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London, England, 1842-06-23 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 22.
DESIGNS COPYRIGHT BILL.
This Bill went through Committee pro forma, in order
to have the Bill reprinted. The Bill was ordered to be
recommitted this day fortnight.
MINES AND COLLIERIES BILL.
Lord STANLEY presented a petition against this Bill
from Coltbridge, Lancashire. He (Lord Stanley) did
not concur in the prayer of the petition.
Lord ASHLEY presented a petition in favour of the
Bill from Barnsley, signed by upwards of 5,000 miners
and others; also a petition to the same effect, signed by
females alone. The petitioners expressed their grateful
thanks to the House for having allowed the introduction
of this Bill; also a petition to the same effect from the.
hand-loom weavers of Barnsley.
On the motion for the House going into Committee on
the Bill,
Mr. SCOTT wished to correct some mis-statements
relative to the parishes in the district with which he was
connected. It had been represented, in the Report made
by the Commission, that the parishes in the district of
Walsall were in the habit of apprentic:ng boys to mines.
He begged to say that very few of the parishes were in
the habit of doing this. He thought it his duty to state
this as the report was calculated to injure the union with
which he was immediately connected. With respect to
this Bill he had no hostility to the general principles of
the Bill, but if it were passed with its present provisions
it would have a most serious effect upon the mines in
Staftbrdshire, and would materially reduce their condi-
tion in life, and would not tend to improve their moral
condition, but would be quite the reverse. Many of the
colliers were happy, and he had known many of them to
say that their occupation was a pleasant one.—(Laughter.)
With regard to the employment of feinales, none were
employed in the mines in that district ; and Dr. Mit-
chell stated that they were cheerful and contented. He
also stated that the constitution of the men were re-
markably good ; and similar testimony was given with
respect to the condition-of the boys. He thought that a
subject of this description should not be made the object
of such hasty legislation as the Noble Lord seemed de-
sirous to apply to it. It was a dangerous thing to throw
out of employment a large labouring population ; and it
was easy in any description of labour to find scenes that
could not be justified. He did not wish to give any op-
position to the Bill, but he thought that the clauses re-
lating to engineers and apprentices ought to be post-
poned.
Mr. ALDAM agreed in much of what had been
said by the Hon. Member. He hoped the Noble Lord
would grant a delay of a few days.
Mr. WARD did not think that the people of that part
of the country with which he was connected were op-
posed to the Bill, nor was there any desire that it should
be postponed. --(Hear.)
Mr. LAMBTON hoped the Noble Lord would pro-
ceed with the Bill. There was a deputation from Dur-
hani on the subject in London, and deputations might
also be sent from other parts of the country.—(Hear.)
Lord ASHLEY said he hoped that the House would
allow him to go into Committee, as he had one or two
important amendments to make.
The House then went into Committee, Mr. GREENE
in the Chair.
Clause 1 was agreed to.
On < lause 2 being proposed,
Lord ASHLEY said that, in consequence of represen-
tations which had been made to him on the subject, he
intended to propose another clause as a substitute for
the one in the Bill. He did this from the representa-
tions of two deputations with whom he had conversed on
the subject ; and he would take that opportunity of ex-
pressing his thanks for the courtesy of those gentlemen
who composed the deputations, and who assured him it
was their wish and desire to look to the interests of
those who were under their care. It was therefore, with
great satisfaction that he proposed this clause—" That it
shall not be lawful, after one calendar month from the
passing of the Act, to employ any boy for more than 12
hours a day, and that no boy to be employed, after the
passing of the Act, shall be under 10 years of age, and
that he is to work only three alternate'days in the week
till he at rives at the age of 13, and that from the passing
of this Act, it shall not be lawful to have any buy,
already employed in the mines, working under nine
years of age, the time for working to commence at nine
o'clock."
Mr. HUME was satisfied the compromise made by
the Noble Lord would forward the object he had in view.
With regard to the clause he proposed, he thought it
would be much more valuable if the boys on the days
they were idle were sent to receive instruction, and Lot,
allowed to run about doing mischief. He thought it in-
cumbent on Government to provide them with the means
of instruction.
After a few observations from Lord ASHLEY and Mr.
LAMBTON,
Mr. HARDY said it would be much better, instead of
alternate days, that the number of hours should be
diminished.
Mr. AINSWORTH felt convinced, if the propo-
sition of the Noble Lord was carried into effect, it would
throw the mines in his part of the country out o!-: work.
Mr. PROTHEROE -was grieved that the Noble Lord
had come to any arrangement to strike out the age
of thirteen.
Mr. BROTHERTON thought it was desirable that
children employed in factories should have alternate days,
in order to give them en opportunity of going to school.
Mr. V. SMITH approved of the clause, as proposed
by the Noble Lord (Lord Ashley). He trusted that
proper precautions would be taken to ensure a compliance
with its provisions.
Mr. SCOTT thought that children were not now
worse treated in collieries than in factories ; and the
House should not hastily pass any legislative enactment
on the subject. •
Mr. AINSWORTH disapproved of the clause. It
would bring-great distress on many of the poor in the
mining districts.
Lord ASHLEY had reason to believe that the clause
was very generally approved of. He believed it would
lead to beneficial results.
Lord PALMERSTON approved of the clause.
After some further conversation, in which Mr. Dro-
therton, Mr. Ward, Mr. Cobden, and Dr. Bowring took
part, the clause was agreed to.
On the next clause resrecting the employment ot ap-
prentices in mines,
Lord ASHLEY, in answer to a question from an
Hon. Member said, that the occupation was not such
as to require so long a servitude.
The clause was then agreed to.
Mr. E. LAMBTON gave notice that he slould move
that a penalty be imposed upon parents for making false
representations for the parpose of getting children em-
ployed.
Clauses down to clause 7 were agreed to.
On clause 7 being put,
. Mr. HARDY objected to the wording of the claim
which was intended to describe the entry to the mire, as
not sufficiently distinct.
After a desultory conversation, in which several Mem-
bers took part, the clause was agreed to.
Clauses 8,9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16, after some
verbal amendments, were agreed to.
The House then resumed. The Chairman reported
progress, and. the Report was ordered to be brought up
on Friday.
SUDBURY DISFRANCHISEMENT BILL.
On the bringing up of the Report of the Sudbury Dis-

i; : jijL,
Mr. .31,ACKSTONE rose to move that the Bill be
re-committed. The Hon. Member saidhe had no wish
to oft aoy fictious oppc4lo ; but in 0°45'3 6131

which inflicted pains and penalties upon so large a body
of persons he thought he was justified in asking that the
matter should receive the fullest consideration. He
thought he had just grounds for his motion, inasmuch
as the returning officer of the borough had not been
served with the proper papers. He, therefore, begged to
move that the Bill be recommitted.
Mr. RUSHBROOKE seconded the motion.
Mr. REDINGTON said that the Bill had gone
through Committee in a full House, and had met with
no opposition, except on some points of form. It was
too bad, then, that the Hon. Gentleman should come
forward with a motion for its re-committal. However,
if the House thought there were sufficient grounds for
such a course being adopted, he must, of course, bow to
its decision. With respect to the returning-officer not
having been served with the papers, he bad to obsetve.
that there was no regulation requiring such tst
be done. The Honourable Member had full opp? 1"
tunities of discussing whatever points he chose to brine
forward, and if he chanced not to be in his place at the
proper time, it was rather hard on that account to ask
for a re-committal of the Bill.
After a few words from Mr. BLACKSTONE,
Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL said that if the Hon. Xtent-.,..*:
ber wished to throw out the Bill, he had taken the best
course for that purpose. With respect to the clause
which the Hon. Member had put on the paper, it could
be brought forward on the third reading.
Mr. HODGSON objected to the Bill being re-
coil' witted.
Mr. BAILEY supported the motion for the recom-
mittal of the Bill. He thought there were sufficient
grounds for such a course.
After a few words from Mr. WARD,
The House divided. The numlsers were,
For the motion
Against it
• Majority fer receiving the Report 7-29.
The Report was then agreed to. ,
RIVERS (IRELAND) BILL:
On the Order of the Day for the recommittal of the
Rivers (Ireland) Bill being read.
Mr. REDINGTON objected to the Bill, on the s.
ground that it was an attempt to pass a private Bill •
through the House under the guise of a public Bill, for
the purpose of avoiding a compliance with the standing
orders, in order to enable the parties interested in . the .1
measure to escape from the rigid investigation to which
they would have been subjected by a Committee, if the •
Bill had been introduced as a private Bill.
Lord ELIOT said,she Bill was merely intended to
remedy an omission in the Act commonly known as Mr.
More O'Ferrall's Act, and thought that the objections of
the Hon. Member would be better made in Committeeei"
The Speaker then left the Chair, and the House
solved itself into Committee on the Bill.
Clauses 1 to 9 were agreed to.
•
On clause 10 being proposed,
Mr. REDINGTON objected to the clause.
After a brief discussion, the Committee divided, when
Mere appeared—
For the clause 33
Against it 4
Majority in favour of the clause
The other clauses were then agreed to, and the Report.,
was ordered to be received to-morrow.
The Dean Forest Ecclesiastical District Bill wenv;
through Committee, and was ordered to be reported on •
on Friday.
Lord COURTENAY obtained leave to bring in a Bill
to remove doubts touching the law relating to Charitable:.
Pawn or Deposit Offices in Ireland.
The Bill was afterwards read a first time, and was or—,
dered to be read a second time on Wednesday next. 4;'"
The House adjourned at Twelve o'Clock.

THE M.

COAL M

Ships arrived since
Chester Main 99.11. 16 6
Hebburn Main l6 f
New Tantield Moor l3 6
Ord's Hedheugh l5 0
ianfleld Moor lB 6
Townley...
West Wylam
Walls E d L.:etym. e and C ll 0
Walls End ..loslipth
Walls End Riddell's.... 17 0
Walls EntiTodd's Bensham 14 0
Walls Endl3elmout

LIMETS.
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last unmet day, 12.

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W. E. Braddyll'sHotton
Walls Erl Helton .11
Walls End Morrison] :7
Walls End Cassop l9 r
Walls End Adelaide 19 "„'
Walls End arrington Tees )5 u
Walls Et d Bowburn l5
Walls End South Durham 17 "
Wal s Ei•d leeb
Bl'the l5 g'
Cowpcn
A
Ilangennech Coal .............

COUNTRY CORN MARKETS.

Fes%
F. to 6.
30 --

Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Beans. Pea,.
Per Quatter s. to B. s. to a. s. to a. s. to ~,, s, to 6,
Abingdon 157 72 26 26 214 31 35 44 38
Andover 5: s'. 64 k 7 29 10 24 I-- • -"'
Bat:bury 56 (If; 22 2'l 1-. 21 36 40 ,
Bas•tigstoke h 0 6a 25 20 lli 26 34 43 35 qll
Cirencester 53 70 23 :]5 22 31 43 44 38 --'
Coventry -
Caventry f 6 61 2, 26 !6 ;1 33 36 27
De: by 62 73 25 28 24 218 33 3i
4-i owden — 63 3 I`4 1.9 31 --"'
Hungerford 46 71 29 37 20 28 31 45 38 40
Malt .n
Mai;ienhead 52 75 32 35 25 31 36 44 40
Nottingham 56 68 23 29 19 24 37 40
Wantage 6B 73 38 34 301 32 36 46
Warwick
Wi,chester, -- 76 36 2t, 43 ....
York
!
Per Bush& s.d. s. d. 8.(1. s. tl. s.d. a. d.; s. (1. s. (1.15. d.
Birmingham 70 $6, 3 6 46 36 4 0 0 0 00i 0 t•
NEWCASTLE CORN EXCHANGE
Red. White
Wheat, Northumberland s2s. 56s
Norfolk and Suffolk
.---- Berwick and Scotch....
Foreign CO . G's.,_... 665. Its.
Bye, Norfolk and Suffolk 2O, 324 —s. —s.
.
-- Foreign
. ~
Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suftblk... 29. i. 30s —r. —s .. ,09
--- Grinding and Feeding ....... 251. 27s --i...... i,, T:,-4
Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk '2i sfs • .
Beans, Small , .r Vs. 34...... —,. —6. 1 '
---- Tick 3Bs. 4 8
Pease, White 4(.s. 4.8 . L
---- Gray 3ls. 36s —a, —a. ,),
Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe ... ..... 21s. 2.s s. s '.l
---.. Feed. l6B. 20s. ---. —E.
—Foreign 2ot. 22s s —s I.
Flour (per sack) 43s. 4,5-5. —.. F.
ts ADDINGrON CORN 51AltitEl. .'(
Wheat. Isarley. 1 Oats. fie.) g , Peasa.
First 7la Od 35s ( d 26s 84 I 40s (.'d —OA
Secondi 631 Od . 32s Od I 25s 6d 35s Od —, oa
Third s6s Od 29s Od 1 241 Od Ms Od —s Cd

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33 4°
40 ""
0. d.
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, 168.20s ,
—Foreign
Flour (per 5ack).......
tiAD) CORN 51A RKET.
Wheat. Oats. Be.i a Pease.
First 7ls Od 26s 8A 40s (V
.01
Seconcli (Os lid 25s 6d 35s Od —,, Od
Third Ms 08 _ 1 24. Od 53s Od I-s Od
Average
GLASGOW CORN DI/ ItKitT. A.
'Wheat, per 2401 b. s. d. s. d. Oats, per 2(.41b. a. d. i 0
English 320 to 146 Irish
Scottish 25 0 31 C British ...... ......... 18 0 ."
Irish .. .
Foreign
Barley, par 3201 b. Scottish
gi
English 24 0 26 0 Pease, Scottish ... 22 0 0 0
Scottish.... ........
Irish
DALKEITH CORN MARKET.
Wheat. Barley. I Oats. Pc3se. 1 resin •
First 73s 0u 35s 01 28, id 38s 01 ' 3..% I',
Second (2s Od I 31. lid 25s 4d :,75 Od 1 378 v"
third
EDINBURGH MEAL mARKrr.
Per Sack of 21e1bs. Per Stone of 141 b.
First Oatmeal .......£2 0 0 First Oatmeal .£o g /
Second Ditto
Barleyintal
Peasemeal 1 8 0 Peasemeal •• ••• 0 1 °
Pot Barley from 30a. to 455. per sack.

CORNWALL MARKETS.
(Calculated at 24 gallons to the bushel.)
Wheat. Barley.
s. d. to a. d. s. d. to s. d. r. d.w!, 0
Truro... ......... 0 7 5 0 3 8 0
gehtune — 7 8. 0 3 0 -
St. Austell — 0 6 0— 0 3 8— 0
Bodunn 0 8 8— 0 4 4 0
Liskeard 0 7 6 0 3 6 0
Launceston - 0 3 8— 0
Cantu 'ford ' 6 6 • 7 8 3 0 3 4 2 6 -0
Penzance ( 7 8 8 4 0 4 0— 0

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