might be reduced ; also -a petition from Montrose ag,ainst the Commons Inclosure RECAL OF LORI) ELLENBOROUGH. NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY. J. Shepherd, cabinet maker, Guisbrough, Yorkshire. T. Close, druggist, Halifax. J. Hallaarmer, Bubwith, Yorkshire. R. H. Hoskins, priblin-house manager, Liverpool. T. Ingham, farmer, Luddington, Lincolnshire. D. Evans, coach spring maker, Liverpool. J. G. Hatcher, coachmaker, Tunbridge. G. Baker, jun., ironmonger, St. Alban's.plaee , Edgeware-rd. J. Willey, grocer, Sheffield. W. Marsden, table-knife manufacturer, Sheffield. G. How, butcher, Hammersmith. C. •Coglins, saddler, South Hincksey, Berkshire. J. Black, labourer, Horwich, Lancashire. J. Naylor, hosier, Liverpool. I. F. Coy le, Alexander-square, Kensington. L. A Imo, musical instrument seller - litistol. F,._,AlitchAll, =at proprietor, Bet4l*-11;re. T. Smith.gun maker, High Holborn: J. Aspinwall, warehouse. salesman, Manchester. A. Aspinwall, tobacconist, Manchester. W. Nev man, builder, Hammersmith. H. Davis, governess, Gloucester-place, Portman-square. Mr: HUME gave notice that on Tuesday next he should move for a copy of all the correspondtnce be tween the East India Company and the Government relative to the recal of Lord Ellenborough from the Governor-Generalship of India. MARINE INSURANCES. Mr. HUME moved for a return of the aggregate amount of -the stamp receipts upon marine insurances f•or the ten years ending 1843, with the rates in each year, and the amount under each rate ; also, for a return of the amount of the stamp fluty received on bills of lading during the seine ears.—Ordered. NAVY, . . Sir C. NAPIER gave notice that on Thursday, the 16th of May, lie should bring the state of the navy list under the consideration of the House. Mr. C. WOOD presented a petition from Halifax against the ten hours clause; also a petition against the County Courts Bill. 'Mr. ELLICE, jun., wished to know from her Majesty's Government when the report of the `scotch Poor-law Commissioners would be laid before the House ? • Sir J. GRAHAM said he should not be prepared to answer the question before the early part of next week. Mr. FRENCH wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whe tht-r it was the intention of her Mujt sty's 'Government to introduce a Bill for the extension of bail in error. It was reported that a statement to that effect had been made by the Lord Chancellor in the other House. Sir J. GRAHAM was not aware that any statement of that kind had been made. If the Honourable Gentle man would repeat the question on Monday, he would en deavour to answer it. • Mr. WATSON wished to ask of the Right lion. Bart. et the head of her Majesty's Government whether it Was the intention of her Majesty's Government to intro duce any,measure foundtd on the report of the Criminal Law Commission ? Sir J. GRAHAM- said that the lion. Gentleman hav ing- some weeks ago given him private notice of his in tention to put this question, he had since directed his at tention to the subject. The Criminal•law Commissioners. suggested the repeal of obsolete statutes, as that involved the consideration ,of various details. Many of the statutes passed in the reign of Elizabeth, and James the First, having, it appeared, fallen into disuse, it was the . inten- . tion of her Majesty's Government to direct the attention of the law-advisers of the Crown to that subject. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending April 30, 1844, is 365. 9id. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. MARKET INTELLIGENCE.. (From the London New Price Current of A - lay 3.) SuGAit. , ---To -day the trade were desirous to purchase West India Sager, but the scanty show operated materially against business ; many of the brokers bad not a board to offer for sale. The total purchases for the week are 1,320 hhds and tres, and prices closed Is per cwt above those of last Friday ; the market has a very firm appearance. REFINED.—M-day, Refined goods were much wanted by the home trade, but the supply was inadequate for the de mand ; brown Lumps are 80s, and standard Lumps 81s 84 to 82s per cwt. _Marnren - s.—A good demand has been .experienced from the Grocer's for all sorts, and- refiners have been purchasers to a fair extent; good and tine yelloW and grey qualities brought previous rates; but inferior, and brown kinds have i advanced 6d per cwt. This afternoon, 500 bags at - auction were sold at full rates; middling yellow at 62s 6d to 635, - 13'TZ.SF GOS 6d to 62s 6d, and good brown 58s 6d per cwt. Isit?ts..—This afternoon Bengal Sugar met with little attention, and at 1 ,495 bags public sale sold at prices that exhibit e d a dec line l those of. last Friday of Is per cwt; fine whit e went L l'tG°Gns 65s 6d, damp and N%' 'I d -to G7s, middling to good 64s to as ty 63s to 655 - 6 d . Gls to 625, damp 60 3 Gd to f 1 'Wund middling yellow , t s. Manilla taken in above the value—good strong grey o la 20s to 20s 61, mid 18i 6d to per cwt. FOREIGN.—This afternoo n yellow H avanna h soun d a ll taken in at the full value , fine at 22s to 22 21s 6d, middling 20s to 20s 6d, l ow 1 8s to 19s 6d, good 21s to 16s ; slightly damaged fetched 15s to l s : one lot br own 93 for low and mid- ' tiling ; 1 9 s 6d to 21s for good and fine, and damaged 1 20s for low'to fine, and very soft in cas ks l4s to ' 12s Gd M O LASSES.—For all descriptions of West India anc:'atelvan in prices has ta ken p lace. Berbice at 24 5 , Demerara g oo d ce 25s 6d, Antigua 27 5 , St. Kit ts • 245, To bago 26 s ; at auction .100 puns of Antigua fetched - 275, and 26 puns Grenada 23s per cwt. Bengal more in request at 15s to 17s per cwt. TEA.—There has been a considerable falling off in the de mand for Tea this week, which is mainly to be attributed to no alteration being proposed to be made in t he duties. To day there was little inquiry for any sort of Teo, and prices are on the decline ; common and good common Congou, cash, Is to 18 04d, and ordinary Twankay Is 2d to 1820 per lb. BANK CHARTER. Mr. F. BARING wished to know what course it was proposed to follow on Monday with reference to the Bank Charter. He wished to know if the First Lord of the Treasury intended on Monday merely to make a statement of his proposition without calling for the decision of the Hduse, or if it was intended at once to ask for the decision of the House on the propositions which would be laid before it ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had not had an opportunity of seeing the First Lord of the Treasury since he had had notice of the Right Hon. Gentleman's question; but he believed that it. was his Right Hon. Friend's intention not to call upon the House to agree to any resolutions on Monday, if there should be any objection to his, propositions. tildes made of themselves a force which invited atten tion front the very fact of their being Congregated into masses, which covered them with an mgis of pro- - tection from the were fact of being thus e'xhiee o d to the public gaze.—(lie.ir, hear.) That be found was the first characteristic of their condition, and one consequence of that- condition was the present inedd:ing with tie it position.—(Lout cheers.) The factory labourer worked in conjunction with machinery, which being put into fir ordinary English meant this, that the ma chinery had all the hard work, and that the labourer had that which required mental labour.—(Hear, hear.) It would not do for the Noble Lord and Gentlemen op posite to say that as machinery was improved, the labour of the operative was increased. Ile (Mr. Roebuck) denied that proposition. In every process, as machinery advanced, its peculiarity was absolutely to imitate the human mind—that it discharged offices which a priori two centuries ago, if any one . anticipated, he would have been described as a dreamer. It relieved the labour of the operative, and reduced him, in reality, to be a mere I superinteedent of a certain line of superhuman power. lie denied that such improvements in machinery in creased the labour of those who superintended that machinery. He put forward that proposition without himself having the slightest doubt of its accuracy. He invited every man ss ho, knew or who wished to know anything about the matter, to task it to the utmost ; and he asserted this, that every ad vande and improvement in machinery had lessened human labour—had lessened it in time and in inten sity.. Now, he found that the peculiarities attaching to the factory men were two. One, and that the were congregated in masses; the other that they worked in conjunction with machinery. Ile could find no other, and if the general rule were accurate, that they who had elle- most interest, and the greatest . knowledge to judge of their own affairs, ought to make a contract. for 'themselves he asked the Noble Lord opposite, how it came that those two elements, having " ens tered into the composition of this complicated ease, should render it a ground for him to in terfere in their case, when he d d not interfere in the.case of.the.agricultural labourer. There was one thing he wanted to clehe up. It would not do to come down there with exaggerated descriptions of. misery, of deformity, of want, • and of suffering. He (Mr. Roe buck) denied them Hear, hear," and " Oh.") " Oh," said the Honourable Member for Pomfret (yr.: M. Milnes). He (Mr. Roebuck) wanted to knoW if that lion. Gentleman had ever investigated the case. It was very .easy to make propositions with jinggling. sounds and jiuggling syllables, but he (Mr. le.) Wanted knowledge before- he legiilated.—(Hear, hear.) That being . the condition of the people for whom they- were -about to legislate, he would not trouble the House with a mass of evidence. 'lndeed, he ought to apologise to the House for having already ad dressed them at such length upon the matter.—(Hear.) lie stated ,it broadly, and he called upon the Noble Lord to 'deny it, that the factory commissions of 1833 declared that the condition of the factory labouring population of this country was superior to any other labouring population.—(Hear, hear.j He knew they could pick out individual cases here and there of suffer ing, and far was it from him to speak of them in the slightest degree with anything like levity. He felt for the misery of the labourer in the factory, and for the misery of the agricultural labourer, and he wou'd by and bye argue that question with the Noble Lord and those who supported him.—(H.ear.) What he said, however, was this. It was very eas e to bring forward individual instances of deformity', but they must make out that it was the consequence of the system, and besides making out that it was the conse quence of the system, they must know that by legislative enactments they could relieve it. Unless they established these two propositions they did nothing. Now, had not the Factory Commissioners, in 1833, declared distinctly and clearly that the labourers of the manufacturing po pulation were better off in every particular than any other class of the labouring population of this country. They were better off in every particular. As he had already said, they were better paid, better lodged, and better fed. And now he came to that which he knew would be treated as the ad captanduni argument on that occasion. The Noble Lord said, " What 1 have . you so little regard for a woman, as to wish that she should be taken from those labours which are her pecu liar sphere, which make her the solace of our lives, which make her the instrument of oar early education, and in fact prove her and form her to be the friend of man ? Are you willing to destroy her vital power, to make her a machine, to unfit her to rear and make - her race ? In fact, are you willing to de grade the human race by making their mother's miserable beings ?" That was the kind of argu ment which was used. Now, he would ask, first, was the labouring woman in the factory worse off than she would be if she were not in the factory. Judgingot her situation as an 'agricultural labourer, he would say that her situation was far better. He had this peculiar evidence in his favour, that, all the medical men who had investigated the-sub jcct in 1833, declared that the' labouring woman was far better able to cope with the labour in the fac tory. He could understand why. It was in-door work—it was warm (so far it was com fortable), and all that was required of her was con tinuous attention. It was the peculiar characteristic o! woman, - that she could give this continuous attention; aed not sutler in her health ; while man when bound to give continuous attention to in-door labour, which did not task his intellect usually did suffer in health. (LEFT SPEAKING.) IMPEItIAL PARLIAMENT. happy to say that Sergeant Starkie and every other person to whom he had exelaincd the principles of the HOUSE OF LORDS, May 2. present Bill, expressed their entire accordance in them. 'HOLYHEAD HARBOUR. He hoped their Lordships would - approve it. Ile trusted In answer to a question from Lord MONTEAGLE, the Noble and Learned Lord - on the woo&tck would The Dukp of WELLINGTON slid the - question of approve of it, and that he would not act the part of Rha facilitating the communication between this country and daluanthus. Ireland had been under the consideration ,of the Go vernment, and they had determined to continue that communication by meaes of Holyhead With regard to granting money for this purpose, the Government had postponed their decision until after the railway to Holy head, which was now before Parliament, had been dis posed of. Earl FITZWILLIAM thought a Commission ought to be appointed to inquire as to what points of the country requited railways, and what parts did not ; and that no other railways ought to be sanctioned, except those approved by such Commission. The Duke of WELLINGTON said he thought the appointment of such a Commission would be like shut ting a stable dor when"the steed was stolen.—(Laughter.) Lord BROUGHAM thought such a commission was necessary for the purpose of protecting ineividuals. The house of Earl GI ey for instance in Northumber land had been greatly injured by a railway passing close under it, and it was but poor consolation to that Noble Earl, after being driven from his house to be told, that he must yield to public convenience. After a few words from the Marquis of LANS , DO W NE, Earl FITZ WILLIAM gave notice that he would move the appointment of such a commission on Tues day next. SANATORY REGULATIONS RESPECTING THE DWELLINGS OF THE POOR. The Marquis of NORMANBY rose to present a pe tition from the working men of Edinburgh, praying the House to pass a Bill which would establish better sanatory regulations with respect to the dwellings of the poor. The petitioners prayed that steps might be taken by which the dwellings of the poor might be abundaetly supplied with good water ; and they also prayed for the repeal of the duty on soap. They had formed them seSves into a society on this subject, and they acknoW lodged with gratitude in the petition the receipt of a magnificent donation from his Royal Highness Prince Albert towards the funds of the society. The Noble Marquis then enlarged upon the necessity for immediate legislation upon this subject. He reminded their Lord ships that 50,000 persons annually died in this kingdom of diseases which might be prevented if there were good sanatory regulations in existence. It was now four years since he first brought this subject under the consideration of their Lordships, and he hoped that another session would not be allowed to pass without the subject being considered by Parliament. The Duke of BUCCLEUCH said that the Bills which the Noble Marquis had brought forward on this subject had been passed very rapidly in that House; but when they were sent - to the other House of Parliament, they were found by practical men to be quite inefficient. for the purpose for which the Noble Marquis intended them, for it was found that the remedies which the Noble Marqnis proposed were found to be such, that to carry them out would be attended with au expense equal to a confiscation of the property to which it applied. Lord CAMPBELL hoped the Government would take the prayer of the petition into their serious consi deration, coming as it did from a city which had been properly termed the Modern Athens, and which was worthy of the term, both on account of the beauty of its buildings and the intelligence of its inhabitants. Lord BROUGHAM said that if his Noble and Learned Friend had been the representative of Edin burgh now, he certainly would not have had the support of his constituents in what he had awed, for they con sidered it as an insult to have their city termed the Modern Athens.—(Laughter.) Lord CAMPBELL said that Edinburgh had produced his Noble Friend, and he was an Alcibiades, a Pericles, sad a Demosthenes, in his own person.—(Laughter) After a few words from the Marquis of NOAMANBY and the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, in explanation, the peti tien was laid on the table. WRIT OF ERROR BILL. . Lord CAMPBELL rose to move the second reading of this Bill, which he had . been already permitted to place on the table of their Lordships' House. A great defect at present existed in the .law, and one which re quired a speedy remedy. A writ of error could be had from all the inferior courts to the Queen's 'Bench, and from thi Court of Queen's Bench to that House, and this wee necessary to preserve a uniforM administration of justice. Whatever opinion might exist as to the mode in which the House of Lords discharged its political duty, he believed there was but one opinion of the man I,er in which their Lordships executed their judicial functions, and which gave the greatest satisfac tion. There was , a great difficulty with re spect to what was done in cases of misde meanour, where the writ of error was brought after the sentence of imprisonment had been passed. With respect to civil mews st difficulty existed, but it was surmounted by giving good security to pay the sum adjudged to be due, the sentence was suspended until the writ of error was tried. But with respect to writs of 'error in cases of misdemeanor the most serious evils remained ti, be remedied. .No writ-of error could be brought on any interlocutory matter until the final judgment of the Cour was given ,• and when the sentence of imprisonment war pronounced it must be carried into imam:Hate ext cution. He knew no exception to this rule. except, perhaps, one case in Yorkshire, where the experiment was made on a small scale. lie was a notorious poacher, and the Court sentenced him to six months' imprisonment, but the sen• tenet , was not to be carried into execution until the first day of the shooting season (September), so that he might be kept in prison the whole of that period. He believed that though this was a very ingenious and salutary sort of suspension, it was yet contrary to law, for the impri sonment must commence in a court of criminal jurisdic tion from the day of the sentence being passed. If the prisoner was already under sentence for another offence. the punishment for the second must begin when the first ended. The Court had no power to pronounce a sen tence of future imprisonment, nor had any criminal court the power. to suspend the execution of a sentence pending a writ of error. Even the Crown had no power to in terfere The Crown might pardon or remit the punish ment, but it could not suspend an execution pending a writ of error. By the law of Eng land, in cases of misdemeanor the party we: en titled to liberty until the law finally determined he should •be punished. When a sufficient security was given that the party charged with the misdemeanor had come forward to take his trial, he was dejure entitled to .be discharged; and even after the verdict of the jury he was still entitled to be discharged on good security. If a writ, of error was brought to review the sentence; was it not monstrous that that sentence should in the meantime be carried into execution? It might happen that a writ of error was obtained just before the long vacation cononeeced; the Court of Queen's Bench die not sit from June to November, .nor their Lordships from July until February, and yet the sentence upon :he indivistual must be enforced during the interval, whether -the writ of error succeeded afterwards or not. Ile was not stating any merely visionary case. There were we ,fortunately some illustrations of it. It was contrary ti- Magna Charta that such should be the case, for it set forth that no man should be deprived of his liberty ex cept by the law of the land. Yet a few years ago a case oocured in Ireland, that of Mr. RadforkltOe, who, having been convicted and imprisoned, brought a writ of error to that House; and the care having been reviewed, the objections urged by the prisoner were found valid, attn he was discharged, but not until he had undergone twelve months' imprisonment. Was not Such a thing a scandal to the administration of justice, and a disgrace to the law? The Bill he introduced would remedy this grievance, and he apprehended its principles were un objectionable. A writ of error, it should be recol lected, was not obtained as a matter of course, it could only lie had under the fiat of the Queen's Attorney-General---Lthe accused should then enter int!, such securities to be forthcoming at the proper time as would be every way satisfactory to the Court. He pro , posed that when the fiat was obtained, and when the securities were entered into that the defendant would be forthcoming to receive punishment, punishment should not be inflicted until the superior court had decided whether it was in accordance with the hew, or contrary to the law, that that punishment should be inflicted. That was the principle which he now asked their Lord ships to affirm. It was said that, if such a principle were laid down, writs of t rror would vastly multiply ; bat it amulet- he reeolleeted that they could be brought upon no frivolous objection, and on no false pretence. The sanction of the Attorney- (General was indispensible, and the scrutiny of the Court would act as a prevention. A writ of error could not be brought upon the bare facts or merits of the case upon which the jury had - already decided ; but solely upon a question of law. Mg. DUE SOMDEN.—It is well known to Most The Attorney-General's guasantee might be considered of our readers that Mr. Dyce Sombre has been residing sufficient that the objections were not frivolous or raised for some time at Paris, where he has been giving a for the mere purposes of delay, and they might rely on. series of entertainments to the elite of that city. He thu caution of the Court that the securities were ful filled. The Attorney-General had, in other matters, has been a l so rece i ve d b y L o ui s Phili ppe at t h e Tuileries. B e i ng strong ly im p resse d w i t h a conv i c - great powers conferred upon hint, and if he neglected tion of th e i n j ustice o f the decision by which he was or abused his duty in any manner, he might be impeached in Parliament. But, another objecti on was declared t • b e i nca p a bl e o f man a g i ng hi s a ff a i rs , h e consulted some of the first medical authorities in urged, of a very futile nature indeed, that the present state of things had been g o in g on f or a very l ong Paris. An army of French physicians, after lengthened examinations, long reports of which have appeared in time, and that no great objection had been mad e t o t h e lair in its present form. Surely their Lordship s wou ld the public mantas, have decided—" That from the ap preeiation of all the conversations which they have not consider these objections arguments, for the very held with Mr. Dyce Sombre, and of all his acts which seine sort of pretexts might have b een urge d for the con have come to their knowledge, they are all perfectly tinuance of every bad law, and for the prevention of convinced that, at the present time, Mr. Dyce fiombre- every species of improvement. Torture was once ap is in the full possession of his intellectual and affec- plied tive facukies ; that the movements of jealousy, the crimi in this country t o extract a confess i on from the nal, and history told them how a predecessor in office of the Noble a n d L earne d L or d on the Woolsack, tenacity of which ere revealed in several expressions of Mr. Dyce Sombre, do not appear to exceed the ordinary Lord ChencellotaWri ot h es l ey, h a d ass i sted i n stretching limits in the feelings of an European, and with much the racjc. The Noble and Learned Lord who now filled more reason than those of an Asiatic. That from all that office, might be accused o f some p ecca dill oes , b ut h e information furnished by several p e rsons who have felt certain he wou ld not act as L ord Chan c ellor Wrioth knewn Mr. Dyce Sombre ever since his arrival in ' (2sley had done. A practice also prevailed of never con- France, the full possession of his intellectual and efTec- fronting the prisoner with the witnesses for the-Crown— tire faculties has not failed him since that period." A their depositions were taken in private. The prisoner petition has been presented to the Court of Chancery to who r efused to plead under all these disadvantages was set test& the finding of the Commission, and it stands subjected to what was termed pei n e f or t e e t d are , so as to for Friday next.—Selloik Herald. make him plead. Weights were placed upon the unfor tunate criminal, i n th e l anguage o f t h e l aw, "h eav i er SUDDEN Dean' IN WE SMINSTER Annr.r.—On • , than he could ber." It was further laid down that no Friday last, on© of the vergers of Westminster Abbey, witness "against.` the King" should be sworn, l es t the named Samuel Phillpotts, aged fifty , was engaged in , showing some individuals the monume nts, &c ., contained wry mi g ht beli e Ve. hi m ; an d t hi s v il e prac ti ce In the - t - s. , ered - edifice, when suddenly he ejaculat e d, eontinued until after the Reformation. In th e i r "Ohl" and fill 'speeehleis.: Ile - was immediately con- , 3 " time, tbilid 'women, or infirm old men, veyed to the Westminster Hospital, where the usual or persons ignorant - of the language, or deaf and dumb means were adopted in order to produce re - inimation, p e rsons who were tried fur their lives, could not employ but without effect. The medical gentlemen who at. counsel to defend • them. He regretted to say, that tended him gave it as their opinion, that death had been although the Noble- Lord on the woolsack possessed caused by a fit of apoplexy. , much of the mill( of human kindness, he opposed ' the Prisoner's Counsel Bid. However itpassed • In the paragraph relative to the entertainment law and worked well, and removed disgrace_ front our given by the Lord Mayor on Tuesday at .the Mansion- laws, and a scandal from the administration of justice. house, it was mentioned by mistake that Mr. Crew at . But to all these bad laws he had quoted, the pretext tended professionally as a singer. Mr. Crew was amongst ' might have been urged, that they had been borne by the the guests of the Lord Mayor. country without exciting much -complaint. He was RAILWAYS “FOR THE MILLION " Gnos•ius ha Rhadamanthus habet durissims Railway companies have discovered a way of being liberal with profit to themselves ; and their speenla tive trading has secured a boon for the hard-working population of the metropolis—one Means of relieving 'the Wen" by at least some temporary dispersion. On Eastern Monday and the twofollowing days, w hat are called "return tickets," giving the purchaser the right to Conveyance out of town and back again, were issued by several railway companies at greatly reduced fares. Shopkeepers, clerks, mechanics, and the fifty varieties of the Londoner race, were enabled for once to taste the delights of railway-travelling, and to visit .even the sea-coast ! The favourite resort was Brighton—attractive from its associations with royalty, fashion, and old repute for gaiety ; the extra receipts , on that railway amounted, in the three days, to 1,9431. Traditions of Julius Caesar, of the ancient Castle, and Shakespeare's Cliff, also drew great numbers to Dover, and the result of the reduced fares for.the three. days was seen in extra receipts to the amount of 7001. Must these mutual benefits be confined to Eager week ? If it haS paid the Brighton Railway Proprie tors to sell "return-tickets" at halt:Trice for those three days in April, would it not pay to do so on every gaturday, Sunday, and Monday throughout the summer and early autumn ? Without attempting to rival an economical arithmetician who has lately distinguished himself on cotton-mills, it may safely be calculated that to sell " return-tickets" on such a purely pleasure-line as that to Brighton, would be as great a boon to the Proprietors as to the public. The fixed capital invested in the formation of a rail way bears a much greater proportion to the cost of working than the buildings and machinery of a cot ton-mill to • the circulating capital ; and the railway proprietor is, therefore, far more interested in in creasing the returns 'of his 'circulating capital by in creasing the rapidity of its circulation. Railways have. created a new class of travellers, a greet-locomotive population that could alone people some European states ; yet to a considerable extent " the masses" are debarred from the use of the rail way by the outlay. The rich man finds its cheapet than the old method of post-chaises, or even stage coaches with the frequent inn-expenses ; but the poor man can ill muster the requisite amount of gold. Cheapness would beget still newer and more nume rous classes; just as the cheap and accessible omnibus has converted half the passengers in London streets to riders. At prsent the Londoner is content to steam up to Richmond, .and eat eel pies, or down to Gravesend, and dabble, like the eel, in half-salt water; but give the opportunity, and thousands might pour out weekly to the very sea-coasts, to the im mense profit of the railways, of the sea-side trades peaiale, and- the incalculable _benefit and delig-irt of the- , town-bred folks' To many there is no delight so great as that of loitering on a sea-beach ; but to the inlander it is a pleasure as rare as it is great; it might be.one for every week.—Spectator. regita ; Cas"gatque anditque dolos, sultigitque fated. . The LORD CHANCELLOR said his Noble and Learned Friend who had moved the committal Of the Bill before their Lordships had sat in that House for now a period of three years. During that time be had shown himself anxious, on every occasion that presented itself, of introducing some measure or' other to the House, partly for the purpose of occupying himself, and partly for the purpose of conveying information and in struction to their Lordship's minds.—(Latighter.) And yet it was most singular that during the whole of this period it had never occurred to his Noble and Learned Friend's mind to suggest the propriety of adopting anY measure of this kind; and it was only on the :eve of Easter term now progressing, when a case of some notoriety was depending in another part of the kingdom—(Hear, bear)—a case of the deepest int portance—it was not till then, when he supposed that that case would come to a speedy termination, and that judgment would be pronounced upon it, that his Noble and Learned Friend, - 'for the first time, had thought it right to bring forward this measure.—(Hear, hear.) Never had he (the Lord Chancellor) heard bins make mention of the subject before. And he (the Lora Cha ncellor) did not hesitate directly to state that the Bill now before their Lordships was brought forward for the pur poe of being applied to that case.—(Hear, hear.) Be (the LordCbancellor) was not in the House when the Bill was brought in, and he knew that his Noble and Learned Friend on that occasion bad protested that ne reference to the pending trial was in his mind when he first 'concoct( d it. Of course he was bound to believe his Noble and Learned Friend's declaration ; but in doing so, it could only b.: by supposing that his mind had been led away by its own enthusiasm and zeal, fur he (the Lord Chancellor) was quite, persuaded there was not a single person in that • House, or ire the country, could came to any different conclusion than that to which he had come, namely, that the Bill Was directed to the proceedings now pending against certain parties in Ireland. But his Noble and Learned Friend e ould say it was impossible he could be :so In' fluenced, and that their Lordships need not rely on his profeSsions alone, inasmuch as he had introduced • clause into the Bill deferring its operation until the let of August next. But let their Lordships 'look so that clause, and say if it was possible for this Bill to P with it. Was there ever so thin and so flimsy a veil ? Why, was it possible that if this Bill should pass into s law that their Lordships could retain that cause Could they, as men of common sense, retain it'?• Wile s would be the effect of it but this—that their Lordships Would pass a law which they thought a proper one , whilst at the same time they would pass another law. of rather a clause of a . law, expressly against thoe indivi duals who, between this period and the Ist. of Augus t s might be found guilty of.misdemeanours?—(Hear, hear.) Was it possible to be suppose d that their Lordships wel ts to be led astray by such flimsy 'pretexts as . those se' vanced by his Noble and Learned Friend? For his own part, he declared if that Bill passed into a law, b° (the Lord Chancellor) would be the first to •moVe the omission of that clause which, in fact, was put in mere', to lead their Lordships to the conclusion that the oil: ginator of it was not thinking of Ireland, and Irelenq alone, when he drew it up. But let them not look ottlf to the clause itself, but let their Lordships reflect nr' l the history of the proceedings which had been going 0 0 1 and then say whether this Bill had not been brought il l rear a temporary purpose, and for one single object a lone. But, after all, what was this Bill ? A more miserabl e specimen of legislation it had never been his (the Lord Chancellor's) fortune to have witnessed. Worse thee all, it was a law for the rich, and not for the poor. The poor man who had been convicted had, by that Cowie' Lion, lost his character—with that he bad lost all Pe: cuniary means, and all friends—and therefore all pow er of getting bail. The. poor offender, then, was condemn ed to abide and suffer his punishment, whatever it migh t be. But the wealthy man—the rich offender—had re' sources: He obtains bail, either by the application , his own means, or the aid of his friends. Such .wouw be the impartial operation of that Bill.—(Hear, heari Mark again how the Bill would 'operate. A ma is convicted of a grave misdemeanour, which subjects hi!! 557 to two years' imprisonment. He is advanced life, and a few months' imprisonment may probably h a li the most serious effect upon him. He obtains a writ of error by means of his purse ; ; he crosses the water , out of the jurisdiction of the court ; if the judgment I reversed he returns, and if it is confirmed, he ee s i tinues on the Continent, living in luxury and ease, as, laughing at the judgment against him.—(Hear, _ bee r ' Suppose he was a political partizan, and had' cog! muted some crime about politics, but had many 51 '1:: porters and friends, as was too commonly the case What- does he. ? He says " I will Wait he course of events ; a few votes in the House ll Commons just now are of importance, my influence ' l _ l , assist in this." He waits, receives a pardon, and rettlTe in triumph, having set the laws at defiance. another ease. A man commits a crime which'esPf te him from society ; he is tried and convicted, but gets ht writ of error. He goes off, and, as a matter of oho ier l it is not very material where, so he also sets the law ' 4 defiance. Such would be the effect of the indiscriniin a L appeal here proposed. But there were misdemeanow: of various character, some of them being liable to tb; punishment of transportation. Perjury was, only name, a misdemeanour, but it. was visited as a punis ie meat by transportation. Obtaining goods under fal se , pretences was a misdemeanour. but it was frequentl.ol and most properly, punished by transportation. 13 .. what would be the e ff ec t o f this law, supposing - the te o s demeanant had means at his command ? Why, he sll 0 would get free from all punishment, preferring , doubtless he would do, to live in Paris rather • tb7, to go to Van Diemea's Land, or to the rocks of n or) talk Island.—(Hear, hear.) (the Lord Chant:oloi mentioned these as some of the instances and some re the consequences of the passing of this Bill. T„ t e s were many others he could adduce, but he saw It° cessity for so doing. The subject of appeal was in ; be hands of his Right Hon. Friend the Secretary el Home Department, who, with the assistance of the l e l officers of the Crown, had 'nearly prepared a generameasure, which his Learned Friend the Attorney- 64 0 ral would submit to the consideration of P a rlisa o h , within a very short period. He did not say this go t oe purpose of giving an answer to the present Bill:, fo r objected to it b ecause he was sa tisfi e d it was brought a particular purpose alone. As such, it was a TO'S principle; and upon such grounds he had now tom their Lordships that the Bill be committed that dal months. Lord BROUGHAM said, in his opinic.n, legislate e to be useful and sound, ought always to be grou ndee, be a general principle, and not to originate wider bait Pressure of any peculiar circumstance or case. I A to Lordships, in legislating, should never be induce d a d look at any subject through one particular medium; _,` l ce , Fearful that this was the case in the present itistsP d es though he was sure wholly unintentionally, he &Ifs it better the Bill should not be carried any furthers ‘ ,ll wished it, however, to -be understood that he was str° ll s,io in favour of some sound amendment of the law upoll„ t o subject. As, however, it was now understood it ". ei authority that the subject had been fully entertain the Government, and that a measure was all but res. and as he was happy to say, from a personal intell e je t t, yesterday with his Learned Friend, Sir William Ft ) , l o t o that his health was so far renovated as to enable b' t e to attend to business and introduce the subject at e l l i ` or d• the notice of Parliament, he thought their ii_ o ra ships would• be acting a most discreet part W the matter for the present moment as it i „,,e4 His leisure would no doubt be most usefully einP"tbe for the public in digesting a proper measure nq t aat subject. He could,not agree with his Noble Frien d the Attorney-General had the discretion he had 51 . t ee upon writs of error. He thought they should atior course in this country which they did in FruneVs t i a ts have so excellent a Court as the Court of CAsli i p sen which was one of the greatest benefits that had paal conferred by the Revolution' of 1789. The Noble would support the Bill. f wit h Lord COTTENHAM supported the Bill. It Wa . t a as satisfaction that he had heard that this very meas l :;; 9 o tt under the consideration of the Government,. hee d b oa showed that the measure was unobjedtionisble, as b e to e asserted, and that was an admission that the la w ta d to be altered. As the law at present stood it wss it* absurd, and required revision. ---(Hear, hear.) s s a ar wholesome state of the law if, when a party w s te esc ° victed and sentenced, and who questioned that sfo l del in a superior Court, he was to be imprisoned durl i t e etl. time the propriety of that sentence was being di sc :ALl The LORD CHANCELLOR said that the - t av' under the attention of her M a jesty's Governm ent. law advisers, was an appeal in. criminal cases. . 0 1 °` The Earl of WICKLOW opposed the corals' the Bill. t t" The Marquis of CLANRICARDE suPrr-eecchl committal of the Bill. He had heard many sl i, from the Noble and Learned Lord on the woelsi. tbsa ' great pain, but he had never heard one with W le -bI A that which he had delivered that evening , . ta le 0 . 1 1; shown that the opposition to the Bill was Using on!' entirely founded upon the chance of not bide Is to imprison the individuals now il l ' • A in Ireland:—(Hear, hear.) d Lead pose Lord CAMPBELL replied—His Noble so oo p 4 Friend on the woolsack had not the courag e i t th at tP t i the principle of the Bill, because he admit o° He 1 1, e law was in such a state as required alteration• g never used any political allusions in introdnortte Bill, and he was astonished at his Noble. an Friend's having done so. ,„ 1 w ithq, bt The committal of the Bill was negate as t division, and the House adjourned at Be .f 1 o'clock. tb° 81. jnale h On the sth of February la RTHS st, at Bi r dwan, Eo t of ,s idy of Major William Riddell, of the Bengal ~nv DIED. On the 17th ult., at. 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