The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-19 00:00:00

THE ART-UNION OF LONDON
AND THE GOVERNMENT.

It appeared, from the evidence, which was very volu-
minous, the case having occupied the Court during the
greater part of the day, that, on Easter Monday, a little
boy, named Hughes, crossed a brick-field at the Chalk-
road, and, in so doing, it was alleged, disturbed some of
the sand which had been prepared for the manufacture
of bricks, in which employment the, prisoners were en-
gaged. The prisoner John Hely White ran after the
youth, and, after a race of two hundred yards, overtook
him—the boy threw himself on the ground. The pri-
soner seized him by the legs, dragged him along the
field, and lifting him up dashed the upper part of the
boy's body against the earth. Mr. Dennis and Mr. Price
shocked at the prisoner's brutality, ran over and entreated
of him to desist; he refused, threatening to treat Mr.
Dennis in the same manner. Mr. Dennis seized him by
the collar and the boy escaped. The prisoner, enraged
at the interference, struck Mr. Dennis two or three
violent blows on the breast. Mr. Price endeavoured to
prevent further violence, but the other labourers, hearing
the noise, rushed in a mob across the field. Mr. Dennis
escaped into his own house, but they fell upon Mr.
Price, who remained, and beat him in a dreadful manner.
His face and body were covered with contusions,
and were it not for the timely arrival of a
police officer and other assistance, he declared
his belief that they would have murdered him.
He was carried into his own house, bleeding pro
fusely from several wounds in the head, and in a state of.
insensibility. The prisoners were fully identified by
several witnesses as the principal assailants.
The prisoner John Hely White, who had his arm in a
sling, and affected to labour under great pain from in-
juries which he said were inflicted on him by Mr. Dennis,
was sent by Mr. Greenwood to the Gray's Inn-road
Hospital for examination; and the house-surgeon there,
after a minute examination, certified that there was
nothing whatever the matter with him.
The prisoners were fully committed fur trial.
James Sansbury, a coffee-shop keeper and bagatelle-
room proprietor, of 141, Goswell street, waq charged
with harbouring and concealing fifteen packages •of
foreign tobacco, which had not paid duty on being un-
shipped.
Coleby Atkinson Davis, an officer of Customs, fully
proved the offence.
The prisoner was fined in the penalty of 1001.
Two women named Green and Shaw were charged
with being concerned in the robbery of a great number
of pieces of woollen cloth, silk, satin, and velvet, the
property of Mr. Lamb, a woollen draper, residing at 100,
Holborn-hill.
Mr. Humphries prosecuted and Mr. Robinson de-
fended the prisoners.
In November last, Green was discharged from Mr.
Lamb's employment, where she had been as cook. Soon
after her departure, the property was missed, and on
investigation it was ascertained that the prisoners had
been disposing of it. At Green's lodging in Crown-
court, Goswell-street; several keys were found. One of
them opened Mr. Lamb's wareroom, the other opened a
box in which the key of the wareroom was contained.
Several small pieces of velvet, satin, and cloth were like-
wise found there, which the prosecutor identified. A
dress-maker named Chelford deposed to having mada
several cloaks and bonnets for the prisoners out of cloths
and velvets furnished to her by them. These
garments which were of considerable value were pawned
by the prisoners at the shop of Mr. Lingey, in Greek-
street, Soho, and were produced in Court by his
assistant. The prisoners were remanded.

The Annual Meeting of the Subscribers to receive
the Committee's Report, and distribute thei-mount
subscribed for the purchase of Works of Art, was
appointed for Tuesday next, at Drury-lane Theatre,
and all the elaborate arrangements consequent on the
largeness of the body were made. On Monday last,
however, the following letter was received at the office
in Trafalgar-square :

CLEANLINESS IN THE STREETS

OF THE METROPOLIS.

Yesterday a Deputation from the Committee for pro-
moting the greate4 attainable cleanliness in the public
thor.;ughfares, courts, and alleys of the metropolis,
waited upon the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, upon the
subject of calling tt meeting in the City in furtherance of
thR great purposes for which the noblemen and gentle-
men, of whom the Committee is formed, have frequently
assembled at the West-end of the town.

CHARITABLE PAWN SOCIETIES BILL. on the fourth occasion he had been employed on pub-
Mr. MUNTZ presented a petition from the pawn- lie business. The conduct of the Recorder of Wor-
brokers of Birmingham against this Bill. tester afforded no; ground whatever for the Bill.
Mr. DIVETT presented a petition to the same Mr. PAKINGTON had stated nothing with re-
effect ~
from-the pawnbrokers at Exeter. gard to the conduct of the Recorder of \Worcester
Lord J. MANNERS also presented a petition that he was not perfectly ready to substantiate.
against this Bill. After a few words from Mr. V. SMITH and Sir J.
MASTERS AND SERVANTS BILL. GRAHAM, the order was discharged.
Viscount DUNCANNON presented a petition The County Coroners Bill was ordered to be re-
from Bath against the Masters and Servants' Bill. committed pro forma tomorrow, in order that the
Mr. BERKELEY presented a petition from the several amendments might be printed, with a view to . •
Staffordshire Potteries against the Masters and Ser- consideration on a future day.
vents Bill. The County Courts Bill was appointed for Wed-
, PRESBYTERIAN MARRIAGES. nesday next.
Lord J. RUSSELL presented a petition from On Mr. COWPER being called on to fix a day for the ,
Dublin on the question of Presbyterian marriages in dropped order on the Charitable Pawn Society Bill,
Ireland. The Noble Lord also presented a petition in Mr. GLADSTONE said he had to submit, to the
favour of the ten hours' clause of the Factories Bill. lion. Gentleman and the House, that, under circume
NOTICES OF MOTION. stances which he would name, it was not desirable
Mr. F. FRENCH gave notice that he should, to- that the Charitable Pawn Society Bill should for the
morrow, put a question to the Home Secretary, as to present be further proceeded in. In recommending
the course the Government intended to pursue with that the Bill should for the present be withdrawn, he
respect to the medical charities in Ireland. by no means wished it to be supposed that the Go-
EDUCATION. vernment was indifferent to it. The subject had been
Me. EWART gave notice that he should, under the consideration of the Government on several
to-morrow bring under the consideration of the House occasions, and it was under their consideration at the
the expediency of voting a sum of money to be ap- present moment. Gentlemen appointed by the Go'
plied to the purposes of education. He also gave vernment were now engaged in investigations upon the
notice that he should, on a future day, introduce, as subject, in order that the whole case, both as to the
on former occasions, a motion for the total abolition law and the practice of pawnbrokers, might be full y
of the punishment f death. understood. The Government, therefore, thought it
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. their duty, under these circumstances, to suggest to
Lord ASHLEY wished to state the course that the flon. Gentleman (Mr. Cowper) to consent to the -,,
he proposed to take with respect to the Factories Bill. discharge of the order for his Bill.
He had intended to move an instruction to the Coin- Mr. COWPER said a Committee sat upon this sub-
mittee, but the Speaker had given him to under- ject in the b
year 1838, and the House, therefore,
stand that it was not consistent with Parliamentary not been taken surpse by the introduction olif his
law to do so. The Speaker had likewise informed Bill. Still, after then intimation of the Right o
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him that he would not be able to move the insertion Gentleman (Mr. Gladstone), that the subject wasa
of any clause till after the whole of the clauses of the under the actual consideration. of the Government, hoe,.
Bill had been disposed of in Committee. That be- should feel it his duty to consent to the discharge 1 • -
_ . .
ing the case, he thought it better to take the Order.—The Bill, therefore, is lost.
another course ; and as it was probable that On the motion of Lord G. SOMERSET, the
in Committee there would be no opposition to Dropped Order for the Court of Chancery (County '
the Bill as it now stood, and the Committee Palatine of Lancaster) Bill was re-appointed for this
stood for the 26th, he had determined to day fortnight.
move on the third reading that certain clauses AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.
be added to the Bill for the purpose of carrying out
the amendment he contemplated. Her Majesty's Mr. M. GIBSON then rose to move that an hum-
ble Address be presented to her Majesty, represent-
Government had concurred in that arrangement, and ing that, in the opinion of this House, it is desirable
had given him to understand that they would arrange to obtain authentic information upon all matters cone -,
the business of the House so as if the Bill went
nected with the agriculture of the United
through Committee on Friday, the 26th, that the
Kingdom ; that this information is shop"'
third reading would be had on that day week—that
was, to-morrow fortnight. He would now, there- Cher deficient, so that at this time even the
extent of land under cultivation, and the amount of
fore, give notice, that on that day, on the third its produce, are subjects only of vague conjecture; ,
reading of the Bill, he would move the addition of that the total absence of all statistical knowledge in
clauses limiting the number of hours of work per
day in factories to eleven hours, until the Ist of Oct. reference to this important subject, has at various.
times proved detrimental to the public interests; an
1847, and after that period he should propose a fur- praying her Majesty to devise measures for
e,
titer limitation, supplying to Parliament, from time to tim
On the question that the Order of the Day be now statements of the breadth of land under
read, cultivation for iieach species of produce re:
Mr. P. M. STEWART begged to put a question
to the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of her Ma- spectively, and the amount of produce derived
from the same ; together with such other ill'
jesty's Government. He wished to know if it was the formation as will exhibit, as far as practicable, a
Right Hon. Baronet's intention to submit the con- perfect view of the agricultural capability and pyo-
templated measure with regard to the law of banking, duction of the United Kingdom. He said the motinee
before or after the day fixed for bringing forward the of which he had given notice contained within itself
Budget. If material changes were contemplated much of the argument by which he intended to sup:
it would be a matter of consequence that the bankers port it. He hoped that Hon. Gentlemen would net
should have early intimation of them, but if it was allo w their differences on other questions to prevent
not contemplated to make any great changes, of course their agreeing on this one ;he trusted that they would.
it would not much matter. allow this question to rest exclusively on its own merits,
Sir R. PEEL begged that the Hon. Gentleman nor consider that it had any end, meaning, or intention
would not draw any inferences from the fixing of the in view, but that which the words of the resolution
period for introducing that measure, and if the Hon. implied. He should be enabled to show that the pr° -
Gentleman meant to make any speculations, he advised posal he made was a practical one, that it could only
him not to found them upon anyprobability of great or be carried into effect by the assistance of the Govern'
unimportant changes. His Right Hon. Friend the ment, that it was not only practicable but eased .
Chancellor of Exchequer had fixed Monday, the 29th, and that the information he desired to obtain won
for bringing forward the Budget, and on the Monday he useful, not only to agriculturists, but to the
following he (Sir R. Peel) proposed to bring forward commercial classes, and would be conducive ,
the question of the Charter of the Bank of England, the general welfare of the community. He believeO
in case he should fail of securing precedence for that it was unnecessary for him to say. a word here on believe
question on the Tuesday. general advantage of statistical information on tn°
Mr. HUME said it would be much better to fix the great interests of the country, not
merely to philoso-
day at once. pliers and political writers, but to the practical states:
Mr. BORTHWICK said it was now more than men. .For he was quite certain, if facts were nil'
probable that on Friday, the 26th, the House would
_within reach, estimates and conjectures v°l' u
e
go into Committee, and he wished to ask the Right be made use of, and legislation would be founde.t.
Hon. Baronet whether it would be therefore necessary on ee„„ conjectures, often vaguely obtained, when e,
to postpone the Poor-law Amendment Bill, that stood ought to he founded only on facts. Parliament ha
fixed for that day, according to the arrangement made already recognised the advantage of collecting faele*
before Easter ? in reference to the different interests of the coulltrld
Sir JAMES GRAHAM said he was unwilling to
disturb the arrangements which fixed before Easter the by the expense it had incurred and the trouble it ha.
taken at various times, for procuring such informati°4-
order of the business - throughout the cur- For instance, on the number of the people, their wea'elat
rent month. Certainly according to that (to some extent), their resources, their power, silts
arrangement the Poor-law Amendment Bill for the classification of the facts thus obtained. et
stood for Committee for Friday, the 26th inst. would not only be advantageous to the Governme"
The House had heard what his Noble Friend itself to possess the statistical information with refer;
the Member for Dorsetshire had proposed. ence to the productive industry of the country, whicee •
He (Sir James Graham) was anxious to he was seeking to obtain; but also to the perseues
meet the Noble Lord's convenience, and the themselves who were most interested in the vari°se:
convenience of the House, on the condition that it branches of industry. It was very desirable th e ,
could only be done by disturbing the arrangement they should have accurate information on the subJ 7
made before Easter, if the House would consent to There was no doubt that the misapplication of eall'•:e
the course suggested by his Noble Friend. The in this country frequently arose from the want 0,
course to be taken, then, would be, that the accurate statistical information. This argument pea
Factory Bill would he read a second time
on M M
blonds next. It should be the the first thing on liarlv applied to agriculture, and he therefore call
on her ajesty's Government to devise measures;
that day. The Committee on the Bill should be supply the country with accurate statements as to tit
fixed for Friday, the 26th, in preference
quantity of land under cultivation, and the differeik
to the Poor-law Bill, es hich, in that case,
kinds of agricultural productions which the 01):, .
if the House consented, he should postpone vated land of the country brought forth. BY 'elle.
till after the Factory Bill was disposed of. The third information they would be enabled to solve tl'.e Pibe,
reading could then be fixed for Friday, the 3d of May. blem of the proportion of the food produceed illeiel
If that course were assented to he (Sir J. Graham) country to the population. They would -he ellawies
would be able to answer the question of the Hona to compare the relative increase of focal and Very
Member for Evesham, that the Bill would not come tion in different years, by comparing the different to
on till after the next Order of the Day. turns with succeeding years. He did not desire te
Lord J. RUSSELL saw no objection to the ar- introduce a corn-law discussion, and he wished„, i
rangement proposed, it being always understood that guard himself against any misunderstanding s
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on the second reading they would not be precluded
this point. It might be inferred that by of
from taking any discussion whioh any Hon. Member mentioning his desire to obtain the Pr' 1/411'
might think proper to originate. He did not wish tion of food to the population of the e°o-
- delay the Bill, but of course it must be try, that he was thereby advocating nt_c,rfe;
understood that no arrangement could be made of peal of the corn-laws as a contingent nines' on
kind having the effect alluded to. With respect and that he based his support of free trade in coelleet
to the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill, he supposed that if the ground that the country did not produce suffii&ol,
the Factories Bill took up any great length of corn for the consumption of the population. de in
time, the Right Honourable Gentleman would he would be just as strong a supporter of free tea nee
move the second reading of the Ecclesiastical corn, even if the country produced ten times as n'oele.
Courts Bill on the Monday following. With re- as was sufficient for the consumption, of the Peeeo
gard to any arrangement for bringing on the quid- The reason he advocated free trade in corn vvit'f. of
tion of banking on Tuesday, he hoped the Right he believed it to be a civil right. Freedom °501:11
Hon. Gentleman would not be disposed to counte- change he conceived to be a civil right, and 0%1110
nance any such arrangement, as a great many notices he would ever support it. The information eyhj-reoa'
of motion stood for that day. was then seeking would be eminently useful to Peet. the
Sir ROBERT PEEL said, that the Noble Lord connected with, and engaged in, agriculture. select
would see the position in which he (Sir R. Peel) was agriculturists had the means of knowing the a`-sele`',
placed in consequence of his acquiescing in the pro- of the produce of the country they would be entoeitY
pose's for postponement of certain business that had to form data which would afford them an 0P13(11 tleif
been fixed before Easter. He had intended of applying greater skill in the cultivation °
bsieel
at that period that the Irish Registration Bill should land. A merchant could not carry, on his 'iote ,
have been brought forward on Friday next, but in unless he had the advantage of tabular statelnejoesS;
Iconsequence of the request of the Hon. Gentleman imports and exports which related to, his Wen' a tlie
opposite (Mr. Wyse) he had agreed to postpone and he (Mr. Gibson) believed that the farmer 'tot tio,
agriculturist would be enabled to the same exudeealf
the Bill solely on the ground which the
make use of similar information as a sort oflLei I'4
Honourable Gentleman had made as the basis
a his request. An erroneous inference had been
farmer and the agriculturist were now ow
,•10 ed
eletivation.—(Hear, hear.) In that inforillt,-oletee,''‘
drawn from his acquiescence in the Hon. Gentleman's
proposal, that the Government wished to shrink from
world by which they could ascertain the • eLll,Oe,
deficient. They had not the smallest data Of., r
pressing the Bill. He wished to remove any such
land which was under cultivation in this can'- faro
impression, and he would fix an early day for the
second reading of that Bill. tit e
Sir J. GRAHAM proposed on Monday to move,' what amount of produce the land broug ~,t,o,t
They had indeed geographical and trigollere,°D'e eltre
s, but they wanted more than that. "'eh° 111,-
as the first Order of the Day, the second reading of survey
the Factories Bill, and then the Ecclesiastical Courts' eminent writers on political' economy, and e-- 11 'V
eminent writers on social improvement, 113`" °'ell'
Bill ; and on Friday, the 26th, he should more the
Committee on the Poor-law Bill. evhl 10
mitted the total absence of that information
eases,
Mr. WYSE, in allusion to what had fallen from was then calling on her Majesty's Gover
m; 1-I°'-e,
the Right Hon. Baronet on the subject of the second furnish to the country. Mr. Porter, a ne
reading of the Irish Registration Bill, begged to re- he knew would carry weight with it in thaw oeti,oo
Tailed the' Right Hon. Gentleman that he had stated, in his celebrated work on the progress of theerreet'd
when le.iiiked fer the postponement of the measure, regretted the total absence of statistical ill° Otto
that ehe•lrieh Members could not be ready to take a of this description. To give the House den', st P'e
part in the. discussion under a fortnight; and he the necessity of this information he would )1' etiftleje
trusted, therefore, that the second reading of the mea- that a short time ago the Earl Of Essex, It's :etintes
sure would not be hurried. law meeting, expressed his firm belief that !boa° forAio
Sir ROBERT PEEL said that he could not fix was fully capable le_ of producing siefficient2i°oo,TA
.an earlier day for the second reading of the Bill than consumption of the population. The o°' rid) ar
-that which the Hon. Gentleman had named.
• 'Mr. BOTHWICK was glad to hear the discussion • •
entertained similar views to his (Mr. Gibs°
00910,0
a different opinion, and these conflicting are op)
on the Poor-law Bill was fixed for an early day. showed how necessary it was ter afir Kee
DROPPED ORDERS OF YESTERDAY information he was then seeking.--(eleeh '0! 0
Several of the dropped orders of yesterday were Mr. Porter, in his book on the progress of
.eo"-eeti°tiee'
disposed of. remarked that, owing to the want of illfil'i-, Or eOO2,
QUARTER SESSIONS BILL. the time of the most limited harvele‘s •wil,eo °f trey
Sir JAMES GRAHAM hoped that his Ho- curred for a great number of yesess, the Pirlaat,,e- 0,
nourable Friend the Member for Droitwich would , continued to fan, until it was teecertaineafiesv Peke,
consent to have the Order of the Day for proceed- ' was a scarcity of' corn, and 'then the priceemelti w„ if'
ing with this Bill discharged. He had received up. Ile alluded to the 'ear 1837-8. it,,.,ei- ati°' es/
from the Recorders of several large cities in which fore be seen that the want of this inn tlleteio'
Quarter Sessions were held, representations to the , disadvantageous both to the consumer me,foell't 01
effect that any legislation on the subject would be 1 ducer, inasmuch as, of tbis
eP•ix tilleffio
inexpedient. He believed that under the provisions caused great fluceuateon in price. ilere kellse he
of the Municipal Corporations Act, the Secretary of : thority had great thee absence
State had the power of regulating, to a certain ex- properly so, . Y -t, think the
10° tDi
to was nappy to se a ato A
tent, the proceedings of quarter sessions, and he find very Vile- difficulty - - giving amp de ..eis`"
thought that the evils complained of would be better f',r the Pro priet of the course_
had eeere..se n° on
flit
weight ri that ee-°,`""eeil be `retie:
removed by the interference of the Secretary of I House. In themhe rec°lnill sea lij ttlfe
first place, he
State than by the Legislature. • Ito the agricultural gentlemen, but he-sh 711836070).":.
Mr. PAKINGTON had, when he proposed the', to tlae Committee which sat in the Yea e Ply '''li
Bill, stated it as his opinion, that it would be better i sr:re:ea of agricultural distress. He tiler be t, tee
tsar elf ft
that the measure should be taken up by the Govern- ', one of the several suggestions there re ° oethe nf fig 1..
ment. He had introduced the Bill with the entire nesses in order to prevent a recurrence „tea Co r'
concurrence of that Right Hon. Gentleman, and he I was that there should be established a 9?„ that
.0 thetee
would at once consent to the discharge of the order. I cultural statistics. It was suggested
il';eseil La fese
Mr HAIVES was glad the Ilon. Gentleman had mittee, that as such a system svas gieires, °reap o•
acceded to the request of the Right Hon. Baronet. chants—guiding them in their advent
roese
e,ei foe
When he had introduced the Bill the Hon. Gentle- listing the hazards they would otheeoely beearl'ii
man had stated that the Bill was rendered necessary ought to be, and might most iadvantageYoooo..celer,et
by the conduct of certain Recorders, particularly by ducal into the transactions of the
_re' perreiepleir
the conduct of the Recorder of Worcester. We farmer. But his mind had been using Pc, elio'es
Hon. Gentleman had stated Lunn no less thandirected to this subject, from PiTuaeers in ttea Pio
adjourntnents had taken place ecessarily. Now, written by the Right Hon. Gentieleeireenrlece.
of those four adjournments, the first bad taken place (Mr. Lefevre), and which had been °lkeda A
before he received his office ; the second was an error , the experience derived by that Right,_ bad rer.,47
on the part of his subordinates ; the third had been 1 es a member of the Committee Ile_ tivA FP
maci;e in conjunction with all the aUthOritiee i and I The opinims expressed so StrOUglY °I