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London, England, 1851-03-29 00:00:00

PARLIAM

Motion made, and Question put, " That :the Chairman,
do report progress, and ask leave to sit again." The Com-
mittee divided :

MINORITY—AYES, 29.
Keating, Robert Reynolds, John
Kershaw, James Scully, Francis
King, P. J. Sullivan, Michael
M'Oregor, John Ihicknesae, R. A.
Haber, N. Wakley, T.
Marshall, J. G. Walmsley, Sir J.
Molesworth,Sir W. Williams, John
Morris, David
O'Brien, Sir .T.
O'Connell, John
pilkington, James!

Blake, M. J.
Bright, John
Crawford, W. S.
Duncan, George
Evans, Sir De Lacy
Fox, W. J.
Greene, John
Hall, Sir B.
Heyworth, L.
Hindley, C.
Hume,

TELLERS.

'Williams, W.
Mowatt, Francis

MAJORITY-NOES, 168.

Dispatches were sent off yesterday from the Colonial-office
to the Governor of the Canada► and also to the Governors
of .the other North American Colonies.

(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)
STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.
The following Resolutions were reported from the above
Committee
1. That in the case of the South Wales Railway (No. 2)
Bill, petition of Company of Proprietors of Glamorgaiashire
Canal Navigation, for dispensing with standing orders Nos.
105 and 166, the said standing orders ought not to be dis-
pensed with.
2. That in the case of the Birmingham Improvement Bill,
petition of Abel Rollason, for dispensing with standing orders
Nos. 105 and 166, the said standing orders ought to be dis-
pensed with.
Second Resolution agreed to.—Report to lie on the table.

SMITHFIELD MA RKET.
Yesterday a deputation, consisting of the undermentioned
gentlemen, waited upon Sir George Grey, at the Home-
office, upon the subject of the contemplated removal of Smith-
field-market : -The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Mr. G.
Barnard, M P. ; Alderman Copeland, M.P. ; Mr. R. Carrie,
M.P.; Mr. G. Dundas, 131. P. ; Sir J. Duke, M.P.; Sir E.
; Mr. Masternis.n, 11T.P ; Baron Rothschild,
M.P. ; Alderman Sidney, M.P. ; Mr. Stafford, M.P.; Mr.
Wyld, M.P. ; Dr. Bushnae, Senior Physician to the Metro-
politan Free Hospital; Mr. G. B. Childs, F.R.C.S. • Mr.
Ross, surgeon ; the Rev. James Jackson, vicar of St. Sepul-
chre's (the parish in which the market is situate); Mr. G.
Lovell, Mr. C. Gabriel, Mr. J. Blacket, Mr. J. Hill, Mr. W.
Lacy. Mr. W. Riggerstaff, Mr. J. Stride, Me. T. M. Challis,
Mr. J. Parson (vestry clerk of St. Luke's). Mr. J. Giblett,
Mr. R. Morgan, Mr. W. Collins, Mr. J. J. Millard, Mr. W.
T. Haly, Messrs. Bannister, Sharpe, and W,rmington (a de-
putation from the Butchers' Company), Mr. H. L. Taylor
(chairman of the t Markets Improvement Committee), and
Messrs. T. H. Hall, Hicks, Low, Da'ein, R. Taylor, and Har-
rison (a deputation from the Markets Improvement Commit-
tee), and also the City Remembrances, the City Solicitor,
and the City Architect.
The LORD MAYOR sand, he had the honour of attending
as one of the deputation, and he trusted, that whatever
course the Government pursued, the public, who were deeply
interested, would have the opportunity of forming an opi-
nion upon the plan submitted by the corporation. He
trusted that no monopoly would be permitted, but that a
fair and open inquiry would take place, when it would ap-
pear that the corporation desired to remove, and that their
plan alone could remove, all the existing difficulties and
objections.
Sir J. Doses hoped that the Government Bill would not
not be thrust forward without inquiry, but that the only fair
and reasonable conrse, and that likely to satisfy all interests
involved, would be adopted—namely, to send all the Bills
before a fairly constituted Committee of the House of Com-
mons. He begged leave to set right a statement which had
been reperted to have been made on the occasion of a recent
deputation to Sir G. Grey on the same subject. It had been
said that a petition from the coal trade of London, in favour
of the corporate plan. bad but one signature—that of his
brother-in-law. Now, the facts were these —the petition in
favour of the Government measure had received the signa-
tures of 119 persons, while that in favour of the corporation
plan was signed by 248 members of the trade.
Sir GEORGE GREY, said he could not enter into the ques-
tion of petitions, or how numerously they might have been
signed. He could not prevent statements from being made
by gentlemen who waited upon him. That was not the pro-
per place for their investigation. 'With respect to send-
ing the Bills to the same Committee, he was of opinion that
such a course would devolve upon a Committee the duty of
the whole House. If the House should allow the Bills to
be read a second time the responsibility would in that case
rest with a Committee.
Sir JAMES Durtz begged to remind the Right Hon. Baronet
that no Committee of the House had yet decided upon the
present proposal of the corporation. A Government Com-
mission, it was true, had reported upon it; but the plan
was certainly deserving of the fullest inquiry which could
be given to it. In his opinion a Parliamentary Committee
would constitute the best and fairest tribunal.
Alderman SIDNEY could not speak as calmly of the course
pursued by the Government as his friend and colleague had
done. The Government Bill was to all intents and purposes
a private Bill, mischievously interfering with vested rights,
private property, and trading interests; and the only course
consistent with the usages af Parliament was to refer it to a
Committee. He begged to state that the Royal Commission
had never been recommended by the Legislature. More-
over, the City and the trading interests were most inade-
quately represented in that Commission, for of the majority
of its members five of the seven were pledged by their pre-
vious opinions and acts to the removal of Smithfield-market
from its present central position. A large majority of the
citizens of London was opposed to the Government measure.
Mr. Gurney had said that 99 in 100 of the inhabitants were
favourable to the removal, while, in fact, 70,000 of them, and
more than 6,000 of the registered electors, had already signed
in favour of the corporate scheme. He had no hesitation in
asserting that when that scheme should be thoroughly in-
vestigated and understood by the public, it would be found
fully to satisfy every person of candid mind that every ra-
tional objection had been anticipated and met.
Mr. MasyanatAN could state from his own knowledge that
a large majority of his constituents took a lively interest in
the retention of the market. The City plan, in his opinion,
remedied every abuse. As one of the Committee which had
sat upon the subject in Parliament, he could state that his
views upon the subject had been greatly changed by the evi-
dence adduced before them. He believed that the great re-
quisite was an enlarged area, and that desideratum was li-
berally supplied by the scheme submitted by the City. It
seemed to him that the Government plan tended only to
destroy, without proposing anything definite, or anything ad-
vantageous as a substitute.
Alderman COPELAND was anxious to learn what source
Government were prepared to take as regarded the other
Bills, for there were now four before the House. He had sat
upon the Committees of 1847 and 1849, and he felt that I o
case bad been made out fur the removal of Smithfield. If
the market were removed to Islington or to Tuffnel-park, it
would still be surrounded by a populous district. He had
reason to know, in his capacity of treasurer to the corpora-
tion of the Sons of the Clergy, that they had been applied to
for the sale of so much of their land as lay within 10) yards
of the Tuffnel-park estate.
Mr. STAFFORD said that he had also sat upon the Parlia-
mentary Committee, and the evidence adduced had produced
open his mind an effect similar to that stated by the worthy
Alderman. Connecte las he was with the great agricultural
interests, be could declare that the farmers and graziers
almost unanimously preferred the central site of Smithfield
to any of the suburban schemes proposed. All the evidence
converged to the point that there could be but one cattle-
market for the metropolis, and as a transit market, with fully
one-third passing over Blackfriar -bridge, that market should
necessarily be in a central positou. He begged to draw Sir
George Grey's attention to the fact that every northern
suburb had petitioned Parliament against the I emoval of
the market to their locality. (The lion. Gentleman here
detailed the list of petitions from fifteen of those suburbs.)
The Government plan proposed to inflict a double injus-
tice in removing the market from those who desired its
continuance to those who had petitioned against such visita-
tion. He had carefully examined the plan submitted by the
corporation, and he desired to see it carried out as the
only plan that met the requirements of the trade on the one
hand, and remedied the inconveniences greatly complained
of by the public on the other.
Sir G. Guy thought the arguments of Alderman Sidney
were entitled to serious consideration, but were more fitted
to the House of Commons, where the question must be de-
cided. In the decision of that House the Government were
prepared to acquiesce. He saw no objection to the plan of
permitting all the Bills to proceed to a second reading, as the
question had already been submitted to a Committee.
Alderman SIDNEY—The Committee had only reported
that the present Smithfield-market was liable to objection,
and should, therefore, be removed. The corporate plan for
the abatement of the evil of which they complained had
never yet been submitted to Parliamentary inquiry. He
begged to mention that he had presented apetition from the
wretched inhabitants prepared to be cleared, signed by 237
individuals, praying that the plan of the City for providing
them better habitations might be carried out.
Dr. RUSIINAN stated that he had paid great attention to
the statistics and sources of cholera in the metropolis, and
had been led in the course of that investigation to examine
the neighbourhood in question. Having written upon the
subject, he would not detain Sir G. Grey further than by in-
troducing his friend Mr. Rots, a surgeon residing in that lo-
cality, who had assisted him in his examination.
Mr. Ross said, he had had many opportunities of judging
of the sanitary aspects of the question. Many, with the
best intentions, had come to erroneous conclusions upon the
subject from a want of accurate knowledge of the facts of the
case. If the Government carried their plan, it would be
greatly to the prejudice of the health of the neighbourhood.
He begged to submit a memorial signed by almost all the
practitioners of the district, urging the propriety of a scheme
which removed so largely the sources of poverty, disease, and
demoralization from the neighbourhood.
Mr. BonansE Crimps, F.R.C,S. surgeon to the police
force, stated that he had from gOO to 60) men and their
families under his care. The city was divided into six dis-
tricts, the second of which, having Smithfield for its centre,
was decidedly the most healthy. lie regarded Smithfield as
one of the lungs of the city, as a reservoir of pure air es-
sential to the health of a densely crowded district. It was
a remarkable fact that during the visitation of cholera in
this city in 1848 there had occurred no case in the area
of Smithfield. Out of 15') cases of spasmodic diarrhoea
in the police force not one had happened iu the Smithfield
district.
Sir G. GREY asked whether that fact was not referrable to
the open area rather than to the cattle market?
Mr. CHILD assented, but asked whether the open area was
not necessitated by the cattle market?
Alderman COPELAND requested to know from Sir G. Grey
what were the intentions of the Government with regard
to the Metropolitan or ilornsey Cattle-market Bill ?
Sir G. GREY replied that that Bill being inconsistent with
the Government Bill could not be allowed to pass a second
reading.
The Rev. J. JACKSON, A.m.—As vicar of St. Sepulchre, he
must say it was his deliberate conviction that the scheme
of the corporation would confer a lasting benefit on the
community. The physical, sanitary, and especially the
moral interests of his parishioners, were seriously involved
in this question. Ten or twelve acres of miserable courts
and alleys, abounding in physical and moral abomination,
would be exchanged for an open area provided with suitable
accommodation for the industrious poor. _
Sir G. GREY said he had no disposition to undervalue the
positive advantages of the corporation plan. It constituted
an unquestionable improvement upon things as they were.
Baron ROTHSCHILD, as largely connected with the trading
interests of the City, begged to assure the Right Hon. Baronet
that a great majority of his constituents were most decidedly
against the Governwent proposal. He expressed an earnest
hope that her Majesty's Ministers would not precipitate a
decision upon a question of such paramount importance
without affording an impartial hearing of all the parties con-
cerned.
Mr. C. PEARSON hoped that Sir G. Grey would pay spe-
cial attention to the statement of his Hon. Friend (Baron
Rothschild), as unhappily that gentleman was precluded the
expression of his opinions in another place.—(Hear.)
Sir J. Duran inquired how the Government Bill would of
fect Islington market?
Sir G. GREY—Not at all, that market being now in ex-
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BODILLY v. THOMAS.
Mr. Collier and Mr. Paul were counsel for the plantiff; and
Mr. Crowder for the defendant.
This was an action to recover compensation in damages
for a breach of promise of marriage.
From the statement of the Learned Counsel for the plain-
tiff, it appeared that the plaintiff was the daughter of a
glazier at Penzance. The defendant was the son of a person
who had been a Wesleyan missionary, an.] who had the good
fortune to marry a lady of fortune in India. When he re-
turned to England he became the editor of the West Briton,
and he placed his son with a grocer at Penzance, and there
he first became acquainted with the plaintiff at a pic-nic
party, when he handed her over styles, carried parasols, and
paid all those little attentions which were usual and very
delightful at pic-nic parties. In a short time he proposed
marriage to her. His father was always averse to the match.
The defendant described his father as a most impracticable
man, and that it was of no use trying to induce him to give
his consent, and he urged the plaintiff to become his wife
without his father's knowledge. They then joined in their
entreaties to induce the plaintiff's father to assent to the
match, for it seemed that the parents of both parties thought
it an imprulent match. Still Mr. Bodily was an easy-
going man, and he gave way to his affection for his daughter,
and at length consented to their entreaties. Better would
it have been had he been firm; the hearts of the lovers might
have bled for a time, but they would shortly have healed,
and they might have been happy. For seven years these
parties corresponded, and plaintiff had received upwards of
300 letters from the defendant. In the year 1847, however,
the defendant became cool, and in 1847 broke off the match;
and having recently married a Miss Gill, who had money, the
present action was brought.
Some twenty or thirty letters were now read, and from a
few of them we give some extracts :

" July 14, 1811.
" My dearest Eliza,—With what feelings of delight and
pleasure do I for the first time in all my lite sit down for the
purpose of putting pen to paper to address a young lady.
The sensation can better be imagined than described, and
therefore I feel rather confused ; but I feel more resigned
when I think that all imperfections will be overlooked and
pardoned by one who I have every reason to believe is
nearest and dearest to me. With these impressions I proceed.
If you feel yourself bettered by your excursion, I would ad-
vise you to stay as long as possible, though it is very lone-
some for me.
" I remain yours, and ever shall, affectionately,
" Miss Eliza Bodilly." " JOSEPH THOMAS."
"June 17, 1842.
"My own dearest Eliza,—lt is with feelings of the ten-
derest affection I take up this pen for the purpose of address-
ing you. Oh Imy dear girl, how I find you wanting. I did
not think that I should find the separation so great. I hope
that you will not give way to thinking, but cheer up, and
look forward to the time when we shall meet again. It will
be with us as the old saying Dearer parting, fonder
meeting.' How shall I be thinking of you next Sunday, to
think that last Sunday we were in each others arms, but
this Sunday we must be content by thinking of each other.
Never mind, my love, I hope the time will soon come when
we may rest in each other's arms, no one daring to say nay.
" Believe me to be, my darling child,
" Your most devoutly and affectionately,
" Miss E. Bodilly." " J. Tnosus."
"July 25, 1842.

"My ever darling Child,—The only one in this world whom
I have any affectionate regard for, and, therefore, my dear,
dear girl, relying on the affection you have for me, I do pray
and beseech that you, will net make yourself uneasy about
your idea of our last farewell. You know, my love, that we are
bound both by the ties of nature and affection ; and I hope
before long, my darling, lovely child, by the ties of law, and
then, and not until then, shall I be easy, when we can fly into
each others arms fearing no one, and calling ourselves man and
wife. Don't be afraid, my dear, I shan't take any situa-
tion where I find the work will be too hard for me. I've
more regard for you, my love, than to do that. Again,
my darling. I beseech you, don't make yourself uneasy, but
put aside melancholy thoughts. I take as much exercise as
possible.
" Believe me to be, my darling Eliza,
"Yours most faithfully and affectionately,
"Miss E. Bodily." "J. TuomAs."
" July 31, 1842.
"My darling of my heart,—When your dear letter was
put into my hand this morning I fairly jump't for joy. It
was like giving a lady who had fainted a strong bottle
of smelling-salts; and when I saw that dear seal, We
part to meet again,' I kissed it over and over again. Ab,
thinks I, she has at last given over the idea that we are not
to meet again, especially so when I tell you, my darling
love, that I have at length, after very great exertion, ob-
tained a situation, &c.
" I am, my darling love,
"Yours most faithfully and affectionately,
"Miss E. Bodily." "Joie THOMAS."
" Sept. 4, 1842.
" My own darling Eliza,—How often do I wish I could
but see her, and impress upon her lips the sweet boon of
beauty (a kiss). lam sorry to find my love that you still
continue your old habit of stopping up late. I'm positive
that it greatly injures your health ; but I believe that you
will never do otherwise until you, my love, std I are one,
which God grant may be as soon as possible, and then I've
no doubt but what she will go to bed earlier.
" My dear girl, believe and write to your ever most dear
and affectionate " 11. 11. T."
" Oct. 21, 1842.

a My dearest Eliza,—
" Could I fly like an owl, by the light of the moon,
I would reach my dear Eliza to-night;
Her dear drooping head on my bosom should soon
Be at rest; but I can't—l must write.
"These lines, my love, are just the sentiments of my
feelings.
" I've got the sponge from Butter. I shall reserve it for
my dear, deer wife. I'm just going to bed, my love, so a
good kiss and good night.
" From your most faithful and affectionate,
" Miss E. Bodilly." " J. THOMAS.
" Feb. 15.

" My darling Eliza,—Last Monday afternoon I felt un-
commonly low-sprited. I rose from my chair, put on my
hat, and went into Mrs. Rowse's to see if a little chat would
enliven my spirits, when I very soon found a cure in your
dear letter, a medicine my love, which I have always found
a pleasure in taking, and when swallowed down, the effects I
immediately perceive by lightness of heart, and buoyancy of
spirits. I hardly know what to make of father, he has
never asked me *hat my future views are, or what I intend
doing. Yet, he seems to be tolerably friendly. It strikes
me that there is scmetbing or other brewing. There is
one thing, my love,l want to ask you es a favour, and that is
this—not to sit up so late at night. This will oblige me,
whose hea• t and soul is bound up with the desire of making
you his while life shall last, and afterwards
" Ever your faithful and affectionate,
" Miss E. Bodilly." " J. THOMAS.
" Feb. 22, 1843.
"My dearest Eliza.-1 have only one wish, my love, and
that is, to live and make you happy.

" My heart w;th love is beating,
Its soft emotions prove;
To thee its vows repeating,
Who 'aught it first to love.
" The sun shall lose its motion,
The heavens their fix'd decree,
And cease to roll the ocean,
Ere I prove false to thee."

" You need not be surprised, my love, at my father's con-
duct, for ever since I have known hint he has always been
of that sweet disposition, keeping everything to himself.
" Believe me, my love, to be ever yours faithfully and a
fectinately to the last,
" Miss E. Bodilly."

"J. 'fHomA.s."
" 3d April, 1843.

"My precious Life,—l'm sure, my dear, nostwO persons
ever loved each other with more sincere and devout affection
than we do. Would to God that I could do as my heart
dictates, we would not be long asunder.
" ' True love is like a Gordian knot.
Which angel hands have tied,
By Heavenly skill its texture wrought,
Who shall its folds divide.
"' In vain Death's all-triumphant sword
May strive that knot to sever;
The union of the twisted cord,
In Heaven shall last for ever.'

" I feel as if I could go to the other side of Jerusalem, so
as to get away from home. I can't go out of the house
without being watched. Sonic persons have spread the re-
port that I go to Mr. Road's after Susan, and that I stop
there for hours. Father has heard of it, and there has been
the devil to pay. He will not believe a word I say on the
subject. lam almost sure it must be some of those Metho-
dists that infest this place.
" Your dear faithful and affectionate,
" J. THOMAS."
" August 27, 1843.
"My dear Eliza,—I duly received yours of the 21st, and
felt very much concerned at the news that it brought.
When I had read ti that part which says that you had been
ill of the English cholera, such sudden fear came over me
that I could not read any more, and for some time was
obliged to close the letter. At length, resuming courage, I
went into the upper part of our warehouse, and with trembling
hands I opened it again, dreading to finish reading it ; but
to my great joy, my love, it informed me that you were
nearly well. I hope and sincerely trust, in Almighty God,
that you still continue to get better. 1 have been thinking,
my love, that suppose during the violent attack it had
pleased the Almighty to have called you to himself, what
should I have done, and what would have come of me? It
is a question, my love, that I can only satisfy myself by
answering in this manner, that if it should please the Al-
mighty that you should die first, that he bothu embrace eac
other in those celestial regions where pain or sorrow is not
known ; and may God grant, my love, that when be does
call we may be ready to receive the welcome sound of
' Cus
ome ye blessed of my Father, and inherit the kingdom
prepared for " you from the foundation of the world.'
Your dear and affectionate husband.
" J. Tno-stas."
" Feb. 11, 1849.
"My dearest Girl,—l feel myself honoured to scrape the
dirt vii your shoes.
Thou art my sun's bright morning star,
The life of my delight.
• Yours, affectionately,
" J. THOMAS."

May 22, 1850."
" My dear Eliza,—
"She is thine. The word is splten.
Hand to hand and heart to heart :
Though all other ties be broken,
Time these bonds can never part.
Thou hast t Aken her in gladness
From the altar's holy shrine ;
Oh remember in her hours of sadness,
And may I be there is the &ncerest wish of youTHr fait
OM AShfu
.

" May 30,1845."
" My own dear girl,—
"Thy motto is constancy, how dear unto me
Comes the remembrance, my loy'd one, suggested by thee ;
I think of vows plighted,' of tsweet pleasures we've HO,
When together we sported o'er life 'e eunni green.