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benches , and derisive cries from the Opposition . In the midst of these expressions of opinion Lord Cranborne rose . Instantly there were loud demands for silence , which , having been obtained , his lordship asked Lord Stanley a question . Lord Stanley had said on one occasion that the Government would bring in a bill by which they would stand or fall . Would
his lordship inform the House what were the propositions in the bill now brought in by which they ivould stand or fall ? The House cheered vociferously . Lord Stanley ivas almost as cleA'er in his reply as his chief , the Chancellor of the Exchequer . The question , he said , ivas rather one to be met in argument and debate , and when the debate on the bill took place he
should be prepared to answer the question . "Whereupon the Ministerialists cheered , ancl Lord Cranborne and his friends laughed , ancl there were cries of "Oh , oh . " Hoivevev , the Ministry hacl staved off the subject for another night , and that ¦ was enough for them . —Mr . Walpole was questioned by Sir Robert Collier in reference to Toomer ' s case . The right hon .
gentleman went into a long explanation of his motives for declining to grant a pardon to Toomer . The explanation was longer ancl more candid than it was satisfactory . —There were questions , too , about Luxembourg and the acquisition of Russian America by the United States . —Then tho House went into committee on the Mutiny BUI , and discussed the flogging
clause . Sir John Pakington had abandoned his first , amended clause and proposed another more stringent . The House proceeded to deal with the first clause , and having amended it in Various particulars , came to a division as to Avhether ifc should stand part of the bill . It was rejected by a majority of thirteen , made up almost wholly of members of the late Government , who supported Sir John Pakington . Then Sir John ' s new clause was proposed , aud after a long and
interesting conversation ivas agreed to . Tlie House then went into committee on the navy estimates , ancl a long debate ensued . On the 2 nd inst ., after the questions had been disposed of . Colonel Wilson Patten moved that the prayer of certain petitioners from Lancaster , in reference to the proposed disfranchisement of that borough , should be complied with , and that they
should be heard by counsel afc the bar of the House . An interesting discussion took place , but eventually Colonel Wilson Patten withdrew his motion . —Lord Amberley obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the laws as to Sunday trading , ancl then the House , on the motion of Mr . Dent , went into a debate on the subject of agricultural gangs . Mr . Dent wished that
women and children employed in agricultural pursuits should , if possible , be brought under the operation of the Factory Acts . The debate was remarkable for a capital speech made by Professor Fawcett , ancl also for the general exposure it gave of the iniquities practised in some of the agricultural districts . Subsequently a lengthy discussion took place on a motion made
by Mr . Crawford that the State should take up the debentures of railway companies AA'here necessary . On the 3 rd inst ., after some discussion iu committee , the Joint Stock Companies ( Voting Papers ) Bill was shelved . The House then , on the motion of Mr . Ayrton , took up the consideration of the Spiritual Destitution Bill . This measure
proposed to make it incumbent upon the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to provide curates for populous places where there ivas much spiritual destitution . Mr . Howes moved the rejection of the bill , on the ground that it would unduly fetter the action of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners . After a long discussion , the bill was rejected by 173 votes to 78 . The Irish
Sea Coast Fisheries Bill was read a second time on the motion of Mr . Blake , Lord Haas , on the part of the Government , re-
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serving the right to amend ifc in committee . The other business was unimportant . GENERAL HOME NEWS . —The Registrar-General ' s return of the health of the metropolis shoivs some improvement during tbe last week , the mortality having returned to about the usual
average . The number of deaths registered was 1 , 601 , and the improvement is almost exclusively under the heading of bronchitis . The annual rates of mortality last week in thirteen the largest places per 1 , 000 were as follows : —Hull , 21 Sheffield , 2-i »; Bristol , 23 ; London and NeiA'castlc-on-Tyiie , 27 Liverpool , 29 ; Leeds aucl Salford , 30 ; Birmingham , 31 Edinburgh 33 ; Manchester ancl Glasgow 34 ; ancl Dublin 42 .
, , , wCbo magistrates at Market Drayton have dismissed the case against Mr . Eyre , and that individual left the court amid the cheers of those who were in it . This took place on the 29 th ult ., after a long speech for the defence from Mr . Giffard , ivho seems to have avowed thafc he would not deal with the aiv of the case , but simply ivith the facts . As , however , the aw and the facts are mixed up inextricablyto deal with one
, part of tho question was virtually to make it incumbent on the magistrates to commit the case for trial in a superior courfc . That which Sir Thomas Henry did not think it within his duty to do , the justices of Salop have done . It is , of course , out of the question that the matter can rest where ifc is . The whole proceeding shoivs how little sincerity there is in the professions of the partisans of Mr . Eyre that they wish him to be
justified in the eyes of his countrymen . The fact is , they dare nofc let him be brought before " twelve men in a box , " and hence he ancl they spare no pains to avoid a fair trial . One good result will pretty surely foil ow from this action of Sir Baldwin Loighton and his felloiv magistrates . Their proceedings ivill have struck such a bioiv at the whole system of administering justice by unpaid , unprofessional , and , necessarily , prejudiced magistrates , that it Avill speedily be supplanted by some system Aviser ancl more just . Certainly no living beinn-Avill believe that Mr . Eyre is innocent of the grave
charges made against him because a bench of country justices , ivith Sir Baldwin Leightonat their head , have declined to commit him for trial . He is , in fact , precisely in the same position as his assistant , Provost-Marshal Ramsay , the indictment against whom for murder ivas thrown out b y a grand jury of planters . The country will fully understand now wh y Mr . Eyre was unwilling to come within the jurisdiction of Sir Thomas Henry . There was a shocking accident on the 1 st
inst . at the powder mills belonging to Messrs . Hall and Son afc Faversliam . Jin explosion took place in the mixing-house , and four out of five men employed therein ivere instantly killed . Alfred Mellon was buried on the 2 nd inst . at the Bromptou Cemetery . A goodly number of those who had known him in life , ancl held him in the highest estimation , were present afc his grave side to testify their grief at his earl
y loss . The manner in which men of various nations have spontaneously come forward to assist poor Captain Casey is a gratifying evidence of the cosmopolitan spirit of the age . Captain Casey , it will be remembered , was master of the ship Jane Lowden , which became water-logged in the Atlantic . For thirty-three days this poor felloiv found a refuge in the maintop , and for twenty-eight " days of that time he entirel
Ai'iis y without food . When rescued ( he was the solitary survivor ) he weighed only forty-two pounds , ancl had to undergo the amputation of half his toes and fingers . He was taken to Holland , where the Dutch—who , phlegmatic as they are , have a great affection for the English—treated him with the utmost kindness , and have since contributed tivo hundred pounds ior his relief , Avhich sum , added to the four hundred received at the Thames Police-court , ivill enable him to start in life again , with , we hope , a more pleasant termination to his next venture , whether on land or sea .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
* # * All communications to be addressed to 19 , Salisbury-street , Strand , London , W . C . An esteemed correspondent has written us to warn our readers against an individual ( a Pole ) who , upon the faith of his being a Master Mason in great distress , has succeeded in victimising several brothers in the vicinity of Hemel Hempstead .
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benches , and derisive cries from the Opposition . In the midst of these expressions of opinion Lord Cranborne rose . Instantly there were loud demands for silence , which , having been obtained , his lordship asked Lord Stanley a question . Lord Stanley had said on one occasion that the Government would bring in a bill by which they would stand or fall . Would
his lordship inform the House what were the propositions in the bill now brought in by which they ivould stand or fall ? The House cheered vociferously . Lord Stanley ivas almost as cleA'er in his reply as his chief , the Chancellor of the Exchequer . The question , he said , ivas rather one to be met in argument and debate , and when the debate on the bill took place he
should be prepared to answer the question . "Whereupon the Ministerialists cheered , ancl Lord Cranborne and his friends laughed , ancl there were cries of "Oh , oh . " Hoivevev , the Ministry hacl staved off the subject for another night , and that ¦ was enough for them . —Mr . Walpole was questioned by Sir Robert Collier in reference to Toomer ' s case . The right hon .
gentleman went into a long explanation of his motives for declining to grant a pardon to Toomer . The explanation was longer ancl more candid than it was satisfactory . —There were questions , too , about Luxembourg and the acquisition of Russian America by the United States . —Then tho House went into committee on the Mutiny BUI , and discussed the flogging
clause . Sir John Pakington had abandoned his first , amended clause and proposed another more stringent . The House proceeded to deal with the first clause , and having amended it in Various particulars , came to a division as to Avhether ifc should stand part of the bill . It was rejected by a majority of thirteen , made up almost wholly of members of the late Government , who supported Sir John Pakington . Then Sir John ' s new clause was proposed , aud after a long and
interesting conversation ivas agreed to . Tlie House then went into committee on the navy estimates , ancl a long debate ensued . On the 2 nd inst ., after the questions had been disposed of . Colonel Wilson Patten moved that the prayer of certain petitioners from Lancaster , in reference to the proposed disfranchisement of that borough , should be complied with , and that they
should be heard by counsel afc the bar of the House . An interesting discussion took place , but eventually Colonel Wilson Patten withdrew his motion . —Lord Amberley obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the laws as to Sunday trading , ancl then the House , on the motion of Mr . Dent , went into a debate on the subject of agricultural gangs . Mr . Dent wished that
women and children employed in agricultural pursuits should , if possible , be brought under the operation of the Factory Acts . The debate was remarkable for a capital speech made by Professor Fawcett , ancl also for the general exposure it gave of the iniquities practised in some of the agricultural districts . Subsequently a lengthy discussion took place on a motion made
by Mr . Crawford that the State should take up the debentures of railway companies AA'here necessary . On the 3 rd inst ., after some discussion iu committee , the Joint Stock Companies ( Voting Papers ) Bill was shelved . The House then , on the motion of Mr . Ayrton , took up the consideration of the Spiritual Destitution Bill . This measure
proposed to make it incumbent upon the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to provide curates for populous places where there ivas much spiritual destitution . Mr . Howes moved the rejection of the bill , on the ground that it would unduly fetter the action of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners . After a long discussion , the bill was rejected by 173 votes to 78 . The Irish
Sea Coast Fisheries Bill was read a second time on the motion of Mr . Blake , Lord Haas , on the part of the Government , re-
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serving the right to amend ifc in committee . The other business was unimportant . GENERAL HOME NEWS . —The Registrar-General ' s return of the health of the metropolis shoivs some improvement during tbe last week , the mortality having returned to about the usual
average . The number of deaths registered was 1 , 601 , and the improvement is almost exclusively under the heading of bronchitis . The annual rates of mortality last week in thirteen the largest places per 1 , 000 were as follows : —Hull , 21 Sheffield , 2-i »; Bristol , 23 ; London and NeiA'castlc-on-Tyiie , 27 Liverpool , 29 ; Leeds aucl Salford , 30 ; Birmingham , 31 Edinburgh 33 ; Manchester ancl Glasgow 34 ; ancl Dublin 42 .
, , , wCbo magistrates at Market Drayton have dismissed the case against Mr . Eyre , and that individual left the court amid the cheers of those who were in it . This took place on the 29 th ult ., after a long speech for the defence from Mr . Giffard , ivho seems to have avowed thafc he would not deal with the aiv of the case , but simply ivith the facts . As , however , the aw and the facts are mixed up inextricablyto deal with one
, part of tho question was virtually to make it incumbent on the magistrates to commit the case for trial in a superior courfc . That which Sir Thomas Henry did not think it within his duty to do , the justices of Salop have done . It is , of course , out of the question that the matter can rest where ifc is . The whole proceeding shoivs how little sincerity there is in the professions of the partisans of Mr . Eyre that they wish him to be
justified in the eyes of his countrymen . The fact is , they dare nofc let him be brought before " twelve men in a box , " and hence he ancl they spare no pains to avoid a fair trial . One good result will pretty surely foil ow from this action of Sir Baldwin Loighton and his felloiv magistrates . Their proceedings ivill have struck such a bioiv at the whole system of administering justice by unpaid , unprofessional , and , necessarily , prejudiced magistrates , that it Avill speedily be supplanted by some system Aviser ancl more just . Certainly no living beinn-Avill believe that Mr . Eyre is innocent of the grave
charges made against him because a bench of country justices , ivith Sir Baldwin Leightonat their head , have declined to commit him for trial . He is , in fact , precisely in the same position as his assistant , Provost-Marshal Ramsay , the indictment against whom for murder ivas thrown out b y a grand jury of planters . The country will fully understand now wh y Mr . Eyre was unwilling to come within the jurisdiction of Sir Thomas Henry . There was a shocking accident on the 1 st
inst . at the powder mills belonging to Messrs . Hall and Son afc Faversliam . Jin explosion took place in the mixing-house , and four out of five men employed therein ivere instantly killed . Alfred Mellon was buried on the 2 nd inst . at the Bromptou Cemetery . A goodly number of those who had known him in life , ancl held him in the highest estimation , were present afc his grave side to testify their grief at his earl
y loss . The manner in which men of various nations have spontaneously come forward to assist poor Captain Casey is a gratifying evidence of the cosmopolitan spirit of the age . Captain Casey , it will be remembered , was master of the ship Jane Lowden , which became water-logged in the Atlantic . For thirty-three days this poor felloiv found a refuge in the maintop , and for twenty-eight " days of that time he entirel
Ai'iis y without food . When rescued ( he was the solitary survivor ) he weighed only forty-two pounds , ancl had to undergo the amputation of half his toes and fingers . He was taken to Holland , where the Dutch—who , phlegmatic as they are , have a great affection for the English—treated him with the utmost kindness , and have since contributed tivo hundred pounds ior his relief , Avhich sum , added to the four hundred received at the Thames Police-court , ivill enable him to start in life again , with , we hope , a more pleasant termination to his next venture , whether on land or sea .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
* # * All communications to be addressed to 19 , Salisbury-street , Strand , London , W . C . An esteemed correspondent has written us to warn our readers against an individual ( a Pole ) who , upon the faith of his being a Master Mason in great distress , has succeeded in victimising several brothers in the vicinity of Hemel Hempstead .