The Express.
London, England, 1850-03-06 00:00:00

FLOGGING OF FEMALES.

TO Till EDITOR OP TRH EXPRESS.

SIR,—A most cruel, barbarous, and un•Englieh
measure has been introduced into parliament by Sir John
Pakington, by which it is enacted that any boy or girl
under sixteen, accused of stealing property worth lees than a
shilling, shall on the decision of two magistrates be liable to
be flogged ! We have had large meetings to denounce the
woman-scourging system of Austria—how is it we have
none to prevent the pawing of this iniquitous bill, by which
the flogging of females will become the law of the land ?
ANTI-LASH.

THE TEN HOURS Act —A memorial, signed by 30
of theßradford parochial clergy, has been transmitted to the
Queen, stating that the memorialists live and labour in a
populous district, by far the greatest proportion of whose in-
habitants are factory operatives. That they are deeply in-
terested in the well-being of their parishioners and were full
of gratitude to the legialature when the bill called the " Ten
Hours Factory Bill" passed. That they and their parish-
ioner have been much grieved to find that in consevence
of a want of legal precision in the wording of the said act
the intention of the legislature in paying the same has been
defeated, on which account your memorialists take this op-
portunity of approaching the throne to beseech your Ma-
jesty's gracious interference on their behalf. That they are
emboldened to make this direct appeal, inasmuch as it was
reported, at the time the royal sign manual was affixed to
the Ten Hours Act, that her Majesty was pleased to say,
"She rejoiced in signing it,"an expression which was hailed
with gratitude by all her Majesty's loyal and faithful sub-
jects, who the more readily believed the report from her
Majesty's well-known anxiety for the interests of the work-
ing dusts. That the memorialists humbly pray that her
Majesty will be pleased to direct her Secretary of Stets fur
the Home Department to introduce a declaratory bill, or to
supporc such bill when presented to the House of Commons,
which shall effectually secure to the working classes the
advantages of • real ten hours act, in accordance with that
which, having been adopted by both houses of parliament,
war sanctioned by her Majesty ; and so preclude the possibi-
lity of a Worn to a state of things which the memorialists
cannot bat regard with abhorrence.
THE ESSEX COUNTY LUNATIC ASYLUM to be
built near Brentwood, will be shortly commenced. The site
is declared to be unequalled, and the building promises to be
second to any in the kingdom. It will he in the Tudor style,
and the cost is estimated at 50,0001.

THE CASE OF ALLEGED INCENDTARISM AT
ExErna.—On Wednesday last, Mr. Samuel Foote, who is
now confined in the City Prison, awaiting his trial, on the
charge of setting his house on fire, attempted to commit
suicide. He tied his silk neckerchief tightly round his
neck, and, by fastening one end of it to the window frame
of his cell, attempted to strangle himself. He was discovered
when life was almost extinct, cut down, and by proper
means restored.
SUDDEN DEATH OF A CLEROTMAN.—Ott Friday
last the Rev. 11. Thompson, rector of Fobbing, in Essex,
attended the protectionist meeting at Grays, and on his
return from thence was suddenly attacked by illness while
driving home, no one being with him. He was observed by
some labourers to be reclining over the side of his chaise, they
instantly went to his assistance, but he shortly crowd to
breathe. An inquest was held, when, on the evidence of a
physician and of the before-mentioned parties, a verdict was
returned of " Natural death.'
BOILER EXPLOSION.—A mast alarming accident
occurred yesterday morning, between the hours of 7 and 8, at
the Albion Brewery, Camden Town, belonging to Messrs.
Barker and Son, from the explosion of the boiler, 6-horse
power. which has caused much destruction in the interior of
the premises and in the houses adjacent. The houses in
Caroline place, to the left of the brewery, had the whole of
their windows shattered, and a part el the boiler, 22 lbs. in
weight, was blown upwards of 300 yards. There were only
five workmen on the premises at the time of the accident,
none of whom received any serious injury. The cause of
the accident is not known, nor is the amount of damage
which has been sustained at present ascertained.
EMIGRATION TO BUENOS ATREB.—The Irish Poor

LawCommilsionsn reminisced Buenos Ayres u a field
fer emigration front Intend, the price of labour being ex-
cessive, and an especial demand for that work which the
Irishman Is peceliarly adapted to supply, such as hedging,
ditching, and other agricultural work, cattle keeping, farm-
Mg, and the driving Of docks from district to district.