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London, England, 1846-07-15 00:00:00

COMMONS INCLOSURE BILL.

The House then went into Committee on this Bill.

Mr. HUME thought all these Inclosure Bills ought to be
consolidated into one Act, and rendered comprehensive to
people of ordinary capacity.
Sir J. GRAHAM admitted that it was usual in passing a
new Act of Parliament to consolidate previous Acts on the
same subject with it; but the rendering of the whole of the
Acts into one Bill, so as to be intelligible to persons of ordi-
nary capacity, as desired by the Hon. Member, was an
ntopia which could not be realised.
The Bill then went through Committee pro forma'.
CHARITABLE TRUSTS' BILL.
On the question being put for the second reading of this
Bill,

Mr. HUME said a clause ought to be introduced pro-
viding that the accounts of charitable trusts should be de-
posited in some place or office, where they could be always
open for inspection.—(Hear, hear.)
Sir G. GREY had no objection to the second reading of
the Bill, but it must be understood that he should move, in
Committee, certain amendments to remove the objections he
had to the present construction of certain clauses, and es-
pecially to exclude a particular class of charities which
were inclnded in the Bill.—(Hear, hear.) A large and com-
prehensive measure on the same subject was now under the
consideration of Government.—(Hear, hear.)
After a few words from Dr. BOWRING,_ _

Mr. BERNAL hailed, with feelings of the utmost sa-
tisfaction, the announcement that Government had under
its consideration a large and comprehensive measure upon
the subject of charitable trusts.
Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN was glad to hear that a more
comprehensive measure was about to be introduced into Par-
liament, but while he admitted that great abuses had been
committed in respect of charitable trusts, he must protest
1 against the idea that Government had any right to inter-
fere with or control all charitable trusts.—(llear, hear.) He
moved that the Bill be read a second time that day
six months.—( Hear, hear.)
Mr. B. ESCOTT said the reason the abuses
existed was that the persons whose duty it was
to administer the trust laboured under the impression that
they were not accountable, and although hereafter a more
comprehensive measure might be introduced upon the sub-
ject, the present Bill applied a partial remedy, and in the
meantime it ought to be passed.—( Hear. )
After a few words from an Hon. MEMBER,
Mr. SPOONER complained that the objects of the Bill
were not sufficiently defined. How far was it to extend,
or how was it proposed to alter the present law, by which all
large charities were amenable to the Court of Chancery ?
Sir DE LACY EVANS supported the Bill.
Mr. ESTCOURT said many charities had not sufficient
funds to enable the trustees to employ a clerk, and it was
not fair to put the trustees themselves to the expense of
preparing accounts for registration.—(Hear, hear.) Under
existing circumstances, he recommended the Government
to withdraw the Bill ; but if the Hon. Member who moved.
the amendment, divided the House, he should feel it to be
his duty to vote against him.—(Hear, hear.)
Sir JAMES GRAHAM said the present measure was only
a small portion of the larger measure introduced by the late
Lord Chancellor, and if they could carry out the recommen-
dation of the Hon. Member for Montrose, there could be
no doubt it would act as a most salutary check
upon the misapplication of charitable trusts.—(Hear, hear.)
lie thought they had arrived at that stage at which it was
the duty of the Legislature to make the trustees of such
charities accountable for the moneys entrusted to them. A
measure somewhat similar to the one before the House was
passed some years ago, compelling the trustees of turnpike
roads to render an annual account of their finances. The
adoption of this plan had had the effect of reducing the debts
of such trusts from eighty to about forty millions. And the
revision of the laws relating to charitable trusts was abso-
lutely necessary, as there could be no question that the
most enormous evils existed in great numbers of
the large charities of this country. As he
had stated, the time had arrived when all
charitable trusts should be compelled to render an annual
account of their stewardship. On these grounds he should
give his cordial support to the second reading of the Bill.
Mr. NEWDEGATE considered that accountability on the
part of the trustees would in some measure endow them with
a right to dispose of the funds placed in their charge as
they thought proper. The House ought to pass any measure
of the kind with the greatest caution.
Captain EGERTON thought the Hon. Member (Mr.
Hume) should give the House further information on the
subject before they were in a position to pass a measure
placing the charities in connexion with the Church of Eng-
land, the various colleges, and the Wesleyans and Unitarians,
under other supervision than at present.
Mr. HUME explained that the subject had for many
years been under the consideration of the House, and if they
visited the library of the House they would find numbers of
volumes having reference to the subject, and detailing the
abuses that existed. He had not brought in the Bill without
mature consideration; and his )nly object in doing so was to
have the moneys beloniting to such charities expended
according to the wishes of the donors. Nineteen years ago
he proposed a motion, calling on the trustees of turnpike..
roads to render an annual account of their expenditure, and
he thought he should have been :eaten up in
consequence, but when the returns were made and
those trusts were placed under better supervision,
Hon. Members who then opposed him, admitted the advan-
tage of the motion, and if it had been carried out to a greater I

The Trincomalee, 26, razee corvette, received her 00:
to-day, and is now ready for the pendant, which, °';01
pected, she will hoist in a day or twe, together O'
Alfred, 50.
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The Confiance steam-vessel left to- day for Devon Po-. .
brought some additional machinery for the Av,,,,mrharo, v
The Avenger steam-frigate, Captain W. " ills
being fitted with all dispatch for the reception of b. ,ty
ness Ibrahim Pacha and suite. She is being painted thr,0101;00
out, and fitted up superbly. Workmen are empleYt.
her day and night. The weather being fine facilitar'frotti
work considerably. Two carriages for his HighnervOr
the establishment of Messrs. Pearce and Countze, °
1
acre, were put on board this morning. The Pacha AO,
pected to arrive at Gosport by the South-WesternitTeb
to-morrow evening, and to put up at the Railway P. SOlri
account of its contiguity to the terminus and that olio
Clarence Yard; and his Highness will embark the firs ve
fog
on Thursday morning on board the Avenger, and I°4oo
Alexandria. These are the arrangements reported as c 0
up to half-past five this evening.
The Griffon, 3, brigantine, Lieutenant Comtna„rl,-,„&roo'"
mot, arrived at Madeira, from Chatham and Ply-eirck
on the 19th ult., and sailed on the 25th for Rio de Jai,°. ir
The Thunderbolt, steam-sloop, Commander Bro7h-,rejf
Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope, for Algoa Bay, I'll-
forcements, on the 12th of May. ntir
The Calliope, 26, Captain Stanley; the Castor, 26, Ili*
Graham; and the Driver steam-sloop, Commander tli°
arrived at Wellington, New Zealand, from Auckland, on
11th of February.

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HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—To-morrow will 17.0
grand night at her Majesty's Theatre. Taglioni tP;
Taglioni—the Taglioni makes her debut for the seasslindtv,
beautiful ballet " La Gitana," and this season we re
s'oar
say will be the last avatar of the Deesse de la uoree
In addition to Taglioni, however, we have, in the c"
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graphic department Cerito in her most celebrated rfroo
(including the Feast of Roses and the Pas de Into
the splendid ballet of Lalla Rookh, and Lucille !tit Sr
the grand pas de masque from Catarina. It is the 1'",4 00/
pearance this season of Taglioni, but we are sl'o
say it is also the last performance this 9
the most perfect of comic operas—Rossini's Barbier_eisi
as no other theatre in the world can cast it, with Grows
Rosina, Mario as the Count, Lablache as the Doctor, 'loll
sari as Figaro, and F. Lablache as Basilio—a part gellnds
awarded to an inferior artiste, but which in the 1/71 the
F. Lablache becomes one of the principal characters:os A
piece; but we have not yet mentioned all the attract' if
this glorious Thursday. We have, in addition, the
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scene of the Sonnumbula, with Castellan as bs'
We remember the time when this alone would hayssojer:
considered a great and a sufficient attraction ; but aOlB/
former managerswere content with a single star, Mr. A•
will ',aye a constellation.
al OF A CHILD.—Last evening Mr. -°
see,
Payne resumed an inquest commenced on Friday, le
Crown and Shears, Sparrow-corner, Minories, on the 1),,a1/1
a newly-born male child, which had been murder;
forcing a piece of rag down its throat, and then burying 1'
the soil of the privy. The first part of the evidence
cated the mother in the death of the child. The only -105
tional evidence heard was that the mother, Mary Anna tht
tlefield, had admitted the child was her's, but denie
she had murdered it. After a long deliberation, t_„,,138
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returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against Mei,'
Nettlefield
IBRAHIM PACHA.— The territorial possessiolnipt
Ibrahim Pacha are immense. He has introduced int°f_sllB
sugar cultivation on a large scale. Besides cottec'li!
benefit of which production Egypt owes to 141,111.81 of 10:
the vine and the olive have been especial "ally
attention. The gardens of Ibraham Pacha, esPee'—.
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of Rhoda, on the Nile, are eminently beautiful. TI/wit)
under the care of Scotch gardeners ; they are enriched
Paces
spared a boundless variety of fruits and flowers; and the PacP7.der
spared no expense in collecting from remote regions the A'?
the magnificent, the useful, and the ornamental. There fit'
no properties in Egypt so well administered, none so Pr° if
able, as those of Ibrahim Pacha. They afford an e2L3hr°ol3e
of successful administration, and lead to a confident -fet
that the same spirit of order and enterprise may pre,sideat
the political future destinies of Egypt.--People's fouirrAe ter
CASE OF POISONING AT LITTLE CHELSEA.--'
day morning, Mr. G. Mills, the deputy coroner for Midd orb
held a lengthened inquiry at the Somerset Arms 9 lO'
Fulham-road, Little Chelsea, on view of the body °loser,
William Newton Wansbrough, assistant to Mr.
4 Selt
Lanksheer, a practising surgeon. residing at No. 'l°,
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more-place, Little Chelsea. The sum of a long invesPeose
is recorded in the following verdict :—" That the dectorb.
had died from taking a certain narcotic poison ; but esideacg
state of his mind at the time there was not sufficient ev
to show."
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Two HORSES KILLED ON A RAILWAY.—On ~- „n
afternoon last, two very valuable horses were 16_,1,10a ;ore;
Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, at Clifton Moor, wetatl °"
land. The animals were drawing a loaded waggoBl,7loT,
approaching the incline one of them fell, the other II tor
it, and the waggon passed over them both, and killed
on the spot. l9'r
FANATICISM.—A woman at the Ferry Sioe.'o,
week, refused to give her son, who had fever, medi,c,il ot,lL
the plea," If it pleased God he would recover; and "
would die," The finale showed that he was to die• asso
hardly credible, but nevertheless too true, that in the P;;.ilitil
day persons are to be found so grossly ignorant.—Car'
Journal.
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EXTRAORDINARY ATTEMPT AT SUICIDS.-"A "f Air
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meeting of the Royal Humane Society yesterday, •'"*
Tier mentioned the following strange instance d e"„ ;02.
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suicide :—A woman left her house, determined to drs"
self, on a frosty winter night. Not finding any Place spe°ol
she could drown herself, she placed her head under
from which the icicles were thawing, and there rf.espoPo
until she was reduced, both by the fall of water froult',',o
and by the cold, to such a state of insensibility', t:'o3tor
hours elapsed before the most powerful stimulants
01e
suspended animation.
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MELANCHOLY DROWING CASE.—At Carlisle, tip-. 4
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turday last, Mr. Petty, a gentleman who had for 00100 ;110,
retired from the business of a draper, whilst walking colaw
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banks of the River Caldew, arm-in-arm with O,A° b°lo
daughter, made a sudden stop, and asked her to I,u;-„
of his walking-stick till he went down to the riva,r,";olo.:
his hands, which she of course did ; but, instead or 5 dife,Ys
his hands, he plunged headlong into the stream fin soooo'
peared. The body had not been found when this
left Carlisle.
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RUSSIA AND POLAND.—The Emperor of
accorded to Poland the privilege of exporting its Pr°4
to the &aim prinium