The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-09 00:00:00

NE U3' COURT.

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(Nfore the COMMON SERGEANT.)
George Edgerley, aged 22, a marine, was convicted of
stealing a pair of bouts, the prop. rty of George Beaver,
of Woolwich, and sentenced to six months' imprison..
ment.

SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
(Before the ASSISTANT-JUDGE.)
Margaret Hoare was found guilty of stealing four
valuable shawls from the shop of Mr. James Butler,
linendraper.
It appeared that the prisoner, in committing the thcf'•
W:JS accompanied by two other women (not in custody).
who endeavoured to screen her and keep the attentior.
of the prosecutor engaged, whilst she removed the
shawls from ihe counter.

A policeman stared that she was twice tried lately at
the Old Bailey, for shoplifting under similar circutn•
stance, hut was acquitted.
The ASSISTANT-JUDGE would, in every case where
two or more women were found together going to shops
to assist each other in thieving, give the punishment, as
in this case, of six Nionths' imprisonment and bard
labour.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock.
TURNPIKE TRUSTS,

Mr. WILSON FATTEN moved that Mr. Cornewall
Lewis be added to the Committee to which all turnpike
Bills in England and Wales have been referred, and that
the Committee have power to consider the unopposed
Bills which have been ref,rred to them.—Agreed to.

PETITIONS.
Sir H. HALFORD presented petitions from places in
the county of Leicester praying for the establishment of
county financial boards.

Mr: WILSON PATTEN presented petitions front
places in Lancashire to the same effect.
Lord DUDLEY STUART presented petitions to the
same effect.
Mr. AIACKINNON presented a petition from the
Health of Towns Committee against intramural burials.
Sir GEORGE GREY presented two petitions, one
against the Marriage Bill and the other in favour of the
Scotch Marriage Bill.
Mr. W. BROWN presented petitions from places in
Lancashire in favour of the County Rates Bill.
Mr. S. WORTLEY presented a large number of peti-
tions, all in favour of the Bill for legalising marriages
with a deceased wife's sister.
LAND IMPOVEMENT (IRELAND) BILL.
This Bill was brought in and read a first time.
DROPPED NOTICES OF MOTION.
The dropped notices of motion and orders of the day
were re-appointed.
MARRIAGE BILL.
Mr. STUART WORTLEY fixed to-morrow for the
adjourned debate on the Bill for legalising marriages
with a deceased's wife sister, and stated his intention to
bring ferward the discussion at any hour.
Sir R. H. INGLIS did not think it would be fair to
take the discussion at any hour, and appealed to the
Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary for the Horne De-
partment to interpose his authority to prevent so im-
portant a question coining on at a late hour.
Sir G. GREY could assure the lion. Baronet that it
would not be gone into at a late hour.
Sir R. H. INGLIS—Not after 10 o'clock.
Sir G. GREY could not give such a promise.
The debate on the Bill was then adjourned till to-
morrow,

CROWN PROSECUTIONS IN IRELAND.
Mr. KEOGH asked the indulgence of the house while,
in a few words, he entered into an explanation of a per-
sonal character. Last week he brought the subject of
Crown prosecutions in Ireland under the consideration
of the House, and it had since appeared that some of
his remarks bad given offence to many gentlemen
in Ireland, particularly Mr. George Bennett, the Crown
prosecutor of the county of Meath, 'and he wished now
to disclaim all intention ,of throwing blame or censure
upon any one. All ihat he did was to attack a system.
and he carefully abstained from saying anything of the
individuals engaged in it.—(Hear, hear.)
CHICORY.
Mr. MOFFATT wished to ask the Right Honourable
Baronet the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether Go-
vernment intended to impose any duty on chicory or to
revise the Excise law?

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, if
on inquiry it were found that the use of chicory inter-
fered with the consumption of duty-paid coffee, it would
be advisable to impose a small duty on chicory used for
adulterating coffee. It was not the intention of Govern-
ment, however, to re appoint the Excise survey.
Mr. HENLLY asked if Government also intended
to impose a duty on burnt bread, which was some time
used for adulterating coffee.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied
certainly not.

ADVERTISING VANS.
Lord DUDLEY STUART wished to ask the Bight
Honourable Baronet the Secretary for the Home De•
partment a question of some interest to the
me;ropolis. It was this—in the event of its being ne-
cessary to introduce any Bill for amending the Metropo-
litan Police Act, would any -clause be introduced into
it to put a stop to the practice of perambulating thestreets of London with huge advertising vans, which had
recently become a moat intolerable nuisance?
Sir U. GREY replied that, in the event of the Metro-
polii an Police Act being altered, the nuisance referred to
by the Noble Lord 'would be a very proper subject for
the consideration of the Legislature, with a view to its
abatement.—(Hear, hear.)
DETENTION OF STEAM-VESSELS IN BOMBAY.
)11.. URQUHART said he had given notice of his
intention to ask the First Lord of the Treasury a ques-
tion respecting the detention of the Bombay steam•
vessels, but not seeing the Noble Lord in his place, he
wished to know if any other member of the Government
was prepared to answer it?
Sir G. GREY said his Noble Friend at the bead of
the Government would be prepared to give an explana-
tion of the circumstance to-morrow.
EMPLOYMENT OF LABOUR (IRELAND) BILL.
Mr. P. SCROPE moved the second reading of this
Bill, and in doing so he took occasion to point out to
the House the evils which had resulted in Ireland from
not providing employment for the able-bodied poor at
a small stipend, instead of providing them with out-
door relief. It could not be said that the able..bodied
poor of Ireland were averse to work, for experiments
had been tried in some parts of Ireland, and it was found
that the poor worked very hard when employment
was given to them, and that they preferred it to
out-door relief.—(Hear, hear.) Without having re-
course to the reclamation of the large tracts of waste
lands in Ireland, there were ample means and fields et
the disposal of the guardians for providing work for
their able bodied poor, if the law only permitted them to do so:—(Hear, hear.) The present system imposed
the responsibility of supporting the resident poor
upon the landlord.—(Hear.) It, therefore held out
premium to the landlord to get rid of his
poor by clearance, and thus absolve himself from em-
ployicg them in the improvement of his estate.—(Hear,
hear.) Something must be done, then, to remedy that
evil. How it could be done he could not at that moment
say, but certainly the system of settlement proposed by
Government would never accomplish the object.—(Hear,
hear.) His own measure, however, would, to some ex.
tent mitigate the evil ; it made no alteration in the pre•
sent area, but it simply exempted those who found
employment for a certain portion of the poor from being
liable to contribute to the rate for supporting the able-
bodied poor.—(Hear, hear.) It was admitted by the
most practical men in Ireland, that if this principle
were carried out it would set most of the able-bodied
poor to work at once, instead of keeping them idle
in workhouses. The meas.,,res:of:irnprovernent at pre-
sent propounded for the relief of the landed in-
terest of Ireland would be of no avail, for while
landlords had to pay such heavy poor-rates as were im-
posed upon them at present they could not pay interest
on borrowed money, and he hoped, therefore, this Bill
would meet with the serious attention of the House
before it were rejected. —(Hear.)
The SPEAKER then put the question, and declared
the Ayes had it, when
Sir W. SOMERVILLE rose, and said, amidst some
laughter, he should oppose the Bill. He fully appre-
ciated the motives of the. Honourable Gentleman
for introducing this Bill, and be thought every
Irish Member owed him a deep debt of gratitude
for the constant endeavours he bad made to remove some
of the miseries of the Irish people.—(Hear, hear.) He
could assure his Hon. Friend that the Bill would meet
with no contemptible reception from him, but at this
period of the session it was not possible to go fully into
the consideration of the subject, even though the Bill
were referred to a Select Committee, as his Ron. Friend
had suggested.—(Hear, hear.)
(LEFT SITTING.)

HER MAJESTY'S A IIEATRE.—Her Majesty and
Prince Albert again attended the opera last night, to
witness Jenny Lind's performance of Lucia. The
house was crowded in every part. Roberto it Diavolo
is to be produced to-morrow, when Lind will sustain
the role of Alice, one of the characters which secured
her first success here.
YORK. WEDNESDAY MORNING.—(By Electric
Telegraph )—Mr. Nicholson, one of the Directors of the
York and North Midland Railway, and brother-in-law
to Mr. Hudson, was found drowned in the river Ouse, at
about half-past nine o'clock last night. The inquest
will take place this morning.

BIR
On the sth inst., at Newcastle-THS.
on-Tyne, the Lady Mary
Hope Wallace, of a son.
On the sth in-t., at Essex-street, Strand, the wife of E.
Benham, Esq., of a daughter.
On the sth inst., at Wendovcr, Bucks, the wife of tkeßev.
Frederick Silver, of a son.
On the sth inst., at Walton-on-Thames, the wife of the
Rev. F. R. Nils, of a son.

At Birmingham, on the 3dMED.
inst., the Hon. and Right Rev.
Edmund Knox, D.D., Lord Rshop of Limerick, aged 77.
On the lst inst., at Withcote•ball, Leicestershire, Henry
William Palmer, Esq., late Captain
in her blajesty's 89th
Regiment.
At Southside, near Edinburgh, on the 2d inst., Mr. James
Brodie, aged 30, elde-,t son of the late Lieutenant-Colonel
James Brodie, C. 8., II E.I.C.S.
On the f;th inst., at Barrowby Rectory, the Rev. J. Kendal:
On the 6th inst , at Atilborne-port, Ann, widow of the
late Mr. John Pittman, aged 89.

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