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- LONDON, TUESDAI,-MAY 14, 1844.

LP* HoUsenf LordS, Lord BROUGTIAIII moved the
second reading.of a Bill for digesting and simplifying
the tiViland criminal statutes. His Lordship entered
at considerable length into the anomalous, disjointed,.
and" Often als,surd.lawa which the people of this coun-
try Were bound to obey; though they' did - not—nay
even-' the best lawyers did not—know one half of
them. Many-of these laws had become obsolete, yet
on certain occasions they were revived, and some •!
unfortunate person or another was caught by some
legislative enactment which, till the moment •of
pnili3 -binent had never been heard of by any man
11 i . He moved that The Bill be read a second
time pro forma, in order that it might be referred to
a Select committee.

a high complirnerit
The LORD CHANCELLOR paid
Lord BROUGIIASI for his able exposition of the pre-
sent defective state of the law, and said there could be
no dOjibt as to the expediency of that part of this
Bill which related to the criminal law, for many of
the erio.tinents were a disgrace to the statute-book;
but he.doubted the expediency of applying the same
rule to the common law. He did not think that much
ben* would ,be deriVed .by sending the Bill to a
Select Committee, and would rather prefer that it
should stand over till next
,session. In the meantime
GoternMent would turn :their ,attention to the sub-
ject._ AnothFr reason for postponing the measure
was, that th,*3 toinmissioners who Were engaged on
the subject would complete their labours before next
sess.lop,*and thereby enable all interested in a reform
of sualkilit portance to
have the best means of carrying
it outvith effect:
After g fe* remarks by L
•ord DENMAN and Lord

CAMPBELL, the Bill was read a second time, and the
House adjourned. ---
In the Commons, Mr. TRESIGER took hig seat for
Abingdon ; and Mr. SCOTT MURRAY, one of the.
Members for: Bucks, who has become a Papist, took
the oath administered to Catholics.

A new writ was ordered for Launceston, in the
room of Sir IL HARDINGE.

Lord ASHLEY presented petitions from several
places in Lancashire,,in.favour of a Ten Hours' Fac-
tories Bill..

Mr. NYSE gave notice that, on Wednesday, he
should move for a Select Committee on Art-Unions:

In answer to .a question from Colonel Woon, Sir
J. GRAHAM said e, Bill, founded on the report of the
Welch Commissioners relative to the late disturbances,
was in preparation; and would be introduced next
week.

Mr. LIDDELL complained bitterly, amidst loud
laughter, of the attacks made upon him in the news-
papers in reference to .his speech on the Factories
Bill, and said he had never, on any one occasion,
given the slighthst syMptom that he would support a
Ten Hours' Bill.

Mr. Mums opened the adjourned debate on the
Factories Bill, and strongly supported the amend-
ment of Lord ASHLEY. Mr. WARD opposed the
amendment. Mr. M‘GRACELY and Mr. ,
supported it, and Mr.. .M. SirroN, as a Member of
the Government, of course declared his intention of
voting.against it. -
Lord POLLINOTON and Mr. S. WORTLEY, though
both strong supporters of 'the Government, took the
humane side of the question. The former, in reply to
an assertion that if Lord ASHLEY'S motion was car-
ried, the corn-laws must be repealed, manfally declared
that if the Corn-laws rested on such a rotten founda-
tion, he would be the first to vote for their repeal. -

Sir R. PEEL entered into a 'lumber of statistical
details, to show the hazard and impolicy of interfering
with the trade of the country to the extent proposed
by Lord ASHLEY, and expressed his determination to
oppose the amendment. .

Lord J. RUSSELL followed. He,-went into some
statements to.prove that the proposed limitation of the
hours of labour would not be prodlictive of the evils
anticipated; and concluded by stating his intention
to vote for the clause.

After a few remarks from Sir R. T.rmus, the House
divided, when the numbers were—

For Lord Ashley's clause - .. 159
Agairist it
Majority against the clause

• -= 138

A clause proposed by Mr. BROTUERTON Was nega-
tived without a division. Mr. GRANGER then moved
additions of words to clauses 4, 45, 69, and 70, which
were carried. On a division the Bill was passed by a
majority of 129.
The House then, at Two o'Clock, adjourned,

Though' in COMMIX!, no doubt, with the majority of
our readers,. we anticipated a -Majority against Lord
Asuz.nx.'S
,clause• in the Factories Bill, yet we could
have had no idea that that majority would have been
so great as the resuit'of last night's diVision proves it
to have been. How many TorieS,• like• Mr; GALLY
KNIGHT, must have apostatised from the faith 'which
they maintained in direct opposition to Ministers—
but. threti short Weeks since !' Hriii'inany must haVe
abandoned their own solemn and deliberate convic-
tions, and unhesitatingly given tip-their' conscience'
into the keeping of GOVernnient, ere such an "untoward
triumph could have been achieved ! 'The tergiveriation
has not beetia retail, but a vvholeSale one. It' haS not
been exhibited in a reluCtant, shrinking spirit; but with
the most intrepid effrontery it is possible to conceive:'
Scarcely a tingle Tory apostate seems to have thought.
it worth his vithife.even to apologise for his apostacy.
What A humiliating notion 'does "this, give us, of .the.
honesty and morality of the House of :Commons I
Who heneeforth will' place, faith in "its consistency ?-
Who henceforth will deem it capable of being:influenced
by any other motives than those-of truckling expedi-
ency ? We look on the result of last. night's division as
furnishing a stronger argument in favour of Chartisin
thin :any that has taken place. since 'tiles RefOim
Bill. The -'Pr6nier has evidently inoculated
the House with his own convenient and" accom- .
modating views of legislation: "He has` brought the
doctrine. of expediency into fashion among Hon.
Members, and lofty, unbending, comprehensive prin-
ciple must no more be looked for among the majority
of the British Senate. The }louse, in fact, has
ceased to be the- House of the People. hag be-
come the great. Men'tifaefifring.firin:Of 'PEEL and Co.
It professes to have no interests incompatible' with
his—to hazard no eXperiments but such as he ap-
proves—to entertain no. opinions but such as are part
and parcel of his • own idiosyncrasy: -He—and he only .
—is its "Sir Oreele"—its golden :Calf-r-before whom
it bows down in. abject idolatry. Does any man

doubt this ? Let him read Sir R. PEEL'S speech last
night, more especially the bullying threat with which
it concluded; let him mark, too, the direct, the lin-
mediate influence which this threat produced on the
votes, and he will at once see how complete is the
vassalage in which the Tamworth Doctor holds the
British Commons. One of the strongeSt points—or
rather that which he intended to be the strongest—ln
the Premier's speech, was that where he essayed to
prove the. impolicy and hazard of interfering be-
tween the manufacturers and their workpeople. • The
point was adroitly put, and produced an evident im-
pression on 'the House; but as a strong, valid argu-
ment it is worth just nothing at all: Indeed, we re-
gard the whole dOctrine of ndn-interference with
such momentous public questions as the Factory Bill,
as being neither more nor less than a piece • of con-
temptible cant; without a leg to stand on, inasmuch as
Parliament has never hesitated to, interfere with the
best interests of the people, whenever it suited
its own purposes to do so. What was the
corn 'law, but a direct, arbitrary interference
with the price of the poor man's loaf? What is the
Rural Police, but a direct interference—we might
almost say—with his ordinary liberty Of action—a
system of petty espionnage originating in distrust of
his principles and, his nature ? What are the In-
closure Acts, but another direct interference with one
of the few remaining privileges that the law has left
in his possession? Parliament never hesitates an instant
to interfere against the pobr man's interests ;but when it
is proposed to interfere in his belialf, thence ho.'wlis got
up that the principle is. a dangerous .one, Wand must be
discountenanced at all risks! We have no patience
with
,this mearipartial—one-Sided system of tlotlicy.'
—thisCraveri doctrine of non-interference,- which

owns not nobler -inspiration than that dry saw-dust
which dots duty for brains in the skull of a 'Political
Economist!" Possibly before the session closes, some
Tory Member, who voted against Lord Asmir,
may deem it his duty to direct the attention of the
House to the necessity of educating the poor; benighted
faCtory children; and take Credit to himself for the
humanity of his motion. The question has been
mooted'niore than once already, and wescarcely think
it will be allowed to drop. •But mark the absurdity—
not to say the insulting irony—of such a proposition !'
How are the young operatives to be educated, when they
are engaged the whole live-long day in the fac-
tory ? Where is the`" time to be found for their'
instruction ? Who is to furnish them with the brisk,
unjaded faculties the fresh, vigorous state of
body, so necessary to their intelleCtual improvement?
The proposition, jegard&l even in the most favourable
light, is is inere wanton, heartless hypocrisy; and, if
brought forward, as we strongly suspect it will be,
will meet with its 'fittest treatment in the laughter
and contempt _of every right-minded and consistent
Member. '*

Madrid papers of the 6th have been received, but
they contain no news. •
The Spanish Funds still continued low, without
any appearance of improvement. On the 6th the
Three per cents., closed at 29 for cash, and 29i at• 60
days ; and the Five per. Cents. at 21 for cash, and
21-1- at 60 days.
Th

.e discussion in the Frenchihamber of Deputies
an amendment to
the Alini4erial plan was mo;ed,tothot
was continued on Saturde`
the effect that the
e Minister
n, sdh
po lir
ol Ed!
cellular system, meaning solitary
not be extended at present to centralth:nntbe
e
soth of
vincial prisons. This was-oppoied by'
to Lard labour (trava ux- forces)
the Interior, and on a division' rejected,at all
persons condemned
for any term exceeding one year, shall be shut up
night and day in separate cells. The horrible cruelty
of such a law, we trust, will awaken the attention of
the French public to the subject. On Saturday M
VEuLLLOT, the editor of the Univers, and M. autatra,

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the responsille agent for that paper, were indicted
for publishing the pamphlet of the Abbe CHAMBALOT,
entitled the_" Liberty- of Education," and a verdict of
guilty.was returned. The Court sentenced them to
be imprisoned for one month and pay a fine
of 3,000 f. each. The following reports from
Italy appear 'in the Courrier Francais :—" Se-
veral- vessels, it is said, have sailed from
Corfu, without their destination being known. It is
feared that these-vessels have been freighted by some
political refugees, with the view of effecting a landing
in Italy. What in some degree corroborates this opinion
is, that: in a printing-office at 4lalta, the police has
seized a large number of proclamations, which were
to have been disseminated in Sicily and on the Italian
continent,-,and in Which the people were exhorted to
rise -and recover their independence and liberty.
Almost all the refugees have left Malta; where the
English police molested them, and exercised over
them a troublesome surveillance. On the application
'of Princn DE MErrinusinn, the Austrian subjects of
the,Lombardo-Venetian kingdom, who had retired to
the lonian Islands,have been expelled from 'thence."
• At ToßToNfs, on Sunday, the Three per Cents.
were quoted at 84f. 40c.-

TUE COURT.
.---lier Majesty alad_Prince Albert, ac-
companied by.their Royal Highnesses the Prince of
Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princeis Alice;
and attended by the Royal suite, are expected to leave
Buckingham" Palace this afternOon for Claremont,
where the Royal party are expected to remain until
Thursday next.

THIS DAY'S NEWS.

COMMON PLEAS.--(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings at. Nisi Prius, before Lord Chief Justice TENDAL
. and a Con-unon Jury, at Guildhall.)
SAUNDER V. STRATTON.

Mr. Sergeant Talfourd and Mr. Warren were for the plain-
tiff; Mr. Sergeant Chaaanell and Mr. Cole for the defendant.
Thii was an action to recover damages from the defendant,
Mrs. Stratton, for an injury done to the plaintiff's horse. It
appeared. that in the latter part of last year, the defen-
dant was driving in a phaeton from. Grosvenor-square,
along Mount-street, and as she was turning into
South Audleyrstreet, the shaft of the phaeton struck the
13laintiff's horse on the off shoulder, which considerably in-
jured him. It was proved that the horse, before the injury,
was worth 20/., and that itwas sold-afterwards for 50s. It was
alleged on the part of the defendant, that the injury arose
from the, negleet_ of the plainti4; Who was on the look-out
for a fare instead of attending to his horse and cab.
The jury retired for a short time and soon returned with a
verdict for the plaintiff—Damages;2o/.

UNION HALL.--(THIS DAY.)
Thomas Leary, a well-known young thief was'charged
before Mr. Traill with stealing four pairs • of -gold ear-rings
from the shop of Mr. Morris, jeweller, in Snow's-fields. ,
It appeared that in February last the shop- window of Mr.
Morris was cut with a glazier's diamond, in which were ex-
hibited several articles. of jewellery. A lad who witnessed
the circtunstance saw the prisoner and two other boys (since
convicted). standing near the coniplainint's window at the
time, and observed one of them introduce a stick with
a crook at the end of it into the aperture of the pane of glass,
and draw out some . gold earrings, which he handed over to
the Prisoner, who immediately ran away. Two of the offen-
ders were taken the same evening, but the prisoner managed
to elude discov'ery until the preceding night, when he yen-.
tared back to his old quarters, and was taken into custody.
The prisoner was remanded tOtiVe an opportunity of find-
ing the stolen articles. •
Harriet Edwaiyis was charged with striking a woman,
named Glindon; with a " life-preserver", on the head, and,
inflicting 'a severe wound,'from the effects of which she was
suffering: •- - • - •
The parties, who live in one of those disreputable streets
leading out of the Waterloolroad, ,had' a dispute on Sunday
night, in the course of which the prisoner and her sister at-
taciked the complainant•and beat her in a very brutal manner.
Mr: 'l'fiAtu, convicted the prisoner, and sentenced her to
pay a tine of 31., or be committed for six months. The
Magistrate gave directions to apprehend her sister, as she
seemed to: have been the chief aggressor in the outrage, and
said he'should commit her for trial. -,

MURDER AT BATTERSEA.
WANDSWORTH POLICE COURT,—(THIS DAY.)
This being the day appointed for the re-examination into
the circumstances attending the murder of-the female, Sarah
Eleanor BPFirlane, upon Battersea-bridge, on the night of
Monday, April-29, a very great crowd of persons assembled in
the street leading to-the, Court-house, no doubt with the in
tention-of seeing the prisoner, who was, however, by the
adMirable arrangements of Superintendent Bicknell, who is
entrusted with the getting lip of the case, brought down as
early as eight o'clock, and lodged in a house' adjacent, until
the hour appointed for opening the Court. • •
Soon after ten o'clock Mr. Clive entered and took his seat
on the bench, and a few night charges 'having been heard,
the prisoner was then brought in and placed at the bar. He
exhibited the same nonchalance that had before so much dis-
tinguished kis conduct. Mr. Gilliam, his solicitor, had been
in attendance at an early hour. •
Timothy Wells, 83 V, was the first witness examined—
,Remembers the 29th of April, and was on duty on the Chel-
seaiside of Battersea-bridge that evening. It might be a
.quarter before eleven when I heard the cries of " Murder,"
apparently from the bridge. The voice sounded like that of
a young girl's; and-when 1 ran on the bridge I met a young
girl with a horse and cart. I asked her if she had called
" Murder ?" .She said she had, I asked_why ? She replied,
because her father got out of the cart, and would not come
along. She • said Lis was all. she cried- murder for, and
I then- got bat on the Chelsea side. Soon after
a man camerunning, and-asked if a horse and cart and -girl
had passed' over. I said yes, and he then drove back the
horse and cart again. I asked him If anything was wrong
over the bridge, and he said a woman had got her head hs.lf
cutoff. I said why did-you not tell me so before, and I ran
over to the toll-house and saw a pool of blood, found-the wo-
man in the Swan, and then ran -for a superior officer, Sergeant
No. 14 V. • •
By Mr. Gilliam—Do norrecollect seeing the witness Cook,
and am sure that he did no speak to me on the bridge. • '
John Tinimons—l am a carman-to Mr. Halding, coal-mer-
chant. - Remember the night of the 29th of April. Was the
-.worse for liquor, but knew what I- was abbut. Was standing
on that might at my master's stables, in Duke-street.• I was
standing with James Cook, and heard a-man call " Police,"
who afterwards said. a woman had cut her throat on-Batter-
sea-bridge. 'No -one was with me -but Cook. The man called
" Police, police," aloud, 4' a woman - has cut her throat on
.Battersea-bridge," Those were the words he said. • He stood
*against the church wall,-at the cornerof ChUrch-street, when
.I saw him. He had on a surtmit coht, but- I would not know
him again. Ithen went to attend to my work.
By. Mr. Gilham-0-eik had been with me' about- five mi-
nutes. I can't sayhow long he was*lvithme.' I am sure it was
after-half-past ten, •because I had ttought my horses home,
and before I got to the stables- I heard ten strike. I was in
,the, King's-road when it struck. .!No -one but Cook and I
were together. Cook and Phave spoken about the thing since
he was brought up here.. The only thing L had' drank was
beer,' but I could both stand steadily and-do my work. The
man • was not running when I saw him ;• he was standing
when he said the woman had cut-her threat. I did'not see
where Cook- went to, as at that moment I turned, and went
to finish rny work. . . .
Wells recalled—lmmediately on seeing the man with the
cart, I Went to the toll-house. Know Cook, but did not see
him on that night. ,
Cook recalled. • •
Wells—l did not to my knowledge see this man Cook, but
he might have run over the bridge with the other persons
who followed me immediately. • .
William Evatis, a boy- of 15, was next called, and after
being !eXamined as to the nature and obligation of an oath,
said, that he lived in Manners-street, Chelsea, and • about 25
minutes• to eleven,' saw a man and woman standing on the
bridge. A few minutes after heard a faint scream, and saw
the woman run from the- top,of the bridge towards the toll-
house. She was running towards the toll-house when Mr.
Hall caughtter, -The woman had a straw-bonnet and dark
shawl. He thought it was the same woman who screamed
that he afterwards saw at-the toll-house. I thought she said
at the toll-gate that " a man had cut her throat," she said,.
" Cut my throat." Did not see the man when the woman
was 'running.' •
- By-Mn Gilham—Two minutes after I saw the man and
woman- together, I heard the scream, -but did-not see the
man then, • • '

By Mri CLrve----I saw. them together, but had-my eyes off
hem ilk before" heard the scream. -
Superintendent Bicknell• was recalled,. and his• evidence
respecting tlie letters produced yesterday was read over. On
the Tuesday morning following the, murder went over the
bridge. and. found the first spot of blood near the first lamp-
post on the Middlesei side. Traced it to within fourteen or
fifteen yards of the Battersea toll-gate, -and there I found a
pool of, it, not on the side-walk but in the centre of the road.
By Mr.- CrAvE—The first spot of blood was nearer the
Middlesec than the. Surrey side. I should' think that a per-
son standing at-the toll-house might see two ;persons stand-
ing at that lamp. I do not think, however, they would
see the whole •as they Would be down a declivity. I saw
another pool "of blood about seven yards from the toll-house,.
and another at the toll- gate. - • • •
Andrews, living at Bolingbroke Gardens, Bat-
tersea, was. at home in bed when he heard of the deceased's
death. She is my sister, and her name is Sarah Eleanor. I
found the paper produced, marked No. 11, in the deceased's
clothes' 'chests- at -her house, 13, Bridge-road, 'Battersea. I
gave it to-Mrs Bicknell, the superintendent, on the Tuesday
morning: • " - •
. The paper was then. read in Court,• and-ran thus,:—
, "To all those -whom it may concern,- hereby declare
that lhavettiade a solemnpremise to'Sarali Eleanor War-
lane to marryher, end for, that puipose I, have published
the banns in the church of Kensington, and I have also bound
myself, in the- slim of -5001.. •rn the current money of
the realm, not to marry any other persons and in ease of-my
decease before such fulfilment of my promise, I annex my
will, by Which' I give to Sarah Elettnorlil`Farlane all pro-
perties am now possessed. of, or may get afterwards by
inheritance'or otherwise& My present.property, c,onisisting of
two dwelling-houses in my native city of Tours on the Loire,
in the kingdom of France, now in trust of Jean Landert, I
so bequeath ; as also all moneys, or any other my personal
property.' . _
(Signed' by Augustus Dahints, and addressed to the de-
ceased:• The will was dated the 12th of March, 1844).
Richard Messenger was then called, and gave similar evi-
dence to what he had before given. He had seen a man
looking over the bridge, and, found the wounded woman at
the toll-house.: Would not know. the man again. •
Mrs. Messenger • was also called, but neither could she
identify the party.
' Frances Scott, heusekeeper -to Mrs. -IVOyley, of Bolton-
place, merely proved that the deceased had come with the
prisoner's youngest daughter, on the night of the murder,
and that the deceased had' waited about ten minutes, and then
went off. Witness'observed a man walking before the house.
Would not know hiM again. • .
By Mr.- -Gilham—Prisoner's . daughter had afterwards
discharged herself. She had not been told to go and see her
father hanged: • • - • -
Edward Tyne, 25, Montpelier-square—ls a licensed
victualler' there. On the', evening of -the 29th of April, I
should say about a quarter past eleven, the, pritoner at the
bar came in and asked for half a. pint of beer and a- pipe-of
e sh
tobacco. He, then went away.
coffe a
Mry,Lawrence—l am a servant at the Home of Plenty
op, '5,
--- street, Russell-square, I was up in the
morning of Tuesday, the 30th of April, at 5 o'clock. When
I went to: take the shutters down, I saw a man standing
alone under the arch. Five minutes afterwards, he came in