The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-16 00:00:00

TION.

Mr.. R. SPOONER, presented a number of peti-
tions, against trading. in prostitution; among others,
one from a public meeting held at the London
Tavern yesterday, Mr. Fowel Buxton in the chair.
The Hon. Member then proceeded to address the House.
In rising to ask leave to introduce a Bill for the better
suppression of trading in seduction and prostitution,
and on behalf of which 80 petitions, signed by 10,000
persons, in addition to ,those now laid on the
table of the House, had been presented, he
had hoped that it would have been un-
necessary to make any statement on its first reading.
But he was sorry to say that he bad inti-
mation from two Members of that House, that
they would not suffer the Bill to be brought
into the House, unless a statement were made which
should appear to justify him in doing so. If, however,
the House wished him to postpone any statement on
that occasion, he was very willing.—(Cries of " Hear,
hear.") Yet, if the House would allow him, he would
lay before them—(Cries of " No, no")—such grounds
as must appear to justifiy him in expecting to meet
with no opposition in bringing in that Bill.— (Cries of,
" No.") A similar Bill had been brought into the
House "of Lords, and had gone through all its
stages, except the third reading, but just then
the Duke of Wellington begged the Right Rev. Bishop
would withdraw his Bill, as it was of such a nature as to
require the serious consideration of the Govern-
ment, and he pledged himself that Government would
give it their early attention. Considering then that a
similar Bill had advanced so far in the other House
of Parliament, that 1.0,000 petitioners had prayed
the House to pass a measure on tho subject,
that that subject was a wrong for which there was no
legal remedy, he thought there was sufficient to justify
the course which he was taking. But if the Noble
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Lord opposite requested him to—refrain from making
any statement there, he would certainly consent.
Sir G. GREY said he might state to the House what
he had said to the Hon. Member privately, that con-
sul ring the debate which came on that night it might
he destriWle that the Hon. Member should refrain from
any statement on that occasion, and he (Sir G. Grey)
would give him no opposition. But he did think that
any statement 110'N, under these circumstances, would be
inexpedient.
Mr. SPOONER—WiII the lion. MEmbers, the Hon.
Gentleman behind him, and the Hon. Gentleman oppo-
site, still impede my motion P—(Laughter.)
Mr. C. BERKELEY inut.t say frankly that he would
oppoie the Bill; at thel same time he admitted that the
subject wa,l important.
Mr. SPOONER said he would bow to the wish of the
House.

Leave was then given to bring in the Bill.
FACTORY BILL.

Mr. DENISTOUN wished to ask a question of con-
siderable importance with respect to factory labour.
The SPEAKER—The Hon. Member is out of order.
Mr. DENISTON would throw himself on the in-
dulgence of the House.—(Hear.)
The SPEAKER said, as is appeared to be the wish
of the House, the Hon. Member might proceed.
Mr. DENISTOUN—The House was aware that the
Factory Bill was to come before the House again,
to-morrow. The manufacturing interest had been over-
whelmed with surprise by the majority of the House in
favour of the Bill, and had not taken any steps what-
ever. Ha had received communications from some
of the most in flu,ntial of his constituents, with a
proposal that would meet the views of all parties.
He regretted to see that the lion. Member for Oldham
(Mr. Fielden) was not in 'his place, but as the Hon.
Mcmbor for Cuckermouth was present, and his name
was at the back of the Bill, perhaps he could say whe-
ther the mover would be.ready, with the concurrence of
the Noole Lord, to postpone the measure.
Lord J. RUSSELL said it was quite true that the
lion. Member had submitted the proposal o a plan
which he conceived was likely to meet the view; of both
the parties who were intere,:ted in this matter, and likely
to remove these portions of the Ten Hours' Bill which
were objectionable in th. it eye. In his own opinion
he must sa' that the proposal was feasible, but it
depended entirely on the feelings of the Hon. Member
:or Oldham as to whether he would postpone the Bill or
not, especially in its present stage. Nor could he (Lord
John Russell) ask hint to do so. But it certainly ap-
peared a great advantage to adopt any plan which
might meet the views of both parties.
Mr. AGLIONBY had no authority whatever for
acceding to a proposal fur postponement, but he perfectly
concurred in the opinion that it was most desirable to
obviate the objections which had been entertained
agaiast the measure. The Noble Lord had stated
that it was necessary for the Hun. Member for Oldham
to state what course he intended to pursue, before an
answer could be given to the question. From what had
fallen from the Noble Lord, it appeared that the proposi-
tion was worthy of attention.
Mr. HUME said that as the first Minister of the
Crown had expressly declared that this proposal was
calculated to meet the objections of both parties, it was
of immense importance that it should be duly con-
sidered. -

Mr. lIINDLEY hoped the House would go on with
the Bill. The difficulty of a private Member carrying a
Bill through that House was very great, and he thought
it unreasonable to expect the Hon. Member for Oldham
to postpone it. With regard to the opposition of the
masters, he believed it had very nigh abated of late,
and he believed that, if the Noble Lord stated his wishes
to them, there would b© a general acquiescence on the
part of both.
Mr. P. BORTHWICK thonght the proposed course
was irregular, and he trusted the Hon. Gentleman, if he
wished for postponement, would be able to-morrow to
convince the House of its propriety.
Dr. 130W1{ING thought his Hon. Friend had done
everything that could be expected of him. He received
a communication from his constituents with respect to
the Bill, and he no sooner received that communication
than lie communicated it to the Government. In fact,
he had done everything that could be expected from him.
Mr. }'ERRAND said that the only method to end the
discussion was to pass this Bill in the way it now stood, for
if it was otherwise, a more determined agitation would
take place in favour of the measure than heretofore, and
the reason was, that the operatives had seen that the
Anti-Corn-law League had carried their point by agi-
tation.

'IRISH EMIGRANTS.
Lord GEORGE BENTINCK desired to know if the
Government had received information of any intention
oil the part of the Goverment of the United
States or New York to impose a duty of 51. per head
up, n immigrants to that country. Ile also desired to
know what were those other documents to which the
Noble Lord referred upon a previous occasion when they
were discussing the subject of Cracow.
Lord PALMERSTON said that, with reference to
the first question, he did not understand that any
decided step had been taken. The subject had
be,.nmentioned in Congress, btrt no intimation
had been conveyed to him respecting it. In
answer to the second part of ithe Noble Lord's ques-
tion, he would say that if his eve was quicker than
his ear, for he (Lord Palmerston) only smiled
and in,terpretation of that smile !.T4.s not that there

DOCILS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of . I Paid. Price.
Annum. I Share.
s. d. X s. d.
Commercial .......•• 3/. per cent. I Stock.
East and Vast India 61. pr cent: Stock.
East Country ........ I/. per sh. 100 0 0
311d011 ••••••• • . • • .. 51. pr cent. i Stock. lOi
St. • • 5 per cent. Stock. 90 xd.
Southninpton •••• • • . • 1/. per cent. 50 0 0 ' 50 0 0 , 31
W.A.T3ER—WORICS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
s. d.
East London..• •••• • • • 81. WO 0 0 :
Grand Junction .... 3/. 10s. 41 13 4 90
Kent ..• •.• • . 2/. 10s. 100 0 0
Vauxhall ............5i. per cent. 100 0 0
West Middlesex • • • 51. 100. pr cut. 63 12 9 126

COURSE OF EXCIIi
Amsterdam 12 3!,';
Ditto, at sight • • .... 12 1
Rotterdam .... • • 2U. 12 4
Antwerp 25 80
II imburgh 13 10,
Paris, 3 days' sight .. • • 25 45
Ditto. 3 months...... 25 75
Marseilles •••••• • • .. • • 25 E 5
K• urdeatix. .. 25 Si
Frankfort on Maine ... . 12l

Petersburgh, 3 t 5......
Berlin ....... ..... • • • •
Vienna, effec.tio ••• • • • 10 3
Trieste, ditto.... • ..... 10 3
Madrid .... • ......... 36

Cadiz .. • .. : ........ 36!i2
Bilbao.. •
Barcelona
•• •• •• ••

N G E.-(rIIIS DAY.)
thbraltar •• ..
Leghorn ....... 3() 20
Genoa ................ 25 85
Milan . .. .
Venice ........ • ...... .
Naples •• •• •• 40%
Palermo, per 0z........ 121

Lisbon...-. •• ... .. . 53

Oporto ...... . • S 4 X
Frio Janeiro • • ...... • . 26

Bahia .
1:11CrOS Ayres .• .• • •
New York, 21 days' sight
Philadelphia • • • •

PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ.
Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 .
New Dollars ••. . • . 0 4 10%
Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0
Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0
Silver in bars ...... • . 0 S

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, March 15.
JUVENILE OFFENDERS.

Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from nine-
teen justices of Hull, calling the attention of the House
to the presant state of the law as affecting juvenile
offenders, and praying for a remedy. Ho would move
that the petition be referred to the Committee on Cri-
minal Law.

SALE OF FIRE-ARMS IN IRELAND- RAIL-
WAYS-EMIGRATION.

Lord ASII Bi7itToN said that he had faith in the mode
of relief proposed for the relief of destitution in Ireland,
provided caution was observed on the arrival of the
emigrants at the several points on the other side
of the Atlantic, he slid not think any evil would
arise from the increase of emigration. Dir. Bu-
chanan, the agent m Canada, stated that, pro-
viding the emigrants were sent westward as soon
as they came, they would soon be absorbed in the mass
of the population. Seeing the deplorable state of Ire-
land, and the distress which prevailed in many paces of
England, with the possibility of the same happening this
year, it behoved them to look carefully into the ques-
tion whether emigration could not be extended
further. The vast capabilities of the valley of the Mis-
sissippi were such, as to grow food in greater abundance
than any other portion of the globe ; and it would be
the greatest humanity to place the people there who
could not obtain a maintenance here, lie had a peti-
tion of a remarkable character to present on this subject.
The petition was signed by 1,500 of the poorest people
of the barony of Ardagh, in the county of Monaghan.
They were cottiers, who had no connexion whatever
with the laud, and they were not instigated by any one
in their present course. They petitioned entirely on
their own account, and complained that the measures
at present proposed were only of a temporary nature;
and they further stated that as much would be required
for the poor rates during the next eight months to
maintain them as would pay the expenses of their emi-
gration to the colonies. Ile was aware that there was
a sufficient stimulus to emigration without the govern-
ments furnishing additional incentives; but all he meant
was that they should take care that the emigrants did
not suffer any unnecessary hardship on landing in
America. Some hints had been thrown out that
some possible interference might be given on the other
side. They were well aware that Canada and their
colonies would be unable to absorb the tide of emigra-
tion to the new continent the 'majority choosing rather