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London, England, 1847-04-28 00:00:00

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!inination to juvenile offenders was inevitable.
_t"ileity to the Proceedings of Courts of Justice
snotild be of the fullest charaeter ; not only should the
Mlle e
Lin.i.._d.
t.hgperally be admitted, but the press
-."l° Ildaaltted and not only that, but both the public
press should, by the arrangementsshould be
made,
blob,lnvited to attend. And it was most important that
.eet should be considered by the House. He would,
14?..r.efOrei cordially concur in the principle of the Bill.
tribtr GEORGE GREY--The subject was certainly one
tr„ The greatest importance. He diseeited, however,
'to the Bill of the Honourable Gentleman,
linti was sorry that he could not express a hope that it
Would
aft . be put in a state in which it would receive the
lan2tion of' the House. He agreed with the Bon.
_,entleeeen (xi,.
%. Roebuck) that summary jurisdiction
aeould be exercised in public. There could be no doubt
that
• there should be some provision in reference to
J414)111.10 offenders, and he holed to be able yet to pre-
fleet ~ le,
.ulll to Parliament by which asylums would be
Provided
their
for those whose offences were rather. the effect
4. uelr misfortunes than their crimes, and in. which the
thJf3et Nvould be not punishment but reformation. Under
not ese circumstances, he hoped the Hon. Gentleman would
pPress his Bill. He should not say anything against the
agreed—aciPl° s' more speedy punishment of offenders. He
t with the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Roebuck) as to
e illlPolicy of giving such extensive jurisdiction as was
14.° Posed
blakipentdiarbyy
side this Bill to county magistrates, and he con-
, l'ed et it would be most advantageous to increase
magistrates, who would not supersede local
ittlll3jaratlm, but act with them, and then summary
trilsdiction would be in the hands of gentlemen immee-
aub.lY responsib!e to the Executive Government. lh
Ileet of the Bill was attracting attention every day
40: weB a Committee in the House of Lords
oteje„--, It, and he had no doubt that the
les--" of the Honourable Gentleman, whom he
s
al to thank for the pains he had bestowed upon his
11,1, would be accomplished.
11441n8 OEBITCIi explained, that he did not wish to be
teun you as saying anything personally disrespectful to
After a f. 7 magistrates.
11 ew words from several Hon. Members the
°llle divided, when there appeared—
For the Amendment
Against it 75 _

majority
beliteorae
...)I:3lltlte7ia..ls then read a second time, and ordered to

(LEFT SITTING.)

ST• JAMES'S THEATRE.

-143 ACE.
beiLi performance ofIIFOR het
HuncNhback, for the
efit of the distressed Irish and Scotch, took place at
the St, James's Theatre last evening, under the patron-
e, and in the presence of, her Majesty and his Royal
-ttighness Prince Albert. The amateurs, who acted ad-
lei
iss Jarably, were well supported by Mrs. Butler as Julia.
kne Mardaunt as Helen, and Mr. Vandenhoff as
.Master Walter. The gentleman who acted Fathom
Pcave a new, and, we believe, ther correct reading of the
Part, by acting it in a country dialect. The play was
by a prologue, written by Lord Morpetb, and
'Token by Mr. Vandenhoff, and followed by an epilogue,
;:f.tittfen by Lad ufferin and spoken by Mrs. Butler.
The theatre, hems se of which was allowed by Mr.
4itehell gratuitously, was completely filled.
liAroong the company assembled were the Duke and
tuchess of Bedford, the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort,
I,4ren and Baroness Lionel Rothschild, the Marquis and
tle.'4rehioness of Lansdowne, the Marchioness of Clan
ttrde, the Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn, the
of Ellesmere, Lord and Lady Beauvale, Lord and
I.t."Y March, Lords Harry Vane, Morley, Clarendon,
to—rist Bruce, Sydney ; Lady Dufferin, Lady Seymour,
Pand. Lady Palmerston Lady Ilonoria Cadogan,
,ard and Lady Maidstone, Palmerston,
C. Lascelles, LadyaA
•""tiget, Lady F. Bentinck, Lady Theresa Lewis, L d
roolorton, the Earl and Countess of Rosebery, Ladyy
ittePduolnar,ton, the Marquis of Douglas, Lord Clare, Lord
Towel.. aid, Lord Somerton, Lord
iNteovretlh.lasnird,GCeoorugnet
To, 41. Count de Blacas, Count iz.doti.rn_criyirs,Sl7_trisactofouradt Canning,
eS,ir Charles IbbotsotntoSridr
Lady Wallscour ,
Sir
and
yivaeirn se,
Howard,L orad
xainr.d
Henry Lady B Granville,
aring mn
Charles Hon.Grevilley E. Stanley, Mr. A. Craven, Hon.
' aHon. G. Byng.

BOYS APPRENTICED.
ithoAvvbistract 'from the Register-General of Shipping,
43,
oi,githe number of Boys apprenticed from the Ist
three "ftnuary to the 31st day of December, 1846 ; for
Ind jo3t:;111", four years, five years, six years, seven years,
Ais__ei limber
Ditto
ntiOs indddiiettnttootured for Three years ... 107
Ditto ditto Four years ... 6,526
Five years ... 2,558
Six years ... 757
Ditto
ditto S Seven years and
42S
upwards ...

10,376
Itee General R,egister. and
J H. BROWN, Registrar.
°l'd Office of Seamen, Custom House,
London, 15 April, 1847.

YalllB 1319110 P 07? LONDON'S CONFIRMATION.-
1121048:317irdiaTylattnero.rning the Lord Bishop of London commenced
„,earinual course of confirmations, at St. James's church,
Prayers were read by the Rev. James Jack-
nisterprjA. the Rector; after which the holy. rite was admi-
Prelet— upwards of 1,900 candidates. 'the Right Rev.
se .
Ala ), 11, proceed wit his annual tour at Islington, St.
of trYh Walwortb, and the places adjacent, in the course
--e current eek.
11
11A C BD —A poor fellow, named John
btran cl'" 11" in
ge, aged 54 yea.rs, n mate of St. Luke's workhouse,
'2.lr:lstreet, while eatingahis dinner on Monday last in the
!ng hall, put the greatert)ortioint,of a potato in his mouth
rot was in the act of swallowing when it stuck fast in his
throat. He was observed to become quite black in the face,
and pointed to his throat. An effort was made to dislodge the
Potato, but without effect, and before medical assistance could
be obtained he was lifeless.

THE LATE BISHOP OF SODOR AND MAN.—We are
authorised to contradict, in the most positive terms, the
statement going the rounds of the papers that the death of
the Bishop of Sodor and Man was caused by his having
;slept in a damp bed in this town. The ;relation, at whose
house the bishop slept whilst here, gave up her own bed for
ilia Lordship, and the bishop's parents, on their return from
7 , Isle of Man this week, will sleep at the same house.—
•itrpool•Standard.
Excellency M. de Titoff, the Russian Minister
resident at Constantinople, has just departed for Paris,
Zally bence iis Excellency proceeds on a tour through Italy, and
enTharks at Trieste for Constantinople, to restime his
utploruatic datics.
vtolly ussia has obtained permission from the Persian
:hrument to throw a bridge over the Araxes. This river,
Cast,Ze boundary of Persia, near Teheran, falls into pie
ao •--"n• Its coarse is not favourable to navigation, being
a tUetimes
r , deep and sometimes shallow. The bridge will be
Itutl„Be,'Lli work, but it is supposed by many that the object of
untry.--
h-84 in going to the expense of it is altogether political.
to a bridge
Galignani.g
will beguarded by a post of soldiers of each
Ex T.
110 - ERIMENTS WITH CONCUSSION SHELLS AT
0-4.1.81f0uTH.-11r. Tyre, of the proof department of the
k:o'al Arsenal, Quartermaster Freeburn, and Sergeant-Major
txperpe; of the Royal Artillery, have concluded their recent
slou-f--:,rnents at Portsmouth. with shells fitted with concus-
the Euzes made of metal. The number of shells fired from
I,3,r,,,acellent gunnery ship were forty of each inventor. Mr.
glia'rtsePr"ed the best, Sergeant-Major Moore's second, and.
the intrraster Freeburn's third, four-fifths of the shells of
tained. ter having failed in the object so desirous to be ob-
ltiseted ma'. Tyre and Sergeant-Major Moore have been re-
trial, to Obtain a similar number of shells each for further
4Q_ ; 'aPtain Moorson, Lieutenant Hewlett, and Mr. Shrap-
of sell, making experiments with shells fitted with fuzes
heir construction, to be fired from the Excellent gunnery
at Portsmouth.
Amon
g the persons of distinction who yesterday
J.
._the model of the statue of " Venus attiring," by Mr.
.141• Nelson now exhibiting at the Egyptian Hall, was the
""'iglat 1300. H. Labouchere, Secretary for Ireland.
i ihtp
ORTATIONS OF POTATOES.—A vessel arrived
J.lae river from Alderney has brought an entire cargo, con-
of 2,000 bushels of potatoes, the production of the
bland,
11WITTOUNIiLAND SCHOOLS' SOCIETY.—The twenty-
fourth anniversary meeting of this society was held yester •
JP at Exeter Hall, Mr. Joseph Wilson presiding. The
report deplored the cramped condition of the society, com-
Pared with existing wants, and stated that in consequence
of the limited state of the finances the salaries of most of the
Missionaries, catechists, and others had been materially. re-
duced. On the motion of Mr. J. Labouchere, seconded by
the Rev. Edward Tottenham, 8.D., the report was adopted,
and the meeting was subsequently addressed by the Rev.
Dr. Perry (Bishop elect of Melbourne, Australia), the Rev.
James Anderson, the Rev. Daniel Wilson, the Rev. R. Ilur-
gess, and other gentlemen. Resolutions expressive of con-
tinued confidence in the society were agreed to, and a com-
mittee to carry out its objects was appointed. The committee
then separated.
The Emperor of Austria has appointed M. Romilly
bishop of Cremona, to the archbishopric of Milan.
RAILWAY BRIDGE ACROSS THE TWEED AT BEE.
WICK.—The preliminary proceedings for the commencement
of this erection are now progressing, and the site on the
litauth side of the river is at present covered with workshops
llnd workmen. In the course of the excavations making in
Ord fields on Monday, the skull, with some other bones of a
Ili Union body in a very complete state of preservation, was
erned u
on p. As no trace of there ever hing been a cemetery
mere hi
_. record, the discovery may be regarded by the
earwax as somewhat strange.
DROITWICH.—INTERESTING DISCOVERY.—A large
Portion of a very fine tessellated or mosaic pavement, found
abOnt eighteen inches deep beneath the surface of Bay's
b:,.l:4iv. near the town of Droitwich, in the Kidderminster
WE.,t of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway,
where it is joined by the Stoke Prior branch, has been
resented to the Worcestershire Natural History Society, by
threiop*Caul, the engineer, Mr. Tredwell, the contractor, and
v‘-`le,v- Mr. Lea, through the hands of Mr. Jabez Allies,
rah,- e‘tanded at the spot, on the 3d instant, and assisted in
3,-a'"eving the interesting relic. The pavement is about three
it Ts long by two and a half wide, and about one-fourth of
trio ~.48 been already brought to
tothe museum.. This pave.-
ii‘;not improbably belonged a Roman residence, and if
ancient g interesting historical fact in connexion with the
by the
'9alinee. Another detached fragment was found hard
e °Pot.— lVorcestershire Chronicle.
shin iisetTE or LIVES.—The Royal Victoria steam-
doti '.°4 Friday morning last, while on her passage from Lrm-
. "3 pith, observed a schooner off the Dudgeon, bearing
te;(Tal
r , distress. Although at the time it was blowing a
(1144 gale from the north-west, the Royal Victoria imme-
r4hY bore down upon her, and discovered that it was
heavily
laden Yarmouth,
leak du"h ston from Shields for that port,
es, and in a sinking state, having sprung a
etauti fling the gale. The life-boat of the steamer pas in-
Voluj munched, and live of her crew having gallantly
thetbre,ered to board the schooner, at imminent hazard to
and selves.
-the whole hands, consisting of the master, mate,.
They`w: sea
„,„ men, were rescued from their perilous situation.
ghost' much exhausted from pumping the vessel, which
liver/ afterwards went down. They, along with their de-
em ttr,B2,Were hauled on board the Royal Victoria by ropes
ewehr_lawsat of theta-tad only got safely on deck.when a sea
Y, tLe life-boat, which was thrown under the
MPS as4et Of the steamer and knocked to pieces.—Dur-