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TO T _ SECRETARY OP THE
BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION.
Sza,—On Monday the 22d, the House in
Committee proceeded as far as the 96th clause in the
Health of Towns Bill. I was entrusted from Roch-
dale with proposing a clause to come in after the 80th,
giving a power in cases where by the previous clause
a burial-ground has been closed as dangerous to
health, to provide a new burial-ground in the neigh.
bourhood. It was partially debated on Monday
night, though by the forms of the House the clause
must be brought forward after all the others are dis.
posed of. I have made some alterations to suit what
appeared to be the feeling of the House and of
the Government; and it is so evident that if the dead
are not buried in one place they must in another,
that I hope the anxieties of our friends at Rochdale
are in a way of being set to rest.
On the same evening I put on the Proceedings a
proposal to add to clause 57 (which requires all per-
sons who let lodgings for a less period than a week
to register their houses as what some Members con-
temptuously called " tramp lodging-houses,") an ex-
ception in favour of allowing licensed victuallers to
send a traveller to lodge for the night in a private
dwelling-house, on condition that the charge for the
same be made entirely by the licensed victualler, and
that no meat, drink, or other provisions, be furnished
or had in the lodging. It seems as if this would ob-
viate danger of collusion from those who desire t,
keep dirty lodging-houses ; and in the last resort
there would be the power of refusing a license to the
victualler who should be found engaging in a plot
for contravening the objects of the law. It will
certainly be hard if a lawyer or commercial traveller
arrives at night at the Sue or the Bowling-green,
and Betty declares she has not another bed
" i'th 'ouse," that he cannot he sent to Mr. Jones's
or Mr. Wilson's over the way, without Mr. Jones or
Mr. Wilson registering his house as a " tramp lodg-
ing-house," which to a certainty he will not do ; and
the same for all sorts and conditions of men. As
the use of Houses of Commons and Committees is to
know what people think of things, I wish you would
take the opinion of the landlords or landladies of the
respectable hostelries above named, upon the subject
stated.
Another question of general interest attaches to
clause 95. After enacting in a previous clause, that of
expenses incurred under this Act three-fourths shall
be deducted from the rent, and one-fourth paid by
the tenant, clause 95 directs that nothing in this Act
contained shall alter or affect any contract between
landlord and tenant, entered into before the passing
of the Act. I asked last night, whether before was
not a misprint for after ; for if there is to be any
effectual execution of the proposed apportionment
between landlord and tenant, and if the thing is not
put into the Act for the purpose of being taken out
contracts made before the passirig
of the Act that there is any use in applying it; inas.
much as in contracts made afterwards, the parties can
take care of themselves.
again, it is only to
The answer made by the Attorney-General I could
not collect, in the hurry and buzz of the House. But
rates, char
I hare since taken counsel with a barrister with
liamentary, par
me that the usual form in contracts between land-
lord and tenant is, that the tenant binds himself
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that he " shall and will well and truly pay, satisfy,
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seems to be exactly what is intended now. And n
a corresponding question of Sewers, a similar
deci-
sion has been given (see Walker v. Andrews, 3 Mee.
& Wel.). But in the Property-tax Act of .5 and 6
Victoria, c. 35, s. 73, it is provided that no contact
between landlord and tenant touching the payment
of taxes to be charged on their respective premises
shall be deemed to extend to the duties charged under
that Act; and by a subsequent clause any such
contract is declared utterly void. Here then
the question is out. Is the Act to make profes-
sion of dividing the expense of sewerage between
landlord and tenant, and then by a subsequent clause
leave tenants bound by contracts visibly entered into
without any contemplation of the coming of this
Act ; or i 3 it to do as was done in the case of the
Property-tax, and enforce the apportionment upon
the landlord ? I cannot make anybody understand
it ; so go round to all the tenants in Bradford, and
ask them if they see into it any better. In the mean-
time I have given notice of motion on the Report,
to substitute for clause 95 the clauses in the
Property-tax Act of 6 and 6 Victoria. If any-
body in Bradford thinks this of any consequence, they
should send me instructions or support; for there
is no use in constituencies complaining afterwards, if
they do not exert themselves while a question is in
progress.
On Tuesday it was decided by 103 against DO, on
the motion of Lord George Bentinck, that the House
should adjourn over Wednesday for the Derby. So
the petition of your 7,350 on the Suffrage must lie
over, unless Mr. Hume gets his motion brought for-
ward to-night. But of this, the event has shown
there is no chance. On another motion from Lord
George Bentinck, the Protectionists maintained a
debate till eleven at night, on the subject of some re-
turns which nobody intended to oppose. The Mem-
ber for Montrose then postponed his motion till the
20th of June ; for which he was vigorously taken to
task by the Member for Nottingham, who was taken
to task with equal vigour by the Member for the
West Riding. The consequence of the whole appears
to be, that the country must go on taking its own
counsels on the measure of Reform which may be re-
quired ; for waiting till the 20th of June is like
asking the tide at London-bridge to wait for the Lord
Mayor's barge, though the Prime Minister does not
think so.

I am, Sir, your very obedient servant,
T. PERRONET THOMPSON.
Blackheath, London, May 24, 1848.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
We have Graham's Town journals to the 18th,
and news from Cape Town to the 25th of March.
The frontier continued tranquil, but many of the
settlers, distrusting the pacific profts.dons of the
Kafirs, were of opinion that none should be allowed
to enter the colony without written permission. The
Graham's Town Journal, advocating this precau•
tionary measure, says, " The prevalent opinion is,
that the Kafirs will repeat their aggressions—that, as
their youth grow up, the same disposition to attack
the colony \sill as heretofore be indulged, and that
this, if not effectually nipped in the bud, will be sure
to lead in the end to overt acts of violence and rob-
bery. It is, we conceive, of importance to bring these
matters thus publicly forward, lest, in the intoxication
of our joy at the admirable skill of the pilot at the
helm, we should, amidst a thousand perils, be lulled
into a false sense of security and neglect to use that
exertion, and to take those precautions which are es-
sential to ultimate safety."
A person named Ingram had been murdered with-
in a few miles of Graham's Town, by some marauding
Kafirs.

In the district of Victoria the plan for establishing
military villages was in active operation, some of the
choicest tracts of land having been selected for the
purpose. _

There were rumours that, while the natives
generally, from the borders of the colony to beyond
Natal, appeared satisfied with the new arrangement&
which had been made for their settlement, many of
the emigrant Boers were manifesting a hostile spirit,
and expressing a determination not to acknowledge
the supremacy of the British Government.
The proposal to erect a statue of Sir Harry Smith
at Cape Town had been received with the greatest
favour throughout the colony. _

Chawrlasee,
CHARING.CROSS HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday a meeting
p fr
t f management
for the
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rheweirnestiatduintioitnted
of the governors
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511
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indigentr board-room osmi
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on the
books for relief, at a cost of 2,292/. 45. 1 Id., of which
number _1,155 were in-patients, and 10,937 were out-
patientsletters, and 10,509 freely admitted without any
recommendation whatever ; making a total, since the
tory ; 1,583 patients were received by recommends,
foundation of the institution in 1818, of 133,758. Not-
withstanding the utmost care in the expenditure, the
resources stand at the present greatly in need of aug-
mentation to meet the daily increasing demands. There
are now 90 in-patients in the wards, besides a great in-
crease of out-patients.
POSTAGE ON FOREIGN LETTERS.—The following
notice was yesterday issued by the authorities of the
Post-office:—" Henceforward the postage upon regis-
tered letters addressed to parts abroad, and posted at
those offices which are not restricted to the receipt of
stamped and unpaid letters, may be paid either in money
or by means of postage stamps, at the option of the
sender. The registration fee, however, must be paid in
money, as at present. The modification of the existing
regulation does not extend to plaeee within the United
hinedom, the postage upon u Inch letters must still be
paid in stamps. No exception is to be made to the rule
which forbids a registered letter to be sent unpaid."
THE ADJOURNED INQUEST ON MR.. DAKIN—CON.
CLUSION OF THE INQUEST.—After hearing the evidence
of several enxineers and scientific gentlemen, the fore-
man announced the following as the unanimous verdict
of himself and brother jurors:—" We find that the de-
ceased William Dakin was accidentally killed; but the
jury cannot separate without the expression of their
opinion that the casting of the oven was defective ;
though from the conflicting nature of the evidence of the
scientific gentleman examined, they were unable to decide
. as to the zeal cause of the explosion."