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London, England, 1856-04-04 00:00:00

London: TI. RaMere. V 9, Rezent-atreat

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,—That, by
Indenture, &Vet the 6th day of March, 1856, Wilila n caul
Else, of No. 25, Btu lington•arcade, Piccadilly, in the county of
Middlesex, Jeweller, ass'gned all his personal estate and effects
whatseeeer, as therein mentioned, unto George Pratt, of No. lit,
Gresh -street. in the city of London, Gentleman, and Jonathan

REFORMATORY SCHOOLS.
Mr. MOODY asked whether any list of reformatory
schools certified under the act 17th and 18th Vic., chap.
86, had been sent to the metropolitan police magistrates,
to which they might send offenders convicted by them ;
and, if not, whether any such list would be furnished ?
Sir G. GREY said no such lists had been furnished to
the magistrates. Reformatories were springing up every
day, but still they were as yet insufficient for the pur-
poses for which they were proposed to meet. The
Middlesex magistrates were also constructing a refor-
matory, which, when completed, would afford the ma-
gistracy ample accommodation, and would al o provide
them with proper places to which to send juvenile
offenders.
JOINT STOCK COMPANIES BILL.
Mr. HENLEY gave notice that to-marrow he
shou'd ask the house to recommit, pro forma, the
--..----- Joint. Stock Companies Bill, seeing there were no less
HOUSE OF LORDS—( massen.e.T). than 120 amendments on the paper to that bill.
CUSTOM-HOUSE RETURNS.
The Loan Cna.erceeeon took his seat on the wool•
sack at five o'clock. Mr. WILSON moved that the order made yesterday,
On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, Swinner- on the motion of Mr. Mitchell, for certain returns relative
ton's Name Bill was read a second time, to the Custom-hou-e, should be discharged. The returns
DELAMERE FORESTS BILL. had been ordered without the consent of the Govern-
On the motion of Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY ament, audit would be very inconvenient to grant them ;
bteetnhemsaadmeeoftitmhee iiineerreeafesrerded to the cunt to
that bad
this bill was read a second time and passed.
SECRETARY TO IRISH POOR LAW BILL. ' expense of printing, and re-
minded the house that yesterday returns had been
On the motion of Lerd STANLEY of ALDERLEY ordere I almost identical with returns that had previ-
the Secretary to the Irish Law Commissioner Bill was ously been ordered by the house.
read a third time and passed. TRANSPORTATION.
TURKISH CONSULAR ESTABLISHMENTS.
Lord SHAFTESBURY gave notice that on the re- Mr. SCOTT moved for a select committee to consi.
turn of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, he der how far, and in what direction, recent legislation
should move for a select committee to inquire into 1 and the substitution of other punishments for Iran-per-
the Consular Establishments of the Turkish Empire. i tation, has influenced the existing amount of crime.
TORTURE IN MADRAS. Crime, ho said, had of late greatly increased, and it was
The Earl of ALBEMARLE rose to move for an ad- , desirable to ascertain how far recent legislation;
dress to her Majesty for a copy of an order, dated sth of ,with reference to the substitution of transportation for
July, 1855, from C. I. Shubrick, Esq., collector and : other punishment, had tended towards that in-
magistrate of Chingleput, to Streevansee Row, Tehsil- ' crease. The Sect etary for the Home Department had
dar (native collector) of rariapollium, a di,trict in given notice of an amendment to his (Mr. Scott's) mo-
that collectorate, directing hiM, under penalty Lion, which he thought woe too narrow, viz , for a select
of a `severe order," to collect the Government committee to invitee into the operation of the 16th and
loom-to x from certain weavers in his di trict, 17th Vic., c. 99. intituled an aet to substitute in certain
s
" without leaving any part whatever unrealised : e cases other punishment in lieu of tr tneportati in. In
a copy of petitions, dated Ist of Aug , 1855, to C. I. , the case of boys he thought that the present slier; ini
Shubrick, Esq., in his fis,cal capacity, of several weavers ' prison went inflicted on them, and the manner in which
of Pariapellium, setting forth the cruel tortures to which they were treated tended to in eke them confirmed cri
they were sus jested by the native collect r, Streevansee minals r ether than to reform them, and he instanced
Row, on the 27th and 28th days of July, for the non- . the case of a boy he had seen in a priso i near that
payment of the Government loom-tax, praying for
house who was undergoing his 26th sent, n:e amidst
a respite from payment on aecJunt of their ,
50 other boys, and no doubt one teaching the other
poverty, and in consequence f many of their
wickedness. This subject required the earnest attention
i
inhabitants having ab cooled from their village • of the Government, and the investigation of that house.
a copy of the depoetions taken before the aforesaid C . • They had, it was true, voluminous details with reference
I Shuhrick, E-q. in his capacity of onagiStraie, on the to crime, but it was impossible for them to ascertain the
23.1 of August, 1855, of 14 weavers, rsspmting the tor- real facts of the case from them, and therefore it was
e 2
'gees inflicted upon them by the aforesaid Streevansee than, he asked for this committee. Between 189 and
Rew, on the 27th and 28th days of July, 1855, in order 1854, capital punishments had happily decrease].
In 1829 the convictions for six months and under
to mallet,-the whole of the Government loom-tax, which
evidence led to the conviction of that officer : a copy of averaged 50 per cent., but now they were 71 per
o
the opinion, if such has been given, by the Governor and cent., for out of 23,000 convictions, from 16,000 t
17,000 underwent punishments of six months and under.
C iuncil of Madras, or the C 'nit of Foujilaree Adawlut,
or other superior authorities, in respect to the decision The estimates for this year showed that the expense for
law and criminal juriliredence had doubled since 1848,
of C I. Shubrick, Eeq., joint collector and magistrate
of Chingleput, in the case of the aforesaid 14 weavers of having now reached 2,650,0001., and which they would
b
Pariapollium, by which the Tehsildar S,revansee Rowe called upon to-morrow to vote. The population of
was sentenced to pay a fine of only 5 rupees (or 10s.) this country increased greater than most other countries,
for having c fleeted the Government tax on looms by
and it was strange to say that our prison population in-
thei instrumentality of torture from the weavers in ques- creased at a more rapid rate tear the increase of the po-
tion ; and to call the attention of the house to the nuletion. There passed annually the ouch tee prisons
nature of the tax called " Moturphe,” of which the of this country as many persons as the population
loom-tax is a part. The noble earl said ho did not of Bedfordshire, Berkshire, and Buckinghamshire
think that the papers for which he moved would be pro- put together, and in twelve years as many as
duced, but he would avail himself of that opp artunity to the peculation of Middlesex, large as it was. In 1815
lay before their 1 irdships some statements of a very peace brought an influx of crime on the country. In
horrible description of the torture inflicted in the Ma- 1854 and 1855, in a time of war, the returns' gave 101
dras presidency, and al oto the tax called the "Motor- per cent. over that of the precidine year, and n per
. cent. over that of the preceding ten yeeri. Flo it the
last Government returns, issued in 1850, the prison
pha." Since the last re port was received 14 fresh cases
of torture had occurred, ti which he bad referred in his
motion. The tax called "Moturpha" was a most mut-
population was given at one in one hundred and ferty-
quitous one. The word was Arabic, and was indicative four of the entire population of the country. He
theno referred to Col. Jebb'e reports relative to the effect
of the barbarous nature of the tax. which was introduced
f the late act for the substitution of penal servitude for
into India by the Mahoinetans. Lord Cornwallis, who
transportation,h. who, he thou h• was rather over son
was well known for his humanity, when he ascer-
tained the existence of this tax, abolished it in
reformationii"'it
ite,:inbee irneltiodis matter. If his return was, however,
takinggave thei,la
cot miporestshiiosn
class
st
oft `here
Some ticket-oofm-leenavtehsaydstaedmo
1793 throughout the Blitish possessions
engal.
Some years afterwards it was abolished in Bomby. It was las He
never existe I in the dietrict of the Punjaub, and, in
fact, it was only retained in the presidency of Madras, . mistaken
t the advice p wasted iat
ilintaak.en kind
agains
to of the judges, and those who were
which had become remarkable for its tenacity conc.:en- '
competent give an opinion on the question. He made
ins these most cruel practices. In July last year 14
an application to the superintendents of the metro-
non-paymentunfortunate individuals were seized and tortured for the
politan police.ford a return of the ticket-of-leave men in
of ' this tax. They were obliged to
their districts, and he found that they numbered 31i
stand under a burning sun with their bodies
per cent. of the convictions, and he also found, and he
f their
bent to the
backs, the effect f which ground, and with a 121 b
was . weightt
wer upon
begged the house to remember it when the police bill
ea eh 00, as i, ,
came before it, that these superintendents were
to strike a severe blow upon the spinal cord. '
prohibite i
dfrom giving information such as he
They a ere pinched by two men at a time on each vic• 'applied to them for, without the consent of the Home
time, who had subsequent'y to hear the weight of ene man .
Secretary. The Government thought that, by with-
on the back of each. They were kept in this miserable 1
, holding a ticket-of name in the return that
state from the hour of 8 in the morning till 10 at night,
it was a secrecy in favour of the man, but such was not
and tie system was resumed the next day. In fact one .
the case. He was well known to the police, and on his re-
man died in a day or two afterwards, his whole offence'
turn to his own neighbourhood he was looked on with
being that of a defaulter to the Goeetinment to the '
: suspicion by employers, and in many instances could not
aumatit of Se. 2.1. TI i wis continued from day to day,
obtain euipmy meilt, and tie was consequently thrown into
until enne of their female friends were enabled to raise
, large and populous cities, where he had recourse to his
the moray by the sale of their ornaments,
The Duke of ARGYLL said, on the part of the Go- I form tr evil habits. The hon. gentleman entered into
some other details with reference to crime, and quoted
vernmerit, there would not be the slightest objection to
the opinion of the late Mr. Sergeant Adams in confir-
give the papers moved fir by the noble earl. A portion
mat: in of his opinion with reference to the ticket-of-
of the papers would have to be sent for to India ; and if
leave men. For his own part, he could not see why
it was the wish of the noble lord he would
transportation was abandoned. He believed that was
produce the papers, with this exception. The !
a very great mistake of the Colonial-office, He knew,
Government had the greatest wish that the
system of torture should be abolished, and, notwith-
now that peace was established, there was considerable
standing the difficulties apprehension as to a large body of men being disbanded, that stood in the way, he trusted .
ultimately the object would he a'tained. (Hear.) : and that there might, consequently, be an increase of
The Earl of ALBE eIA.RLE stated that if the Go-
crone. He believed, therefore, that the time was came
;
vernment would adroit the statements he had made ! when they must repeal the law wh!c'i did away with
from papers already in his possession, he would not in-
transportation, That was a system which ought never
to have been done away with. All the judges of Eng-
sist on the production of the papers he had moved for.
land, Ireland, and Scotland, and all the recorders, were
The motion was agreed to.
against the law which did away with transportation. It
Their Lordships then adjourned.
was said the Australian colonies would not take our cri•
minals ; but it should be borne in mind that Australia
was as hig as Earope. He would read to the house one
extract from the report of Col. Jebb and Capt. Bryant,
who said that "however well ticket-of-leave men may
be placed, the majority of them do find their way back
to their old haunts and old companions. We regret
that anything should prevent those young men front en-
tering upon a new career in a distant colony." In Bel-
gium there was no poor law, and every child found beg-
ging was liable to be placed in a reformatory. He
believed that would be a great-improvement in this
country, especially as regarded young women, and be
thought the Government should come forward with some
measure for the reformation of children convicted merely
of vagrancy. The hon. gentleman concluded by moving
for select committee on the subject.
Mr. L. DAVIES seconded the motion. He regretted
the right hon. baronet (Sir G. Grey) had not framed
his ameodinent in a more enlarged shape, so that it
might comprehend the objects in view. Recent offi-
cial returns showed that, though the population
doubled in 53 years, crime doubled in 64 years. He
found, by a return which had recently been presented
in another place, that since 1853 the convicts who
had received licenses or tickets of leave were
5,152. Out of that number 447, since receiving
their license, had been again convicted, or charged
with offences ; 179 licenses were revoked, and 554 were
withheld for misconduct; so that, out of the 5,152
there were 1,180 found unworthy. If he referred to the
existing state of society, he need only mention the dread
which every person laboured under whose dwelling was
approached by ticket-of-leave men. He knew au instance
of a member of that house whose dwelling had been
Mucked four time§ by ticket-of-leave men, Who were driyen

Hazel!, of Gloucester-street, Clerkmwell, in the said county of
Middlesex Jeweller, upon trust, for the benefit of all the creditors of
the said William Saul Else, as therein men'ioned, and which said
Indenture was executed by the said William Saul Else, on the day of
the date thereof, in the presence of and attested by James MacGreg•r,
of No. 10, -ise-lane. in the said city of London, Sohcitor, and Henry
Camp, his clerk, and by the said George Pratt, and Jona,t,an Hagen,
respectively, on the eighth day of the same month of via-cb, in the
presence of and attested by the said James MacGregor. 'the said
Indenture now lies at the offices of the said James MacGregor for
execution by those creditors who hare not a:ready executed the
•811110

Dated th's third day of April, 18-6.
JAS. M COREGOR, 10, SiEe-lane.
(Witness) GEORGE JAM E-4 HARRINGTON,
Clerk to the said James MacGregor.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMNIONS.—(TEsTERDAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at the ueaal hour.
LUNATIC RETURNS.

Mr. TITE moved for returns of the total number of
lunatics in respt'et of whom commissions of lunacy are
now in force, and of the total amount of their annual
incomes, and the total amount of the sums allowed for
their maintenance ; for each year, from 1850 to 1865,
inclusive, of the number of lunatics in respect of whom
commissions issued ; distinguishing those in respect of
whom commissions are now in force ; and of the num-
ber of criminal lunatics now under confinement.—
Agreed to.
FIRE INSURANCES.

Mr. OLIVEIRA moved for a number of returns re-
lative to fire insurances.—Agreed to.
COUNTY SURVEYORS (IRELAND).

Mr. VANCE moved for returns of the dates of the
Commissions issued by the Irish Government for the
examination of candidates for the office of County Sur-
veyor in Ireland since the passing of the Act 3 and 4
Will. IV., c. 116, to the present time ; of the na -nes of
the examiners appointed in the abovenamed commissions
for such examinations ; of the names of all persons cer-
tified to be qualified by the said Boards of Examiners,
and returned to the Irish Government for appointment,
with the dates of such examination and return, from
the passing of the said act to the present time ;
of the allocation of qualified candidates to the va-
rious counties and districts, showing the acceptance
or refusal of office, the transfer, retirement, dismissal,
or death, with the date of each event, from the pawing