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London, England, 1844-03-25 00:00:00

THE CASE OF MARY MILLER.

The Bishop of EXETER rose to move for copies
of all correspondence from the Poor-law Commission-
ers, with respect to the case of Mary Miller, who
hung herself in the Penzance Union. He said this
unfortunate female's moral character had not been
impugned, and having applied to the union for relief,
she was admitted, when the master, instead of
placing her in the probationary ward, ordered
her to be confined in the refractory ward,
or in other wards, put her in prison. After
being in the workhouse for some time, she succeeded
procuring a situation out of the house as a domestic
servant, bnt never waa able to keep it, and conse-
quently was again compelled to apply to the work-
house. She was subjected to the same treatment,
although, being rather superstious, she begged and
prayed that she might not be confined in this cell, or
if so she should commit some desperate act.
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

this diminution of profit must be added to
the dimunition of wages coincident with the dimu-
nition of time, and, as I before stated, notwithstand-
ing the amended declaration of the Hon. and Learned
Member for Liskeard (Mr. C. Buller), my firm belief
is that this reduction of wages cannot fairly be esti-
mated at less than from 15 to 25 per cent.—(Hear.)
Now, then, if I have proved it is dangerous to the
master and would end in disappointment to the work-
man, I ask myself is it possible that a measure having
those two effects can fail to be dangerous to the State.
My own opinion is decided, and it is also the opinion
of my colleagues that any measure which effects such
as those I have adverted to is dangerous in the extreme.
I am quite satisfied that women are under a delusion
on this point, and that they do not anticipate such a
reduction in wages, as I have no doubt must be the
inevitable result of limiting the time of work. What
would be the first 'effect of their disappointment.
It would be, .1 am persuaded, that they would
stand out resolutely, against the reduction of wages as
unnecessary and unjust. Why, at this very moment,
unless I am misinformed, with twelve hours' work,
with a high rate of wages, and improvement in trade,
there are many branches of workmen dissatisfied with
the present rate of wages • and I have no doubt
if we come to effect a legislative reduction of wages,
the effect of the consequent disappointment of the
workmen would be a very general strike throughout
the manufacturidg districts which, concurring with
other things, would lead to fatal and most inexpli-
cable confusion.—(Hear, hear.) I hope that
nothing which may fall from me may be considered
in the nature of disrespect to asy parties, but I have
a duty to discharge, and will discharge it, but I must
say, with all respect, that the measure of the Noble
Lord is dangerous in its nature, and that, dangerous
as I conceive it to be, the arguments by which it
is supported are still more dangerous.—(Hear, hear.)
I do not know whether the gentleman who used the
argument is present, but I heard an Hon. Gentleman
on Friday night say that a larger diminution in
wages was not detrimental to the working
classes. It was said that there were moral wages,
' which were more important to them than even money
wages, and that high wages led to immorality and
improper condriet on the part of the workmen ;
and even when they were reduced starvation was not
possible in this country. Now, those are dangerous
arguments. It is dangerous to say that there cannot
be too large a legislative reduction in the value of the
only commodity which the working man possesses.
But I cannot believe that the reduction will not he at-
tended with deterioration in the labourers' moral con-
dition. So far from benefitting his conduct, it is likely
to drive them to despair, and the commision of crime
which he would otherwise have the least desire to
commit; and it is no consolation to the Legislature
or to the unhappy individual whose suffering, under
a legislative loss in the value of the only commodity
which he has for sale,—and undoubtedly he has
a perfect right to the free exercise of that commodity
us he pleases—to tell that individual of the moral ad-
vantages of a reduction in his wages, and
that there is a poor-law in this country
which prevents the possibility of starvation.
I pass on to another, as I think, hardly less terrifying
argument. I allude to the argument that we have
now arrived at a new 'social state—(Loud cries of
" Hear, hear"—that there is to be a departure from
all fixed principles which have hitherto guided the
wisest Oen in legislating upon this subject, and that
we are to meet a new social state by a new scheme
of legislation in this matter. (Hear, hear.)
The opinion has hitherto prevailed that interference
with the free market of labour is most dangerous,
and can only be justified in very strong exceptions.
That rule is now to be reversed; legislative inter-
ference is to be general, and there is to be no limit
to that interference, excepting not even the necessity
of the case but the possibility of the case.—(Hear,
hear.) Now, I say, that if that doctrine is to pre-
vail, it would be much better for this House
not to deal with the complicated question.
of the maximum of labour, but at once to establish
she minimum of wages.—(Hear, hear.) I say that
a more dangerous case was never opened to the view
of a legislative assembly: (Hear, hear.) I have
seen within the last eight and forty hours the use of
a very strong expression to which, on the whole, I
must give my assent. Ido not think it is too much
to say that this is on the whole the commencement of a
Jack Cade system of legislation.—(Cheers from all
parts of the House.) Now, I will just notice one
other argument which fills me with alarm. I allude
to the doctrine that it is desirable to take this step
with a view of checking intense competition.—(Hear,
hear.) Now, competition in this matter, inasmuch
as it is the great regulator of produce and price, if
coincident with profits, promotes the interest of the
community. But I contend that this legislation so far
from tending to diminish competition, must have
the directly opposite effect.—(Hear, hear.) If the
demand in the market be the same, and the work to
be done be the same. The inevitable effect of your
diminishing the power of executing it, will be that
fresh factories must lie built and fresh capital sunk
in machinery. The sinking of capitpl is itself
no small evil, but if you prevent the running of
machinery for twelve hours, the effect of that will be
the shifting of the burden to the working-classes ;
that fresh machinery will be built; that needless out-
lays will be incurred ; that there will be a fresh de-
mand for the labour of young persons and children ;
that population will be stimulated, profits ulti-
mately fall, and the condition of the working-
classes permanently and hopelessly injured.—(Hear.)
According to my views, which I_will shortly state, I
would say that I cannot conceive that it ever can be
conducive to human happiness to impose limits upon
human industry.—(Cheers.) I think that if it ever
appears to be the interest of the state to reduce the
profits upon capital—to restrict industry at home—to
n competition--(Cheers)—
andve t premiums
penalties upon the employment of
machinery, and even on the employment of Bri-
tishoimpose upon foreig
capital in manufactures—these objects would be
affected by the proposition of my Noble Friend.—
(Hear, hear.) I have now dealt with the first part of
the subject—l hope not at too great length. To sum
up, in one word, I think that a compromise for eleven
tAlk State, and inadmis-
sible policy.—(Hear, hear.) I come now, Sir, to
the second branch of the compromise. What would
hours
in would bedangerous to
be the chance of its permanent endurance. To turn
first to his Noble I riend the Member for Dorset-
shire, who, with the most honourable zeal, and
the most humane intentions, has firmly ad-
hered to the prosecution of this object, which he
thinks indispensable for the happiness of the working
classes.—(Hear) My Noble Friend has excluded
himself from that power which is an object of honour-
able ambition to every man in this kingdom.—(Hear.)
He has made that sacrifice. He has placed himself—
I will not say in hostile collision, but in opposition—
to the political friends whom he respects and esteems.
—(Hear, hear.) But, Sir, we must consider that
my Noble Friend is not only the able, but the
principal champion of this cause ; and in the most
solemn manner, in speech and in writing—years ago
—two months ago, and on Friday night last—using
the strongest language in the most solemn manner—
he declared that he would never rest until he obtained
a Ten hours' Bill. lam satisfied, then, that the
matter would not stop there. The House has re-
ceived a solemn warning from the. Honourable
Gentleman (the Member for Oldham) who is se-
cond to my Noble Friend in this object, that if
a ten hours' bill were to pass to-morrow it would
not satisfy him, and that he never would be satisfied
with anything less than an eight hours' bill.—(Hear,
hear, and laughter.) But, then, Sir, I hold in my
hand what, perhaps, is_.'inore important still, the de-
claration of the delegates of the operative cotton-
spinners of Manchester—this resolution, which was
passed this morning, is-to this effect :—" That, notwith-
standing the defeat of Lord Ashley, brought about by
the official influence of the Government, we are resolved
never to relax in our exertions until a Bill is carried
through Parliament ; and that we will avail ourselves
of every advantage which constitutional means afford,
to prevent the employment of children and young-per-
sons in factories, for a period beyond eight hours daily.
I say at once that, as between the proposals for eleven
hours and ten hours, if I were driven to make a com-
promise in this matter, considering the circumstances
I have adverted to, I think it would be more wise
on the part of the Government, and of this
House, in the hope of arriving at a durable
settlement, or a probable' permanent arrange-
ment of this question, to go at once the length of a
ten hours', than of an eleven hours' Bill.—(Hear,
hear.) I, therefore, discard the compromise on the
part of the Government ; and I now advert to the
second course which it is open to the Government to
pursue—namely, to ask the permission of the House to
discharge this Order of the Day, with a view of allowing
the existing law to remain in full force unaltered.
That would be a possible course, one which, as com-
pared with the compromise I have been discussing,
would be a practical course; but still, in the progress
the Bill has already made through the Com-
mittee, several important amendments have re-
ceived the sanction of the House. The limitation
of the hours of the labour of children, that portion of
the working classes which, as a general principle, was
the most entitled to the protection of the Legislature,
—with respect to children, almost by common con-
sent, an important change had been effected. The
duration of their labour has been limited to eight
hours. Then with respect to the education
if the children in the manufacturing districts—of
which I will not despair—a most important regula-
tion has been sanctioned by the. Committee in the
provision that they shall not work both in the
forenoon and the afternoon of the same
day, I am, therefore, not disposed to throw
away the advantages of these new arrange-
ments that have already been sanctioned by the Com-
mittee, or of the other arrangements contained in the
present Bill, and which I am confident will receive
the assent of the House. lam now brought to the

THE SUN; LONDON, MONDAY- ETENING, MARCH 25, 1844.

third course, . which I before. stated I should be
brought to discuss—that her Majesty's Govern-
ment might withdraw the present Bill, and
ask leave to bring in another, not to repeal the
existing law or to re-enact it, but for the purpose
of amending the existing law and introducing such
amendments and modifications as had already re-
ceived the sanction of the House, or were likely to
receive its general assent. I am bound in frankness to
tell the House that, as we have resisted, so we shall con-
tinue to resist, any de arture from the limit of twelve
hours.—(Hear, hear. This declaration may not
appear consistent wit that respect which I have said
ought to be shown for the decisions of this House.
But if we could believe that we had forfeited
the confidence of this House • that it was
possible for the Government to give effect to the prin-
ciple of the Ten Hours' Bill, upon which a small ma-
jority of the House has decided, our course would be
clear. But it is our duty steadily to pursue the
course I have intimated as the one we shall adopt.
I am not aware that I have omitted to state any
thing that my colleagues have deemed it right that I
should state. At all events, I hope that the House will
acknowledge that I have concealed nothing; and I hope
that I have said nothing that is inconsistent with the
profound respect which I feel bound to pay to the
decision of a majority of this House or whichever
side it may be found.—(Opposition cheers.) If the
House will permit me to conclude with a motion, I
ought, perhaps, to move that the Order of the Day for
the resolving itself into Committee on the Factories Bill
be read for the purpose of being discharged.—(Op-
position cheers.) If, however, any Hon. Gentlemen
should think that I am taking the House by surprise
—(Hear, hear)—if any Hon. Gentleman should feel
that impression—(Hear, hear)—l shall feel it
my duty to ask that the Order of the
Day be postponed to Friday, for the purpose of giv-
ing the House time to consider what course it may
be advisable to pursue.—(Loud Opposition cheers.)
I move the Order of the Day for the House resolv-
ing itself into Committee on the Factories Bill be
now read.
Mr. BROTHERTON rose, but there were loud
calls for Lord Ashley. During the confusion mes-
sengers from the Lords brought up certain bills.
When the messengers withdrew as the calls for Lord
Ashley still continued, Mr. Brotherton gave way, and
Lord ASHLEY rose, and said that he thought
there could be no doubt but that the most re/t,sonable
and fair course to take, would be that which had been
suggested by the Right Hon. Gentleman, to allow
the House until Friday, to consider the determina-
tion to which they would come. He (Lord Ashley)
had been taken by surprise) and although
his resolution had been by no means shaken
as to the eventual cause which he should
take, he had not decided what course it would at
present be prudent for him to adopt. It was totally
unnecessary for him to follow the Right Hon.
Gentleman through the whole of his able
statement, but the subject had been already
fully discussed.—(Loud cheers.) Every one had
already made up his opinion on it.—(Cheers)—and
not only had the subject been fully discussed, but the
question had been solemnly decided.—(Loud cheers.)
That great assembly, in three successive divisions,
had affirmed the principle that twelve hours' labour
was not to be endured, and therefore whatever might be
the result of the proceedings of Friday next, he would
make a solemn appeal to the House to stand by its de-
cision.—(Laughter.)—Upon that decision he would
rest; because of this, he was convinced that it was
not necessary for him, or any person whatever,
to deal with this subject by any further argument.
He regretted that his Right Hon. Friend the Secre-
tary of State for the Home Department had introduced
into this discussion observations which, but for him
would never have been thought of again and were
forgotten.—(Hear, hear.) He deplored that he should
have made such a statement, as that this was
the beginning of Jack Cade legislation.—(Loud
cheers.) He (Lord Ashley) would not repudiate
nor would he be ashamed of the title.—(Cheers.)
But he
,- would. ask that House wkat...4 was that gave
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'birth" to Jack .Cade? Was it not,' that the people
were writhing under oppressions which they were
not , able to bear, and when smarting under
these oppressions they determined to take the law in
their own hands.—(Cheers.) And that would be the
case on the present subject, unless they took care
how they legislated upon it.—(Hear.) And if for this
they were to be told that they were rebels like
Jack Cade, they would be only adding insult to in-
justice.—(Hear, hear.) As the Right Hon. Gentle-
man had said that he would postpone the question
till Friday he would not detain the House further,
and he would only repeat that he trusted as
this question had been solemnly decided upon three
different occasions, ;that upon that decision Hon.
Members would stand and would vote with him.
1 Of this he could assure the House that he would
never depart from the course which he had adopted
upon this subject. In that course he would be sup-
ported, as he had hitherto been, by that House.
Lord HO WICK thought that the House could not
with fairness and propriety decide upon the question
at that time. But what was the course the Govern-
ment was now proposing to adopt? They were told
by the Government that they would not listen to
any compromise. They would neither adopt a Ten
nor Eleven Hours' Bill, notwithstanding their
own inspectors had told them that a twelve
hours' labour was more than ought to be borne.
The evidence of the highest medical authorities went
to the same effect, and yet the Government told them
they would allow no reduction. What did the Go-
vernment intend to do ? They _ had been de-
feated on this clause, and how did they pro-
pose to take the decision ? Why, they took
the extraordinary course of saying to the House
if you choose to regulate labour to a greater extent
than we approve of, then you shall , not regulate
at all.—(Cheers.) That was what the Government
presumed to say to the House.—(Loud cheers.)
At the present moment, let it be recollected, there '
was no check at all on the labour of women. The
inspectors appointed by the Government had
reported that a check was absolutely necessary—
that women who were not, in fact, their own masters,
required and should have the same protection as
children. Well, the Government said they would
regulate this labour by confining it within the
limit of twelve hours—the House said they
would confine it to ten hours—and then the
Government said to these females, and to the
House, you shall have no limitation nor re-
gulation at all.—(Cheers.) He now suggested to his
Noble Friend (Lord Ashley) that the course he
should take on Friday night should be to resist the
discharge of the order. If he allowed the Bill which
had now made such progress to be withdrawn, what
would be the effect ? The Government would intro-
duce a new Bill still more objectionable in shape than
the one now before the House—the Noble
Lord (Ashley) would have to re-propose his
clause, and if it were carried again, the
Government would drop the Bill.—(Hear, hear.)
If the Noble Lord (Ashley) meant to persevere let
him persevere on Friday next—if he is to have diffi-
culties to encounter, rather let him meet them
in the first instance than in the last. Let
them rather go on with the Bill as it was than
allow a new Bill to be introduced with all the disad-
vantages which the original proposers were anxious
to avoid.—(Hear, hear.) He put this for his Noble
Friend's consideration, and, at all events, when the
motion was made to discharge the order for further
considering the Bill, he, if he stood alone, would say
" No" to it.—(Hear, heat) Before he sat down he
wished to correct a misstatement of the argument ,put
by himself and his Hon. and Learned Friend, made of
the Right Hon. Gentleman. The Right lion. Gentle-
-man, obviously alluding to what he (Lora H.) said,
made him say that intense competition was at the
bottom of the evil. That was not the argument
he had used. What he had said was, that if intense
competition was the source of the evil, they could
only get at it by widening the field of industry.
He had said that intense competition gave a
power to one or two individuals to adopt a system of
carrying on great branches of industry to which the
great majority of persons engaged in them were,
in their wishes, strongly opposed.—(Hear, hear.)
He asked those who had listened to the able speech
of the Hon. Member for Liskeard (Mr. C. Buller),
whether his arguments had not been perverted by
Right Hon. Gentlemen. His Hon. and Learned
Friend had stated, and he (Lord Ashley) believed
stated truly, that they had acted too long
upon the principle of leaving these mat-
ters to themselves.—(Hear, hear.) He entirely
He concurred with his Hon. and Learned Friend,
and he thought the Rignt Hon. Gentleman opposite
was of the same opinion, for the question between
them and the Government was a matter of detail—the
number of the hours. The Right Hon. Barone
had said just now that he could not conceive how ii

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was conducive to human interest to limit humanin-
dustry.—(llear, hear.) Why did not the Right Hon.
Gentleman opposite propose to limit industry. In
many of the factories they were at the present moment
working fifteen hours per day.
Mr. PERR AND—Eighteen hours.
Lord HOWICK would not state more than fifteen
hours; but did not the Right Hon. Gentleman pro-
pose to limit that time, &c. He thought that the
House ought to resist the motion to discharge the
order of the day.
Mr. BROTHERTON had heard with very great
regret the announcement of the Right Hon. Baronet.
Had he announced that it was the intention
of the Government to consent to eleven hours,
he believed it would have met with general
concirrence.—(Hear, hear.) He did not yield to
her Majesty's Government in anxiety to promote the
commercial prosperity of the country.—(Hear,
hear.) It was formerly customary for mills
turned by water to work day and night ; but
that custom had ruined the trade. Before factory
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working was seventy-seven hours; it was now sixty-
nine, yet no injury had been suffered. He did think
that if her Majesty's Government had come forward
with a good grace, and bowed to the decision of the
House ; or if they had said " the House has de-
clared that it will neither have ten hours
nor twelve hours, we therefore propose eleven
hours as a medium," such conduct would have
met with general satisfaction. He hoped they would
even yet re-consider their decision.--(Hear.)
Capt. RODS rose, and was
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

THE MURDER AT BRIGHILmuId;sI
After the sentence had been passed upon the wi-to the
man, Lawrence, at Lewes, he was taken hee,k,o Llor
gaol, and the next morning he was conveyea to is
sham, where the sentence is to be carried into e_a.ri to
the custody of two turnkeys, who had strict orutiondi
watch him, in order that he might not lay vieleued if 0
upon himself, which he has repeatedly threatened eight
opportunity is afforded him. It is now neerlogatio
years since an execution has taken place in
and it is rather remarkable that the last mall,_llthe
brought to the scaffold was convicted through oat
ertions of Solomon, the unhappy victim in the ws°,
instance. This man's name was Shepherd, au" offeree
a noted burglar, upon the occasion on which h.e_s_ffet
having committed no less than four Dulb;
on as many successive nights. ._„airesilll with
Brighton after the commission of the last, bruis7,„ertit
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him a large portmanteau, filled with valuable, PP:„„rd be
the produce of the robberies he had committee; :tied
took his place by a coach, which at that perieu, ',OOO
at six o'clock in the morning for London. Iliebr4lics
whom he sent with his portmanteau to the cosetoppd,
excited the suspicion of the police, and he was shera
and taken to the station-house at Brighton, w
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was questioned by Solomon, and on his saYgl4olll
he had brought the portmanteau from age d-000
who was going by the coach, Solomon to , god
stable to accompany him to the office and see if 1/14100ist
was true. Tins was done, and on ShepherdA to•ar
up and claiming the property he was alieWe'receilsil
part. Very soon afterwards information WO Tad*
of the robbery, and Solomon proceeded t°,....--sber,
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executed. executed. As has been already stated, the
deceased was very much respected in the, ;web
Brighton, and a subscription has been openeaYfortb.
expected to realise a very considerable amount'
benefit of his wife, who ever since the melanehl'ilf!
rence has been in an almost frantic state, andinti,
and a benefit has been announced at Batty's C'.,„trlo-'
the same object. We understand that the murder:if dr
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expected that the sentence will be carried into-••
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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(SATURDAY.)
GUILDHALL.
James HA a collector for Messrs. Sutton and Co.,
railway and canal carriers, Whitecross-street, was
brought before Mr. Alderman Gibbs, for final examina-
tion, charged with embezzling three bankers' cheques,
and a sum of 21. 6s. 9d., received on account of his em-
ployers.
Mr. Thomas, the barrister, stated the nature of the
case. The prisoner was employed to collect orders and
cash. Sometimes the carmen delivered goods for the
carriage of which they were not paid at the time,
although the parties were not customers to whom credit
was given by agreement. These sums were collected by
the prisoner. He was also sometimes entrusted to
collect from those who paid for the carriage of their
goods monthly, and these were called ledger accounts.
The charge against the prisoner was that he had re-
ceived four of these ledger accounts, and had embezzled
the amount. He should have accounted for them as
soon as they were received. If he had acknowledged
that he had received the money, and refused or neglected
to give it up, perhaps he would not have been liable to
punishment, but he concealed the payment, and even
when taxed denied it. Mr. James Oldfield, one of the
agents of the Messrs. Sutton, discovered the fraud by
calling for payment upon a customer who had previously
paid his account to the prisoner. Upon further inquiry
other defalcations were detected. Ile should show that
the cheques had been paid to the prisoner, and, if neces-
sary, he could also show that the prisoner had applied
them to his own use.
The payment of three cheques, for the sums of 13/.
65., 61. 25., and 21. 45., by customers to the firm to the
prisoner, who gave receipts for them, was proved. Also
the pr vment of 21. 6s. 9d. in cash.
Mr. John Oldfield deposed that he and his brother are
the joint agents for Messrs. Sutton and Co., whose
chief establishment is near Derby. Witness manages
the in-door business, looking to the cash, keeping the
books, &c., and his brother attends to the out-door
business, and collects the ledger accounts of those cus-
tomers who pay for the carriage of their goods monthly
or quarterly. The prisoner collected the sums which
parties neglected, or refused to pay to the carman, and
he delivered the ledger accounts preparatory to Mr.
James Oldfield calling for payment. The prisoner was
authorised to receive such accounts, if offered to him,
and had been sometimes instructed to call for the
money. If he received a ledger account, it was the pri-
soner s duty to pay it over immediately, and also to
mention it to Mr. J. Oldfield, that he might not trouble
the customer by calling for payment a second time. The
prisoner had not accounted to him for the cheques, or
other sum mentioned.
Mr. James Oldfield proved that the prisoner had not
accounted for the cheques or money to him.
The prisoner's solicitor examined the Messrs. Oldfield
at considerable length, to show that the prisoner had
endeavoured to borrow money from the firm on the
ground of having to meet expenses from the sickness of
his family, but really to cover a lost of 151. which had
occurred to him ; that the prisoner was not bound to
account immediately, but had balanced his account at
the end of a month or six weeks, and that the ledger
and general accounts had been intermixed ; that the
prisoner had received cheques from customers before,
and changed them into cash, duly accounting for the
amount.
Mr. Alderman GIBBS thought the charge of embezzle-
ment was sufficiently made out, as it was clear he should
have accounted immediately for the receipt of the ledger
bills.—The prisoner was committed for trial.

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the necessary orders for the repair of the uluwhe 01
erected in memory of the Hanoverian soldiers
in that battle.
toretlice.
The Chamber of Representatives, at the co_ tea the
ment of yesterday's sitting, unanimously II fortl
amendment of the Senate to the project of iiir the Ilf
conversion of Five per Cents. The interest 0,. re!
Stock will, therefore be payable at Paris, with tf,f, 16,0-
that the expense of the operation shall not eze°7„,toil
francs per annum. The Senate adopted by *lossi
of 26 to 1, the project of law relative to a"
84,686,000 francs. Ilite46t
BRUSSELS, MARCH 22.—The Minister of the,,,„t tY
announced in the Chamber of Representatives 701,
Company had offered to undertake, on verls eft!
geous terms, the works for repairing the kilo r
Polder of Lills ; the project of law on this SUC • A
therefore, put on the order of the day.
• lieve:
in relli The heavy rains which have again set „ ~of
a fresh rising of the Senne, but we do 1101.,%0110
that it will do much injury. A letter froml:',4rier
the 14th, says that the farmers do not remelo7
U: preSt
have seen the country in such a condition Its e` 015,
The ground is so wet that nothing can be clouelthsoP,
public roads are absolutely impassable. 14°tIvAtteillei'
ing the vigilance recommended by the King's
seetinio
reel .
general robberies continue to be frequent, ~.
night passes without some fresh instances of Owdoestrf,
the environs. Unhappily, the state of thilisce,alcre
seem likely to cease so soon, for the For 0 of
cannot remove the cause of the evil, whico ts jo,'
than the extreme misery of the people. Teawisekbil
rains aggravate the distress of the poorer u_,„ e,
retarding the growth of the fruits of the '0707_,_ lef
should serve for their -subsistence, the Iv'
visions being wholly exhausted.
op 101;r
POSEN, MARCH 9.—(FRoH A CORRESPO.-reo
hasten to inform you, that the rigorous 017ted,
specting the Polish emigrants is, if not re' is A
essentially modified, inasmuch as their dep Gartim;eoo'
finitely adjourned. This decision of our °reef'
14.0
has caused general joy here, and is a P
~,
the emigrants have by no means ie t ,trr
in any sort of intrigues. Neither 19
that any of them have already left w•
vince; they are all still here, and bless the 842tioe 2#
who has not hesitated to withdraw such a rells,
soon as it was found to be unncessary, and there
in harmony with his universally aeltnowledged__„,'- en
of mind. The Communists who have latter:f °Tate
Poland, and been here in the Citadel, iire,airettio.• ;_4l
veyed, partly to Magdeburg, and par*,:ty to bteoge"-
The recal of Prince Paskewitscl and the eP_,r- A
of Prince Czonitsehiff as his successor cam'
to
sensation here, because it gives reason to ai ' 0(10
further rigorous measures in Poland, the i'rellt
Field-Marshal being attributed to his to° lAi
bearance,
.....re' IF.
Tau HAGUE, MARCH 20.—The Java Pai; ...,,A
25th of November last, have the following newt
" Batavia, Nov. 17, 1843.—The chief town %too?
was visited, on the night of the Ist instant (a hPbsit
midnight), and on the afternoon of the sth, e",
two, by dreadful fires, by which it was redoceuesel!pr?
with the exception of the old town. All the
of the European and native officers to check th:be elell)
of the flames were rendered unavailing ?IA of
south-east south-east winds, and the drought which pro 01:0
for some hours past. 2,075 houses, of whicli.,,hiolll79o
stone, are destroyed in the nil,* vramponge, Ld to le
consumed ; 6,000 persons are hereby reeus Wk,,
greatest greatest distress, and four lives were lost.
.i, cA 0
houses, clothes, furniture, merchandise, site r,ol,Alop
iron, and notes, cattle, &c., is estimated at26'':
,4,ieet 0
The General Chamber of Accounts gives Viltioal
on the 15th and 16th of this month, bonds .and o
various descriptions (a list of which is gi'Aii)► liss
in all to the nominal value of 482,836,010) of o° !Ado
publicly burnt. 0?
THE HAGUE, MARCH 21.—We i'd,..irn from mesh ell to
that his Majesty's steamer the Iseomo put t°, too°
18th of this month, bound to Batavia and 0,,10
Japan. )1'
The Staats anaaßt contains the proro-"1-, sa Si
. oticeld
financial law lately passed by the Chaim"- lolj 4 y
tioned by the King.
„,:011.
Several honourable
daily from ten citizens of Rotterdo_,„e vel.?
ti, one o'clock in order to W' 0.11410
fellow-citizens all the information which theY_ giA.
quire to financial I°w' v alp
:take them comprehend the fina the
conviliCt them of the advantage of preferring to +if
tary loan to the free gift to the payment of then.
will be levied if the loan should not be filled llr AV,
--
- OA?
LETTERS OF MARY, QUEEN OFSCOT99 pind.l.ol
of her Personal History, edited by Agnes Wick e 5.14411
edition of the above interesting work has just 21,:rore - WI
plete in two volumes, uniform with Miss Stri_c es of /I
of the Queens of England." " The Life and lu"., Iv si.
Queen of Scots (says the Edinburgh Courant) el pap sr,
liar degree of attention, not only as an imPtatiiii,icidt •In
history ; but as a story deeply romantic and ti:t",aer. er
Is calculated to engage the sympathy of ever,. Tetteciiil
present publication contains the whole of Mary's t iri
have yet come to light, besides many that are Y; lesk tri4l
and being all arranged in chronological order, 111,, teffVf
notices, explanatory of the matters to which th.; iy if,
present a connected series of documents more-clef Oil 05
tive of the Important events of this period,
__„t-,-,b, es il`• ri
newa sadydei tat isobpneeectnto
gives vwahl ujcahbalhe
of historical he big
..,,
character of the unfortunate Scottish Queen- Isela ' elv
FREDERICK THE GREAT'S ANTIPLUAIeroWOOI
Frederick the Great, of Prussia, says, PaetrilubdrlissdPe:44 The work fiii..vn • !Az r
rinterest to --"t
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t°71,..t
GlMEN.—Zimmerma.n, in his narratives of his in„i the ' f I
had taken a great quantity of soup mime, •
,6_,Toej-d,Aup,_./__..l ?rep iir,
thin a 0110 strongest gravy drawn from the most hee;:tug 01 ere' „
this portion he mixed a large table-Spoor e Joe , "
mace and pounded ginger. He then eat wed li Is
of beef stewed in brandy. This ho it.,h, c° 0, le
a copious allowance of an Italian
~,,inu''' all frgitio
half of maize-flowcr and half of Pernne a it,...1' this is added the juice of garlic, and the "-- flar #5ll
butter till it a
Ai c oh' •• OF
favourite (-I;,,ii, •
'..quires a crust as thick us one's(° v,e
- _is called
.polenta. At Jena,- fleets. ,_ i ,4
mernin) the King, praising the excellent ape nth vrit.o jeop3
daretelion had given him, concluded the scene that 1.„.t. ex r
'plate of eel pie so hot and so highly seasoned the -114,',/,!*/,
to have been 'baked in hell; while at tehlAdied ' ; ~
asleep, and was seized with convulsions."
` the
BIRTHS. ' Clieltenbiln* IX
On the 23d inst., at Sandford-Place,' :..-- -011'
Countess Baptiste Metaxa, of a son and ue"•," rot*, ; 00,
On the 7th inst at Naples, in the Palazzo r end heir.
of Francis Hastings Medhurs't, Esq., of a V.V. '%'O "a of
On the 17th inst., at Lorn-road, Mrs. ---
_, fg' of a son. Floc., •
_ts
On the 21st inst., the wife of Luke TraPP4 aeon., c'
Lidham Lodge, Addison-road, Kensingtoth.,ee, 'R4: da, 1
On the 2lst inst., the lady of Edward ai`J
daughter. ;
On the 218trinat.tMrs. Greaves Walker, of 13/417- ' 011#
inns, StTeltdr94 ds3ghter. of the .11°°' 'I oi
A" ' -.111'3N st rhasf§t Brighton, the lady ss '
lidniry , raev,' son. d-Pill'; .
'• ,On the.2lst lift; Devonshire-street, Portia'
_p
liaselortlfg &V. (3`. IL Butterworth, of a son.
9_, c
t''
eDR the-22d inSt-jetrs. A. Gillespie, America- cr..„`„.--"-- Ait
, .
Ch Pi°
' t 'MARRIED. Garr „A'
Orethe-23d'on*euther, 1843, in the ,-,—ounli 017
"PtiiYeltatOr' ' Vert Stuart, of Grant-town, ;0 vitro 9 9
Kandy; poyillellir.,Charles Urquhart Stuart,
orth
,tit
-to. cri6v.so-phisitiird daughter of Air. James
htfr, rciugs*ltterr*mrackbenvell, Surrey. __. or _
_il:hfltilOth'4ilst•.;'''at St. Philip's Church, 151.117 t a the
Benjamin Smith, of Birmingham, to Ann, el' si ei
Mr. Cyrus Slater, of London. StePII"OIPI
On the 21st inst., at Boston, Lincolnshire, .
_. as /
Curtis, Esq., of Stoke-Newington, London, to Amu',
of Charles Wright, Esq., of Boston. of
Laura n
DIED. 21,,"
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'
On the 20th inst., in Connaught-terrace,
Forest .4
wife of Benjamin Cowie, Esq., of Tilgate lir
0 '
Sussex.
It'
On the 12th inst., at Ringmer, Sussex, Jew" idol
Ivory, surgeon, aged 45.
On the 19th inst., at Quemerford, near Calve, I"rf' 0000
of the late Slater Heale, aged 86. llal!c Act.°ol
Oil the 19th inst., in 'Upper Brook-street,trithiv
_,DA
Nancy, relict of the late T. E. Tidswell, Escl•liAvivi ;' ~‘
On the 19th inst., Harley Greville, eldest ur,' dyi
General and Lady Charlotte Bacon.
On the 20th inst., Peter Winsland, the infant °ll "Oa
Brophy, Esq., of Dublin. • wide 0
000
On the 22d inst., at Greenwich, Anna Diana,
late Right Hon. George Tierney.
On the 22d inst., Charlotte, eldest daughter °flit' Ilif 4.
Wildoi._.... ri, of wood-street, 0,,
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John Kebble and James Kebble, two young men of re-
spectable appearance, were brought before Mr. Hardwick,
charged with having stolen a large quantity of silk
scarfs, the _property, of Messrs. Higgins and Co., mercers,
of Bond-street.
The prisoners,it appeared, were in the habit of calling
upon a shopman in the employ of the prosecutors, and
in consequence of suspicions which occurred, the stock
was looked over, and then it was discovered that five or
six dozen silk scarfs, worth between 30L and 401., had been
stolen. The prisoners were suspected, and they were
taken into custody by police-sergeant Whall, C
who succeeded in tracing some of the property to pawn-
brokers to whom it had been pledged by the prisoners.
The constable having told Mr. Hardwick that he was
not prepared with all the evidence against the prisoners,
the Magistrate consented to remand the case for a week.
Wm. Clark, a little boy, remarkable for his ugliness,
was charged with having stolen a watch, gold chain, and
seals, worth 10/, belonging to his master, Thomas Scard-
field.

The master said he took the prisoner into his service
out of compassion, but he soon found out that the pri-
soner was in the habit of pilfering articles and otherwise
repaying with ingratitude the kindness with which he
had been treated. That morning he (prosecutor) missed
his watch and seals from his bed-room, and believing
that the thief was the prisoner, he questioned him about
it. The prisoner sturdily denied all knowledge of the
watch, and further asserted he had no money about him.
Prosecutor.proceeded to search him, and in one pocket
he found a penny, and in a second pocket another
penny. The boy stoutly declared this was all he had
got ; but prosecutor having noticed that he tried to
conceal something in his hand, took a piece of paper
from him, and found it to contain ss: 6d. in silver. Pro-
secutor was of opinion that this money was part of the
proceeds of the sale of his watch and seals.
The boy asserted, upon his sacred honour, lie picked
up the money in Monmouth-court.
Mr. HARDWICK entertained so strong a doubt about
the accuracy of this piece of luck, that he directed the
boy should be locked up, in order to bring the real truth
more clearly to his recollection.
William Taprell, a heavy looking lad, was charged
with having indecently assaulted a little girl, named Mary
Smith, aged seven years. The lad was employed to clean
knives by the aunt of the little girl, who lived in Bury-
street, St. James's, and the discovery of the prisoner's
abominable conduct arose through the complaints of the
little girl. As it did not appear from the surgeon's
examination that the capital offence was completed, Mr.
Hardwick decided upon taking the case as one of com-
mon assault, and the penalty of 5/. or two months' im-
prisonment, was then inflicted.

UNION-HALL.
William Ware and William Smith, the two men, and
Jamas Williams, the youth, charged in conjunction on
suspicion with having robbed Mrs. Cutts of 7201.,. in an
omnibus, and also with stealing a purse, containing
twelve sovereigns, from the person of & Mrs. Kingstnill,
in Liquorpond-street, were brought before Mr. Cotting.
ham for re-examination on those charges. Tho prisoners
were defended by two counsel.
Previously to the examination an application was
made to prevent the interference of Thomas Stowell, the
common informer, who on Saturday last attempted to
thwart the ends of justice, by an endeavour to mislead a
female witness in her identity of the boy Williams.
Mr. COTTINGHAM directed that should any complaint
of a similar kind arise, he should order the removal of
Stowell from the Court, who had no right whatsoever to
interfere in the case.

A sergeant of the detective police said that Stowell
was continually in the company of thieves, and that he
now wanted to act as solicitor for the accused persons.
Mr. COTTINGTIAM said that he should take care that
that should not be the case.
The only additional evidence adduced was that of a
Mrs. Bear and a little boy, her brother, who identified the
boy Williams as having been concerned in the robbery
of Mrs. Kingsmill, who had her pocket picked of a purse
containing twelve sovereigns. The witnesses said they
were walking behind Mrs. Kingsmill at the time she was
robbed, and saw the two men and the boy Williams
commit the offence, and that they escaped at the time by
running down one of the turnings. I hey were certain
as to the identity of the boy, but not so as to the other
two prisoners, whom they were unable to swear to with
any degree of confidence.
Sergeant Langley said that Mrs. Cutts, the la;ly who
was robbed of the 7201. in the Islington onmil,:is, was so
ill that she was unable to attend, and that Mr. Cutts,
being persuaded that her illness was produced from the
agitation consequent on the magnitude of the robbery,
had, therefore, expressed a wish that she should not be
compelled to appear again.
Mr. COTTINGHAN said that Mrs. Cutt's attendance
was absolutely necessary ; that the fact of the three
prisoners launching out into extravagance immediately
after the robbery of the above lady was a strong cir-
cumstance of suspicion against them, in addition to Wil-
liams being identified as riding in the same omnibus
with her, and also two men resembling the other pri-
soners, although she could not speak with the same de-
gree of certainty as to their identification.
The prisoners' counsel contended that the evidence
was not sufficiently strong to bring the charges litita'e-
against either of them, but the Magistrate differed in
opinion on that subject, and said that he should commit
Williams for trial, but, with a view to have the at-
tendance of Mrs. Cutts, should remand the other pri-
soners until Friday.

At the ?otice Committe of Aldermen for the reinciV
ing Irish and Scotch paupers, on Friday, the presiding
magistrates, Mr. Alderman Copeland and Mr. Alder-
man Johnson, expressed a wish that it might be made
known through the Press that the Houses of Shelter for
poor people would be closed for the season in a few
days. The metropolis, the City especially, had of late
been inundated with destitute objects from all parts of
the country, who had been attracted by hearing of these
places of refuge, though they could not expect to find
employment in their ordinary occupations—as miners,
agricultural labourers, &c. These poor persons had
been a great tax on the City poor-boxes, where they
had less funds than at the Metropolitan police-courts.
It was very desirable that the poor objects should have
timely warning of the closing of the receiving-houses
alluded to, that they might not continue to pour into
London, when there were no such places of resort, and
where there was no possibility of their getting em-
ployment.

ANCIENT RELIC.—Mr. T. Walsh, Patrick-street,
Limerick, has got a curious and rare specimen of the gold
pin or bodkin, which the Irish chieftains of old wore in the
front of their dress. It was found in the crevice of a rock at
Carrigaholt Castle, on Tuesday, where a few natives were
burning sea-weed. It is fully seven inches long, with a head
on the apex, and is of the purest gold, weighing over two
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