The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-25 00:00:00

BLEACHING AND DYEING WORKS.

Mr. CROOK moved for leave to bring in a bill to place
the employment of women, of young persons and children,
employed in bleaching works and dyeing works, under the
regulations of the factory act.
Mr. KIRK opposed the bringing in of the bill.
Mr. MACARTNEY also opposed the motion, as likewise
did Mr. TURNER.

Mr. LABOUCHERE said that it was exceedingly un-
desirable to interfere with voluntary arrangements of
masters and servants. His disposition was, at least at
present, very strongly to vote against the introduction of
the bill.

Mr. HENLEY quite agreed with the rule, that masters
and men should settle their differences ; and unless a very
strong case was made out, he should not consider this an
exceptional case.
Lord J. MANNERS thought that further timo ought to
be given to the masters, to see whether they would carry
out the recommendations of the committee.
Mr. PEASE and Mr. GREER opposed the motion.
The house then divided—
For leave to bring in the bill
Against it lOB
Majority against.. —7B
ALLEGED RELIGIOUS PARTIALITY.
_ _

Mr. COGAN moved for a return of the names of the
members of the board of superintendence of each county
prison in Ireland, specifying the number of Roman Catho-
lics on each board. The hon. member stated the reason of
the motion to be the paucity of Roman Catholics on these
boards, where it was of importance that some of those in
authority should bo of the same religious faith as the
majority of prisoners, which necessarily, in the majority of
instances, was composed of Catholics.
Lord NAAS would be prepared to show at a future time
that the superintendence of the prisons was of an entirely
satisfactory kind. (Cries of "No, no.") The first portion
of the motion was useless, as the names were already on
the table; and as to the religious faith of the individuals,
no record was kept, and he did not know from what source
the return, if ordered, could be made.
Mr. H. A. HERBERT would remind the noble lord
that the returns could be furnished by the secretaries to
the grand juries.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL forIRELAND said that
a more ungracious attack could not be conceived than
that which had been made on the conduct of the Govern-
ment in reference to Roman Catholic magistrates. They
were ready and anxious to make such appointments when
they could find proper persons to fill the office ; and when
the Marquis of Donegal, who was himself a member of the
Whig party, had lately, in his capacity of lord lieutenant of
the county of Antrim, recommended that a Roman Catholic
gentleman should be named a magistrate for that county,
the Lord Chancellor for Ireland had at once made the ap-
pointment. In reference to the motion itself, he would
only observe that there were no means of compelling any
gentleman to make known what was his particular reli-
gious profession.
' Mr. GREER said the facts of those grievances should
be put before the house, so that hon. members might have
an opportunity of forming an opinion respecting them. He
hoped his hon. friend would persevere in his motion.
Some discussion took place, in which Mr. Hassard, Mr.
M'Carthy, and Mr. Timothy O'Brien took part.
Mr. WALPOLE said the appointment of the Board of
Superintendents was made by local authority and not at
all by the Government, who had nothing whatever to do
with such appointments. The hon. gentleman wished the
Government to give a return with the characters of the
members comprising the Board of Superintendents, and to
specify who were Roman Catholic and who were Protes-
tant members. For some reason it was alleged that the
Board was not constituted in a satisfactory manner, but he
would put it to the house whether such a return was ever
before moved for? (Hear, hear.) The Government could
not enter into the merits or demerits of the Roman Catholics
and Protestants composing the Bbard. The report was that
of the Inspector-General. He therefore hoped the hon
member would not press his motion.
Mr. COGAN having replied, the house divided—
For the motion.
Against it

84
Majority —49
INCLOSURE OF LAND.

The Inclosure of Land Bill was read a second time and
ordered to be committed.

The other business on the paper was disposed of, and the
house adjourned at one o'clock.

WARNING TO YOUNG LOVERS,—Master Thomas
Jones, of the mature age of 19, and Sarah Ann Leresche,
aged 16, both of Birmingham, had " engaged" themselves.
But the young lady's papa unkindly forbade the acquaint-
ance. Thomas, however, hied to Worcester, and procured
a licence. The young lady packed her boxes, borrowed £9 in
her father's name, and got safely away from home. But,
alas for the lovers, telegraphs and detectives were in requi-
sition, and just as they were proceeding to church, in bridal
attire, they were apprehended, conveyed before a magistrate,
and remanded—Miss Sarah on the charge of stealing her
father's goods and obtaining the £9, and the lad with re-
ceiving the stolen property. On Friday the prisoners wore
brought before the magistrates, when greatly to the satis-
faction of a crowded court the charges were dismissed.—
Wolverhampton Chronicle.
FATAL ACCIDENT TO A WOULD-BE RAREY.—An
inquest was held on Saturday last, at Calver-hall, Branth-
waste, on view of the body of William Garnett, of Calver,
when a verdict of "Accidental death" was returned. The
deceased had been to Cockermouth horse fair with a young
horse, and in going home, or soon after his return, he un-
fortunately took it into his head to show his fellow-servants,
a le Rarey, how tractable and quiet the animal was which
he had in charge. He first crept between its fore -legs,
under its belly, and having performed these and other
manceuvres, with success, he very foolishly ventured so far
as to creep betwixt the hind legs of the animal. Ife passed
through safely, but, just as hewas rising, the horse, with
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Ctimberland Packet.
NEW WORK ON AGRICULTURE.—We understand
that Mr. W. W. Fyfe, the editor of the Dorset County
Chronicle, has in the press a work entitled, " Agricultural
Science Applied in Practice." From what we know of Mr
Fyfe We .venture to prognosticate that the work will com-
mand an extensive Weekly Messenger
Feb, 21, 1859,