The Express.
London, England, 1851-03-14 00:00:00

RELIGIOUS HOUSES.

The act on t11:,4 140)i-et, entitled, "A Bill to prevent
the forcible Ileti ution of Etta:ales in lieligious flousta "
af:i r st •lint. in the preamble limit it is expedient to nuke
paUSI.I“..I W. I.lVVVlltillg Cue forcible detention of females in
wheriin per.uos hound by religious or mona..tie
yews r.• r..airleut or w.ueiatcd, cancts in its sixth and ten
Smio, u. j elaioa-s:
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Itke ju.tu,s kir every county in which any religions
ha US. lull Iw ni;iat eat antler this act shall at the M icliael-
tri-vter ti.:ssiods of the p:iire in every year appoint sir
or juatices of the pt are to act as visitors of each house
red oink: tiii, act, situate within such county, rod
rut .a ',dors to sireionted slow be and are hereby autlioriaed
1111. L eatisovered, not beitig leas than three in number, toge
tiler to ‘i it es ivy MIC.I house in IllalllSAT directed by this
act ; sod ..e:•h justit,s slaall at their nest ronetient take the
Whowitag ath :

1, do swear, that I will discreetly, impartially,
awl fai:o:uliy execute all to trusts committed unto me by
virtu, is: MI of jaaliarucat made and }Kissed in the four-
Leath Lill fill, nth years vi the reign of her Majesty
Queeu Victoria, intilaad ' An Art to prevent the forcible
Detention or Fllll.llt iu and that 1 will
keep s-...crat all such matters as shall come to my kuowledge
iu the . eoanGwr of my ottiee ea visitor,except when required
to thin Win, the saws by li gal authority, or to far OS 1 shall
Icd aiy,:f called upon to do to for the better execution 01
the chili imposed en are by the said tizt.—Se help me God."
Whieii oath Oral be administer. d by at justice of the peace,
Watt uae of curia tisioirs; and it shall and say be lawful
for tux Justices an...added at any general quart. r se.ioll, of
tb • ;wan: to uppoiut visitors to awl iu the execution of this
net, if it shall Mimesis that nu chinas were appointed at the
preerilia4 general quarter "anions, by reins
of tlo r wit kelvin; he,. any such registered house in the
cowity at the time, au 1 that some house has been subse-
quonitiy registteed ; and it shall and may he lawful fur the
Justices in like IllantOr and ut like or "itch times to appoint
vi ;toes to supply tu.• piac,s of those who clod! die or refuse
or i.T4111'.! 11111ilvtO to act a. aforesaid.

V.tt: every registered religious house shall be visited and
inspeevil by the visitors appointed fur that purpose under
tins act at the hest Ittire in every year, on such days and
at such hours act the day, between the hours of eight in
(b.! MOTlling cusp Pil iu the evening from the twenty-
first o: September to the twenty-first of March, and he-
twola the hours of six in the morning and eight in the
evenirm from the twenty-first of March to the twenty-
tint 01 September each year, and without notice, and Per
such leugili of time, se they shall think fit, and they are
h,reby empowered to see all and every the inmates therein,
eitin r separately or collectively, as they shall ace tit, and ter
that purpose Isere 41:11a be kept at every such house tor the
nse of the road visitors a book containing n list fully entered
up of ail the p•rrms residing therein, setting forth
toe um, ehri-tian and surname, the Ugl., the last plow..
of abosie, the 11:111.M'$ awl resideuces of the parents, guar-
di44ll., Of nest of kin, as the case may be, of every such
perKka, together nit:, the law of her entry into the haul,•,
the style or tilde by which she is called or known therein,
the ...tic:, if any, held by her, and in ease any inch person
shall die, or kose the sari house, or be removed therefrom,
an o airy shall be made in the list in the said book of such
death, it.-parture, or mmoval, as the raw may be, opposite
to to 11.14111. illolll,NCtipik/11 Of such person, together with
the date thereof.

Teat if it shall appear to the said visitors, upon the IleC3-
.ion of any such visitation as aforesaid, that any trmale is
tleyinius of teasing the religious I se in which she shall
for the time tieing be resident, then and in every such case it
sip ill h • lawful for such visitors if they shall think lit, to
'mew inquiry in relatOsi thereto of such person or persons,
including the suprri.w, if any, of such house, as they may
deem M giving information on the subject, and
also wi:h or without such inquire to remove such female
:rota the house in which oh: shall be so resident.

That if it shall ha determined by the said visitors to re-
move, under the provisions of this act, any female from the
religions house in which she shall fur the time being be
resident, then and in every such CAW it shall he lawful fur
the said visitors to phis: such female, if she shall so request,
under the care of the matron of the workhouse of the union
or parish within which such house shall be situate, and
such matron shall he and is herby required to take charge
of every female who shall be SO plucill under her cure, as an
Mutate of her own family and not u► a pauper, (or the space
of one month : provided always, that nothing in this act
contained shall he construed or taken to make it compul-
sory on any such female to remain ai such inmate fur any
longer pe•raal than she shall think tit.
'l hat in every case In which any such female shall have
been placed under the cue• of the matron of the workhouse
of any union or pariah, the guardians of the poor of such
union or parish shall grant and pay to such matron out of
the common fuuil of such unjust or parish a reasonable
allowance (or the care, maintenance, and clothing of such
femal:• for the time, not exceeding wee nwnt/t, during which
such females shall have been under her care.

That it at any time alter the lZith day of September next
ensuing the passing of this art any religious order, com-
munity, or establishment eonsiting of females bound by
religious or monastic vows shall reside ur associate in any
house in England or Wales, and such house shall nut lIILVC
been previously registered pursuant to the provisions of this
act, num, and in every such CAW, the superior of such house
shall he deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
That if any per-on shall apply to the clerk of the peace
of any county to register any religious house under the pro-
visious this act, and shall wilfully and with an int.ntiou
to deceive, make any false statement or representation in
respect of such hint*, then, and in every such ease, such
person shall be deemed guilty of a misdoneauour.
That if any person shall wilfully obstruct or impede any
of the visitors in their way to, at, or in, or returning from
any such religious house, such person shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanour, and if any person shall assault any
vi-itor in any such house or the cartilage thereof, he
shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and being emit icted
thereof shall be liable to be transported as such fur ten
years, or to be imprisoned, either with or without hard
labour, and fur any time the court may direct, nut exceed-
int=t
any person shall fraudulently conceal or attempt
to conceal any part of any religious house, or the premises
belonging or appertaining thereto, or any person residing
therein, from any such visitors as aforesaid, every person so
offending shall be d....mied guilty of a misdemeanour.
That if at any time the list of the inmates in any such
religious house shall not he immediately produced to the
visitors, on demand, and if there shall be auy wilfully false
entry therein, or any fraudulent omission therefrom, the
superior of such house shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanour, and the visitors arc hereby authorised and ens-
, powered to take away such book containing such list, and
to produce the same as by way of evidence of such wilfully
false entry or fraudulent omission.
That in citing this act in other acts of parliament, or in
any legal instrument or proceedings, it shall be sufficient to
use the expression Religious Houses Act, 1861.-
Now—Too WOWS prising is dories are pr awed to be Insetted to
lowattWo.

ELEtTIONEERING IIIOVEMENTS IN CARDITF.--Con-
siderable excitement has been exhibited in this town during
the past week, ht consequenee of a requisition having been
set on foot, calling upon the electors to support Walter
Collin, Esq., u.se
a
candidate to reprent the above borough
ia parli.uuent, should the present member (Dr. Nieholl) re-
sign, or in the even of a di.solution of parliament taking
place. the friends of the lion. Capt. Stuart are also on
the alert, and purpose bringing that gentleman tornard at
She proper time. Capt. Stuart is non of Lord James Stuart.
—Slea IWO herald.

COMPLAINT OP TIIE SEAMEN.—SHIELDS, MARCH
meeting of the seamen (apparently from 200 to 300
men), was held this afternoon on the Low Light Sand, in
consequence of several of the men refusing to sign articles
at the shipping-uthee. The deputy shipping-master having,
during the lute agitation—to facilitate the trade and the exit
of the vesaels--attended on board :hip to wither the agree-
punts and signatures, the men insisted on this being eon-
tinned. The shippiug-master, however, deems it more
proper to have the articles signed in the premises provided
for that purpose. The meeting this afternoon was energe-
tically addressed by two seamen, who recommended the
men to adhere to their determination nut to alga articles in
the shipping.ottiee. Ultimately a resolution was passed
unanimously, to the effect, that the men were willing to
sign articles on board their respective vessels, or at their 1!
own committee-room, hut not at the shipping-tare. Some
vessels have been detained since Monday in consequence of
the &qite es to the place where articles have to be signed.
Cool freights to London are now down to as. Old. and
de. Gel. per ton.—Sdippiag Ga.ulte.
SINGUL.tR ACCIDENT.—Last evening a cabman
nom. d Masters had driven to the stand near the borders of
the Channel, with the view of getting a fare from the pas-
senger. by the Ilarwich steamer. After the vcs.a haul ar-
rived. suet whilst she was blowing off her steam, the horse•,
a blind one. bk-CaDle frightened, and as the driver was in the
act of opening the door in order to put two passengers in-
side the cab, it suddenly started olf, stumbled down the
&chi its., and, regaining its feet, hurried into the channel.
Fordniesmont the horse kept its head above the water, hut
tht, weight of. ate cab soon sunk it, and in a minute the
.sc...ping tide tarri,l boll horse and vehicle down the river
far beyond the reach of help.—liase kit Eriness.