The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-01 00:00:00

JUVENILE OFFENDERS BILL.

Sir D. LE MARCHANT presented a petition from
Worcester in favour of the Juvenile Offenders Bill.

VESSELS OF WAR.

Sir C. NAPIER gave notice that, on Monday neat, he
would move for copies of the log-books of the Powerful,
Rodney, Revenge, C,mbridge, Vanguard, and Gange.,
from the Ist to the 7th December, 1840.
HUME gave notice that, on Monday, he would
move for copies of reports of master-shipwrights on cer-
tain vessels.
ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC JUSTICE.
Mr. 13. ESCUTT said that he would wish to ask a
question of the Right Honourable Gentleman the Secre-
tary for the Horne Department ; . it related to a para.
graph which appeared in the Times newspaper, copied
from the Hampshire Independent. It was stated that the
late Recorder for Winchester had resigned previous to
the Easter session, and that no recorder was appointed in
his stead, in consequence of which the trials of the pri-
soners were postponed indefinitely. He had no know•
ledge of the subject but that which he had gathered from
the Times, and he was anxious to know whether a recorder
had been appointed, and if not whether he had any
means to remedy the injustice which must accrue by such
delay?
Sir GEORGE GREY said that he also had seen the
paragraph alluekd to in the daily papers. The sessions
commenced on Easter 'Alontlay, and the resignation was
received at a late hour on the 31st of March; so that there
VMS no time to appoint a successor. He had not been
informed that any inc .nvenience had taken place; but he
would make inquiry respecting the matter.
FACTORY BILL. _ _ _

An Hot. MEmnEn said he would wish to ask the
Secretary for the Home Department wheth.q. it was hi-
intention to introduce any amendments on the Factory
Bill, as bad been suggested by the factory inspectors.
The first of those suggestions was with reference
the education of children and the granting of certificates;
the second was with reference to the silk mills, and the
third was the necessity of guarding the machinery in mill,.
The Hon. Gentleman had said nothing respecting
Act relating to the silk mills ; and with regard to the
?er two points he said that it was his intention tf,
bring forward some Bill in the course of the present
session.
He
sh
thoughts it extremely important that all
three
ppointsnt
parties seemed to loul)d be settled together ; and as all
the question shoul,l7 agreed that a private settlement of
Right Hon.
Gentleman
come to, lie was desirous.. that the
tended to pursue. should state what course he in-
Sir G. GREY said that withiad
tregard to the two points
of which the Hon. Member hale made mention, be had
use
had some communication with
parties who were
principally interested. With regard
the children in print works, there:wdteto the education of
alteration
way of effecting
all that was desired without any
With regard to the casing of machinaerty"' of the law.
culties had arisen with regard to it, and he did
that it was advisable or necessary that the law rhould
be altered in that respect. There were
large
vested in the inspcctore, and before any steps werePr)wta:ren*
it would be advisable that their report should be re.
ceived.
THE POOR-LAW COMMISSIONERS.
On the motion that the order of the day for the House
going into Committee on the Railways, Piers, and Har-
bours (Ireland) Bill, be read,
Mr. FERRAN') said that he was anxious to trespass
on the attention of the House for a very few moments,
in order to make one or two remarks upon the extraor-
dinary conduct of her Majesty's Government with
regard to the new Poor-law Commissioners. It was
sow nearly four months since the cammencement of the
present session, and her Majesty's Government had not
introduced into that house the new Poor-law which
they informed the House they would in this session
bring under its notice. On the 20th of August
1846, a Committee of that House reported, in the fol-
lowing language, their opinion as to the conduct of the
Poor-law Commissioners :—They stated that, upon a
ileTiOW of the proceedings of the Poor-law Commis-