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at large, he bogged to inform the house that, having ilea a
petition presented to him stating that this man had up I to
that time led a very upright life, which petition was al I.
eempanied by evidence of many mitigating facts, he he d
not acted directly, but had sent the papers to Chief B tat .11
Pollock, who had tried the man, and that learned b are ra
had advised him that the man ought to be set at libert y.
Mr. M. GIBSON understood that the right bon.bar ,n et
had represented him to have said that there was a grea 6. in-
crease of crime and pauperism. That was a mistake.
that he had said was this—that the passage in the Qur iton'fi
speech referring to this subject was, he feared, too fas tau'
ably penned.
Leave was then given to bring in the bill.
REFORMATORY SCHOOLS.
Sir G. GREY, in rising to move for leave to bring in a
bill to facilitate the establishment of reformatory sch 00101
.said be would detain the house but a few moments. The
house was aware that the reformatory schools reef tntly
established were dependent almost entirely upon voluretarl
contributions. The only exception was, that for entery child
sent the Treasury had to pay a certain sum, and in certain.
cases payment's were directed to be made by the parents.
The bill which ho desired to introduce did not ire any war
seek to interfere with voluntary institutions. Those insti-
tutions, though they were increasing in number, were yet,
comparatively speakintr*, but few. It was, therefol thought
desirable to introduce the present bill, which as no permis-
sive in its scope, and enabled counties and b ,roughs to
establish reformatory schools, and to defray the cetpense of
so doing out of the borough and county rates. Th era were
provisions enabling several counties or borough s to join
together for the purpose of forming larger astabli shmente
than they could do if separate. With respect to tl'ie intro-
duction of children, one difference existed banned en those
proposed schools and the establishments already-. in exist-
ence. In these latter the managers had a right o f reject-
ing auy child if they thought fit. Of course in id 're refor-
Matories to be erected under this bill no such riglir t wou!d
exist, for the simple reason that they could not 'b a volun-
tary charities, but on the contrary supported on tof the
rates. The bill contained provisions similar to the, sections
of the existing act, for casting the expense of mail] itaining
children, or a part of it, upon the parents, as well" as some
union provision, into which it was not necessary t o enter
at that stage, the observations which he had alresey made
pointing at the main features of the measure.
Mr. SCOTT asked if the bill would extend to W ales?
Sir G. GREY said that it would.

Mr. DFEDES suggested that the committing CO4l rt from
which the child was sent would be the proper trills anal to
determine whether the parents of the child ought. to eon-
tribute to the expense of keeping that child at sch a )1.
Sir J. PAKINGTON wished to express the gross; t satis-
faction which he felt at hearing the statement of L ,e right
hon. baronet. He approved of the suggestion wlai ch the
hon. member (Mr. Deedes) had made with refers nee to
the payment by parents for children at these school and
trusted the Government would take the subject ire to con•
sideration.

Mr. ALCOCK regretted to see the house so ready to en-
ter upon lavish expenditure in behalf of these refers natory
schools, when hou. members were so chary in srs andiog
money in the cause of education.
Mr. ADDERLEY inquired whether there was arKy pro-
vision in the bill which would enable treasurers of coun-
ties and boroughs to obtain payment from parerets and
step-parents of children in reformatories ?
Sir G. GREY said that there was such a provismn, and
Mr. Sidney Turner, who had been selected from his long
experience in reformatory schools as an inspector, would
be specially charged with the carrying out of such provi-
sions as made it obligatory on parents and step-pare nts to
contribu:;e to the support of their children in reformatories.
Sir S. NORTHC'OTE said that ho thought it desirable
that the judge who sent a child to the reformatory should
be empowered to say what amount should be paid by the
parents ; and he was sorry that that part of the bill of
1351 had been struck out. lie thought that the inspec-
tors should make reports.
Sir G. GREY—They are bound to do so.
Leave was given to bring in the bill.
THE ROYAL MARINES.

Sir M. BERKELEY obtained leave to bring in a bill to
amend the act for limiting the time of service in the Royal
Marine forces.

CFATHAM LANDS.
S;r M. BERKELEY obtained leave to bring in a bill for
enabling tho Commissioners of the Admiralty to purchase
certain lands in the parish of Chatham, in the county of
Kent, and to stop up, divert, or alter certain ways in the
said parish, and for other purposes.
INCLOSURE OF LANDS.

Mr. MASSEY obtained leave to bring in a bill to au.
thorise the inclosure of certain lands, in pursuance of a re•
port of the inclosure commissioners for England and Wales.
The house adjourned at a quarter•past 11.

Country Markets.

CHELMSFORD-FEE. 6.

The best samples of wheat were firm at last week's rater,
but second-rate qualities, much of which was out of eon*
dition, were difficult to dispose of. Spring corn same ag
last week, with little doing.
Wheat, white, old, per s. s. 1 s. •.
qr. 34 72 j Oats, per qr 24 30
new.... 37 71 I Peas, Partridge 41 43
red, old 32 62 White 39.46
new.... 32 62 Boiling 4O 47
Barley 3 i 44 Dun 37 39
Chevalier 33 52 Beans, Tisk .36 40
Grinding 33 44 Harrow ticks 40 41
Malt 73 77 Mazagan 35 37
Chevalier 75 79 Ditto, new... 35 19