The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-30 00:00:00

CHILDREN IN FACTORIES.

A Bill has been brought in by Mr. Fox Maule and Mr.
Shiel, "fir regulating the employment of children and
young persons in factories." The following are the prin-
&pal clauses :—Former Acts are repealed. Children un-
dt r nine years of age are not to work in factories, and no
child to be employed without a surgical certificate (the
word " children" signifying persons under 13 years of age,
slid " young persons" those of the aga of 13 and under 21).
Children not to work more than 7 hours daily; and young
persons not more than 69 hours weekly, or 12 hours daily.
Children and young re sons not to work in the night un-
less for the purpose of recovaing lost time, caused by
want of water or sure-abundance ; and in that case chil-
d -en may be employed as early as five in the morning and
as late as nine in the evening; and young persons may be
employed at any time in the night, provided always that
no child shall be employed more than 7 hours in tiny day,
and no young person more than 13 hours and a half within
24 consecutive hours. One hour and a half shell be al-
lowed for meal-times, and during meal-time they shall not
be employed or remain in any room where a manufacturing
process is carried on. E'ght half holidays to be in every
year. Children to attend :chool at least two and a half hours
cn each of five working days of each week, and tl.e school-
mastertiot exceed one twelfth' part of the
to be paid 3d. for each child out of the *Aga, provided
Fttseries to be lime-washed yearly. The
thatwileoei
Home
ehl
yearly salary not loss than 260 L, and not ex-
yeSwBCalcgmreeptsa'ariyd, on the applicali in of two inspectors, one
of whom shall be the Inspector General, may appoint a
together v..ia.h an allowance for travelling
auffi, ient number of sub-inspectors, not less than eighteen,
toce ex-
ceeding npga i4dsoaL,
etor to give notice of dangerous
carcases. Naval and. military officers to receive half-pay
non for conipenswion for Injuty to
in addition to salaries. The Inspector may fix surgeon's
ice; at rates to be regulated when the hill is in Com-
;poi:l:lc:9cm and children ii too small to en-
mitt'ee. Surgical certificates to be proof of ages The
at the instance of the Home Secretary.
Under certain circumstances, when, for instance, the
machinery,blnesepaerertioera ooarnn
ds upb
anbulmebtehreofoycocuupniger of a factory to work the machinery, it
sch
may be lawful for the Inspector to authorize the employ-
ment of children for a period not exceeding nine hours in
any ore day, cr forty-eight h
oo! ours in one week, provided
that thrre is a good day , under proper regulations,
which the children can conveniently and regularly attend
for the periods required In the Act.

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After the presentation of a few petitions,
Lord DENMAN said he rose for the purpose of
justifying himself from a charge made against him, in
his capacity of Chief Justice in the Court of Queen's
Bench. From ono who held the high station
which he had the honour to fill, it could not be ex-
pected that he would notice every complaint which
might be made against his administration of the liw.
But when he found it stated, as a grave reason for the
adoption of a particular legislative measure, that there
had be, a very scandalous proceeding on the part of
the first criminal Judge of the land, for which he ought
to be exposed to severe censure, if it were well-
founded, he thought he owed it to himself —he
owed it to their Lordships and to the administration of
justice, having a clear and complete ens% er t, the
charge, to state what that answer was. It was
supposed that in some case which had come
before him at the lust Nisi Prius Sittings held
for the county of Middlesex, that he (Lord Denman)
for the Lase purpose of screening some defendants who
happened to be persons of high rank and station, one of
them a Member of their Lordships' House, brought that
proceeding to an end, and prevented it from being
carried further, and suggesting a pecuniary corn

pensation, instead of making that publ;c exampl,3
of the offenders, which the nature of the case
was said to require. He should certainly have thought

that without strong and clear evidence of the fact the

whole history of his life would afford sufficient re!'uta-

tion to the Charge.—(Hear, hear.) But it had ince

stlted in such a manner, with such authority, that he

felt it was but right of him to bring the else

before their Lordships ; not so much, laden],

for the purpose of explanation, au, in ore to make
a simple st ttement of the truth, becnuie he Le-

lieved that such a statement would put an end to

every imputation that had been cast upon biro.
On the day in question a case was brought before

him, in which Lord Waldegrave and another gen-
tlema❑ were charged with having cotnmitte I ai
assault o.i a policeman ; and it was said that he (Lord
Denman) had directed the parties to cr.ter into a corn
promise, and stop any further proceedings in that way.
In the first place, he had given no such direction—he
had no power to give such direction. The proceedings
had not been stopped—the proceedings were now actu-
ally goin., on, and would, in the ordinary course of prac-
tice, be bl-nught before the Court of Queen's Bench nest
term. That fact wasnow discovered to be true, and it got

rid of great part of the charge brought against him.
Tale case...would epmc-on before the Qieen's Bench in,
tl:e next Term, but then it had been supposed, and that
was thevosition the case at present assume.), that that was
no act of his, and certainly it was not his act, but the
act of the law. But it was said that the Coin-
na'ssioners of Police had dote a great EC7V'CC
to the public in going on with the case, not-
s :thAanding his (Lord Denman's) recommendation.
Toe answer to that was that no such suggestion was
ever made, no such recommendation, and no such
opinion had been at all declared by him, and he had a
wet accurate account of what passed on that occasion,
which he woull take the liberty of reading to their
Lordships, and which was corroborated by the account
which appeared in the Times newspaper of the follow-
ing day. He would observe that cases which ware re-
moved by certiorari from the inferior Courts were
brought before the Court without any previous know-
ledge of the facts on the part of the Judge. No
depositions were laid before him, and in point
of fact he was wholly ignorant of all that had occurred.
His Learned Friend Sir F. Pollock, who was Counsel

for the defendants, applied to the Court for permission
to withdraw their plea of hot guilty, and plead guilty.
They also expressed their regret for what had occurred,
and their anxiety to make every possible atonement and
apology. Now, it was impossible to mistake t}ie Inca-l-
ing of the word " atonement ;" it meant to make some
pecuniary compensation where a public outrage
was committed, and t'at a public example was
necessary. No such compromise ought to take
place ; but where the only punishment that could
be inflicted on the defendants was a pecuniary floe, it
was impossible to deny that it would be much more ad-
visable that such a compensation should go t the in-
jured party than to the Treasury, where he could de-
rive no benefit from it. That observation lev:ing been
made by Sir F. Pollock, he (Lord Denman) had said,
" At least they act right now ; let their plea be with-
drawn, and a plea of guilty be recorded. I hope the
case is of such a nature as to admit of its being setelid
by private reparation." That was the extent of his
(Lord Demr.nan'e) observations, and that had been con-
strued irto a suegcstion on his part to screen great
public offenders and prevent a public example being
made.--(He ir, hear.) He did flatter himself that
wherever that simple t to In en t was heard, it would at
once ielicve him and the administration of justice from
that one of the many attacks which certain persons had
lady thought themselves justified in making upon it.
He was awa-e of what had been said is the public
papers, of which it did not become him to take the
slightest notice ; but when he found that it was made
the subject of general accusation copied from one
paper into another, and repeated by an Ho-
nourable Member of the House of Commons,
on an occasion to which he need not now allude, and
who stated that it was the grossest impropriety, and that
the whole public were exclaiming against the monstrous
inequality of the sentence, when Mr. Justice Erskine,
at Salizbury, had ordered a man to be transported
for &fifteen years for a much less heinous
offence, he (Lord Denman) thought it necessary to
bring forward this statement before their Lord-
ships. He must say he thought this exclamation a
most extraordinary one. How could any man know
which was the most heinous offence when the one had
been tried and the other had not ?—( Hear, hear.) He
(Lord Denman) was at a loss to conceive what right
any man had to publish a statement made in ignorance
of the facts of the case. Vtras this the mode to secure
the free administration of justice ? Was this the
mode in which prejudice was to be excited against the
Courts of Law ? To take for granted every ex-parte
statement, and use this case as a proof of the inequality
with which justice was administered, on account of the
sentence in the case of a felon who had been tried and
found guilty, and on whom Mr. Justice Erskine had
pronounced sentence? He (Lord Denman) with in-
dignation had seen it stated that one man had been
punished with 15 years' transportation for a less heinous
offence than the one to which be bad alluded. He did not
mean to defend Mr. Justice Erskine. He did not
know that any attack had been made upon him, but it
might be said he had punished a man because he was
poor just as another Judge had favoured another man
because he was rich. He was sure the Learned Judge
needed no defence or panegyric. A more honourable
a: d upright Judge never .appeared upon the British
Bench. He believed he might appeal to his Noble
Friend a: the head of the Home Department, that in
that case, justly jealous as the people were
that justice should be impartially administered, there
had been no application at the Homceoffloe to com-
mute tie sentence ; but what a notion it was
to take sentences at one place and another, and
apprleygard them a kindem oafsfoaot
sruulme tino
atdlideimo—an(Cohreering
to
aubtrao-
tion, and to say there is so much heinousness in one
case and only so much in another, and, therefore, there
was clearly an inequality in the administration
of justice. Such a course was more likely to
secure contempt for the law than any other.
He abstained with some self-restraint from entering
upon any other observation on the present occasion.
But with regard to the notion of the disparity of
punishment to the sentences pronounced upon the
ministers of the law by those who cannot
have the means of judging of the circumstances
upon which they judge, or whether or not the
sentences were proportioned to the several crimes ;
Oa this subject he could not help dwelling for
one moment, because on a recent occasion in the
Central Criminal Court, one of the most upright,
humane, and Learned Judges that ever graced the Bench
he meet Mr. Justice Pattison, had been attacked by
one of the leading papers of this capital, in a manner
which ought to have driren him from the Bench, if the
accusations had been well-founded, on account of some
difference in the sentence which he had passed
upon two criminals. That Learned Judge had the
kindness to call on him (Lord Denman) and ex•
plain why these different sentences were passed ;
and he (Lord Denman) would venture to say that no
man of common sense or candour could have found the
slightest ground for such observations if he
had been really acquainted with the circum-
stances.—(Hear, hear.) Ho would make no other
observations on the present occasion. He was much
obliged to their Lordships for the attention which they
had been pleased to give to his statement. His only
wish was that the simple truth should be unveiled,
and lie trusted their Lordships and the people
would be of opinion that nothing had been don been the
occasion to which so much animadversion had arc!.
evidence
s tip's
n st
atHanllusuanwnorrtnhfy
aof
Judge
adgMe Member
faithfully to his Queen and country.—(Loud cheers)
The Noble and Learned Lord then presented a peti-
tion from certain individuals, whose names or designa-
tionsrmoifn theirhis Lord-
lied dty
he did not give, praying
of oaths should be received in Courts of Justice upon
their affirmation.
The Marquis of NORIAANBY was happy
e of
kpienrg-
sons who had conscientious sctrhuaptleathaeg

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net ually applied for and obtained a commutation of the

sentence, at the very time when those public statements
were trace respecting him.—(HPar, hear.)
The Earl of HADDINGTON then presented a
petition from Battersea in favour of the abolition of
toll on the metropolitan bridges.
The Marquis of DO WNSHIRE presented several
petitions from places in the Noah of Ireland against
Church patronage in Scotland.
Viscount MELBOURNE presented a petition from
a place in Lancashire on Church-rates and Ecclesiaati-
c.l Caurts.

In reply to a question from the Earl of MOUNT-
CASHELL.

The Marquis of NORMAN BY said that he could
not take it upon himself to give a legal opinion as to
the l g l interpretA:on of the Act of Parliament re-
nting to -vaccination. But be thought tilat the most
natural construction of the Acu. Was that u power to
Vie guardians of the poor to pay for vaccination out of
the rates, was tither given or implied. If there were
any doubt in the interpretation of the law it could
easily be set tt rest.

Tue E 1 of M °UNTO AS HELL said that
there was no power in the Act to enable the

guardians to apply the funds of the unions to the pur-
poses of the Act. He did not ell upon the Noble
Ma-quis for a definite answer, but he had thought it
his duty to bring the matter before their Lordships,
as the question affected the whole of Irelmnd.
Lord EL LEN BOROUGH had no doubt that the
Act would be found sufficient to warrant the board of
guardians in levying a rate for such a purpose.
The Turnpike Acts Bill, and the East India Rum
Bill, went through Committee, and were ordered to be
read a third time to-morrow.

POOR-LAWS (IRELAND).
Mr. Hawley, the Assistant Poor-law Commissioner,
was then called in and re-examined.

By tee Eail of GLE NGALL—He is an Assistant
Poor-la v Commis:i ,nor. He was in Clonmel in Fe-
bruary, 1839. On the 16th of February, the first day
after his arr,val in Clonmel, Mr. Butler came to him,
and solicit id to be appointed Iteturuing Ofieer for
the Union. He wrote to Dublin on that day,
recommending Mr. Butler to the Commissioners for
that office. He ma-le application to several persons in
Clonmel respeAing Mr. Butler. He forgot at the
moment who many of them were, but he could mention
who reeomended Mr. Butler ; it was Mr. Bianconi.
He had not been previously acquainted with Mr.Bianeoni.
He made inquiries rela.iva to Mr. Bader of setesal
other parties but he could not then remember who
they were. He had not known, but he had heard of
the party to which Mr. Bianconi belonged.
He had been instructed by the Commissioners
that it would be better in all cases where it
could be done, to obtain persons to fill the office of re-
turning officer who were not intimately connected with
any party. He had made some inquiry in Clonmel re-
specting the Barony cess-collector, Mr. Fennell, but he
did not remember of whom. He dare say be might have
made inquiries on the subject of Mr. Bianconi. He did
not doubt but be had heard that Mr. Fennell was a very
respectable person, and fit for the office he solicited. He
had not however recommended Mr. Vermeil, because he
thought he had already duties enough to occupy
his time. He but neverthi less appointed three
col'ectors to a sim,l er office in Tipperary. for he
thought they were competent persons. He had
then leis experience than when he refused to ap-
point Mr. Fennell. Toe business of a returning
officer did not occupy more than two or three days a
ear, but that business had to be discharged during the
Assizes, when the Barony-collector wls otherwise en-
gaged. He was not aware that a cc-lector had only to
attend one day for the purpose of swearing to his account=.
Believed he had reea the note upon Mr. Hancock's
letter at the office since these inquiries• had been
commenc:d. They had made no direct com-
munication to Mr. Bagwell, the chief propric for
of the union, hav:ng taken many opportunities
of communicating with the wholo of the gen-
tlemen of the county. He had never inquired
into the rcl gious or political opinions of any
one whom he had recommended under the Poor-law
Bill in Ireland : that would have been against his in-
structions. But had any one Et xted that Mr. Butler
was a partisan, he would have been the last
whom he would have recommended. His in-
quiries led him to understand that Mr. Butler
was a respectable man who had ref red from business.
He did not think it necessary to make any further in-
quiries in consequence of Mr. Blgwell's letter, because
it contained no specific accusation.
To the Earl of WICKLOW—Ho was quit
aware that the situation of returning-officer was one of
much responsibility. He baying seen Mr. Butler,
and formed a knee; ledge of his abilities, he made numerous

inquiries respecting him, he thought he was peculiarly
qualified for the office. He had forgot the names
of the parties to whom he applied. He con-
ceived, from Mr. Bagwell's letter, that he did not wish
to mix himself up in this matter.
To the Duke of WELLINGTON—He had never
heard from any one that Mr. Butler had been a bankrupt.
Did not think in the answer which Le gave to Mr.
Bagwell, he cast any imputation upon that gentleman.
It was the impression upon the mind of witness at the
time when he wrote the reply to Mr. Bagwell, t'ie only
reason which the latter had for saying that Mr. Butler
was a most unfit person to fill the office of returning
officer, was because Butler was a relative to a Roman
Catholic Archbishop.
To the Earl of WICKLOW—When witness went
down to inquire into the characters of persons recom-
mended to till the office of returning officer, made in-
quiries along his route aslto the persons who could best
give him information as to the fittest men for the office.
Could not at this time say whether or not he took notes
of the names. He might or might not, and although he
knew he was to Lot examined upon thesubject,here to-
night, he had not taken any measures for refreshing
memory.
To Lord MELBOURNE—Witness had a very
large circuit, through the counties of Limerick, Clare,
and Tipperary. He bad to inquire respecting a great
number of persons and facts, and he had discharged all
from his memory, as soon as the unions were finally
settled.
To the Earl of RADNOR—Witness made all the
inquiries that he considered necessary, and in the case
of Mr. Butler made minute inquiries as to that gentle-
man's eharartpr. Amnnest others he examined Mr.
Butler himself.
The Earl of WICKLOW—As to his political cha-
racter ?
The Earl of RADNOR—I beg not to be inter.
rupted.—(Hear, hear.) Did you attend a public meet-
ing at which Mr. Butler was present P•—Witness did so ;
it. was a large meeting, but (as we understood) Mr.
Butler took no part in it to mark him as a political par.
tisan.
To Lord GLENGALL—Wrote the letter to the
Commissioners respecting Mr. Butler on the Saturday,
although Le knew it would not reach Dublin until
Monday. Wrote it on that evening as a matter of rou-
tine, and could not say whether it was before dinner or
after dinner. Could not say whether it was before or
after six o'clock. It was his practice to write every
evening on the business of the day, without reference to
ecla
the letter notwithstanding', and sent it by
whom he in-
quired Witness would say that the persons of
ere
not all
respecting Mr. Butler's character w . .
the day of the week. If it was too late for posnteirt wproostte.
to ascertain whether Mr. Butler was a p
st ersons in
political bias or not. Believed that moor
eget..
sop-
Clonmel were of some politiicttlor
rearfryom his being re-
posed Mr. Butler to be a C
Heardl of persons called
laced to the Archbishop•
meeting referred to
of the same politics as that gentleman. Mearedoeon:finetqruoiorgy
Pacificatory in Ireland. Too first* of' the S • l
Commission
The other meeting was held some months after
mur-
der.
Was not aware that Mr. Fennell had applied
the first.
for the situation when witness went to Clonmei.
The witness was here orde-ed to withdraw, and Mr.
in
foCrintnhneetiriadluorifncgertthaeinsiitntidigviduals fel?
Phelan called in and examined by the Earl of G LEN-
GALL—Knew Mr. Butler intimately for twenty-seven
years in Clonmel. Knew of several individuals being
was held.
indicted at the Clonmel:assizes of the year 1932 for
having illegally assembled and by force of arms resisted
the payment of tithes—they were sentenced to four
months' imprisonment. Knew that certain parties pleaded
guilty to that indictment, but could not say for certain
that Joseph Butler, a Mr. Hackett, and a Mr. O'Brien
were those that did so. Did not exactly recollect who
the persons were that pleaded guilty—thought that
Butler was one of them—bad no doubt on his minded
d of
his being so. After knowing that Butler plea

The Earl of RADNOI a;ked, was the paper about
to be read the original letter, or copy, and by whom
was it furnished ?
The Earl of GLENGA LL replied that the paper
in his hand was a copy of the Commis.. ioner's letter
aid was furnished by Mr. Fennell himselr,
The Earl of RADNOR objected to its' being read
under such circumstances. The proper course would
be to move for a return of the original document.
He did not suppose that. Mr. Fennell would forge a
document. But if the inquiry was to be carried on in
this minute way, it would be necessary that it should
also be formal and correct.
After some further discussion, the Earl of GLEN-
GALL waived, for the present, this part of the in-
quiry, and the witness was recalled, and the examina-
tion renewed.
Witness—Had seen the correspondence between the
Commissioners and Mr. Fennell, and from that corre-
spondence formed the opinion that the Boatel were not
Satisfied with the conduct of Mr. Fennell. Believed
that Ft nnell was one of the persons formerly pvointed
by the agitators of the Corn Exchange as a 46
cwor." Considered a " pacificator" a political partisk.:n ;
but when he recommended Mr. Butler he had no rt.-
concetiun that the letter had been sent, for he himsolf
ha I never t-ken any part in the proceedings of those,
persons. Did not believe that Mr. Butler ever made
a comp•-)sition with his creditors. It was not a compo-
sition or a proof of the insolvency when a man retiring
from business gives bills of long dates to satisfy his
erect:tars , t'io•e bills being for the whole amount of
twenty shil ings in the pound, and not by way of corn-
pusit,on. Ha I made inquiry as to the alleged trial
between Butler and his brother. There had
been family disputes between them, which
were settled by arbitration. Witness had in-
quired since his last examination from some of the oldest
and most respect able inhabitants of Clonmel, who as-
sureil him t tat there was no truth in the statements re-
specting Ilatler's insolvency or bankruptcy, or as to a
h.tweea him and his brother. The statement of
witness to the House, on another evening, as to But-
ler's being a freeholder, had been impugned. He now
wished to state that Butler was a 501. freeholder under
the Earl of Glengall himself.—(Great laughter.)
The witness was then ordered to withdraw.
On the motion of the Marquis of NOR MANI:3.Y,
Mr. Hawley was discharged from further attendance.
The House then adjourned to Eleven o'Clock' 10”
row.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, Millet 29.

The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour.
Sir. DE LACY EVANS presented a Petition
from the parish of St. James's, Westminster, aoinst
the Middlesex Sessions Bill.
Mr. BROTHER TON presented a Petition froai
Merchants and Shipowners of Liverpool against the
Liverpool Duties Bill.
Mr. BERNAL brought up the Reports of Com-
mittees on the Eccleshill Enclosure, the Derby Gas,
the Ilminster Roads, and Bogden's Naturalization
Bills.

The Vl/4 ishaw and Coltness Railway Bill,—and
Heynes Naturalization Bill were severally read a third
time and passed.
The Rhynmey Iron Works Bill, the Seubster Har-
bour Bill, the Dovenby and Papcastle Inc!osure Bill,
and the Newry Nax igation Bill, were severally read a
second time.

Mr. GREEN prosented a petition from Lancaster
against the present system of Import Duties.
Sir ROBERT INGLIS presented a petition frown
the Chancellor, Master, and Scholars of Oxford Uni-
versity, complaining of the spiritual destitution ex-
isting in England and Wales. Also a petition
from the Archdeacon and clergy of Canterbury,
and from places in the counties of Lancaster, Derby,
Durham, Berks, and Gloucester to the same effect.
The Hon. Baronet gave notice that he should call the
attention of the House to the subject after Easter.
Mr. T. EGERTON presented a petition from the
Taff Vale Railway Company against that part of the
Railways Bill which vests the power of making rt-gula-
tiong for Railways in the Board of Trade.
Mr. BROADLEY presented a similar petition
from the Hull and Selby Railway Company.
Mr. VERNON SMITH presented a petition
from the Mayor and Corporation of Northampton
praying for the removal of disabilities upon the cicction
of JO:TS to civil offices.

Mr. G. PALMER presented a petition front a
Poor-law union in Essex, praying for certain alteratiuns
in the Poor•laa,F.

Sir C. B. VE RE presented a similar petition fora
a place in Worcestershire.
Mr. E. TEN NENT presented petitions from Owes
in the countics of Down and Leitrim, against Cottrell
Patronage in Sectland.
Mr. W. PATTEN presented a petition from Lan-
caster, praying for increased church accommod,:tion.
Sir W. FOLLETT presented a pa t on from medi-
cal practition,.Js in Exeter, praying for alteration in the
Poor-lawn, so lar as they affected tie medical profession.
Also a j. etition from cicrgymea and other tithe owners
ia the county of Sussex, praying for alteration in the law
resi ecting tithes.
Mr. 'l'. DU:',.; COMBS presented a petition, praying
for a Coinutittoc of Inquiry into the circumstance of
persons connected with schools of anatcrny, beirvz d, alers
in human bonus ; also a petition from the city of Hereford,
complaining of ceit tin measures adopted by the Poor-law
Commissioners, a ti praying the House to institute an in-
quiry into the subject of complaint ; also a petition
from Wandsworth in favour of the people's charter, and
another petition to the same effect, from a person te-
siding in the Edgeware-road.
Sir W. FOLLETT presented a iv titian from an in-
dividual, praying to be heard by Counsel before the
House, against the Lurgaa Navigation Bill.
Sir GEORGE STRICKLAND presenteda peti-
tion from an individual in Leeds, complaining of the
Post-office system, and praying for a repeal of the
w \) Ikre. .
ii 1(1 Aa
gSaCi
nEs
tL
cE S
toleration pres e 11t e
o(r1
Corn-laws, and an increase of tie salary of Prince Albert.
idZ petitio
n
r a cftrioc ems
in India.

Mr. HUME presented a petition from an indivi-
dual in Bangor in Cysatrentnarvorshire, complaining of the
had been informed that the
redressed.. by the Commissioners, want of a proper-
au-
diting the Poor-law unions. Tho,i auditing the accounts in
petitioner sltateadidtuhaett,
be
existing.as tehvei
powerco -
was entirely vested in' the Guardians. He
(Mr. Hume) had ascertained that that state-
ment was a correct one. 'rho Hon. Gentleman
also presented a petition from the Universal Rational
Religionists of Arbroath, in Forfarshire, complaining
praying
that their doctrines, which they stated were well cal-
culated to advance the good of mankind, had been
completely misrepresented, and praying. for an in-
quiry with regard to them ;
ialst! a petition from the
Christian Chartist sect, complaining of the imprison-
ment of Mr. Hetherington for an alleged blasphemou%
publication, and praying for his release ; also a petition
for
the release of Mr. Robert I eddie ; also a petition from
Westminster, praying
.for the release of Mr. F
from the Chartists of the T)owe.r Hamlets,
and petitions from W reargue
O'Connor ; alworth, Wa d
worth, and London, in favour of the • .n s-
liberation of
Frost, Williams, and Jones • also
from Dissenting Congregations 'at n two petitions
for the abortion of Church-rates, the ren.tford, praying
Ec-
clesiastical Courts, end the release, extinction of a
petition from a public meeting, of Mr. Baines; also
individual in Perthshire, praying and a petition from an
annual Parliaments, and n for Universal Suffrage,
a petition from three individuals'prop.erty qualification ; and
ga!,
.complaining of the .. in the county of Done-
ries,.in the Medical ReformproN isiolis relating to apotheca-
ries
R. PEEL
pre Bill.
Poor-
law Guardians of thesen,ted a petition. front the
Famworth Union, stating.. that
they for the most
.the Poor-law Bill and
drt aprovFd of the principles of
ILO efft-xt, but theycarrying them
ntnadc nerven desirous
exception 0
with r t
the bastardy clauses, the effect of which had been, on a
comparison of the three years during which the pre-
sent law was in operation with the three years previously
to that period, to double the number of illegitimate
children.
Mr. ELLIOT presented a petition from Roxburgh,
praying for an abolition of Church patr?naioge.
Mr. DE N ISO N pirentd a petition from the
Guardians of the. Dorking Union, praying that the
rates might be paid by the owners and not the occu-
piers of small tenements.
Mr. S 1-1 A W presented a
any further grant to the College of Maynooth.
Air. KEMBLE presented petition
a •
against the Poor-law Bill.
Mr. GOU LBU RN presented a t. 'pe ition from Queen-
street, Cheapside, prayinif. that
the toll might be taken
off Southwark-bridge. -
Mr. C. LUSHINGTON presented a petition from
Ashburton against the Medical Reform Bill.

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