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effect to those words, and he would state what he had in
stance placed before the House the other evening, as t
reasons that had induced him to bring it forward. The Hoe.
Gentleman here recapitulated the facts connected withht tblei
appeal case from a South Shields benefit society,
was recently argued and decided upon in the Court OfQueen "
Bench, and said that it was the judgment of Mr. Justice
Wightman that led him (Mr. Duncombe) to
amendment of the law. In that case the rules of
,ticii:3l
Society were regularly enrolled and certified by 3.1r:1,,i,
Pratt, yet that was not sufficient to. protect it, the Ju°.
ment of the Court having been opposed to its legality.
There were upwards of 5,000 friendly and mutual insuranCe.
societies already enrolled under the provisions of the Act.
Though it was not for him to impugn the justice of the clCc,!
seek the
sion of Mr. Justice Wightman, still he thought that too!
Learned Judge would not have given such a decisiro
had he been cognizant of the existence of 80 12 :
a number -of these societies. The effect of that decislo
would, he believed, cause great confusion among the existri
societies. The Bill which be introduced at the reques4.
members of these societies, and with the concurrence
of
Tidd Pratt, would, he believed, remedy the evil compla!lt?e!
of. The only alteration sought by this Bill was the add'
the
after the words " for any other purpose not illegal et. et
1.
words "if of the same description as hereinbe'fore
ID
tioned."
Sir J. GRAHAM was friendly to the existence andl-e
tension ,of friendly and mutual insurance societies, bUti..o
thought the Bill, as proposed by the Hon. Member, leaurif
give rise to considerable difficulties. There were %et
things which were not illegal, but which, at the same of
it was not convenient to sanction by an Actc for
the Legislature. It was not, for • instance, illegtrnosi
masters to combine to reduce the wages of their yoth"tair
nor the workmen to join together for the purpose of e" dent
big a rise in wages. But he did not think it quite Pructioo
on the patt of the Government, that they should sari
..;pg
the formation of a benefit society to support them OM
that strike. He had not had an interview with 31re .01. i
Pratt upon the subject since the introduction res
of eve
th
lie would not oppose its second reading, but would od
to the Government any r..marks they might have t°
he
wn the Bill was in Comi.tee.
Mr. HENLEY was favourable to friendly societies.tion.
'1: the tre---- losed
b} th(!,Pin

Memberconsiderewad, howevers
so vagu, e
ththat it would havat the measure preopthe drat 01 To,- • • ju•
,
ing those interests which he sought to protect. Ile
not, however, oppose the second reading of the Bill. os
Mr. DUNCOINIBE said that when the Bill passe' lecie
for the purpose of extending the power of the friendll hot
ties to objects of another nature, but not for any P,edii
purposes. But if political societies were not illegal, Pt oie
not see why the words " and for any other purpose n°, this
gal," should forbid a political association. Ever entice this
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Bill bad been brought in he had been overwhelmed wit 1.1
sorts ofcomplaints to introduce a variety of alleviatia:cor
the Right Hon. Baronet would allow him to have sonhio is
versation with Mr. Tidd Pratt, he might be better 0
explain to him the nature of the alleviations required. baler
Mr. STUART WORTLEY said that the Hon. Me1,.11. Ael•
Finsbury had rather misconceived ,the intention of trio If
The object of the Act was to extend the power of I.;dias
societies. If his lion. Friend would refer to the Pr°cr4loo
of the House in 1834, he would find that it was state",„o.
the Bill was brought in it was their
to extend the powers of these societies cso'
other objects. If he rightly conceived the,ca de
these misapprehensions had arisen from some sUrrA 10P'"
cision of Mr. Justice Wightman, who decided 10,0 cle,"o
societies were not soeieties for mutual benefit. the%
sirable that this doubt should be removed, and oil
AclP,
way to do it would be to introduce a declaratorY .003
moving these doubts. At the same time he agreed lila til°
Right Hon. Baronet that it was desirable to prese.l.
societies from the contamination of politics or religiclosidelsi
Mr. HAWES said that he wished for an early c° Fried
tion of some Bill to meet the object of his 14°°,:03
There were a great number of these societies "0";: ofn
enrolled, and which were excluded from the beset' DIC
Act of Parliament. It was necessary to introduce so
Joe,
to let the societies excluded by the decision of 11.', Act.o
Wightman have the benefit of the Friendly Societie_ of t
Sir J. GRAHAM said that, if the consideratild
Bill were postponed until Wednesday next, he 10,1,ect'
the necessary step to have the Bill so framed as t°
e The
of the case. ordered
Bill was then read a second time, and
committed on Wednesday next. 11114
The second reading of the Roman Catholic Relief
postponed until Wednesday next.
The London, Hounslow, and Western RailwaYpill
then read a second time, and the House adjourned.

CHANCERY.—(THIS DAtlrci,i)phia
The Lord Chancellor sat in Lincoln's Inn Hail ''°-Sit.."7l
took appeal motions, it being the second seal aftertbe
mas term. No case of any interest, except to ibe
concerned, came before his Lordship during
morning.
O'
VICE-CHANCERY.--(THISD
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of Escii,"--•,,00.
This was the second seal, and the Court took 01°- ,
4
CRIMINAL COURT.—(II-0.-i
(Before Mr. Justice ILLIAMS and Mr. Justice 751 1;0
The amended calendar exhibited an increase ,fry, Ors
Boners, some of them being charged with ' 011
offences. jce
Ann Watkins, remanded from last session for oitl' let
selling and having in her possession forged stainl?,,,o4,d
her plea of not guilty to one of the indictments clitl4s, roi
with having in her possession ZOO counterfeit 610;00,
pleaded guilty instead. There were other indict gsli°ll:/Y
the prisoner was ultimately remanded for anotheratth
William and Ann Richardson, father and &tie er „op,
stood charged with the murder oftheir infant sliorteror
the, application of Mr. Clarkson, remanded for arlo„,` tee° '
on the ground that sufficient time bad not been b•
fir
struct counsel. 0:
Henry Joseph !Celle*, remanded from last se-letter' el'
ing indicted for feloniously sending a threatening
The prisoner, apparently a boy, had sent two,„00:
dressed to Elizabeth Clouter, a:child some ten or e"reit'
old, containing three small parcels of oxalic acid' ;
t.
her to take the powders, as they were very nice' ati°l3'
Mr. Bodkin, with Mr. Clerk, was for the proses
prisoner was undefended. Per
The following witnesses were then called :--
Ana Clouter, living in Kent-street, Borough, r:104,,t0
the 6th of August last. A letter produced was Fl
her daughter Elizabeth. The letter contained torto1(
which at first she believed to contain salts, put_l„.(leo,
discovered that it was not so. She put the cr.
into the letter. She had seen the prisoner once llop.orl
with her daughter. His relations were known °last 001
Sampson Clouter received from his wife (the top eetlicj
a letter, dated the Gth August, and containing
,e $!
which, on the same day, he showed to Mr. call3l'
man. He afterwards showed it to other inedi3o, e
subsequently gave it up to Kendall, the police me.
membered another letter coming on the 11th .0 0
dressed to Mr. Clouter. tter,efite
Kendall, police-constable, received the ie ,
Clouter, which lie gave to Mr. Warren, cheieical
•,over
the Apothecaries' Hall. tl-
Robert Blake, surgeon, Borough, knew the ,y `
.
milv. The prisoner has purchased oxalic ac tc,4l
used for the purpose 4 of his father's trade. three jeei
Warrington, Apothecaries' Hall, receive" C. of eA
which he found, on subjecting them to a serifAckw
operations, contained oxalic acid ; the two goy
tained 50 grains, and the other 35 grains. of 0.'51
Mr. Blake recalled—lf a child 10 or 11 ;‘,"€'l"-oci'isl4
taken that quantity of oxalic acid on a full eto.ct,
not have injured her, but if on an empty stoe mt,
occasion death.
Edward John Tiler, foreman to Messrs. Le 7014
,„ e bf
Knew prisoner as an apprentice in the go." dte',,4f
The letters produced were in his handwriting. :016 r?
William Whittington, officer in the gao lof llefeoP,1:0
on the 17th of this month, received a letter fleg°
to be forwarded. It was handed to Mr. CoPe'elet'
Est
The letter was handed in and read by the -,.eret
addressed to his brother,.and expressed bi.,-for,,j,lllo'
had acted so foolishly. He had done it olm'oes
and with the wish of emulating sonic of the ile eti 10;1
cheap publications, some of whose feats haa hrd ;10
nation, because of the mystery which ens'elele,ooeP
No witness-es were called on behalf of the pri rec!
Mr. Justice WILLIAMS summed up, and trott-';• or.
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, butb. ~0,010`4
mended him to mercy, on account of his yo u:01
Mr. Justice WILLIAMS, in passing sentencee;by e 0 t 0:014
ever might be the notions the prisoner 10%; 000100ev:
his own offence, and they appeared to be "
ordinary, the law held that it was a most .ori '0,11,0el
punishable with transportation for life. IV, Coei.itistts
ever, recommended hint to the mercy Ot. thoerdvi'';
count of his youth, and probably influeneoicb she voo, it
communication they had heard read, who' thoot
vague and wayward ideas lie had inibibed tot J'reo
had been perusing. The Court, however, ~e 00.01
sense of his heavy offence, and the sentett'ooo
that he be imprisoned for twelve calendar
to hard labour.

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to
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We hear it said [that the Division `6 / 0/, w
,ollee oi,''
place on Thursday night. ~- 0,
to . iiis
A meeting had been held at Calcuttit....o ~„ ne
scrip Eons for the relief of the distressed Irish. ' 0,1
.sta if
rupees were at once subscribed. d to 1
Mr. Leader, it is said, does not intell .„ 0 vor"
for the representation of Westminster. nAltit°,,n) l'Ille?4,0.14.
CUSTOM-HOUSE DESTRUCTION OF ,-, i, 'jot 14',1,1,',1111111,
--This week a quantity of foreign wheat, wi,'_';',',vtile!! t'.o",.l,"•eri
by Messrs. Phil;potts and Co., ot this port, t"'!ing I's(.llo'l'er
conic damaged, SO as not to be worth l'Oigitaittk,edil4,lool
was destroyed under the supervision of a vcrY .1 I'l ,e, tjr..tl,...it 1
officer, by throwing it into the river Severn, tee ,tre'.:, al. r.ie
close official watch till i.-was carried away bY aoy olgeaaloy
;nixed with the laud that it could not b° jr, iord`'L,Otej 0.1
wheat thus destroyed was not of course lit yid the tej to or
would have done very well to feed pigs, course
caiLui,st oaf illf
ceremony of total destruction is anything but ' i4r01.0
the spectators of such a scene with tbe foorresb plYs01:9::%
Oknicestor Journal. gee' d 0 .fd i
kin Wednesday evening last the ...v. --ow-001,,
~..„-tes, -- t p i 0 4.
minister of one of the Bethnal-green c"`"ontret'ige,,4e.
in the National School, Hare-street, of a
trating l'ij
Otte'
seating Mr. Morgan's design of a 601-'tiPPuineroOlf
....,/ I
for 300 poor families. The meeting w" n
great interest was excited. .....- 01
101°41

aOwnet.sl,leElB9qth.olunrsgte.,ona,t
On the 20th inst loinliC
II __,,,, Pl.' 04
Tripp, of a son. " angudEriaWßiuniciicligar...Mir:rseisrte,ert,enSttor::',7l
polatiofet:
AC of 04". We
On the 14th inst., at Leamington, the 10,--, ~, of
White, C.B , 40th Foot of a daughter. of 1501 i•
On the 18th inst., at, of StalTordshire, 0000; t,' 0'
Henry Smith, Esq., of a son. vter, f..11:1, t
On the 19th inst., at Preston, the lady of Tri • r
ter.
~,
On the 19th inst., in Upper Slouthwick-st et, oteofor
et. W. Courtney, jun., Esq., of a daughter' noit, efsyadY r
On the 20th in at Lower Clapton, Mrs., ingtoo, Aio
On the 22d inst., at Camp
of
1"I'' AO°
Lascellcs, of a son.
On the 18th inst., at Fernley, the lady of CaPP'—'l2lo7ol,
ray, of a son. the wife of W'
On the 21st inst., in Montague-place, i',
Esq., of a son. ' C.
104°10j. '
MAIIRIED. „Igo, f
lie
On the lath inst., onesunbde Wl9l3,7giptcr o '
~..„.v
Lieuteuant R.N., to AgJane, second "wells. i'
Fisher, Escl2L:)f2_Jreat:Culverden, Tunbridge -------- 10
80
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LI=D• Arthur cove' ,(J.
On the 12th ult., at St. Vincent, eve°th 9°l'
mcnt. 19'
Alfr•d' the
e get/ or
On the 21st inst., at Lonsdale-satier°, es, ft- P
1., sorg ip
Gray, Esq., barrister•at-law. Ws. Sur3iir. Cor'l per
On the 21st inst., at Reading, Berks., .
or vt., Of
tor
On the 21st inst., 31ary Jane, Bergs., t Ilee cc.
factor, Southwark. Captain
if Ilfolf Wes , ...40,..,
On the 21st inst., at Lewes, the Re • of solcutS( P
wick, Sussex.. jou CooP,e,srtiotts, re tils
On the 22d inst., Sophia, the wife 0 Foot .A.e. r Elise,
On the 22d inst., at Brompton, Mrs• oury,
late Abel Adolphus, Esq. t Alma
On the 23d ins:., in Fountain-conr. ,
.. . 119!
eldest daughtefof Mr. Andrew Beater. - ,
~.,
of I.to..itir;
rit 0 Itlifill'iUo tiler?
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