The Express.
London, England, 1866-04-17 00:00:00

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THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL

should be brought forwonl when there was a goneni de-
sire for its discussion, but it would not be compatible with
the exigencies of public affairs to give hip hon. and,learqed
friend a night before the introduction of the budget, to the
iutroduetion of which he w.ut pledged on the first available
night after this debate.
Sir F. KBLLY—Then, sir, I shall be obliged to bring
forward my motion. (Opposition cheers.)

THB CATTLE PLAGUL-EMPLOYMENT OF CHM-

Fisk

In answer to Lord J. MiNsEas,

Sir G. GREY stated that a commission was still making
inquiring respecting the condition of children and young I
employed in manufactories not included in the
Factory Act. When that commission had made its report
• hill would be brought in on the subject. The right hon.
baronet also took that opportunity of stating that the
=Mwhich had been made against Earl Granville
ona P. Talbot of having surreptitiously introduced
foreign cattle into the metropolitan county, by which
means the rinderpest had been communicated and had
made great ravages, had been that day investigated by the
magistrates ; that the charge against Earl Granville had
been completely disproved. and that against Colonel Talbot
was still under investigation.
THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE.
ADJOURNED DEBATE.
Mr. MAGUTRE, in renewing the above debate, described
the questions at issue to be these three :—ls parliament
really pledged to reform? Is there any cogent reason why
such a pledge should be redeemed? and Is this the time
for redeeming it! He answered all the three in the affir-
mative, maintaining that not merely the word but the
honour of both sides of the house was pledged, describing
this bill as • fair compromise, which in its
results would make very little difference in the
composition of the house or in the representation
of interests. f All interests, he said, would still
be represented directly, except only the worlds'
classes and no cherished institution of the country would
be endangered. He controverted sonic of the arguments
of Mr. Hemmen and Mr. Lows, quoting numerous pas,
sage! from /armee speeches of theirs to convict them of in-
consistency, and, provoking frequent contradictions from
both gentlemen, defended the coarse taken by the govern-
ment is treating the extension of the franchise aide-
pendently as moat practical, convenient, and honest ; and,
after reminding Mr. Disraeli that in 1859 he had depre-
cated the introduction of party considerations into the
discussion of the question, he concluded by exhorting the
house to take advantage of the present fime of calm to
effect • just and lasting settlement.
Lord DUNKELLIN (who spoke from the bench imme-
diately behind the government) supported the amendment,
condemning unreservedly the separation of the two
branches. He canvassed the provisions of the bill, ob.
jeering principally to the abolition of the rate-paying
clause, to the extension of the franchise to leaseholders in
counties, and dwelt at length on the many inconvenienoes
and absurdities of increasing the number of voters before
it was known how the constituencies were to be redistri-
buted, professing himself, at the same time, a friend to
moderate and judicious and comprehensive reform.
Mr. W. E. FORSTER remarked on the discrepancy be-
tween the resolution and the speeches of its supporters,
which, with one or two exceptions, were directed against
the extension of the franchise. Believing it to be essen-
tially conservative measure, and being surprised at the
readiness with which it had been accepted by the advanced
liberals, he regretted the objections raised to it by the op-
position, and, assuming that all parties allowed the justice
and necessity of admitting the elite of the working c
he showed that this, and nothing more, would be the effect
of the bilL He eulogised the independence and political
wisdom of this portion of the working dames, corn-
bating the notion that they would act together se
a body in politics, and expressed a sincere conviction
that, so far from being a mere instalment, the
bill would effect a settlement for the lifetime of the pre-
sent generation ; but if this offer were declined, he pre-
dicted that the non-electors would lose confidence in par-
liament, and would take the question into their own
hands. After repudiating all sympathy with doctrines and
designs subversive of the institutions of the country, he
earnestly exhorted the conservative party to accept this
fair compromise, so as to give parliament time and oppor-
tunity for nettling other important reforms.
Mr. M'KENNA opposed the bill, as he declined to place
• blind confidence in the government. Looking to the
anomalous condition of Ireland, he thought that remedial
measures ought to precede parliamentary reform.
Sir J. SIMEON asked whether it was wise to allow an
opportunity like the present to pass for purchasing the
gratitude and affection of the working classes.
Mr. J. LOWTHER referred to several recent reform
meetings, to show that the speakers were not persons of a
class an whom it would be desirable to confer the
franchise. . .

Sir F. CROSSLEY taunted the opposition with profes-
sions of liberality, while at heart they were bitterly
opposed to any extension of the franchise. The present
concession was, in his opinion, a very moderate one, which
the education and good conduct of the working dames
entitled them to have. He pressed the government to dis-
solve parliament if the amendment was carried.
Mr. ADDERLEY protested against the misrepresenta-
tions of the supporters of the bill, who, instead of arguing
against the amendment, indulged in groundless accusa-
tions against the opposition of being enemies to all re-
form. The question now before the house, he asserted,
was not parliamentary reform, but parliamentary freedom
—whether the house should be "degraded and insulted"
by being compelled to consider one half the subject, while
the key to the meaning of it was without any reason with-
held from them. Amid loud and prolonged cheering from
the opposition, he sharply rebuked Mr. Gladstone's habit
of originating offensive phrases—such as the " con-
tamination" and " invasion of the working classes," and
attributing them to his opponents, and made a vigorous
attack on Mr. Bright for his endeavours to exasperate the
working classes against the landed interest. In discussing
the bill on its merits he fixed on two principal defects—it
swamped the agricultural representation by inundating the
county constituencies with urban and trading voters, and
handed over the election in very msny places mainly to
manual labourers, illustrating both propositions by copious

statistics. He asserted that the o'ona'ervative part] was
favourable to constitutional reform, and pressed the house
not to consent to deal with the subject in • fragmentary
fashion.
Mr. LAYARD, in opposing the amendment, replied to
some of Lord Stanley's arguments, vindicating the wisdom
and convenience of dealing with the question in parts. In
commenting on the arguments against the bill, he denied
that the working classes were, or could be, adequately re-
presented under the present system, and, in replying
to the assertion that the working classes were not
worthy of the franchise, he provoked a storm of
contnuliction from the opposition by asserting that
the aristocracy had been in favour of going to war on
behalf of Denmark and the Southern States, while work-

ing men had supported a pacific policy. He contended
that the working classes had as deep a pecuniary stake in
the prosperity of the country as any other class, and with
regard to the charge of corruption, he asserted that the
chief culprits were the corrupters, not the corrupted, con-
chiding a speech which reused a great deal of angry feel-
ing, by expressing a confident opinion that the bill would
be accepted by the working classes as a satisfactory com-
promise.
Sir H. CAIRNS replied to Mr. Ltyard, and asserted
i that, so far from the opposition being responsible for the
country drifting into war on the Danish question, Mr.
Cobden had declared in his place in parliament that the
despatches of the government were rapidly tending towards
that result. He was willing to admit that there ought to
be a fair representation of the working classes. In the
boroughs there was already a substantial representation,
and the only question that remained was whether it ought
to be increased, and whether there should be a larger re-
presentation in counties. So far as boroughs were concerned,
the bill would give the working classes a majority in
constituencies returning 111 members, and the bill for re-
distributing seats would give them 50 more, making 180 in
all, which, if dexterously wielded, would give » preponder-
ating power to the representatives of those boroughs. The
hon. and learned gentleman criticised the statistics of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, which, he said, would admit
a much larger number of persons to the franchise than he
represented, and maintained that the speech of Lord Stan-
ley was unanswerable and unanswered.
On the motion of Mr. GRAHAM the debate was at a late
hour adjourned.
The remaining business on the paper was disposed of,
and the house adjourned at ten minutes past 2.

RAILWAY AND OTHER BILLS IN PARLIAMENT.-
Yesterday Mr. Smith, one of the examiners upon standing
order proofs, sat in room B of the House of Lor .s and dis-
posed of the following bills :—The Dagenhmn (Thames)
Docks Bill, and the unopposed petition of the Bray and
Enniskerry Railway, in both of which cases the standing
orders were declared to have been complied with. In
group 1, the committee proceeded with the further con-
sideration of the Metropolitan District Railway Bill, which
occupied the whole of the day's sitting. The Metropolitan
Railway (additional powers )Billwas ad journed until this day
(Tuesday). In group 1 A;theLondon, Chatham, and Dover,
and South Eastern (Kennington, Clapham, and Brixton)
Railways, was further proceeded with and again ad-
journed. The Bristol and Portishead Pier and Railway
was adjourned in group 5, and the same committee pro-
ceeded with the consideration of the Bristol Harbour Junc-
tion Railway and IVharf Depot,which was further adjourned.
In group 7 the appearances were taken in the cases of the
Thames and Severn Canal Navigation and the Wye Valley
Railway bills, and the committee adjourned their further
consideration. The committee in group 9 gave several
decisions with regard to the numerous bills contained in
the list. The preamble was declared to be proved in the
eases of the Hoylake Railway, the Wrexham. Mold, and
Connab's Quay, and Hoylake Railways ; the Cheater
and West Cheshire Junction Railway ; and the Man-
chester ant Stockport Railway. In the last-mentioned
bill the committee went through and settled the clauses,
and the consideration of the clauses in the other bills was
adjourned. In group 13, the Lanoaahire and Yorkshire
Railway (West Riding Branches, he.) was further pro-
ceeded with, and again adjourned.
PATENT-OFFICE MCSICH, SOUTH KENSINGTON.
—Number of visitors far the week ending April 14, 1,824.
Total number sines the opening of the Ms sum free daily
(12th May, 1868),1,025,379.

*porting futtitignue.

WMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING.

MONDAY.

The attsaction of the Two Thousand Guineas lamed a larger
somber of paom to 'left Newmarket than at the Craven still_ ,
the at ce for the day preceding the decision of the first
great S-yr-old encounter of the meson was decidedly mailer than
lest year. Since the retirement of the Student from a prominent
position la the betting the race has lost much of it. usual tote-
rithtbcharacter, as so materially affecting the Derby bet-
idie rats being looked upon as merely affording Lord Lyon
another opportunity of disposing of his opponents the fact of
his defeat never being Imagined ; but the staunch support
awarded to Janitor within the hurt few days has created a little
I mote excitement over the Rowley Mile event. The racing to-
dsy, which was vary interesting, commenced with the Princess
of "Wales's Stakes, which resulted in a match between garnet
and the Meestindma filly, the first mentioned winning by a neck.
The Handicap Plate gave another instance of the excellence
of the Duke, who with the crushing weight of 9st 6lb defeated
inland and a large field in the Handicap Plate over the Rowley
Mlle., The Prince of Wales's Stakes was won by Broomielaw, the
favourite, although at the distance he ran so ungenerously,
swerving all over the course, that shouts were raised that he
was beaten. At intervals some Important betting took plat- on
the Two Thousand and Derby, the fact of Mend having run
second to The Duke having increased the confidence of the
backers of the favourite for both the grand events.

TER PRINCESS Or WALESSI STAILLS of 100 Foy& each, h ft. for
4-yrolds : Allies, Sit 71b each ; a winner of a 1,000 son sweep-
stakes, 7th extra ; maidens allowed 71b ; the second to save her
stake. A. K. C. i 1 mile 7 furlongs 42 yards.) (6 subs.)
Mr. 8 Theca: woe's f &Wet, by Trumpeter—Loo, 84
arry) 1
Mr. Merry's I by Saunterer—lfiestisams, Bit 101 b (H.
Covey) 2
Betting: Open at 7to 4 on the Mcestissima Ally, but closed at
6 to 4 on Ballet,
A HANDICAP PLATE of 50 sons. for 3-p-olds and upwards.
B.H. (one mile 17 yds,.
Marquis of Ilastlup's The Duke, by Stockwell—Bay Celia
4 yrs, Sat 6lb (Cannon) 1
Mr. IL Elution's Klland. 4 yrs, Bst lilb (Thorom 2
Lord Glasgow's Sister to Ascham, 4 yn, Bd....(CWloner) S
The f:e wing
o also ran:—Attache, Rose, Baking, Grapeshot,
Arbutp, meter, Tomahawk, Denmark, Hopvinee, lLneveh,
lusd a
Betting ; 6 to 4 apt The Duke, 6 to 1 eget Arbutus, 100 to 15
apt Hovtue, and 10 to 1 apt any other.
TEI Pakes OF WM.IWN STAMM (Handicap) of 100 son.,
added to • Prespstakis of IA son. sash, 10 ft, and 6 if de-
dared. for.3-yr-olds pad upwards ; winners extra. The second
to receive 50 son., and the third to save his stake. R. M. ,One
soils 7 furlongs 42 yards.) (83 subs., 40 of whom pay 6 sort.
sects.)
Mr. Chaplin's Broomielaw, by Stockwell—Queen Mary,
(Challoner 1
I.l:rirlatZleshanis Effervescence, yrs, sst 711)(T. Sadie:ill 2
Mr. Brayley's Endalelgh, 4 yrs, bat 121 b (Murry
The following also ran :—Mr. Pitt, Vandervelde, Pintail, Ws,
Tourmalin. Claverhouse, Loughrea, Vulture.
• Bettipg 2to 1 sgst Broonatelaw, 100 to NO legit latighrea
1
1 east Kr. Pitt, I to 1 apt Pintail, 10 to 1 apt Claverhouse, and
16 sae
A MAIDEN PLATT of 50 soya, for 2-yr-olds ; colt., Set 101 b
Min Bst 71b. Last half of Rowley Mile.
Marquis of Hastings's Prodigal, by Stockwell—Stray-
away. list 101 b (Cannon) 1
Mr. Simile's Primrose. Sat 71b 'Doyle) 2
Mr. Brewty's Batty, Bst 7lb (Los) 3
The following also ran :—lt by Stamo—Lady Dwain,
Bonne Fortune, My Love, Heller likelier, Knight Templar, f by
North Lincoln—Molly, Arabs. Rusin Labe, and Pyrrhic.
Betting 6to 4 apt Batty, sto Y apt Prodigal, and Bto spit
any other.
PLATE of. £5O for 3-yr-okbi and upwards; weight for age, with
Me allowances. D. M. (1 mile 210 yards.)
t% Westmorland's Echo, by Revenue-Barah Wsehing-
torl, 6 yrs, 7st 121 b (CO) (Morinl
Mr. T. Archer's Lightning, 4 pa, 7st 71b (t7O) (Patsy 2
Mr. John Dawson's lappet de Minuet, 3 yrs., fat 2.1 b (t7O
Cameron 3
Willie Sharpe and g by Stockwell—Sister to Whigham also ran.
Betting: 6 to 4 on Echo, 9 to 2 apt Willie Sharpe, 5 to 1 eget
lappet de Minuet, and 1,000 to 16 apt any
ohs:oter.
SIFIRPIPTARIN of 90 son each, for 2-yr collo, Bet
fillies and. geldings, Bst 4lb ; winners extra. First half of A.B.
mile. (5 subs. )
Mr. Chaplin's Problem, by Newminster—Trlangle, Set alb (In
bib extra) (Chalioner) 1
;Baron Rothschild's Water Cure, Bet 41b (J. Doyley) 2
Lord Falmouth'sLady Burge Eye, 84 41b (T. French) It
Tat SPRING STALKS of 40 son each, h ft ; 2-yr-olda, let 101 b ;
three, Bst 12lb ; fillies allowed Sib; winners extra. T.Y.C. (rive
furlongs UP yards.)
Marquisuis of Hastings's Ring Hal, by King Tons—Contadhis,
oft 121 b
iranunyouti 1
Count P. de Lames Atalanta, 2 yrs, fat 71b on
Lord Fahnouth'i Reigning Beauty, yrs, tat 7lb ( listable 3
Betting: 6 to 5 on Atalanta, and 6 to 4 apt Xing Hal
Maws :50 son, h ft. Last MU of KM.
_ _

Admiral RZZieDot:3yr-a, --11eUeired forfeit
Mr. Alexander's f by Loop Oaron, dam by Bay Middle-
ton, 3 yrs, Bst Paid
BETTING ON THE OMHUIE,
TWO THOUSAND. _ _

6t04 on Lord Lyon dti
7 to •)
6000 to 260 sgst Sealskin

4600 to 100 agat Lord Lyon TITT
LATEST BETTING.-]
TWO TH
75 to 40 on Lord Lyon (w,
70 to 40 of)
to 1 agat Janitor (off
100 to 8 Freedom ;off)

itnr sot Janitor (off, t
to 1,
La)bourne coupled (t)

1;60 to 400 east Rustic (t)
fswideßizr, Mmrzows.

(OUSAND.
20 to 1 Student (off)
be to 1 %night of the
Crescent (off)

CBE
6to 1 apt lied= (t)
10 to 1 Delight (off)

cry.

4to 1 apt Lord Lyon
9to S RnsUo (off)
20 to 1 Delight t &w)
5000 to 300 Janitor ,t)
30 to 1 Sedan (t,

Bto 1 apt Treasure Trove
(off)

1030 to 30 eget Blue Rlband
it)

40 to 1 Stabber (off)
1000 W 20 Freedom ,t 1)
1000 to 80 Student :,t)

)R2, CLUB.-MONDAT.

MOO to 30 sgst Knight of the
Crescent (on)
6to 4 on Janitor being
" (t)
5 to 2 apt Star:Ling
jawed" (t)

100tO 6 asst Baragsh (taken
and &Tel ed)
25 to 1 Barry Ballatord

THE CHAR')E AGAINST T
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,AUTBORITIES OF

ST. PANCRAS.

Yesterday the adjourned inquiry, at the instiga-
tion of the Poor-law Board, as to the alleged neglect and
illtreatment of a child in the merry and infirm wards of
St. Pancras Workhouse, was resumed before the full board
of guardians, in the board-room of that establishment. It
will be remembered that a complaint had been made by a
man, named Daniel Chatterton, that his child in the month
of February last was found byhim in the workhouse nursery
and infirmary in a filthy state and covered with sores, and
that when he came before the board to complain of
it, he was told he was a madman, and to go and
wash his own face, Btc. When the inquiry was called
on last week, Chatterton was not prepared with his wit-
nesses, and it was adjourned till yesterday. Mr. Church.
warden Robson presided, and Mr. Hillocks was pedant.
Mr. Douglas said before they had any other evidence he
should like to know how this child came into the house,
when the following letter, addressed by Chatterton to the
master of the workhouse, was read, aa admitted by Chat-
terton to be in his handwriting :—" 78, Cromer-street,
Gray's-inn-road, Sept. 15, 1865. Mr. Morrison, be kind
enough to send for my child, Alfred Chatterton, 4 years of
age, whom I have deserted, at the house as above. Please
to send directly, as he is left without food or help in
room without doom or windows.—Yours truly, DANIEL
CuarrEwros." To this letter was appended the report of
Mr. Stevens, the inspector, to the effect that on the after-
I noon of the receipt of this letter he went to the house, and
found thatithestatement made that the father had deserted
his child, and that without food or help, was quite true,
and the child was brought and received at the workhouse.
Chatterton now said he did not complain of the treatment
of his child while it had the measles. He saw it two or
three weeks after but did not complain, but on one occa-
sion when he found it in No. 2 ward it was covered with
filth, and on the 20th Feb. he took his brother and sister-
in-law, and on lifting the child out of bed the smell was
very bad, and the child had sores on its person, and was
covered from its toes to its loins with filth, and its bones
were coming through its akin, and the flesh was lacerated.
He added that when he complained and showed the child
to the nurse of the ward, she said it was far worse when it
came there from the other ward. These statements
were confirmed by the brother and sister-in-law
of Chatterton, and a similar statement was made
in writing by his wife, who was not present.
In answer to questions, Chatterton said he had been in
prison six weeks for violence and assaulting a broker. He
had called Mr. Butt (the surgeon) names. He had laid
hands on Messer, the ;assistant out-door agent, but he had
not said anything to him. He had said he should like to
get Mr. Butt outside to give him a good drubbing. Jane
Horton, nurse, said that about six weeks ago she
heard Chatterton, when in one of the wards, say that
with respect to Mr. Butt, "I will be one with him ; let me
get him outside and I will stab him, by I will."
Mary Saunders, a nurse, said when the child was first re-
ceived into the house it was in a very weak state, and was
ordered port wine, steel wine, beef tea, milk, and mutton
by the doctor. It had all these things, but Chatterton
was continually talking insultingly, and asserting that the
child was starved. She told the master of his behaviour, and
the master prohibited him from visiting the house except
twice a week. The child was always clean, and the father
never complained that it was dirty. It was her duty to
change the clothing of the children when anything hap-
pened, and she frequently did so four or five tunes a day,
and did so in this case. Mrs. Sansum, superintendent of
the nursery, confirmed the statement of the last witness,
as did also Mary Andrews, a nurse. Mr. Butt, the house
surgeon, mid the child had been entirely under his are
from the middle of January last. It bad been previously
ordered wine and extra diet, and he continued the treatment.
He denied that there were any sores whatever on its
back as described, but there was a little redness about the
lower part of its person caused by its debilitated state.
Every care was taken to prevent the spread of that. The
skin was never broken. He frequently saw the child three
times a day, and everythingpossiblewss done for it. After
some further evidence the board resolved, " That having
patiently examined into the complaint made by D. Chat-
terton contained in his statement (a copy of which was
forwarded by the Poor-law Board) the directors are of opi-
nion that the charges are utterly unfounded ; and further
are of opinion that the child has received every attention
at the hands of the officers and nurses of the workhouse,
and that a copy of the evidence and resolution be sent to
the Poor-law Board."