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London, England, 1838-07-18 00:00:00

MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.--INQUEST.

(Continued from our First Edition.)
Mary. Baines, 10, Blackhorse- court, corroborated Mr. Pite's
evidence with regard to the house of ill-fame, No. 8.
Margaret Tomlin, the nurse, was recalled, and closely
questioned by the jury. She stated that on the night previous
to his death deceased received two draughts from Miers and
Mrs. Pow. They were of a pale yellow colour. Witness
told Miers, the Monday previous to Pow's death, that she had
given him half a pint of gin, and Miers said that was enough.
John Pople, son of Mr. Pople, proprietor of the Roebuck,
Tottenham-eourt-road, dt posed that the nurse (whom he
identified) came a little before five cne morning last week to
his fathers' shop, and bad three half .quarterns of gin. She
said, make haste, I have a man dying, who is ordered to drink
nothing but gin. A short time after she came again, and had
a quartern of gin, and one 6f brandy, and in about half an hour
three more half-quarterns were. serven to hsr.
Mr. J. Wells, registrar of births and deaths for S'. Pancras,
stated, that en the 13th iest. Miers registered the death of de-
ceased as arising from delerium tremens.
About this peri9d appeared at the door, hut seas
ordered to withdraw.

Dr. Brook here returaed, and deposed, that hating exa-
mined the deceased's he found the stomach in a natural
external condition, but the inner, cr mucous membrane,
much inflamed. The liver was in the 'tate c.;n:mon
to persons addicted to drinking.. The stomach and bowel,,
were empty, but much c'istended with gas. The appear-
ances of the stomach and liver went not satilvtea. to neaouut
for death. Could rot say that &ceased die I of delirium
tremens; though from nipt,r .ne,s it was not uMiltely no
mint rat poison had l•een administered; but vegetilde roison
would not, owing to the advanced• sta•.e of de.!ornp.i.ion
in which the body was, be eetveted now. Cantiut speck pasi-
tisely as to the c.use of death. Spirits it wus must imi,roper
to give to a patient'in such a st,te.

Mr, Precay gave similar evidence, adding that he did nit
believe the deceased died from dcl:rium it-Primus.
(The inquiry was not concluded when we went to P. ens. )

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, .11;LI' 17.
COAL TRADE BILL:

' Mr. LA BOUCHERE, on the Order of the Day for the
third reading- of this Bill, moved a clause, ibe purport of whieb
we were again utterly unable to 1)0'1-, but %%Lich was added to
the Bill.

The Bill was then rest a third time and paT:sed.
On the motion of Mr. LABOUCHEIZE the alinbur;h
and Leith Agreement Bill was rev' a third time and passed.
GLASS DUTIES BILL.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved
the third reading of the Glass Duties Bill.
Mr. GOULBURN asked if there was any objection to lay
before the House a return of the amount of the ori!zinal grant
of a million to the Iri h clergy, v.hich was avail,b!e for•the
purposes eentemplaterl 'oy the Goy rt-ircent.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE'QU ER was un-
derstood to reply that tlicr3 would be no objection.
On the question that the Glass Duties Did be read a
third time,
Mr. INGHAM al not mean to per.-AE.t in an amendment
the off3ei of which noulri he to imrose a renalty of ICW, in
addition to the forfei!ure of .he glass upon those manufacturers
of " German glass," and such low duty glmses, who under
that title manufactured higher duty glasses.
The CHANCELLOR of the'EXCHEQUER said ti-e
prohibition was pointed at a practice which was 'a great hand
en the revenue. But he could not Imc consented to the al-
teration mentioned, rarticul,,riy as the prties interested ILA
left town on the unthrstanding that no further alteration

should take play e. If he thought the laW insullielwt to pre-
frand, he should be ready to Ask for additional powers.

The Bill was then read a third time,

On the bringing up of an additional clause,
Mr. HUME said he could not avoid calling the attention of
the House to toe absurd:ty of these regulations. This might
be oae of the finest trades in th© country if freed from the curse
of the Excise.—( Hear, hear.) Had the interest on the ex-
tr,tvagance of last year been saved the tax might have been
taken off glass altogether. It was lamentable to see the industry
of '.he country cramped in such a way, and he hoped the first op-
portunity the Chancellor of the Exchequer had of reducing
taiation be would relieve this important branch of trade. No
country could thrive where the Excisemen entered into its ma-
tofactures, and he considered it would be a great advantage to
this country to get rid of them.—( Hear.)
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. said that
his Hon. Friend wished to abolish the Excise-laws altogether.
_ _

__(" Hear" from Mr. Hume.) It would no doubt be oladven-
tage if his Hon. Friend could find some other way of raisin.. 12
or 14 millions of revenue. The whole operation of this Bill was
to diminish the restraints to which the glass trasde had been sub-
ject. So long as there was any duty cen glass, re-
straints were not only important to the revenue, but
to the trade itself, for the prevention of fraud.-..( Hear. )
He denied that the interest on Exchequer bills would corn-
pethete for the duty of BCO,OOOI. now payable on glass, and
it only :7bovred how erroneous was the calculation of the
Honourable Member.—( Hear.) It was, he must say, ra-
ther ungenerous to attack the Government, when they were
doing the next best t:;ing to effecting a reduction of taxation,
and "that. was by simplifyieg the Excise laws, and rendering
them less irksome to persons engaged in all spies o
manufactures.
Mr. WILLIAMS concurred in the views of the Hon.
. Member for Kilkenny, and contended that the amount of the
interest on Exchange Bills would cover the amount of the
tax on glass for the last year.
Mr. HA WKES moved the addition of the following clause
to the Bill by way of rider: " That no maker or makers
of glass shall make of common bottle metal any bottle or
bottles smaller or of less size or content than what is com-
monly deemed and reputed a half Out bottle; and if any
maker or makers of glass shall make of common metal any
bottle or bottles smaller or of less size or content than
aforesaid, the maker or makers of glass so offending
shall for every such offence forfeit and lose the sum
of 501." If bottles were to be made of less size. one branch
of trade would be mixed up with another, and the revenue
considerably injured.
Mr. BLACKBURN had been requested by many glass
.manufacturers to support the clause of his lion. Friend, which
he did with much pleasure.
Mr. INGHAM felt bound to oppose his Honourable
Friend, as he saw no good reason for reimposing the
prohibition which had been abolished upon the recommenda-
tion of the Commissioners of Excise inquiry. At the time pro-
tection was given to the plate-glass makers they paid a duty
of 56F. per hundred weight, while the others paid only
seven shillings, but the difference was not now near so great.
The bottled glass was much the heavier, and this was a duty
levied by weight ; hence that was a great set off against
the excess of duty on 'the other kind of glass. A
few years ago the duty was taken off steno b ottles. He
hoped that the Chancellor of the Exchequer would take
the same view as he had done.
Mr. A. WHITE, as a manufacturer of flint glass, supported
the clause brought in by the Hon. Member opposite.
Mr. HUME hoped the Chancellor of the Exchequer would
vote against the clause.
Mr. M. PHILIPS supported the clause, thinking there
was a degree of fairness in the manufacturers of flint glass
being placed on the same footing with the parties engaged in
the manufacture of bottles.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had
settled all the other disputed points out of doors, but this one
he found it impossible to settle without the interposition of
that House. He did not think that a case for the ►:ontinuance
of the restriction had been made out, and the more especially
as a boon had already been granted to the flint-glass caanufac-
turars. He could not, therefore, support the clause.
Mr. HAWKES replied, and the House divided, and the
numbers were—
For the clause
Against it
Majority .............. —2B
The Bill was then read a third time and passed.
REGISTRATION OF ELEC'TORS BILL.

On the motion of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, the
House went into Committee on the Registration of Electors
Bill.

The several clauses down to clause 8 were agreed to.
On the ninth clause, enabling parties to vote in the district
in which they resided, instead of that in which their qualifica-
tion was situated, being put,
beA'mlralleW, bAyßwßhUi
which
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name
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each
a thatsome
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elector provision
sh should
beeh o uld
in-
serted in the list of the particular district in which he resided,
and expunged from that of the district in which his qualifica-
tion was situate.
Mr. HUME said that the difficulty could easily met by anyTahme amendment whichATTORNEY-GENERAL
e
say-
ing, for instance, that a party whose qualification lay in district
No. 3 was to vote in district No. 1, and so on.
After some observations from Colonel Wood, the Attorney-
General,wthaiss drieffia dcyulttyo.
concur in
Mr. Praed, Sir J. Graham, and Mr. Briscoe, the
clause was agreed to.
Clauses down to 19 inclusive were then agreed to.
On clause 20 being proposed,
Mr. PRAED moved as an amendment, the insertion in lice
24 of these words—" Also the names of all persons who, since
the completion of the last preceding register, shell have be-
come entitled to be registered as freemen, whether such per-
sons shall have served notice upon the town-clerk or not."
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL thought there would be
objection to the amendment.
After a few words from the ATTORNEY-GENERAL,
the amendment was agreed to, with some verbal alteration.
The clause was then agreed to.
On clause 26,
Sir W. JAMES moved the addition of a provisio, that no
person whose duty it was not to make a levy a rate tt'r the
relief of the pour should in the meaning of this Act be deeoted
an overseer.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that the proviee
was unnecessary.
The clause was then added to the Bill.
Clauses down to 31 inclusive were then agreed to.
Clauses to 37 were then agreed to.
Clause 38.
Mr, WARBURTON moved as an amendment to this
clause the insertion, at line 3, or the words, " Anx cverY.
person who has bad the custody of the register for the Fe-
ceding year."
The clause as thus amended was,agr,'sed to.
Clauses to 44, with a few unimporiane amendments, were
agreed to.
Clause 45, giving to the Revising Barristers* the power of
awarding costs in cases of frivolous resistance to the claim of
a voter.
Sir JAMES GRAHAM objected to this clause. A bar-
rister had lately, in Kingston-upon-Hull, proved his igoorance
by appointing as overseers persons totally disqualified.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL had heard of the case al-
luded to by the Right Hon. Baronet. He wished as much
.'s
any one for a Court of Appeal, the decision of which shoulel
be final—(Hear, hear)—from the decisions of the Revising
Barristers. But in the meantime he was convinced of the pro-
priety of giving to the Barristers the power of awarding costs
in case of vexatious resistance.
Mr. AGLIONBY should move the omission of the words
in line 39, which imposed a penalty fur " objecting to a claire
without reasonable and probable cause," but he would at the
same time allow the fine to stand where the party objecting did
not appear.
Mr. WARBURTON suggested that the olject of tle
Hon. Member would be better attained by a proviso at the
end of the clause.
Mr. AGLIONBY would adopt the suggestion. and would
move that "it be provided, in case of objection c°
order be made by the Revising &mister fur payment of costs
to the claimant."
Lord J. RUSSELL was of opinion that in eases of obicc"
tion without probable cansc the aught costs imposed in the Bill
ought to be allowed.
Mr. AGLIONBY would withdraw his former propobi•
tion, and move to the effect that the penalty should be
inflicted only in cases where the persons objected to hadbe•Nit
previously on the register fir the county, district, or division.
Mr. PRAED wis inelint-d. to support this amendment. and
if it were not agreed to he would take a future opportunity to
propose that in all cases of frivolous objection:, it tine of 105.
should be imposed upon the objector, and that lie should be
prohibited from making any further objection until that fine
of
raTas
nhye firstoAf T paid.t
the
propositionsßN P.; GENEwhich
hadl beendo ik tnei
ad
dtc.h, the expediencylrn a
te
sane time thought the whole subject worthy of consh...a.ration.
After a desultory conversation the House divided, :ellen
there appeared_.

• For the amendment 39
Against it
66
Majority against the amendment —47
Mr• PRAED moved the amendmpnt of which he lied
preciously given notice. It would, he said, tend matcriaVy
to sunport the the other provisions of the Bill.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL objected to the amend-
ment.

Mr. WARBURTON thought that anything which tended
to reduce the expences, of registration would he excectlinglf
advantageous.
After a few words fr..-An Lord SANDON and Mr. Pa.trot
the Hon. Member withdrew the amendment. '
Clauses up to tieS were then admitted to staid part of 61°
Bill.

Upon clause 57 being proposed,
Mr. ELLIOTT moved an amendment to the effect that
no person shoUld be disfranchised from any omission or neglLct
upon the part of the Revising Barrister.
The ATTORNEY_ GENERAL could not consent to en
ndrncr.t not within the scope of the Bill.
Atte:. :ew observations from Lord SANDON, Mr. PRAOI
a CA. ::18TIIORP, we understood the amendment to be with-
dr wn, nid the clause agreed to.
Colo el S IBTHO RP proposed a clause, to the cffect thet
as mue'l confusion had arisen as to the mode of ascertaining
the dista7lee of seven statute miles, within which electors
should reside under the Reform Act, it should be in future
determine-I ht a radius of seven miles surrounding the place
of polling.
After some conversation the Hon. and Gallant Member
withdrew the c'ause, stating that he would introduce itat the
bringing ry) of the Report.
Dr. NICHOLL rose for the purpose of introducing certain

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