The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-05-23 00:00:00

AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS'

(Ireland) Bill, said he would recommend the House to revert EARNINGS.
to the old practice. and after determining what Peers were •
nt persons to hear appeals, constitute them as a hotly for Mr. Wilbraham Egerton has procured a return to
deciding upon such cases, with the addition, if necessary, of an order of the House of Commons, which bas just
certain judicial persons sittind g ex
the officio. Be thiof
Lordss plan thand e
been printe,i, of the Merage rate of weekly eaniings of
thud appeal might be retaine in House :
that result he should consider an advantage, for no one agricultural labourers in the unions of England and
could tell whether a new Court of Appeal would be received Wales in respect of the quarters ended Michaelmas
by the country with the same favour. and Christmas, 1872, according to the form of the
Lord Belmore observed that the Irish Bar were in favour of order of the return of the 29th June, 1869, and so far
the final appeal being heard in the House of Lords, ,l as the same could be readily obtained. The return ex-
of the lion
ejge nunniure,ttll'ebtealtnowtthi eLzetwxpludidegne'ty tends to 32 folio pages. Of, course, there is no return
as to the metrooolis, but Surrey (extra Metropolitan)
Lord iElingan would not upon theh bs present d
that occasion enter is, given, as also Kent (extra Metropolitan). At
on the details of the measure but e oerve, . far as
Ireland was concerned, the, feeling Was StrUlla ni favour of Epsom the weekly wages to men were 14s. a week,
the maintenance of the House of Lords as the limit Court of and women, lie—children under sixteen, 58., and the
Appeal. same stated as weekly earnings by task work. In the
The Lord Chancellor stated that, as a public represents Eastern district the men earned Ns. by the week, and
tlon had been made of the supposed opinions of the scotch 20s. by task work. In Kent (at Fevershani), the men
Judges, he desired to say that he had received certain re.- earned 20s, as weekly wages, and 265. at task work.
lutions simeed to by them, and he inferred froin those resign- Only those who sow and reap are engaged by task.
Lions that tlicy would not wish Scotch Ato come to
the House of Lords if the English Appealppealss did not likewise Beer, ale, and cider are given in some places ;in others
go there. Such he believed to be also the opnion of the no refreshment. The return contains a good deal of
Irish Bench With regard to the reduction of the windier of information. The earnings vary in the different
the Irish Judges, he pointed mist that by the provisions of counties, and also the beer and ale given. In Wales,
the bill the dillies of the Irish Judges would in some re- at Newport, women and children are seldom employed.
spects be lightened.
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Lord selborne said he shonld deeply deplore any attempt
to undo the work of last year with regard to the Court of
Yinal Appeal.
The bill was then read a second time.
(OURTS (STRAITS SETTLEMENTS) BILL.
On the motion of Lard Carnarvan, the Courts (Straits
Settlements) Bill wna. after some objection from Lord
Stanley of Alderley. read a second time.
The other business being disposed of their lordships
adjourned.

was from 15s. to 225., and the "task money" stated at
18s. 641. ; and at the same place breakfast was given,
as well as other meals, with about four pints of beer a
day: It is mentioned that the supply is afforded
during the bay and corn harvests, and it is added,
" they are not stinted in food." At Northampton the
weekly wage was 245. Of course, the amount is diffe-
rent in the various counties. In Dorsetshire the
wages to the men were from 9s. to Ils, per week;
shepherds, 20s. in lambing season.