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London, England, 1846-02-04 00:00:00

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was issued from the Home-oftice, forbidding tobe,,Pcoobe
The Poor-law Commissioners however, seemed t
intentions of the Right Hon. Baronet, and notwi.Lls.
L•eiao
the great pains that were taken to promulgate ti„eot
of the Right Hon. Baronet, still, every means (moot
the different unions to continue the practice. 'lumber°
Pcchell) moved for a return last session of tha:
_vied
eo!
the unions in which this abominable system ef,u,
,
with the names of their chairman and vice-chaffra' Wince
that return, it appeared, that this intolerable
.autpf Of.
cruelty was carried on in nearly 200 of the nal
,"2,t
country. These unions set the Secretary of Stale A darn'
ance, and the Poor-law Commissioners encourarao
But, at last, came the monstrous case of the Andorcesre'dor.
with respect to which the Right Hon. Batollet exsP 01P
self in the most proper and feeling manner, and the
Assistant Poor-law Commissioner to investigate and 4
made against the authorities of that worlehoasv be Ire
result of whose labours, he hoped, w°nidarne °lc
before the House. At the Present the Pubor
were given to understand, through a ecl to P
-means of information that an order was at last Ihad berJ,
an end to the pounding raid grinding of bones. ri'l;d ssoeri:
stated that the several boards of guardiansy:ello3:,viabsidebeii
themselves most anxious to continue ;the
representations to the Poor-law Commissinlinerd regeistbloi
caused a suspension of the rule 8 , he
;the gra, c bond
that had been issued, on ' of
took tit 013
been told, that they had a
on hand, and wished to continue the er,tre,dual
same principle on which they were to have e:er, thot,oo
nution of the sliding-scale. -He hoped, h°wn'ase eNert'
up his noble and it
Right Hon. Baronet would follow
and expose those who had disobeyed the orderd isst it?
nued the practice. Those in favour of it state bt
flicted no injury on the pauper, and they brong ;0
and doctors forward to urge that tall7l rent, toell
that the bones were ground in A e 'lv
to that in which the paupers performed
~!tb'eer
and, in fact, that they could not tell noped;l
were grinding bones or corn—free trade core, too
those who bad visited these mills whilst in °Pyoulat
that it was necessary that some of the pauperss roclIVO
ployed immediately in connexion with till liable t°os
that they were still, and, in * short, were si"Ocleefer
misery and stench arising from the bonesa ions,
given before the Committee on theiGilbcit s--,,1110 of 01
sons who had visited those places during the 'c'fberfis°
who stated, that the", effluvia could not bfhee`latoorcia9
injurious to the health of those employed in
that when any of the guardians visited the ▪ sl'ibeef
them the greatest pain. The Right Han. 1331.",:i, b0t,0005
pressed his desire to have the system disconeiertositbaS
he was not quite certain:whether the Poor-la.
e
had not the power to employ the poor ae tbey - „e Abe; ttb
if they had the power, that House could at ell'boes,l4liS
It was maintained that the practice of crushing ttraes'of
purposeofe manure was necessary in order that fott.e°,
b enabled to compete with the guano trade, an„„u 00056!Ipa
could be done. He trusted if the Poor-law l°
re
had the power to continue the system, that thet' so Jr,• "
Baronet (Sir J. Graham) would legislate en thai'
order that the power of abolishing or continuitmio cbori
might not be in the hands of those ,d Seaoa:
There are numbers of persons now enlPl-4)) tor dis
ping. and scraping these bones ; that nnoetieeld be
be immediately reduced, and the whole Jai sie:pl,!l,
continued, and he did hope that some Wit eV.'
taken immediately to put an end to this -'ogipQerst 9`a?
ment. The Gallant Member concluded bua,' Mei; orvariaa
of letters and general rules issued by the -r°43,4riso P°. "ebP;
sioners relative to the employment of pauP!"-repsra°';f°'
grinding, and otherwise breaking bones,fauu• tie
dust. Also for copies of the remonstrances nni"-
rr
law Commissioners on the subject.or
,
Sir J. GRAHAM said he should not offer any.ta
to the Inotion of the Gallant Member. Yr°ll'eoosi,dialf
period in which this subject came under h',5,,,b1y 0"14;
it was his opinion that the emplyment was birs' fele., a
able, that it was degrading to the character etipstrlif r
and was more of a penal than a becomiegfcca srsTaiec
workhouse. He did consider that, as the •to tra.6
Poor-law Commissioners bad not the Pc4-sc ert
case. He therefore made it his duty to
legal power as to any regulations, theYA the s:ofr▪ i
and the result was, that he now 00 'dere" e'
n" aosre be of
Commissioners had, by a general order, the
at' doelo
ference. Taking these things into considers &at
pressed upon-the Poor-law Commissioners ";ta•-eo
issuing a general order forbidding this Prnjor4air
general order is now uon the table of the the
o°' ri
Gallant Member was correct in stating tbat
of late become very general in workhouses in lad °Alf"e
the returns made to this House, it aPPe; 200,ap)
practice was adopted in no less than 150 order, W4l:‘ ,:c,
parishes. In consequence of this general er 4104ne
rangement had been made in the mode efae,;re t,,OlJ„';
paupers. In some' of these workhouses
tics had prevailed it was necessary that i'oo'"crof
given to enable the guardians to prepare otli.erio sooleoorof
for the paupers, and to put the machine*, 'de taf,
purpose. In these cases, the power of suspeadiNeolVe.,
the Poor-law Commissioners rested with tile ueor°asra
State. And he (Sir J. Graham) had, in Cooseq,cler3
cial representations, agreed to suspend those °.e tbetoe',,
cases only out of the whole number mentioned...Or,/
until the first day of April. He perfect'," '; for,`„
sent to the production of the documents perfect',"
3'1:11v
Gallant Member, and hoped that the House,4 ls3lol'
that, with reference to those nine cases in WP 1- AfIP
pended these orders, it was desirable so to de. 00,
of April that occupation would cease to be I,Teglaro
Mr. ETWALL asked if the Andover L'''',,-111011°_,
those with regard to which the orders had bee be „1
Sir J. GRAHAM thought that it was not'
. i0511,11j,
answer positively.
Mr. ETWALL said that the
at Andover was not considered by ,-nr• y
of that town to be of a satisfae- beo-r,;f
There was no bone mill there, and rilefeocild
consequently obliged to be pounded. The lii-tele,soo
from that occupation he considered far anere„:;
the paupers to bear than where they were gr';:t,'oo• `1
He would say no more upon that subject at Pre"
11 14
his intention to bring forward a distinct 111°t"10
subject.
The motion was then agreed to.
;tron'b‘os

Mr. CHRISTIE rose and said, thaerernons— st 01'4
made against the practice of grinding bona &leo
workhouses. there Itp
Captain PECHELL said that he believed -oe,
ferences of opinion at Somerset House on l'l'4oF4t
whether they had the power to interfere. "Aro
Hon. Baronet having acquiesced to the 607,9
him very great satisfaction, and he hoped tA,11,0010
would extend the order to the quantity' 0
hand, and when they were purchased.--,'fot tber,o
believed there were only nine unions who hithiog
besides the stock of bones on hand, for A°
giving these returns.
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The motion was then agreed to. r r eik'se
Captain PECHELL then rose to move h°gOst
communications respecting the right of ses'wvard Q.;
boats on the French coast, received by the °WI'?
Ho had observed in foreign newspapers thnitb,e,,ol!",
the Government of this country had yieleab-s
search. The thirteenth article of it— sIiAW
states that fishermen,- when required, 0011,0,01,f,
their licenses, and he was anxious t,° „is P',4"
the Board of Trade had issued any instruct°37,6oo 3 tS
terpretation of the 13th article of the Cons'es-isiotoe
lieved that fishing-boats were not to be es., ,g
there was some strong suspicion of the'vgiCl
peered to him the GoVernment Were of of, e
on this occasion. He knew a Or: fie' 4,,
fishing vessels coming and dragging teroici,l;,, f'),
English boatmen with chains. The. liSu:p, 0:01",
monopoly, as was stated, but on the contra,Vonl.
fishermen had a monopoly. -He feared tiie-" tele,
yielded a part of their right to search on the oiti
bofytrhee FadinregnctilteGtobviretrenemntehnta.rtiTelheeoGf
tal:nct Lap
,ebtioet
After which the motion was agreed to. toot li„c
Sir G. CLERK had no objection whatece6l
letter which the Hon. and Gallant Member 0,,5-,„
the House. Complaints had been made by t'"oceirroj
both countries that the 13th article of the freadEr4e7
jected them to great inconvenience, and the ,00 .De
boats liable to be unnecearily searched by tion°6olf;4ll`l
both nations. The instructions in
~,61tioeirelq,
therefore issued to do away with these %I' ses' v
and only to render those vessels liable to bei
llgetit 010
and re IC
had given strong indications of having infroeteo:
regulations of the convention. With bad
notice which the Hon. and Gallant Member jeobetip/cor,f,
intention to ask a question of a L. 3 tbese
Board of Admiralty on the subject 0' that fJt ar
tions, he might as well state , 40,0 Ofte''
of the letter had been forwarded to the A°lll, b'tjiai,
guidance. Perhaps the House would also et,bieti
that opportunity of answering a question l'fonliehripc6l,
and Gallant Member had given notiee ofoll,l b
The question related to the number of EnPr;e6, 5e.,°013,"
which had been detained under the conve.ntl-
to assure the Hon. and Gallant Member that be 'etia
objection whatever to lay the informatics eb r
,
the House. a 0'
Cf
After a few words from Captain PEW/al' •S'
Iv* i°
HAM the motion was agreed to. 1,10 ;sllll,
HARWICH AND EASTERN COUN"-- 10." P
RAILWAY. ted 04010
Mr. SPOONER presented a petition for leas'eSt oe
the Harwich and Eastern Counties Julle„ii-i-ttee
which was referred to the Select Comte kiv
Petitions. nS eP,J
MANCHESTER AND SOUTITAMPTL, getisoftl?",
Mr. EWART wished to bring before thei,ttoe prerPl
which, if true, would prove to be agross oio Deco 01:61
vileges of the House. A petition had .tbe
from E. Carter, complaining and itßee 1`01').6
orders, had not been complied with by theaojitio; 1"4
Southampton Railway Company That Pc/ eon,
interpolated, and was in that inter inecer;tio,s
in the hands of the officer of the lieuaeAelael
printed with the Votes. He wished that atieosed tr
should be appointed to investigate the 911_,°5 010%.
in the petition which he now presented, ae_d. ot',f
petition be printed with the Votes.—Orderi,
COURTS OF REQU°, 11°,2110 f
Mr. KEMBLE wished to ask the Et Intel'- °
the Secretary of State, whether it was
Majesty's Government to extend the .4„„, °1„
Courts of Request during the present Bessiagbe Inoto
Sir JAMES GRAHAM was very gla „feria, peedi
. f bsu i•cv
man had given him an' opportunity 0
Session
1114;04
tion. Many petitions during the Past ld Joe Oi`'fo
seated, praying the Legislature to claws _d brz
the Courts of Request. Those petitiou
tri;
lit I" ,010"7,.
to a Select Committee, which had P t % ,ebrf
cation with the Courts of Requesn, the b 05v
in order to get information 0 ...risdictteot
fof
was intended to extend the,' •id`: so tices(44;os,iii
Courts of Request all over England' thosersratJY
money up to 201. might be recovere( pritl-30)1,-0 re?
time had been lost in making the
ille.gitias Grioio-O%1111;p-
-the intended alterations. He (S.'. resent 'se:ol,lPret
feel it his duty, in the course of the Present e
to
rffr:,oo te
the House to pass a supplementary,
point
ccio,
ourct
of hprrooupgehr osut
nEdni
nggi
'l„Pether Vo'll_,,' 004
la
Mr. HAWES wished to knoll' f the be Or ,0
11 early p
Sir J. GRAHAM raid that a
tfetmatien*,,
in a condition to afford every
Northern Pa
lating to the subject bad been laid be °, etiod
The petition for the Direct IS
presented. to, ad'
The House then adjour bfilbeoc,
anscl'asf'snedsstoorw-;
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Earl and Countess Granville have ills j„da
fordshire, the Notle Earl having gone to N.„e Acco.%rileP
that county. The Dowager Countess Cron. fell;
by Lady Georgiana Fullertoni has left 7'141610• 0
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