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satisfactorily arranged. He did not, however, think
that there was any necessity for the appointment of a
committee or commission to inquire into the subject
referred to by the hon. member, as the fullest and most
complete information existed with reference to these in-
stitutions in an official edition of the French laws, which
he should be happy to place at the disposal of the hon.
member, if he 'had not already seen it. (A. laugh.)
with respect to any further information which might be
required, it could easily be obtained through the noble
lord the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, who
would make application to the French Government, if
such a course were considered necessary. Looking to
the jurisdiction exercised by these bodies, he thought
that they would be ill suited to the manufacturing and
trading population of this country. He was willing to
lay before the house all the information the Government
possessed upon the subject, and he trusted that that
would satisfy the hon. member. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. INGHAM. stated that there existed at Sunder-
land a voluntary association for the settlement of dis-
putes between the master shipwrights and their men,
and it had been found to he productive of much good.
Mr. WILKINSON thought it exceedingly inexpe-
dient to appoint any such bodies as those which existed
in France in this country. The courts of arbitration,
to be worth anything, should have power to enforce
their awards ; and even if that power were given, the
duties of the courts could not be exercised with advan-
tage to the public.
Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR explained that in
the case of the Conseils des Prud'homines, they only de-
cided cases which were brought voluntarily before them,
both parties giving their assent, and agreeing to be
bound by the award. He hoped that his right hon.
friend the Secretary of State would turn his attention
to this question, and that his hon. friend the member for
Lymington would not rest till he brought it to a satis-
factory issue, if not in this session, at least in the next.
It was a fact well worthy of particular note that,in these
tribunals in France, in ninety-seven cases out of every
hundred the disputes were arranged amicably.
Mr. MACKINNON said he was willing to withdraw
his motion on the understanding that when he had ois-
tained the information in accordance with the recom-
mendation of his right hon. friend the appointment of
the committee would be assented to. If his right hon.
friend would tell him that when he came again he would
allow him to move for the committee, in that case he
would withdraw his present motion.
Sir G. GREY said the object of this motion was to
obtain information respecting the tribunal of PruThom-
mes in France. He could give the hon. member the
law at present from official documents, but with respect
to the state and operation •f the law the Foreign Mi-
nister would obtain from the French Government such
information on the subject as could be granted.

The motion was then withdrawn.
THE ATTACK ON ODESSA.

Mr. SCOTT postponed to Thursday next his motion
for copies of any instz actions with respect to the attack
on Odessa given to the Commander-in-Chief in the Me-
diterranean and Black Sea, and for copies or extracts
from correspondence referring to that attack.
BURIAL GROUNDS.

Mr. A. PELLATT rose to move for a select com-
mittee to inquire into the operation of the acts relative
to interments in parochial burial grounds and proprie-
tary and other cemeteries, and was proceeding with his
introductory observations, when
An HON. MEMBER moved that the house be counted.
Thirty-seven members only having been found present,
the house was adjourned at a quarter past seven o'clock
to this day.

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.

(From the Report of the Registrar-General.)

The winter's cold has passed away, but its effects still
appear in the registers, on which, during the week that
ended on Saturday last, the deaths of 1,560 persons are