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London, England, 1834-07-19 00:00:00

SABBATH OBSERVANCE BILL

On the order of the day being read for the third reading of
this Bill,

Mr. POTTER opposed the Bill.
Mr. PO ULTER supported the`Bill, and said it was called
for throughout the country. Hon. Members need not be
under any alarm for its passing, for if they liked to spend the
whole Sabbath in a wherry on the Thames, the Bill would not
prevent them, for it only went to forbid Sunday trading.
Mr. HA WE S said if it only went to prevent Sunday tra-
ding, the Bill would have his support; but it went much fur-
ther than this, for it revived the severe Act 29th Charles 11.,
with additional severity ; it would prevent all travelling on
Sundays, and all Sunday trips by steamers, than which nothing
could be a more wholesome and Innocent recreation. If such
a check as this Bill were to be put upon innocent amusements
on Sundays, it would be useless for the House to appoint Com-
mittees to inquire into the state and causes of drunkenness.
Mr. POTTER moved that the Bill be read a third time
that day six months.
The House then divided, when there appeared—
For the third reading 57
Against it
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Majority —33
Mr. CA YL E Y then proposed a clause, by way of rider—
" That nothing in the Act should extend to prevent any games
or exercises in the open air, such games not being played in the
time of divine service, and not being played for money, or on
tne premises of ale or beer-houses.']
Mr. BAINE S opposed the clause. There were 100,000
petitioners for this Bill, who desired the better observance of
the Sabbath, yet it was now proposed to add a clause which
wonld give a license to the worst and basest of sports. Ile
trusted the clause would be rejected. Such innovations as
therein proposed, had cost one of the Stuarts his A
laugh)—and had driven another from the country.
Mr. O'CONNELL said, if the Hon. Member for Leeds

had not looked so solemn on the matter, he should hare though
he was joking—( A laugh) ; but the Hon. Member must INK
even more grave, before he would make his version of this
Piece of history pass current.—(A laugh.) What! Charles I
•
was decapitated by reason of the Book of Sports, was he
?
( A laugh.) His near successor was driven from the throne by
reason of the Book of Sports, was he ?—( A laugh.) These
accidents were in no way attributable to a people's indignation
and resistance to tyranny. Oh, no ; the one king was decapi
tated, the other expelled, by reason of the Book of Sports
This certainly was a new version of history. As to the clause
in question, it met with his (Mr. O'Connell's) entire aPPre
bation. It was very clear that if the poor classes were net
allowed to recreate themselves out of doors; in a wholesome•
and innocent manner, their only resource was to get into the_
alehouse and drink ; for it was absurd to suppose that a coun-
tryman would sit on a bench all day, contented with the rear'
ation of twiddling his thumbs—if, indeed, that extent 01.
recreation were not prohibited too.—( A laugh.) What the
poor people wanted was liberty •to amuse themselves in the
open air after church time ; if they were debarred from ttlis,
their only resource was the pot-house.
Mr. DIVETT thought it would be unwise to
press the
clause against the feelings of those who were anxious for the
passing of the Bill as it stood.
Mr. C. WYNN trusted the House would pass the clause.
Mr. PLUMPTRE was surprised to hear such an opinion
from the Right Hon. Gentleman with his known prinmplo,
and with his experience as a magistrate.
Mr. BEAUMONT supported the clause, and condemned
the partiality of enforcing restraints upon the poor which Were
not enforced upon the rich.
Mr. G. F. YOUNG thought the clause inconsistent With
the preamble of the Bill.
Lord MORPETH opposed the clause as likely to outrage
the feelings of religious persons.
Mr. MAXWELL thought the clause ought not to be
pressed.

Mr. PEA SE hoped the clause would not be pressed. u
Mr. PO ULTER said it would be utterly inconsistent With
the object of this Bill to thrust this clause into it, and he lon'
protest against it.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he thought it his
duty to point out to the House that the clause would open the
door to many other games than were intended. For instenl
under it a fox-chase might take place of a Sunday, so that I
was suspended during the hours of divine service:
Mr. HAWES, Mr. BROTIIERTON, and Mr. H. Htlollllll OP'
posed the clause.
Mr. TENNYSON said the poor ought to be allowed re;
creation. He would vote for the clause, because he believed
it would tend more to recommend the Sabbath to the poorer
classes of the country.
Sir A. AGNEW was decidedly hostile to the clause.
Mr. T. ATTWOOD wished the clause to be withdrawn-
After a few words from Mr. RUTHVEN, the Home
divided.

Ayes
Noes

Majority in favour of the clause
Great cheering followed the announcement of the numbers.
On our return to the gallery we found
Mr. POTTER moving a clause to repeal so much of I
statute of Charles the Second as imposed penalties on higglerg'
drovers, waggoners, &c., for plying their trades on Sunday's•
The House, after a shoe t discussion, divided, when there
appeared—
Ayes
Noes

33 -1
Majority
Immediately after our entering the gallery, another divisrs
on a verbal amendment took place, when, the numbers bel •
equal, the Speaker gave his voice for the ayes—
Ayes
Noes

30

Majority
The House then divided on the question, that the Bill ds
pass—

Ayes
Noes
Majority against the Bill -4
The Bill is consequently lost.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the
House adjourned at a quarter to three.

LIST OF THE MAJORITY
In favour of going into the Committee on the Beer Bill, as
corded in the Votes of the House of Commons, the division be"'
taken in accordance with the Resolution of the House on Or
M instant.
Abercromby, Right
Hon. J.
Althorp, Viscount
Ashley, Lord
Attwood, M.
Brines, E.
Baring, A.
Baring, W. Ti.
Barnard, E. G.
Bentinek, I, m 1 G.
Berkeley, C. F.
Bewes, T.
Bo ling, W.
Briscoe, J. I.
Brocklehurst, J.
Brodie, W. B.
Brothertoti, J.
Buller, E.
Burrell, Sir C. M.
I:urton, H.
Buxton, T. F.
Byng, aptain
E S.
Childers, J. W.
Clive, It. H.
Co,e, Lord
Crompton. J.
Dare, It. W. H.
Denison, Evelyn
Dillwyn, L. W.
Eastnor Viscount
Ebrington, Viscount
Egerton, T.
Ellis, W.
Estcourt, T. G. B.

Fellowes, H. A.
Fenton, J.
Forster, C.
Gladstone, W. E.
Glynne, Sir S.
Holcomb, J.
Hall, B.
Liaise, J.
Harland, W. C.
Hawkins, J. H.
Hay, Sir J.
Heathcoat. J.
Hodges, T. L.
Howard, P. H.
Hughes, H.
Hutt, W.
Inglis, Sir It. H.
lrton, S.
Labouchere, H.
Lefevre,' C. S.
Lefrsy, A.
Lemon, Sir C.
Lester. B. L.
Littleton, E J
Lloyd, 3. IL
Lowther, C. H.
Manners, Lord It.
Marjoribanks, S.
Marryatt, J.
Palmer, R.
Palmerston, Viscount
Patten. W.
Pease, Joseph
Pendarves, E. W.
Philips, . M.

• PhiHipps, C. M.
Phillips, Sir G.
Phillpotts, J.
Peter, W. •
Pinney, W. ,t •
Plumptre. J. P.
Rice, T. S.
Ridley, Sir M. W.
Ross, Charles Roar
Ryle, J.
Sanford, E. A.
Mawe, R. N.
SLeppard, T.
Skipwith, Sir •
Somerset, Lord LI•
Stanley, H. T.
Stewart, J.
Strutt, E.
Talbot, J.
Tennyson, C.
Thompson, Aid.
Throckmorton,
Todd, J. R.
Tower, C. T.
Townley, R.
Walker, R.
Wall, B.
Wedgwood, J. ..
Whitmore, W. Nv•
Whitmore, T. C.
Wigney, I. N.
Williams, --
Winnington. H. J.
Wood, G. W.
Young, G. F.

LIST
Aglionby, H. A.
Attweod, I'.
l3eauclerk, Major
Blake, M.
Buller, C.
Codrington, Sir E.
Divett, E.
Fryer, It.
Gisborne, T.
Grattan H.
J Gully, J.
ll..ndley, B.

OF THE MINI
Hume. Joseph
James, W.
Lister. E. C.
Lushington, Dr.
O'Connell, D.
O'Connell, John
O'Connor Don
Parrott, J.
Poulter, J. S.
R+ che, W.
Roe, J.
Rolfe, R. M.

RITY
Romilly, E.
Romilly, J.
Ronayne. D.
Russell, W. C.
Seholetiqld. J
Torrens, Colonel
Trelawney, Sir
Vigors, N A.
Wfiter, J.
Warburton, H.
Wagon, R.
Wilks, J.

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NATIONAL HOLIDAYS.—There are four 03r,
which ought to be religiously observed in these kingdoma, sh
national holidays for thanksgiving and joy : that on wh'c,
Magna Charta was obtained ; Queen Elizabeth's Aocessi'ry,
that of the Restoration of the Monarchy ; and that on rib'
the Prince of Orange landed at Torbay.---Southey.
PROPELLING RAILWAY CARRIAGESe-1:11:
Mechanic's Magazine contains a novel plan for propelb%
carriages on railways. Persons working the machine are :
have a division of the, vehicle to themselves, to be seated, ai to
rowing, and work with a winch handle, which, with the Wl4
ance of wheels, turns an upright shaft, thus giving the reqweie
a
power. The cost of a carriage is estimated at lOW., the rate
20 miles an hour, and will yield ample profit at H. mile f°,
each passenger, and lid., a ton for goods. The plan, the II;
jector estimates, would afford employment to all the surf"
labourers in the country.
ARCHITECTURAL MAXIMS.--11l bookcases, io •
robes, and all similar articles, the space between Wee few"
and seven feet from the ground is all that ought to be apPrt;
priated to shelves ;asit is only between these points that •
person can conveniently reach anything. All above and b°o; •
f
low these points, if it be used at all, should be cup-boards he
bulky articles seldom wanted. Doors should be hung en tet
side nearest the fire, whether they are at the same wall °co
right angles with it; otherwise they will draw out the sni°„
every time they are used. In every building, in order to Ins
serve unity of expression, there ought not only to be prealc,if
the same forms, but the same character of lines. In corree`.l
Grecian architecture, the forms extond in length, the procal:
ing lines are horizontal ; in the Pointed style, the forms eso
ceed in height, and the prevailing lines are perpendicular
..„
the horizon ; in Roman architecture when the arch is
duced, in the Anglo-Norman style, and in the Elizabeth law'ef
ner, there is, or ought to be, a harmonious combinatiml ,
'horizontal, perpendicular, oblique, and curvilinear limes When two forms totally different, as a circle and square, %I
unavoidably placed together, unless the one is a great de., •
smaller than the other, they will never form a whole. A 1i;
cious combination may become tolerable, and even satisfacter/j
by long habit ; for example, the barn-like form of the bole,
church, and its tower or spire.—Loudon's Architectural
gazine.

BIRTHS. A, 01
On the 18th inst., at Champion-grove, Camberwell, the law
Thomas Eyre Wyche, Esq., of a son.
_A, Of
On the 18th inst., in Eaton-place, Belgrave-square, the law
Philip Champion Toker, Esq., of a son. 4
On the 9th inst., at fonte Video, in Ireland, the lady of .' u e
Smith, jun., Esq., of a still-born daughter. ..---"

MARRIED.•
On the 15th inst., at St. James's Church, Edward Ellice, J',7f
son of the Right Hon. Edward Ellice, to Miss Jane B_,a1111"
daughter of Lieut.-General Balfour, of Baltrinie, Fifeshire,
On the 17th inst., at Wateringbury Church, Captain rlp
Gibson, 4th Light Dragoons, to Charlotte, fourth daughter 0'
dcrman Lucas, of Wateringbury-place, Kont.
parOn the 17th inst., at St. Margaret's Church, Mr. Robert
of the Strand, to Mary Ann, only daughter of Mr. Vacher, of r'
liament-street.
On the 17th inst., at St. George's Church, Hanover-sitre;
Lieutenant-Colonel Francis J. Davies, Grenadier Guards, of vsit
hurst, Sussex, to Elizabeth Anne, second daughter of Adnii"'
Byam Martin, G. C.B. dOAr
On the sth of March, Frederick Catherwood, Esq., of Lon
to Gertrude, eldest daughter of Peter Abbott, Esq., his Britell
INlajesty's Consul at Beyrout, Syria.

On the 12th inst., at Aqualate Park, Staffordshire, Fr ci°
--
Wedge, Esq., in his 83d year. 001
On the 17th inst., in his 19th year, Thomas Abbey, yenages
of John Cock, Esq., of Tottenham.
tol'On the llth inst., at Edinburgh, John Boner, Esq., of
mcrghame. • f
t,ire
On the 14th inst., aged 19, at the Royal Barracks, Dublin' 0
derick Bousfield Carmickael, of the 35th Regiment, eldest 114
Frederick J. Carmickael, Esq., Twickenham, Middlesex. ..,201:0'
On the 15th inst., in her 16th year, Anne Katherine ml.OO
eldest daughter of John Burke, Esq., of St. Michael's-3
Brompton.
On the 15th inst., William Buck, Esq., of Gibraltar-Otis?:
near Monmouth, and late of 'Tendon, Middlesex, aged 74. 13110','
On the 17th inst., Elizabeth, the wife of George Marti"
Esq., of Dartmouth-lodge, Sydenham, Kent. ' mogrOei
On the 15th inst., in Eaton-place, General Christopher --
Colonel of the 76th Regiment of Foot.
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